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7144378 |
Quick-release torquer apparatus for delivering and maintaining a medical guideware
The present invention provides a torquer for maneuvering a medical guidewire during endovascular surgical procedures or the like, which can be easily positioned and re-positioned along the length...
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7141024 |
Maneuverable-coiled guidewire
Guidewire apparatus including a guidewire including a coil, a distal portion of the coil being coated with a flexible coating, the coating being thicker on one side of a perimeter of the distal...
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7128718 |
Guidewire with deflectable tip
A bi-directional steerable guidewire having a deflectable distal tip which comprises a longitudinal hypotube and a spring coil attached to the distal end of the hypotube and also includes a...
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7130700 |
Multilumen body for an implantable medical device
A splined multilumen body for use in elongated medical devices is provided for carrying multiple conductors, wires or cables to multiple device components along the device body. Open lumens may be...
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7122034 |
Curved ablation catheter
A curved ablation catheter imparts ablative energy to target tissue, for example, along a trabecular slope, e.g., in the right atrium along the isthmus between the ostium of the inferior vena cava...
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7118539 |
Articulating guide wire for embolic protection and methods of use
An intravascular guidewire having an articulating distal section for improved maneuverability beyond a lesion or other protrusion within a body lumen. An elongated core wire having an actuatable...
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7115101 |
Guide wire with hydrophilically coated tip
A guide wire including a lubricous distal portion and a less lubricous intermediate portion proximal of said distal portion. One guide wire provides a highly lubricous distal portion with a...
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7104980 |
Catheterization assist device and method of use
A device and method of using the device to assist in inserting a catheter in a female. The device includes a main body portion configured to be placed adjacent the pubic bone of a female, a pair of...
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7104966 |
Guidewire system with exposed midsection
A flexible guidewire system with an exposed midsection, for crossing an obstruction located in a patient's vessel, comprising a flexible pilot wire and a flexible casing having a distal and...
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7097624 |
Multi-layer and multi-section coils for guide wire
A guide wire having a coil disposed over the guide wire, wherein the coil is integrally formed of a single wire and has regions of differing properties over its length. Some wire embodiments have...
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7094209 |
Method for introducer replacement
The invention provides a method for replacing a first introducer, whose distal end is inside a vessel and whose proximal end is outside the skin of a patient, with a second introducer. The method...
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7083577 |
Guide wire
A guide wire having an elongated core wire provided with a tabular distal end portion, and a coiled wire provided on an outer circumference of the core wire, wherein the distal end portion of the...
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7077811 |
Guidewire tip construction
Guidewire with an improved distal end. A guidewire with an improved distal end may include a core wire, a solder tip disposed at a distal end of the core wire, a radiopaque inner coil coupled to...
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7074197 |
Composite guidewire
Alternative designs, materials and manufacturing methods for guidewires. Some embodiments pertain to a composite guidewire having proximal and distal section, and a connector adapted and configured...
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7076285 |
Guide wire insertion and re-insertion tools and methods of use
An insertion tool for use in inserting a guide wire into a guide wire lumen of a catheter for use in a lumen of an endoscope. The insertion tool includes a main body having a main lumen and a...
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7056294 |
Method and apparatus for accessing the left atrial appendage
Disclosed is an apparatus for facilitating access to the left atrium, and specifically the left atrial appendage. The apparatus may comprise a sheath with first and second curved sections that...
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7052473 |
Body insert configuring device having tip portion with expandable joints
A device for configuring a body insert, such as an electrode lead for a stimulation device, has a wire arrangement adapted to be inserted into the interior of the body insert for stiffening and...
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7048696 |
Guide-wire mounted balloon modulation device and methods of use
An apparatus for modulating the pressure of a fluid such as a gas within the expandable portion of a guide wire catheter. A preferred embodiment apparatus features a means for controllably gripping...
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7048695 |
Guiding aid
A guiding aid for an instrument to be advanced within a vascular system, particularly the human vascular system, comprising a flexible shapeable shaft comprising a first bent section having a first...
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7044921 |
Medical device with changeable tip flexibility
A medical device with a changeable flexibility and a method of using the same. The medical device may include a core member, a tip member, and a tie member. The tip member may be configured to...
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7033326 |
Systems and methods of implanting a lead for brain stimulation
Leads and introduction tools are proposed for deep brain stimulation and other applications. Some embodiments of the present invention provide lead designs with which may be placed with a stylet,...
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7033325 |
Guidewire with multiple radiopaque marker sections
An over-the-wire balloon catheter has a radiopaque marker thereon at a known distance from a distal end of the catheter. An elongated flexible guide wire has a plurality of longitudinally spaced...
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7025758 |
Endovascular medical device with plurality of wires
An endovascular device ( 1, 100, 200, 300 ) having a distal end ( 2 ), a proximal end ( 4 ) and a body portion ( 3 ) therebetween. The body portion is made of a multiple filament helically wound...
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7025734 |
Guidewire with chemical sensing capabilities
A guidewire with a sensor which can detect NO and/or superoxide levels is disclosed. This invention can be useful for in vivo analysis of vascular health.
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7022086 |
Guidewire with encapsulated marker
A guidewire having a marker member and method of manufacturing the same. In some embodiments, the invention includes a marker member disposed around the longitudinal axis of an elongate shaft and...
