48th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210369364 | Robotic Devices and Systems for Performing Single Incision Procedures and Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical Procedures, and Methods of Configuring Robotic Devices and Systems - Example embodiments relate to devices and systems for performing surgical actions. The system includes an instrument arm assembly configured in a reverse configuration. The instrument arm assembly includes a securing portion, shoulder section, first arm section, second arm section, elbow joint, end effector section, and wrist joint. The shoulder section includes a first end secured to a second end of the securing portion and a second end secured to a first end of the first arm section. The elbow joint secures a second end of the first arm section to a first end of the second arm section. The reverse configuration is a configuration in which a first line drawn from the second end of the shoulder section to the first end of the first arm section is a line that points towards a first end of the securing portion. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369365 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MASTER/TOOL REGISTRATION AND CONTROL FOR INTUITIVE MOTION - A robotic system comprises a display that is viewable by an operator. An operator reference frame is defined relative to the display or the operator viewing the display. The robotic system also includes an input device movable by the operator and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to present, in the display, a first image of a first tool captured by an imaging device, receive, from the operator, a first indication that a first axis of the input device is aligned with a corresponding axis of the first tool in the first image, and in response to the first indication, determine a first alignment relationship between the imaging device and the first tool based on a second alignment relationship between the operator reference frame and the input device. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369366 | ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE CONTROLLER WITH DETACHABLE MONITOR - A control system controls an endoscope probe in manual mode or robot mode. The system comprises a handle attached to the probe; a portable display controller connectable to the handle; a robotic controller in communication with the handle and/or the portable display controller; and a support platform to which the probe and the portable device controller are attachable according to control mode. In manual mode, the handle is detached from the platform and connected to the portable display controller such that the probe is manually navigated to a first position inside a lumen. In robot mode, the handle is attached to the platform such that the robotic controller cooperates with the handle to robotically navigate the probe to a second position inside the lumen. The portable display controller includes a control section for manipulating the probe and a display section for displaying images of the lumen acquired in both modes. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGAN MANIPULATION USING A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM - In a robotic surgical system, an organ manipulation device such as a uterine manipulator with a colpotomy cup is positionable on a first robotic manipulator while a surgical instrument is positionable on a second robotic manipulator. During the course of surgery, a user inputs instructions to the robotic surgical system to cause movement of the organ manipulator and surgical instrument. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369368 | TENSIONING MECHANISMS AND METHODS FOR ARTICULATING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS - An articulation assembly for a robotic surgical instrument includes a plurality of rotatable but longitudinally fixed lead screws extending between first and second base plates, a collar threaded about each lead screws and configured to translate therealong in response to rotation of the corresponding lead screw, an articulation cable coupled to each collar and defining or having a threaded shaft, and a threaded nipple threaded about each of the threaded shafts. Each threaded nipple is engaged with one of the collars to thereby engage each of the articulation cables with a corresponding one of the collars such that longitudinal translation of the corresponding collar pushes or pulls the corresponding articulation cable. Each threaded nipple is configured for further threading or unthreading about the corresponding threaded shaft to vary a pre-tension on the corresponding articulation cable. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369369 | PASSIVE AXIS SYSTEM FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS - A robotic surgical system has a user interface with a control arm that includes a passive axis system for maintaining degrees-of-freedom of a gimbal rotatably supported on the control arm as the gimbal is manipulated during a surgical procedure. The control arm includes a swivel member, a first member, and a second member. The swivel member is rotatable about a first axis. The first member rotatably coupled to the swivel member about a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis. The second member rotatably coupled to the first member about a third axis that is parallel to the second axis. The gimbal rotatably supported by the second member about a fourth axis that is orthogonal to the third axis. The passive axis system correlating rotation of the swivel member about the first axis with rotation of the gimbal about the fourth axis. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369370 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF COMMUNICATING THROUGH VISUAL OVERLAY FOR SURGICAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS - A surgical system can include a master controller for controlling one or more surgical tools, The system can also include an input on the master controller configured to change the master controller from a first mode into a second mode. The first mode can be a teleoperation mode and the second mode can be a virtual marking mode. In the virtual marking mode, a user is capable of communicating a virtual marker to other staff. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369371 | COMPLIANT MECHANISMS HAVING INVERTED TOOL MEMBERS - The embodiments described herein can be used in a variety of grasping, cutting, and manipulating operations. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a shaft, a tool member, and a flexure. The shaft has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, and defines a longitudinal axis. The distal end portion includes a ground portion. The tool member has an engagement portion and an actuation portion. The engagement portion is disposed distally from the actuation portion, and can exert an engagement force on a target structure. The actuation portion receives an actuation force. The flexure has a first end portion coupled to the ground portion of the shaft, and a second end portion coupled to the tool member. The flexure is configured to deform elastically when the actuation force is exerted on the actuation portion of the tool member such that the tool member rotates relative to the shaft. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369372 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING WRISTS WITH HYBRID REDIRECT SURFACES - A medical instrument can include a wrist, an end effector, pull wires that extend through the wrist toward for controlling a motion of the end effector, and a conductive cable that extends through the wrist to the end effector. The wrist can have proximal and distal clevises and proximal and distal pulleys through which the conductive cable passes. The conductive cable can extend over one or more redirect surfaces of the distal and/or proximal clevises. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369373 | MOBILE-ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL-BASED MAGNETIC ACTUATION SYSTEMS - Magnetic field has been considered as a safe and promising method for remote control of medical robots in body. Systems that implement electromagnetic coils can provide wide control bandwidth and on-off capability. However, scaling-up the working space of such systems for clinical use and increasing energy efficiency to reduce heat generation have always been a challenging task. The design, modeling and control methods for a magnetic actuation system with multiple mobile electromagnetic coils with decoupled movements are introduced. The high flexibility of such configuration and the proposed real-time control strategy enables the system to enlarge the working space by tracking the locomotion of the robot, deal with the irregularly shaped obstructions inside the working area, work with medical imaging systems for localization of the medical robots, generate various kind of magnetic field for actuation and conduct real-time optimization on coils' positions to enhance energy efficiency. