Method and devices for tissue expansion
AssigneeKhouRigotti, LLC
InventorsRoger K. Khouri, Gino Rigotti, Guido Baroni
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Abstract
A device for maintaining or achieving soft tissue expansion applicable to any body region already temporarily expanded including: an adhesive element deformable and capable of adapting to the shape of this body region, and which can then itself become mechanically rigid enough to resist tendency of the expanded tissue to recoil or to which a second material can be applied to form a stent adapted to the shape of the body area to provide the necessary structural rigidity to prevent recoil of the expansion and thereby induce its retention of its expanded shape after the stent is removed.
Claims15
A method of treatment comprising:
- transitioning a region of a patient's body from a first state to a second state, wherein the patient's body region envelops a first volume in the first state and envelopes a second volume in the second state, the second volume being greater than the first volume;
- conforming a passive stent to a contour of the patient's body region, after the body region is transitioned to the second state;
- affixing the passive stent to the patients body region, when the patient's body region is in the second state;
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- increasing the rigidity of the passive stent such that the passive stent maintains the patient's body region in the second state, and wherein the passive stent does not further enlarge the patient's body region beyond the second volume.
A method of treatment comprising:
- transitioning a region of a patient's body from a first state to a second state, wherein the patient's body region envelops a first volume in the first state and envelopes a second volume in the second state, the second volume being greater than the first volume;
- conforming a passive stent to a contour of an external surface of the patient's body region, after the body region is transitioned to the second state;
- affixing the passive stent to the external surface of the patient's body region, when the patient's body region is in the second state;
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- increasing the rigidity of the passive stent such that the passive stent maintains the patient's body region in the second state, and wherein the passive stent does not further enlarge the patient's body region beyond the second volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.