Carag Ag

Synthes Usa, LLC

Medaxis Ag

Medela Ag

Jérôme Bernhard

Kuno Limacher

Lukas Christen

Albora De Pablo Peña

Michael N Larsson

Daniel Thomas Thommen

Beat Widmer

Peter Hartmann

Claudio Steiner

Daniel Napoletano

Jörg Hummen

Cyrill Röthlin

Simona Wiedmer

Konrad Tagwerker

Manuel Schär

Laszlo Solymar

Martin Schug

Andreas Weishaupt

Jevgenij Mannhart

Andreas Mellmann

Simon Furrer

Silvia Egli

Franziska Gundi

Marc Robert

Franz Suter

Maryline Simon

Daniel Schenk

Roland Wiget

Christoph Sidler

Daniel Uhr

Albora De Pablo PEÑA

A portable device for the decontamination of a breast. The aim of the device is to reduce the risk of mastitis, even when the patient has a medicament incompatibility. For this purpose, the invention includes a decontamination unit which decontaminates the breast at least by means of a physical method.

Portable apparatus for decontamination of a breast

An occluder for occluding a passage in a body, especially in a left atrial appendage (LAA), comprises elongate members having a first end and a second end, the ends being held in or attached to holders, wherein the elongate members extend independently from each other between the holders and wherein the elongate members are collectively enveloped by at least one jacket. The jacket restricts a bending motion of the elongate members when their first ends are approximated to their second ends by moving the two holders relatively to each other. The occluder uses an expanding structure which can be easily handled whereby the movement of the elongate members is restricted by at the jackets which envelop the elongate members. At least the elongate members can be made of bioresorbable material.

Occluder

A device for inactivating or reducing an amount of biological contaminants in human milk comprises an interior for taking in human milk to be treated in order to inactivate or reduce the amount of biological contaminants, and at least one UV lamp for irradiating the milk being in the interior in order to subject it to the treatment. The treatment is a first function of the device, wherein the device has a second function, the device being capable of fulfilling the first function at the same time as the second function, wherein the second function is one or more of milk expressing, milk collecting, milk storing, milk warming, milk feeding, milk processing and milk handling.

Device for pasteurization of human milk

A system for treating, in particular cleansing, wounds with a fluid jet. The system includes a handpiece with a main body with a front end with an emergence opening for the emergence of the fluid jet. The system furthermore has at least one light-emitting light source, which irradiates aerosols created when cleansing the wound. The system enables wound cleansing with simultaneous decontamination of the aerosols created in the process such that the risk of contamination of the surroundings is reduced and preferably with simultaneously treating the wound with UV light.

Handpiece for treating wounds

The invention relates to a delivery system for delivering a stent (S) into a body vessel of a patient, comprising a flexible catheter tube () having a proximal and a distal end for delivering the stent (S) to a predetermined location in the body vessel and a catheter tip () having a longitudinal direction, which is disposed at the distal end of the catheter tube (). The catheter tip () has a stent chamber () to receive the stent (). The catheter tip has a first pressure chamber (). In the catheter tube () a first fluid channel () extends from the proximal end to the first pressure chamber () of the catheter tip (). The volume of the first pressure chamber () can be enlarged by delivering a first fluid from the first fluid channel () to the first pressure chamber (), such that the stent (S) is released from the stent chamber () at the predetermined location in the body vessel. According to the invention the catheter tip () has a second pressure chamber (), wherein in the catheter tube () a second fluid channel () extends from the proximal end to the second pressure chamber () and wherein the volume of the second pressure chamber () can be enlarged by delivering a second fluid from the second fluid channel () to the second pressure chamber (), such that a partially released stent (S) can be returned from the predetermined location in the body vessel into the stent chamber (). This delivery system according to the invention makes it possible to release a stent (S) at a well-defined location and also to surround same again relatively atraumatically and to reposition same in situ.

Stent applicator

An Occluder for occluding a passage in a circulatory system comprises at least one occluding body (), for occluding the passage, an expanding unit () comprising at least one fixation structure for fixing the occluding body () within the passage, wherein at least a part of the expanding unit () is expanding into said fixation structure thereby expanding the occluding body and a locking unit () for locking the expanding unit () in its expanded state. The expanding unit () comprises a first and a second end and wherein the first end is attached to a first element of the locking unit () and the second end is attached to a second element of the locking unit (), the first and second elements of the locking unit () being brought in locking engagement with each other when the occluding body () is expanded, wherein the occluder further comprises a jacket () which envelops at least a part of the expanding unit (). This occluder ensures that no parts of the occluder can wander within the human or animal body and enhances the growth of the body tissue over the occluder.

A device for measuring the blood flow of a body tissue comprises a catheter having a catheter head for the insertion into the inside of a body tissue and a center piece having a light emission surface, out of which an optical conductor leads, and having a reflection surface, which is disposed opposite of the light emission surface and oriented obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the optical conductor. The optical conductor is disposed such that an emitted light beam is directed at the reflection surface, the emitted light beam can be deflected at the reflection surface and reflected into the body tissue, and a reflected light beam can be reflected out of the body tissue at the reflection surface and fed into the optical conductor. The catheter head is divided into an insertion region and a connecting region, wherein the insertion region comprises a plurality of recesses on the surface thereof. In the direction of the connecting region, the insertion region has an increasing diameter. The recesses are provided in the insertion region such that webs are formed in the direction of the connecting region between the recesses along the surface of the catheter head.

Device for measuring the blood flow of a body tissue

An implant for occluding a passage in a circulatory system of a human body comprises elongate members () which can be twisted into fixation structures and at least two occluding bodies () being attached to the elongate members () and being arranged at a distance to each other. This implant combines the advantages of a single occluding body implant with the advantages of a double occluding body implant.

Implant for occluding a body passage

An intervertebral implant is shaped in the form of a hollow cylinder and has a cover face, a base face, a hollow cylinder wall with an outer lateral area and an inner lateral area, as well as a hollow cylinder central axis. The implant is formed at least 95 percent by volume of a radiolucent material which has a modulus of elasticity of between 1 and 20 GPa. Postsurgical observation is permitted by means of X-rays, and at the same time the implant has a high degree of biocompatibility.

Intervertebral implant

An implant for occluding a passage in a circulatory system is provided. The implant in one form includes a plurality of thin wire-like members each having a proximal and a distal end and a first holder to which the distal ends of the members are attached. The proximal ends of the members are attached to a second holder. The implant includes an expansible occluding body attached to the members at a point intermediate the first and second holders. A carrier rod is releasably attached to the first holder and upon which the second holder is slidably received. A driving implement is located on the carrier rod, the driving implement contacting the second holder and movable toward the first holder along the carrier rod. The members are attached to the first and second holders in a manner to cause the members to execute a twisting motion relative to the longitudinal axis to yield a plurality of generally radially extending loops combining to form a first fixation structure adjacent the distal face of the occluding body, and a second fixation structure of generally radially extending loops adjacent the proximal face of the occluding body. In another form, the implant includes a balloon structure which is expanded from within by a spring-like mechanism in situ, or by the foregoing radially extending loop mechanism.

Device for plugging an opening such as in a wall of a hollow or tubular organ including biodegradable elements

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Zurich, Switzerland

Jérôme Bernhard