Barbara L Mattson

US Patent:

8491526, Jul 23, 2013

Filed:

May 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/779477

Inventors:

Michael D. Cronin - Cincinnati OH, US
Jerome R. Morgan - Cincinnati OH, US
Patrick D. Dugan - Madeira OH, US
Rebecca J. Mollere - Loveland OH, US
John B. Schulte - West Chester OH, US
David A. Witt - Maineville OH, US
Joseph P. Schowalter - South Lebanon OH, US
Eugene L. Timperman - Cincinnati OH, US
Prasanna Malaviya - Mason OH, US
Shailendra K. Parihar - Mason OH, US
Shelby L. Cook Kornbluth - Foxborough MA, US
Richard W. Timm - Cincinnati OH, US
Donna L. Korvick - Maineville OH, US
Peter K. Shires - Hamilton OH, US
Barbara L. Mattson - Cincinnati OH, US
Matthew C. Miller - Cincinnati OH, US

Assignee:

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61M 37/00
A61M 1/00
A61M 5/00

US Classification:

604 82, 604191, 604128, 604187

Abstract:

A surgical device comprises a housing, a bioprocessing module, an end effector, and a pumping device. The bioprocessing module comprises media reservoirs, fluid conduits in communication with the reservoirs, and a port through which media is expelled. The end effector is configured for insertion into a lumen and delivering a tissue repair composition into that lumen. The end effector has at least one fluid conduit extending therethrough and at least one orifice in communication with the fluid conduit. The fluid conduit in the first end effector is in fluid communication with the port on the bioprocessing module. The pumping device is operable to urge a tissue repair composition comprising at least a portion of the contents of the media reservoirs through the fluid conduit of the first end effector such that the tissue repair composition is expelled from the at least one orifice.

US Patent:

20110282354, Nov 17, 2011

Filed:

May 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/777697

Inventors:

John B. Schulte - West Chester OH, US
Rebecca J. Mollere - Loveland OH, US
Patrick D. Dugan - Madeira OH, US
Michael D. Cronin - Cincinnati OH, US
Jerome R. Morgan - Cincinnati OH, US
Joanne Hull - Cincinnati OH, US
Wells D. Haberstich - Loveland OH, US
Peter K. Shires - Hamilton OH, US
Barbara L. Mattson - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/32

US Classification:

606115, 606110

Abstract:

A fistula cleaning and repairing device comprises a device for cleaning a fistula and a device for repairing a fistula. Some versions of the device for cleaning a fistula comprise a rotary device with ah head configured to debride a fistula. Some versions of the device for cleaning comprise an abrasive catheter. Some versions of the device for cleaning comprise a plurality of abrasive beads. Some versions of the device for repairing a fistula comprise an implantable stent. Some versions of the device for repairing a fistula comprise an implantable mesh. Some versions of the device for repairing a fistula comprise a swab configured to deliver a medical fluid.