Implantable body armor for protecting internal organs
AssigneeBallast Medical Inc.
InventorMichel GAGNER
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Abstract
An implantable body armor for placement at an implantation site within a ventral cavity of a human body is provided. The implantable body armor includes a flexible panel having an intercostal surface and a cavity surface opposite the intercostal surface, the flexible panel including layers of woven fibers forming an impact-resistant structure configured to absorb impact energy. The flexible panel can be further configurable between a delivery configuration and a functional configuration wherein, when in the delivery configuration, the flexible panel has an external surface area that is smaller than when in the functional configuration to facilitate a delivery of the implantable body armor to the implantation site.
Claims21
An implantable body armor for placement at an implantation site within a ventral cavity of a human body, the implantable body armor comprising:
- a flexible panel having an intercostal surface and a cavity surface opposite the intercostal surface, the flexible panel comprising:
- layers of woven fibers forming an impact-resistant structure configured to absorb impact energy.
An implantable body armor for placement at an implantation site within a human body, the implantable body armor comprising:
- a flexible panel comprising:
- layers of woven fibers forming an impact-resistant structure configured to absorb impact energy;
- wherein the implantable body armor is configurable between a delivery configuration and a functional configuration;
- wherein when in the delivery configuration, the flexible panel of the implantable body armor has a resulting external surface area that is smaller than when in the functional configuration to facilitate a delivery of the implantable body armor to the implantation site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.