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369374 | MASTER CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR A ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY FOR MICROSURGERY - A master controller assembly for a robotic surgery system has a slave robot assembly, a slave surgical instrument and a control unit. The master controller assembly has a master input tool and a convex manipulandum surface to be hand-held by surgeon's fingers. The master input tool is mechanically unconstrained from the slave robot assembly, naturally movable, rotatable and spinnable by the surgeon. The master input tool includes first and second elongated elements having respectively a first element elongated body and a second element elongated body. A tool joint connects and articulates the first and second element elongated bodies. A sensing assembly detects mutual position of the first and second element elongated bodies, so that a gripping pressure action exerted by the surgeon's fingers on the master input tool moves the first and second element elongated bodies closer and determines a paired grip motion of a surgical grip device. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369375 | INPUT DEVICE HANDLE FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF LARGE ROTATIONS ABOUT A ROLL AXIS - An input device handle for controlling a robotic system includes a body and a cylinder. The body defines an opening that rotatably receives the cylinder. The cylinder defines a roll axis such that rotation of the cylinder relative to the body about the roll axis is configured to rotate a tool of a robot about a first axis defined by the tool. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369376 | HAND GRIP APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING OPERATOR INPUT IN A ROBOTIC SURGERY SYSTEM - A hand grip apparatus for receiving operator input includes a body having a proximal end and a distal interface end for coupling to an input apparatus. A first control lever is attached to the body and extends away from the proximal end and terminates in a finger grip for receiving one of the operator's fingers. A second control lever is attached to the body and extends away from the proximal end terminating in a thumb grip for receiving the operator's thumb. Movement of at least one of the control levers is operable to produce a first control signal representing the movement. An input control is included on the body between the grip ends and has an actuator surface angled towards the finger grip end and configured to produce a second control signal in response to actuation by one of the operator's fingers. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369377 | INCREASED USABLE INSTRUMENT LIFE IN TELESURGICAL SYSTEMS - A telesurgical system operates in a first operating mode and in a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, a moveable component is driven within a first range of an operating parameter. In the second operating mode, the moveable component is driven with a second range of the operating parameter, less than the first range. Usable instrument life is increased by decreasing mechanical degradation of the moveable component as a result of operating in the second range. A surgeon may select either operating mode. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369378 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRAPE VOLUME CONTROL - A system for controlling a volume of a drape according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a drape operable to substantially cover an articulated member and having a pressure source opening and at least one tool opening, the pressure source opening defining a path for a fluid to flow into or out of a volume substantially enclosed by the drape, the at least one tool opening enabling a tool to be supported by the articulated member outside of the volume substantially enclosed by the drape; at least one sensor operable to monitor a characteristic of the system; and a controller that causes the volume substantially enclosed by the drape to increase to a maximum volume, decrease to a minimum volume, or maintain an operating volume, and wherein the drape increasingly conforms to the articulated member as the volume substantially enclosed by the drape is decreased. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369379 | Packaging for Medical Devices Coated with Perfluorinated Liquids or Dispersions Thereof - The present disclosure includes and provides for methods of packaging medical devices that are to be treated with a fluorinated liquid to alter their surface properties, packaging systems for such medical devices, and methods of utilizing the packaging systems to treat the medical devices. The packaging systems permit effective storage and distribution of medical devices that upon contact with mammalian blood have limited thrombogenicity or are non-thrombogenic and/or are resistant to adhesion of blood cells or clots. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369380 | Packaging for a Medical Device - Packaging for a medical device, such as but not limited to an eyelid speculum, is provided. The packaging enables for the shipment, storage, sterilization of the medical device in a secure and efficient manner while also maintaining the sterility of the device post-sterilization and allowing for the easy removal of the medical device from the packaging without compromising the device's sterility. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369381 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING LIGHT IN OCULAR AND PERIOCULAR AREAS - A removable tip for a light energy handpiece comprises a hollow conduit configured to surround a light guide in the handpiece; a support extension having a length longer than a length of the hollow conduit; and a shielding extension coupled to the support extension at an angle less than 180 degrees and located in front of the hollow conduit. The shielding extension is configured to be inserted behind an eyelid and extend to the fornix, the shielding extension comprised of a thermally insulative material. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369382 | Barrier Shield - A shield assembly has a transparent shield element, having an open first end, a second end, and downward curving sides, a mounting plate shaped in the curvature of the shield joined by an upper surface of the mounting plate to the shield element at the second end, a vacuum casing with a first closed end and a second open end wider than the first end joined to a lower surface of the mounting plate within the elongated shield element between the downward curving sides, a vacuum hose connected from a vacuum pump by a quick coupling through the first closed end to inside the vacuum casing, and a medical grade filter covering the second open end of the vacuum casing. Operating the vacuum pump causes air to be drawn under the elongated shield element through the filter into the vacuum casing and through the vacuum hose and the vacuum pump. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369383 | Face Shield Protection Device - A face shield protection device including a shield assembly having a frame defining an opening and a transparent shield removably attached to the frame and substantially covering the opening, and a suspension arm attached to the shield assembly. The transparent shield is attached to a first side of the frame in a first receiving engagement and is attached to an opposite second side of the frame in a second receiving engagement, and one or both of the first receiving engagement and the second receiving engagement locks the transparent shield with a portion of the frame. The face shield protection device may further comprise at least one nozzle extending beneath a bottom surface of the transparent shield, wherein suction provided through the at least one nozzle pulls atmosphere from beneath the transparent shield creating negative pressure beneath the transparent shield. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369384 | STUCK INSTRUMENT MANAGEMENT - A method of detecting a stuck basket condition involves retracting an endoscope within an anatomical cavity of a patient, the endoscope having a basket device disposed at least partially within a working channel thereof, determining that a force reading associated with at least one of the basket device and the endoscope exceeds a predetermined threshold, and determining that the basket device is in a stuck condition based at least in part on the determination that the force reading exceeds the predetermined threshold. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369385 | INSERTABLE CUTTING GUARD - A tissue guard includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a lumen therethrough. The distal end has a long petal and a short petal disposed in substantial opposition relative to one another and the short petal is configured to move between a first position wherein the short petal is disposed within the lumen to facilitate insertion of the long petal within an incision and a second position wherein the short petal is extended relative to the lumen and in substantial opposition to the long petal to facilitate retention of the tissue guard within the incision. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369386 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD INDICATORS - An implantable medical lead may include an electrode at a distal portion of the lead that is configured to monitor or provide therapy to a target site. The lead may include a visible indicator that is visible to the naked eye of a clinician at a medial portion of the lead that is configured to indicate when the electrodes of the lead are longitudinally and radially aligned properly to monitor or treat the target site. A clinician may insert the lead into the patient using an introducer sheath inserted to a predetermined depth into the patient and subsequently aligning the distal portion of the lead by orienting the indicator at an entry port of the introducer sheath. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369387 | Apparatus and Methods for Monitoring Objects in a Surgical Field - A system and method for performing a package status check are provided, including a scanner for use in a surgical field and having an antenna for emitting a radio frequency detection field, the scanner including control circuitry configured to determine a predetermined quantity of sponges corresponding to a complete pack of sponges; count a number of sponges associated with the pack with the scanner prior to use of the sponges in a surgical field; and issue an alert when a number of counted sponges does not match the predetermined quantity corresponding to the complete pack. The system and method may include the control circuitry configured to determine whether a sponge has been re-scanned or is unknown by comparing detected information with previously detected information prior. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369388 | A SURGICAL SYSTEM - An instrument carrier for assisting with the positioning of a surgical instrument during surgery, the carrier having an arcuate rail mountable to an operating table and moveable relative to the table for positioning the rail over a target region in use; and a carriage operatively coupled to the rail, the carriage having a support for carrying the surgical instrument; where the carriage is configured to be movable along the rail such that movement of the carriage positions the surgical instrument along an arcuate path relative to the target region. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369389 | SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGERY - An apparatus for performing surgery includes a first link that includes a first end and a second end, a second link that includes a first end and a second end, and an end effector positioned at the first end of the first link. The first end of the second link is coupled to the first link by a hinge. The end effector traces along a surface, which may be spherical or hemispherical. A system that includes the apparatus and an imaging device, such as a CT scanner, is also described. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369390 | SURGICAL TOOL AND ASSEMBLY - Surgical tools and assemblies are employed for use in minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures. A surgical tool assembly includes a handle assembly and a frame assembly. The handle assembly and frame assembly are designed and constructed to have an articulation input joint and a grounding joint between them. A pitch rotational degree of freedom and a yaw rotational degree of freedom are provided by way of the articulation input joint. The handle assembly is translationally constrained relative to the frame assembly by way of the grounding joint. Intermediate bodies and joints can be provided in certain surgical tool assemblies and architectures. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369391 | Microscope system and method for controlling a surgical microscope - A microscope system comprises a surgical microscope, an operating device configured to be operated by a user, and a processor configured to receive a command signal from the operating device in response to the user operation and to control the surgical microscope based on the command signal, wherein the operating device comprises a sensor unit configured to detect the user operation and to generate the command signal based on the detected user operation, wherein the sensor unit is further configured to be worn by the user. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369392 | SURGICAL TABLE, SURGICAL LIGHT, SYSTEM COMPRISING SURGICAL TABLE AND SURGICAL LIGHT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SYSTEM - Provided are a surgical table comprising a surgical table controller configured to control at least one surgical table actuator of the surgical table, wherein the surgical table controller comprises an surgical table controller interface configured to be connectable to a controller of a further medical apparatus, a surgical light comprising a surgical light controller configured to control an intensity and to turn on and off at least one illuminant of the surgical light, wherein the surgical light controller comprises an surgical light controller interface configured to be connectable to a controller of a further medical apparatus, and a system comprising the surgical table and the surgical light, wherein the surgical table controller and the surgical light controller are configured to be connected to one another. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369393 | EXTENDED REALLITY (XR) APPLICATIONS FOR CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA PRODEDURES - Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing intelligent assistance (“IA”) ecosystem, and, in some cases, for implementing extended reality (“XR”) for cardiac arrhythmia procedures. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive device data associated with a device(s) configured to perform a cardiac arrhythmia procedure to provide effective heart rhythm, might receive imaging data associated with an imaging device(s) configured to generate images of a portion(s) of a patient. The computing system might analyze the received device data and imaging data (collectively “received data”), might map the received data to a 3D or 4D representation of the portion(s) of the patient based on the analysis, and might generate and present (using a user experience (“UX”) device) one or more XR images or experiences based on the mapping. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369394 | Intelligent Assistance (IA) Ecosystem - Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing intelligent assistance (“IA”) ecosystem. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive device data associated with a device(s) configured to perform a task(s), might receive sensor data associated with sensors configured to monitor at least one of biometric, biological, genetic, cellular, or procedure-related data of a subject, and might receive imaging data associated with an imaging device(s) configured to generate images of a portion(s) of the subject. The computing system might analyze the received device data, sensor data, and imaging data (collectively “received data”), might map two or more of the received data to a 3D or 4D representation of the portion(s) of the subject based on the analysis, might generate and present (using a user experience (“UX”) device) one or more extended reality (“XR”) images or experiences based on the mapping. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369395 | INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES WITH RADIOPAQUE BODY MARKERS - An intravascular treatment device is presented having an expandable frame made up of circular struts, straight struts, and bent struts forming a frame with circumference that varies over the length of the frame. Radiopaque markers can be positioned on the bent struts to indicate outer circumferences of the frame along the length of the frame. The device can be a stent or a clot retriever. If the device is a clot retriever, the proximal end of the expandable frame can be attached to a guide wire and the distal end of the expandable frame can be free to slide over the guide wire when the frame moves from a collapsed state to an expanded state and vice versa. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369396 | System and Method for Tracking a Subject - Disclosed is a fixation system and method. The system and method may fix a selected member to a subject during a procedure. The selected member may include a tracking device or registration member. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369397 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO PROTECT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM PATHOGEN-CONTAINING DROPLETS WHILE ATTENDING TO PATIENTS - A shield and method for using the shield to protect medical professionals from pathogen-containing droplets that are being released from a patient's respiratory system while the patient is resting on a gurney mattress. The shield includes a shield frame. An attachment structure is connected to the shield frame. The attachment structure is for connecting the shield frame to the gurney mattress. A transparent cover is draped over the shield frame and is for preventing patient generated pathogen-containing droplets from being inhaled by medical professionals. The transparent covering has access holes for allowing medical professionals to access the patient. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369398 | MICROSCOPE SHIELD SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS - A microscope shield apparatus may include a physical barrier configured to attach to an operating microscope. The physical barrier may be positioned between a patient and a user while the operating microscope is in use. A method for making a shield apparatus may include forming a physical barrier and forming an aperture within the physical barrier, where the aperture enables attachment of the physical barrier to an operating microscope. