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Inasurgica, LLC

Renovo Limited

Sos Science of Skin Ltd

Oxford Bioelectronics Ltd

Ardeshir Bayat

Ernie Hill

Antonios Oikonomou

Daniel Kyle

Mark William James Ferguson

Simon Barr

William Ernest Royce Ollier

Anil Sebastian

The invention provides new devices for implantation in a patient having irregular textured surfaces, which devices show significantly improved cellular response compared to conventional smooth and textured implants, indicating that significantly improved biocompatibility would be achieved in vivo. Methods for making such new devices and surface textures are also disclosed.

Textured surfaces for breast implants

An implant material having an implant surface comprising a plurality of tissue-contacting members arranged in a regular or irregular two-dimensional array, each tissue-contacting member having a convex curved tissue-contacting surface. Methods of preparing and using such implant materials.

Textured surfaces for implants

The invention provides new devices for implantation in a patient having irregular textured surfaces, which devices show significantly improved cellular response compared to conventional smooth and textured implants, indicating that significantly improved biocompatihility would be achieved in vivo. Methods for making such new devices and surface textures are also disclosed.

A hand-held, surgical instrument to manipulate a patient's tissues having a grip, a first blade, a second blade, a blade actuator, at least one blade rib, a light, and a power source. The first blade and the second blade each extend from the base end of the grip. The second blade is divided longitudinally into a left segment and a right segment, which are each pivotable about a common axis. Movement of the blade actuator causes the segments of the second blade to pivot about the common axis. The light illuminates the patient's tissues proximate the blades. The device may include suction ports on the underside of the first blade to provide aspiration. The blade rib may include multiple longitudinal blade ribs extending along the length of the first blade, the second blade, or both. The blade rib may also include multiple transverse blade ribs extending along the width of the first blade, the second blade, or both. The device may also include an integral camera and wireless transmitter to provide images of the patient's tissues to a separate display.

Disposable expandable cordless lighted retractor

A unique four function surgical instrument that performs aspiration, irrigation, dilation and cauterization with an innovative trigger mechanism. An embodiment is 'gun-like' in configuration having a housing with a depending handle and a protruding trigger, a forward extending pair of forceps-like arms that terminate in dilation/cauterization tips and a common conduit between the forceps-like arms. The unique trigger mechanism utilizes a pinch valve concept where the trigger button has an elongated portion that has two slide surfaces with offset a recesses that act like tracks on which pinch sliders follow and the pinch sliders act like valve stems that squeeze close and allow to open silicone tubing. The end result, being a single poll, two stage actuator such that a half a pump of the trigger delivers irrigation or aspiration and a full pump delivers the other. The instrument provides the advantages of small size, ergonomical and all-in-one so as to eliminate the need for a surgeon to fumble around in switching between instruments.

Four function surgical instrument

The present invention is directed to a four function microsurgery instrument performing the functions of aspiration, irrigation, dilation and cauterization. An embodiment of the present invention has a body; a first and second side arms with integral dilation tips having an electrical conducting surface; a power control and transmission system; a common conduit that delivers irrigation-fluid and aspiration-suction in proximity to the dilation tips and an irrigation-fluid and aspiration-suction control and transmission system. The instrument provides the advantages of being small in size, being ergonomical, being all-in-one, eliminating the need for a surgeon-user to fumble around in switching between instruments, reducing time consumption and reducing frustration.

Four function microsurgery instrument

The present invention relates to an in vitro method for diagnosing or detecting a predisposition to a condition at least partially characterised by inappropriate fibrosis or scarring (e.g. Dupuytren's Disease). The method comprises examining the ZF9 gene, and regulatory elements thereof, derived from a subject of interest to detect the presence of a genetic poylmorphism or mutation in said gene which is linked with the condition.

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Ardeshir Bayat