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Models and methods of using same for testing medical devices

US7993140B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 1, 2006
Grant dateAug 9, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB33Y80/00
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein are synthetic anatomical models that are designed to enable simulated use testing by medical device compam'es, medical device designers, individual inventors, or any other entity interested in the performance of medical devices. These models are unique in possessing a level of complexity that allows them to be substituted for either a live animal, an animal cadaver, or a human cadaver in the testing of these devices. These models are further characterized by a similarity of geometry, individual component physical properties, and component-to-component interfacial properties with the appropriate target tissue and anatomy.

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