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Tunneling Device for Defibrillator Implantation and Transseptal Puncture
­PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY A Drexel University clinician has developed a new medical tunneling device concept that can be used for faster, easier defibrillator implantation and for a range of surgical procedures requiring transseptal puncture. The current standard of care (SOC) for implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator involves...
Published: 8/29/2024   |   Inventor(s): Randy Stevens
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Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Therapeutic Devices
Geometrically Dynamic Hydrogel-Based Chemically-Eluting Shunt Prosthesis
­ PAGE TITLE Geometrically Dynamic Hydrogel-Based Chemically-Eluting Shunt Prosthesis PAGE SUMMARY Congenital heart abnormalities such as hypoplastic left heart syndromereduce the flow of blood from the heart to the lungs, such that it does not carry sufficient levels of oxygen through the body. Complex surgeries shortly after birth are typically...
Published: 8/27/2024   |   Inventor(s): Randy Stevens, Kara Spiller, Samantha Cassel, Krianthan Govender, Steven Chopski, Amy Throckmorton
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Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Polymers, Materials & Chemicals, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices, Pharmaceuticals & Therapeutics, Pharmaceuticals & Therapeutics > Pharma: Drug Delivery
Cardioprotective butterfly
PAGE TITLE Cardioprotective Butterfly PAGE SUMMARY When a patient undergoes chest surgery, it is often necessary for the surgeon to saw through the sternum to gain access to organs such as the heart and lungs. At the end of this surgery, the surgeon will likely insert a cardioprotective patch between the heart and sternum to help reduce complications...
Published: 8/27/2024   |   Inventor(s): Randy Stevens, Amy Throckmorton, Achintya Moulick, Vicki Mahan
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Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Surgical Devices, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices
Improvement of RV-PA Conduit
­ PAGE TITLE Right ventricle-pulmonary artery/left ventricle-aorta conduit PAGE SUMMARY Congenital heart defects such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia, and pulmonary stenosis restrict the flow of blood from the heart to the lungs, compromising the transport of oxygen throughout the body. Complex operations...
Published: 8/27/2024   |   Inventor(s): Randy Stevens, Achintya Moulick, Amy Throckmorton, Vicki Mahan
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Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Surgical Devices, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices
Method to repair a damaged intervertebral disc through the use of a bioadhesive, thermogelling hydrogel
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY The present invention is directed to a bioadhesive thermogelling hydrogel composition for repairing and/or augmenting an intervertebral disc. The bioadhesive thermogelling hydrogel composition can be cross linked with the surrounding tissue so as to potentially serve as a nucleus pulposus replacement or augmentation along...
Published: 7/11/2024   |   Inventor(s): Anthony Lowman, Andrea Jennifer Vernengo, Meredith Hans, Nigel Smith, Garland Fussell
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Category(s): Materials & Chemicals, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Polymers, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices
Cervical Spine Protection Device (CSPD) for American Football Players
PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University have developed a cervical spine protection device (CSPD) for reducing neck injuries in high impact sports. There is a demonstrated need for better protection of the cervical spine to prevent spinal cord injury, compression...
Published: 7/22/2024   |   Inventor(s): Sorin Siegler, Mary Milone, Yoganand Ghati
Keywords(s): Orthopedic, Protective, Sports medicine
Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Therapeutic Devices
Biocompatible, biodegradable polymer-based, lighter-than-water scaffold for bone tissue engineering
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY Successful clinical repair and regeneration of bone remain a significant challenge in orthopedic surgery. Currently, autografts are the clinically preferred grafting material for osseous repair and replacement. They are, however, limited in supply, restricted by anatomical incompatibilities and are often associated with...
Published: 7/11/2024   |   Inventor(s): Cato Laurencin, Helen Lu, Mohammed Yusuf Khan, Edward Botchwey, Elliot Levine, Solomon Pollack
Keywords(s): Bone Tissue engineering, Orthopedic
Category(s): Materials & Chemicals, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices
Two-Dimensional, Ordered, Double Transition Metals Carbides Having a Nominal Unit Cell Composition M’2M”nXn+1
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY The present disclosure is directed to compositions comprising at least one layer having first and second surfaces, each layer comprising:a substantially two-dimensional array of crystal cells,each crystal cell having an empirical formula of M’2M”nXn+1, such that each X is positioned within an octahedral array...
Published: 6/21/2024   |   Inventor(s): Michel Barsoum, Yury Gogotsi, Babak Anasori
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Category(s): Energy, Materials & Chemicals, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Electronic/Conductive, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: MXenes, Energy > Energy: Energy Storage, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices
Associating Hydrogels for nucleus pulposus Replacement in intervertebral discs
PAGE TITLEOverview PAGE SUMMARY A prosthetic nucleus prepared from blends of polyvinylalcohol and polyvinyl pyrollidone or its copolymers for replacement of the nucleus pulposus in intervertebral discs is provided. Also provided are methods of replacing the nucleus pulposus and treating disc degeneration-associated pain in mammals using this prosthetic...
Published: 5/19/2022   |   Inventor(s): Michele Marcolongo, Anthony Lowman
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Category(s): Materials & Chemicals, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices
Textile-Templated Electrospun Anisotropic Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY The present invention includes an anisotropic scaffold, which is prepared by electrospinning a solution of matrix material upon a textile template. The present invention further includes a method of preparing such scaffold. The anisotropic scaffold of the invention finds use in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine....
Published: 7/12/2024   |   Inventor(s): Peter Lelkes, Godze Senel, David Brookstein, Muthu Govindaraj
Keywords(s): Tissue engineering, Tissue regeneration
Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Materials & Chemicals, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Chemicals and Processes, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Polymers, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices
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