Children's Medical Center Corporation;The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
发明人:
FEINS, Eric N.,DEL NIDO, Pedro J.,VASILYEV, Nikolay V.,YAMAUCHI, Haruo,PERRIN, Douglas P.,HAMMER, Peter,ARABAGI, Veaceslav,KARP, Jeffrey M.,LEE, Yuhan,O'CEARBHAILL, Eoin D.
申请号:
EP17753844
公开号:
EP3416593A4
申请日:
2017.02.16
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要:
An implantable, autonomously growing medical device is disclosed. The device may have an outer, braided outer element that holds an inner core. Degradation and/or softening of the inner core permits the outer element to elongate, allowing the device to grow with surrounding tissue. The growth profile of the medical device can be controlled by altering the shape/material/cure conditions of the inner core, as well as the geometry of the outer element.