Multiplayer chess apparatus and method of play
    1.
    发明申请
    Multiplayer chess apparatus and method of play 审中-公开
    多人棋设备和玩法

    公开(公告)号:US20050179203A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-18

    申请号:US11060932

    申请日:2005-02-18

    IPC分类号: A63F3/00 A63F3/02 A63F9/06

    摘要: A multiplayer chess apparatus and method of play is disclosed. The apparatus consists of 108 hexagon-shaped tiles and 54 tokens. The tiles are arranged to create a field of play with the shape of a 6-tile by 7-tile hexagon. The tokens are placed on the tiles in three sets, one for each of three players. The tokens represent standard chess pieces on one side, and the reverse sides represent variant chess pieces. During play, according to the method of play, tokens can be moved, stacked, unstacked, or removed from play. Tiles can also be removed from play. The shape of the field of play, the use of tokens for chess pieces, and the method of play facilitate resolution of the petty diplomacy problem in chess. The apparatus can be adapted for use by more than three players.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种多人棋设备和游戏方法。 该设备由108个六角形瓦片和54个令牌组成。 这些瓷砖被安排成以六瓦七角六边形的形状创建一个游戏场。 令牌被放置在瓷砖上,三组,每组三名玩家一个。 标记代表一侧的标准棋子,反面代表不同的棋子。 在游戏过程中,根据玩法,令牌可以移动,堆放,拆包,或从游戏中移除。 瓷砖也可以从游戏中移除。 游戏领域的形状,棋子的标记使用方法和游戏方式有助于解决国际象棋中的小型外交问题。 该装置可以适用于三名以上的玩家。

    Devices and methods for heart valve treatment
    3.
    发明授权
    Devices and methods for heart valve treatment 有权
    心脏瓣膜治疗的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07112219B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-26

    申请号:US10704143

    申请日:2003-11-10

    IPC分类号: A61F2/24

    摘要: Devices and methods for improving the function of a valve (e.g., mitral valve) by positioning a spacing filling device outside and adjacent the heart wall such that the device applies an inward force against the heart wall acting on the valve. A substantially equal and opposite force may be provided by securing the device to the heart wall, and/or a substantially equal and opposite outward force may be applied against anatomical structure outside the heart wall. The inward force is sufficient to change the function of the valve, and may increase coaptation of the leaflets, for example. The space filling device may be implanted by a surgical approach, a transthoracic approach, or a transluminal approach, for example. The space filling portion may be delivered utilizing a delivery catheter navigated via the selected approach, and the space filling portion may be expandable between a smaller delivery configuration and a larger deployed configuration.

    摘要翻译: 通过将间隔填充装置定位在心壁周围和邻近心壁的位置使得该装置向作用在瓣膜上的心壁施加向内的力来改善瓣膜(例如二尖瓣)的功能的装置和方法。 可以通过将装置固定到心脏壁来提供基本上相等且相反的力,和/或可以对心壁外部的解剖结构施加基本上相等且相反的向外的力。 向内的力足以改变阀的功能,并且例如可以增加传单的接合。 空间填充装置可以通过例如外科手术,经胸腔手术或经腔手术植入。 空间填充部分可以利用经由所选择的方法导航的递送导管来传送,空间填充部分可以在较小的传送配置和更大的部署配置之间扩展。

    Methods and devices for improving mitral valve function
    6.
    发明授权
    Methods and devices for improving mitral valve function 有权
    改善二尖瓣功能的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07766812B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-03

    申请号:US11404093

    申请日:2006-04-14

    IPC分类号: A61M1/10

    摘要: The various aspects of the invention pertain to devices and related methods for treating heart conditions, including, for example, dilatation, valve incompetencies, including mitral valve leakage, and other similar heart failure conditions. The devices and related methods of the present invention operate to assist in the apposition of heart valve leaflets to improve valve function. According to one aspect of the invention, a method improves the function of a valve of a heart by placing an elongate member transverse a heart chamber so that each end of the elongate member extends through a wall of the heart, and placing first and second anchoring members external the chamber. The first and second anchoring members are attached to first and second ends of the elongate member to fix the elongate member in a position across the chamber so as to reposition papillary muscles within the chamber. Also described herein is a method for placing a splint assembly transverse a heart chamber by advancing an elongate member through vasculature structure and into the heart chamber.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的各个方面涉及用于治疗心脏病症的装置和相关方法,包括例如扩张,瓣膜无能力,包括二尖瓣渗漏和其它类似的心力衰竭病症。 本发明的装置和相关方法用于协助心脏瓣膜小叶的安置以改善瓣膜功能。 根据本发明的一个方面,一种方法通过将细长构件横向放置在心室中来改善心脏瓣膜的功能,使得细长构件的每个端部延伸穿过心脏的壁,并且将第一和第二锚定 会员外部室。 第一和第二锚固构件附接到细长构件的第一和第二端部,以将细长构件固定在穿过腔室的位置,以便重新定位腔室内的乳头肌肉。 本文还描述了通过使细长构件通过脉管系统结构并进入心脏腔室来放置夹板组件横向于心室的方法。

    Methods and devices for improving mitral valve function
    9.
    发明授权
    Methods and devices for improving mitral valve function 有权
    改善二尖瓣功能的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09198757B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-01

    申请号:US12498956

    申请日:2009-07-07

    摘要: The various aspects of the invention pertain to devices and related methods for treating heart conditions, including, for example, dilatation, valve incompetencies, including mitral valve leakage, and other similar heart failure conditions. The devices and related methods of the present invention operate to assist in the apposition of heart valve leaflets to improve valve function. According to one aspect of the invention, a method improves the function of a valve of a heart by placing an elongate member transverse a heart chamber so that each end of the elongate member extends through a wall of the heart, and placing first and second anchoring members external the chamber. The first and second anchoring members are attached to first and second ends of the elongate member to fix the elongate member in a position across the chamber so as to reposition papillary muscles within the chamber. Also described herein is a method for placing a splint assembly transverse a heart chamber by advancing an elongate member through vasculature structure and into the heart chamber.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的各个方面涉及用于治疗心脏病症的装置和相关方法,包括例如扩张,瓣膜无能力,包括二尖瓣渗漏和其它类似的心力衰竭病症。 本发明的装置和相关方法用于协助心脏瓣膜小叶的安置以改善瓣膜功能。 根据本发明的一个方面,一种方法通过将细长构件横向放置在心室中来改善心脏瓣膜的功能,使得细长构件的每个端部延伸穿过心脏的壁,并且将第一和第二锚定 会员外部室。 第一和第二锚固构件附接到细长构件的第一和第二端部,以将细长构件固定在穿过腔室的位置,以便重新定位腔室内的乳头肌肉。 本文还描述了通过使细长构件通过脉管系统结构并进入心脏腔室来放置夹板组件横向于心室的方法。