45th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100286699 | BONE RESECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR KNEE SURGERY - A bone resection apparatus and its method of use for knee surgery are presented. In one aspect of the invention, the apparatus includes a spacer and a tibial cut guide. The spacer has a first surface engageable with the cut distal femoral bone and a second surface opposite the first surface engageable with the uncut proximal tibial bone in joint articulating relationship. The spacer further includes a cut guide support. The tibial cut guide has a cutter guide defining a cut plane and a support engaging element engageable with the cut guide support. The cut guide support and support engaging element cooperate to position the cut plane in relative to the first surface. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286700 | PATIENT SPECIFIC ALIGNMENT GUIDE FOR A PROXIMAL FEMUR - An alignment guide for aligning instrumentation along a proximal femur includes a neck portion configured to wrap around a portion of the neck of the femur, a head underside portion configured to abut a disto-lateral portion of the femoral head and a medial head portion configured to overlie a medial portion of the head. Portions of the guide can have an inner surface generally a negative of the femoral bone of a specific patient that the guide overlies; such surfaces can be formed using data obtained from the specific patient. The neck portion can be configured to rotationally stabilize the guide by abutting and generating a first gripping force on the neck. The femoral head portions can be configured to grip the head portion of the femur and can support a bore guide that is configured to guide an instrument to the femur in a specified location and along a given axis. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286701 | DISTRACTION TOOL FOR DISTRACTING AN INTERSPINOUS SPACE - Distraction tools for distracting an interspinous space formed between spinous processes. The distraction tool may include first and second handles connected together at a pivot between first and second ends. First and second prongs may extend outward from the handles. The handles may move about the pivot between a first orientation with the first and second prongs in proximity to each other and a second orientation with the first and second prongs separated in a first direction. A third member may be connected to the first and second handles and include a third outwardly-extending prong. The third member may be positioned together with the first and second prongs to form a unified prong when the first and second handles are in the first orientation. The unified prong is sized and shaped for insertion into the interspinous space. The third prong may separate from the first and second prongs in a second direction when the first and second handles are in the second orientation. The prongs distract the interspinous space when the handles are in the second orientation. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286702 | METHOD KIT FOR TREATING BONY DEFECTS - The present invention is a kit and a method of using a kit for treating bone including a fill material mixture made of osteoconductive material, osteoinductive material and a lubricating carrier, a porous container to receive the fill material mixture and a tool that flowably introduces the fill material mixture into the porous container. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286703 | TACK OR DRIVE SCREW FOR SECURING A PROSTHESIS TO BONE AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENTATION AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a surgical method or procedure for securing a prosthesis to bone. More particularly, the present invention relates to (i) a surgical method or procedure for securing a low load bearing prosthesis such as, for example, an adhesion barrier, to a patient's bone, (ii) a tack or drive screw for securing the low load bearing prosthesis and (iii) associated instrumentation for driving the tack or drive screw into the patient's bone. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286704 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INSERTION DEVICE - An intraocular lens insertion device which can smoothly push out a lens disposed beforehand. An intraocular lens insertion device has a main body comprising a lens setting part where an intraocular lens is disposed, a transition part which deforms the intraocular lens, and a nozzle which ejects out the intraocular lens, and a lens pushing mechanism which pushes out the intraocular lens disposed at the lens setting part. Only the transition part and the nozzle are applied with a hydrophilic coating. The lens setting part has a lens holding table which supports the periphery of the intraocular lens. An upper surface of the lens holding table is a rough surface. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286705 | VASCULAR ACCESS TO EXTRA-VASCULAR SPACE - Provided are methods for accessing tissue in the vicinity of a blood vessel. Also provided are devices for use in a lumen of a patient's organ and methods for shunting interior volumes of organs. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286706 | SURGICAL ACCESS APPARATUS WITH CENTERING MECHANISM - A surgical access apparatus includes a housing member and a portal member extending from the housing member and defining a longitudinal axis. The housing member and the portal member define a longitudinal passage therethrough dimensioned to permit passage of an elongated object. A centering mechanism is mounted relative to the housing member. The centering mechanism includes an annular element mounted for rotational movement within the housing member and about the longitudinal axis and first and second arm elements mounted to the annular element and extending radially inwardly relative to the longitudinal axis. The first and second arm elements are each positioned to intersect the longitudinal passage and are adapted to pivot relative to the housing member. The first and second arm elements are operatively connected whereby pivotal movement of the first arm element upon engagement with the elongated object causes the annular element to rotate in response thereto and effect corresponding pivotal movement of the second arm element. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286707 | Medical Device Having Linear to Rotation Control - A medical instrument converts linear movement of a shaft at a proximal end of the instrument to a rotational movement of an end effector of the instrument. According to one embodiment, the medical instrument includes an end effector formed of a snare loop connected to a shaft that is located within a sleeve. Once the sleeve is located near a desired location within a patient, the snare loop may be rotationally positioned with linear movement of the shaft by the operator. The shaft is formed with a threaded portion that matches threads formed in a torque transmitter element fixed within the sleeve. Linear movement of the shaft through the torque transmitter element causes the shaft to rotate. The medical instrument may also include a pivot connector for reducing torque build-up of the shaft and/or a clutch assembly for restricting controlled rotation of the snare loop to only one direction. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286708 | System for blood vessels cleaning, such as for a coronary artery, peripheral artery or any other body vessel, based on mobile agent - This paper describes a system and method invention for blood vessels cleaning, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or any other body vascular based on a mobile agent. The system consists of device which is electronically controlled, performing a procedure of vessel walls cleaning by removing the accumulated plaque or any other blockage material. This plaque or other blockage type may cause atherosclerosis and can eventually cause the artery to be blocked, causing heart disease, heart attack or stroke. Upon initial setup the system will be inserted into a human body and travel within its blood vessels. Based on sensors the system finds clogged areas and remove the blockage, without damaging the vessel's tissue using its cleaning system. The system independently and/or programmatically travels and searches for blockages within blood vessels using its own propulsion and navigation system. The system includes also a mechanism to remove and collect the removed plaque or any other blockage material. This system performs an efficient blood vessels cleaning and provides an innovative non surgical method for blood vessels blockage removal. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286709 | Device and method for fragmenting and removing concretions from body ducts and cavities - A medical device and method for breaking a concretion in a body into smaller pieces and removing the pieces from the body are described. The device comprises a dilator sheath, a lithotripsy probe, a tubular member, and a retrieval basket. The dilator sheath adapted to penetrate into a passage of the body to reach the location where the concretion is located. The lithotripsy probe is configured for shattering the concretion into smaller pieces. The tubular member is mounted within the dilator sheath adapted to permit the lithotripsy probe to be inserted into the tubular member. The retrieval basket is coupled to the tubular member, and configured for entrapping the concretion and the smaller pieces for their extraction from the body. The retrieval basket comprises a structure constituted by a plurality of filaments extending from a basket proximal end towards a basket distal end, and then returning to the proximal end after forming a plurality of filament loops in the basket distal portion, and a plurality of filament strands at the basket proximal portion. