Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
623230740 | Having textured surface | 31 |
20080200993 | Temporal Brow Lifting and Fixation Device - The present invention describes an implantable tissue lifting and fixation device. More particularly, the present invention describes a temporal brow lifting device comprises of a bio-absorbable supportive backing. The device has a shape of a curvilinear end and a tail end region. The curvilinear end region comprises a plurality of attachment points protruding from the supportive backing, and the tail region comprises of a plurality of cavities in order to secure the device at the desired elevated position in the deep temporal fascia. The plurality of attachment points distributes tension in a multi-vector direction over the contact area between the device and the tissue. The attachment points can be manufactured separately and attached, however, preferably, the attachment points are made integral with the temporal brow lifting device. | 08-21-2008 |
20080234835 | Textile Prosthesis - A textile prosthesis comprising a unitary body of predetermined shape having structural integrity, the body including at least one anchorage body portion for attachment to an anatomical body part, the body being composed of a combination of binding yarns and tensile load bearing filaments, the binding yarns being located at least in the or in each of said anchorage body portions and being interconnected to one another by sewn stitches, the tensile load bearing filaments being located inbetween said stitches so as to be constrained to extend through said unitary body along predetermined pathways extending in one or more predetermined directions so as to render the body resistance to stretch when a tensile load is applied in said one or more predetermined directions. | 09-25-2008 |
20080294271 | Porous implant grain or granule - The present invention is related to an implant with anti-inflammatory or antibacterial effects, or both, the implant being intended for implantation in a human or an animal body, the implant comprising at least one porous grain or granule, wherein the at least one porous grain or granule
| 11-27-2008 |
20090076624 | SYNTHETIC OSTEOCHONDRAL COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF - An osteochondral composite including a hydrogel with implanted biological cells joined to a porous supportive base at a mechanically-interlocked interface is disclosed. A method of fabricating the osteochondral composite and a method of treating damaged or diseased articular cartilage by implanting an osteochondral composite are also disclosed. | 03-19-2009 |
20090157195 | FLUORINATED IMPLANT - This disclosure relates to a medical implant composed of polymers which are fluorine-free per se, in particular for the management of hernias, where the implant has at least in part threads having on their surface at least in part a fluorine-containing layer. | 06-18-2009 |
20090187259 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING SPINAL CORD TISSUE - The present invention provides devices and methods that treat damaged spinal cord tissue, such as spinal tissue damaged by disease, infection, or trauma, which may lead to the presence of swelling, compression, and compromised blood flow secondary to interstitial edema. | 07-23-2009 |
20100106258 | MEMBRANE FOR USE IN SUTURED OR SUTURELESS SURGICAL PROCEDURES - An improved, polymeric surgical membrane, which can be used in a variety of surgical procedures, such as sutured and sutureless duraplasty procedures. For sutureless applications, a textured, discontinuous, outer polymer layer is provided which encourages rapid incorporation and anchoring into surrounding tissue. In cooperation with the discontinuous first layer, a second elastomeric layer provides elasticity and resilience. A third barrier layer is provided to essentially eliminate adhesions and irritation to surrounding tissue. In those applications requiring anchoring sutures, the second elastomeric layer “self-seals” against the sutures, essentially eliminating the leakage of blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or other fluids. In addition, the composite structure of the present invention has a high degree of suture retention strength is polymeric with a high degree of biocompatibility, is thin and very flexible. | 04-29-2010 |
20100249947 | POROUS IMPLANT WITH EFFECTIVE EXTENSIBILITY AND METHODS OF FORMING AN IMPLANT - The implant includes an outer layer of ePTFE which exhibits extensibility normally not associated with ePTFE. The ePTFE is reduced in length by deforming the fibrils between the nodes while maintaining the nodes in a substantially flat configuration. Various implant configurations that can include the outer layer described are also disclosed. | 09-30-2010 |
20110035026 | Anti-adhesion device - The construct described herein allows opposing tissues to form adhesions with either side of the construct, as part of the natural healing process. The construct however is multi-layered, wherein the space between the layers provides the protection from unwanted adhesions forming between and bonding separate tissues. In one embodiment, this space between layers of the construct may be developed spontaneously, that is the multiple layers are released by design after a finite time and the opposing tissues are free to move independent of each other, free of adhesions. | 02-10-2011 |
20110118851 | PROSTHETIC REPAIR FABRIC WITH EROSION RESISTANT EDGE - An implantable prosthesis is provided for repairing or augmenting anatomical weaknesses or defects, and is particularly suitable for the repair of soft tissue and muscle wall openings. The prosthesis may include a repair fabric that is constructed and arranged to allow tissue ingrowth and is susceptible to erosion into and the formation of adhesions with tissue and organs. One or more regions of the prosthesis may be configured to inhibit erosion into and/or the formation of adhesions with tissue and organs. The prosthesis may include an erosion resistant edge to buffer an edge of the fabric from the adjacent tissue or organs. The erosion resistant edge may be provided along an opening that is adapted to receive a tube-like structure, such as the esophagus. | 05-19-2011 |