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369399 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE AEROSOL CONTAINMENT UNIT - A device is disclosed for use by clinicians in medical and dental procedures to contain aerosols generated by patients with known or suspected respiratory pathogen (e.g., a virus such as COVID-19). The device of the invention (a negative pressure aerosol containment unit) may be in the form of a box with an opening at the bottom, the box configured to receive an attached HEPA filter and HVAC unit that creates a localized negative pressure area within the box. The device also may be in a non-rectilinear configuration. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369400 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A surgical instrument according to an embodiment may include: a shaft; an end effector provided on a side of one end of the shaft; a housing provided on a side of the other end of the shaft and including a base including an attachment surface to be attached to a robot arm, a lid portion covering the base, and cleaning liquid supply holes to supply a cleaning liquid; and a cleaning tube to supply the cleaning liquid into the shaft. The cleaning liquid supply holes include: a first cleaning liquid supply hole to which the cleaning tube is attached; a second cleaning liquid supply hole communicating with an inside of the housing; and a third cleaning liquid supply hole opening in a direction substantially orthogonal to an opening direction of the second cleaning liquid supply hole and communicating with the inside of the housing. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369401 | PATIENT ANXIETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - The present disclosure relates to a patient anxiety management system for managing patient anxiety during a dental procedure. In one example, a patient anxiety management system is presented. The patient anxiety management system includes a control module that a patient can use to disactivate a medical device used by a dental professional by way of a trigger mechanism. Upon deactivating the medical device, a recording device, in communication with the control module, plays a recorded message to the patient during a programmable timeframe. Once the patient is calm, the system resets the medical device to an initial operation state by reconnecting but not reactivating the medical device so that the dental professional may resume the procedure when it is safe to proceed. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369402 | BONE FOUNDATION GUIDE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A bone foundation guide system and method, the system could includes a bone foundation guide including a body forming an open surgical space, the body further having a bottom contoured to reversibly affix to exposed bone of a dental surgical site and a top contoured to match a bottom side of a dental implant surgical guide; at least one anchoring strut that removably attaches to the body with an apex of the anchoring strut further denoting one or more indentations for matching up with and receiving one or more portions of one alveolar ridge that opposes another alveolar ridge supporting the dental surgical site; alternatively to the anchoring struts and a tissue spacing gasket, the dental implant surgical guide that removably connects to the body; and alternatively to the anchoring struts or the dental implant surgical guide, the tissue spacing gasket that removably connects to the body. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369403 | BONE FOUNDATION GUIDE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A bone foundation guide system has a bone foundation guide including a body that is contoured to reversibly affix to a bone segment of a dental implant surgical site. The body is further contoured to guide the cutting of a portion of the bone segment from a dental implant surgical site and alternatively support a dental implant surgical guide. The body is further contoured to support a bone foundation guide prosthesis as an alternative to the dental implant surgical guide. The bone foundation guide prosthesis combines with the body to accommodate the bone segment portion as placed through the body prior to the bone segment portion being removed from the dental implant site through the use of the body. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369404 | BONE FOUNDATION GUIDE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A bone foundation guide system has a bone foundation guide including a body that is contoured to reversibly affix to a bone segment of a dental implant surgical site. The body is further contoured to guide the cutting of a portion of the bone segment from a dental implant surgical site and alternatively support a dental implant surgical guide. The body is further contoured to support a bone foundation guide prosthesis as an alternative to the dental implant surgical guide. The bone foundation guide prosthesis combines with the body to accommodate the bone segment portion as placed through the body prior to the bone segment portion being removed from the dental implant site through the use of the body. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369405 | BONE FOUNDATION GUIDE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A bone foundation guide system has a bone foundation guide including a body that is contoured to reversibly affix to a bone segment of a dental implant surgical site. The body is further contoured to guide the cutting of a portion of the bone segment from a dental implant surgical site and alternatively support a dental implant surgical guide. The body is further contoured to support a bone foundation guide prosthesis as an alternative to the dental implant surgical guide. The bone foundation guide prosthesis combines with the body to accommodate the bone segment portion as placed through the body prior to the bone segment portion being removed from the dental implant site through the use of the body. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369406 | NON-INCISIONAL DENTAL IMPLANT SURGICAL METHOD USING GUIDE PIN - Provided is a non-incisional dental implant surgical method, and more particularly, a non-incisional dental implant surgical method using a guide pin, whereby a dental implant surgery may be conducted accurately by easily determining an outer shape of an alveolar bone of a patient, into which an implant fixture is to be placed, when forming an implant hole in the alveolar bone and placing the implant fixture in the implant hole to place an implant in the alveolar bone of the patient. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369407 | EDENTULOUS SURGICAL GUIDE - A dental surgical drill guide assembly and method includes a surgical guide housing and a base frame that fits to both gum tissue and one or multiple small areas of jawbone. The apparatus may be configured to accurately place dental implants according to planned positions. Such apparatus may increase the stability of the surgical guide by clasping and/or contacting the jawbone, while improving the overall fit and minimizing the need of invasive surgery and flapping by also clasping and/or contacting selected areas of the gum tissue at the same time. Self-locking alignment members aid in easy removal, and re-installation, of the surgical guide housing to the base frame. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369408 | DENTAL STENT - A dental stent for tooth restoration, comprising an acrylic outer shell and a set of metal matrix separator strips partially embedded into an inner silicon bed; a method of manufacturing a dental stent including 3D printing of a model wherein tooth forms of teeth to be restored are individually removable from a remainder of the model; a method of tooth restoration using a dental stent, and a kit of parts comprising a dental stent and a composite resin, and optionally a heater, a light cure unit, and a finishing tool kit. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369409 | SAME DAY SINGLE VISIT DAMAGED TOOTH TREATMENT METHOD - The invention relates to the application of a composition containing recombinant amelogenin and propylene glycol alginate (“PGA”) on to cut dentin tubules followed by installation of a definitive restorative in a single visit. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369410 | ROOT CANAL FILLING DEVICE - An apparatus for filling a root canal. The apparatus is connected to a filling material melting unit and transfers vibration generated from the filling material melting unit or heat to a first filler or a second filler for filling a root canal. The apparatus includes: a connecting part connected with the filling material melting unit; a contact part being in contact with and pressing the first filler or the second filler to make the root canal be filled with the first filler; and a transferring part that mediates the connecting part and the contact part to transfer heat or vibration provided from the filling material melting unit to the contact part through the connecting part. The contact part includes: a first contact part having a first taper ratio and a second contact part having a second taper ratio that is equal to or larger than the first taper ratio. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369411 | Dental Bite Block - A dental bite block is provided. The dental bite block includes a body having a first end and a second end, an outer sidewall, and an inner sidewall. The body comprises an upper biting surface positioned within an upper channel and a lower biting surface within a lower channel. The outer sidewall and the inner sidewall extend past the upper and lower biting surfaces and define the upper channel and the lower channel, respectively. The upper channel and the lower channel are each able to receive a row of teeth therein. The dental bite block prevents the biting down and provides safe access to the interior of the mouth. A handle extends from the bite block and is releasably tethered to a toothbrush such that the teeth of the subject may be brushed when the teeth are received within the mouth of the subject. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369412 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLANNING - A method of orthodontic treatment planning for a patient includes receiving three-dimensional intraoral surface scan data of a dentition of the patient, receiving three-dimensional volumetric scan data of the dentition of the patient, and overlaying the intraoral surface scan data and the volumetric scan data to generate an integrated patient model comprising a root of at least one tooth having a longitudinal axis. The method further includes determining, for use in planning an orthodontic treatment, a center of rotation of the at least one tooth, wherein the center of rotation is defined as a point located a predetermined distance from a base of the root to an apex of the root along the longitudinal axis of the at least one tooth in the integrated patient model. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369413 | Methods for Direct Fabrication of Appliances for Palate Expansion - Systems, methods, and devices for producing appliances for expansion of the palate of a patient are provided. A palate expanding orthodontic appliance comprises a teeth engagement portion comprising a plurality of teeth engagement structures and a force generating portion coupled to the teeth engagement portion and configured to apply force to cause the patient's palate to expand. The orthodontic appliances can be designed according to the specifications provided herein and manufactured using direct fabrication methods. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369414 | BUCCAL CORRIDOR ASSESSMENT AND COMPUTATION - Apparatuses and methods for improving a patient's buccal corridor, including developing treatment plans and/or appliances to improve and enhance buccal corridor. Also described herein are methods of treating a patient's teeth to enhance the patient's buccal corridor. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369415 | UNIVERSAL ATTACHMENT FOR AN ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER - A universal attachment device configured to be secured to a tooth for engagement with a removable dental positioning appliance including a base including a lateral surface including a plurality of faces for effecting a plurality of repositioning forces on a tooth, wherein when the device is engaged with the appliance and when the base is secured to the tooth, one of the repositioning forces is effected upon the tooth and at least one of the other repositioning forces are not effected upon the tooth. A method of using the device is also disclosed. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369416 | ORTHODONTIC BRACKET BONDING GUIDE, INSERTION TOOL AND METHOD - A bracket bonding guide, insertion tool and method to place orthodontic brackets to predetermined positions and orientations. Indirect bonding trays typically are made to fit specific brackets of specific shapes and parameters. Design software has to include bracket CAD files in order to work for specific brands. This invention presented a bonding guide with guiding features and insertion tools with alignment mechanism and guiding features that ensure the brackets will be placed onto right positions regardless the actual shape and dimensions of the brackets. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369417 | BRACKET ATTACHMENT SYSTEM - A bracket attachment system is described herein. One variation of an orthodontic bracket assembly generally comprises a main body having a contact surface for placement against a surface and defining a wire slot therethrough. A covering having a retention member configured to be inserted at least partially into the wire slot when the covering is positioned upon the main body may be included such that when a wire is positioned within the wire slot, the wire may be retained via the retention member in a secured position. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369418 | Precision Dental Implant System - The present dental implant, whether tapered or cylindrical, is cannulated, to allow placement over a slender post pre-embedded into the host bone. The post is a rigid, not a flexible, construct that can be placed accurately, as to position and angle, in the jawbone. With the post in the correct position, the implant is then installed directly over the temporarily anchored post, and after tightening of the implant by rotation the post is removed. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369419 | One-Piece Formed Abutment Tooth Capable of Being Adjusted Angle Thereof - A one-piece formed abutment tooth contains: an implant, a rotatable connector, a screw bolt, and a photocurable resin capsule. The implant includes a threaded section. The threaded section has a rotatable adjustment seat, and the rotatably adjustment seat has an upper connection portion. The upper connection portion has a groove, two spherical portions, and a receiving trench. The rotatable connector includes a spherical rotation face, two end faces, an abutment, an internal screwing section, and a stepped notch. The screw bolt includes an external screwing section, a rotary head, and a force segment. The external screwing section is screwed with the internal screwing section of the rotatable connector, and the rotary head is movably received in the stepped notch of the rotatable connector. The photocurable resin capsule includes 0.1 g to 0.8 g of light-cured resin and is accommodated in the receiving trench of the implant. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369420 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED INTRA-ORAL SCANNING PROTOCOL AND CALIBRATION - A method of providing an accurate three-dimensional scan of a dental arch area is disclosed. The arch area has two segments and a connecting area between the two segments. The connecting area has homogeneous features. A connecting-geometry tool with at least one definable feature is affixed to the arch area. The definable feature overlays at least part of the connecting area. The arch area is scanned to produce a scanned dataset of the arch area. The definable feature of the connecting-geometry tool on the connection area is determined based on the scanned dataset. The dimensions of the arch area are determined based on the data relating to the definable features from the scanned dataset. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369421 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING A PROSTHETIC ELEMENT - A disclosed method for designing a prosthetic element is executable prior to a cutting of a tooth of a patient for placing the prosthetic element. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369422 | Methods for Manufacturing an Oral Appliance - A method includes forming a first layer of a disk, the first layer comprising a first material and forming a second layer of the disk by depositing a second material on the first layer. The method further includes irradiating at least the second layer of the disk to cross-link the second material. The first material has a higher melting point than the second material, and the dual-layer disk is configured to be thermoformed into an oral appliance. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369423 | DENTAL CLEANING SYSTEM, BASE BODY, AND HOLDER FOR DENTAL FLOSS - A dental cleaning system ( | 2021-12-02 |
