DYNAMICALLY RIGIDIZING COMPOSITE MEDICAL STRUCTURES

A rigidizing device includes a plurality of layers and an inlet between the elongate flexible tube and the outer layer and configured to attach to a source of vacuum or pressure. The rigidizing device is configured to have a rigid configuration when vacuum or pressure is applied through the inlet an...

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Hauptverfasser:	TILSON, Alexander Q, GOMES, Garrett J, LOVE, Charles S, SINDLER, Jonathan, SCHEEFF, Mark C, MORRIS, Stephen J, WIGGINTON, Adam S, ELETHERIADES, Elias, KISER, Andy C, NGUYEN, Viet Anh, LOPEZ, Francisco G
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:	A rigidizing device includes a plurality of layers and an inlet between the elongate flexible tube and the outer layer and configured to attach to a source of vacuum or pressure. The rigidizing device is configured to have a rigid configuration when vacuum or pressure is applied through the inlet and a flexible configuration when vacuum or pressure is not applied through the inlet.