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7338468 |
Catheter for endoluminal delivery of therapeutic agents that minimizes loss of therapeutic
The present invention relates to a device and method for endoluminal delivery of fluid, such as therapeutic fluid, into the vessel wall that minimizes loss of the fluid. In one embodiment, a...
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7244243 |
Catheter for treatment of severe pulmonary emboli
A catheter system for treating pulmonary emboli has an multi-channel access port for establishing and maintaining communication with the vascular system and provide guidance for endovascular...
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7150738 |
Substance delivery apparatus and a method of delivering a therapeutic substance to an anatomical passageway
A catheter assembly is provided having a balloon disposed at the distal end thereof. The balloon is capable of being inflated to selectively dilate from a collapsed configuration to an expanded...
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7135029 |
Ultrasonic surgical instrument for intracorporeal sonodynamic therapy
The present invention relates, in general, to ultrasonic surgical instruments and, more particularly, to an intracorporeal ultrasonic surgical instrument for sonodynamic therapy. Disclosed is an...
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7105031 |
Balloon-tipped, multi-lumen catheter for endoluminal repair of endoluminal leaks in aortic or aorto-iliac endoluminal grafts
An endoluminal graft repair device includes a multi-lumen catheter with a balloon coupled to a distal end portion of the catheter. A portion of the outer surface of the balloon is designed and...
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7066904 |
Triggered release hydrogel drug delivery system
The invention features a method for triggering release of a drug from a hydrogel polymer to tissue at a desired location of the body using a catheter. A portion of the catheter is coated on its...
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7048714 |
Drug eluting medical device with an expandable portion for drug release
The present invention relates to a medical device and a method of delivering a drug to a target circulation or tissue. The medical device has an expandable portion which is fabricated from a porous...
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7022105 |
Treatment of tissue in sphincters, sinuses and orifices
The invention provides a method and system for ablation of body structures or tissue in a sphincter, sinus or orifice such as the rectum, colon, esophagus, vagina, penis, larynx or pharynx. In one...
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7018371 |
Combination ionizing radiation and radiosensitizer delivery devices and methods for inhibiting hyperplasia
The present invention provides improved devices, methods, and kits for inhibiting restenosis and hyperplasia after intravascular intervention. In particular, the present invention provides...
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6991617 |
Vascular treatment method and device
An intravascular catheter with micro spines that penetrate arterial wall to delivery drug or mechanical injury to the vessel wall inducing a “stent” like healing process in the vessel.
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6958059 |
Methods and apparatuses for drug delivery to an intravascular occlusion
A method for delivering a drug to the site of an intravascular occlusion. A guidewire having a balloon at one end is advanced across the occlusion using a guide catheter, and the balloon is...
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6955661 |
Expandable fluoropolymer device for delivery of therapeutic agents and method of making
A radially expandable fluid delivery device for delivering a fluid to a treatment site within the body is disclosed. The fluid delivery device is constructed of a microporous, biocompatible...
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6939593 |
Medical devices utilizing melt-processible poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
This invention relates to medical devices containing melt-processible polytetrafluoro-ethylene (PTFE) and methods of making same.
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6884234 |
Foldable and remotely imageable balloon
The present invention is directed to a polymeric balloon for an intracorporeal catheter having a plurality of spaced apart, remotely imageable layers which facilitate the folding of the balloon....
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6835188 |
Aortic catheter with porous aortic root balloon and methods for inducing cardioplegic arrest
The present invention relates to a catheter or cannula system that facilitates cardiopulmonary bypass surgeries and enables prolonged circulatory support of the heart. More specifically, the...
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6796960 |
Low thermal resistance elastic sleeves for medical device balloons
Medical devices that are configured for insertion into a body lumen, such as the male urethra, are provided with one or more inflatable balloons having elastic sleeves, wherein each elastic sleeve...
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6743197 |
Treatment of discrete tissues in respiratory, urinary, circulatory, reproductive and digestive systems
A method and system for treating body structures or tissue allows treatment by any of ablation, coating, expansion, plumping, shaping, and shrinking. Treatment sitesinclude any of a sphincter,...
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6733474 |
Catheter for tissue dilatation and drug delivery
A combination dilatation and drug delivery device includes a flexible catheter, a drug delivery sheath mounted to a distal end region of the catheter and a dilatation balloon also mounted to the...
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6706014 |
Miniature x-ray unit
An x-ray catheter being a tapered head can penetrate tumors and deliver x-rays direct from an x-ray source therein to the target tissue, reducing or eliminating irradiation of healthy tissue.
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6702783 |
Endovascular heat-and gas-exchange catheter device and related methods
An endovascular catheter device capable of heat and gas exchange with a patient's bloodstream comprises a catheter shaft, a heat exchanger, and a gas exchange element. The heat exchanger and the...
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6695811 |
Aortic catheter with porous aortic arch balloon
A method and device for perfusing an organ system is provided. The device may be further described as a catheter or cannula with an expandable flow control member positioned of the distal portion...
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6682545 |
System and device for preventing restenosis in body vessels
The present invention relates to a system and device for preventing stenosis and/or restenosis after an invasive procedure in a body vessel or cavity having an inner wall surface, the system...
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6663590 |
Vascular occlusal balloons and related vascular access devices and systems
Vascular access systems and devices for facilitating repeated access to a blood vessel for the external treatment of blood, such as dialysis, and in intra-venous administration of medicines, such...
