153 results about "Cadaver" patented technology

A method of displaying at least one point-of-interest of a body during an intra-body medical procedure. The method is effected by (a) establishing a location of the body; (b) establishing a location of an imaging instrument being for imaging at least a portion of the body; (c) defining at least one projection plane being in relation to a projection plane of the imaging instrument; (d) acquiring at least one point-of-interest of the body; and (e) projecting said at least one point-of-interest on said at least one projection plane; such that, in course of the procedure, the locations of the body and the imaging instrument are known, thereby the at least one point-of-interest is projectable on the at least one projection plane even in cases whereby a relative location of the body and the imaging instrument are changed.

The invention relates to compositions effective for the cleansing of mammalian soft tissue optionally attached to bones, and particularly the removal of blood deposits and bone marrow therefrom. The compsotions are composed of an aqueous solution containing as its essential ingredients a detergent having a functionality of the nature of a polyoxyethylene-23-lauryl either, a detergent having a functionality of the nature of exyethylated alkylphenol, and water, where the compositions are free from any membrane stabilizers. The present invention is also directed to a method and composition for cleaning cadaveric soft tissue optionally attached to bone to produce soft tissue grafts optionally attached to bone suitable for transplantation into a human. The present method involves removing bone marrow elements, blood deposits and any bacteria, virus or fungi contamination, from the donor bone and/or associated soft tissues.

A support for vertebral fusion prevents subsidence and eliminates the need for posterior surgery and instrumentation. The support is constructed from cadaveric vertebrae or an implantable man-made material. One embodiment is a U-shaped metal support that rests on the apophyseal ring of the vertebrae, with the open portion of the U facing the patient's posterior. The metal support is then connected to a previously placed threaded cage or bone dowel such as that used in anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF).

The invention provides a method for processing and recycling corpses and excretion thereof of poultry died from shooting, the method processes and recycles the poultry died from shooting, such as the corpses and the excretion of chickens, wastes: such as wood chips, rice, corn stalks or wheat stalks, and the like, aerobic micro-organisms and the like, thereby obtaining an advanced biological organic fertilizer; and the method is respectively significantly better than traditional processing methods on safety, sanitation, reduction, ultimate disposal, disposal time, resource recycling, space needs, cost analysis and other various items.

This invention is directed to a modular staged simulator and a process of simulating medical trauma and maladies for the purpose of training or certifying individuals including medical professionals. More specifically, this disclosure relates to ex vivo training exercises as opposed to traditional forms of training using intact cadavers, in vivo surgery on animal subjects; and supervised apprenticeship performing surgery on human subjects with trauma or maladies under the watch of a skilled medical practitioner.

The present invention describes devices, solutions, and methods for the ex-vivo assessment, resuscitation, triage, and maintenance of human candidate cadaveric hearts.

A system and method for an improved surgical workflow development includes creating and editing a modifiable module used to direct a medical procedure through a sequence of images and functions included in the module. A plurality of users may review and/or evaluate the module to determine what, if any, edits to the module are required. Evaluations of the module may include a research evaluation, a cadaver evaluation or a clinical evaluation. A scripting tool may be used to create or edit the module, where the scripting tool includes a computer programming software application. The module may be stored on a computer-readable memory accessible by a plurality of computers and/or display devices connected to a network. In this way, the system and method provide for rapid dynamic development of surgical workflows contained in modules.

The invention relates to the technical fields of tissue engineering and medical wound repair. At present, a living skin substitute constructed by using the materials of polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid, collagen, hyaluronic acid, and the like as a dermic bracket has the defects that on one hand, host materials are difficult to extract, the living skin substitute has complicated manufacturing technology and is expensive in cost and difficult to widely popularize and apply clinically; and on the other hand, the living skin substitute does not have a skin basilar membrane structure so that healed skin does not resist pressure and wear, and the living skin has unfirm adhesion to the epidermis and is easy to shed and break or form water blisters so that the structural and morphological development of the normal epidermis is influenced; and allogeneic acellular dermis is taken from cadaver skin and is limited in sources and expensive in cost, and thus clinical application is limited. The invention aims at providing a skin substitute which uses surface-finished and modified amnion as the basilar membrane and blood plasma as stroma, which has the advantages of wide material sources, low cost and simple preparation method. An animal experiment proves that the complete basilar membrane and hemidesmosomes can be retained in in-vivo transplantation, and the formation of an epidermal structural form is accelerated and promoted.

