FR2248015A1 - Artificial ureter or urethra - watertight flexible tube has helical rib in outside wall to prevent creasing - Google Patents

Artificial ureter or urethra - watertight flexible tube has helical rib in outside wall to prevent creasing

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FR2248015A1
FR2248015A1 FR7337055A FR7337055A FR2248015A1 FR 2248015 A1 FR2248015 A1 FR 2248015A1 FR 7337055 A FR7337055 A FR 7337055A FR 7337055 A FR7337055 A FR 7337055A FR 2248015 A1 FR2248015 A1 FR 2248015A1
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urethra
flexible tube
outside wall
tube
helical rib
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Rhone Poulenc Industries SA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
    • A61M39/02—Access sites
    • A61M39/0247—Semi-permanent or permanent transcutaneous or percutaneous access sites to the inside of the body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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    • A61F2/04—Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts
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    • A61F2/064—Blood vessels with special features to facilitate anastomotic coupling
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    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
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    • A61B2017/1135—End-to-side connections, e.g. T- or Y-connections
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/04—Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts
    • A61F2002/048—Ureters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/02—Prostheses implantable into the body
    • A61F2/04—Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts
    • A61F2/06—Blood vessels
    • A61F2002/068—Modifying the blood flow model, e.g. by diffuser or deflector
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
    • A61M39/02—Access sites
    • A61M39/0247—Semi-permanent or permanent transcutaneous or percutaneous access sites to the inside of the body
    • A61M2039/0261—Means for anchoring port to the body, or ports having a special shape or being made of a specific material to allow easy implantation/integration in the body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
    • A61M39/02—Access sites
    • A61M39/0247—Semi-permanent or permanent transcutaneous or percutaneous access sites to the inside of the body
    • A61M2039/0276—Semi-permanent or permanent transcutaneous or percutaneous access sites to the inside of the body for introducing or removing fluids into or out of the body

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Transplantation (AREA)
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Abstract

The flexible tube is of silicone elastomer and the ribs are either added and bound to the tube, or the tube wall itself has undulations and the wall thickness is constant. The internal and external surfaces of the tube pref. have a smooth coating of silicone elastomer. Kinking in the tube causing a blockage of same is prevented.
FR7337055A 1973-10-17 1973-10-17 Artificial ureter or urethra - watertight flexible tube has helical rib in outside wall to prevent creasing Granted FR2248015A1 (en)

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FR2248015A1 true FR2248015A1 (en) 1975-05-16
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US4306318A (en) * 1978-10-12 1981-12-22 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Tubular organic prosthesis
US4334327A (en) * 1979-12-21 1982-06-15 University Of Utah Ureteral prosthesis
EP0269254A1 (en) * 1986-10-27 1988-06-01 Ethicon, Inc. Improvements in synthetic vascular grafts
WO1989007916A1 (en) * 1988-03-02 1989-09-08 Artemis Tubular endoprosthesis for anatomical conduits, and instrument for its setting in place
US4870966A (en) * 1988-02-01 1989-10-03 American Cyanamid Company Bioabsorbable surgical device for treating nerve defects
WO1993002637A1 (en) * 1991-08-01 1993-02-18 Polymedica Industries, Inc. Vascular prosthesis
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WO1995010247A1 (en) * 1993-10-08 1995-04-20 Impra, Inc. Reinforced vascular graft and method of making same
US5897587A (en) * 1996-12-03 1999-04-27 Atrium Medical Corporation Multi-stage prosthesis
US5925074A (en) * 1996-12-03 1999-07-20 Atrium Medical Corporation Vascular endoprosthesis and method
US6010529A (en) * 1996-12-03 2000-01-04 Atrium Medical Corporation Expandable shielded vessel support
US6080198A (en) * 1996-03-14 2000-06-27 Meadox Medicals, Inc. Method for forming a yarn wrapped PTFE tubular prosthesis
US6416537B1 (en) 1996-12-03 2002-07-09 Atrium Medical Corporation Multi-stage prosthesis
WO2003051232A1 (en) * 2001-12-14 2003-06-26 Aesculap Ag & Co. Kg Vessel prosthesis, particularly for the replacement of aorta segments near the heart
WO2004082520A3 (en) * 2003-03-18 2004-11-11 Veryan Medical Ltd Device for placement externally of a body fluid flow conduit
WO2009046997A3 (en) * 2007-10-11 2009-08-13 Milux Holding Sa Artificial intestine section
US7749462B2 (en) 2004-09-21 2010-07-06 Technip France S.A.S. Piping
US8029749B2 (en) 2004-09-21 2011-10-04 Technip France S.A.S. Cracking furnace
US8088345B2 (en) 2004-09-21 2012-01-03 Technip France S.A.S. Olefin production furnace having a furnace coil
US8142386B2 (en) * 2002-04-18 2012-03-27 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Anti-reflux ureteral stents and methods
US8226704B2 (en) 2003-03-18 2012-07-24 Veryan Medical Limited Helical stent
US8354084B2 (en) 2008-09-19 2013-01-15 Technip France S.A.S. Cracking furnace
US9572694B2 (en) 2003-03-18 2017-02-21 Veryan Medical Limited Helical graft
US9597214B2 (en) 2008-10-10 2017-03-21 Kevin Heraty Medical device
US9662117B2 (en) 2007-10-11 2017-05-30 Peter Forsell Apparatus for controlling flow in a bodily organ

