Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130060348 | Hydrogel Coated Magnesium Medical Implants - A surgical implant is provided which includes a body and a coating in contact with at least a portion of the body, the body including metallic magnesium, the coating including a hydrogel having an adhesion peptide contained therein. The adhesion peptide may be derived from an extracellular matrix protein and may be covalently bonded to the hydrogel. A method of making a surgical implant includes providing a magnesium based degradable implant body; applying and adhering a functionalized reactive silane based adhesion promoting layer to the implant body; providing a hydrogel monomeric solution having extracellular matrix adhesion peptides incorporated therein; and contacting the hydrogel monomeric solution with the adhesion promoting layer such that the hydrogel polymerizes and bonds to the adhesion promoting layer and encapsulates at least a portion of the implant. | 03-07-2013 |
20130072973 | Knotted Suture End Effector - A suture including a knotted end effector is provided. The suture includes a body portion defining a longitudinal axis and an end effector formed from the body portion. The end effector includes first and second extensions which extend outwardly from the longitudinal axis in opposite directions when the end effector is in a permanent configuration. The extensions of the end effector extend substantially along the longitudinal axis when the end effector is in a temporary position. In embodiments, at least a portion of the end effector includes a shape memory material. | 03-21-2013 |
20130079822 | Knotted Suture End Effector - A suture including a knotted end effector is provided. The suture includes a body portion defining a longitudinal axis and an end effector formed from the body portion. The end effector includes first and second extensions which extend outwardly from the longitudinal axis in opposite directions when the end effector is in a permanent configuration. The extensions of the end effector extend substantially along the longitudinal axis when the end effector is in a temporary position. In embodiments, at least a portion of the end effector includes a shape memory material. | 03-28-2013 |
20130090686 | Bioactive Substance in a Barbed Suture - Barbed surgical sutures are provided which include an elongated body and a plurality of barbs extending therefrom. A bioactive agent is disposed within barb angles formed between the barbs and the elongated body. The barbs may be made from a shape memory polymer having a permanent shape which may be deformed to a temporary shape, such that barbs of the suture extend at different barb angles in the different shape configurations. The barb angles of the permanent shape may be greater than the barb angles of the temporary shape, thereby exposing and/or releasing a bioactive agent after placement in tissue. | 04-11-2013 |
20130123839 | CHEMICAL KNOTS FOR SUTURES - Surgical sutures capable of forming a chemical knot include a first reactive member on a first portion thereof and a second reactive member on a second portion thereof, wherein the first and second reactive members are complimentary. | 05-16-2013 |
20130231702 | COMPOUND BARB MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD - A compound barb medical device includes a body portion and at least one barb extending therefrom. The at least one barb defines an inner surface. The inner surface includes a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the body portion and a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. The at least one barb is made from a shape memory material which can be deformed into a temporary shape from a permanent shape. The barb projects from the body portion in a first position relative to the body portion when in the permanent shape and in a second position when in the temporary shape. | 09-05-2013 |
20130281976 | CANNULA SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a cannula useful for introducing a thermally responsive polymer in situ. In embodiments, the cannula possesses more than one cannula, with the thermally responsive polymer introduced in one cannula, and a material such as a coolant in a second cannula which prevents premature gelling of the thermally responsive polymer. | 10-24-2013 |
20140051879 | BIODEGRADABLE PHOSPHOESTER POLYAMINES - Novel biodegradable phosphoester polyamines are disclosed. The biodegradable phosphoester polyamines may be utilized as cross-linkers for sprayable compositions which may be used as tissue adhesives or sealants. | 02-20-2014 |
20140072872 | DEGRADABLE IMPLANTABLE BATTERY - A biodegradable battery is provided. The battery includes an anode comprising a material including an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein electrochemical oxidation of the anode material results in the formation of a reaction product that is substantially non-toxic and a cathode comprising a material including an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface of the cathode being in direct physical contact with the inner surface of the anode, wherein electrochemical reduction of the cathode material results in the formation of a reaction product that is substantially non-toxic, and wherein the cathode material presents a larger standard reduction potential than the anode material. | 03-13-2014 |
20140236199 | REVERSIBLE STIFFENING OF LIGHT WEIGHT MESH - An implant and a process for preparing such an implant are disclosed. The implant includes a mesh including a biodegradable polymeric coating having glass transition temperature of about 26° C. to about 36° C. The polymeric coating includes a first polymeric component including a lactone and a second polymeric component including a polyether. The first polymeric component is present in an amount from about 90% to about 99% of the polymeric coating and the second polymeric component is present in an amount from about 1% to about 10% of the polymeric coating. | 08-21-2014 |
20140303432 | MEDICAL DEVICES INCORPORATING FUNCTIONAL ADHESIVES - A method for treating a wound or defect at a surgical target site using a minimally invasive surgical procedure is provided which includes utilizing a surgical access device such as a port or a catheter having a plurality of reactive members of a specific binding pair releasably contained on a surface of the access device, the reactive members having affinity for binding a cellular component of tissue cells located at the target site; contacting the surface of the access device with the tissue cells, wherein upon contact of the reactive members on the surface of the access device with the tissue cells, the reactive members are released from the surface of the access device and bind to the tissue; providing a tissue repair member having secured thereto a plurality of complementary reactive members of the specific binding pair; and applying the tissue repair member to the tissue, wherein upon contact of the complementary reactive members on the surface of the tissue repair member with the reactive members on the tissue, covalent bonds are formed between the reactive members and the complementary reactive members, thus bonding the tissue repair member to the tissue. A surgical access device for use in minimally invasive surgery is provided which includes a plurality of reactive members of a specific binding pair releasably contained on a surface of the access device, the reactive members having an affinity for binding a cellular component of tissue cells and another affinity for binding complementary members of the specific binding pair. | 10-09-2014 |
20150040534 | COMPOUND BARB MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD - Barbed medical devices include a crown interconnecting a pair of legs and at least one barb extending from each of the legs. The at least one barb may define an inner surface with a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the leg, a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis, and optionally, a third portion disposed at a third orientation relative to the longitudinal axis of the leg. | 02-12-2015 |
20150140387 | DEGRADABLE IMPLANTABLE BATTERY - A biodegradable battery is provided. The battery includes an anode comprising a material including an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein electrochemical oxidation of the anode material results in the formation of a reaction product that is substantially non-toxic and a cathode comprising a material including an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface of the cathode being in direct physical contact with the inner surface of the anode, wherein electrochemical reduction of the cathode material results in the formation of a reaction product that is substantially non-toxic, and wherein the cathode material presents a larger standard reduction potential than the anode material. | 05-21-2015 |
20150157319 | COATED LOOPED SUTURE - A suture including a reinforced loop is described herein. The suture includes an elongate body including a proximal section and a distal section, wherein the distal section includes first and second overlapping sections and a loop. A polymeric coating is positioned on at least a portion of the distal section to reinforce the loop. | 06-11-2015 |
20150157769 | MEDICAL DEVICES HAVING ACTIVATED SURFACES - Implantable biocompatible polymeric medical devices include a substrate with an acid or base-modified surface which is subsequently modified to include click reactive members. | 06-11-2015 |
20160100927 | Self-Adherent Implants and Methods of Preparation - Implants are described herein which contain an activated adhesive on at least a portion of the surface of the implant. A release sheet may be positioned over at least a portion of the adhesive. Packages which contain the implants and methods of preparing the implants are also described. | 04-14-2016 |