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7618379 |
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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7603159 |
Method for transcutaneous catheter guiding
The invention relates to a method of determining the position of a catheter introduced along a guide wire inserted into a body, in which method an image of the guide wire and the body region at the...
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7595082 |
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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7590452 |
Endoscopic system for attaching a device to a stomach
A method for diagnosing and treating gastric disorders is provided. A functional device resides within the patient?s stomach and is secured to the stomach wall by an attachment device. The...
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7578814 |
Drainage catheter with lockable hub
A reversible lockable drainage catheter for use in draining excess bodily fluid in a tissue having a catheter tube with a proximal end and a distal end, and a lockable hub positioned about the...
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7575559 |
Guide wire
A guide wire includes a distal end portion and a main body portion, wherein the main body portion includes a center layer formed of a first material, a surface layer formed of a second material,...
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7553287 |
Guidewire having an embedded matrix polymer
A guidewire having an embedded matrix polymer construction and methods of making and using the same. The guidewire may include a core wire or member having a proximal region and distal region, a...
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7547288 |
Guide wire
A guide wire includes a first wire disposed on the distal side of the guide wire and a second wire disposed on the proximal side. The second wire has an elastic modulus larger than of the first...
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7544170 |
Guidewire management devices and methods
A method of performing a medical procedure on a living body is provided. The method comprises inserting a leading end portion of a guidewire into the living body and advancing a trailing end...
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7540845 |
Medical device coil
An intracorporal device includes a helically wound coil having a plurality of windings forming a coil length and a thermoplastic polymer sleeve circumferentially disposed about a portion of the...
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7527594 |
Optical-acoustic imaging device
The present invention is a guide wire imaging device for vascular or non-vascular imaging utilizing optic acoustical methods, which device has a profile of less than 1 mm in diameter. The...
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7520863 |
Guidewire with deflectable tip having improved torque characteristics
A bi-directional steerable guidewire having a deflectable distal tip which comprises a longitudinal hypotube and an interlocking spring coil attached to the distal end of the hypotube and also...
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7513878 |
Method of connecting a guidewire 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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7507211 |
Guide wire and method of making same
An improved intracorporeal device such as a guide wire or other guiding member for use within a patient's body that is at least in part visible under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) but is not...
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7494687 |
Medical devices having full or partial polymer coatings and their methods of manufacture
Medical devices for insertion into the body of human or veterinary patients, wherein the device comprises a) a working element (e.g. a wire, a guidewire, a tube, a catheter, a cannula, a scope...
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7494474 |
Polymer coated guidewire
A guidewire or section thereof, that has a core member or the like with a plurality of contiguous tapered segments having taper angles that are configured to produce a linear change in stiffness...
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7494010 |
Race guide wire container
Disclosed is a race guide wire containment and dispensing system comprising an outer housing and an inner housing.
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7493156 |
Steerable guide catheter with pre-shaped rotatable shaft
A guide catheter employs a retractable inner sheath movably disposed within an open lumen of an outer sheath. The inner sheath includes a pre-formed distal end and an open lumen adapted to receive...
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7493154 |
Methods and apparatus for locating body vessels and occlusions in body vessels
Methods and apparatus employed to locate body vessels and occlusions in body vessels finding particular utility in cardiac surgery, particularly minimally invasive cardiac surgery to locate cardiac...
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7481778 |
Guidewire with deflectable tip having improved flexibility
A steerable guidewire having a deflectable distal tip which comprises a longitudinal hypotube and an interlocking spring coil attached to the distal end of the hypotube and also includes a...
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7472601 |
Sensor for intravascular measurements within a living body
The invention relates to a sensor and guide wire assembly for intravascular measurements within a living body, wherein a sensor element, which is arranged at a distal portion of a guide wire,...
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7468045 |
Titanium molybdenum alloy guidewire
A guidewire for medical use such as in vascular and nonvascular systems. The guidewire made from a titanium molybdenum alloy wire with a composition of approximately 78% titanium 11.5% molybdenum...
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7461741 |
Packaging for medical device
Packaging for an elongated medical device. The packaging may include a packaging structure that is adapted to be self interfacing and/or self mating such that the packaging structure can...
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7460913 |
Implantable electrode, insertion tool for use therewith, and insertion method
An electrode system includes an implantable electrode having at least one electrode contact, an insertion tool, and a technique or method that allows the electrode contact to be positioned within...
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7458941 |
Multi-purpose vaginal moisture screening
The method of quickly screening for vaginal moisture conditions, that includes providing a manually manipulable element including a probe insertible into the vagina; providing one or more pH...
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7455660 |
Locking guidewire straightener
A guidewire straightener assembly ( 50,200,300,400 ) including a guidewire tube ( 56,250,450 ) with a tubular passage therethrough having a first diameter and a distal end, optionally including a...
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7455646 |
Polymer coated guide wire
A guidewire or section thereof, that has a core member or the like with a plurality of contiguous tapered segments having taper angles that are configured to produce a linear change in stiffness...
