Washington University

Acera Surgical, Inc.

Ralph Dacey

Eric Leuthardt

Lihong V Wang

Matthew MacEwan

Gregory Zipfel

Colin Derdeyn

Srikanth Singamaneni

Guy M Genin

Philip V Bayly

Brittany Scheid

Wilson Ray

Albert Kim

Chandu Vemuri

Eric Arias

James Norlin

A breakaway connector generally includes a first valve having a first rotating-type fluid control member, and a second valve that is attachable to the first valve and has a second rotating-type fluid control member. Each of the fluid control members has an open position in which fluid is permitted to flow through the respective valve, and a closed position in which fluid is prevented from flowing through the respective valve. Each one of the valves is configured to engage the fluid control member of the other one of the valves to move the fluid control member from the open position to the closed position upon detachment of the valves from one another.

Breakaway connector

A multi-laminar repair matrix for repairing a tissue defect may comprise a top patch and a bottom compliant patch. The bottom compliant patch may be compressed and sized to fit through a tissue defect, and expand to a substantially planar state after being implanted to the tissue defect. The top and/or bottom patch may include adhesives. A tool for implanting a patch to a tissue defect may include a shaft, a plurality of arms pivotally connected to the shaft, and a control. The control may be configured to radially expand the plurality of arms upon actuation of the control.

Biomedical patch and delivery system

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Ralph Dacey