System for providing fluid flow to nerve tissues

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8992552-B2
Application number	US-201313870059-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2013
Priority date	Dec 31, 2008
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus that includes a nerve conduit, a manifold and a support structure for providing a reduced pressure. Also provided is a system that includes a source of reduced pressure, a nerve conduit, a manifold, a support structure and a conduit for providing fluid communication between the manifold support and the source of reduced pressure. Additionally provided is a method that includes implanting the above nerve conduit, manifold and support structure at a site of damaged nerve tissue and applying a reduced pressure to the manifold thereby stimulating repair or regrowth of nerve tissue.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for providing reduced pressure to a defect at a tissue site of a nerve, the method comprising:
implanting a nerve conduit having a generally tubular shape having walls including an exterior wall and a luminal wall, wherein the walls comprise pores that are sufficiently small to exclude the entry of bodily cells through the walls;
sealing the nerve conduit around the tissue site to contain fluids within a luminal space defined by the tissue site and the lumi…

Assignees

• Kci Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Swain Larry
• Manwaring Michael
• Leung Braden K
• Cornet Douglas A

Classifications

• A61P25/00

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61P17/02

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B17/1128

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61F13/00063 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M1/94

  Human Necessities · mapped topic