Abstract:
The invention describes methods and devices for treating a tissue within a synovial joint in a patient in need of such treatment. The methods and devices involve inserting a drug delivery device through the synovial joint and anchoring the drug delivery device within the synovial joint capsule so that the drug delivery device does not substantially interfere with movement of the joint. The drug delivery device comprises a deformable polymeric delivery device having a reservoir portion and a dispensing portion extending from the reservoir portion and at least one pharmaceutical agent contained within the drug delivery device.
Abstract:
Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Eintauchvorrichtung, die eine Stickstoffmonoxidgenerierende Einheit und einer zum Eintauchen von Objekten vorgesehene Volumeneinheit umfasst, die Verwendung dieser Vorrichtung zur Behandlung von Erkrankungen, insbesondere von chronischen Wunden und Diabetes- sowie Gefaßerkrankungs-assoziierten Durchblutungsstörungen.
Abstract:
Various types of supporting structures, supporting devices, attachment mechanisms and attachment techniques may be provided to support and/or stabilize an intraosseous device installed at a target site in a patient. Various methods and procedures may also be provided to releasably engage a supporting structure or supporting device proximate a target site. Apparatus and methods may be provided to monitor performance of an intraosseous device during communication of drugs, medications and/or fluids with an intraosseous space.
Abstract:
The invention concerns the treatment of a wound (20) on a body part, for example a forearm (28). Treatment apparatus (10) is provided which makes use of an enclosure to enclose the body part. The arrangement is such that a space inside the enclosure is partially occupied by the body part. The enclosure has an inlet (46) through which a gaseous fluid can be fed into the unoccupied portion of the space (77) and an outlet (39.1) through which gaseous fluid can exhaust from the enclosure. In use, gaseous fluid is passed through the unoccupied portion of the space, from the inlet to the outlet, in order to treat the wound. In the preferred embodiment, the enclosure is provided by a flexible, inflatable bag (14) and the operating parameters are such that the passage of the gaseous fluid through the bag maintains the bag in an inflated condition about the body part.
Abstract:
A device, system and method for increasing air intake by a subject is described. The device includes a vibration motor and a control unit for controlling vibrational motion output by the vibration motor. The methods include positioning the vibration motor on one or more limbs of a subject, and stimulating nerves in the limbs via the generated vibrational motion, whereby the stimulated nerve signals the brain to increase breathing rate or air intake by the subject. Accordingly, the device of the present invention activates nerve fibers that carry kinesthetic cues from the limbs in a pattern that simulates normal limb motion, and thus triggers inherent reflexes that increase ventilation in response to such motion.
Abstract:
Various types of supporting structures, supporting devices, attachment mechanisms and attachment techniques may be provided to support and/or stabilize an intraosseous device installed at a target site in a patient. Various methods and procedures may also be provided to releasably engage a supporting structure or supporting device proximate a target site. Apparatus and methods may be provided to monitor performance of an intraosseous device during communication of drugs, medications and/or fluids with an intraosseous space.
Abstract:
The invention concerns the treatment of a wound (20) on a body part, for example a forearm (28). Treatment apparatus (10) is provided which makes use of an enclosure to enclose the body part. The arrangement is such that a space inside the enclosure is partially occupied by the body part. The enclosure has an inlet (46) through which a gaseous fluid can be fed into the unoccupied portion of the space (77) and an outlet (39.1) through which gaseous fluid can exhaust from the enclosure. In use, gaseous fluid is passed through the unoccupied portion of the space, from the inlet to the outlet, in order to treat the wound. In the preferred embodiment, the enclosure is provided by a flexible, inflatable bag (14) and the operating parameters are such that the passage of the gaseous fluid through the bag maintains the bag in an inflated condition about the body part.
Abstract:
The methods and devices disclosed herein are effective in the promoting the reattachment of delaminated cartilage to bone. The methods (and related devices) are effective in the removal of the acellular layer of the delaminated cartilage or effective in the indentation of the acellular layer of the delaminated cartilage thereby exposing the underlying chondrocyte cells and thereby allowing the promotion of the reattachment of the delaminated cartilage.
Abstract:
The invention describes methods and devices for treating a tissue within a synovial joint in a patient in need of such treatment. The methods and devices involve inserting a drug delivery device through the synovial joint and anchoring the drug delivery device within the synovial joint capsule so that the drug delivery device does not substantially interfere with movement of the joint. The drug delivery device comprises a deformable polymeric delivery device having a reservoir portion and a dispensing portion extending from the reservoir portion and at least one pharmaceutical agent contained within the drug delivery device.