US 12,213,884 B2
Low-profile intercranial device
Chad Gordon, Cockeysville, MD (US)
Assigned to The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed by THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/357,249.
Application 17/357,249 is a continuation of application No. 15/756,010, granted, now 11,058,541, previously published as PCT/US2016/030447, filed on May 2, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/214,702, filed on Sep. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0315702 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/48 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/2875 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0006 (2013.01); A61B 5/0013 (2013.01); A61B 5/0036 (2018.08); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/031 (2013.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61B 5/6868 (2013.01); A61F 2/30942 (2013.01); A61N 1/00 (2013.01); A61N 1/0531 (2013.01); A61N 1/3605 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/4839 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3067 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3068 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30948 (2013.01); A61F 2/482 (2021.08); A61M 5/14276 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0687 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20128 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A cranial device, comprising:
a cranial or craniofacial implant made of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyether ether ketone (PEEK), or polyethylene, the cranial or craniofacial implant being shaped and dimensioned for placement at least partially within a resected portion of a patient's skull during a surgical procedure, wherein the cranial or craniofacial implant includes a curvature specific to that of the skull to ensure a fit with absence of gaps along a periphery of the cranial or craniofacial implant, and being shaped and dimensioned to address a patient clinical care algorithm both from a skull bone perspective and from an underlying regional brain perspective such that the cranial or craniofacial implant corrects deformities and/or defects by placement at least partially within the resected portion of the skull during a surgical procedure replacing missing bone and providing cerebral protection from injury;
at least one functional component providing for ultrasound functionalities; and
at least one cavity formed in the cranial or craniofacial implant, the at least one cavity being shaped and dimensioned to house the at least one functional component, such that the at least one functional component is encased within a void-space defined by the at least one cavity, and the at least one functional component and the cavity are customized to be patient-specific.