Medical device comprising an artificial contractile structure
AssigneeMyoPowers Medical Technologies France SAS
InventorsClaude CLÉMENT, Marco WIELAND, Martin HORST
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Abstract
A medical device is provided including an artificial contractile structure which may be used to assist the functioning of a hollow organ. The medical device includes an artificial contractile structure including at least one contractile element configured to contract an organ, in such way that the contractile element is in a resting or in an activated position, at least one actuator configured to activate the contractile structure, and at least one source of energy to power the actuator. The medical device includes a corrosion reducing system configured to reduce corrosion of the medical device.
Claims18
A medical device comprising:
- an artificial contractile structure comprising at least one contractile element configured to contract an organ, in such way that said contractile element is in a resting or in an activated position, the activated position being defined with said contractile element constricting the organ and the resting position being defined with said contractile element not constricting the organ;
- at least one actuator configured to activate the contractile structure;
- at least one controller comprising and controlling said actuator;
- and
- at least one source of energy configured to power said actuator,
- wherein the contractile element comprises a band which at least partially surrounds the organ to be contracted, the band comprising a free end configured to cooperate with a locking system configured to adjust the band to the size of the organ.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.