The present invention relates generally to an instrument which is used in the restorative operation of animal tissue disorder. More specifically this surgical instrument can be used to insert a medical material into an animal tissue such that the instrument can be separated from the medical material and drawn out of the animal tissue so as to avert the possibility of tissue rejection.
The surgical treatment of animal tissue disorder can be generally attained by one of three methods, which include the hypodermic injection of medicine, the balloon-insertion of medicine, and the filler-insertion of 15 medicine. For example, the U.S. Patent Nos. 5,972,015; 6,066,154; and 6,248,110B1 disclose respectively a method for treating bone tissue disorders, such as osteoporosis and vertebral compression fractures. The method involves the use of a balloon (made by the Kyphon Crop., U.S.A.) by which the tissue is expanded to facilitate the inserting of the 20 medicine. This balloon method is defective in design in that the medicine is apt to spread aimlessly in the tissue without boundary. Without containment, the medicine is not as effective and there is the possibility of injury to the surrounding tissues.
In order to prevent the drawbacks of the balloon method described above, the filler-insertion method is used to implant the medicine in animal tissue in such a way that the medicine is contained in the filler, and that both the medicine and the filler are implanted in the animal tissue. This filler-insertion method is often carried out in danger of the tissue rejection of the filler.
An extractable device for inserting a medicinal filling into an animal tissue, said device comprising:
a filling member comprising a flexible and permeable wall and provided with a holding portion, an injection port at one end of the holding portion, and an opening at another end of the holding portion;
one or more thread, each having one end for fastening releasably said opening of said holding portion in such a manner that said opening is leakproof; and
a pasty medicine to be injected into said holding portion via said injection port of said filling member in the wake of a process for inserting said filling member into the animal tissue whereby said pasty medicine solidifies in said holding portion of said filling member;
said opening of said holding portion being unfastened at the time when other end of said threads is pulled by an external force, thereby enabling said filling member to be extracted from the animal tissue so as to leave only said medicine in the animal tissue.
Preferably, wherein said flexible and permeable wall is of a one-layered or multi-layered construction.
Preferably, said holding portion of said filling member is integrally formed by said flexible and permeable wall into a body in the form of sac, bag, or ball.
Preferably, said pasty medicine is a mixture of a liquid and a medicinal powdered substance or medicinal granular substance.
Preferably, the device of the present invention further comprises an injection tool for injecting said pasty medicine into said holding portion via said injection port.
Preferably, said injection tool comprises a guide tube and a syringe, wherein one end of said guide tube is connected to said injection port of said filling member and another end of said guide tube is connected to said syringe in which said pasty medicine is held, so that said pasty medicine is able to be injected into said holding portion of said filling member by said syringe via said injection port and said guide tube.
Preferably, said flexible and permeable wall is a double-layer tubular wall having one end of an inner layer thereof being provided with said injection port of said holding portion, and having another end thereof being a folded double-layer end with said opening of said holding portion, wherein said medicine is released from said filling member by pulling a free end of an outer layer of the double-layer tubular wall to retreat the folded double-layer end, after said opening of said holding portion being unfastened.
Preferably, said one or more thread is between said inner layer and said outer layer of said double-layer tubular wall.
According to another aspect of the present invention an extractable device for inserting a medicinal filling into an animal tissue, said device comprises:
a filling member comprising a flexible and permeable wall which is formed of a plurality of threads by weaving, said filling member provided with a holding portion and an injection port at one end of the holding portion, said threads having a pull end extending out of said filling member; and
a pasty medicine to be injected into said holding portion via said injection port of said filling member in the wake of a process for inserting said filling member into the animal tissue whereby said pasty medicine solidifies in said holding portion of said filling member;
said flexible and permeable wall of said filling member being disintegrated at the time when the pull end of said threads is pulled by an external force, thereby enabling said filling member to be extracted from the animal tissue so as to leave only said medicine in the animal tissue.
The present invention also discloses a method for implanting a solidified medicine into an animal tissue comprising:
inserting a filling member in a hole of an animal tissue, said filling member comprising a flexible and permeable wall and provided with a holding portion, an injection port at one end of the holding portion, and an opening at another end of the holding portion, wherein one or more thread is provided and each having one end fastening releasably said opening of said holding portion in such a manner that said opening is leakproof;
injecting a pasty medicine into said holding portion via said injection port of said filling member, whereby said pasty medicine solidifies in said holding portion of said filling member; and
unfastening said opening of said holding portion by pulling other end of said threads, thereby enabling said filling member to be extracted from the animal tissue so as to leave only said solidified medicine in the animal tissue.
