74 results about "Surgical material" patented technology

An apparatus is provided for the laparoscopic deployment and positioning of surgical materials, such as mesh. The mesh is applied by at least one extension arm which radiates from a central shaft. Alternate embodiments employ simultaneously and / or individually extended rigid arms, and simultaneously deployed resilient arms. Various methods are also disclosed for attaching the mesh to the abdominal wall once it is deployed by the extension arms. Illustrative attaching methods include staples, low viscosity adhesives, and electro-cauterization.

Surgical positioners may include platforms, surgical item positioners and / or surgical references as well as methods for using stabilizer platforms, surgical item positioners and / or surgical references. Stabilizer platforms may include low profile platforms rigidly mounted to portions of an individual's anatomy. Various items may be secured and / or stabilized by the stabilizer platform, including support platforms as well as surgical references. Support platforms may stabilize and assist surgeons in using, navigating, aligning and positioning surgical items. Surgical references may include modular fiducial systems that may be secured to stabilizer platforms, support platforms, surgical items and / or directly to portions of an individual's anatomy.

An apparatus is provided for the laparoscopic deployment and positioning of surgical materials, such as mesh. The mesh is applied by at least one extension arm which radiates from a central shaft. Alternate embodiments employ simultaneously and / or individually extended rigid arms, and simultaneously deployed resilient arms. Various methods are also disclosed for attaching the mesh to the abdominal wall once it is deployed by the extension arms. Illustrative attaching methods include staples, low viscosity adhesives, and electro-cauterization.

An endoscopic instrument includes an inner elongated instrument member that fits the bore of an outer elongated instrument member. The outer elongated instrument member includes a slot through which a surgical sheet material can be pulled so as to furl the material within the instrument. The slot can vary in length and width accommodating various surgical sheet material sizes. The slot can also be open ended or closed and its length and width can be varied accommodating different sizes and thicknesses of sheet material. The inner instrument member can include a flag that can be furled about the distal end portion of the inner instrument member and for attachment to the sheet of surgical material. The outer instrument member includes an articulating end portion that can be moved to deflect the end portion of the inner instrument member such as when the flag is unfurled inside a patient's body cavity.

The present invention relates to surgical material. The material includes biological absorbable polymer 10-85 wt%, un-sintered calcium phosphate salt 5-80 wt%, and demineralized bone 1-70 wt%. The biologically absorbable polymer includes polyester, chitosan, hondroitin sulfate, collagen, alginatel, etc.; and the calcium phosphate salt is un-sintered hydroxyapatite or tricalcium phosphate of granularity less than 100 microns. The hard tissue repairing material is prepared through mixing biologically absorbable polymer, un-sintered calcium phosphate salt and demineralized bone dispersed in solvent and freeze drying to obtain the hard tissue repairing material. The composition has the function of promoting bone healing and excellent biocompatibility.

The present invention relates to surgical material. The material includes biologically absorbable polymer 10-90 wt%, un-sintered calcium phosphate salt 5-80 wt%, and bone growth factor less than 10 wt%. The biologically absorbable polymer includes polyester, chitosan, chondroitin sulfate, collagen, alginate, etc.; and the calcium phosphate salt is un-sintered hydroxyapatite or tricalcium phosphate of granularity less than 100 microns. The hard tissue repairing material is prepared through mixing biologically absorbably polymer, un-sintered calcium phosphate salt and bone growth factor dispersed in solvent, molding, freeze drying to eliminate solvent and obtain the composition. The composition has the function of promoting bond healing and excellent biocompatibility.

This invention relates generally to compositions and systems for forming biomaterials containing a transient colorant for visualizing tissue or surgical materials coated with such biomaterials, to methods of using such compositions as bioadhesives, for tissue augmentation, in the prevention of surgical adhesions, for coating surfaces of synthetic implants, as drug delivery matrices, for ophthalmic applications, and in other applications.