20110245930 | POROUS SURFACE LAYERS WITH INCREASED SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND IMPLANTS INCORPORATING THE SAME - Systems and methods for providing tissue-interfacing surface layers with increased roughness can be attained by providing a metallic powder to a machined or previously machined tissue-interfacing surface of a porous foam structure. The metallic powder can have sizes and characteristics such that the porous structure can have an increased roughness at the tissue-interfacing machined surface while inhibiting the occlusion of the open pores in the porous metallic foam structure. | 10-06-2011 |
20120046759 | TEMPORAL BROW LIFTING AND FIXATION DEVICE - The present invention describes an implantable tissue lifting and fixation device. More particularly, the present invention describes a temporal brow lifting device comprised of a bio-absorbable supportive backing. The device has a shape of a curvilinear end and a tail end region. The curvilinear end region comprises a plurality of attachment points protruding from the supportive backing, and the tail region comprises of a plurality of cavities in order to secure the device at the desired elevated position in the deep temporal fascia. The plurality of attachment points distributes tension in a multi-vector direction over the contact area between the device and the tissue. The attachment points can be manufactured separately and attached, however, preferably, the attachment points are made integral with the temporal brow lifting device. | 02-23-2012 |
20120197415 | GRIPPING FABRIC COATED WITH A BIORESORBABLE IMPENETRABLE LAYER - The present invention relates to a prosthetic fabric ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120239162 | Devices and Methods for Tissue Engineering - A tissue scaffold fabricated from tantalum fiber forms a rigid three-dimensional porous matrix having a tantalum composition. Porosity in the form of interconnected pore space is provided by the space between the tantalum fiber in the porous matrix. Strength of the porous matrix is provided by tantalum fiber fused and bonded into the rigid three-dimensional matrix having a specific pore size and pore size distribution. The tissue scaffold supports tissue in-growth to provide osteoconductivity as a tissue scaffold, used for the repair of damaged and/or diseased bone tissue. | 09-20-2012 |
20130006385 | PLACENTAL TISSUE GRAFTS AND IMPROVED METHODS OF PREPARING AND USING THE SAME - A method for preparing placenta membrane tissue grafts for medical use, includes obtaining a placenta from a subject, cleaning the placenta, separating the chorion tissue from the amniotic membrane, mounting a selected layer of either the chorion tissue or the amniotic membrane onto a drying fixture, dehydrating the selected layer on the drying fixture, and cutting the selected layer into a plurality of tissue grafts. Preferably, the drying fixture includes grooves or raised edges that define the outer contours of each desired tissue graft, after they are cut, and further includes raised or indented logos that emboss the middle area of the tissue grafts during dehydration and that enables an end user to distinguish the top from the bottom side of the graft. The grafts are comprised of single layers of amnion or chorion, multiple layers of amnion or chorion, or multiple layers of a combination of amnion and chorion. | 01-03-2013 |
20130103165 | BIOCOMPATIBLE EXTREMELY FINE TANTALUM FIBER SCAFFOLDING FOR BONE AND SOFT TISSUE PROSTHESIS - A tissue implant member for implanting in living tissue is provided. The implant is formed of a fibrous mat of tantalum filament having a diameter less than about 10 microns. | 04-25-2013 |
20130110255 | Hard-tissue implant | 05-02-2013 |
20130226314 | Collagen-coated Tissue-based Membranes - A collagen-coated tissue based membrane that is smooth on both sides so as to inhibit cell and tissue adhesion. Also disclosed are methods for making a collagen-coated tissue-based membrane. | 08-29-2013 |
20130317625 | TISSUE GRAFTS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE ORIENTATION OF A TISSUE GRAFT - A method for preparing placenta membrane tissue grafts for medical use, includes obtaining a placenta from a subject, cleaning the placenta, separating the chorion tissue from the amniotic membrane, mounting a selected layer of either the chorion tissue or the amniotic membrane onto a drying fixture, dehydrating the selected layer on the drying fixture, and cutting the selected layer into a plurality of tissue grafts. Preferably, the drying fixture includes grooves or raised edges that define the outer contours of each desired tissue graft, after they are cut, and further includes raised or indented logos that emboss the middle area of the tissue grafts during dehydration and that enables an end user to distinguish the top from the bottom side of the graft. The grafts are comprised of single layers of amnion or chorion, multiple layers of amnion or chorion, or multiple layers of a combination of amnion and chorion. | 11-28-2013 |
20140163696 | POROUS IMPLANT WITH EFFECTIVE EXTENSIBILITY AND METHODS OF FORMING AN IMPLANT - The implant includes an outer layer of ePTFE which exhibits extensibility normally not associated with ePTFE. The ePTFE is reduced in length by deforming the fibrils between the nodes while maintaining the nodes in a substantially flat configuration. Various implant configurations that can include the outer layer described are also disclosed. | 06-12-2014 |
