Adjustable prosthetic valve implant
    2.
    发明授权
    Adjustable prosthetic valve implant 失效
    可调式假体瓣膜植入物

    公开(公告)号:US08449604B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-28

    申请号:US12544163

    申请日:2009-08-19

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24

    摘要: A prosthetic implant for treating a diseased aortic valve is described. The prosthetic implant includes a substantially tubular body configured to be positioned in an aorta of a patient, at or near the patient's aortic valve. The body includes a lumen extending through the body from a proximal end to a distal end of the body; and an adjustable frame surrounding the lumen. The prosthetic implant further includes at least one adjustable element located in or on the body and extending at least partially around a circumference of the lumen. The at least one adjustable element includes a shape memory material and is transformable, in response to application of an activation energy, from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein the first configuration and second configuration differ in a size of at least one dimension of the at least one adjustable element. The at least one adjustable element may engage at least one of a root of the aorta, an annulus of the aortic valve, and the patient's left ventricle, when the at least one adjustable element is in the second configuration.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于治疗患病主动脉瓣的假体植入物。 假体植入物包括构造成位于患者的主动脉中的基本上管状的主体,位于患者的主动脉瓣处或附近。 主体包括从身体的近端延伸穿过主体的内腔到远端; 以及围绕管腔的可调节框架。 假体植入物还包括至少一个位于体内或身体上的可调节元件,并且至少部分地围绕内腔的圆周延伸。 所述至少一个可调节元件包括形状记忆材料,并且响应于施加激活能量而可从第一配置转变为第二配置,其中所述第一配置和第二配置的尺寸至少为 所述至少一个可调元件。 当至少一个可调节元件处于第二构造时,至少一个可调元件可接合主动脉的根部,主动脉瓣的环和患者的左心室中的至少一个。

    SPLINT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE
    4.
    发明申请
    SPLINT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE 有权
    分割系统和使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120271215A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-25

    申请号:US13541488

    申请日:2012-07-03

    IPC分类号: A61F5/01

    摘要: Devices and methods are disclosed for achieving control and stabilization of bone fractures in mammals, most specifically humans. Stabilization and traction is often required to support fractured bones of the arms or legs. The devices and methods disclosed herein are especially useful in the emergency or military setting. The devices utilize a collapsible, inflatable member that may be expanded and locked into position. The frame or inflatable member is fabricated primarily from polymeric materials with low radiodensity. The limb contact regions are adjustable to fit a wide variety of limb sizes and fracture locations. The traction applied by the splint is adjustable, controllable and measurable. The traction splint is sufficiently compact that it will fit in a compartment of most emergency rescue vehicles, thus making it more available for use than standard traction splints in use today. The traction splint is either a separate device or integrated into a backboard.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于实现哺乳动物,特别是人的骨折的控制和稳定的装置和方法。 通常需要稳定和牵引力来支撑手臂或腿部的骨折骨。 本文公开的装置和方法在紧急或军事环境中特别有用。 这些装置利用可膨胀的,可膨胀的构件,其可以被膨胀并锁定到位。 框架或可充气构件主要由具有低辐射密度的聚合材料制成。 肢体接触区域是可调节的,以适应各种各样的肢体大小和骨折位置。 由夹板施加的牵引力是可调节的,可控的和可测量的。 牵引夹板足够紧凑,使其适合大多数紧急救援车辆的隔间,因此使其比现在使用的标准牵引夹板更可用。 牵引夹板是单独的装置或集成到背板中。

    Method and apparatus for sharps protection
    5.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for sharps protection 有权
    锐器保护的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120210678A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-23