The present invention describes the incorporation of liposomal gene constructs directly into a wound to further improve wound repair, or into wound coverage and/or closure materials to enhance the functionality of the material. The present invention further describes the use of human fetal membranes (e.g., amnion) enhanced with the liposomal gene therapy as a wound coverage material in full-thickness wound repair. The enhanced fetal membranes or enhanced cadaver skin have advantages over currently used materials lacking the liposomal gene construct and are an efficient and safe approach to improve clinical outcome in patients with burn injuries.

The invention discloses a harmless microorganism treatment method for cadavers of livestock and poultry. The method particularly includes the following steps: placing the cadavers in boxes, cutting, separating, crushing and slicing the cadavers, deoiling the sliced meat, fermenting and degrading the deoiled meat, performing high temperature sterilization and preparing a fertilizer, wherein during the fermenting and degrading step, thermophilus spoilage bacterium and mesophilic non-spore bacteria are employed as bacterial strains, wherein the thermophilus spoilage bacterium is composed of one or more selected from bacillus stearothermophilus, Cl.thermosaccharolyticum, clostridium butyricum, streptococcus thermophilus and bacillus macerans; and the mesophilic non-spore bacteria is composed of one or more selected from streptococcus liquefaciens, streptococcus faecalis, byssochlamys fulva, leuconostoc dextranicum, yeast and mildews. The organic fertilizer, by means of the key functions of the microorganisms, can supply various nutrient elements to crops and also can supply large amount of biotins, amino acids, vitamins, growth hormone, antibiotics and the like physiological active components that are necessary in growth of the crops.

An apparatus and method for removing bones from a sub-primal cut meat portion, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for removing bones from a chuck blade sub-primal cut meat portion where said apparatus includes a carousel-type conveyor system arrangement having at least one mounting station and at least one meat cutting station. The carousel-type conveyor has a mounting fixture that is adapted to hold and manipulate and orient the meat cut such that bone removal can be performed effectively. The carousel-type conveyor in one embodiment is a rotation table which transitions the mounting fixture with the sub-primal cut mounted thereon to a position adjacent a cutting station. Each cutting station includes at least one reciprocating chisel blade assembly that is utilized to sever the meat from the bone by repetitively plunging and retracting a chisel blade into and from the meat and bone interface with a reciprocating stabbing action thereby severing the meat from the bone. The maneuvering and cutting pattern of the chisel blade assembly is controlled by a controller which can be a PLC or a computer or any other appropriate computing device.

Compositions comprising a plurality of cartilage particles from a human adult cadaveric donor, wherein the cartilage particles comprise viable chondrocytes, and a biocompatible carrier are provided. Methods of manufacturing cartilage compositions comprising a plurality of cartilage particles from a human adult cadaveric donor are also provided.

A process is provided for the biological digestion of animal carcasses. First, the carcass is cut into smaller pieces with equipment that masticates, grinds or comminutes in the presence of water to create a solid-liquid mixture. The next steps include treating the solid-liquid mixture with a special blend or combination of bacteria that have been specifically cultured to digest the carcass; the mixture is subsequently aerated to form a stabilized biomass. The stabilized biomass is aerated in an open basin to further digest and liquefy the carcass, water, bacteria mixture. From the open basin, the primarily liquid waste stream is passed to a clarifying tank where the suspended solids are precipitated as sludge, thus clarifying the liquid. Sludge is removed from the clarifying chamber and the clarified liquid is either discharged or recirculated for further use in this novel process. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, technology known as hydrolaze is used to masticate, comminute or pulverize the carcass.

