MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
    1.
    发明申请
    MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES 审中-公开
    微创手术技术

    公开(公告)号:US20130226288A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-29

    申请号:US13818918

    申请日:2011-08-24

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24

    摘要: Apparatus and methods are described including a trocar (40) that defines a lumen therethrough, configured to provide a passage through skin of a subject into a body of the subject. A cannula (60) is configured to be placed into the subject's body via the passage provided by the trocar, the cannula being configured to be slidable with respect to the trocar. The cannula includes an outer tube (64) having a first expandable element (77) disposed at a distal end thereof, and an inner tube (62) having a second expandable element (72) disposed at a distal end thereof, the inner tube being configured to be slidable with respect to the outer tube. A vacuum port (61) applies vacuum pressure to the first expandable element via a space (65) between the inner and outer tubes of the cannula. Other applications are also described.

    摘要翻译: 描述了设备和方法,其包括限定通过其中的内腔的套针针(40),其构造成提供穿过被检体的皮肤进入受试者体内的通道。 套管(60)构造成经由套管针提供的通道被放置在受检者的身体内,套管构造成可相对于套管针滑动。 套管包括具有设置在其远端处的第一可膨胀元件(77)的外管(64)和设置在其远端处的具有第二可膨胀元件(72)的内管(62),内管是 被配置为可相对于所述外管滑动。 真空端口(61)通过插管的内管和外管之间的空间(65)向第一可膨胀元件施加真空压力。 还描述了其它应用。

    Active holder for annuloplasty ring delivery

    公开(公告)号:US08377117B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-19

    申请号:US12206604

    申请日:2008-09-08

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24 A61F2/06

    摘要: An active annuloplasty ring holder having a template that can be folded or pivoted to the side allowing the template to align longitudinally with the handle and enter the patient's chest through a small incision. The holder may include a mechanism to remotely detach sutures fastening the ring to the holder, thereby detaching the ring while avoiding the risk associated with introducing a scalpel into the operating field. A detachment mechanism may include a movable pin actuated by a pull wire that releases a plurality of holding sutures, or a hot wire, knives, or pull wire that severs the sutures. The holder may have a built-in light source for better visualization of the ring inside the heart. The holder may also have an optical means of visualizing the inside of the heart from the proximal end of the handle.

    APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OF AUTONOMOUS IN-VIVO CAPSULES
    4.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OF AUTONOMOUS IN-VIVO CAPSULES 审中-公开
    用于输送自体内膜的装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120101331A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-26

    申请号:US13322845

    申请日:2010-05-27

    IPC分类号: A61B1/00

    摘要: A guide for an endoscope capsule includes a hollow sleeve. The distal end of the sleeve has attached an invertible member for fitting the capsule within. The invertible member may be inverted via hydraulic or pneumatic pressure to expel the capsule from the guide and into a desired location within a patient's body lumen. The guide may be attached to an actuator which contains a fluid and an actuating member. The actuating member pressurizes the fluid distally through the hollow sleeve thereby inverting the invertible member and expelling the capsule into the body lumen. The guide may be used with an endoscope or may be a stand-alone device.

    摘要翻译: 内窥镜胶囊的引导件包括中空套筒。 套筒的远端附接有用于将胶囊安装在其内的可逆构件。 可逆构件可以通过液压或气动压力倒置,以将胶囊从引导件排出并进入患者体腔内的期望位置。 引导件可以附接到包含流体和致动构件的致动器。 致动构件通过中空套管向远侧加压流体,从而颠倒可逆构件并将囊排出到体腔中。 该引导件可以与内窥镜一起使用,也可以是独立的装置。

    ACTIVE HOLDER FOR ANNULOPLASTY RING DELIVERY
    5.
    发明申请
    ACTIVE HOLDER FOR ANNULOPLASTY RING DELIVERY 有权
    主动支架用于ANNULOPLASTY RING交货

    公开(公告)号:US20090093877A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-09

    申请号:US12206604

    申请日:2008-09-08

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24

    摘要: An active annuloplasty ring holder having a template that can be folded or pivoted to the side allowing the template to align longitudinally with the handle and enter the patient's chest through a small incision. The holder may include a mechanism to remotely detach sutures fastening the ring to the holder, thereby detaching the ring while avoiding the risk associated with introducing a scalpel into the operating field. A detachment mechanism may include a movable pin actuated by a pull wire that releases a plurality of holding sutures, or a hot wire, knives, or pull wire that severs the sutures. The holder may have a built-in light source for better visualization of the ring inside the heart. The holder may also have an optical means of visualizing the inside of the heart from the proximal end of the handle.

    摘要翻译: 活动的瓣膜成形术环形支架具有可以折叠或枢转到侧面的模板,允许模板与手柄纵向对准并通过小切口进入患者的胸部。 保持器可以包括用于将紧固环的缝合线远程地分离到保持器的机构,从而分离环,同时避免与将手术刀引入操作区域相关联的风险。 脱离机构可以包括由释放多个保持缝合线的拉线致动的可动销,或者切断缝线的热丝,刀或拉丝。 保持器可以具有内置的光源,用于更好地可视化心脏内的环。 保持器还可以具有从手柄的近端可视化心脏内部的光学装置。

    DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HEART TREATMENTS
    10.
    发明申请
    DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HEART TREATMENTS 审中-公开
    心脏治疗的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20130030522A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-31

    申请号:US13162391

    申请日:2011-06-16

    IPC分类号: A61F2/04 A61F2/24

    摘要: A method and device for treating a heart by assisting one or more heart chambers to expand during diastole. The method comprises providing a plurality of anchoring members; providing an elongate member and a release mechanism connected to the elongate member, the release mechanism being configured to releasably engage with each of the plurality of anchoring members; the elongate member being configured to store energy exerted by a heart chamber during systole, and release the stored energy during diastole to assist the heart chamber to return to an uncompressed state; selecting one of the plurality of anchoring members; positioning the elongate member transverse a chamber of the heart; and engaging the release mechanism with the selected anchoring member so as to releasably attach the elongate member to the selected anchoring member.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过在舒张期期间辅助一个或多个心室扩张来治疗心脏的方法和装置。 该方法包括提供多个锚定构件; 提供细长构件和与所述细长构件连接的释放机构,所述释放机构构造成与所述多个锚定构件中的每一个可释放地接合; 所述细长构件构造成在收缩期间储存由心脏腔室施加的能量,并且在舒张期期间释放所储存的能量以辅助心脏腔室返回至未压缩状态; 选择所述多个锚定构件中的一个; 将细长构件横向于心脏的腔室定位; 并且将所述释放机构与所选择的锚固构件接合,以将所述细长构件可释放地附接到所选择的锚定构件。