3d Systems, Inc.

Thoratec Corporation

Tc1 LLC

Elevate Braces, LLC

Andrew R Miller

Carine Hoarau

Philip Jon Haarstad

Steven H Reichenbach

Stephen Kenneth Sundquist

George Hsu

James Luis Badia

J Donald Hill

Nina Boiadjieva

Shuo-Hsiu Chang

Olga M Stanescu

Kenneth B Trauner

Robert Vallone

Scott W Summit

Martin Johnson

Nickalaus Podgursky

Leigh Herran

Andew Zukoski

Jessica Lisagor

Andrew Zukoski

Jeffrey Yao

Timothy Lew

James N Harrington

George Chao-Chih Hsu

Robert P Vallone

Thermoplastic 3D objects are printed directly onto permeable materials with a high strength bond. The 3D object can be attached to the permeable material at one side where the bottom layer of the 3D object can be attached to the permeable material or alternatively, at an internal layer where portions of the 3D object are on opposite sides of the permeable material. In order to improve the adhesion of the 3D object to the permeable material, the bonding layer of the liquid thermoplastic material that is printed directly onto the permeable material can be deposited at modified 3D printer settings that can include a hotter than normal material deposition temperature. Additional build layers of the liquid thermoplastic material are printed on the bonding layer to complete the 3D objects.

System and method for 3D printing on permeable materials

A coupling system includes an applicator tool and an attachment ring mounted on the applicator tool. Clips are contained within the applicator tool and are deployed through the attachment ring in order to anchor the attachment ring to biological tissue. When deployed, tips of the clips follow a curved trajectory through an annular cuff of the attachment ring and through the underlying tissue. The tips loop back out of the tissue and to a location where they are later trapped or clamped by the attachment ring. While the tips are trapped or clamped, the applicator tool cinches the clips by pulling rear segments of the clips. Thereafter, the applicator tool disconnects from the attachment ring which remains anchored to the tissue and serves as a coupling for a cannula. The cannula can have movable lock members that secure it to the attachment ring.

Coupling system, applicator tool, attachment ring and method for connecting a conduit to biological tissue

An apparatus with a limb component configured to be couplable to a body component to immobilize and secure a distal extremity. The body component includes a belt strap and an over-the-shoulder strap. An attachment mechanism configured to couple the limb component to the body component and the attachment point is located above a user's heart when the apparatus is worn by the user.

Device and method for elevating a distal extremity

A socket for a prosthetic limb is created by making a cast of a residual limb. Marks can be applied to the interior surface of the cast to indicate the locations of anatomical features of the residual limb. The marked interior surface can be scanned and the scan data can be sent to a master fabrication center. The scan data can be modified and a master can be produced from the modified scan data. The socket can then be formed from the plastic material on the master.

System and method for making sockets for prosthetic limbs

A conformable hand brace includes inner surfaces for supporting thumb and palm portions of a patient's hand and an adjustable mechanism that allows the cross section of the brace to be adjusted. The design of the conformal hand brace can be automatically designed by a computer based upon anatomical measurements of a patient's hand derived from a plurality of photographs of the hand.

Conformal hand brace

A conformable hand brace includes a support surface for supporting palm portion of a patient's hand and an adjustable mechanism that allows the cross section of the brace to be adjusted. The brace can be adjusted to provide a close fit as the geometry of the hand changes. The inventive system allows the conformable hand brace to be designed automatically by a computer based upon anatomical measurements.

A coupling system includes an applicator tool, an anastomotic prosthesis mounted on the applicator tool, and an engagement device. The applicator tool deploys a securement through the prosthesis and tissue which leaves the prosthesis attached to the tissue. The engagement device selectively engages the applicator tool onto the tissue, with the use of suction, in order to facilitate accurate placement of the prosthesis on the tissue and facilitate deployment of the securement into the tissue. The applicator tool and the tissue are able to move together while the engagement device prevents or inhibits relative movement between the applicator tool and the tissue. A method for securing an anastomotic prosthesis to tissue includes applying of suction to engage an applicator tool to the tissue while a securement is deployed out of the applicator tool and into the prosthesis and the tissue.

Engagement device and method for deployment of anastomotic clips

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The Woodlands, TX, United States of America

Andrew R Miller