187 results about "Vacuum Assistance" patented technology

A method and apparatus for providing concurrent applications of intermittent pneumatic compression therapy and vacuum assisted closure therapy generally comprises a wound dressing for introduction of a negative pressure into a wound on a patient's foot and a foot wrap for application of positive, compressive forces to substantially all of the patients foot. A suction pump, having an associated vacuum sensor and first feedback mechanism, supplies negative pressure to the wound dressing. A ventable source of pressurized gas, having an associated pressure transducer and second feedback mechanism, supplies positive force to the foot wrap. At least one control system is operably associated with the suction pump and ventable source of pressurized gas for controlling the negative and positive applications of pressure to the patient's foot. Controlled modes for operation include continuous or intermittent application of one or both therapies and simultaneous or cycled application of the therapies.

A surgical stapling apparatus having a vacuum device associated therewith is disclosed. The vacuum device may be removable, fixedly secured thereto, or incorporated into the surgical stapling apparatus. The vacuum device may include a resilient band and vacuum tube secured to the shell assembly or body portion of the surgical stapling apparatus. Alternately, a vacuum chamber may be secured about the shell assembly and / or body portion of the stapling apparatus. In addition, one or more vacuum tubes may be positioned in the vacuum chamber. The vacuum tubes, preferably, extend into the shell assembly and are movable between nondeployed and deployed positions such that a distal end of each tube can be selectively positioned at multiple positions between the shell assembly and an anvil. The vacuum tubes can be formed of a shape-memory material such that the tubes point radially outwardly of the shell assembly when the tubes are in the deployed position.

A biopsy device and method are provided for obtaining a tissue sample, such as a breast tissue biopsy sample. The biopsy device includes a disposable probe assembly with an outer cannula having a distal piercing tip, a cutter lumen, and a cutter tube that rotates and translates past a side aperture in the outer cannula to sever a tissue sample. The biopsy device also includes a reusable handpiece with an integral motor and power source to make a convenient, untethered control for use with ultrasonic imaging. The reusable handpiece incorporates a probe oscillation mode to assist when inserting the distal piercing tip into tissue. The motor also actuates a vacuum syringe in coordination with movement of the cutter tube to provide vacuum assistance in prolapsing tissue and retracting tissue samples.

Vacuum-assisted film laminating and removal systems and methods of using the same. The systems include a vacuum-assisted laminator for applying large format films to substrates where lamination pressure is generated at least partially by a vacuum drawn in a vacuum cavity. The removal apparatus applies tension over the width of the adhesive film, thereby removing the film from the substrate along the release line that extends over the width of the film. The systems and methods can be used to apply and remove large-scale adhesive films from substrates.

The invention discloses a liquid-state near-net forming method and device for a continuous carbon fiber enhanced aluminum-based composite material, namely a vacuum-assisted pressure-adjusting and infiltration casting method and device. The method comprises four procedures of smelting an alloy and pre-heating fibers, carrying out vacuum-assisted pressure-adjusting and infiltration, condensing at a high pressure and cooling rapidly. The device is composed of an alloy smelting device, a vacuum-assisted pressure-adjusting and infiltration device and a casting rapid cooling device. The liquid-state near-net forming method and device have the characteristics that (1) low-oxygen and temperature-controllable pre-heating of nickel-plated carbon fibers is realized; (2) low-pressure infiltration and high-pressure condensation of the aluminum-based composite material are realized; (3) the control of a cooling speed in the condensation of a composite material casting is realized. According to the liquid-state near-net forming method and device for the continuous carbon fiber enhanced aluminum-based composite material, oxidization and burning loss caused by pre-heating the carbon fibers, prefabricated body deformation in the infiltration process and interface reaction problems in the condensation process of the composite material are solved. The liquid-state near-net forming of the continuous carbon fiber enhanced aluminum-based composite material can be realized and the prepared composite material has the advantages of dense tissues, few interface reactions, high mechanical properties and the like.