公开(公告)号：US20050098547A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-12

申请号：US11007732

申请日：2004-12-08

申请人： Douglas Cali ,  Keith Myers

发明人： Douglas Cali ,  Keith Myers

IPC分类号： A61F2/24 ,  B23K26/32 ,  B23K26/40 ,  B23K26/38 ,  B23K26/20

CPC分类号： B23K26/324 ,  A61F2/2415 ,  A61F2220/0075 ,  B23K26/32 ,  B23K26/40 ,  B23K2103/16 ,  B23K2103/30 ,  B23K2103/38 ,  B23K2103/42 ,  B23K2103/50 ,  Y10T156/1054

摘要： A method of cutting material for use in an implantable medical device employs a plotted laser cutting system. The laser cutting system is computer controlled and includes a laser combined with a motion system. The laser precisely cuts segments out of source material according to a predetermined pattern as designated by the computer. The segments are used in constructing implantable medical devices. The cutting energy of the laser is selected so that the cut edges of the segments are melted to discourage delamination or fraying, but communication of thermal energy into the segment beyond the edge is minimized to avoid damaging the segment adjacent the edge.

公开(公告)号：US06231601B1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-15

申请号：US09468715

申请日：1999-12-21

申请人： Keith Myers ,  Ross Bartholomew ,  Robert J. Todd ,  Carl Swindle ,  Charles Weyrauch ,  Richard Rhee ,  Jane Li ,  Jerry Jackman ,  Victor Packham

发明人： Keith Myers ,  Ross Bartholomew ,  Robert J. Todd ,  Carl Swindle ,  Charles Weyrauch ,  Richard Rhee ,  Jane Li ,  Jerry Jackman ,  Victor Packham

IPC分类号： A47F1306

CPC分类号： A61F2/2466

摘要： A method of surgery including bending a multi-purpose surgical implement handle that has proximal and distal ends. A gripping section is located toward the proximal end, and an attachment section is located toward the distal end. An adjusting section is interposed between the gripping section and the attachment section. The adjusting section may be bent by a human user at virtually any discrete location along the section. The adjusting section may include an increased-adjustability portion which is easier to bend than other portions of the adjusting section. The method includes attaching a surgical implement to the attaching section of the handle, and bending the adjusting section at least once prior to inserting the implement through a surgical opening to a surgical field. The method further may include bending the adjusting section more than once to form multiple bends therein.

摘要翻译： 一种手术方法，包括弯曲具有近端和远端的多用途外科手术器具手柄。 抓握部分朝向近端定位，并且附接部分朝向远端定位。 调整部分夹在夹持部分和附接部分之间。 调整部分可以由人类用户在实际上沿着该部分的任何离散位置弯曲。 调节部可以包括比调节部的其他部分更容易弯曲的增加调节部。 该方法包括将手术器械附接到手柄的附接部分，并且在将工具通过手术开口插入外科手术区域之前，将调节部分弯曲至少一次。 该方法还可以包括多次弯曲调节部分以在其中形成多个弯曲部。

公开(公告)号：US6162172A

公开(公告)日：2000-12-19

申请号：US16489

申请日：1998-01-30

申请人： Delos M. Cosgrove ,  Norma L. Lowe ,  Keith Myers ,  Richard Rhee

发明人： Delos M. Cosgrove ,  Norma L. Lowe ,  Keith Myers ,  Richard Rhee

IPC分类号： A61B17/00 ,  A61B17/02 ,  A61B19/00

CPC分类号： A61B17/0293 ,  A61B2017/00243 ,  A61B2090/306

摘要： Surgical apparatus and associated methods of use are provided for retracting tissue around an incision. The apparatus includes a member having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface. An adjustable aperture is definable within the inner peripheral surface as the member is adjusted between a compressed condition in which the aperture is substantially closed and an expanded condition in which the aperture is substantially open. The apparatus is positioned within a surgical incision in the compressed condition, and is adjusted to the expanded condition in situ to define an opening within the incision through the aperture whereby a surgical field may be viewed and/or accessed.

摘要翻译： 提供手术设备和相关联的使用方法用于缩回切口周围的组织。 该装置包括具有内周面和外周面的部件。 当孔被基本上封闭的压缩状态和开口基本上打开的扩张状态之间调节构件时，在内周表面内可定义可调节孔。 该装置位于处于压缩状态的手术切口内，并且在原位调整到扩张状态，以在切口内通过孔限定开口，从而可以观察和/或访问外科视野。

公开(公告)号：US5500014A

公开(公告)日：1996-03-19

申请号：US240286

申请日：1994-05-09

申请人： R. C. Quijano ,  Aws Nashef ,  Keith Myers

发明人： R. C. Quijano ,  Aws Nashef ,  Keith Myers

IPC分类号： A61F2/06 ,  A61F2/24

CPC分类号： A61F2/2475 ,  A61B17/12 ,  A61F2/062 ,  A61F2/2418 ,  A61F2/07

摘要： A biological valvular prosthesis defined by a chemically fixed biological derived conduit having at least one integrally formed tissue valve. The chemical fixation of the valve ensures that the leaflets remain open under normal forward blood flow conditions, but close under minimal backflow pressure. The biological valvular prostheses are useful in the replacement of venous valves and other biological valves. The biological valvular prosthesis may also be in the form of a tubular conduit bearing one tissue valve. This valvular conduit prosthesis is useful for the reconstruction of the pulmonary artery to correct various types of congenital defects.

