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7285109 Device and method for collapsing an angioplasty balloon  
A device for collapsing a balloon in the vasculature of a patient after an angioplasty procedure includes a balloon and at least one elastomeric member that is attached to the inner surface of the...
7207972 Device for fixing a tube member  
A device for fixing a tube member in a cavity of a patient. The device includes a body that surrounds the tube member and has a casing that at least partly forms an inner space. The body is...
6994689 Occlusion of a vessel  
A device for occluding a vessel employs one of a number of different expansion members joined to one or more elongate members. The expansion member may include a braid, one or more coils, ribs, a...
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.
6949125 Ureteral stent with end-effector and related methods  
A system and related methods for maintaining the patentcy of the ureter comprising a pusher tube having a pusher tube lumen and an inflate lumen disposed within a wall of the pusher tube and a...
6902541 Low-profile enterostomy device  
An enterostomy device for providing fluids and nutrients through a stoma formed through the abdominal wall of a patient is described. The enterostomy device, which may be configured as either a...
6802825 Access catheter apparatus for use in minimally invasive surgery and diagnostic procedures in the uterus and fallopian tubes  
A catheter apparatus for gaining access into the uterine cavity in order to perform minimally invasive surgery or diagnostic procedures related to a uterus and fallopian tubes, includes a...
6758831 Device and method for aligning with the tubal ostium  
The present invention relates to an alignment device and method for facilitating alignment of a medical instrument with the tubal ostium of the Fallopian tubes. More particularly, the alignment...
6676650 Perfusion cannula, method and system  
A perfusion cannula for treating a patient. The, cannula includes a hollow tube adapted for insertion into a vessel of the patient and adapted for fluid flow. The tube has a proximal end. The tube...
6635242 Broad spectrum microbicidal and spermicidal compositions, devices, and methods  
Microbicidal and spermicidal devices, methods, and compositions containing sodium dodecyl sulfate or related anionic surfactants as active ingredients for the prevention and control of pregnancy...
6551273 Catheter having a shaft keeper  
Devices and methods for managing a portion of an intravascular catheter which is extending from the body of a patient under operating room conditions (e.g., while a physician is wearing surgical...
6482211 Angulated stent delivery system and method of use  
An improved catheter assembly and method are provided for delivering angulated stents to a diseased vessels. The assembly allows for the precise delivery of an angulated stent into a side branch...
6461327 Atrial isolator and method of use  
An atrial isolator comprising two tubular members, two lumens, drainage ports, and expandable occluders. The expandable occluders are adapted to engage an opening of the superior vena cava into the...
6428559 Removable, variable-diameter vascular filter system  
A removable, variable-diameter vascular filter system comprising a guidewire and a filter which can be used to capture embolic particulates during medical procedures, while allowing for continuous...
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...
6039714 Collapsible retention bolster for gastrostomy and other ostomy tubes  
The present invention is an improved ostomy fluid tube and method for its use comprising a collapsible retention bolster for securing the tube to the inner stomach wall and fascia. The retention...
6004290 Urethral sizing catheter  
An anchoring system for a urethral catheter (14, 36), and a method of its use, involve a resilient anchor-interval portion (40) of a catheter drainage shaft (42, 42'), positioned between a bladder...
5971954 Method of making catheter  
A hand-actuated retention catheter 5 is disclosed. The retention catheter includes a tube 12, an overcoat layer 14 encircling the tube 12 and a cavity 16 interposed between the tube 12 and the...
5961490 Balloon perfusion catheter  
Catheter for use in catheter procedures. The catheter includes a balloon carried at the distal end of an elongate shaft. A mechanism is included for providing a generally open perfusion passage...
5857998 Stent and therapeutic delivery system  
Apparatus and a method for treating an irregularity in a wall of a vessel of a patient defined by an irregular or afflicted wall portion with adjacent normal wall portions comprises a catheter...
5848992 Superfascial surgical access device  
A surgical access device for providing gas tight communication to an anatomical cavity which facilitates the insertion and use of surgical instruments while maintaining the anatomical cavity. The...
5769818 Bag catheter providing complete bladder drainage  
A bag catheter enabling complete drainage of the bladder characterized by a flexible shaft of rubber, silicone treated rubber, or, preferably, silicone, wherein a distal end is rounded for...
5752971 Method of treating a flow obstruction  
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the treatment of the symptoms of obstructive prostatism. The apparatus includes an expandable dilation catheter and preferably an axially elongate sheath,...
5720726 Balloon catheter having retention enhancements on the balloon  
A catheter for retrograde perfusion of the heart through the coronary sinus, which has an infusion lumen for introducing perfusion liquid into the heart, a retention means such as an inflatable...
5713861 Trauma urethral catheter and method of using same  
A Vanarthos trauma urethral catheter includes a central portion located between proximal and distal ends of the catheter so that, when the catheter is in an operative position, the central portion...
5662607 Cardioplegia catheter with elongated cuff  
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...
