Tunneling device for use with a graft

    公开(公告)号:US20060173467A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-03

    申请号:US10442482

    申请日:2003-05-20

    IPC分类号: A61F2/06

    摘要: A tunneling device is provided for implanting a natural tissue vascular graft in a body. The tunneling device may include a flexible sheath to assist in locating the vascular graft in the body. According to one example, a connector having a longitudinal coupler, such as a surgical tie, may be used to locate the natural tissue graft within the sheath. The natural tissue graft can be secured to the surgical tie when the sheath is retracted. Before tunneling, the sheath can be extended to cover the natural tissue graft to protect the natural tissue graft from damage and aid in locating the natural tissue graft in the body. When the natural tissue graft is positioned as desired in the body, the sheath is removed.

    Expandable fluoropolymer device for delivery of therapeutic agents and method of making
    8.
    发明授权
    Expandable fluoropolymer device for delivery of therapeutic agents and method of making 有权
    用于递送治疗剂的可扩展含氟聚合物装置和制备方法

    公开(公告)号:US06955661B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-18

    申请号:US09411797

    申请日:1999-10-01

    摘要: A radially expandable fluid delivery device for delivering a fluid to a treatment site within the body is disclosed. The fluid delivery device is constructed of a microporous, biocompatible fluoropolymer material having a microstructure that can provide a controlled, uniform, low-velocity fluid distribution through the walls of the fluid delivery device to effectively deliver fluid to the treatment site without damaging tissue proximate the walls of the device. The fluid delivery device includes a tubular member defined by a wall having a thickness transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tubular member and extending between an inner and an outer surface. The wall is characterized by a microstructure of nodes interconnected by fibrils. The tubular member is deployable from a first, reduced diameter configuration to a second, increased diameter configuration upon the introduction of a pressurized fluid to the lumen. The tubular member includes at least one microporous portion having a porosity sufficient for the pressurized fluid to permeate through the wall. Substantially all of the nodes within the microporous portion are oriented such that spaces between the nodes form micro-channels extending from the inner surface-to the outer surface of the wall.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于将流体输送到体内的治疗部位的可径向扩张的流体输送装置。 流体输送装置由具有微结构的微孔生物相容性含氟聚合物材料构成,微结构可以通过流体输送装置的壁提供受控的,均匀的低速流体分配,以有效地将流体输送到治疗部位,而不会损伤邻近的 设备的墙壁。 流体输送装置包括由壁限定的管状构件,其具有横向于管状构件的纵向轴线并在内表面和外表面之间延伸的厚度。 壁的特征在于通过纤维互连的节点的微结构。 当将加压流体引入内腔时,管状构件可从第一缩径直径构型展开至第二增大直径构型。 管状构件包括具有足以使加压流体渗透通过壁的孔隙的至少一个微孔部分。 基本上微孔部分内的所有节点被定向成使得节点之间的空间形成从壁的内表面延伸到外表面的微通道。

    Expandable fluoropolymer device for delivery of therapeutic agents and method of making
    9.
    发明申请
    Expandable fluoropolymer device for delivery of therapeutic agents and method of making 有权
    用于递送治疗剂的可扩展含氟聚合物装置和制备方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050154416A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-07-14

    申请号:US11068680

    申请日:2005-02-28

    摘要: A method of making a radially expandable fluid delivery device includes providing a tube of biocompatible fluoropolymer material with a predetermined porosity based on an extrusion and expansion forming process, applying a radial expansion force to the tube expanding the tube to a predetermined diameter dimension, and removing the radial expansion force. The tube is radially inelastic while sufficiently pliable to be collapsible and inflatable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration upon introduction of an inflation force, such that the expanded configuration occurs upon inflation to the predetermined diameter dimension. The fluid delivery device is constructed of a microporous, biocompatible fluoropolymer material having a microstructure that can provide a controlled, uniform, low-velocity fluid distribution through the walls of the fluid delivery device to effectively deliver fluid to the treatment site without damaging tissue proximate the walls of the device.

    摘要翻译: 一种制造可径向膨胀的流体递送装置的方法包括:基于挤出和膨胀成形方法提供具有预定孔隙率的生物相容性氟聚合物材料管,向扩管管的管施加径向膨胀力至预定直径尺寸, 径向膨胀力。 该管是径向无弹性的,同时在引入膨胀力时足够柔软地可从折叠构型膨胀到膨胀构型,使得膨胀构型在膨胀到预定直径尺寸时发生。 流体输送装置由具有微结构的微孔生物相容性含氟聚合物材料构成,微结构可以通过流体输送装置的壁提供受控的,均匀的低速流体分配,以有效地将流体输送到治疗部位,而不会损伤邻近的 设备的墙壁。

    Application of a therapeutic substance to a tissue location using a porous medical device
    10.
    发明申请
    Application of a therapeutic substance to a tissue location using a porous medical device 审中-公开
    使用多孔医疗装置将治疗物质施用于组织位置

    公开(公告)号:US20050113687A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-26

    申请号:US10943075

    申请日:2004-09-15

    摘要: A non-polymeric or biological coating applied to porous radially expandable interventional medical devices provides uniform drug distribution and permeation of the coating and any therapeutic agents mixed therewith into a targeted treatment area within the body. The coating is sterile, and is capable of being carried by a sterile medical device to a targeted tissue location within the body following radial expansion. The therapeutic coating transfers off the medical device due in part to a biological attraction with the tissue and in part to a physical transference from the medical device to the targeted tissue location in contact with the medical device. Thus, atraumatic local tissue transference delivery is achieved for uniform therapeutic agent distribution and controlled bio-absorption into the tissue after placement within a patient's body with a non-inflammatory coating.

    摘要翻译: 应用于多孔径向可扩张介入医疗装置的非聚合物或生物涂层提供了涂层和与其混合的任何治疗剂的均匀药物分布和渗透到体内的目标治疗区域。 涂层是无菌的,并且能够在径向膨胀后由无菌医疗装置携带到身体内的目标组织位置。 治疗涂层部分地由于与组织的生物吸引而部分地转移离开医疗装置,并且部分地从医疗装置到与医疗装置接触的目标组织位置的物理转移。 因此,在用非炎性涂层放置在患者体内之后,实现了不均匀的局部组织转移递送,用于均匀的治疗剂分布和对组织的受控生物吸收。