Implantable Body Armor for Protecting Internal Organs
Summary
The USPTO published patent application US20260108342A1 by inventor Michel GAGNER on April 23, 2026, covering an implantable body armor device for protecting internal organs. The device includes a flexible panel composed of layers of woven fibers configured to absorb impact energy, and is operable between a delivery configuration and a functional configuration. Filing date was April 11, 2025, under application number 19176694. This publication does not grant patent rights; it makes the application available for public inspection.
“An implantable body armor for placement at an implantation site within a ventral cavity of a human body is provided.”
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The USPTO published patent application US20260108342A1 disclosing an implantable body armor device for placement within a ventral cavity of a human body. The device features a flexible panel with layers of woven fibers forming an impact-resistant structure designed to absorb impact energy, configurable between a compact delivery configuration and a larger functional configuration. The application is published under CPC classifications A61F 2/02, A61L 27/18, A61L 27/54, A61L 27/58, and related subclasses.
Manufacturers and medical device makers should note that this publication does not confer any enforceable rights or compliance obligations. It represents a patent application pending before the USPTO; the scope of any eventual patent claims may differ from the published disclosure. Parties developing competing implantable organ-protection devices should conduct freedom-to-operate analyses before commercializing similar technologies.
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IMPLANTABLE BODY ARMOR FOR PROTECTING INTERNAL ORGANS
Application US20260108342A1 Kind: A1 Apr 23, 2026
Inventors
Michel GAGNER
Abstract
An implantable body armor for placement at an implantation site within a ventral cavity of a human body is provided. The implantable body armor includes a flexible panel having an intercostal surface and a cavity surface opposite the intercostal surface, the flexible panel including layers of woven fibers forming an impact-resistant structure configured to absorb impact energy. The flexible panel can be further configurable between a delivery configuration and a functional configuration wherein, when in the delivery configuration, the flexible panel has an external surface area that is smaller than when in the functional configuration to facilitate a delivery of the implantable body armor to the implantation site.
CPC Classifications
A61F 2/02 A61L 27/18 A61L 27/54 A61L 27/58 A61F 2210/0004 A61F 2210/0076 A61F 2250/0067 A61F 2310/0097
Filing Date
2025-04-11
Application No.
19176694
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