California Institute of Technology

Nanyang Technological University

Insightra Medical Incorporated

Brad Sharp

Morteza Gharib

Wayne Arthur Noda

Stephen Graham Bell

Derek Rinderknecht

Jan Ma

Yin Chiang Boey

Laxmikant Khanolkar

Erwin Merijn Woterson

Idit Avrahami

Meng Pheng Tan

Erwin Merijn Wouterson

A tissue retractor for retracting tissue opened by an incision, the tissue retractor including a base support unit having a topside and an underside. The topside has at least one securing mechanism and the underside is conformable and removably attachable to a surface proximate to the incision. The tissue retractor has a tissue hook having a tissue engagement portion and a mounting portion, the tissue engagement portion capable of engaging at least the periphery of the incision. The tissue retractor has a retractable member substantially inelastic in its central longitudinal axis and bendable in any axes deviating from the central longitudinal axis. The retractable member receives the mounting portion of the tissue hook, the retractable member being removably attachable to said securing mechanism on the topside of the base support unit, and being retractable away from the incision, such that the tissue engagement portion retracts tissue engaged thereto.

Tissue retractor, tissue retractor kit and method of use thereof

A pump installed inside a graft in a body such as the human body to force fluid such as blood through that graft. The pump can be one which operates totally from the outside of the graft, forcing fluid through the graft without extending inside the graft. The pump can be an impedance pump, that operates based on the fluidic mismatches between the graft, and other fluid carrying vessels within the human body.

Impedance pump used in bypass grafts

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Irvine, CA, United States of America

Brad Sharp