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US20100222894 IMPLANTABLE TISSUE CONNECTOR  
An implantable tissue connector (1; 1 a) adapted to be connected to a tubular part of living tissue (70; 80) within a patient's body (100) comprises a conduit (2) and at least one flexible sleeve...
US20110190881 Artificial Larynx  
This invention relates to a means for compensating for a whole or partial loss of speech. The means has a sensor unit in the form of a Logometrix pseudo palate and a palatometer which sense the...
US20120158134 Mastopexy and Breast Reconstruction Prostheses and Method  
Mastopexy and breast reconstruction prostheses and implantation method that allow for radiographic imaging of the breast tissue. The prostheses are arcuate and elongate optionally meshed to conform...
US20120165957 BIODEGRADABLE SCAFFOLD FOR SOFT TISSUE REGENERATION AND USE THEREOF  
The present invention relates to new reinforced biodegradable scaffolds for soft tissue regeneration, as well as methods for support and for augmentation and regeneration of living tissue, wherein...
US20120071985 IMPLANT POSITIONING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS  
A system for securing a prosthesis in a bone includes a reference anchor for insertion into a cavity of a bone to define a reference point during prosthesis implantation, the reference anchor...
US20110224785 PROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE WITH TISSUE ANCHORS  
Apparatus and methods are described including a prosthetic atrioventricular valve (10) for coupling to a native atrioventricular valve (12). The prosthetic valve includes a support frame (20) and a...
US20120209403 VASCULARIZED TISSUE GRAFT  
The present invention relates to improved methods for tissue engineering including tissue transplantation, augmentation and regeneration, and more particularly, a method for the generation of donor...
US20130131804 Joint Repair Using Mesenchymal Stem Cells  
A method of repairing and/or stabilizing a joint by administering mesenchymal stem cells to the joint. Such a method provides for the regeneration of cartilaginous tissue in the joint, including...
US20110218645 SURFACE OF TITANIUM- BASED METAL IMPLANTS TO BE INSERTED INTO BONE TISSUE  
The invention defines a surface of a titanium-based metal implant to be inserted into bone tissue, characterised in that it comprises substantially pure titanium oxide and has a thickness of 8-50...
US20110015760 IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS  
A prosthetic device including biologically compatible and preferably fully resorbable materials includes a tissue infiltratable portion and a second portion. The two portion may have different...
US20120221093 SHORT THROW CENTERED HANDLE FOR STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM  
A stent delivery system and method for implanting a stent are provided. The stent delivery system includes an elongate shaft including a proximal portion, a distal portion, a lumen extending at...
US20130103167 KNEE JOINT  
A knee joint includes a knee member including a movable plate connected to and pressable toward a fixed seat, and an interspace formed between the fixed seat and the movable plate. An upper...
US20110299029 Method for correcting vision problems  
A method for causing visual images on the foveas of a patient to be differentially displaced from their default position by determining an optimal amount of displacement for each eye to maximize...
US20130085569 CROSSLINKER ENHANCED REPAIR OF KNEE MENISCUS  
A method of treating a tear in a knee meniscus of a patient. The method includes exposing the torn knee meniscus to a protein crosslinker during surgery to repair the tear. Also provided is a...
US20110172767 MINIMALLY INVASIVE, DIRECT DELIVERY METHODS FOR IMPLANTING OBESITY TREATMENT DEVICES  
A method includes selecting a template from a plurality of different sizes of templates based on measurements of the abdominal cavity of a patient; orienting the template on the patient at a...
US20120316641 Device and Method for Reducing Cardiac Valve Regurgitation  
A catheter (4) based medical system (1) and medical procedure for reducing cardiac valve regurgitation are disclosed. The system comprises a resilient curvilinear shaped annuloplasty implant (3)...
US20120259399 INTRALUMINAL SCAFFOLD SYSTEM AND USE THEREOF  
Intraluminal scaffold assembly implantable in a body lumen of a patient to manipulate a valve of the lumen is provided. The intraluminal scaffold assembly includes an intraluminal scaffold, an...