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7018346 |
Guide wire with adjustable flexibility
A guide wire with a distal portion having adjustable flexibility. The guide wire may include a distal polymeric member and a heat source. The heat source may be activated to cause the polymeric...
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7014616 |
Composite guidewire
The composite guidewire includes an elongated, flexible core formed from a nickel titanium alloy, with a distal tapered portion, a reinforcement tube disposed over the proximal region of the core,...
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7011635 |
Manual control device for a surgical guide
The device ( 10 ) for manual control of a surgical guide (G) comprises a body ( 12 ) provided with a conduit ( 14 ) for passage of the surgical guide (G), and a member ( 16 ) for axially...
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7011636 |
Electrically conductive coaxial guide wire
The present invention relates to A device for measurements, insertable into a living body, comprising an elongated flexible member ( 2, 30 ) with a proximal end and a distal end and a central lumen...
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7001345 |
Wire guide
A wire guide includes a mandrel that has a proximal portion and a distal portion. A first coating with a low coefficient of friction is disposed on the proximal portion of the mandrel. A second...
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6991616 |
Steerable device for introducing diagnostic and therapeutic apparatus into the body
An apparatus including an elongate body having a lumen extending therethrough and a steering wire, having a distal portion defining a non-circular cross-section, associated with the distal portion...
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6986749 |
Device for inserting a guide wire and/or for handling a catheter shaft
The invention relates to a device for handling at least one guide wire ( 51 ) in order to guide an invasive medical instrument or in order to handle a catheter shaft using invasive medical...
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6985776 |
Method and apparatus for coronary sinus cannulation
A system and method of positioning an implantable medical device lead within a patient that includes introducing a distal tip of a first elongated member along a first location within the patient...
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6976987 |
Dual-profile steerable catheter
A catheter includes a steering mechanism for manipulating the distal end of the catheter to obtain a plurality of deflection profiles. The steering mechanism comprises two steering tendons. The...
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6970747 |
Neurostimulation lead stylet handle
An implantable neurological stimulation lead with improved stylet handle comprises a lead body, at least one conductor, at least one electrical contact, at least one electrode, a stylet wire, and a...
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6969397 |
Guide wire element for positioning vascular closure devices and methods for use
An apparatus for sealing a passage through tissue includes a threaded plug detachably carried on a distal end of a delivery device. A guide wire element is receivable through the lumens extending...
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6968238 |
Method for inserting cochlear electrode and insertion tool for use therewith
An implantable electrode system, adapted for insertion into a cochlea, includes an elongate electrode array stored within a sheath. The electrode array has a multiplicity of electrode contacts...
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6958074 |
Releasable and retrievable vascular filter system
A releasable and retrievable vascular filter system comprising a filter, a porous filter membrane attached to the filter, and an anti-migration feature for causing the filter to remain...
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6944506 |
Stylet feature for resisting perforation of an implantable lead
A stylet unit for implanting a removable lead system for a cardiac stimulation device includes an elongated main body having an enlarged feature at the distal end of the main body with a rounded...
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6936015 |
Active guide wire and method of making the same
An active guide wire ( 1 ) that can be used in a narrow blood vessel in a complicate vascular system such as intracerebral is disclosed as well as a method of making the same. The active wire...
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6926674 |
Combined pressure-volume sensor and guide wire assembly
The invention relates to a sensor and guide wire assembly including a pressure sensor having a plurality of terminals, the sensor being mounted in the distal end region of a core wire. It also...
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6918882 |
Guidewire with stiffness blending connection
Alternative designs and materials suitable for connecting different guidewire sections together. More particularly, connecting two portions of a guidewire having different material compositions...
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6916293 |
Apparatus and method for steering a guidewire and connecting to an extension guidewire
An apparatus for steering a guidewire and for connecting the guidewire to an extension guidewire. The apparatus includes a steering device for gripping an exterior of the guidewire, the steering...
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6911016 |
Guidewire extension system
Devices and methods for coupling guidewire system components are disclosed. A guidewire system includes a first wire having a first end and a second wire having a second end which may be...
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6908442 |
Bending resistant male connector for a guide wire
During use there is a risk that a male connector for a guide wire is bent. With the present male connector ( 1 ) more material with high modulus of elasticity can be provided inside the male...
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6908439 |
Catheter with dual temperature detection for vulnerable plaque determination
A method and system for determining vulnerable plaque in a cardiovascular lumen is disclosed. A guide member is inserted into the cardiovascular lumen. Temperature is sensed from a first position...
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6902535 |
Guide-wire mounted balloon modulation device and methods of use
An apparatus for modulating the pressure of a fluid such as a gas within the expandable portion of a guide wire catheter. A preferred embodiment apparatus features a mechanism for controllably...
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6881194 |
Wire-stranded medical hollow tube, and a medical guide wire
In a wire-stranded hollow tube ( 1 ), a plurality of metallic wires ( 8 ) preformed with a predetermined forming rate are twisted along a circular line into a careless hollow configuration. When...
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6879854 |
Guide wire insertion and re-insertion tools and methods of use
An insertion tool and method for easily inserting a guide wire into a guide wire lumen of a catheter, particularly a rapid exchange catheter, for use in an endoscope. The insertion tool includes a...
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6876712 |
Flexible source wire for localized internal irradiation of tissue
A flexible source wire is provided containing a radioactive source that is capable of maneuvering through a tortuous narrow passage to a treatment site within the body. This source wire includes a...
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