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286710 | Device and Method For Instrument Adjustment in Computer Assisted Surgery - The present invention relates to a device for adjusting the position of a surgical instrument ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100286711 | HAND ACTUATED, ARTICULATING DEVICE HAVING AN ELECTRIC FORCE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM - An articulating device element and methods of operation thereof, including a compensating force enhancement for compensating for any unwanted friction and/or other such resistance forces experienced by the device when being manipulated. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286712 | BED INTEGRATED SURGICAL ROBOT - Disclosed is a bed integrated surgical robot. The bed integrated surgical robot comprises a supporting part, a frame supported by the supporting part, a table supported by the frame and on which a surgical patient is laid and a surgical robot arm installed on the frame and manipulated to reach for the surgical patient, wherein the robot arm is formed of a plurality of joints and deposited on the frame by driving the plurality of joints, and is easy to deposit, install, move, allows an assistant surgeon to easily access a patient under surgery, requires no additional space to install the robot, and functions as a patient bed. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286713 | Image Guided Spinal Surgery Guide System And Method For Use Thereof - A guide is disclosed for use in performing spinal surgery to prepare across a spinal disc and adjacent vertebrae an implantation space. The guide is associated with a computer controlled surgical navigation system employing an energy-detecting array to track positions of the guide in three dimensional space relative to a known reference point. The guide comprises a body for providing protected access to prepare across the spinal disc and into the adjacent vertebrae the implantation space. The body has a passage adapted to receive a bone removal device for forming the implantation space through the body. At least one electrically energizable energy emitter array is attached to the body for use in identifying the location of the guide relative to the adjacent vertebrae. A system and method for using the guide in spinal surgery are also disclosed. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286714 | INSERTER DEVICE WITH CONTROLLED ACCELERATION - The invention concerns an inserter device for inserting a medical device into the subcutaneous or intramuscular area of a patient. More specifically, this invention relates to an inserter device comprising means for providing a controlled and defined acceleration and deceleration of a penetrating member. The inserter device ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100286715 | DEVICE FOR PACKAGING AND FOLDING A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL PART, IN PARTICULARA PARIETAL REINFORCEMENT - The invention concerns a device comprising: a packaging box for the flexible material part, dimensioned to hold said part flat; folding means for folding said part without direct handling; and a reception tube for receiving said folded flexible material part. The invention is characterized in that the reception tube is not longitudinally slit, and the folding means comprise; a traction suture connected to the flexible material part, which passes through the tube, and, walls forming a funnel whereof the base emerges proximate to the opening of the tube through which the flexible material part is designed to be inserted into said tube, said funnel being designed, when a traction is exerted on the traction suture, to gradually fold down the zones of the part located laterally relative to the tube towards the zone of the part located opposite the opening of said tube, to enable the part to be inserted into the tube. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286716 | IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS - An implantable prosthesis for repairing an anatomical defect, such as a tissue or muscle wall hernia, including an umbilical hernia, and for preventing the occurrence of a hernia at a small opening or weakness in a tissue or muscle wall, such as at a puncture tract opening remaining after completion of a laparoscopic procedure. The prosthesis includes a patch and/or plug having a body portion that is larger than a portion of the opening or weakness so that placement of the body portion against the defect will cover or extend across that portion of the opening or weakness. At least one tether, such as a strap, extends from the patch or plug and may be manipulated by a surgeon to position the patch or plug relative to the repair site and/or to secure the patch or plug relative to the opening or weakness in the tissue or muscle wall. The tether may be configured to extend through the defect and outside a patient's body to allow a surgeon to position and/or manipulate the patch from a location outside the body. An indicator may be provided on the tether as an aid for a surgeon in determining when the patch or plug has been inserted a sufficient distance within the patient. A support member may be arranged in or on the patch or plug to help deploy the patch or plug at the surgical site and/or help inhibit collapse or buckling of the patch or plug. The patch or plug may be configured with a pocket or cavity to facilitate the deployment and/or positioning of the patch or plug over the opening or weakness. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286717 | Method and Apparatus for Anastomosis Including an Expandable Anchor - The present disclosure relates a device for joining a first body vessel to a second body vessel, including an inner member having a distal end portion and defining a longitudinal axis, an outer member defining a lumen dimensioned to receive the inner member therein, and a radially expandable anchor disposed at the distal end of the inner member, the expandable anchor having an initial condition wherein the expandable anchor is disposed between the outer member and the inner member and an expanded condition wherein the expandable anchor is radially larger than the expandable anchor in the initial condition. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286718 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PERCUTANEOUS TRANS-SEPTAL LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION - Systems and methods for occluding an atrial appendage are provided herein. In an exemplary embodiment of a system for occluding an atrial appendage, the system comprises a first device comprising a tube and a balloon and a second device comprising a tube, a loop, and optionally a shaft coupled to the loop. In an exemplary method for occluding an atrial appendage, the method comprises the steps of introducing at least a portion of a first device into a heart, introducing at least a portion of a second device into a pericardial space surrounding the heart, positioning the balloon of the first device at least partially within an atrial appendage cavity, inflating the balloon to displace blood present within the atrial appendage cavity, positioning the loop of the second device around the atrial appendage, tightening the loop around the atrial appendage, deflating the balloon to allow for ultimate removal of the first device from the atrial appendage cavity, and separating the loop from the second device so that the loop remains positioned and tightened around the atria appendage. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286719 | VALVULOTOME DEVICE AND METHOD - Valvulotome devices and methods are provided. Valvulotome devices include one or more valvulotome arms that have a u-shaped curved body with opposing arms and a base portion that extends between the arms. The valvulotome arm defines a notch open at one end on one of the arms and extending into the base portion of the u-shaped curved body. The notch defines an angled surface that provides a cutting edge. Methods of making valvulotome devices are also described. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286720 | VESSEL TREATMENT DEVICES - A catheter system for treating lesions is provided. The system is suitable for treatment of bifurcation lesions, has a low profile and provides substantially predictable translational and rotational positioning. In one embodiment, the system includes a fixed wire balloon catheter and a partially attached guidewire lumen, wherein the guidewire lumen is attached to the catheter at a crotch point. The location of the crotch point is predetermined so as to provide substantially predictable positioning. Several embodiments of the system are described for various types of lesions and vessel configurations. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286721 | Dilatation Catheter with Enhanced Distal End for Crossing Occluded Lesions - A catheter for crossing an occluding lesion with an inflatable balloon and dilating the lesion includes an inner tube that defines a longitudinal axis. The balloon includes a distal section that is bonded to the tube's distal end, a working section, and a conically shaped distal transition section connecting the working and distal section. A plurality of rigid ribs are spaced around the circumference of the balloon near the catheter's distal end. Each rib includes a first elongated portion attached to the balloon's distal section and aligned substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis. A second portion extending from the first portion and at an angle thereto is attached to and lies along the surface of the balloon's distal transition section. The plurality of ribs combine to simulate a stiff, tapered surface that can be wedged into the occluding lesion to create a passageway to cross the lesion with the balloon. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286722 | TEMPORARY VENOUS FILTER SYSTEM - A temporary vascular filter system comprising a catheter and an elongate filter slideably carried near the distal end of said catheter. The vascular filter system can be inserted into a vessel percutaneously with the filter in a narrow-diameter “closed position” and expanded into a large diameter “open position” at the desired intravascular site. After deployment, the proximal portion of the catheter can be secured to the patient at the insertion site. While deployed, the filter component is capable of sliding along a portion of the catheter throughout a range of motion. The filter may have two filter meshes, which may have different degrees of porosity. The temporary vascular filter system can be left in the patient for hours or days and then collapsed into a withdrawal tube for removal from the patient. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286723 | CHEMICALLY BASED VASCULAR OCCLUSION DEVICE DEPLOYMENT - A vascular occlusion device deployment system for placing an occlusion device at a preselected site within the vasculature of a patient. The deployment system employing a pusher having a lumen with an opening at the distal end of the pusher. A vascular occlusion device is connected to the distal end of the pusher by a portion that is removeably disposed within the opening. The portion of the occlusion device is forced out of the opening by an expandable reaction chamber, thereby deploying the occlusion device. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286724 | TOURNIQUET SYSTEM - A tourniquet system including a band, an optional bar, and an anti-pinch plate. The bar comprises an elongate portion of material having a first end portion, an intermediate portion, and a second end portion, at least one aperture formed in the bar so as to accept the band and allow the band to pass therethrough, at least one locking protrusion that extends from at least one of the first end portion or the second end portion. The anti-pinch plate includes one or more band receiving apertures formed so as to accept the band and allow the band to pass therethrough, wherein the anti-pinch plate includes one or more locking notches formed substantially along an edge portion of the anti-pinch plate, wherein the locking notches provide a means for securing at least a portion of the bar to the anti-pinch plate. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286725 | Systems and Methods for Closing a Percutaneous Vascular Puncture - A system and method for closing a percutaneous vessel puncture at the conclusion of a vascular catheterization procedure includes placement of an intravascular closure device having a radially and axially expandable tubular membrane and a radially expandable anchor at the distal sad of the membrane. The closure device is placed, by a delivery catheter extending through the puncture site, with its anchor radially expanded in a location upstream of the puncture site to enable the force of a patient's blood flow to deploy the tubular membrane to a proximally extended configuration closing the puncture from within the vessel. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286726 | Hemostasis Device and Method for Using the Same - A hemostasis device is disclosed. The hemostasis device includes a stem portion including a top end and a bottom end, a handle portion connected to the top end of the stem portion, and a base portion connected to the bottom end of the stem portion. A method for utilizing the hemostasis device is also disclosed. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286727 | TISSUE PUNCTURE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH ACTUATABLE AUTOMATIC SPOOL DRIVEN COMPACTION SYSTEM - A tissue puncture closure device includes an anchor, a sealing plug, a suture coupled to the sealing plug, a compaction arrangement, and an automatic driving assembly. The automatic driving assembly includes first and second spool members and an actuation member. The first spool member is configured to coil a portion of the suture. The second spool member is configured to coil a portion of the compaction arrangement. The actuation member is coupled to the first and second spool members. Activation of the actuation member releases the first spool member for rotation to apply a tension force in the suture, and releases the second spool member for rotation to distally advance a portion of the compaction arrangement to compress the sealing plug. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286728 | FIBERS OF UHMWPE AND A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THEREOF - The invention relates to a process for producing gel-spun ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibres having high tensile strengths and improved creep rates wherein the UHMWPE used in said process is characterized by a difference in the phase angle according to Formula (1) Δδ=δ | 2010-11-11 |
20100286729 | DECOMPRESSION TRACTION DEVICE AND METHOD - A device and method is disclosed for removing or otherwise ameliorating tension from the human body. The device having a body ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100286730 | IMPLANT FOR CORRECTION OF SPINAL DEFORMITY - A device for correction of a spinal deformity includes an implant having a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, the first end portion being attachable to an extraspinal bone, the second end portion being attachable to a vertebra, the implant being configured for being adjusted without penetrating skin and thereby for adjusting a tension of the implant so as to impose a corrective displacement on the vertebra. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286731 | BONE ANCHORING DEVICE - A bone anchoring device includes an anchoring element having a shank to be anchored in a bone or a vertebra and a head, a connection element for connecting at least two anchoring elements, a receiving part having a first end receiving the head, wherein the head is pivotable in the receiving part, and a second end comprising a recess for receiving the connection element, a first pressure element which exerts pressure on the head to lock the head in the receiving part, and a second pressure element which exerts pressure on the connection element to press the connection element against the first pressure element. The contour of the surface of at least the first pressure element or the second pressure element facing the connection element deviates from the contour of the surface of the connection element. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286732 | BONE SCREW AND BONE SCREW WITH HOLDING ELEMENT - A bone screw is provided, with a thread section ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100286733 | MENISCAL DEVICE - A device for sizing and implanting meniscus graft tissue includes a curvilinear tray having an inner curvature edge and an outer curvature edge opposite the inner curvature edge, a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and at least one opening formed therethrough between the top surface and the bottom surface to capture at least one element configured to releasably secure the meniscus graft tissue to the curvilinear tray; and an elongated handle extending from the curvilinear tray and including an angled shaft terminating in a handle end. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286734 | Treatment of Conditions Through Modulation of the Autonomic Nervous System - Methods are provided for treating a subject for a condition by modulating at least a portion of the subject's autonomic nervous system. In accordance with certain embodiments of the subject methods, at least a portion of a subject's autonomic nervous system is electrically or pharmacologically modulated in a manner that is effective to treat the subject for the condition. The subject methods find use in the treatment of a variety of different conditions, where such conditions include various disease conditions. Also provided are systems and kits for use in practicing the subject methods. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286735 | Uterine Electrical Stimulation System and Method - Some embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for treating insufficient uterine contractions after labor and delivery. The system includes a control module and a current source controlled by the control module to produce stimulating current at a frequency greater than or equal to about 5.0 Hertz. The system also includes one or more stimulation electrodes to provide the stimulating current to the patient in order for the patient to produce tonic uterine contractions. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286736 | TECHNIQUES FOR DELIVERY OF STEM CELL AND RELATED THERAPIES TO TREAT CARDIAC CONDITIONS - An exemplary method includes acquiring cardiac electrical activity information, detecting a T wave and, based on the detecting, calling for delivery of matter to the heart where the matter may include one or more of stem cells, progenitor cells, nutrients and drugs. Another exemplary method includes calling for delivery of electrical energy to cells destined for implantation in the body or cells already implanted in the body. Such delivery may be timed according to cardiac electrical activity and/or delivered at an energy level below a capture threshold of neighboring tissue. Various other exemplary technologies are also disclosed. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286737 | ARTIFICIAL CONDUCTION PATHWAYS IN TACHYARRHYTHMIA - An implantable medical device can establish one or more artificial conduction pathways during tachyarrhythmia. Withdrawal of the artificial conduction pathway may help self-terminate the tachyarrhythmia, or may pre-condition the tachyarrhythmia to be more favorable for receiving an anti-tachyarrhythmia therapy, such as anti-tachyarrhythmia pacing, defibrillation shock therapy, or cardioversion. This can help provide enhanced anti-tachyarrhythmia therapy. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286738 | INTERMITTENT HIGH-ENERGY CARDIAC STIMULATION FOR THERAPEUTIC EFFECT - A device and method for delivering high-energy electrical stimulation to the heart in order to improve cardiac function in heart failure patients. The high-energy stimulation mimics the effects of exercise and improves symptoms even in patients who are exercise intolerant. The high-energy stimulation may be delivered on an intermittent basis either as pacing pulses in accordance with a programmed pacing mode and with a higher pacing pulse energy than used for conventional pacing or as low energy shock pulses. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286739 | Cardiac Rhythm Pacing Rate Selection for Automatic Capture Threshold Testing - Cardiac devices and methods that select pacing rates for automatic threshold tests based on a patient's hemodynamic need. A sensor-indicated pacing rate corresponding to a patient's hemodynamic need is determined. A test pacing rate is selected from either the sensor-indicated rate or another rate. Capture threshold testing is performed using the selected pacing rate. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286740 | AUTOMATIC NEURAL STIMULATION MODULATION BASED ON MOTION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY - According to an embodiment of a method for providing neural stimulation, activity is sensed, and neural stimulation is automatically controlled based on the sensed activity. An embodiment determines periods of rest and periods of exercise using the sensed activity, and applies neural stimulation during rest and withdrawing neural stimulation during exercise. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286741 | CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DEVICE WITH NEURAL SENSOR - Various aspects of the present subject matter relate to a device. In various embodiments, the device comprises at least one port adapted to connect at least one lead, a CRM functions module connected to the port and adapted to provide at least one CRM function using the lead, a neural function module, and a controller connected to the CRM functions module and the neural function module. The at least one CRM function includes a function to provide an electrical signal to the lead to capture cardiac tissue. The neural function module includes a signal processing module connected to the port and adapted to receive and process a nerve traffic signal from the lead into a signal indicative of the nerve traffic. The controller is adapted to implement a CRM therapy based on the signal indicative of the nerve traffic. Other aspects are provided herein. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286742 | LINEAR ELECTRODE ARRAY TO TREAT MITRAL REGURGITATION - A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating mitral regurgitation with electrical stimulation. By providing pacing stimulation to a region of the left ventricle in proximity to the mitral valve apparatus in a manner which pre-excites the region during early ventricular systole, a beneficial effect is obtained which can prevent or reduce the extent of mitral regurgitation. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286743 | Methods and Systems for Mitigating the Occurrence of Arrhythmia During Atrial Pacing - Noncaptured atrial paces can result in long-short cardiac cycles which are proarrhythmic for ventricular tachyarrhythmia. Approaches are described which are directed to avoiding proarrhythmic long-short cycles. For cardiac cycles in which the atrial pace captures the atrium, a first post ventricular refractory period (PVARP) and a first A-A interval are used. For cardiac cycles in which the atrial pace does not capture the atrium, both an extended PVARP and an extended A-A interval are used. The A-A interval following a noncaptured atrial pace is extended from an atrial depolarization sensed during the extended PVARP. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286744 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HEART FAILURE TREATMENTS USING ULTRASOUND AND LEADLESS IMPLANTABLE DEVICES - The present invention relies on a controller-transmitter device to deliver ultrasound energy into cardiac tissue in order to directly improve cardiac function and/or to energize one or more implanted receiver-stimulator devices that transduce the ultrasound energy to electrical energy to perform excitatory and/or non-excitatory treatments for heart failure. The acoustic energy can be applied as a single burst or as multiple bursts. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286745 | Radially Expandable Gastrointestinal Stimulation Device - A fixation device for holding stimulating electrodes in electrical contact with the wall of a portion of the gastrointestinal tract is provided. In one embodiment, the fixation device includes an expandable member that fixes the electrodes in electrical contact with the gastrointestinal tract wall. Also provided is an implantable device and method for controlling the opening and/or closing of the pylorus. In particular a device and method is provided for stimulating the duodenum to control the closing/and or opening of the pylorus. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286746 | APPLICATION OF ELECTRIC FIELDS TO THE LUNG AS THERAPY FOR PULMONARY EDEMA - System and method of applying electric fields to a patient's lung(s) to reduce pulmonary edema. The system includes a first electrode and a second electrode, at least one of which is associated with the lung. The electric field can be controlled so as to modulate a level of fluid in the lung. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286747 | METHODS FOR APPLYING BRAIN SYNCHRONIZATION TO EPILEPSY AND OTHER DYNAMICAL DISORDERS - For analyzing a multi-component system, a method acquires a plurality of signals, each having a different spatial location of the multi-component system, and generates dynamic profiles for each of the plurality of signals. Each of the plurality of dynamic profiles reflects dynamic characteristics of the corresponding signal in accordance with each one of a plurality of dynamic measures. The method selects pairs of dynamic profiles from the acquired dynamic profiles based on a predetermined level of synchronization and generates a statistical measure for each of the selected plurality of pairs of dynamic profiles. The method characterizes state dynamics of the multi-component system as a function of at least one of the generated statistical measures, and generates a signal indicative of the characterized state dynamics of the multi-component system. The method enables seizure detection, seizure prediction, seizure focus localization, differential diagnosis of epilepsy and evaluation of seizure intervention strategies | 2010-11-11 |