US20130079873 PROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE WITH VENTRICULAR TETHERS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING SAME  
A prosthetic valve assembly and method of implanting same is disclosed. The prosthetic valve assembly includes a prosthetic valve formed by support frame and valve leaflets, with one or more...
US20130013057 MEDICAL IMPLANT DEPLOYMENT TOOL  
A medical implant deployment tool and deployment method are disclosed. One aspect of the invention provides an implant system including an implant adapted for endovascular delivery and deployment;...
US20120109327 HIP JOINT DEVICE  
A medical device for implantation in a hip joint of a patient is provided. The hip joint has a caput femur integrated with a collum femur having a collum and caput center axis, extending...
US20110130831 INTRAOCULAR IMPLANTS AND METHODS AND KITS THEREFOR  
Devices, methods and kits are described for reducing intraocular pressure. The devices include a support that is implantable within Schlemm's canal and maintains the patency of the canal without...
US20120010716 INSERTION DEVICE FOR USE DURING RETROPERITONEAL LATERAL INSERTION OF SPINAL IMPLANTS  
A method is disclosed for introducing a spinal disc implant into an intervertebral space of a subject. The subject is placed in a lateral position, and the anterior face of the spinal disc...
US20110208285 STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM  
A stent delivery system comprising a catheter having an inner tube and an outer tube surrounding the inner tube; a balloon having a proximal end fixed to the outer tube a distal end fixed to the...
US20130096683 Interbody Cage for Spinal Fusion and Method of Implanting Interbody Cages into Spines  
A spinal interbody fusion implant has an impact rod fitting that is configured and adapted to be connected to an impact rod during implantation of the implant. The implant also comprises one or...
US20110015717 CONSTRUCTIVE DISPOSITION INTRODUCED IN INDEFLATOR DEVICE APPLIED TO ANGIOPLASTY PROCEDURES IN THE BI-ARTERIAL TREATMENT AND THE KISSING-BALLOON TECHNIQUE  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to constructive disposition introduced in an indeflator device applied in coronary angioplasty interventions for bi-arterial treatment and the kissing...
US20110046716 STENT  
An endovascular stent, including: a guide portion and a drive portion; a plurality of flexible support arms, each including two opposing ends that are coupled to said guide portion and said drive...
US20120165933 UVEOSCLERAL DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING THE SAME  
Devices and methods for treating intraocular pressure are disclosed. The devices include drug delivery implants for treating ocular tissue. Optionally, the devices also include shunts for draining...
US20110264097 ACL ACCOMMODATING TIBIAL DESIGN  
Surgical methods and tibial implants (46) for accommodating the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during unicompartmental or bi-unicompartmental knee arthroplasty procedures.
US20120316647 DEVICE FOR EXPANDABLE SPINAL LAMINOPLASTY  
The invention relates to devices, implants, systems, techniques and methods for addressing certain conditions of the spine, including devices, implants, systems and methods for performing spinal...
US20120197403 EXPANDABLE MEDICAL IMPLANT  
An implant with an adjustable height for spacing apart skeletal structures. The implant includes a base with a hollow interior. Collars include threaded inner surfaces and are positioned within the...
US20110276145 MARKING TEMPLATE FOR INSTALLING A CUSTOM REPLACEMENT DEVICE FOR RESURFACING A FEMUR AND ASSOCIATED INSTALLATION METHOD  
A replacement device for resurfacing a joint surface of a femur and a method of making and installing such a device is provided. The custom replacement device is designed to substantially fit the...
US20110077736 BREAST IMPLANT SYSTEM INCLUDING BIO-MEDICAL UNITS  
A breast implant system includes a shell, a viscous material for substantially filling the shell, and a plurality of bio-medical units affixed to at least one of the shell and the viscous material....
US20110125287 Reinforced Tissue Patch  
A method of improving the mechanical properties of a tissue patch is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a tissue patch and placing at least one barbed suture along at least a...