5624399 Catheter having an intracervical/intrauterine balloon made from polyurethane  
A catheter for non-surgical entry into the cervical canal or the uterus, comprising an elongated tubular catheter body. An inflatable balloon manufactured from a polyurethane material is disposed...
5624395 Urinary catheter having palpitatable valve and balloon and method for making same  
An indwelling urinary catheter having a palpitatable multiaxial dome-type valve and an inflatable anchoring balloon. The valve has a peripheral trough to maximize drainage. The catheter body and...
5562654 Time-released delivery system  
An apparatus is provided for the time-released delivery of a selected preparation into a patient's uterine cavity. The apparatus includes an osmotic pump for expelling the selected preparation over...
5562652 Antiseptic medical apparatus  
A water activated antiseptic sheet including a base member having opposed surfaces and a reservoir located within the base member, the reservoir containing a water-activated antiseptic agent,...
5556385 Improved percutaneous access device  
A device for percutaneous administration of fluid preparations into a body cavity, vessel or organ, the device including a tube having both a fluid lumen and an inflation lumen and defined by a...
5527336 Flow obstruction treatment method  
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the treatment of the symptoms of obstructive prostatism. The apparatus comprises an expandable dilation catheter and preferably an axially elongate sheath,...
5484409 Intravascular catheter and method for use thereof  
An intravascular catheter, such as a balloon catheter, and a method for use thereof, the catheter comprising an elongate shaft having an inflation lumen extending therethrough, an implement, such...
5370899 Catheter having lubricated outer sleeve and method for making same  
An elongated catheter having an interior and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface defines a lumen passing through the catheter. The catheter further including an enclosed cavity...
5358488 Device to control gastrostomy leakage  
A gastrostomy device including an elongate feeding tube having a first end for insertion through an opening in a patient's abdominal wall and a second end including a feeding inlet. An inflatable...
5354271 Vascular sheath  
A vascular sheath apparatus is used for placement of a medical device through a perforation in a side wall of a patient's blood vessel. An elongated cylindrical sheath has a distal end portion...
5354270 Surgical closure disk and balloon method  
A surgical closure device comprises an elongate tubular member having a balloon attached in a collapsed configuration to the tubular member at the distal end thereof. A disk is attached to the...
5342321 Low profile gastrostomy catheter  
A gastrostomy catheter for implantation through a stoma in the abdominal and stomach walls of a patient includes an integral external retention disc designed to be readily engagable by the...
5338297 Cervical canal balloon catheter  
A cervical canal obturator and infusing catheter comprises a threaded metal tube formed at one end with a balloon adapted to be expanded and snugly fit against the internal cervical os while a ring...
5306226 Urinary control with inflatable seal and method of using same  
A urine tube extends through a balloon which is inflatable in the neck of a bladder to form a seal around the urine tube. The balloon has a shape corresponding to the shape of the bladder chamber...
5269755 Catheter with outer membrane medicament delivery system  
A catheter is disclosed having an outer sheath made of a porous polymer material such as expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE). The sheath has a porosity to allow anti-microbial or...
5209754 Vaginal cervical retractor elevator  
A vaginal cervical retractor used to maneuver and visualize the uterus during various medical examinations and procedures would include an inner tube provided with a movable pair of plastic caps...
5167627 Stoma creator gastrostomy device and method for placement of a feeding tube  
A stoma creator is provided comprising a flexible tube having a first opening, a tapered dilator portion, having a second opening, the diameter of the first opening being greater than the diameter...
5112310 Apparatus and methods for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy  
The gastrostomy tube includes an elongated flexible wire guide and an elongated sleeve having a tapered end portion, the guide and sleeve having lengths sufficient to extend from a location outside...
5071405 Gastrostomy tube  
A replacement gastrostomy tube device is provided comprising a catheter shaft having an outer surface wall, with the shaft enclosing a feeding lumen of substantially circular cross-section and a...
4957485 Arrangement for the instillation of fluids in a urethra  
An arrangement for the instillation of fluids in a urethra comprising a tube of rigidity and diameter to be capable of being introduced into the urethra. The invention is characterized in that the...
4932958 Prostate balloon dilator  
An apparatus for dilation of the prostate urethra comprises a urinary catheter for insertion in the prostate urethra, dilation means mounted on the proximal section of the catheter and in...
4861334 Self-retaining gastrostomy tube  
A gastrostomy tube which is retained in place without the use of any stitching. The tube is held in place through the use of a balloon inside the stomach and a collar pressing against the abdominal...
4776845 Rectal-stomal insert apparatus  
The rectal-stomal insert apparatus is used for occluding an opening in a patient's colon and preventing uncontrolled leakage during examination with a colonoscope. The apparatus includes an...
4772260 Rectal catheter  
Particularly a rectal catheter for the removal of fluent material from the rectal cavity. The rectal catheter (18) comprises an elongated tubular member (20) forwardly insertable within the rectal...
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