Abstract:
A lip conditioning device for providing enhanced tissue therapy to lip tissue of a user, the device including a mouthpiece having a chamber with a distal end configured to create a seal with a portion of lip tissue of a user; a base portion, connected to the mouthpiece, including a controller in communication with a power source, and a suction device configured to remove air within the chamber; and a set of controls, in communication with the controller, configured to control a mode of operation of the tissue therapy.
Abstract:
Described are systems and methods for administration of nitric oxide (NO) with use of left ventricular assists devices (LVADs), as well as systems and methods for monitoring the NO delivery devices and/or the LVAD.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an oxygen mask comprising: a mask body defining a cavity configured to be positioned over the mouth and nose of a patient, an oxygen port formed on the upper half of the mask body, an annular aperture formed on the mask body, and at least one vent port formed on the mask body, wherein each vent port is formed on the bottom half of the mask body in a manner that patient's exhaled gases are directed towards the vent port.
Abstract:
The invention includes catheters that have therapeutic agent- and therapeutic energy- delivery capability. In particular embodiments, the catheters include only a single therapeutic energy transducer that is configured to deliver energy to over half of the circumference of the catheter. The therapeutic catheters of the invention allow for faster and more effective thrombus removal because of the simultaneous delivery of therapeutic agents and energy.
Abstract:
In one aspect, the present invention relates to a wound-care assembly The wound-care assembly includes a base layer. A film layer is operatively coupled to the base layer and a fluid conductor is in fluid communication with a wound and a vacuum source. The wound-care assembly further includes a fiber-optic patch comprising a plurality of fiber-optic strands. The fiber-optic strands are pressed into contact with an interior surface of the wound by the fluid conductor. The fiber-optic patch provides ultraviolet light to the wound and the relative vacuum is applied to the wound via the vacuum source and the fluid conductor.
Abstract:
Extracorporeal systems and methods for treating blood-borne diseases in a subject or for developing drugs to treat blood-borne diseases include various environmental and treatment modules that can be tailored to a specific disease or infection. In certain embodiments of the systems and methods, a blood sample is treated with hydrostatic pressure, a pulsed electrical field, a pharmaceutical agent, microwave, centrifugation, sonification, radiation, or a combination thereof, under environmental conditions that are effective for the treatment.
Abstract:
Dispositif implantable dans l'os temporal de dispense d'au moins un composant d'un produit liquide, comprenant un cathéter (20) et des moyens de déplacement du composant le long du cathéter, caractérisé en ce que le produit incorpore des particules de transport du composant, les particules étant déplaçables sous l'effet d'un champ magnétique, en ce que le cathéter comporte des portions de sortie (21) du composant hors du cathéter, les portions de sorties étant réparties le long du cathéter et en ce que les moyens de déplacement comprennent des moyens (11, 31) pour engendrer un champ magnétique au voisinage de chaque portion de sortie (21)pour amener le produit de portion de sortie en portion de sortie, les moyens pour engendrer un champ comprenant des bobines (31) entourant les portions de sorties (21) et reliées à un module de commande (11) agencé pour successivement alimenter au moins une partie des bobines. Prothèse auditive tel qu'un implant cochléaire comprenant une unité interne comportant un porte-électrode (12) pourvu d'un tel dispositif. Figure
Abstract:
A bone conduction device, comprising: a sound input element configured to receive an acoustic sound signal; an electronics module configured generate an electrical signal representing said acoustic sound signal; and a transducer, comprising a mass configured to move in a rotational direction, configured to generate a vibrational force in a tangential direction with respect to a recipient's bone.
Abstract:
A fixation system tor a bone conduction device is disclosed. An abutment is coupled to a bone anchor such that vibrations applied to the abutment pass into the bone anchor. The abutment defines a conduction path to the bone anchor such that vibrations applied to the abutment are transferred to the bone anchor. The abutment comprises a plurality of sbearing elements disposed adjacent the bone anchor, wherein the shearing elements from part of the conduction path. The fixation system also comprises a virbratoty coupler extending from the bone conduction device, comprising a second conduction surface and a magnet, wherein the magnet attracts to the abutment so as to couple the second conduction surface to the abutment, thereby enabling vibrations to pass through the conduction path. The shearing elements are configured to slide laterally in response to tangential forces incident upon the abutment.
Abstract:
A bone conduction device, comprising: a sound input element configured to receive an acoustic sound signal; an electronics module configured generate an electrical signal representing said acoustic sound signal; and a transducer configured to generate motion of a mass component based on said electrical signal so as to generate one or more mechanical forces resulting in one or more of motion and vibration of a recipient's skull thereby causing sound perception, wherein one or more of the size and shape of said mass component is selectable at least partially based on a desired mechanical force to be generated by said transducer.