Preferably, the method further comprises fastening detachably an injection tool with said filling member, so that said pasty medicine is injected into said holding portion via said injection tool. More preferably, said injection tool comprises a guide tube and a syringe, wherein one end of said guide tube is connected to said injection port of said filling member and another end of said guide tube is connected to said syringe in which said pasty medicine is held, wherein said pasty medicine is injected into said holding portion of said filling member by said syringe via said injection port and said guide tube.
The flexible wall of the filling member of the present invention is made of a biocompatible or biosynthetic material, such as rubber, elastic plastic, titanium, goat intestine, and the like. The flexible wall is provided with a plurality of pores and is therefore permeable. The flexible wall can be formed into an object in the form of sac, bag, ball, cylinder or rectangular column integrally or by joining separate pieces.
The filling member of the present invention may contain a ray imaging material, such as a metal wire, by which the precise position of the filling member can be easily located by a ray imaging system, such as an X-ray machine.
The flexible wall of the filling member of the present invention may be of a one-layered or multi-layered construction, depending on the particle size and the viscosity of the medicine. If the particle size of the medicine is relatively large, the flexible wall is preferably of a two-layered construction. If the viscosity of the medicine is relatively high, the flexible wall is also preferably of a two-layered construction. On the other hand, the flexible wall is preferably of a three-layered or four-layered construction under the circumstances that he particle size of the medicine is relatively small and that he viscosity of the medicine is relatively lower.
The features and the advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
a-2c are schematic views illustrating the lashing of the opening of the holding portion of the filling member of the present invention.
a shows a longitudinal sectional view of a one-layered wall of the filling member of the present invention.
b shows a longitudinal sectional view of a multi-layered wall of the filling member of the present invention.
a and 4b are sectional schematic view of the present invention at work.
a-5c are schematic views illustrating the unlashing of the opening of the holding portion of the filling member of the present invention upon completion of the injection of the medicine into the holding portion of the filling member.
a shows a schematic view of the connection tube of the implantation-injection apparatus of the present invention.
b and 6c are sectional schematic views illustrating the process in which the filling member of the present invention is extracted from the animal tissue.
a and 7b are schematic views illustrating that the opening of the holding portion of the filling member of the present invention is releasably lashed by a thread.
a-8d are schematic views illustrating a process in which the opening of the holding portion of the filling member of the present invention is releasably lashed by two threads in conjunction with sewing.
a shows a schematic view of the flexible wall of the present invention being made of two threads which are releasably interlaced.
b is a schematic view to show that the two threads of the flexible wall, as shown in
a is a schematic view illustrating a process in which a double-layer wall of the holding portion of the filling member of the present invention is formed.
b illustrating a process in which the double-layer wall of the holding portion of the filling member of the present invention is retreated from the solidified medicine.
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The opening 24 of the holding portion 22 of the filling member 20 is securely tied up to prevent the medicine 30 from leaking out of the holding portion 22 by means of the two threads 50 and 51 which are releasably entangled in such a manner that the first end 511 of the second thread 51 is wound around the first thread 50. Upon completion of the winding process, the flexible wall 21 surrounding the opening 24 is located in a position between the two threads 50 and 51, as indicated by a dotted line 4-4 in
The flexible wall 21 of the filling member 20 is of a one-layered construction, as shown in
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The pasty medicine 30 is a mixture of a liquid and one or more kinds of animal tissue drugs in the form of powder, granule, or colloid. The pasty medicine 30 is capable of solidification.
Upon completion of the solidification of the pasty medicine 30 in the blind hole 71 of the animal tissue 70, the filling member 20 must be extracted from the blind hole 71 of the animal tissue 70, so as to leave only the medicine 30 in the blind hole 71 of the animal tissue 70 to prevent the rejection of the filling member 20 by the animal tissue 70. The extraction of the filling member 20 from the blind hole 71 of the animal tissue 70 involves a first step in which the second end 512 of the second thread 51 is pulled upward as indicated by an arrow in
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The opening 24 of the filling member 20 may be fastened by only one thread 50, as illustrated in
The thread 50 can be also used to form a different knot, as shown in
The opening 24 of the filling member 20 can be releasably fastened by sewing in conjunction with two threads 50 and 51, as illustrated in
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A further embodiment of the present invention is shown in
The embodiments of the present invention described above are to be regarded in all respects as being illustrative and nonrestrictive. Accordingly, the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without deviating from the spirit thereof. The present invention is therefore to be limited only the scopes of the following claims.
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