20210369424 | INTERDENTAL INSTRUMENT - An interdental instrument may include a handling section (handle) for manual gripping of the interdental instrument, a carrier held by the handling section, on which an interdental part (e.g. a flossette or an abrasive element) is arranged, a joint device for pivotally holding the carrier on the handling section, so that the carrier can be pivoted relative to the handling section about a pivot axis between at least two mutually angularly offset holding positions. The joint device may include two mutually opposite sliding guide surfaces which are formed on the carrier side and/or handling section side, where the pivot axis crosses the sliding guide surfaces and may be being perpendicular to the two sliding guide surfaces. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369425 | ORAL CLEANSING DEVICE WITH REMOVABLE TIP HOLDER - An oral cleansing device including a base and a tip holder configured to hold a tip for the oral cleansing device, such as a brush head, a jet tip, or a combination tip. The tip holder may be removably coupled to the base. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369426 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZED AND PERSONALIZED ORAL IRRIGATOR - A customized oral irrigator which is adapted to the user's dentition, has multiple nozzles or cutout openings to point to the area to irrigate. User can anchor such device by biting with the teeth and irrigate the teeth and gum, especially between the teeth and under the gum, in one instance. Such a device is fast and effective. It will be beneficial to everyone but will especially benefit busy professionals, children, seniors, handicapped, disabled, and other users who have difficulty cleaning teeth, for example people who wear dental devices such as braces. This device is meant to combine oral care procedures such as tooth brushing and dental flossing in one instance and will yield better dental hygiene and with better compliance than conventional brushing and flossing and conventional single channel oral irrigators. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369427 | STOMATOLOGICAL NEGATIVE PRESSURE MOUTH GAG PATENT AND ITS USAGE - The invention is about a stomatological negative pressure mouth gag and its usage, which falls into the scope of stomatological technologies. The upper and lower wings of the mouth gag is connected by a thin-walled tube. The inner wall of the thin-walled tube is in direct contact with the lips, while its outer wall is exposed to the oral cavity. There are holes or slots evenly distributed on the outer wall of the thin-walled tube mounted along the arc-shaped lip holders. The left and right lip holders are connected by a negative pressure catheter between them. The thin-walled tubes on the left and right sides join with the negative pressure catheter and form a complete structure with it. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369428 | Hands-Free Suction Apparatus - An apparatus for suctioning matter expelled during treatments involving an orifice of a patient; the apparatus includes a suction head, a conduit attached to the suction head and a suction device for attaching the conduit thereto, thereby putting the suction head in communication with the suction device. The conduit includes a flexible and bendable body that is easily manipulated into different positions and supports the suction head about the orifice of the patient during treatment. Preferably, the orifice is a mouth, and the treatment is a dental treatment. In this embodiment, the apparatus provides for the hands-free suction of aerosols and/or saliva and blood splatter produced from the mouth of the patient during the dental treatment. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369429 | DENTAL SUCTION DEVICE UTILIZING HIGH VOLUME EVACUATOR (HVE) LINE - A system and a method for a hands-free dental suction device includes a contoured tube that may be connected to dental suction lines commonly found in dental operatories. One specific embodiment includes features which allow the hands-free suction device to be attached to a dental lip/cheek retractor, and/or to the patient's lip, in a manner that is both comfortable for the patient and allows convenient, unobscured access to the patient's oral cavity. One potential benefit of the device is the collection and removal of dangerous aerosols generated during dental procedures which may be responsible for spreading disease. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369430 | HANDS FREE, ARTICULABLE DENTAL SUCTION DEVICE - A hands free suction device configured to remove matter generated during a dental procedure on a patient. The device includes a hose including a suction end, a connection end configured to be connected to a dental suction system, and a hollow fluid flow passageway extending between the suction end and the connection end. The hollow fluid flow passageway is configured to pass evacuated matter from the suction end to the connection end. The device also includes a nozzle that is coupled to the suction end of the hose and adapted to be disposed outside of an oral cavity of the patient. A first portion of the hose is articulable relative to a second portion of the hose, such that a dental professional performing the dental procedure does not need to hold the device during the dental procedure but can easily reposition the device if needed. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369431 | DENTAL CARE MOUTHPIECE CLEANING SYSTEM - A mouthpiece cleaning device includes a U-shaped mouthpiece skeleton that defines opposing channels to receive a user's teeth therein. The channels each have a respective teeth facing surface, and transducers are disposed along the channels at the respective teeth facing surfaces. UV LEDs are disposed along the channels at the respective teeth facing services. The UV LEDs are interspersed with the transducers. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369432 | ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH COMPRISING THREE-SIDED BRISTLES - An electric toothbrush includes a toothbrush body. The toothbrush body includes a toothbrush head. The toothbrush head includes a handle part, a first platy body disposed below the handle part, and a first brushing sheet and a second brushing sheet disposed side by side and below the first platy body. The lower surface of the first platy body is provided with a first brush bristle, the rear side surface of the first brushing sheet is provided with a second brush bristle, and the front side surface of the second brushing sheet is provided with a third brush bristle. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369433 | Dental Aerosol Protection System - A dental aerosol protection system for controlling dispersion of aerosol and splatter particles produced during dental procedures, the system including a ring assembly, a support mask for supporting the ring assembly on a patient, and a suction generating device, the ring assembly and support mask having suction ports which are connectable to the suction generating device to provide a negative suction force around the oral cavity, wherein the ring assembly and support mask can be connected or used separately to control dispersion of aerosols depending upon the requirements of the dental procedure, and one or more flexible extensions connectable to the ring assembly and support mask extending superiorly away from the patient around and over the oral cavity, the flexible extensions forming an adjustable physical barrier between the dental professional and the patient's oral cavity. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369434 | DENTAL DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF DENTAL ALVEOLI, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AND KIT - A dental device for the treatment of dental alveoli, comprising a suction element; and a dental impression of a patient which defines at least one sealing surface configured to seal an alveolus of said patient. The sealing surface has a suction hole connected to the suction element in order to create a vacuum in the alveolus. Method for manufacturing a dental device for the treatment of dental alveoli and a kit associated with it. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369435 | DEVICE FOR SEALING BODILY ORIFICES, WITH NEUTRAL WEARING COMFORT - The invention relates to a device for the optimal organ-tolerable sealing, with minimal irritation, of bodily orifices, said device consisting of an extremely thin-walled, externally fillable balloon body having a central tube piece connecting the interior of the intestine to the perianal region of the anus, the tube piece being made of a soft-film-type material with a low volumetric expandability, wherein in a preferred design, one end of the balloon, which during the production process is completely formed to its required final dimensions, is reverse folded through the other end, and both balloon ends are tight-fittingly interconnected in the region of the outer bodily orifice and a thin-walled, adhesive-coated soft-film proximally adjoins the connection region of the two balloon ends, allowing direct fixation of the device to the skin and thus completely eliminating rigid, potentially irritating components in the region of the anal canal and in the perianal region. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369436 | Dynamic Microvalve Protection Device - An endovascular system includes inner and outer catheters, a handle system operably coupled one end of the catheters, and a microvalve coupled to the other end of the catheters. The microvalve is constrained in a radially-collapsed closed configuration for advancement within a vessel to a treatment site. The handle system is operable to displace the inner and outer catheters portions relative to each other to move the microvalve between closed and open configurations. An indicator is provided to visually indicate the extent by which the microvalve is opened within the vessel. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369437 | DECELLULARIZED BIOLOGICALLY-ENGINEERED TUBULAR GRAFTS - This disclosure describes decellularized, biologically-engineered tubular grafts and methods of making and using such decellularized, biologically-engineered tubular grafts. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369438 | SEALING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE - A system for treating an aneurysm comprises at least a first double-walled filling structure having an outer wall and an inner wall and the filling structure is adapted to be filled with a hardenable fluid filling medium so that the outer wall conforms to the inside surface of the aneurysm and the inner surface forms a generally tubular lumen to provide blood flow. The first filling structure comprises a sealing feature which forms a fluid seal between the filling structure and the aneurysm or an adjacent endograft when the filling structure is filled with the hardenable fluid filling medium, thereby minimizing or preventing blood flow downstream of the seal. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369439 | STENT-TYPE AORTIC IMPLANT AND ASSEMBLY FORMED BY TWO SUCH IMPLANTS - The implant includes an aortic portion and a branch, which is intended to be placed in a first of the three arteries that lead into the aortic arch. The aortic portion and branch are formed by two separate sub-assemblies which are capable of being mounted together; the aortic portion has a first opening capable of receiving the branch and a second opening arranged such that it is located substantially opposite the outlets of the other two arteries when the first opening is located opposite the outlet of the left subclavian artery. The second opening has a specific shape such that the edges of the membrane that define it follow the segments of the underlying annuli, which are in a broken line. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369440 | Debranching Visceral Stent Grant and Methods for Use - A visceral double-barreled main body stent graft and methods for its use, the stent graft comprises, a main body stent graft having distal and proximal ends, the main body stent graft's length ranges from about 100-120 mm and diameter at the proximal end ranges from about 30-45 mm, first and second lumens defined at the main body stent graft's distal end, the first lumen's diameter ranges from about 18-20 mm, the second lumen's diameter ranges from about 16-18 mm, the first and second lumens have about the same length from about 50-70 mm, the first lumen is secured to the second lumen along a shared length, and the main body stent graft defines a tubular wall that is contiguous with the first and second lumens such that any fluid entering the main body must exit through one of the first or second lumens. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369441 | COMPOSITE SCAFFOLD FOR THE REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION, AND REGENERATION OF SOFT TISSUES - A composite scaffold having a highly porous interior with increased surface area and void volume is surrounded by a flexible support structure that substantially maintains its three-dimensional shape under tension and provides mechanical reinforcement during repair or reconstruction of soft tissue while simultaneously facilitating regeneration of functional tissue. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369442 | System and Method for Preparing A Soft Tissue Graft - A system and method for loading a suture construct on a soft tissue graft with a graft assembly. The graft assembly includes a frame with an opening extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The frame has a wall with a first side extending to a first edge and a second side extending to a second edge. A lumen extends between the first side and the second side and a plurality of channels extend through the wall between the first edge and the second edge. The graft assembly also includes a transverse hole extending through the proximal end of the frame and a pin removably inserted into the transverse hole. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369443 | CORNEAL IMPLANT INJECTOR SYSTEM - A corneal implant injector system includes an injector including a plunger slidable in a plunger housing, and a distal cartridge grabbing member engageable with an implant-holding cartridge. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369444 | HYDROPHILICITY ALTERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system/method allowing hydrophilicity alteration of a polymeric material (PM) is disclosed. The PM hydrophilicity alteration changes the PM characteristics by decreasing the PM refractive index, increasing the PM electrical conductivity, and increasing the PM weight. The system/method incorporates a laser radiation source that generates tightly focused laser pulses within a three-dimensional portion of the PM to affect these changes in PM properties. The system/method may be applied to the formation of customized intraocular lenses comprising material (PLM) wherein the lens created using the system/method is surgically positioned within the eye of the patient. The implanted lens refractive index may then be optionally altered in situ with laser pulses to change the optical properties of the implanted lens and thus achieve optimal corrected patient vision. This system/method permits numerous in situ modifications of an implanted lens as the patient's vision changes with age. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369445 | DOUBLE-SIDED ASPHERIC DIFFRACTIVE MULTIFOCAL LENS, MANUFACTURE, AND USES THEREOF - A double-sided aspheric diffractive multifocal lens and methods of manufacturing and design of such lenses in the field of ophthalmology. The lens can include an optic comprising an aspheric anterior surface and an aspheric posterior surface. On one of the two surfaces a plurality of concentric diffractive multifocal zones can be designed. The other surface can include a toric component. The double-sided aspheric surface design results in improvement of the modulation transfer function (MTF) of the lens-eye combination by aberration reduction and vision contrast enhancement as compared to one-sided aspheric lens. The surface having a plurality of concentric diffractive multifocal zones produces a near focus, an intermediate focus, and a distance focus. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369446 | HYDRAULIC DELIVERY OF SURGICAL IMPLANTS - An apparatus for delivering an implant to an eye using hydraulic fluid flow or pressure. An implant may be stored, advanced, and delivered to an eye using hydraulic fluid stored in a sterile container through a hollow advancement plunger. The plunger may rigidly advance the implant to a sealed position in a first phase, and then the implant may be advanced into the eye via hydraulic pressure or fluid flow in a second phase. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369447 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLACEMENT OF INTRAOCULAR IMPLANTS - Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to devices and methods for controlling placement of intraocular implants within a patient's eye including but not limited to placement within or near the collector ducts of Schlemm's canal located behind the trabecular meshwork. In some embodiments, a handheld peristaltic rotor device having a compression element can be positioned on a corneal surface of the eye and rotated to create a peristaltic movement of blood in one or more episcleral veins to generate blood reflux within Schlemm's canal such that one or more collector ducts, or channels, of Schlemm's canal can be located. In some embodiments, an implant can be implanted near the identified location of the one or more collector ducts, or channels. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369448 | Apex Bileaflet Mechanical Valve - The present invention provides a bileaflet heart valve that has a central flow hemodynamic configuration similar to the human aortic valve. Further, the present invention provides a bileaflet heart valve that successfully removes the incidence of thrombosis. This design minimizes the mechanical resistance against leaflet movement and allows for a greater washing effect to minimize thrombosis. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369449 | Prosthetic Valves And Related Inventions - This invention relates to the design and function of a compressible valve replacement prosthesis, collared or uncollared, which can be deployed into a beating heart without extracorporeal circulation using a transcatheter delivery system. The design as discussed focuses on the deployment of a device via a minimally invasive fashion and by way of example considers a minimally invasive surgical procedure preferably utilizing the intercostal or subxyphoid space for valve introduction. In order to accomplish this, the valve is formed in such a manner that it can be compressed to fit within a delivery system and secondarily ejected from the delivery system into the annulus of a target valve such as a mitral valve or tricuspid valve. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369450 | PROSTHETIC DEVICE FOR A HEART VALVE - A prosthetic device for a heart valve comprises a valve portion with prosthetic leaflets capable of reproducing the function of the valve leaflets of a native heart valve, expandable from a collapsed configuration for implantation to a working expanded configuration. The prosthetic device comprises also a containment portion which surrounds the valve portion to contain its expansion in the working expanded configuration. The prosthetic device comprises also a connecting portion which stably connects the valve portion to the containment portion through connecting elements. The containment portion has sub-components with joint mechanisms which allow them to be deformed elastically in a straight configuration. