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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
Suture Saver System
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY Approximately 32,000,000 invasive surgeries are performed annually in the US alone. Wasting of leftover surgical supplies, needle-stick accidents, and instruments left inside the patient are preventable daily incidents that greatly increase the cost of surgeries. With the shift to reimbursements per entire procedure, such...
Published: 8/27/2024   |   Inventor(s): Amy Throckmorton, Carson Fox, Richard Dambra
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Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Surgical Devices
Thixotropic Processing of Magnesium Composites with a Nanoparticle-Haloed Grain Structure for Biomedical Implant Applications
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY In described embodiments, the present invention includes a magnesium-based composite material formed from a plurality of α-phase magnesium grains; and a β-alloy phase comprising magnesium and nano-diamond and/or and phosphate containing nanoparticles, the β-alloy phase surrounding each of the plurality...
Published: 7/16/2024   |   Inventor(s): Gongyao (jack) Zhou, Donggang Yao, Haibo (patrick) Gong
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Category(s): Materials & Chemicals, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Chemicals and Processes, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Nanomaterials, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Surgical Devices, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices
Spinal cord injury treatment by controlled drug release
PAGE TITLEOverview PAGE SUMMARY Drexel researchers have developed a controlled-release formulation of minocycline hydrochloride (MH), a potent neuro-protective and anti-inflammatory therapeutic for the treatment of spinal cord injury and reduction of its crippling effects. Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes partial or complete loss of sensory, motor, and...
Published: 1/25/2024   |   Inventor(s): Yinghui Zhong, Zhiling Zhang
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Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Pharmaceuticals & Therapeutics, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Implantable/Prosthetic Devices, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Surgical Devices, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Therapeutic Devices, Pharmaceuticals & Therapeutics > Pharma: Regeneration