20100286748 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING AN IMPAIRED NERVOUS SYSTEM TO A MUSCLE OR A GROUP OF MUSCLES BASED ON TEMPLATE MATCHING AND INTELLIGENT END POINTS - A method and system for connecting an impaired nervous system of a patient to a destination target of a muscle, group of muscles, or robotic device. A command module implanted within the patient's body: (i) samples analog electrical neural signals generated by neurons or nerve fibers of the patient; (ii) processes the neural signals to generate spatial digital data in sample matrices; (iii) processes multiple consecutive sample matrices in real time using sliding window method to generate a time dependent window matrix; (iv) and matches the window matrix to source movement templates to generate high-level movement command(s) which is wirelessly transmitted to driver module(s) within the patient's body and attached to the destination target. The driver module matches the high-level movement commands to destination movement templates to generate a digital stimulus. The digital stimulus is translated into an electrical stimulus which is applied to the destination target. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286749 | Current Generation Architecture for an Implantable Stimulator Device Having Coarse and Fine Current Control - Disclosed herein is a current generation architecture for an implantable stimulator device such as an Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG). Current source and sink circuitry are both divided into coarse and fine portions, which respectively can provide a coarse and fine current resolution to a specified electrode on the IPG. The coarse portion is distributed across all of the electrodes and so can source or sink current to any of the electrodes. The coarse portion is divided into a plurality of stages, each of which is capable via an associated switch bank of sourcing or sinking a coarse amount of current to or from any one of the electrodes on the device. The fine portion of the current generation circuit preferably includes source and sink circuitry dedicated to each of the electrode on the device, which can comprise digital-to-analog current converters (DACs). The DACs also receives the above-noted reference current, which is amplified by the DACs in fine increments by appropriate selection of fine current control signals. When the coarse and fine current control circuitry are used in tandem, ample current with a fine current resolution can be achieved at any electrode and in a space- and power-efficient manner. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286750 | GAS MIST PRESSURE BATH DEVICE - The present invention is to offer a gas mist pressure bath device which is possible to cause a skin or mucous membrane of a living body to efficiently absorb gas of an even small amount, and can attain to make the device compact and reduce cost. This is the device | 2010-11-11 |
20100286751 | GAS MIST PRESSURE BATH DEVICE - The invention is to provide a gas mist pressure bath device with a flat shaped patch, and is possible to efficiently absorb even gas of a small amount through a skin or mucous membrane of a human living-body, and can be made compact and reduce cost. The invention is concerned with the device for causing oxygen, carbon dioxide, or a mixed gas (called as “gas” hereafter) at density of not less than a predetermined value to contact the skin or mucous membrane of the living-body, and this device comprises a gas mist generating means | 2010-11-11 |
20100286752 | CAPSULAR DEVICE FOR ESTHETIC AND THERAPEUTIC BODY TREATMENT - A capsular device for esthetic and therapeutic treatment, but particular involves a device for body treatment that allows emission of infrared together with negative ions, allowing easy elimination of toxins, heavy metals, preventive control of some diseases and postsurgical therapeutic treatment; said capsular device has a fixed structure equipped with a rail on which a perpendicular mobile chamber is mounted, which is made up of an individual base configured by seat and back, said base having protective side arms and articulated cover with control panel with computer screen and screen with images of the patient, which enable constant follow-up of measurement variations. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286753 | Device and Method for Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease - A lower esophageal sphincter tightening device for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease which includes an insertion device, an energy source, and an energy transmitting device. The insertion device, by insertion through a body opening, positions the energy transmitting device in the proximity of the lower esophageal sphincter. The energy source generates and transmits energy via the insertion device to the energy transmitting device which directs the transmitted energy onto the lower esophageal sphincter which is comprised largely of collagen. The energy source transmits energy at a level sufficient to cause heating of the sphincter's collagen resulting in a shrinkage of the collagen and a tightening of the sphincter. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286754 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING MOISTURE RELATED SKIN DERMATITIS - An assembly for preventing and treating moisture-based skin dermatitis includes an air flow conditioning module positioned in the output air flow in the output air flow chamber for increasing or decreasing the temperature of the generated air flow as received from the fan responsive to a received control signal, a temperature sensor positioned in the output air flow at the nozzle for sensing a current temperature of the output air flow as conditioned by the air flow conditioning module, an air flow conditioning control module is coupled to the air flow conditioning module and the temperature sensor and is configured for generating the control signal, and air flow conditioning control module that has a defined maximum temperature of the output airflow and is adapted for receiving the sensed current temperature from the temperature sensor, comparing the current temperature to the defined maximum temperature, and generating the control signal to provide the generated air flow at the nozzle does not exceed the defined maximum temperature. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286755 | Cooling Article of Clothing and Method of Use for Same - A cooling article of clothing and method for use of the same are disclosed for providing temporary cooling comfort to a human wearer. In one embodiment, sealed elongated envelopes are formed on the inside of a layer of the fabric, which may be fashioned into a vest or shirt. Each of the sealed elongated envelopes defines a volume for containing a pre-determined amount of polyacrylamide material. Offset spacings are interleaved between the sealed elongated envelopes. A diffusion gradient is formed from the polyacrylamide material to the sealed elongated envelopes to the layer of fabric. A diffusion gradient provides for the transfer of water from the polyacrylamide material to the layer of fabric. Water within the layer of fabric is evaporated by way of airflow through the layer of fabric, thereby providing temporary cooling comfort to the human wearer. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286756 | Catheter Device - A catheter device having a shaft that extends from a proximal end to a distal end to carry on its distal end a self-expanding implant for intraluminal advance on a guidewire and delivery of the implant to an implant site by proximal withdrawal of a sheath that lies radially outside the implant in the catheter, the catheter including a first shaft element to pull the sheath proximally and a second shaft element to push the implant distally to prevent the implant moving proximally with the sheath when the sheath is pulled proximally, wherein the second shaft element carries a stopper for abutting the implant, the stopper comprising proximal and distal portions having different radiopacities. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286757 | STENT GRAFT - A stent graft | 2010-11-11 |
20100286758 | Implantable Temporary Flow Restrictor Device - An implantable flow restrictor plug is disclosed that is disposed within a deployed endoluminal prosthesis to initially restrict, then gradually restore blood flow through the prosthesis after an angioplasty procedure. Upon initial deployment, the plug has a tubular biodegradable body defining a blood flow lumen therethrough that is sized to effectively reduce the amount of blood flow exiting the prosthesis. An inner surface of the body erodes or biodegrades in vivo to enlarge the plug lumen, thereby gradually restoring blood flow through the prosthesis until blood flow is unimpeded through the prosthesis, i.e., blood flow through the vessel is fully restored. The flow restrictor plug may be attached to the endoluminal prosthesis to be delivered and deployed therewith, or may be formed within a previously deployed prosthesis. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286759 | MEDICAL DEVICE SUITABLE FOR LOCATION IN A BODY LUMEN | 2010-11-11 |
