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7338467 Device for minimally invasive intravascular aortic valve extraction  
A perfusion catheter includes at least one perfusion channel and at least two dilation units disposed at a distance from each other at the distal catheter region in the longitudinal extension of...
7335192 Apparatus and methods for treating congestive heart disease  
Methods and apparatus are provided for treating congestive heart by actively or passively enhancing perfusion to the renal arteries. A first embodiment comprises a specially configured balloon...
7293561 Low profile adapter for tracheal tubes  
An adapter for use on a suction lumen of a catheter is disclosed. The adapter is capable of extending the suction capabilities of the catheter to a point distal to a suction port in the catheter....
7122019 Intra-aortic renal drug delivery catheter  
A catheter for delivering a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to a branch blood vessel of a major blood vessel, generally comprising an elongated shaft having at least one lumen in fluid...
7022103 Apparatus and method of identifying rectovaginal fistulas  
An apparatus for locating rectovaginal fistulas, including a cannula of a predetermined length, open-ended on its first end having an inflatable balloon portion on its closed second end; the first...
7020516 Catheter for delivering electromagnetic energy for enhanced permeation of substances  
The present invention provides a catheter device/method for enhancing local administration of pharmaceutical compounds. Such device/method is used for various situations which require high...
6997898 Multi-balloon drug delivery catheter for angiogenesis  
A catheter and a method for using the catheter for site specific delivery of agents to or collecting agents from biological spaces. The catheter includes inflatable balloons which when inflated in...
6884233 Thrombolysis catheter system with fixed length infusion zone  
A thrombolysis catheter system having a fixed length infusion zone is disclosed. The invention contemplates apparatus, method and kit aspects. The apparatus, which has the capability to track a...
6837868 Indwelling urinary catheter with base drainage port  
An indwelling urinary catheter comprises a two-ply (or equivalent) air-inflatable anchoring balloon means in which an outer ply or skin thickness thereof, is not bonded to the inner ply over one or...
6790196 Aspirating devices for removal of thrombus/lipid from a body lumen  
Methods and devices for treating vulnerable plaque deposits within a blood vessel, having an inner surface and one or more plaque deposits containing a core material are disclosed. A device in...
6749585 Central venous catheter with heat exchange membrane  
A central venous catheter includes coolant supply and return lumens which communicate coolant to and from first and second heat exchange membranes arranged along the distal segment of the catheter....
6719724 Central venous line catheter having multiple heat exchange elements and multiple infusion lumens  
An intravenous catheter system (apparatus and method) for controlling patient temperature includes a generally tubular elongated body having lumens for circulating a heat exchange fluid in a...
6692458 Intra-pericardial drug delivery device with multiple balloons and method for angiogenesis  
A catheter and a method for using the catheter for site specific delivery of agents to or collecting agents from biological spaces. The catheter includes an inner shaft longitudinally movable...
6682555 Methods for treating the prostate and inhibiting obstruction of the prostatic urethra using biodegradable stents  
Methods of treating the prostate include administering a thermal ablation therapy and inhibiting the obstruction or closure of the prostatic urethral opening by forming a biodegradable stent in...
6673041 Catheter system for surgical access and circulatory support of the heart  
Described is a closed chest intravascular catheter system for a simultaneous biventricular approach to (1) intravascular cardiopulmonary surgery; (2) acute or prolonged mechanical circulatory...
6673040 System and methods for catheter procedures with circulatory support in high risk patients  
A system and methods are described for performing catheter based procedures on high risk patients that mitigate the risk to the patient and extend the acceptable time window for response when...
6673039 Compositions, kits, methods, and apparatus for transvascular delivery of a composition to an extravascular tissue of a mammal  
Compositions, methods, kits, and apparatus are provided for delivering a macromolecular assembly such as a plasmid, virus vector, or other gene vector, to an extravascular tissue such as muscle...
6663613 System and methods for clot dissolution  
Clot disruption and dissolution are achieved using a catheter having both an agitator and the ability to deliver a thrombolytic agent. The catheter is introduced to a target region with a blood...
6572633 Catheter  
A catheter provided with an elongated tube having channels for the guiding of a radioactive element and for the passage of a guide wire for the catheter as well as fluid under pressure, in which...
6569146 Method and apparatus for treating saphenous vein graft lesions  
A method for treating loosely formed, friable or fragile lesions in a patient's blood vessel. A catheter having a pair of sealing mechanisms is advanced such that the sealing mechanisms are...
6485500 Emboli protection system  
The emboli protection system provides one or more inflatable blocking balloons for isolation of a section of a blood vessel to prevent migration of emboli from the section during an interventional...
6422997 Prostate visualization device and methods of use  
Methods and apparatus are provided for improved administration of brachytherapy in the treatment of prostate disease. More particularly, a prostate visualization device is provided comprising a...
6338726 Treating urinary and other body strictures  
The invention provides a method and system for treatment of body strictures to restore luminal diameter to within a normal diameter range, in which the stricture is dilated to stretch its lumen to...
6306116 Method and apparatus for pressurizing the right atrium or right ventricle to assist cardiac function during beating heart surgery  
A method and apparatus for pressurizing the right atrium or right ventricle of a beating heart during surgery to assist cardiac function. The apparatus has an intake tube for insertion in the...
6299598 Drainage catheter  
A suprapubic drainage catheter (10) for draining the bladder and maintaining the patency of the urethra of a patient following a radical prostatectomy. The catheter includes an elongated member...