摘要翻译： 由具有至少一个整体形成的组织瓣膜的化学固定的生物衍生导管限定的生物瓣膜假体。 阀门的化学固定确保了小叶在正常的正向血流条件下保持打开，但在最小的回流压力下接近。 生物瓣膜假体可用于更换静脉瓣和其他生物瓣膜。 生物瓣膜假体还可以是具有一个组织瓣膜的管状导管的形式。 这种瓣膜导管假体可用于重建肺动脉以纠正各种类型的先天性缺陷。

公开(公告)号：US20070270944A1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-22

申请号：US11685025

申请日：2007-03-12

申请人： Bjarne Bergheim ,  Keith Myers ,  Jeff DuMontelle ,  Christine Nguyen

发明人： Bjarne Bergheim ,  Keith Myers ,  Jeff DuMontelle ,  Christine Nguyen

IPC分类号： A61F2/24

CPC分类号： A61F2/2418 ,  A61F2/0077 ,  A61F2/04 ,  A61F2/2409 ,  A61F2002/0086 ,  A61F2210/0014 ,  A61F2220/0041 ,  A61F2220/005 ,  A61F2220/0075 ,  A61F2230/0013 ,  A61F2230/0054 ,  A61F2230/0069 ,  A61F2250/0069 ,  A61F2250/0098 ,  A61L27/047 ,  A61L27/18 ,  A61L27/26 ,  A61L27/3804 ,  A61L27/3882 ,  A61L27/50 ,  A61L27/507 ,  A61L2430/20

摘要： The present invention provides valve prostheses adapted to be initially crimped in a narrow configuration suitable for catheterization through body ducts to a target location and adapted to be deployed by exerting substantially radial forces from within by means of a deployment device to a deployed state in the target location.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了适于初始卷曲的瓣膜假体，其适于通过体导管引导到目标位置并适于通过借助于展开装置从内部施加基本上径向的力到部署状态 位置。

公开(公告)号：US07037333B2

公开(公告)日：2006-05-02

申请号：US10751799

申请日：2004-01-05

申请人： Keith Myers ,  Christine Nguyen

发明人： Keith Myers ,  Christine Nguyen

IPC分类号： A61F2/06

CPC分类号： A61F2/2415 ,  A61F2/2412 ,  A61F2220/0075

摘要： A tubular prosthetic semilunar or atrioventricular heart valve is formed by cutting flat, flexible leaflets according to a pattern. The valve is constructed by aligning the side edges of adjacent leaflets so that the leaflet inner faces engage each other, and then suturing the leaflets together with successive stitches along a fold line adjacent the side edges. The stitches are placed successively from a proximal in-flow end of each leaflet toward a distal out-flow end. During operation, when the leaflets open and close, the leaflets fold along the fold line. Distal tabs extend beyond the distal end of each leaflet. The successive stitches terminate proximal of the distal tab portion so that no locked stitches are placed along the distal portion of the fold line. The tab portions of adjacent leaflets are folded over each other and sewn together to form commissural attachment tabs. The commissural tabs provide commissural attachment points to accommodate sutures and the like in order to secure the tab to a vessel wall, if a semilunar valve, and papillary muscles and/or chordae tendineae if an atrioventricular valve.

公开(公告)号：US20050278085A1

公开(公告)日：2005-12-15

申请号：US10683518

申请日：2003-10-10

申请人： Edward Warkomski ,  Keith Myers

发明人： Edward Warkomski ,  Keith Myers

IPC分类号： B64C1/00 ,  F41G9/00 ,  G05D1/10

CPC分类号： F42B15/01 ,  G05D1/107

摘要： A control system includes a rate-damping loop that uses a calculated angle-of-attack error to non-linearly scale a rate-feedback signal so that at lower angle-of-attack (AOA) error values, an acceleration feedback term plays a greater role in pitch compensation, while at greater angle-of-attack error values, a rate-feedback term plays a greater role in the pitch compensation. In some embodiments, a control system and method of controlling an angle-of-attack of a moving body are provided. A signal representing an angle-of-attack error is non-linearly combined with a signal representing a rate-of-change of an estimated angle-of-attack to generate a non-linear rate-damping signal. The non-linear rate-damping signal is subtracted from the signal representing the angle-of-attack error to generate a signal to control one or more elements of the moving body.

