METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIZING AN ORAL APPLIANCE USING OVERLAYS
    3.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIZING AN ORAL APPLIANCE USING OVERLAYS 有权
    使用覆盖来定义口腔器具的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130306080A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-21

    申请号:US13476855

    申请日:2012-05-21

    IPC分类号: A61F5/56

    CPC分类号: A61F5/566

    摘要: A system for sizing an oral appliance comprises a right overlay, a left overlay, and a wax bite plate. A dental arch impression of a patient is taken on the wax bite plate, and indicia on the right and left overlays are aligned with the dental arch impression to provide information on both the arcuate shape and width of an oral appliance which can best fit the patient.

    摘要翻译: 用于口服器具尺寸调整的系统包括右覆盖层,左覆盖层和蜡咬板。 将患者的牙弓印象放在蜡咬板上,右侧和左侧的覆盖物上的标记与牙弓印模对齐,以提供关于最适合患者的口腔器具的弓形和宽度的信息 。

    Steerable ablation device
    4.
    发明授权
    Steerable ablation device 有权
    可导向消融装置

    公开(公告)号:US08444637B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-21

    申请号:US11647315

    申请日:2006-12-29

    IPC分类号: A61B18/18 A61M25/092

    摘要: The invention relates to a flexible assembly for use in a region of a medical or surgical device. In preferred embodiments, the flexible region comprises a set of pull wires for controllably moving a treatment end of the device, and elements to separate the pull wires and maintain the integrity of the shaft of the flexible region in order to improve the operating aspects of the device. The devices and methods can be especially useful in ablation treatments, such as ablation at cardiac or epicardial tissues.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于医疗或手术装置的区域的柔性组件。 在优选实施例中,柔性区域包括用于可控制地移动设备的处理端的一组拉线,以及用于分离拉丝并且保持柔性区域的轴的完整性的元件,以便改进该柔性区域的操作方面 设备。 该装置和方法在消融治疗中尤其有用,例如心脏或心外膜组织的消融。

    AIRWAY DEVICE WITH TONGUE-ENGAGING MEMBER
    5.
    发明申请
    AIRWAY DEVICE WITH TONGUE-ENGAGING MEMBER 有权
    具有连接构件的空中装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120017917A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-26

    申请号:US12840076

    申请日:2010-07-20

    IPC分类号: A61F5/56

    CPC分类号: A61F5/566

    摘要: An oral device for improving airway patency comprises a base adapted to be held between a patient's upper and lower teeth and a tongue-engaging member. The tongue-engaging member engages the tongue and displaces the tongue anteriorly when the base is held between the patient's teeth. A vacuum is applied through the base and the tongue-engaging member in order to draw the soft palate against a posterior region of the tongue in order to stabilize the soft palate and open or clear the patient's airway.

    摘要翻译: 用于改善气道通畅的口腔装置包括适于保持在患者的上下齿之间的基座和舌接合构件。 当基部被保持在患者的牙齿之间时,舌接合构件接合舌头并使舌头向前移位。 通过基部和舌接合构件施加真空,以便将软腭压在舌的后部区域上,以便稳定软腭并打开或清除患者的气道。

    Devices and methods for ablation
    6.
    发明申请
    Devices and methods for ablation 审中-公开
    消融设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080161692A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-07-03

    申请号:US11647306

    申请日:2006-12-29

    IPC分类号: A61N7/00

    摘要: An ablation device includes at least one ablation cell or element having a piezoelectric layer and the piezoelectric layer includes a surface interrupting feature that alters the ultrasound energy output of the piezoelectric layer compared to a piezoelectric layer of comparable size and shape having no surface interrupting feature. In a second embodiment, at least one surface interrupting feature defines a boundary between multiple segments of a single ablation element such that a lesion having a length less than the full length of an ablation element may be created.

    摘要翻译: 消融装置包括至少一个具有压电层的烧蚀单元或元件,并且压电层包括与没有表面中断特征的相当尺寸和形状的压电层相比,改变压电层的超声能量输出的表面中断特征。 在第二实施例中,至少一个表面中断特征限定了单个消融元件的多个部分之间的边界,使得可以产生具有小于消融元件全长的长度的损伤。

    Apparatus and method for ablating tissue
    7.
    发明申请
    Apparatus and method for ablating tissue 审中-公开
    用于消融组织的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070299435A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-27

    申请号:US11646526

    申请日:2006-12-28

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00

    摘要: A device for ablating cardiac tissue includes a plurality of ablation elements substantially aligned along a common axis and adjustable between first and second predetermined positions. In the first predetermined position, the plurality of ablation elements form a curved contact surface. In the second predetermined position, the plurality of ablation elements form a substantially straight insertion configuration. At least one hinge may connect adjacent ones of the plurality of ablation elements. Each of the plurality of ablation elements may be located within a housing, which may have at least a portion of a hinge integrally formed therewith to connect adjacent ablation elements. Alternatively, a strand of superelastic material, such as a Nitinol wire, may interconnect ablation elements. The superelastic material may bias the plurality of ablation elements into at least one of the first and second predetermined positions.

    摘要翻译: 用于消融心脏组织的装置包括多个消融元件,其基本上沿公共轴线对准并且可在第一和第二预定位置之间调节。 在第一预定位置,多个消融元件形成弯曲的接触表面。 在第二预定位置,多个消融元件形成基本上直的插入构造。 至少一个铰链可以连接多个消融元件中的相邻的一个。 多个消融元件中的每一个可以位于壳体内,壳体可以具有与其一体形成的铰链的至少一部分以连接相邻的消融元件。 或者,一系列超弹性材料,例如镍钛诺丝,可以互连消融元件。 超弹性材料可以将多个消融元件偏置到第一和第二预定位置中的至少一个中。