74 results about "Transplant Procedure" patented technology

Medical procedure trays and related methods are provided to accommodate joining a first non-sterile medical device with a second sterile medical device and maintaining required sterilization of the second sterile medical device to perform an associated medical procedure. One example of such medical procedures includes biopsy of a bone and / or associated bone marrow using a non-sterile powered drive and a sterile biopsy needle or biopsy needle set. Medical procedure trays and related methods may also be provided for use during aspiration of bone marrow and / or stem cell transplant procedures. Each medical procedure tray may include a containment bag or sterile sleeve. A coupler assembly, one or more sharps protectors, a biopsy sample ejector and / or associated ejector funnel may also be included. Some medical procedure trays may allow engaging a non-sterile powered driver with one end of a coupler assembly and sealing the non-sterile powered driver in a sterile sleeve or containment bag without compromising sterility of other components in the medical procedure tray.

Various devices and methods may be provided to aspirate bone marrow from an associated bone using a powered drive and an aspiration needle or aspiration needle set. Such aspiration devices and methods may also be used in association with stem cell transplant procedures. The aspiration devices may include a coupler assembly, a containment bag or sterile sleeve, an ejector and / or an ejector funnel. An aspiration needle set may include a cannula and trocar with respective tips having optimum configurations, dimensions and / or orientations relative to each other to optimize penetration of a bone and / or bone marrow with minimum trauma to a patient. Exterior portions of some cannulas may include markings to indicate depth of penetration into associated bone marrow. Some cannulas may include one or more side ports for use during aspiration of bone marrow.

Apparatus and methods are provided to remove biopsy specimens from a bone and / or associated bone marrow using a powered drive and an intraosseous (IO) needle set. The powered driver may rotate the IO needle set at an optimum speed to obtain a biopsy sample of bone and / or bone marrow. Apparatus and methods may also be provided for aspiration of bone marrow and / or stem cell transplant procedures. The apparatus may include a powered driver, a coupler assembly, a containment bag or sterile sleeve and various IO needles and IO needle sets with associated hubs and / or hub assemblies. Each IO needle set may include a cannula or catheter and an associated trocar stylet with respective tips operable to penetrate a bone and / or bone marrow with minimum trauma to a patient. Each hub assembly may be used to releasably dispose a respective stylet within an associated generally hollow cannula. Some coupler assemblies and / or hub assemblies may also be used with manual drivers.

Medical procedure trays and related methods are provided to accommodate joining a first non-sterile medical device with a second sterile medical device and maintaining required sterilization of the second sterile medical device to perform an associated medical procedure. One example of such medical procedures includes biopsy of a bone and / or associated bone marrow using a non-sterile powered drive and a sterile biopsy needle or biopsy needle set. Medical procedure trays and related methods may also be provided for use during aspiration of bone marrow and / or stem cell transplant procedures. Each medical procedure tray may include a containment bag or sterile sleeve. A coupler assembly, one or more sharps protectors, a biopsy sample ejector and / or associated ejector funnel may also be included. Some medical procedure trays may allow engaging a non-sterile powered driver with one end of a coupler assembly and sealing the non-sterile powered driver in a sterile sleeve or containment bag without compromising sterility of other components in the medical procedure tray.

Described is an arthroscopic bone transplanting procedure for transplanting a section of a first bone to a second bone. The described procedure is particularly useful for the treatment an anterior shoulder instability, where the first bone is the coracoid and the second bone is the glenoid. Also described is a kit of medical instruments particularly useful in such a procedure.

Methods for reducing or preventing transplant rejection in the eye of an individual are described, comprising: a) performing an ocular transplant procedure; and b) implanting in the eye a bioerodible drug delivery system comprising an immunosuppressive agent and a bioerodible polymer.

Systems and methods for performing transcatheter coronary artery bypass grafting procedures are provided. The methods generally involve passing the graft from the aorta to the coronary artery through the pericardial space. The systems include poke-out wires, a coring device, and devices for forming anastomoses at the proximal and distal ends of a vascular graft.

