Vital Sensors Holding Company, Inc.

Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.

Implandata Ophthalmic Products Gmbh

Integra Lifesciences Switzerland Sarl

Vital Sensors, Inc.

Stefan Meyer

Max Georg Ostermeier

Volker Bodecker

Axel Niemeyer

Alan Dextradeur

Daniel J McCusker

Christophe Mauge

Robert G Kraus

Volker Boedecker

Max Ostermeier

Alan J Dextradeur

Peter Szurman

Axel Neimeyer

Daniel J Mccusker

J Daniel Mccusker

The invention relates to an arrangement and a software-based application for modifying an internal eye pressure in vivo, having modulating means for modifying the internal eye pressure and sensor means for capturing the internal eye pressure in vivo, and enabling easily operated and quickly reacting changes to the internal eye pressure while avoiding the disadvantages of the prior art, proposing that the modulating means are implemented for modifying the internal eye pressure as a function of the internal eye pressure captured by the sensor means.

Arrangement for modifying an internal eye pressure in vivo

An implant for determining intraocular pressure includes at least one electrical pressure sensor for measuring the intraocular pressure, at least one microchip that is connected to the pressure sensor, and at least one antenna that is connected to the microchip, the microchip generating digitally encoded data from the electrical signals of the pressure sensor, which data can be transmitted by an antenna, using electromagnetic waves, to a receiver located outside the eye, and components being accommodated in a small housing, the outer dimensions of which are limited such that the implant can be positioned between the sclera and the choroid of the eye, is improved in that the pressure sensor is accommodated on an outer housing side of the implant, which outer housing side is brought into contact with the choroid in the eye is disclosed.

Implant for determining intraocular pressure

An injector () for implanting a sensor implant () in the human or animal eye, in particular for the suprachoroidal implantation of a pressure sensor for the wireless measurement of the intraocular pressure, is improved in terms of rapid, complication-free, low-trauma and low-wear suprachoroidal implantation in that, to accommodate the sensor implant, the injector () has a substantially tubular injection chamber (), the inner wall surfaces () of which have a non-rotationally symmetrical cross section, preferably an oval or rectangular cross section, in that, at a free end, the injection chamber () is provided with an injection opening (), through which, during implantation, the sensor implant () can slide out and slide into a sclera incision in the eye, wherein the inner wall surfaces () of the injection chamber () enclose the likewise non-rotationally symmetrical cross section of the sensor implant () and prevent a rotation of the sensor implant () about an axis of rotation extending in the direction of the injection ().

Injector for ocular implant

A pressure sensing catheter having a pressure sensor and an antenna that is coupled to the pressure sensor, e.g., by a connector, are provided. The pressure sensor can be adapted to measure a pressure surrounding the catheter, and the antenna can be adapted to telemetrically communicate the measured pressure to an external device. In an exemplary embodiment, the antenna, pressure sensor, and/or connector are hermetically sealed, e.g., by the catheter and/or a coating, to prevent the antenna, pressure sensor, and connector from coming into contact with fluid, thereby allowing the catheter to be permanently implanted or otherwise used for long term use. Exemplary methods for manufacturing and using pressure sensing catheters are also provided.

Pressure sensing devices

An anchored implantable pressure monitor.

Anchored implantable pressure monitor

Implantable pressure monitor

Pressure sensing valve

Method for measuring ventricular pressure using a pressure sensing valve

A system and method for the intra corporal, measuring of blood pressure includes a substantially rigid sensor structure and an antenna structure, which are separate components. The anchor structure is used to mount the within an appropriate location in the cardiovascular system, such as in the cardiac septum. The substantially rigid sensor structure includes at least one capacitive pressure sensor. Measured values are transmitted telemetrically from the sensor structure to an extra corporal monitoring device.

A system and method for the intra corporal, telemetric measuring of blood pressure, particularly within the heart or a great vessel, includes a substantially rigid sensor chip mounted in a holder and an antenna. The holder is anchored within an appropriate location in the cardiovascular system, such as in the cardiac septum, via a catheter or other minimally-invasive procedure to position at least one capacitive pressure sensor on the chip in the blood flow to be sensed. Measured values are transmitted telemetrically from the chip to an extra corporal monitoring device.

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Breidenbach, Germany

Stefan Meyer