Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tool for neuroma treatment and nerve regeneration procedures
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Application No.: US15556893Application Date: 2016-03-11
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Publication No.: US11185344B2Publication Date: 2021-11-30
- Inventor: Nicholas B. Langhals , Cynthia Anne Chestek , Paul S. Cederna , Albert Shih , Melanie G. Urbanchek , Grant H. Kruger , Jeffrey Stephen Plott , Jordan T. Kreda
- Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Applicant Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Current Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/021959 WO 20160311
- International Announcement: WO2016/149076 WO 20160922
- Main IPC: A61B17/295
- IPC: A61B17/295 ; A61B17/3205 ; A61B17/34 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B17/11 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a mechanically-actuated tool for cutting a tissue graft having a hollow core and methods for use thereof. A portion of a biological structure, such as a nerve, is attached to the hollow core to form an implantable neural graft assembly. The tool has a cutter mechanism and a grasper mechanism. The grasper mechanism has one or more component(s) that open and close via an actuation mechanism, like a handle, and rotate via a controller component, like a rotatable wheel. The cutter mechanism may be a cutting tube component that harvests the tissue graft. The tool may also have an ejector mechanism to remove the tissue graft as part of the implantable neural graft assembly. Such devices and methods are particularly suitable for treating neuromas and other neural regeneration procedures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180042629A1 TOOL FOR NEUROMA TREATMENT AND NERVE REGENERATION PROCEDURES Public/Granted day:2018-02-15
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