The invention provides compositions and methods useful for the depletion of CD117+ cells and for the treatment of various hematopoietic diseases, metabolic disorders, cancers, and autoimmune diseases, among others. Described herein are antibodies, antigen-binding fragments, and conjugates thereof that can be applied to effect the treatment of these conditions, for instance, by depleting a population of CD117+ cells in a patient, such as a human. The compositions and methods described herein can be used to treat a disorder directly, for instance, by depleting a population of CD117+ cancer cells or autoimmune cells. The compositions and methods described herein can also be used to prepare a patient for hematopoietic stem cell transplant therapy and to improve the engraftment of hematopoietic stem cell transplants by selectively depleting endogenous hematopoietic stem cells prior to the transplant procedure.

The present invention relates to a composition for preserving cells, tissues and organs, comprising as an active ingredient indole and indazole compounds of formula (1), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or isomer thereof, which are effective for preventing injury of organs, isolated cell systems or tissues caused by cold storage, transplant operation or post-transplantation reperfusion; a preservation method; and a preparation method of the composition.

The invention provides compositions and methods useful for the depletion of CD117+ cells and for the treatment of various hematopoietic diseases, metabolic disorders, cancers, and autoimmune diseases, among others. Described herein are antibodies, antigen-binding fragments, ligands, and conjugates thereof that can be applied to effect the treatment of these conditions, for instance, by depleting a population of CD117+ cells in a patient, such as a human. The compositions and methods described herein can be used to treat a disorder directly, for instance, by depleting a population of CD117+ cancer cells or autoimmune cells. The compositions and methods described herein can also be used to prepare a patient for hematopoietic stem cell transplant therapy and to improve the engraftment of hematopoietic stem cell transplants by selectively depleting endogenous hematopoietic stem cells prior to the transplant procedure.

A frozen low-antigen matrix of foreign cornea for cornea transplantation is prepared through picking-up the fresh eyeball of animal, storing at -70 deg.C, gamma-ray irradiating, storing in -20- -70 deg.C, thawing, shearing whole cornea, and tearing out its epitheliium and endotherlium.

A method is disclosed that produces allografts from matrices typically containing demineralized bone matrix (DBM) powder, demineralized bone matrix gel, demineralized bone matrix paste, bone cement, cancellous bone, or cortical bone and mixtures thereof. The matrices are sterilized utilizing supercritical CO2 in the presence of a sterilizing additive and an entrainer such as an alkaline earth metal compound, preferably CaCO3. The resultant allograft materials have a reduced rate of rejection when used in allograft procedures including, bone, cartilage, tendon, and ligament grafting procedures.

This invention is directed to novel oxamyl dipeptide ICE / ced-3 family inhibitor compounds. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, as well as to the use of such compositions in the treatment of patients suffering inflammatory, autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases, for the prevention of ischemic injury, and for the preservation of organs that are to undergo a transplantation procedure.

Various devices and methods may be provided to aspirate bone marrow from an associated bone using a powered drive and an aspiration needle or aspiration needle set. Such aspiration devices and methods may also be used in association with stem cell transplant procedures. The aspiration devices may include a coupler assembly, a containment bag or sterile sleeve, an ejector and / or an ejector funnel. An aspiration needle set may include a cannula and trocar with respective tips having optimum configurations, dimensions and / or orientations relative to each other to optimize penetration of a bone and / or bone marrow with minimum trauma to a patient. Exterior portions of some cannulas may include markings to indicate depth of penetration into associated bone marrow. Some cannulas may include one or more side ports for use during aspiration of bone marrow.

The transplant sucker is composed of body of sucker and vacuum connection. Through air passage in the body of sucker, the vacuum connection is connected to vac sorb holes on back plane of the body of sucker. There is buffering cover layer on the back plane. The invention makes transplanting procedure stable and reliable. The invention solves crushing issue of material occurring in procedure for testing solar cell.