6299597 Percutaneous repair of cardiovascular anomalies and repair compositions  
Percutaneous repair of cardiovascular anomalies via the introduction of a photoactivated biopolymer introduced to the affected site via a catheter system.
6210365 Perfusion catheter system having sutureless arteriotomy seal and methods of use  
Apparatus and methods are provided for delivering oxygenated blood to a patient undergoing cardiac surgery using a perfusion catheter having a distal end carrying first and second sealing members....
6148222 Esophageal catheters and method of use  
A method and a catheter for passing a therapeutic electric current to, or sensing electric signals from, the body of a patient. The catheter is inserted into the esophagus of the patient,...
6135976 Method, device and kit for performing gene therapy  
A catheter is provided for performing gene therapy on a selected section of a body lumen. The catheter comprises a distal catheter body including one or more expandable members for occluding...
6083198 Perfusion catheter providing segmented flow regions and methods of use  
Apparatus and methods are provided for delivering oxygenated blood at a first flow rate to a first region of the body and at a second lower flow rate to a second region of the body using first and...
6077257 Ablation of rectal and other internal body structures  
The invention provides an apparatus and system for ablation of body structures or tissue in the region of the rectum. A catheter is inserted into the rectum, and an electrode is disposed thereon...
5971955 Double balloon catheter with ultrasonic probe  
The invention relates to a catheter comprising a tube-like basic body with a distal end and a proximal end and at least two balloon members received at the distal end at a certain distance from...
5947977 Apparatus and polymeric endoluminal sealing  
A novel process for paving or sealing the interior surface of a tissue lumen by entering the interior of the tissue lumen and applying a polymer to the interior surface of the tissue lumen. This is...
5836967 Catheter assembly  
A catheter assembly for the treatment of vessels carrying body fluid, comprising an inner catheter provided with a guidewire lumen for receiving a guidewire and an inflation lumen for a balloon...
5820586 Method for introducing cardioplegia solution into the coronary sinus  
A catheter for supplying liquid to the coronary sinus in a perfusion procedure comprising a tubular catheter body having an interior lumen, a proximal end, and a distal end; and an inflatable cuff...
5779673 Devices and methods for application of intraluminal photopolymerized gels  
Devices for providing polymeric layers on the interior surface of body lumens and spaces are disclosed. The devices can include proximal and distal occlusion elements to define the treatment space...
5588961 Electro-osmotic infusion catheter  
An infusion catheter is provided for delivering treatment fluids including medicaments, drugs, pharmaceuticals, cancer treatment agents and the like directly to a location within a living body such...
5514092 Drug delivery and dilatation-drug delivery catheters in a rapid exchange configuration  
Catheters for drug delivery or for both dilatation and drug delivery are provided with a guide wire lumen terminating within the catheter shaft and having an opening through the catheter shaft to...
5505701 Intra-aortic balloon catheter  
An intra-aortic catheter apparatus for kidney perfusion and preservation has a catheter with a tube having an intermediate part which forms a permeable zone located so that in an inserted condition...
5484412 Angioplasty method and means for performing angioplasty  
An angioplasty procedure wherein a balloon dilatation catheter is movably positioned within an anchoring catheter which in turn is located within a guiding catheter. Internal balloons in the...
5474533 Intrathoracic mechanical, electrical and temperature adjunct to cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation, shock, head injury, hypothermia and hyperthermia  
A method and apparatus for treating patients suffering from one or more of the conditions of cardiac arrest, shock, respiratory failure, hypothermia, hyperthermia and head injury. Chest tubes are...
5460610 Treatment of obstructions in body passages  
A device for treating conditions causing obstructions in a body passage, composed of a catheter dimensioned to be insertable into the body passage and having a lateral wall and a distal end via...
5458574 System for performing a cardiac procedure  
A system for accessing a patient's cardiac anatomy which includes an occlusion catheter with a first expandable member or balloon in a distal extremity of the catheter which when expanded within...
5419763 Prostatic drug-delivery catheter  
A method and apparatus for the treatment of a prostate gland which isolates the prostatic urethra from the membranous urethra and the bladder so that fluid may be transported into the prostatic...
5411479 Cancer treatment and catheter for use in treatment  
Perfusing a high concentration of an agent to treat an organ, such as anti-cancer agents through a body organ containing a tumor, without their entering the body's general circulation, removing...
5397307 Drug delivery PTCA catheter and method for drug delivery  
An intravascular material delivery dilation catheter having a pair of longitudinally spaced inflatable balloons with a drug delivery region defined therebetween. The catheter is ideally suited for...
5380284 Obstruction dissolution catheter with variably expanding blocking balloons and method of use  
In a device for dissolving deposits on a wall of a body passage, which wall has openings leading to side passages which device comprises: a catheter having an axis, an outer surface, a distal end...
5345949 Methods for use in surgical gastroplastic procedure  
Methods and devices are disclosed for performing laparoscopic gastroplasty for the treatment of morbid obesity. The method utilizes a stapling device or clip and a nasogastric tube for positioning...
5320604 Low-profile single-lumen dual-balloon catheter with integrated guide wire for embolectomy dilatation/occlusion and delivery of treatment fluid  
A fully exchangeable low-profile single-lumen dual-balloon catheter for embolectomy, dilatation, occlusion, and infusion of treatment fluid, and having an integrated guide wire, includes a flexible...
5315992 Triple cuff endobronchial tube with selective multiple outlets served by a single airflow passage  
An endobronchial tube with a single lumen air flow passage is disclosed. The endobronchial tube includes three balloon cuffs, two longitudinally spaced to engage the trachea and one positioned...
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