US20130079869 STENT FOR THE POSITIONING AND ANCHORING OF A VALVULAR PROSTHESIS IN AN IMPLANTATION SITE IN THE HEART OF A PATIENT  
The present invention relates to a stet for the positioning and anchoring of a valvular prosthesis in an implantation site in the heart of a patient. Specifically, the present invention relates to...
US20120136455 PROSTHETIC HIP IMPLANTS  
Prosthetic hip stems and acetabular cups for use in prosthetic hip joints. The hip stem may include a core having a stem portion and a neck portion, a polymer matrix layer substantially covering...
US20120197388 COAPTATION ENHANCEMENT IMPLANT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD  
Implants, implant systems, and methods for treatment of mitral valve regurgitation and other valve diseases generally include a coaptation assist body which remains within the blood flow path as...
US20110257741 IMPLANTS AND METHODS FOR RESHAPING HEART VALVES  
Tissue shaping methods and devices are provided for reinforcing and/or remodeling heart valves. In certain embodiments, magnetic tissue shaping devices are implanted in tissue adjacent heart valve...
US20120316644 INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANT FIXATION  
An intraocular lens fixation device including a deformable, medically inert clip that affixes a haptic of an intraocular lens to a patient's iris. A method of affixing an intraocular lens, having...
US20120109276 CATHETER, SYSTEM FOR APPLYING AN INTRALUMINAL ENDOPROSTHESIS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME  
The present invention relates to a catheter comprising a balloon (10, 30) and at least one pharmaceutically active substance. To enable more accurate dosing of the pharmaceutically active...
US20120101562 STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM  
Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using stent delivery systems are disclosed. An example stent delivery system may include an inner member. A sheath may be disposed about the inner...
US20120296434 KNEE PROSTHESIS  
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common disease affecting human joints. Mechanical stress through the joint is one of the most important independent etiological factors. The present invention...
US20110004287 Bifurcated Stent and Delivery System  
Systems for delivering a bifurcated stent to a bifurcation site comprise catheters and/or bifurcated stents delivered therefrom.
US20130066416 BIFURCATED ENDOLUMINAL PROSTHESIS  
An endoluminal stent that can include, in various embodiments, perpendicular hoop members, each hoop member being formed of wire in a sinuous configuration, at least some of juxtaposed apices in...
US20110009959 RETINAL IMPLANT WITH RECTIFIED AC POWERED PHOTODIODE  
The present invention relates to a microelectronics element, such as an optical receiver element, for a medical implant device to be implanted in the human or animal body, particularly for a...
US20110015733 Folding Designs for Intraocular Lenses  
Folding patterns for intraocular lenses are provided.
US20120316571 SUBCHONDRAL TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS IN JOINTS  
Devices, instruments and associated methods for the subchondral treatment of osteoarthritis in hip and shoulder joints are provided. In addition, a method for treating joint pain is provided. The...
US20110152993 MULTIPLE LAYER FILAMENTARY DEVICES OR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS  
Devices and methods for treatment of a patient's vasculature with some embodiments configured for delivery with a microcatheter for treatment of the cerebral vasculature of a patient. Some...
US20110230947 THORACIC INTRODUCER  
A stent graft delivery device (30) has a pull wire arrangement with a pull wire (46) fastened to the distal end of a nose cone dilator (45) and extending to a wire pull mechanism (60) for the pull...
US20110009945 METHOD FOR DEPLOYING A STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM HAVING A BLOWMOLDED HOLDER  
A method for deploying a stent delivery system having a blowmolded holder is provided. The stent is configured to expand from a first diameter to a second diameter. The holder is blowmolded to an...
US20110166663 LATERAL ELBOW PROSTHESIS - PROXIMAL RADIOULNAR JOINT  
A proximal radioulnar joint (lateral elbow) prosthesis includes an ulnar brace member to be secured to the outer surface of the ulna bone. The ulnar brace member defines a bearing surface for...