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7452331 |
Vascular adjustable multi-gauge tilt-out method and apparatus for guiding needles
An apparatus and method for guiding a needle in conjunction with a biopsy using a medical imaging device, where an open-ended needle guide with an adjustable pivoting multi-gauge needle stop is...
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7449002 |
Steerable guide wire for delivering an implantable medical device
A guide wire assembly for facilitating placement of a medical device comprises (a) a longitudinally extending guide wire comprising a plurality of wire portions disposed adjacent to each other,...
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7419477 |
Catheterization method using proximal articulation and pre-formed distal end
Methods of using a catheter involve providing a sheath comprising a proximal region, a deflection region, a distal-end region including a shapeable region, an anchor region defined between the...
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7416534 |
Medical device including actuator
An actuating medical device and methods for making and using the same. The actuating medical device may include a proximal shaft portion having a distal end region, an actuating shaft portion...
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7402141 |
Catheter guidewire system using concentric wires
A catheterization guidewire system provides a first wire for percutaneous insertion in a blood vessel. The first wire may include a lumen running from one end to the other, and a handle adjacent...
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7399283 |
Medical guide wire having a stepwisely thickness-reduced but breadth-increased distal tip structure
In a medical guide wire, a core line securement portion ( 11 ) is provided in which the core wire ( 2 ) is fixed to an inner side of the helical coil body ( 3 ) so as to form a top leading end...
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7396335 |
Method and apparatus for deflecting a screw-in lead
A deflectable stylet system optimized for use in conjunction with a lead of the type having a fixation helix that is screwed into body tissue by rotation of the lead's connector pin is disclosed....
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7387611 |
Physical movement analyzer and physical movement analyzing method
An acceleration information detecting unit of an acceleration detecting apparatus having an acceleration sensor with at least one axis that measures acceleration in a back and forth direction (or a...
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7384794 |
Micro-devices and analytical procedures for investigation of biological systems
Fibres with an extraction phase coated thereon in combination with a positioning device are described to perform adsorption of components of interest from an animal or animal tissue for the...
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7384422 |
Telescopic, separable introducer and method of using the same
An introducer system is used for implantation of pacemaker leads into the venous system of the human heart through the coronary sinus. The system is comprised of three telescopic components, an...
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7379776 |
Stylet design
A stylet unit is provided for implanting in a body, with the aid of an earlier installed tubular delivery sheath having a lumen with an inner diameter, a lead system including a distal electrode...
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7371248 |
Steerable distal protection guidewire and methods of use
A steerable guidewire apparatus for use during percutaneous catheter interventions such as angioplasty or stent deployment. A protection element comprising a filter or an occluder is mounted near...
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7351214 |
Steerable balloon catheter
A steerable balloon catheter including a balloon catheter supported by a steerable guidewire having a deflectable distal tip. The guidewire comprises a longitudinal hypotube and a spring coil...
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7351202 |
Medical device with track and method of use
A medical device for performing medical procedures inside a lumen (such as the GI tract) of a patient is provided. The device includes an elongate flexible member which can be advanced along a...
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7343811 |
Sensor and guide wire assembly
The invention relates to a sensor ( 23 ) adapted for a sensor and guide wire assembly for intravascular measurements in a living body, wherein the sensor ( 23 ) comprises a pressure sensitive part...
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7338480 |
Diagnosis catheter for interstitial cystitis
A diagnosis catheter 1 for an interstitial cystitis is connected to a current perception threshold inspection apparatus 4 . A catheter body 11 is made of a soft flexible material and includes...
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7330765 |
Cardiac lead having self-expanding fixation features
A cardiac lead for placement in the vicinity of a patient's heart is described. The lead includes a self-expanding fixation mechanism, which in a retracted position, is contained within a cavity...
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7328071 |
Lead placement device
Lead placement apparatus to transmit electrical signals to stimulate selected body tissue includes an introducer handle supporting a tubular outer sheath of flexible resilient material including a...
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7323006 |
Rapid exchange interventional devices and methods
Wire-guided interventional devices and methods are provided which enable faster and easier catheter exchanges. The interventional devices include a catheter shaft and a guidewire tube wherein the...
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7322944 |
Guide wire
A guide wire which includes: (a) a core wire formed with a mounting portion at the distal end portion; and (b) a plurality of coil wires being fitted onto the mounting portion substantially in...
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7322943 |
Apparatus and method for the multi-axial placement of surgical fasteners
Several embodiments of a penetration apparatus and methods for using the same during a surgical procedure are disclosed. The penetration apparatus comprises a thin elongated body having a first...
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7316709 |
Balloon catheter having a textured member for enhancing balloon or stent retention
This invention is directed to a balloon catheter having at least one advancement wire with a distal end section secured to a distal tip section of the catheter, and with a textured section...
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7316656 |
Elongated intracorporal medical device
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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