Personalized prosthesis and methods of use
AssigneeAneuMed, Inc.
InventorHira V. Thapliyal
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Abstract
A personalized prosthesis for implantation at a treatment site of a patient includes a self-expanding mesh or membrane having collapsed and expanded configurations. The collapsed configuration is adapted to be delivered to the treatment site, and the expanded configuration engages the personalized prosthesis with the treatment site. The mesh or membrane is personalized to match the treatment site in the expanded configuration, and has an outer surface that substantially matches the treatment site shape and size. The self-expanding mesh or membrane forms a central lumen configured to allow blood or other body fluids to flow therethrough. Methods of manufacturing and delivery of the personalized prosthesis are also disclosed.
Claims19
A method for treating tissue at a treatment site having a shape and a volume, said method comprising:
- providing a prosthesis having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, wherein the prosthesis is personalized to match the shape and the volume of the treatment site, and wherein the prosthesis is formed from a mesh comprising a plurality of filaments twisted together to form a repeating circumferential pattern of three twists followed by two twists followed by two twists;
- advancing the prosthesis in the collapsed configuration to the treatment site;
- self-expanding the prosthesis into the expanded configuration thereby engaging the tissue at the treatment site and conforming to the shape and the volume of the of the treatment site;
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- reinforcing the tissue with the prosthesis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.