Artificial dura biomedical device and brain surgery method utilizing the same
AssigneesIndustrial Technology Research Institute, National Taiwan University Hospital
InventorsChun-Jen Liao, Sheng-Hong Tseng, Huang-Chien Liang, Chun-Hung Chen, Yi-Chun Su
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Abstract
An artificial dura biomedical device and a brain surgery method utilizing the same are disclosed. The steps includes: fixing an artificial dura to a partial skull; and fixing the partial skull with the artificial dura to a cut hole of a whole skull. The artificial dura biomedical device includes an artificial dura and a connecting element. The connecting element fixes the partial skull with the artificial dura.
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A brain surgery method utilizing an artificial dura biomedical device, comprising:
- forming a cut hole in a whole skull of a patient by removing a partial skull therefrom;
- fixing an artificial dura to an entire interior surface of the partial skull;
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- fixing the partial skull with the artificial dura to the cut hole of the whole skull, such that the interior surface of the partial skull faces a brain of the patient.
A brain surgery method utilizing an artificial dura biomedical device, comprising:
- forming a cut hole in a whole skull of a patient by removing a partial skull therefrom;
- performing a surgical procedure through the cut hole in which a dura of the patient is broken;
- fixing an artificial dura to an entire inner surface of the partial skull;
- fixing the partial skull with the artificial dura to the cut hole of the whole skull such that the broken dura is repaired by the artificial dura without directly suturing the artificial dura to cerebral tissue of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.