6 results about "Thorax" patented technology

The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues.

The invention relates to a device (1) for improving the posture of a person, the device (1) comprising an elongate element having a given thickness forming a closed curve having a predefined three-dimensional shape, deformation of which makes it possible to generate a set of restoring forces on the device. The device in turn exerts a stress when worn by the person. The elongate element forms two pairs (10, 20) of wire portions (11, 12, 21, 22), the two pairs being suitable, when a first pair (10) is arranged laterally on either side of the neck of the person and a second pair (20) is arranged, on the one hand, on a lower surface of a lower jaw of the person and, on the other hand, on a front surface of a thorax of the person, for supporting the lower jaw in a given orientation with respect to the thorax by a first deformation of the device and for keeping the device around the neck. The invention also relates to a kit comprising a plurality of such devices, which are different from one another.

A movement restriction composition for use in a method of treatment of reflux disease treatment by surgery, the movement restriction composition comprising 50% - 100% silicone or 50% - 100% polyurethane. A coronal plane of the patient divides the esophagus of the patient in an anterior half and a posterior half. The treatment by surgery comprises dissecting an area of the patient's stomach, affixing the stomach fundus wall to the lower part of the patient's esophagus by providing sutures or staples, creating a pouch in the stomach fundus wall, and placing and in-vaginating the movement restriction composition in the pouch by providing sutures or staples to the stomach fundus wall. The center of gravity of the movement restriction composition can be positioned dorsal to the coronal plane for preventing the cardia from sliding through the patient's diaphragm opening into the patient's thorax.

The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues.

A wearable transthoracic echocardiogram patch employing an ultrasound imager and a heart compression monitor. When the ultrasound imager is affixed to a thorax of a patient during a cardiopulmonary resuscitation of the patient, the ultrasound imager is operated to generate a series of ultrasound images of a compression of a heart structure of the patient during the cardiopulmonary resuscitation of the patient, and the heat compression monitor is operated to derive a compression profile of the heart structure from the series of ultrasound images generated by the ultrasound imager during the cardiopulmonary resuscitation of the patient. The heart structure may be a right ventricle or a left ventricle, and the compression profile may be derived from a perimeter, a volume, a pulse rate, a blood flow rate, a blood pressure level and / or an electrical activity level of the segmented heart structure.

The application relates to the technical field of rib fracture orthotopic fixation, and discloses a rib fracture orthotopic fixation device for thoracic surgery, which comprises a front fixing plate and a rear fixing plate, a strip-shaped box is arranged on the front fixing plate, a plurality of movable sliding blocks are arranged on the two sides of the strip-shaped box, first strip-shaped plates are fixed on the two sides of the strip-shaped box, side fixing plates are fixed on the sliding blocks, second strip-shaped plates are fixed on one side of the sliding blocks, a plurality of equidistantly-distributed miniature damping rods are fixed on the first strip-shaped plates, and a plurality of air bags are arranged on the front fixing plate; in the application, the speed of the side fixing plate is consistent with the speed of thoracic retraction, so that stable reduction is achieved, impact fitting between the side fixing plate and the thorax is avoided, beating is formed, the comfort of the patient is improved, the fixing position of the side fixing plate does not need to be frequently adjusted, automatic alarm can be realized when the patient performs large-amplitude action, and the purpose of automatically monitoring the movement amplitude of the patient can be achieved.