The invention discloses a thermotropic crosslinking type shape memory polyurethane material obtained by thermal crosslinking of thermoplastic polyurethane with a side-chain double bond, a bifunctional crosslinking agent and an initiator; in a bending mode, the shape fixed rate is more than or equal to 95%, and the shape recovery rate is more than or equal to 90%; in a dynamic mechanical analysis tensile mode, the shape fixed rate is more than or equal to 95%, and the shape recovery rate is more than or equal to 90%. A preparation method disclosed by the invention is a second-step method and comprises the steps: firstly preparing the thermoplastic polyurethane with the side-chain double bond, then carrying out melting mixing or solution mixing with the bifunctional crosslinking agent under a condition with addition of the initiator, and carrying out thermal crosslinking to prepare the product. The polyurethane material disclosed by the invention has excellent shape memory properties and mechanical properties, the transition temperature is close to a body temperature, and the raw materials have good biological compatibility and no toxicity and can be degraded; the polyurethane material can be used as in-vivo implant materials and clinical surgical materials, also can be used for wire and cable casings and building pipe connecting sleeves, moreover, can be used for buffer sole protection devices, deformation toys and the like, and is suitable for large-scale industrialized production.

The present invention relates to surgical material. The material includes biological absorbable polymer 10-90 wt%, un-sintered calcium phosphate salt 9-80 wt% and active matter less than 50 wt%. The biologically absorbable polymer includes polyester, chitosan, chondroitin sulfate, collagen, alginate, etc.; and the calcium phosphate salt is un-sintered hydroxyapatite or tricalcium phosphate of granularity less than 100 microns. The hard tissue repairing material is prepared through mixing biologically absorbable polymer, un-sintered calcium phosphate salt, etc. dispersed in solvent, freeze drying to eliminate solvent and obtain porous material and mixing with active matter. The composition has the function of promoting bone healing and excellent biocompatibility.

The invention relates to an intelligent surgical material issuing device and method. The intelligent surgical material issuing device comprises a hollow box body, a cabinet, a power component and a controller, wherein a material taking hole is opened in the box body; the cabinet is used for holding the material to be taken, and the cabinet is fixed in the box body; the power component is used for throwing the material to be taken on the cabinet to the material taking hole of the box body, and the power component is arranged in the box body; the controller is used for acquiring identity information of a material taker, sending a control signal according to the identity information, controlling the power component to work through the control signal and generating a material taking log; the controller is fixed on the box body. The intelligent surgical material issuing device and method are capable of effectively controlling the issuing of the material to be taken and monitoring the material taking times and time of the material taker, convenient to control people who enter an operating room and trace the taking person information of the material to be taken, and convenient to trace the material to be taken after being taken out.

A high strength surgical material with improved tie down characteristics and tissue compliance formed of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) yarns, the suture being coated with arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) peptide. The suture has exceptional strength, is ideally suited for most orthopedic procedures, and can be attached to a suture anchor or a curved needle.

A non-reusable, locking container for sterilizing and storing surgical materials and presenting surgical materials in a sterilized condition. The non-reusable, locking sterilization container includes a tray, a lid, a permeable filter, a non-reusable lock and a frangible release that limit the container to only a single sterilization cycle or single use.

The present invention belongs to the field of shape memory polyurethane material technology and is especially shape memory polyurethane material prepared with trans-polyisoprene as basic material and through chemical modification. The components include hydroxylated trans-polyisoprene, diisocyanate and chain extender. The shape memory polyurethane material after being hot stretched and cooled to fix in shape may be restore its initial shape through heating. It has a shape memory temperature of 40-80 deg.c and deformation restoring rate of 80-100%, which is greater than 85% and may be maintained in the relative deformation up to 100%. The material of the present invention may be used as surgical material, cable casing, building pipe containing union, sealing ring temperature control element.