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US8696543B2 (en) 2007-10-11 2014-04-15 Kirk Promotion Ltd. Method for controlling flow of intestinal contents in a patient's intestines
US8992409B2 (en) 2007-10-11 2015-03-31 Peter Forsell Method for controlling flow in a bodily organ
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4306318A (en) * 1978-10-12 1981-12-22 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Tubular organic prosthesis
USRE31618E (en) * 1978-10-12 1984-07-03 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Tubular organic prosthesis
US4334327A (en) * 1979-12-21 1982-06-15 University Of Utah Ureteral prosthesis
EP0269254A1 (en) * 1986-10-27 1988-06-01 Ethicon, Inc. Improvements in synthetic vascular grafts
US4870966A (en) * 1988-02-01 1989-10-03 American Cyanamid Company Bioabsorbable surgical device for treating nerve defects
FR2627982A1 (en) * 1988-03-02 1989-09-08 Artemis TUBULAR ENDOPROSTHESIS FOR ANATOMICAL DUCTS, AND INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR ITS PLACEMENT
US5236446A (en) * 1988-03-02 1993-08-17 Dumon Jean Francois Tubular endoprosthesis for anatomical conduits
WO1989007916A1 (en) * 1988-03-02 1989-09-08 Artemis Tubular endoprosthesis for anatomical conduits, and instrument for its setting in place
WO1993002637A1 (en) * 1991-08-01 1993-02-18 Polymedica Industries, Inc. Vascular prosthesis
EP0587461A2 (en) * 1992-06-12 1994-03-16 Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha Artificial blood vessel
EP0587461A3 (en) * 1992-06-12 1994-05-18 Terumo Corp Artificial blood vessel
WO1995010247A1 (en) * 1993-10-08 1995-04-20 Impra, Inc. Reinforced vascular graft and method of making same
US6080198A (en) * 1996-03-14 2000-06-27 Meadox Medicals, Inc. Method for forming a yarn wrapped PTFE tubular prosthesis
US6423089B1 (en) 1996-12-03 2002-07-23 Atrium Medical Corporation Vascular endoprosthesis and method
US6010529A (en) * 1996-12-03 2000-01-04 Atrium Medical Corporation Expandable shielded vessel support
US5925074A (en) * 1996-12-03 1999-07-20 Atrium Medical Corporation Vascular endoprosthesis and method
US6270523B1 (en) 1996-12-03 2001-08-07 Atrium Medical Corporation Expandable shielded vessel support
US6416537B1 (en) 1996-12-03 2002-07-09 Atrium Medical Corporation Multi-stage prosthesis
US5897587A (en) * 1996-12-03 1999-04-27 Atrium Medical Corporation Multi-stage prosthesis
WO2003051232A1 (en) * 2001-12-14 2003-06-26 Aesculap Ag & Co. Kg Vessel prosthesis, particularly for the replacement of aorta segments near the heart
US8137395B2 (en) 2001-12-14 2012-03-20 Aesculap Ag Vessel prosthesis, particularly for the replacement of aorta segments near the heart
US8142386B2 (en) * 2002-04-18 2012-03-27 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Anti-reflux ureteral stents and methods
WO2004082520A3 (en) * 2003-03-18 2004-11-11 Veryan Medical Ltd Device for placement externally of a body fluid flow conduit
US8784476B2 (en) 2003-03-18 2014-07-22 Veryan Medical Limited Helical stent
US9572694B2 (en) 2003-03-18 2017-02-21 Veryan Medical Limited Helical graft
US8226704B2 (en) 2003-03-18 2012-07-24 Veryan Medical Limited Helical stent
EP1605868B1 (en) * 2003-03-18 2008-12-10 Veryan Medical Limited Helical graft
US8029749B2 (en) 2004-09-21 2011-10-04 Technip France S.A.S. Cracking furnace
US8088345B2 (en) 2004-09-21 2012-01-03 Technip France S.A.S. Olefin production furnace having a furnace coil
USRE43650E1 (en) 2004-09-21 2012-09-11 Technip France S.A.S. Piping
US7749462B2 (en) 2004-09-21 2010-07-06 Technip France S.A.S. Piping
WO2009046997A3 (en) * 2007-10-11 2009-08-13 Milux Holding Sa Artificial intestine section
US9662117B2 (en) 2007-10-11 2017-05-30 Peter Forsell Apparatus for controlling flow in a bodily organ
US8354084B2 (en) 2008-09-19 2013-01-15 Technip France S.A.S. Cracking furnace
US9597214B2 (en) 2008-10-10 2017-03-21 Kevin Heraty Medical device
US9883961B2 (en) 2008-10-10 2018-02-06 Veryan Medical Limited Medical device

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