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6623453 |
Chemo-thermo applicator for cancer treatment
A chemo-thermo applicator insertable into a tubular membrane in the body of an individual to occupy a site therein in which the surface of the membrane is disrupted by cancerous lesions. The...
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6623452 |
Drug delivery catheter having a highly compliant balloon with infusion holes
An intravascular drug delivery balloon catheter incorporating a highly compliant balloon having a plurality of infusion holes. The highly compliant balloon elastically expands at a low inflation...
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6605055 |
Balloon catheter with irrigation sheath
The present invention is directed to a balloon catheter having an irrigation sheath. The balloon catheter has a first expandable membrane forming an occluding balloon. A second membrane forms a...
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6602241 |
Methods and apparatus for acute or chronic delivery of substances or apparatus to extravascular treatment sites
Methods and apparatus for delivery of substances or apparatus to target sites located outside blood vessels within the body of a human or animal patient. A vessel wall penetrating catheter is...
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6599267 |
Transluminal injection device for intravascular drug delivery
A catheter including an injection port at or near the distal end thereof and a mechanism for causing the injection port to move between a first position and a second position. In the first position...
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6585715 |
Irradiation catheter and method of use
A catheter for use with a radioactive source within the catheter to irradiate a selected area of a blood vessel in combination with angioplasty procedures, to prevent restenosis of that area of the...
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6575932 |
Adjustable multi-balloon local delivery device
The present invention pertains to a local delivery device comprising a distal catheter unit and a proximal catheter unit which may be positioned by sliding over the distal catheter unit. Both the...
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6547760 |
Aortic catheter with porous aortic arch balloon and methods for selective aortic perfusion
A method and device for perfusing an organ system is provided. The device may be further described as a catheter or cannula with an expandable flow control member positioned of the distal portion...
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6544223 |
Balloon catheter for delivering therapeutic agents
A drug delivery device for delivering therapeutic agents and method of making such a device. The device including an inflatable balloon having a plurality of holes formed in the wall of the...
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6544222 |
Visualization through an opaque medical device component
A method and medical device component allowing visualization through the opaque material used to form the component. In a method of the invention for visualization through a medical device...
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6544221 |
Balloon designs for drug delivery
The invention is directed to an inflatable member for delivery of therapeutic agents to a desired site within a patient's body, in particular, balloons for use with balloon catheters and stent...
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6524274 |
Triggered release hydrogel drug delivery system
The invention features a method for triggering release of a drug from a hydrogel polymer to tissue at a desired location of the body using a catheter. A portion of the catheter is coated on its...
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6494862 |
Substance delivery apparatus and a method of delivering a therapeutic substance to an anatomical passageway
A catheter assembly is provided having a balloon disposed at the distal end thereof. The balloon is capable of being inflated to selectively dilate from a collapsed configuration to an expanded...
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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...
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6425877 |
Treatment of tissue in the digestive circulatory respiratory urinary and reproductive systems
Apparatus for creating a controlled pattern of ablation throughout the interior of an organ or body cavity while minimizing thermal damage to collateral tissue includes a microporous balloon...
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6379329 |
Detachable balloon embolization device and method
An endovascular aneurysm occlusion device comprising a detachable balloon assembly. The balloon assembly is comprised of an outer balloon and an inner balloon. The outer balloon is formed from a...
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6355015 |
Medical device for internal heat treatment and drug delivery
Medical device ( 1 ) for effecting heat treatment and local delivery of a fluid medicament on body tissue presenting a predetermined section of a boundary wall of a passageway in a human or animal...
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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...
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6315776 |
Thin layer ablation apparatus
An ablation apparatus has an expandable member that is inserted into an organ of a body and ablates all or a selected portion of the inner layer of the organ. Electrolytic solution fills the...
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6241719 |
Method for forming a radioactive stent
Disclosed are methods for the endovascular formation of a radioactive stent using a radioactive composition. These compositions are delivered to one or more vascular sites in a mammal as a fluid...
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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....
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6149641 |
Local delivery of estrogen for angiogenesis
A method for inducing angiogenesis in blood vessels proximal to ischemic tissue or proximal to stenosed regions including application of an estrogen compound to the blood vessel walls at a...
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6096021 |
Flow arrest, double balloon technique for occluding aneurysms or blood vessels
A method for occluding aneurysms or peripheral blood vessels is provided which allows for isovolumetric, isobaric delivery of occluding agents to aneurysms or peripheral blood vessels, wherein the...
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6080142 |
Catheter with grooved wall
A urethral catheter which irrigates the urethra of the male patient with his own urine to prevent rising urethral infections, wherein the urine flows in groves in the catheter wall between the...
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6048332 |
Dimpled porous infusion balloon
The systems and methods described herein include drug delivery catheters that have dimpled porous balloons mounted onto the distal end of the catheter. In one embodiment, the balloons are adapted...
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5971968 |
Catheter probe having contrast media delivery means
A catheter probe and methods for contrast media delivering comprising localized contrast media irrigation means for providing contrast media to the distal tip section, wherein the contrast media...
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5947889 |
Balloon catheter used to prevent re-stenosis after angioplasty and process for producing a balloon catheter
A balloon catheter (1) is characterized by at least one radioactive nuclide species in or on the wall of the balloon (2) in order to eliminate vessel restrictions or stenoses and to inhibit...
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