Surgical articles, such as sponges, are provided in a pack which contains individual surgical articles having UHF RFID or other electronic labels which provide both (a) unique identification information for each article as well as (b) unique identification information for all articles in the pack. Prior to the surgical procedure, the labels are scanned and the identification information for all articles in the pack uploaded to a processor to create a list of available individual surgical articles. At the end of the surgical procedure, the surgical articles are collected and the electronic labels read and compared to the initial list to determine if there are any unaccounted individual surgical articles. The UHF RFID tag may then be used to determine a location of the unaccounted article outside the patient's body.

An up-cutting knife that has particular application for minimally invasive spinal surgical procedures. The knife includes an elongated tube that is operable to be inserted through a tubular retractor used in minimally invasive surgical procedures. One end of the elongated tube includes a curved head portion having a cutting blade formed on a top surface thereof and a suction port, and an opposite end of the tube is coupled to a handle having a chamber. A suction device can be coupled to an outlet port in the handle that causes blood and other surgical material to be drawn through the tube and out of the handle.

To improve a sterile container, in particular, for receiving and storing surgical instruments or surgical material under sterile conditions, comprising a receiving space formed by a container bottom and container walls, a lid for closing the receiving space, a gas exchange opening for providing a fluid connection between the receiving space and an environment outside of the sterile container, a filter holding device including a first holding element and a second holding element, and a sterile filter, wherein, in a sterile position in which the sterile filter closes the gas exchange opening, the sterile filter is held between the first holding element and the second holding element, so that the design thereof is simplified and damage to the sterile filter is avoided, it is proposed that the sterile filter be constructed so as to have no openings, that the first holding element have at least one first holding surface, that the second holding element have at least one second holding surface, and that in the sterile position the sterile filter be held clamped between the first holding surface and the second holding surface.

A suction retractor including an elongated tube that is operable to be inserted through a tubular retractor used in minimally invasive surgical procedures. One end of the tube is coupled to a handle having a chamber and the other end of the tube is coupled to a curved retractor portion, where the retractor portion allows the surgeon to hold back various anatomies during the surgical procedure. Thus, the suction retractor provides two functions that may otherwise require two different instruments. The retractor portion includes a series of parallel groves that allow liquids, such as blood, to flow along the retractor portion and into a suction port at the end of the tube. A suction device can be coupled to an outlet port in the handle that causes the blood and other surgical material to be sucked through the tube and out of the handle.

The present invention includes a collection device for collecting material during a surgical procedure. In one aspect, the collection device includes a collection chamber having an opening sufficient for permitting collection of the material during the surgical procedure and a scoop wall extending from the encompassing wall, the scoop wall having a distal end portion for positioning proximate a source of the material and for guiding the material to the collection chamber. In another aspect of the invention, the collection chamber has at least one aperture within the collection chamber of a size to permit flow of fluid from the chamber when the collected material is contained within the chamber. Fluid may also be poured out of the chamber without the collected material following the fluid thereby retaining the collected material within the chamber. In yet another aspect, the collection device is used for collecting bone chips that are produced during the surgical procedure and the device includes a wall extending from the collection portion of the invention that is sufficiently pliant to generally conform to the operative site from which the bone chips are being collected. Yet another aspect of the present invention includes a collection chamber that has a wall structure with a front and a back wall and an opening for collecting bone chips positioned between the front and the back wall with the front wall having a cutout positioned proximate the top portion of the front wall of a size sufficient for positioning a reamer therein such that bone chips produced by the reamer fall within the collection chamber. Another aspect of the present invention includes a smooth, concave inner surface within the chamber for facilitating the effective retrieval of bone chips.