20100286760 | FLEXIBLE DEVICES - A self expanding flexible or balloon expandable flexible device includes a helical strut member helically wound about an axis of the stent. The helical strut member comprises a plurality of helical strut elements. A plurality of individual helical elements are helically wound about the axis of the device in the same direction of the helical strut member with the helical elements extending between and interconnecting points on subsequent windings of the helical strut member. The device can be a flow diverter, anchor, revascularization device or filter. A self expanding flexible bifurcation device can include at least one leg. The at least one leg comprising the helical strut member and the plurality of individual helical elements helically wound about the axis of the device in the same direction of the helical strut member with the helical elements extending between and interconnecting points on subsequent windings of the helical strut member. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286761 | Translucent Outer Sheath - A transparent outer covering used in a co-axial metallic ureteric stent for deployment of the lower tip of the metallic ureteric stent in relation to the ureteric orifice. Exact positioning of the stent is critical to avoid complications and ensure proper functioning of the stent. Stent is deployed from within outer sheath in a coaxial system. The function of the coaxial outer sheath is to provide a straight channel for deployment and positioning of the curl-tipped metal stent (double-J stent). Without the outer sheath it would simply not be possible to advance the flexible, curl-tipped metal stent into the kidney. Surgeon controls a ureteric catheter ‘pusher’ whose tip is advanced against the lower tip of the metal stent within the OPAQUE sheath, Deployment is achieved by withdrawing the OPAQUE outer sheath, while holding stent/ureteric catheter in static position. The lower tip of the metal stent must be deployed between the bladder neck and the ureteric orifice which are soft tissue structures and therefore not visible on flouroscopy. The surgeon absolutely requires direct visualization of the lower tip of the stent to see its relation to these landmarks. The existing outer deployment sheath is opaque. Converting outer deployment sheath to translucent would thereby substantively improve deployment accuracy of stent and avoid complications of deployment above ureteric orifice or below bladder neck. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286762 | Compositions and Methods for Ameliorating Clinical Electrical Disturbances - Disclosed are compositions and methods for the use of ACT1 peptide or other approaches to targeting the ZO-1 PDZ2 domain to treat non-injury related disturbance to electrical activation and ion transients in organ systems. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286763 | DRUG-RELEASING STENT WITH CERAMIC-CONTAINING LAYER - A vascular or endoluminal stent is adapted to be implanted in a vessel, duct or tract of a human body to maintain an open lumen. The stent includes a base layer of a biologically compatible metal. An intermediate metal particle layer of substantial greater radiopacity overlies the base layer, with particles bonded to the base layer and to each other to leave interstices therebetween as a repository for retaining and dispensing drugs or other agents for time release therefrom. The particles are composed primarily of a noble metal. Exposed surfaces of the particle layer are coated with ceramic-like iridium oxide or titanium nitrate, as a biocompatible material to inhibit irritation of tissue at the inner lining of the vessel when the stent is implanted. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286764 | VASCULAR STENT WITH COMPOSITE STRUCTURE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CAPABILITIES - A stent is adapted to be implanted in a duct of a human body to maintain an open lumen at the implant site, and to allow viewing body tissue and fluids by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) energy applied external to the body. The stent constitutes a metal scaffold. An electrical circuit resonant at the resonance frequency of the MRI energy is fabricated integral with the scaffold structure of the stent to promote viewing body properties within the lumen of the stent. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286765 | Medical Device Coatings and Coated Stents - The invention provides a medical device coated with Ap | 2010-11-11 |
20100286766 | SURFACE MODIFICATION FOR COATING - A modified medical device substrate surface designed to improve adhesion of biomimetic surfactants to the medical device surface, thus reducing the risk of thrombosis is described. The surface modification is accomplished through either an application of a tie layer of a hydrophobic material on the substrate surface intermediate the biomimetic coating or through incorporation of a hydrophobic dopant in the polymeric substrate prior to extrusion or molding. Either method creates a hydrophobically modified surface that enhances the biomimetic surfactant bonding strength. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286767 | ANNULOPLASTY RING WITH INTRA-RING ANCHORING - Apparatus is provided that includes an annuloplasty system for use on a subject. The system includes an annuloplasty ring, which includes a sleeve having a lumen, and at least one anchor, shaped so as to define a coupling head and a tissue coupling element, which tissue coupling element is shaped so as to define a longitudinal axis, and is configured to penetrate cardiac tissue of the subject in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis. The system further includes an anchor deployment manipulator, configured to be removably positioned within the lumen of the sleeve, and, while so positioned, to deploy the tissue coupling element from a distal end of the deployment manipulator through a wall of the sleeve into the cardiac tissue in the direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tissue coupling element and parallel to a central longitudinal axis through the distal end of the deployment manipulator. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286768 | DELIVERY AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS FOR COLLAPSIBLE/EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES - A system for delivering a collapsible and re-expandable prosthetic heart valve into a patient includes a valve support structure ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100286769 | System For Implanting a Valve Prosthesis - A valve prosthesis ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100286770 | Support Element for Compensating for Deformations of the Cornea of an Eye - The invention relates to a support element to compensate for deformations of the cornea H of an eye, having an annular support body | 2010-11-11 |
20100286771 | Intra-ocular device with multiple focusing powers/optics - An intraocular lens device that includes an intraocular lens optics that provides at least two powers of magnification one being near vision power and the other being distance vision power. The lens optics has surface modulations that are responsible for providing the near vision power. The zone structure provides an add power of over 6 diopters. The add power indicative of an extent that the near vision focusing power is greater than the distance vision focusing power. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286772 | FLEXIBLE INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT WITH CIRCULAR HAPTIC - A flexible intraocular implant for placing in a capsular bag, the implant comprising an optical portion of substantially circular shape that presents an optical axis, and a haptic portion connected to the periphery of the optical portion, said haptic portion comprising: a contact portion constituted by n (n≧2) contact elements in the form of circular arcs all having the same radius of curvature and each having an outer edge that is in contact with the equatorial zone of the capsular bag, and n connection elements, each connection element being connected via respective ends to two consecutive contact elements, presenting a deformable curved shape, and presenting stiffness that is much less than that of the contact elements; and n deformable connection arms each connected to the periphery of the optical portion and to a contact element. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286773 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FOLDABLE ARTIFICIAL VITREOUS BODY AND MOULD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a foldable capsular vitreous body (FCVB), and its mould design, method for manufacturing, product appearance, and drug delivery property and so on. A mould for molding a foldable artificial vitreous body comprises an upper mould ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100286774 | ARTIFICIAL EARDRUM USING SILK PROTEIN AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided is an artificial eardrum using silk protein and a method of fabricating the same. The artificial eardrum is fabricated in the form of a silk membrane by desalinating and drying silk protein (or silk fibroin) or a silk protein complex solution obtained after removal of sericin from a silkworm cocoon or silk fiber. Thus, regeneration of an eardrum perforated due to disease or a sudden accident is stimulated, a boundary of the regenerated eardrum is clean and biocompatibility and transparency are increased. In addition, the artificial eardrum may be fabricated using the silk protein or silk protein complex solution obtained from a silkworm cocoon alone or mixed with collagen, alginic acid, PEG or pluronic 127. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286775 | Ligament and Tendon Prosthesis - The invention provides a ligament or tendon prosthesis. The prosthesis has at least two load bearing elements ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100286776 | PERCUTANEOUS BONE CONDUCTION IMPLANT - One embodiment relates to a percutaneous bone conduction implant. The implant includes a fixture configured to be anchored in the recipient's skull, and a skin-penetrating abutment configured to interface with the fixture and to permit the abutment to be removably attached to the fixture to form a fixture-abutment assembly. In an embodiment, at least one anti-microbial surface forms one or more surfaces of the formed fixture-abutment assembly located in an interior of the formed fixture-abutment assembly when the fixture is removably attached to the abutment with an abutment screw. The interior is substantially isolated from a surrounding environment of the fixture-abutment assembly. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286777 | Stand alone anterior cage - The present invention teaches an improved spinal fusion implant and method of implanting same. The implant includes a shell and an insert, the insert capable of situating first and second plates of the shell with respect to each other and of preventing unwanted loosening of fasteners placed through the shell and into the adjacent vertebral bodies. The method includes implanting a shell, selecting an insert from a plurality of inserts, and placing an insert between first and second plates of the shell. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286778 | Textile-Based Spinal Implant and Related Methods - A textile-based surgical implant that can be inserted through any number of suitable surgical approaches, including but not limited to lateral, anterior, anterior-lateral, posterolateral, and/or posterior approaches. When applied to spine surgery and inserted into an intervertebral disc space, the implant restores the normal height of the intervertebral disc space, while advantageously preserving the natural motion of the spine. The textile construction of the implant is beneficial because it is generally compliant and thereby restores and/or improves spinal motion. The compliant nature of the textile-based implant provides the required flexibility and elasticity to advantageously support physiological movements, as opposed to fusion surgery which forms a boney bridge between adjacent vertebral bodies. In addition, the porosity and biocompatibility of the textile-based implant facilitates tissue ingrowth throughout part or all of the implant, which helps to secure and encapsulate the implant in the intervertebral space. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286779 | EXPANDABLE SPINAL IMPLANT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE - A spinal implant apparatus that is an expandable spacer including features to minimize or eliminate spacer cant or offset during and after completing the expansion process. The spacer includes a top component, a base component in engagement with the top component, and an expansion mechanism arranged to change the top component's position with respect to the base component. The mechanism for causing expansion may be a screw, a cam, a wedge or other form of distracting device. In one embodiment, the expandable spacer includes a base component with a set of towers and a top component with a set of corresponding silos, where the towers and silos are configured to minimize or eliminate tilt of the top component as it extends upwardly from the base component. In another embodiment, the spacer may include a stepped arrangement around the perimeter of the top component and the base component for engagement during height expansion with minimal canting or slippage. In another embodiment, the spacer may include texturing modification at the opposite ends of the longitudinal axis of the spacer to prevent tilting, slipping, or canting. Additionally, a portion of one or more exterior surfaces of the spacer may be textured, sawtoothed, dovetailed or the like to increase frictional intervertebral contact. The spacer may contain one or more passageways of selectable shape/dimension for bone growth through the spacer. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286780 | Expandable spinal fusion cage and associated instrumentation - An expandable spinal implant comprising a cage body including at least two movable branches having first end portions that are interconnected to one another and second end portions that are movable relative to one another. The movable branches include a first shell portion having a first pair of longitudinal edges and defining a first hollow region therebetween, and a second shell portion having a second pair of longitudinal edges and defining a second hollow region therebetween, with the first and second hollow regions cooperating to define at least a portion of a hollow interior of the cage body. An expansion member co-acts with the first and second shell portions to transition the cage body to an expanded configuration as the expansion member is axially displaced along said first and second pairs of longitudinal edges. In one embodiment, at least one of the shell portions defines a plurality of retention elements positioned at select axial locations along a corresponding one of the longitudinal edges, with the expansion member engaged with one or more of the retention elements to retain the expansion member at a select axial position to maintain the implant in the expanded configuration. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286781 | ANTERIOR CERVICAL INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES - Anterior cervical instrumentation systems, methods, and devices are disclosed. Systems may facilitate immobilizing or providing support for the cervical portion of the vertebral column of a patient. A device may comprise a plate having two channels located in a proximal to distal direction, and may further comprise at least one aperture. The device may further comprise attachment elements such as attachment cross-links and spacer cross-links, and fasteners. The plate and the attachment elements may be secured to the vertebrae by passing fasteners through apertures and channels. The length of the plate, position and number of the attachment cross-links, position and number of spacer cross-links and degree of movement may be intraoperatively selected by the surgeon to provide an optimal application and procedural outcome. Uniform components of the devices and systems allow for a more streamlined and simplified method of treating spinal conditions. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286782 | EXPANDABLE BONE IMPLANT - An expandable implant includes an implant body defining an internal void, the implant body including a plurality of interconnected linkages. A first plurality of the linkages has an expansion characteristic that is different from a second plurality of the linkages. An expandable bladder is sized to be disposed in the internal void. The bladder defines a bore configured to receive an expansion material, such that the expansion material applies an expansion force against the bladder, which thereby applies the expansion force against the implant body so as to cause the first linkage to expand greater than the second linkage. The expandable implant can be placed in a fracture location so as to restore height to a fractured target bone. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286783 | EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An expandable intervertebral implant ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100286784 | Total disc replacement system and related methods - Total disc replacement systems and related methods involving a lateral, trans-psoas surgical approach to the spine while performing at least one of continuous and intermittent intra-operative neural monitoring of the psoas muscle to avoid injury during introduction. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286785 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPINAL INTERBODY FUSION - A spinal fusion implant comprising:
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20100286786 | BIOADHESIVE HYDROGELS - A method of forming and the resulting bioadhesive hydrogel composition for repairing or supplementing a nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc comprises at least a first component, a second component and a third component, wherein the first component, the second component and the third component are crosslinked. The first component comprises an amine-containing polymer component at a concentration from about 0.1% weight by weight to about 13.65% weight by weight. The second component comprises a hydrophilic polymer or pre-polymer component at a concentration from about 3% weight by weight to about 35% weight by weight. The third component comprises an aldehyde component at a concentration from about 0.1% weight by weight to about 30% weight by weight. A method of repairing or supplementing a nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc comprises implanting the bioadhesive hydrogel composition in a patient. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286787 | Posterior Spinal Device and Method - An intervertebral joint assembly includes an upper support and a lower support, each of which has two or more components. The upper and lower support components are arranged in situ to form the upper and lower supports, respectively. By arranging the supports in situ, the supports can be introduced from the back of the patient, for example with an arthroscope. Each of the upper and lower supports has a surface adapted to engage a vertebra and a surface adapted to engage the other support or an intermediate member to form an articulate joint which articulates the joint assembly. In some embodiments, the components of the upper and lower supports are assembled in situ, for example with pivoting, telescoping or bending, to form the upper and lower supports, respectively. The supports can be attached to vertebrae with pedicles screws, and/or other anchors attached to the supports. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286788 | ANTERIOR STABILIZED KNEE IMPLANT - A posterior cruciate ligament retaining knee implant prosthesis comprising a femoral component including a medial condyle and a lateral condyle separated from one another by an intercondylar channel adapted to accommodate throughput of a native cruciate ligament, both the medial condyle and the lateral condyle posteriorly terminate individually, the medial condyle including a medial condyle bearing surface and the lateral condyle including a lateral condyle bearing surface, the femoral component including an anterior cam, and a tibial component including a medial condyle receiver having a medial condyle receiver bearing surface, the tibial component also including a lateral condyle receiver having a lateral condyle receiver bearing surface, the tibial component also including an anterior post. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286789 | Acetabular Cup System - A system for replacing a hip joint can include a first acetabular cup formed of a first material and having a first inner diameter and a first thickness. A second acetabular cup can be formed of a second material and having a second inner diameter and a second thickness. A first femoral hip prosthesis can include a first femoral head that is alternately accommodated by either of the first or second acetabular cups. A bearing can be adapted to be interposed between the first femoral head and one of the first or second acetabular cups. The first and second inner diameters can be the same. The first thickness can be less than the second thickness. The first material can be distinct from the second material. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286790 | IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR COATING AN IMPLANT - The invention relates to an implant made of biocompatible materials, in particular a prosthesis implanted without cement for traumatology and/or orthopedics, which has a main body with an anchoring region which anchors in bone or tissue, with the anchoring region being provided at least partially with a covering layer, the covering layer being formed from a powder using a thermal spraying method, in particular a plasma spraying method. The powder consists essentially of calcium phosphate and comprises antibacterially effective active constituents. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286791 | Integrated system for the ballistic and nonballistic infixion and retrieval of implants - Provided are methods and apparatus for the use of magnetic traction to maintain the patency of a tubular anatomical structure, whether a vessel, duct, the trachea, bronchus, bile duct, ureter, vas deferens, fallopian tube, or portions of the digestive tract, as to constitute means for extraluminal stenting. An extraluminal stent consists of a perimedial or medial intravascular and an extravascular component. The intravascular component consists of ferromagnetic spherules implanted aeroballistically or stays implanted by means of a special hand tool, while the extravascular component consists of a pliant jacket or mantle that has magnets mounted about its outer surface. A catheter adapted for use as the barrel of a gas-operated implant insertion gun is so devised that it can be used independently to perform an angioplasty and thereafter have its free or extracorporeal end inserted into the airgun to initiate implantation of the intravascular component without the need for withdrawal and reinsertion through the introducer sheath. When the implants must be spaced too closely together to be controlled by hand, a positional control system is used to effect discharge automatically. Spherules that consist entirely of medication or that have a radiation emitting seed as the core can be implanted with the same apparatus. A glossary of terms follows the specification. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286792 | FEMORAL STEM AND ITS TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS - This invention provides a femoral stem comprising a neck portion and an anchoring portion, wherein the inner curve of said anchoring portion conforms to the anatomic curve of the corresponding part of AVN patients. This invention also provides a total hip prosthesis embodying said femoral stem. Good morphological fit of said femoral stem geometry against the femoral medullary cavity of AVN patients enhances the long-term stability of prosthesis. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286793 | DEVICE FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE PLASTIC SURGERY LIFT PROCEDURE - Described are medical devices configured for use in cosmetic surgery. The medical devices include an elongate body member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a plurality of gaps defined therebetween. At least a portion of the body member is associated with one or more layers of a collagenous extracellular matrix (ECM) material. The elongate member can include one or more tissue engaging members. In preferred embodiments, the collagenous extracellular matrix material includes one or more native or non-native bioactive components. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286794 | ENDOPROSTHESIS FOR ANATOMICAL DUCT - According to the invention, the one-piece tubular body ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100286795 | Stable Cartilage Defect Repair Plug - An apparatus and method of distributing a load to a cartilage defect repair plug is provided. A load is applied to a first articulation layer. The load is distributed to a second layer and the load is transferred in the normal direction to the first density of subchondral bone. The load is distributed to a third layer and the load is transferred in the normal direction to a second density of subchondral bone. The load is then distributed to a fourth layer and the load is transferred in the normal direction to a third density of subchondral bone. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286796 | CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROSTHETIC OR ORTHOTIC DEVICES - Geomagnetic methods and systems are used for monitoring the directionality of a prosthetic or orthotic device. Certain methods may include measuring multiple data points over a particular time interval to identify orientation information with respect to a prosthetic or orthotic device and/or used in the real-time control of the prosthetic or orthotic device. In certain examples, multiple points may be further compared with stored orientation data associated with predefined unsafe gait patterns. Control instructions and/or alerts based on the geomagnetic measurements can then be generated for the prosthetic or orthotic device, such as if the orientation data information matches one of the predefined unsafe gait patterns. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286797 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING SAFETY AUTOMATION LOGIC OF A MANUFACTURING CELL - A method for testing the safety automation logic used in a manufacturing cell includes recording control signals of a safety-related component such as an E-Stop, light curtain, gate lock, or a safety mat using a host machine, and then disconnecting the component from the host machine. The recorded test signals are transmitted to an automation controller in accordance with a test scenario from a test scenario generator module (TSGM) to emulate operation of the component. The automation logic may be certified using the playback of the recorded test signals. A system for testing the safety automation logic includes the controller, host machine, and TSGM. The host machine records the control signals and plays back the test signals on the controller to emulate operation of the component. The automation control logic may be certified using the test signals, e.g., by comparing these to the test specification or standard. | 2010-11-11 |
20100286798 | ECONOMIC CALCULATIONS IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A process control system includes economic models disposed in communication with process control modules, as well as with sources of economic data, such as cost, throughput and profit data, and uses the economic models to determine useful economic parameters or information associated with the actual operation of the process plant at the time the plant is operating. The economic models can be used to provide financial statistics such as profitability, cost of manufactured product, etc. in real time based on the actual current operating state of the process and the business data associated with the finished product, raw materials, etc. These financial statistics can be used to drive alarms and alerts within the process network and be used as inputs to process plant optimizers, etc. to provide for better or more optimal control of the process and to provide a better understanding of the conditions which lead to maximum profitability of the plant. | 2010-11-11 |