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7485099 Systems and methods for determining pressure and spacing relating to anatomical structures  
Systems and methods for measuring the pressure exerted between or within anatomical masses/structures, as well as the position and/or spatial dimensions of an anatomical structure. According to a...
7473237 Apparatus for auto-retroperfusion of a coronary vein  
An apparatus and method for automatically retroperfusing a coronary vein. The apparatus includes an intraluminal graft having a tubular body extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The...
7384411 Multi-purpose catheters, catheter systems, and radiation treatment  
Tis invention is new apparatuses and methods for treatments to be used from inside conduits or biological pathways. Examples of the biological pathways in which these new apparatuses and methods...
7214220 Intravascular device with carrier tube engagement member  
An intravascular device having an elongate shaft and a proximal hub assembly. The proximal hub assembly includes an interference fit member (IFM) which forms an interference fit with a carrier tube...
7108684 Drug delivery balloon catheter  
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for delivering a drug to a selected site in the vascular system of a patient. More specifically, the apparatus is a balloon catheter...
7029468 Catheter assembly with side wall exit lumen and method therefor  
A catheter assembly includes a catheter body that extends from a distal end to a proximal end. The catheter body includes a delivery lumen, and an actuator lumen, where the actuator lumen extends...
6951554 Deflecting catheter  
A catheter includes a distal end, a proximal end, an outer tube extending from the distal end to the proximal end, and an inner tube extending through the outer tube. The distal end including a...
6946173 Catheter balloon formed of ePTFE and a diene polymer  
A catheter balloon formed of a polymeric material such as expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) bonded to a second layer formed of a low tensile set polymer and/or impregnated with a low tensile...
6939321 Catheter balloon having improved balloon bonding  
A balloon catheter and a method of making the balloon catheter, having a balloon which is bonded to an elongated shaft, and which has a first layer and a second layer and an improved strong bond...
6923827 Balloon catheter device  
Balloon catheters having the strength and maximum inflated diameter characteristics of an angioplasty balloon and having the recovery characteristics during deflation of an elastic embolectomy...
6884257 Stent delivery system with adjustable length balloon  
A stent delivery system with an adjustable length balloon. The system includes a stent delivery catheter having an expandable member with an inflated length that can be adjusted according to the...
6749584 Balloon protector sleeve  
A protector sleeve is disclosed for protecting an expandable member disposed on a catheter during pre-deployment handling. In one embodiment, the protector sleeve includes a tubular member with...
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...
6695863 Sheath for an adjustable length balloon  
A dilatation catheter assembly which has a dilatation catheter with a sheath mounted on the catheter shaft having an inner lumen extending in the distal portion of the sheath which is configured to...
6645222 Puncture resistant branch artery occlusion device and methods of use  
Methods and apparatus are provided for removing emboli during an angioplasty, stenting, or surgical procedure comprising apparatus for occluding a branch artery to prevent reversal of flow during...
6605056 Conformable balloon  
A medical device comprises an inner tube and an outer tube disposed about at least a portion of the inner tube. A balloon extends from the distal end of the outer tube. Within the balloon is a...
6602226 Low-profile stent delivery system and apparatus  
A medical device delivery apparatus has an inner tube with a medical device receiving region at the distal end, a balloon assembly movably disposed about the inner tube and a medical balloon...
6582394 Stent and catheter assembly and method for treating bifurcated vessels  
An apparatus and method is provided for stenting bifurcated vessels. A main-vessel stent and delivery system is provided for implanting a stent in the main vessel of a bifurcated vessel, wherein...
6537247 Shrouded strain relief medical balloon device and method of use  
A dilation catheter device comprising a shroud tube having a total preselected diameter effective for use in a preselected body lumen, the shroud tube having a strain relief tube extending...
6527740 Medical regrooming and drug delivery device  
A regrooming device for a balloon catheter, comprising a tubular member having a proximal section, a distal section, and an inner lumen extending therein configured to receive a balloon of a...
6506202 Expandable stent dimensional retention system and method  
A system used in a blood vessel when an interventional procedure is being performed in a stenosed or occluded region, which is capable of treating an entire affected area in a blood vessel while...
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...
6471672 Selective high pressure dilation balloon  
A high pressure dilation medical device delivery catheter having a proximal and distal end comprising two tubes mounted generally concentrically about an inner tube. The balloons being...
6312442 Method for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic hernia repair  
Method for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic hernia repair comprising separating a first layer of tissue from a second layer of tissue for creating an anatomic operating space for the...
6110146 Protector for catheter balloon with guidewire backloading system  
A balloon protector for the balloon of a dilatation catheter includes a distally extending flared section that defines a funnel receptive to a guidewire in order to facilitate backloading of the...
6099497 Dilatation and stent delivery system for bifurcation lesions  
The present invention provides a dilatation and stent delivery device which tracks over two guidewires. One guidewire is disposed in each branch vessel of a bifurcation. The present invention...