A tray and a clamp mounted adjustably on the tray and supporting a leg or other limb or simulated limb including an articulated animal joint or a joint from a cadaver, for use in instruction of and practice by surgeons in joint replacement or other orthopedic surgery. A bone mounting device for fastening a joint to an artificial bone includes an expandable engagement member that fits within a cavity formed within a bone to hold the bone securely so that a surgical procedure can be performed on the joint.

Fecal leakage and contamination from the vent opening of an animal carcass during slaughtering and processing is eliminated by injecting a highly viscous material comprising a mixture of food grade constituents through the vent opening so as to create a self-adhering plug in the lower colon and rectum of the animal. The plug material preferably comprises a blended mixture of water, gum, modified food starch and a preservative whose viscosity is in the range of from about 220,000 centipoise to 480,000 centipoise. Being formed from food grade constituents, the offal can safely be harvested and used in animal feed as a by-product of the meat processing operation.

An age of an animal or animal carcass is estimated using a measurement or measurements of physical properties of the animal or carcass. A correlation between at least one physical property or characteristic and the animal's age is determined. A measurement of the at least one physical property or characteristic is made using non-invasive technology. An estimated age is then determined comparing the measured at least one property to the correlation of property and age.

A method for optimizing a CT simulation protocol for different size patients for contouring and segmentation of organs and tumors. The method scanning different size phantoms, cadavers, or patients with a CT scanning x-ray tube to create a set of images and to create data sets for each different size phantoms, cadavers, or patients and then calculating an image quality index (IQI) as a benchmark for contouring accuracy. Finding an optimal IQI that characterizes patients of different sizes and using the optimal IQI to determine the accuracy of the contouring and segmentation of A CT simulation protocol for a patient.

Disclosed is a cadaver-preservative fluid and method for preparation, characterized in that, it is prepared from 50% of glutaric dialdehyde, aliphatic alcohol polyoxyethylene ether, ethanol, benzalkonium bromide, antiseptic germicide, Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, glycerin, deionized water or distilled water.

The invention discloses a harmless treatment method for dead animal bodies, and relates to the technical field of animal harmless treatment. The harmless treatment method comprises the following steps of: conveying the dead animal bodies into a crushing and stirring device to crush; in a crushing process, starting a heating device on the bottom of the crushing and stirring device, heating and drying the dead animal bodies; when a heating temperature reaches a preset value, smelting out oil in the dead animal bodies; discharging grease and residues generated after dead animal body smelting into a spiral conveying device; and in a conveying process of the spiral conveying device, realizing separation of grease and residues. The harmless treatment method disclosed by the invention is relatively low in cost; and the residues subjected to harmless treatment can be used for preparing products capable of being recycled, so that a resource utilization rate is increased.

The invention discloses a harmless treatment device of carcasses of animals died of diseases for a livestock farm and belongs to the technical field of livestock breeding devices. The harmless treatment device of the carcasses of the animals died of diseases for the livestock farm mainly comprises a crusher, a high-voltage electric carbonization chamber, an incinerator, a dust collector, an oil-gas separating and recycling device, a gas collection tank, an oil collection tank, a bond meal collection box and an incineration tail gas purifying device. The crusher is connected to the position above the high-voltage electric carbonization chamber. An inner chamber and a flue are arranged in the high-voltage electric carbonization chamber. A high-voltage net rack is arranged in the indoor chamber. The incinerator and the bone meal collection tank are sequentially connected to the lower side in the high-voltage electric carbonization chamber. The dust collector is connected between a smoke outlet of and a flue of the incinerator. The oil-gas separating and recycling device is connected with the indoor chamber. The gas collection tank, the oil collection tank and the incineration tail gas purifying device are sequentially connected with the oil-gas separating and recycling device. To sum up, the harmless treatment device of the carcasses of the animals died of diseases of the livestock farm has the advantages of being environmentally friendly, safe, high in efficiency and the like.