摘要翻译： 控制系统包括速率阻尼回路，其使用计算的迎角误差来非线性地缩放速率反馈信号，使得在较低的迎角（AOA）误差值时，加速度反馈项播放 在俯仰补偿方面的作用更大，而在更大的迎角误差值时，速率反馈项在俯仰补偿中起着更大的作用。 在一些实施例中，提供了一种控制移动体的攻角的控制系统和方法。 表示攻角错误的信号与表示估计的迎角的变化率的信号非线性组合以产生非线性速率阻尼信号。 从表示攻角错误的信号中减去非线性速率阻尼信号，以产生控制移动体的一个或多个元件的信号。

公开(公告)号：US06224272B1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-01

申请号：US09208343

申请日：1998-12-09

申请人： Keith Myers

发明人： Keith Myers

IPC分类号： G03B1726

CPC分类号： G03B17/30 ,  G03B2217/263

摘要： An indicator on a film cartridge to indicate whether a film cartridge has been used in a photographic camera. The film cartridge includes a spool having an elongate coaxial hole open at one end. An indicator, disposed within the coaxial hole, is deformable from a first state to a second state in response to the film cartridge being received by a plunger in the photographic camera; the second state being visually different than the first state. The indicator has a continuous, non-punctured, non-fractured configuration when in both the first and second states.

摘要翻译： 胶片暗盒上的一个指示灯，用于指示胶片暗盒是否已在照相机中使用。 胶片暗盒包括一个具有在一端开口的细长同轴孔的卷轴。 设置在同轴孔内的指示器响应于胶片暗盒被照相机中的柱塞接收而从第一状态变为第二状态; 第二状态在视觉上与第一状态不同。 当处于第一状态和第二状态时，指示器具有连续的，非穿孔的非断裂配置。

公开(公告)号：US6004329A

公开(公告)日：1999-12-21

申请号：US31789

申请日：1998-02-27

申请人： Keith Myers ,  Ross Bartholomew ,  Robert J. Todd ,  Carl Swindle ,  Charles Weyrauch ,  Richard Rhee ,  Jane Li ,  Jerry Jackman ,  Victor Packham

发明人： Keith Myers ,  Ross Bartholomew ,  Robert J. Todd ,  Carl Swindle ,  Charles Weyrauch ,  Richard Rhee ,  Jane Li ,  Jerry Jackman ,  Victor Packham

IPC分类号： A61F2/24 ,  A47F13/06 ,  A61B17/00 ,  A61F11/00

CPC分类号： A61F2/2427 ,  A61B2017/0046 ,  A61B2017/00946

摘要： A multi-purpose surgical implement handle has proximal and distal ends. A gripping section is located toward the proximal end, and an attachment section is located toward the distal end. An adjusting section is interposed between the gripping section and the attachment section. The adjusting section may be bent by a human user at virtually any discrete location along the section. The adjusting section may include an increased-adjustability portion which is easier to bend than other portions of the adjusting section.

摘要翻译： 多功能手术器具手柄具有近端和远端。 抓握部分朝向近端定位，并且附接部分朝向远端定位。 调整部分夹在夹持部分和附接部分之间。 调整部分可以由人类用户在实际上沿着该部分的任何离散位置弯曲。 调节部可以包括比调节部的其他部分更容易弯曲的增加调节部。

公开(公告)号：US5804366A

公开(公告)日：1998-09-08

申请号：US386048

申请日：1995-02-09

申请人： Can B. Hu ,  Minh T. Ma ,  Than Nguyen ,  Richard Rhee ,  Keith Myers

发明人： Can B. Hu ,  Minh T. Ma ,  Than Nguyen ,  Richard Rhee ,  Keith Myers

IPC分类号： A61F2/06 ,  A61L27/50 ,  C12N5/08 ,  C12M3/08

CPC分类号： A61F2/062 ,  A61L27/507 ,  Y10S623/921

摘要： An apparatus for sodding onto the inner lumenal surface of a synthetic graft of harvested and concentrated microvessel endothelial cells from liposuctioned fat tissues, which harvested cells are formed into a "pellet" of isolated endothelial cells in loose aggregations, includes a sodding tube having a single rigid outer wall bounding a sodding chamber. A filter pack assembly is provided to communicate the pellet of cells from a processing vessel to the graft. This filter pack assembly includes a series of successively finer filter members cooperatively defining a series of turbulent-flow chambers in which aggregations of cells too large to pass through a particular filter are exposed to liquid flow turbulence which is effective to break up the aggregations. A check valve assembly ensures that liquid flow is unidirectional so that sodding of the cells onto the inner lumenal surface of the graft is not interfered with by possible liquid reflux, and sodded cells are similarly not dislodged from the graft by such liquid reflux.

摘要翻译： 将收集的细胞收集和浓缩的微血管内皮细胞的合成移植物的内腔表面上的沉淀物形成为松散聚集的分离的内皮细胞的“沉淀”的装置，包括具有单个 刚性外墙围住了一个饮料室。 提供过滤器组件以将细胞团从处理容器传递到移植物。 该过滤器组件包括一系列相继更细的过滤器构件，其协作地限定一系列湍流室，其中太大而不能通过特定过滤器的单元的聚集物暴露于有效破坏聚集的液体流动湍流。 止回阀组件确保液体流动是单向的，使得细胞在移植物的内腔表面上的唾液分解不会被可能的液体回流干扰，并且经过这种液体回流的同样，细胞也不会从移植物移出。