    申请号:US13385216

    申请日:2012-02-08

    摘要: Devices and methods are disclosed for protecting individuals from the sharp ends of medical objects following use on a patient. Such sharp objects include hypodermic needles, scalpel blades, cannulae, trocars, and the like. The invention utilizes a disposable protective cover for the used sharp. The protective cover is designed to surround and embed the sharp in a permanent cover that is blunt and will not permit further puncture or cutting with the sharp. In an embodiment, the protective cover also absorbs any fluids on or in the used sharp and prevents any fluids from escaping the protective cover. The sharp cover is configured to irreversibly lock, once closed. A refillable or replaceable dispenser dispenses the protective covers at points of use. A disposable receptacle receives the used sharp embedded in the protective cover. When the receptacle is full, the entire receptacle may be discarded in a medical waste container.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于在患者使用之后保护个体免受医疗物品的尖端的设备和方法。 这种尖锐物体包括皮下注射针,解剖刀刀片,套管,套管针等。 本发明使用一次性保护罩用于所使用的锋利。 防护罩设计用于将锋利物环绕并固定在钝的永久性盖子中,并且不会允许用尖锐物进一步刺穿或切割。 在一个实施例中,保护盖还吸收所使用的锋利物上或其中的任何流体,并防止任何流体从保护罩中逸出。 一旦关闭,锋利的盖子被配置为不可逆地锁定。 可再填充或可更换的分配器在使用点分配保护盖。 一次性容器容纳嵌入保护罩中的使用过的锐利物品。 当容器满时,整个容器可能被丢弃在医疗废物容器中。

    Method and apparatus for prevention of catheter air intake
    7.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for prevention of catheter air intake 有权
    用于预防导管进气的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07935102B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-03

    申请号:US12317127

    申请日:2008-12-19

    IPC分类号: A61M31/00 A61M1/00

    CPC分类号: A61M5/36

    摘要: A system for preventing air from entering a first catheter of a multi-catheter system. Air is prevented from entering the proximal end of the first catheter by an axially elongate chamber having an impeller, the chamber being affixed to the proximal end of the first catheter. The air is removed through a port near the centerline of the chamber. Liquid removed with the air is returned to the chamber to minimize liquid loss during the procedure. A second catheter inserted through the chamber and into the first catheter is unable to entrain gas into the first catheter because any gas that enters the chamber is routed to the centerline of the chamber where it is removed. Inflow of fluid from an external pump scrubs the second catheter shaft of air bubbles attached by surface tension.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于防止空气进入多导管系统的第一导管的系统。 通过具有叶轮的轴向细长室防止空气进入第一导管的近端,该腔室固定到第一导管的近端。 空气通过靠近室的中心线的端口移除。 用空气除去的液体返回到室中,以最小化在该过程中的液体损失。 插入通过腔室并进入第一导管的第二导管不能将气体夹带到第一导管中,因为进入腔室的任何气体被引导到其被移除的腔室的中心线。 来自外部泵的流体的流入通过表面张力擦拭附着的气泡的第二导管轴。

    Method and apparatus for removal of gas bubbles from blood
    8.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for removal of gas bubbles from blood 有权
    从血液中除去气泡的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07824356B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-02

    申请号:US12322594

    申请日:2009-02-04

    摘要: A system is disclosed for removing gas bubbles from blood during circulatory assist procedures. Such bubbles are generated, along with particulate matter, in an extracorporeal circulatory bypass system by the pump, oxygenator and other components. Filters are used in the line to remove particulates and bubbles from the blood before they are pumped back to the patient but current filters are inefficient at removing small bubbles and debris that can cause neurological defects and renal and other organ failures in the patient. An active filter apparatus and method is disclosed that forces the bubbles to the center of the system where they are removed from the blood before the blood exits the filter. The filter comprises an axially elongate cylindrical shell with a blood inlet, a blood outlet and a gas outlet. A motor driven impeller spins the blood within the shell and forces the gas toward the center by centripetal force, utilizing the buoyancy effects of the bubbles in blood, whereby the bubbles can be bled off at the center of the filter element.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种在循环辅助过程中从血液中除去气泡的系统。 这些气泡与颗粒物质一起通过泵,氧合器和其它组分在体外循环旁路系统中产生。 在使用过滤器从血液中除去颗粒和气泡之前,将其抽回患者,但是当前的过滤器在除去可能导致神经缺陷和患者的肾脏和其他器官衰竭的小气泡和碎屑时效率低下。 公开了一种有源过滤装置和方法,其将气泡迫使系统的中心,在血液离开过滤器之前将其从血液中取出。 过滤器包括具有血液入口,血液出口和气体出口的轴向细长的圆柱形壳体。 马达驱动的叶轮将壳体内的血液旋转并通过向心力将气体推向中心,利用血液中气泡的浮力作用,从而可以在过滤元件的中心排出气泡。

