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Patent No.:

US 10729508 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2018

Multi-chambered breast tissue expander

Applicant:

Medtronic Advanced Energy, Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Nathan Zamarripa, Kittery Point, MN (US);

Mark Guirguis, Boston, MA (US);

Nicholas Valley, Portsmouth, NH (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic Advanced Energy LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:

Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Darwin P Erezo

Assistant Examiner:

Christian D Knauss

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61F 2/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/02 (2016.02); A61F 2/12 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0048 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tissue expansion device with a plurality of lobes made from non-compliant material, each lobe defining a chamber therein. Each chamber is fluidly isolated from every other chamber in the plurality of lobes. Each chamber has an inflation element with a valve to release a pressurized fluid to inflate the lobe to expand a cavity, and a deflation element with a valve to deflate the lobe by compressing the fluid.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Zamarripa, Nathan. (2020). Multi-chambered breast tissue expander (U.S. Patent No. 10729508). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10729508

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