20140200679 | IMPLANTABLE SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES - Bio-adhesive textured surfaces are described which allow implants to be localized within a living body. Hierarchical levels of texture on an implantable medical device, some capable of establishing a Wenzel state and others a Cassie state, are employed to interface with living structures to provide resistance to device migration. Since a gaseous state is traditionally required to establish a Cassie or Wenzel state, and gases do not remain long in living tissue, described are tissue/device interactions analogous to the above states with the component normally represented by a gas replaced by a bodily constituent, wherein separation of tissue constituents develops and an analogous Cassie, Wenzel or Cassie-Wenzel state evolves. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207251 | BIO-SELECTIVE SURFACE TEXTURES - Bio-selective textured surfaces are described which mediate foreign body response, bacterial adhesion, and tissue adhesion on devices implanted in a mammalian body. Hierarchical levels of texture, some capable of establishing a Wenzel state others a Cassie state, are employed to interface with living structures, either to promote or discourage a particular biological response/interaction. Since a gaseous state is traditionally required to establish a Cassie or Wenzel state, and gases do not remain long in living tissue, described are tissue/device interactions analogous to the above states with the component normally represented by a gas replaced by a bodily constituent, wherein separation of tissue constituents develops and a desired interaction state evolves. | 07-24-2014 |
20140257517 | Surgical Implant - A surgical implant ( | 09-11-2014 |
20140277580 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TUBULAR MEDICAL IMPLANT - A method of manufacturing a tubular medical implant is provided. The method includes forming a hollow first tube with a first diameter and a first plurality of pores formed thereon and a hollow second tube with a second unstretched diameter and a second plurality of pores formed thereon. The second unstretched diameter is greater than the first diameter. At least a portion of the first tube slides within the second tube to create an overlapped area of the first tube and the second tube. The first tube and second tube are then bonded together in the overlapped area. | 09-18-2014 |
20140330392 | SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides tissue scaffolds, methods of generating such scaffolds, and methods of use of such scaffolds to generate aligned and functional tissues for use in methods including regenerative medicine, wound repair, and transplantation. | 11-06-2014 |
20150018968 | METHOD FOR CREATING AN INTERNAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM WITHIN TISSUE SCAFFOLDS USING COMPUTER-AIDED TISSUE ENGINEERING - An artificial tissue including an internal mass transport network having a plurality of channels, wherein the channels are designed to substantially mimic naturally occurring vascular network and a method for creating an internal transport system within a tissue scaffold to improve circulation, diffusion, and mass transport properties by utilizing computer-aided tissue engineering (CATE). The artificial tissue has the internal mass transport network of channels embedded, deposited, or molded within a scaffold, wherein the channels are made from a biodegradable transporting material and the scaffold is made from a scaffold material. The artificial tissue of the invention includes a basic circulatory system embedded within the tissue scaffold. This system provides mass transport throughout the entire scaffold and degrades after the new circulatory system develops. | 01-15-2015 |
20150057762 | SURGICAL IMPLANT - A surgical implant ( | 02-26-2015 |
20160045296 | FIBER MEMBRANES FOR REPAIRING TISSUE AND PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a fibrous membrane used for tissue repair and products and preparation methods thereof, wherein the fibrous membrane used for tissue repair is formed by interweaving fibrous filaments with diameters of 10 nm-100 μm, and has a porous structure, with the fluffiness of 200-2,000 cm | 02-18-2016 |
20160122458 | GENERATION OF AMPHIPHILIC NETWORK WITH AN ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH THE TRANSPORT OF IGG AND INSULIN - A method of preparing an amiphiphilic co-network comprising preparing a molecularly-bimodal crosslinkable amphiphilic graft by polymerizing a dihydrocarbylacrylamide monomer in the presence of a first asymmetric-telechelic polydihydrocarbylsiloxane monomer mixture and a second asymmetric-telechelic polydihydrocarbylsiloxane monomer mixture where the molar mass ratio between average molar mass of the first asymmetric-telechelic monomer mixture polydihydrocarbylsiloxane and average molar mass of the second asymmetric-telechelic monomer mixture polydihydrocarbylsiloxane is between 1:2 and 1:20; and crosslinking the molecularly-bimodal crosslinkable amphiphilic graft with a siloxane compound that includes at least two Si—H bonds. | 05-05-2016 |
20160128818 | Scaffolds for Soft Tissue and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides tissue scaffolds, methods of generating such scaffolds, and methods of use of such scaffolds to generate aligned and functional tissues for use in methods including regenerative medicine, wound repair and transplantation. | 05-12-2016 |
20220133955 | MESHED PLACENTAL MEMBRANE TISSUE GRAFTS - A meshed, dehydrated, placental tissue allograft that can be used in the treatment of wounds. Specifically, the meshed allograft has the property of being able to be expanded to cover an irregularly shaped wound, therefore reducing the need to apply multiple, uniform sized grafts to a single wound site. The meshed, dehydrated placental tissue allograft is sourced from a human donor, and is then processed to remove any potential contaminants or microbes prior to applying a specific mesh pattern to the tissue. The meshed, dehydrated, placental tissue graft is reconstituted prior to applying to the subject, and can then be configured to optimally cover the shape of the wound site. | 05-05-2022 |