Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
623230520 | Including an outer sheath | 11 |
20080262630 | Drug-Impregnated Encasement - A drug-impregnated sleeve for encasing a medical implant is provided. In one embodiment, the sleeve may include a body made of a biologically-compatible material that defines an internal cavity configured to receive the medical implant. In one embodiment, the biologically-compatible material is bioresorbable. The body may include a plurality of apertures, such as perforations or holes, extending from the cavity through the body. The sleeve may further include a first end, a second end, and a drug impregnated into the resorbable sheet. In one possible embodiment, the first end of the sleeve may be open for receiving the medical implant therethrough and the second end may be closed. The implant may be encased in the sleeve and implanted into a patient from which the drug is dispensed in vivo over time to tissue surrounding the implantation site. In one embodiment, the body is made from at least one sheet of a biologically-compatible material, hi one embodiment, the sleeve may be made in least in part from caprolactone to add stretchability to the sleeve. | 10-23-2008 |
20110009978 | DEVICE COMPRISING A SWELLING AGENT AND SHEATHING FOR ARTIFICIAL CALLUS DISTRACTION - The present invention relates to a device for regenerating a bone, in particular by means of three-dimensional distraction, a method for three-dimensional callus distraction, and use of said device. The device comprises sheathing and a swelling agent. | 01-13-2011 |
20120245704 | SLEEVE FOR BONE FIXATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a bone fixation device of the type useful for connecting two or more bones or bone fragments together or connecting soft tissue or tendon to bone. The device comprises an elongate body having a distal anchor thereon. An axially moveable proximal anchor is carried by the proximal end of the fixation device, to accommodate different bone dimensions and permit appropriate tensioning of the fixation device. A sleeve can surround at least a portion of the bone fixation device to promote bone in-growth with or at the bone joint or fracture to facilitate fusion of the bone segment. | 09-27-2012 |
20120296440 | DEVICE FOR OSTEOSYNTHESIS OF THE THORACIC WALL - A device made up of a textile tubular sheath, which can be implanted in the human body, suitable for containing a filling material and the ends of which are suitable for covering the ends of two portions of a single resected rib. The sheath contains a braid, in which the yarns allow relative movement in relation to one another in order locally to modify the diameter and the shape of the braid, such that the braid not only covers but also encloses the end of one portion of the rib. The sheath is secured to a tip which, allowing the injection of a biocompatible material for filling the sheath, the packing of the braid and the connection by adhesion of the sheath and the braid with the ends of the portions of the rib, is in turn sectional. | 11-22-2012 |
20120330434 | BILAYERED BONE GRAFT DEVICE - A bilayered bone graft device includes a core portion comprising deminernalized gelatin and a shell portion surrounding the core portion. The shell portion includes a calcium silicate and the deminernalized gelatin in a range of 1 to 30 weight percent, and the calcium silicate has a molar ratio of calcium to silicon ranging from 10 to 0.1. The core portion and the shell portion are bound by the deminernalized gelatin without using a binder. In one embodiment of the present invention, the core portion is configured to provide buffering for receiving an insertion, and the shell portion is configured to provide a load-bearing structure. | 12-27-2012 |
20130085578 | FABRICATION METHOD OF A NOVEL ARTIFICIAL CORTICAL BONE USING A MULTI-PASS EXTRUSION PROCESS - A method for fabricating an artificial bone by multi-pass extrusion, includes: a first extrusion process of forming roll-shaped filaments having sheets of calcium phosphate/calcium phosphate-(t-ZrO | 04-04-2013 |
20140200676 | DELIVERY SYSTEMS CONTAINING BIOACTIVE MATERIALS - A delivery system comprising a covering containing at least a first substance for release to a surgical site is provided. The covering includes an elongated containment portion having at least one compartment, wherein the covering includes an elongated containment having a first end and a second end. At one end the elongated containment defines an opening configured to receive at least one substance. The at least one substance can be DBM or a mixture of demineralized fibers and particles in a ratio of 30:70. The delivery system also includes a closing member that can close the elongated containment prior to insertion at a surgical site. The closing member can be drawing strings, stitches, sutures, wing sutures, heat seals, adhesion, pressure fittings, coil ring, twist tie. The substance contained in the delivery system can also be enclosed by twisting and folding over a portion of the covering. | 07-17-2014 |
20140364961 | Graft Collection and Containment System for Bone Defects - A device for containing bone graft material comprises a body including an inner sleeve extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve and extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end such that a bone graft collecting space is formed therebetween. | 12-11-2014 |
20160074167 | TAPER PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS DURING POLISHING PHASES BY TRIBOFINISHING - A surface protection system comprising a protective sleeve positionable over an orthopedic tool or implant, for example the tapered end of an orthopedioc femoral stem implant to shield the covered surface from exposure to abrasive particles during an automated polishing process is described. The protective sleeve comprises a body having an annular sidewall that extends from a proximal end to a distal end and is composed of a polymeric material. A cavity resides within the body extending through the distal end to a proximal end sidewall positioned perpendicular to the annular sidewall. The protective sleeve further comprises at least one annular recess intermediate at least two annular ridges that reside along an interior surface at the distal end of the sleeve. These series of annular ridges and recesses form a removably tight seal around the exterior surface that minimizes the migration of abrasive polishing particles to the exterior surface of the orthopedic tool or implant. The system further comprises an impactor and extractor tools which facilitate the positioning and removal of the protective sleeve from the surface thereof. | 03-17-2016 |
20160151159 | COLLAGEN BIOMATERIAL FOR CONTAINMENT OF BIOMATERIALS | 06-02-2016 |
20160250038 | DELIVERY SYSTEM ATTACHMENT | 09-01-2016 |