The invention discloses an environment-friendly, high-yield and high-quality planting method for flos chrysanthemi. The environment-friendly, high-yield and high-quality planting method includes steps of cultivating seedlings; preparing lands; transplanting the seedlings; managing and controlling water and fertilizers; carrying out top dressing; preventing insects and diseases; carrying out pruning; picking the flos chrysanthemi. The environment-friendly, high-yield and high-quality planting method has the advantages that the death rate of the flos chrysanthemi can be effectively reduced in transplanting procedures, the virus carrying volumes of the seedlings can be reduced to a great extent, and accordingly the quality of the seedlings can be guaranteed; the water and the fertilizers are managed and controlled in planting procedures, top dressing is carried out in the planting procedures, accordingly, flos chrysanthemi plants are neat and robust, and the flos chrysanthemi in flowering periods has healthful flower colors and strong fragrance; large quantities of biological organic fertilizers and plant type sterilization insecticide pesticides are used in planting periods, accordingly, the environment-friendly, high-yield and high-quality planting method is little in environmental pollution, and the flos chrysanthemi is free of pesticide residues; the flos chrysanthemi cultivated by the aid of the environment-friendly, high-yield and high-quality planting method is high in yield and quality, and accordingly the environment-friendly, high-yield and high-quality planting method is applicable to standard large-area flos chrysanthemi cultivation and production and has a high practical value and an excellent application prospect.

A bone graft substitute for use in orthopedic bone grafting procedures comprising a radiolucent bone graft substitute combined with a temporary radiopaque agent. Methods of making and using the composition are also disclosed. Bone graft substitutes have become an effective means of regenerating bone in orthopedic procedures where bone loss results from surgically created defects or traumatic injury to the bone. Bone graft substitutes include mineral-based materials such as hydroxyapatite, calcium phosphates, and calcium phosphosilicates as well as allograft-derived materials and xenograft-derived materials such as collagen-based matrices and demineralized bone matrices.

The invention relates to an endothelized artificial matrix comprising a fibrin gel, which is a superproducer of proantiogenic factors. The inventive matrix comprises a fibrin gel containing embedded endothelial cells which have been transfected in vitro with at least one adenoviral vector containing the sequence encoding at least one proangiogenic factor, which is inserted such that it can be overexpressed in said endothelial cells. The insertion of the aforementioned matrix between a flap and the receptor site thereof during a transplant procedure improves the survival rates of said flap, since the endothelized matrix can induce angiogenesis both in the flap and in the receptor site and, in this way, improve the vascularization of the transplanted area.

The invention discloses a polymer filled bone material and a preparation method thereof. A polymer filled bone material with bone material gaps filled with polydimethylsilane (PDMS), thereby achievingthe goals of enhancing the elasticity modulus of the bone material and maintaining the characteristics of the bone material. Great clinical values are realized on the improvement and mass productionof bone graft materials used in bone graft surgeries. Meanwhile, the invention further discloses the polymer filling bone material obtained by adopting the polymer filling bone material and a preparation method thereof.

Provided are a transplant device that has achieved a decrease in space for the device, a computer program and a transplant method, and a transplant device, a transplant system, a transplant method, and a computer program which enable efficient selection and transplantation with a simple configuration. The transplant device is provided with: a first holding unit that holds a flat board-like culturemedium in which a plurality of plants is planted in a row direction and column direction; a second holding unit that holds a flat board-like cultivation panel so as to be parallel with the culture medium, the cultivation panel being provided with a plurality of plant holding holes in the row direction and the column direction; a determination unit that determines, on the basis of a predeterminedtransplant algorithm, a procedure for transplanting from the culture medium to the holes in the cultivation panel; a moving unit for moving the first holding unit or the second holding unit so that the plants in the culture medium corresponding to the transplant procedure determined by the procedure determination unit and the cultivation panel holes are positioned vertically; and a transplant unitthat, after the movement, transplants the plants by having the plants drawn or pushed into the holes, using a transplant arm that can be moved up and down in a direction perpendicular to the culturemedium and the cultivation panel.

A method for organ and tissue chimerization using bone marrow cellular treatment, which avoids rejection of transplanted organs and diminishes or suspends the use of immunosuppressant drugs in patients subjected to transplant procedures. The method comprises washing the organ in an electrolyte solution. A further step of washing the organ in a wash solution. The organ is then placed in a culture solution and incubated with bone marrow cells.