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369451 | MODULAR HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS - A modular heart valve prosthesis includes a first heart valve device and a second heart valve device. The first heart valve device includes a first valve support including a first prosthetic valve disposed within the valve support, and an anchoring frame surrounding the first valve support and coupled to the first valve support. The first prosthetic valve includes synthetic fabric leaflets having a first thickness. The second heart valve device includes a second valve support including a second prosthetic valve disposed within the second valve support. The second prosthetic valve includes tissue leaflets having a second thickness, wherein the second thickness is greater than the first thickness. In a first configuration, the second heart valve device is separate from the first heart valve device, and in a second configuration, the second heart valve device is disposed within the first valve support of the first heart valve device. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369452 | HEART VALVE FRAME DESIGN WITH NON-UNIFORM STRUTS - An implantable prosthetic valve assembly, according to one embodiment, comprises a frame assembly including a plurality of struts and a prosthetic valve secured inside the frame assembly by sutures. The sutures are inward of the outermost surface of an outer periphery of the frame assembly. In certain embodiments the struts contain recesses in which sutures can be disposed. In other embodiments, the struts can have holes through them which the sutures pass through. The implantable prosthetic valve assembly can also be collapsed within a catheter such that an outermost surface of a periphery of the frame assembly touches the catheter but the sutures are spaced apart from the catheter or are flush with the outer surface of the frame. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369453 | ARTIFICIAL HEART VALVE - To provide an artificial heart valve capable of aiding the functions of the mitral valve of a patient in a minimally invasive manner. An artificial heart valve | 2021-12-02 |
20210369454 | System and Method for Percutaneously Delivering a Tricuspid Valve - According to a system and method for percutaneously delivering a replacement tricuspid valve to a heart, a wire is percutaneously introduced into the venous vasculature. A distal end of the wire is passed into a right atrium, through a tricuspid valve ring, and into a right ventricle, within which it is anchored to tissue of the right ventricle. A tricuspid valve delivery device carrying a replacement tricuspid valve is positioned over the wire, and a director is positioned over the wire proximally adjacent to, and in contact with, the tricuspid valve delivery device. The director and delivery device are pushed over the wire into the right atrium while traction is applied traction to the wire that is fixed within the right ventricle. The director is actively articulated during advancement, to articulate the replacement tricuspid valve on the valve delivery device within a tricuspid valve ring of the heart. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369455 | PROSTHETIC INCISION DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF - A modular surgical apparatus is disclosed. Also disclosed is a modular incision apparatus. The modular incision apparatus may be used in a minimally invasive surgery. The modular incision apparatus includes a base having a pair of pivots, a pair of alignment tabs, a proximal opening, and at least one slide guide. The modular incision apparatus includes visual and cleaning access to the blade. The modular incision apparatus is suitable for safely, efficiently, and accurately making small incisions during surgical procedures. The modular incision apparatus provides a means of making small incisions of controlled depth, while reducing the chances of inadvertent exposure of surgical staff to sharp instrument. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOADING AND DEPLOYING AN INTRAVASCULAR DEVICE - An intravascular device delivery system includes an elongated member with a distal end cap and a delivery disc that are longitudinally movable using a disc handle. A main body of the disc handle is configured to move the distal end cap and a movable body of the disc handle is configured to move the delivery disc. The movable body is movable relative to the main body, and the main body and movable body are movable together. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369457 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IN-HEART VALVE SURGERY - An annuloplasty ring is provided including a core defining a closed ring and comprising one or more flexible portions, wherein the core is capable of deformation about the flexible portion between a first configuration and a second configuration upon application of a predetermined force; a resilient intermediate layer; and a fabric cover layer. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369458 | METHOD FOR IMPLANTING A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE - A prosthetic system for heart valve replacement comprises an annular support structure within which a valved prosthetic body can be expanded until it meets opposition. The annular support is provided in ring segments having terminal connectors for forming, in the condition of use of the prosthetic system, a stable and durable annular structural continuity capable of withstanding the opposition exerted by the valved prosthetic body. The prosthetic system is deployed using guide wires within a cardiac chamber guided through an introducer catheter having through lumens, within which at least two first guide catheters are positioned. These guide catheters have respective deflected or deflectable distal ends adapted to emerge from the distal end of the introducer catheter to convey and direct the distal ends of respective guide wires, placed within the guide catheters, towards a capture member of a capture system which is provided within the introducer catheter. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369459 | VENOUS VALVE WITH ENHANCED FLOW PROPERTIES - A prosthetic venous valve includes an expanding anchoring frame, a valve seat at the middle portion of the anchoring frame, a ball disposed within the lumen of the anchoring frame and having an outer diameter, and least one ball retention tether coupled with the ball and the anchoring frame. The ball retention tether includes at least one elastic component or material. The anchoring frame has an upstream end, a downstream end, a middle portion and a lumen extending through the anchoring frame from the upstream end to the downstream end. The ball moves between an open position, in which the ball is located apart from the valve seat, and a closed position, in which the ball is located in contact with or near the valve seat to reduce or prevent backflow of blood through the prosthetic venous valve. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369460 | EXPANDABLE MEDICAL IMPLANT FOR ADOLESCENT CRANIUM DEFECTS - The present disclosure is directed to an expandable medical implant for the repair of cranium defects in adolescent patients. The implants of the present disclosure can include a plurality of interconnected links that are movable with respect to each other as the underlying cranium grows and expands. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369461 | ANATOMICALLY RELIEVED AUGMENTS - Anatomically shaped augments that are configured for implantation in a bone and which have one or more reliefs. A distal end of an outer portion of the augment can have a shape that is configured to generally conform to the shape of a metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction of an intramedullary canal of a bone. A proximal end of the outer portion can have a shape that is configured to generally conform to a shape of the metaphyseal region of the intramedullary canal. The reliefs can be configured to reduce a size of the augment and enhance the degree of freedom in the implant positioning and/or sizing of the augment. Further, such reliefs may contour the augment so as to prevent cortical bone contact and/or prevent contact with the implant device that may be associated with misalignment between an intramedullary canal and metaphyseal or diaphyseal regions of the bone. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369462 | Methods for Carbonate Surface Coating and Related Bone Void Filler Compositions - Bone void filler compositions and methods for preparation to provide substrates with carbonate surface coatings to promote bone growth. | 2021-12-02 |
20210369463 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING BIOSCAFFOLD EXTRACELLULAR STRUCTURES FOR TISSUE REGENERATION - A method of manufacturing a bioscaffold implant for a specific patient is provided. The method can comprise obtaining an image of a tissue section of the specific patient from imaging scans of the tissue section, wherein the tissue section includes a resected portion. The method can further comprise determining on the image of the tissue section a surface topography of the resected portion, determining an image of a bioscaffold implant that matches the surface topography of the resected portion, and manufacturing a bioscaffold implant with a surface portion that mirrors the surface topography of the resected portion. | 2021-12-02 |