Partial cuff
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09956067B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-01

    申请号:US12122079

    申请日:2008-05-16

    申请人: Claude Tihon

    发明人: Claude Tihon

    摘要: To increase the resistance to liquid and substance flow through a lumen of a tubular organ, a cuff comprising a flexible, mesh base member is appended to an exterior wall of the tubular organ such that it only partially surrounds the tubular organ. Ultimately, tissue ingrowth through the mesh base member integrates the cuff into the wall of the tubular organ. When the cuff is applied to the urethra of an incontinent patient, the increased resistance to flow renders the patient continent while still allowing normal voiding. The base member may also support an optional expandable component, e.g., a balloon-like element that can be selectively inflated and/or deflated to restrict the lumen of the tubular organ by a desired degree.

    Absorbable implants for plastic surgery
    5.
    发明授权
    Absorbable implants for plastic surgery 有权
    可吸收植入物进行整形手术

    公开(公告)号:US09532867B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-03

    申请号:US14329760

    申请日:2014-07-11

    申请人: Tepha, Inc.

    摘要: Absorbable implants for breast surgery that conform to the breast parenchyma and surrounding chest wall have been developed. These implants support newly lifted breast parenchyma, and/or a breast implant. The implants have mechanical properties sufficient to support a reconstructed breast, and allow the in-growth of tissue into the implant as it degrades. The implants have a strength retention profile allowing the support of the breast to be transitioned from the implant to regenerated host tissue, without significant loss of support. Three-dimensional implants for use in minimally invasive mastopexy/breast reconstruction procedures are also described, that confer shape to a patient's breast. These implants are self-reinforced, can be temporarily deformed, implanted in a suitably dissected tissue plane, and resume their preformed three-dimensional shape. The implants are preferably made from poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB) and copolymers thereof. The implants have suture pullout strengths that can resist the mechanical loads exerted on the reconstructed breast.

    摘要翻译: 已经开发了符合乳房实质和周围胸壁的乳房手术的可吸收植入物。 这些植入物支持新提起的乳腺实质和/或乳房植入物。 植入物具有足以支撑重建的乳房的机械性能,并且当植入物降解时允许组织进入植入物。 植入物具有强度保持分布,允许乳房的支撑从植入物转移到再生的宿主组织,而不会显着损失支持。 还描述了用于微创乳突肌肉/乳房重建手术的三维植入物,其赋予患者乳房的形状。 这些植入物是自加强的,可以暂时变形,植入合适的解剖组织平面,并恢复其预先形成的三维形状。 植入物优选由聚-4-羟基丁酸酯(P4HB)及其共聚物制成。 植入物具有能够抵抗施加在重建乳房上的机械负荷的缝合拉拔强度。

    ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE
    6.
    发明申请
    ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE 有权
    人造肌肉

    公开(公告)号:US20160206420A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-21

    申请号:US14817386

    申请日:2015-08-04

    IPC分类号: A61F2/08

    摘要: Provided herein is an artificial muscle capable of being miniaturized, realizing precision movement, and performing selective relaxation/contraction deformation according to the power output necessary in the muscle, the muscle including a first operation unit that includes electro-active polymer where relaxation-deformation occurs based on electric energy being applied; a heating unit that generates heat energy based on the electric being applied; a second operation unit that has a yarn structure and where contraction-deformation occurs based on the heat energy generated in the heating unit; and a control unit that applies electric energy to the first operation unit and the heating unit.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供能够小型化,实现精密运动的人造肌肉,并且根据肌肉中所需的动力输出进行选择性放松/收缩变形,肌肉包括包含发生松弛变形的电活性聚合物的第一操作单元 基于施加的电能; 加热单元,其基于施加的电力产生热能; 第二操作单元,其具有纱线结构,并且基于在所述加热单元中产生的热能发生收缩变形; 以及向第一操作单元和加热单元施加电能的控制单元。

    Device and method for reducing mitral valve regurgitation
    10.
    发明授权
    Device and method for reducing mitral valve regurgitation 有权
    减少二尖瓣反流的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08992605B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-31

    申请号:US13910886

    申请日:2013-06-05

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24 A61B17/00 A61B17/12

    摘要: In one embodiment, the present invention provides a prosthesis that can be implanted within a heart to at least partially block gaps that may be present between the two mitral valve leaflets. In one preferred embodiment, the prosthesis includes an anchoring ring that expands within the left atrium to anchor the prosthesis and a pocket member fixed to the anchoring ring. When the mitral valve is open, blood flows past the pocket member, maintaining the pocket member in a collapsed state. When the mitral valve closes, the backpressure of the blood pushes into the pocket member, expanding the pocket member to an inflated shape. The mitral valve leaflets contact the expanded pocket member, allowing the prosthesis to block at least a portion of the openings between the leaflets, thereby minimizing regurgitated blood flow into the left atrium.

    摘要翻译: 在一个实施例中,本发明提供了一种假体,其可植入心脏内以至少部分阻止可能存在于两个二尖瓣瓣叶之间的间隙。 在一个优选实施例中,假体包括锚定环,其在左心房内扩张以锚定假体和固定到锚定环的口袋构件。 当二尖瓣打开时,血液流过口袋构件,保持口袋构件处于折叠状态。 当二尖瓣关闭时,血液的背压推入口袋构件,将口袋构件膨胀成膨胀的形状。 二尖瓣小叶接触膨胀的口袋构件,允许假体阻挡小叶之间的至少一部分开口,从而最小化进入左心房的反流血液。