Apparatus for tissue expansion using pulsatile motion
US6733537B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 2, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 11, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B90/02
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for increasing the rate of expansion of tissue area and volume, either in vivo or in vitro, which comprises a tissue expansion device suitable for expansion of tissue and a controller connected to the device, wherein the controller causes the device to subject the tissue to stretching forces that alternatively increase and decrease to provide a series of stretch and relax phases during a period of tissue expansion without intervention of an operator.
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