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...
5843027 Balloon sheath  
Disclosed is a tuvular sheath which is adapted to fit coaxially over an inflatable balloon. The sheath functions to alter the expansion characteristics of the balloon. In one preferred embodiment,...
5766203 Sheath with expandable distal extremity and balloon catheters and stents for use therewith and method  
A sheath for advancement into a vessel of a patient having a stenosis therein which at least partially occludes the flow of blood in the vessel. A flexible elongate tubular member has proximal and...
5749852 Sheath system for autoperfusion dilatation catheter balloon  
A sheath arrangement for spiral balloon catheters which permits improved perfusion during dilation of a body vessel. Methods of making the sheath and assembling the sheath onto a balloon and the...
5584852 Guided locking balloon protector  
The present invention is for a guided locking balloon protector (10) for a dilatation catheter balloon (30) which consists of a proximal cylindrical component (15) with a distal end and a proximal...
5569294 Two piece balloon protector  
The present invention is for a two piece balloon protector (5) which consists of an cylindrical tube (10) and an inner elastomeric member (15). The inner elastomeric member (15) has a outer...
5549551 Adjustable length balloon catheter  
A dilatation catheter having a balloon with an inflated length than can be adjusted according to the length of stenosis to be dilated. In one embodiment an exterior sheath having an expandable...
5533516 Sample collection  
Taking a bodily sample, e.g., a cell sample, from deep within the body of a patient and collecting the sample outside the body to facilitate treatment of the patient. A sampling probe is provided...
5522801 Integrate-forming silicone balloon catheter  
An integrate-forming silicone balloon catheter suitable for use as a urethral catheter, endotracheal tube, gastrostomy tube, nephrostomy catheter, hematuria catheter, etc. The catheter including a...
5458615 Stent delivery system  
The invention is directed to a stent delivery method and system which generally includes an elongated delivery sheath and a catheter disposed within an outer lumen of the sheath having an...
5443495 Polymerization angioplasty balloon implant device  
A balloon/stent device for enlarging in situ to fit against a vessel wall and hardening in place.
5441485 Bladder catheter  
A catheter comprises a relatively stiff drainage tube having an inflatable sheath telescoped thereover. The sheath is inflated after insertion of the tube and sheath into the urethra of a patient....
5425709 Sheath for a balloon catheter  
A sheath for a balloon dilatation catheter has a distal guide spring, a proximal tubular shaft, and an expandable portion connected to and between the guide spring and the shaft. The sheath is...
5425710 Coated sleeve for wrapping dilatation catheter balloons  
A hollow, cylindrical protector for a dilatation catheter balloon. The disclosed protector is made from silicone tubing having a coating on at least an inner surface thereof for enhancing the...
5417707 Dilatation balloon protector with raised ribs  
A one-piece balloon protector apparatus for a dilatation catheter. The disclosed protector comprises a unitary, planar element having two sets of longitudinal ribs, one set being disposed on a...
5376074 Outer exchange catheter system  
This invention relates to corporeal catheters. More particularly, this invention relates to an outer exchange catheter system comprising an outer catheter sheath and at least one steerable inner...
5370614 Method for making a drug delivery balloon catheter  
A balloon catheter includes a sheath surrounding the balloon, the sheath having a longitudinal line of weakness and a drug-containing viscous matrix material intermediate between the balloon and...
5360401 Catheter for stent delivery  
A stent delivery catheter system employing a retractable protective sheath for protecting a body lumen from a stent delivered by the catheter. The catheter has a plurality of lumens, with at least...
5353783 Endoscopic method using sheath  
An endoscopic method utilizes a substantially thin-walled elongate tubular sheath including an annular inflatable balloon, the sheath having a use configuration with an inner diameter larger than...
5342297 Bailout receptacle for angioplasty catheter  
A bailout system for procedures involving angioplasty catheters, comprising a receptacle sized to fit inside an angioplasty guiding catheter, comprising an elongate tubular shaft having a lumen...
5338296 Catheter and sheath assembly  
A catheter is provided, adapted to be delivered to a situs in a body passageway by being contained within a sheath. The distal end of the catheter comprises an enlargement which precludes...
5337730 Endoscope cleansing catheter and method of use  
A cleansing catheter for cleaning debris from the fiberoptic window ends of bronchoscopes, other endoscopes and the like, comprises a hollow catheter shaft (26) with an inflatable balloon (28) at...
5338300 Performance enhancement adaptor for intravascular balloon catheter  
An adaptor for use with balloons of intravascular balloon catheters commonly used for treating conditions of the vascular system includes a hollow member and an elongated positioning member, which...
5324261 Drug delivery balloon catheter with line of weakness  
A balloon catheter includes a sheath surrounding the balloon, the sheath having a longitudinal line of weakness and a drug-containing viscous matrix material intermediate between the balloon and...
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