    ADJUSTABLE PROSTHETIC VALVE IMPLANT
    9.
    发明申请
    ADJUSTABLE PROSTHETIC VALVE IMPLANT 失效
    可调式前置阀门植入

    公开(公告)号:US20100185274A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-22

    申请号:US12544163

    申请日:2009-08-19

    IPC分类号: A61F2/06

    摘要: A prosthetic implant for treating a diseased aortic valve is described. The prosthetic implant includes a substantially tubular body configured to be positioned in an aorta of a patient, at or near the patient's aortic valve. The body includes a lumen extending through the body from a proximal end to a distal end of the body; and an adjustable frame surrounding the lumen. The prosthetic implant further includes at least one adjustable element located in or on the body and extending at least partially around a circumference of the lumen. The at least one adjustable element includes a shape memory material and is transformable, in response to application of an activation energy, from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein the first configuration and second configuration differ in a size of at least one dimension of the at least one adjustable element. The at least one adjustable element may engage at least one of a root of the aorta, an annulus of the aortic valve, and the patient's left ventricle, when the at least one adjustable element is in the second configuration.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于治疗患病主动脉瓣的假体植入物。 假体植入物包括构造成位于患者的主动脉中的基本上管状的主体,位于患者的主动脉瓣处或附近。 主体包括从身体的近端延伸穿过主体的内腔到远端; 以及围绕管腔的可调节框架。 假体植入物还包括至少一个位于体内或身体上的可调节元件,并且至少部分地围绕内腔的圆周延伸。 所述至少一个可调节元件包括形状记忆材料,并且响应于施加激活能量而可从第一配置转变为第二配置,其中所述第一配置和第二配置的尺寸至少为 所述至少一个可调元件。 当至少一个可调节元件处于第二构造时,至少一个可调元件可接合主动脉的根部,主动脉瓣的环和患者的左心室中的至少一个。

    Method and apparatus for removal of gas bubbles from blood
    10.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for removal of gas bubbles from blood 有权
    从血液中除去气泡的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090173695A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-09

    申请号:US12322594

    申请日:2009-02-04

    IPC分类号: B01D21/26

    摘要: A system is disclosed for removing gas bubbles from blood during circulatory assist procedures. Such bubbles are generated, along with particulate matter, in an extracorporeal circulatory bypass system by the pump, oxygenator and other components. Filters are used in the line to remove particulates and bubbles from the blood before they are pumped back to the patient but current filters are inefficient at removing small bubbles and debris that can cause neurological defects and renal and other organ failures in the patient. An active filter apparatus and method is disclosed that forces the bubbles to the center of the system where they are removed from the blood before the blood exits the filter. The filter comprises an axially elongate cylindrical shell with a blood inlet, a blood outlet and a gas outlet. A motor driven impeller spins the blood within the shell and forces the gas toward the center by centripetal force, utilizing the buoyancy effects of the bubbles in blood, whereby the bubbles can be bled off at the center of the filter element.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种在循环辅助过程中从血液中除去气泡的系统。 这些气泡与颗粒物质一起通过泵,氧合器和其它组分在体外循环旁路系统中产生。 在使用过滤器从血液中除去颗粒和气泡之前,将其抽回患者,但是当前的过滤器在除去可能导致神经缺陷和患者的肾脏和其他器官衰竭的小气泡和碎屑时效率低下。 公开了一种有源过滤装置和方法,其将气泡迫使系统的中心,在血液离开过滤器之前将其从血液中取出。 过滤器包括具有血液入口,血液出口和气体出口的轴向细长的圆柱形壳体。 马达驱动的叶轮将壳体内的血液旋转并通过向心力将气体推向中心,利用血液中气泡的浮力作用,从而可以在过滤元件的中心排出气泡。