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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2017
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Eric N. Feins, Boston, MA (US);
Pedro J. del Nido, Lexington, MA (US);
Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Newton, MA (US);
Haruo Yamauchi, Boston, MA (US);
Douglas P. Perrin, Boston, MA (US);
Peter Hammer, Needham, MA (US);
Veaceslav Arabagi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jeffrey M. Karp, Brookline, MA (US);
Yuhan Lee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Eoin D. O'Cearbhaill, County Dublin, IE;
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
An implantable, autonomously growing medical device is disclosed. The device may have an outer, braided outer element that holds an inner core. Degradation and/or softening of the inner core permits the outer element to elongate, allowing the device to grow with surrounding tissue. The growth profile of the medical device can be controlled by altering the shape/material/cure conditions of the inner core, as well as the geometry of the outer element.