The invention discloses fertilizer prepared from animal bodies or internal organs. A device for preparing the fertilizer comprises a smashing mechanism, wherein the smashing mechanism comprises a first motor, the first motor drives a first smashing wheel and a second smashing wheel to smash the animal bodies or the internal organs after speed reduction, the smashed material smashed by the smashingmechanism falls into a stirring working cavity from a first communication pipeline, a stirring mechanism is arranged on the lower side of the smashing mechanism, and the stirring mechanism disinfectsand stirs the smashed material. The device is simple in structure and convenient to operate, the animal bodies or the internal organs are smashed through the smashing mechanism, a disinfectant is mixed with the smashed material through the stirring mechanism, filtrate in the smashed material is separated through a conveying and filtering mechanism, the smashed material is conveyed to the next procedure, a catalyst is sprayed on the smashed material through a fermenting mechanism, the smashed material is fermented and becomes the fertilizer through constant temperature composting, and the equipment is convenient to operate.

A system for and method of reconstituting post mortem circulation is provided. Certain methods include simulating natural clotting cascades at wound sites while preventing clotting in reservoirs and within the cadaver. Clot prevention in the reservoir and the cadaver are accomplished with an anticoagulant and a dispersant, respectively. Simulation of clotting at the wound site is accomplished by diluting cadaver fluid with reservoir fluid, thereby diluting the dispersant. The cadaver fluid contains excess calcium for resisting the anticoagulant of the reservoir fluid. Certain methods of the present invention also include reanimating a heart, attaching foreign cadaveric circulatory branches to other cadaveric tissue, enabling mobile cadaveric perfusion, and utilizing a water bath with gravity-feed perfusion.

The invention relates to a method and a device for handling carcasses of slaughtered animals during suspended transport after evisceration and before weighing in an abattoir by means of an air stream, in which a horizontally directed stream of conditioned air is made to flow around the carcasses at speeds of 1.5 to 6 m/s with a suction effect. Suspension conveyors are set up in a separate room in a meandering arrangement along parallel tracks transversely to the horizontally aligned extraction openings and inlet openings for air, and the inlet openings and extraction openings are connected through an air-conditioning plant, arranged outside the room, for dehumidifying and cooling the air extracted from the room. When a room designed as a dripping zone in an abattoir is used for the purposes according to the invention, the room is prepared by installing or fitting inlet openings and extraction openings on two enclosing walls lying opposite one another and is connected to a separate air-conditioning plant for conditioning the air.

Bi-directional cattle traceability process comprising five basic stages: a first document traceability and sanitary certification chain stage, wherein the animals are identified by birth certificates, animal identification attached to the animal's ear and registered in a data centre. A second stage for transfer of animals to another establishment, wherein genetic material is extracted from the offspring not yet weaned, filed and registered and registered in the data centre. A third stage for slaughtering of animals, wherein the slaughtered animal's ear is cut off where the animal identification is attached and the animal identification is read on line, the half carcases have sealed strips applied to them, DNA samples are extracted from the animal, then deposited in the official genetic bank and on each cut a locket sampler is attached encrypting a genetic and biochemical sample. A fourth stage for transfer or exporting of cuts, wherein the barcode that originated the cut is identified and applied to each portion of this cut or piece into which it is divided and then the locket sampler is removed from each sliced or minced cut, to deposit it in the cold storage chamber. A fifth and last stage of traceability auditing, wherein three samples of the identified portion of a cut to de audited are taken and adulteration of the cut or non-adulteration is determined by comparing the genetic sample taken in the third stage with the encrypted genetic sample in the locket sampler that held the original cutting extracted in the fourth stage.

Alternative traceability processes addressed to fishing and canning and a set of elements used in the different stages of the three processes are also disclosed.