To improve a sterile container, in particular, for receiving and storing surgical instruments or surgical material under sterile conditions, comprising a receiving space formed by a container bottom and container walls, a lid for closing the receiving space, a sterile barrier permanently defining a sterile flow path for establishing a fluid connection between the receiving space and an environment outside of the sterile container, and an overpressure flow path defining a fluid connection between the receiving space and the environment outside of the sterile container, wherein the overpressure flow path is closed when the sterile container is in a sterile position in which an exchange of gas between the receiving space and the environment outside of the sterile container is only possible through the sterile flow path, and wherein the overpressure flow path is at least partially open when the sterile container is in an overpressure position in which a pressure difference between pressures prevailing in the receiving space and in the environment outside of the sterile container exceeds a minimum pressure difference, so that design and maintenance of the sterile container are particularly simple, it is proposed that a gas flow cross section of the sterile flow path be alterable for formation of the overpressure flow path.

A device is described that can accept two or more components for mixing and preparing a composition within the device. Once mixed and prepared, the device can deliver the composition to a surgical site. The composition can be a putty-like material that sets over time at the surgical site, such as a hemostatic device or a device for sealing a hole or cavity in bone.

A surgical item counting station for providing organization and efficiency in counting items and communicating information. The surgical item counting station comprises a top plate having a diameter forming a table top surface and being adjacent and perpendicular to a display screen mounted on an adjustable column mounted on a base terminating at feet. The display screen is adapted to receive and display information about at least one item and general communications. A shelf having a substantially equal diameter to the top plate and being located below and in parallel to the top plate is provided. The shelf includes shelf side walls with a mounting means adapted for mounting at least one container device below the top plate. Preferably the container device is a sponge count bag. Preferably the shelf is a rotational shelf while the top plate or table top is non-rotational.

Consistent with an aspect of the present disclosure, a mesh or other surgical material is wrapped about one or more shafts, and inserted into a body cavity where it is unfurled and placed over a tissue site, such as a hernia. The mesh, for example, is secured to the shaft in order to prevent crimping or crumpling thereof during deployment over the tissue site.

A surgical item counting station for providing organization and efficiency in counting items and communicating information. The surgical item counting station comprises a top plate having a diameter forming a table top surface and being adjacent and perpendicular to a display screen mounted on an adjustable column mounted on a base terminating at feet. The display screen is adapted to receive and display information about at least one item and general communications. A shelf having a substantially equal diameter to the top plate and being located below and in parallel to the top plate is provided. The shelf includes shelf side walls with a mounting means adapted for mounting at least one container device below the top plate. Preferably the container device is a sponge count bag. Preferably the shelf is a rotational shelf while the top plate or table top is non-rotational.

A collection device for collecting material during a surgical procedure includes a collection chamber defined by an encompassing wall and having an opening sufficient for permitting collection of the material during the surgical procedure. A wicking material is positioned outside the collection chamber and is in fluid association therewith sufficient to wick fluid from within the collection chamber. The device also includes a scoop wall extending from the collection chamber and having a distal end portion for positioning proximate a source of the material and for guiding the material to the collection chamber wherein the scoop wall includes curved sidewall portions that are separated from the encompassing wall such that the scoop wall is bendable with respect to the chamber.

The present invention discloses a new thermal shape memory gel material and its preparation method. Said material is a composite material formed from polyelectrolyte gel network and cationic surface active agent, in which the material for synthesizing the described polyelectrolyte network includes anionic electrolyte and cross-linking agent. Its synthesis and processing method are simple, its shape memory temp. can be regulated and controlled by means of monomer or composition for synthesizing polyelectrolyte gel and surface active agent. Said invented material can be used as clinical surgical material, building sleeve material, functional packaging material and information storage material.

An up-cutting knife that has particular application for minimally invasive spinal surgical procedures. The knife includes an elongated tube that is operable to be inserted through a tubular retractor used in minimally invasive surgical procedures. One end of the elongated tube includes a curved head portion having a cutting blade formed on a top surface thereof and a suction port, and an opposite end of the tube is coupled to a handle having a chamber. A suction device can be coupled to an outlet port in the handle that causes blood and other surgical material to be drawn through the tube and out of the handle.