Abstract:
Apparatus for identifying and providing for the retrieval of information relating to an individual, comprises an adhesive layer and a machine readable device secured to said adhesive layer. The machine readable device is encoded with identification information. A first quantity of ink deposited on said adhesive layer is arranged to provide a physiologically perceptible and humanly understandable visual indication of information relating to set individual. The adhesive layer, the machine readable device and said first quantity of ink form an individual identification device. The machine readable device is secured to said adhesive layer further comprises a second quantity of ink deposited on said adhesive layer and arranged to provide a machine readable image. A plurality of reader devices and said individual identification device provide information respecting the individual identified by said individual identification device to a computer system which includes a memory with an algorithm for processing collected information.
Abstract:
Apparatus for treating cellulite under the surface of the skin comprising a surgical ultrasonic energy source is disclosed. An ultrasonic energy transmitting surface is driven by a surgical ultrasonic energy source. The ultrasonic energy transmitting surface is configured to concentrate ultrasonic energy in the layer of connective tissue lying at the interface between the dermis and the subcutaneous adipose tissue. The surgical ultrasonic energy source is of sufficient power to cause disruption of the layer of connective tissue lying at the interface between the dermis and the subcutaneous adipose tissue during a dosage period. An imaging ultrasonic energy transmitting surface is driven by the imaging ultrasonic energy source. An imaging ultrasonic energy detector is coupled to receive the reflected output of the imaging ultrasonic energy transmitting surface. A computing device is coupled to the output of the imaging ultrasonic energy detector. A program resident in the computing device configures the computing device to generate an image of tissues under the surface of the skin of a patient. A display for displaying the image of tissues under the surface of the skin of the patient provides the person implementing the treatment with first and second images. The first image is a before ultrasound treatment three dimensional or other image and the second image is an after ultrasound treatment image of the tissue is treated. An applicator housing is configured to be held by the hand of an individual, the imaging ultrasonic energy detector is mounted on the applicator housing.
Abstract:
A therapeutic agent delivery implant (42) for implantation into a patient's body comprises a resilient or flexible, at least partially hydrophobic reticulated elastomeric support scaffold; and a hydrophilic coating arranged on said scaffold, wherein said coating contains one or more therapeutic agents for release within the patient. Optionally the coating can contain microspheres or enzymes. In a preferred embodiment, the scaffold comprises a hydrophobic polyurethane, the coating comprises a hydrophilic polyurethane, and the implant has a hemispherical, bullet, football, cylindrical, spherical, or irregular shape. The implant can be delivered through a rigid or flexible delivery instrument that deploys the implant at a desirable site, whereby the implant expands to a size and shape substantially similar to its size and shape before insertion.
Abstract:
Apparatus for treating cellulite under the surface of the skin comprising a surgical ultrasonic energy source is disclosed. An ultrasonic energy transmitting surface is driven by a surgical ultrasonic energy source. The ultrasonic energy transmitting surface is configured to concentrate ultrasonic energy in the layer of connective tissue lying at the interface between the dermis and the subcutaneous adipose tissue. The surgical ultrasonic energy source is of sufficient power to cause disruption of the layer of connective tissue lying at the interface between the dermis and the subcutaneous adipose tissue during a dosage period. An imaging ultrasonic energy transmitting surface is driven by the imaging ultrasonic energy source. An imaging ultrasonic energy detector is coupled to receive the reflected output of the imaging ultrasonic energy transmitting surface. A computing device is coupled to the output of the imaging ultrasonic energy detector. A program resident in the computing device configures the computing device to generate an image of tissues under the surface of the skin of a patient. A display for displaying the image of tissues under the surface of the skin of the patient provides the person implementing the treatment with first and second images. The first image is a before ultrasound treatment three dimensional or other image and the second image is an after ultrasound treatment image of the tissue is treated. An applicator housing is configured to be held by the hand of an individual, the imaging ultrasonic energy detector is mounted on the applicator housing.
Abstract:
This invention relates to biodurable, reticulated elastomeric matrices that are resiliently-compressible, their manufacture and uses including uses for implantable devices into or for topical treatment of patients, such as humans and other animals, for therapeutic, nutritional, or other useful purposes.
Abstract:
The self-expandable endovascular apparatus for aneurysm occlusion of the invention comprises a deformable shape memory frame with at least a partial segment covering comprised of a matrix implant material. The device can be folded and/or stretched to adopt a narrow profile for loading into a coaxial delivery device and expands in place as it adopts its original shape on release from the device into an aneurysm. A method of treating an aneurysm, comprises the steps of: (a) providing the self-expandable endovascular apparatus inserted into a lumen of a delivery device comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a distal tip; (b) advancing the distal tip of the delivery device into an opening in an aneurysm having an interior sac; (c) advancing the apparatus through the lumen into the opening; and (d) withdrawing the delivery device, whereby the apparatus expands into the sac and covers the opening.
Abstract:
A therapeutic agent delivery implant for implantation into a patient's body comprises a resilient or flexible, at least partially hydrophobic reticulated elastomeric support scaffold; and a hydrophilic coating arranged on said scaffold, wherein said coating contains one or more therapeutic agents for release within the patient. Optionally the coating can contain microspheres or enzymes. In a preferred embodiment, the scaffold comprises a hydrophobic polyurethane, the coating comprises a hydrophilic polyurethane, and the implant has a hemispherical, bullet, football, cylindrical, spherical, or irregular shape. The implant can be delivered through a rigid or flexible delivery instrument that deploys the implant at a desirable site, whereby the implant expands to a size and shape substantially similar to its size and shape before insertion.
Abstract:
A system and method to manage the transitioning the care of an individual in a healthcare setting from one point of care with a particular set of characteristics to the another physical location with a different set of characteristics by providing for the retrieval of information relating to an individual by a plurality of authorized users and devices at multiple facilities. The system includes a skin wearable, waterproof, non-transferable frangible individual identification device comprising an adhesive and an ink arranged to provide a physiologically and optically perceptible, humanly understandable, and machine readable information relating to said individual.