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8157766 |
Torqueable kink-resistant guidewire
An occlusive guidewire system having an ergonomic handheld control mechanism and torqueable kink-resistant guidewire having a distally located inflatable balloon. The present invention provides...
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8100856 |
Balloon catheter
The invention discloses a balloon catheter comprising a catheter shaft, at the distal end of which an inflatable balloon is arranged and at the proximal end of which a connecting piece is arranged,...
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8025637 |
Medical balloons and processes for preparing same
A medical device such as a catheter, stent or balloon, is formed by depositing a radiation curable composition on a form made of ice or wax. The deposited composition may be cured by irradiation,...
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8021329 |
Catheter including a compliant balloon
A catheter having an elongate shaft including a plurality of apertures disposed along at least a length of the shaft to facilitate bending. The catheter includes an inflatable balloon, wherein a...
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8021352 |
Unfused catheter body feature and methods of manufacture
The disclosure is directed to tubular bodies for catheters. An inner tubular catheter body has an inner layer, a braided portion over the inner layer and an outer layer. The outer layer is fused to...
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8002744 |
Non-compliant medical balloon
A non-compliant fiber-reinforced medical balloon comprises a first fiber layer and a second fiber layer embedded in a continuous matrix of thermally-weldable polymer material defining a barrel...
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7993303 |
Stiffening support catheter and methods for using the same
A support catheter that can puncture a heart septum with a guidewire without buckling and that can access difficult to reach arteries such as carotid or renal arteries from the aorta under...
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7972299 |
Balloon catheter with deflation mechanism
A balloon catheter including an inflatable balloon affixed to a catheter. The proximal end of the balloon is fixedly connected to the distal end of the catheter, and the distal end of the balloon...
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7967781 |
Rapid exchange balloon catheter having a reinforced inner tubular member
A balloon catheter including an elongated shaft having an inflation lumen, a guidewire lumen, a proximal shaft section, and a distal shaft section with a balloon on the distal shaft section, the...
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7914487 |
Non-compliant medical balloon having braided or knitted reinforcement
A non-compliant medical balloon comprises a base balloon including a pair of spaced-apart, generally conical end sections and a generally cylindrical center section connected therebetween. A...
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7879053 |
Balloon with stepped sections and implements
A catheter balloon may include a proximal waist portion, a proximal cone portion, a first body portion, a second body portion, a third body portion, a distal cone portion and a distal waist...
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7780650 |
Rotate-to-advance catheterization system
A camera assembly for positioning within a bodily passageway, including a camera, a catheter adapted to retain the camera, and a rotary coupling interconnecting the catheter and the camera. The...
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7762984 |
Catheter
A catheter includes a distal shaft, and a proximal shaft having its distal portion inserted and fixed in the distal shaft. The distal shaft includes a guide wire lumen, and a distal shaft lumen,...
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7763012 |
Devices and methods for crossing a chronic total occlusion
A catheter comprises an elongate tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, and a deflectable tip at the distal end of the elongate tubular member. The deflectable tip comprises a first...
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7682335 |
Non-compliant medical balloon having an integral non-woven fabric layer
A non-compliant medical balloon may be changed from a deflated state to an inflated state by increasing pressure within the balloon. The non-compliant medical balloon is composed of a matted fabric...
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7658723 |
Catheter having plurality of stiffening members
The invention includes a catheter having an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a plurality of stiffening members disposed...
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7632242 |
Catheter including a compliant balloon
A catheter having an elongate shaft including a plurality of apertures disposed along at least a length of the shaft to facilitate bending. The catheter includes an inflatable balloon, wherein a...
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7628769 |
Catheter having overlapping stiffening members
Catheter including an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a guidewire lumen along at least a portion of the elongate main...
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7625353 |
Catheter having first and second guidewire tubes and overlapping stiffening members
The invention includes a catheter having an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a first guidewire lumen and a second guidewire...
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7488304 |
Covered hypotube to distal port bond
A catheter assembly and method for constructing same comprises engagement of a proximal tubular member to a distal outer tubular member. At least a portion of the exterior surface of the proximal...
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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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7294124 |
Hypotube with improved strain relief
A hypotube for an intravenous catheter device is disclosed which includes a tubular shaft having a tubular wall defining a lumen. The shaft includes a main section integrally connected to a distal...
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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...
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7273471 |
Catheter balloon having a porous layer with ridges
A balloon catheter having a balloon with a porous polymer layer and one or more filamentary members which are on or in the porous polymer layer and which form ridges protruding outwardly from a...
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7252650 |
Balloon catheter
The present invention relates to a balloon portion for a balloon catheter for radially expanding a vessel in the body of a mammal, which catheter comprises a tube portion with a passage...
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7232432 |
Particle-removing medical device and method
A particle-removing medical device includes an outer, hollow tube having a tube distal end and a porous braided structure having a distal part and a proximal part. Structure, housed within the tube...
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7195611 |
Rapid exchange balloon catheter having a reinforced inner tubular member
A balloon catheter including an elongated shaft having an inflation lumen, a guidewire lumen, a proximal shaft section, and a distal shaft section with a balloon on the distal shaft section, the...
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7189215 |
Catheter with full-length core wire shaft for core wire interchangeability
A catheter to be used without a guidewire which includes a support wire shaft formed of metal, a balloon mounted on a distal portion of the catheter, and an inflation shaft for inflating the...
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7179345 |
Inflatable balloon catheter seal and method
An improved balloon catheter seal which may be used for attaching an inflatable balloon to a catheter body, especially when the balloon and catheter body are formed from dissimilar materials. The...
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7172796 |
Balloon catheter
A balloon catheter includes a long-sized body extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the body internally having at least one lumen, and a balloon made from a composite material composed...
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7087039 |
Perfusion balloon angioplasty catheter
A balloon angioplasty catheter having a balloon head assembly carried at the distal end of an elongated catheter body. The balloon head assembly includes an inflatable balloon envelope and a...
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7026026 |
Balloons made from liquid crystal polymer blends
Balloons for use on medical devices such as catheter balloons are formed from polymer blend products which include a liquid crystal polymer (LCP), a crystallizable thermoplastic polymer, especially...
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7022106 |
Catheter having enhanced distal pushability
Apparatus for enhancing pushability and minimizing kinking of a balloon catheter is provided, wherein a catheter comprises inner and outer tubes, and a balloon that is proximally affixed to the...
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7001420 |
Coil reinforced multilayered inner tubular member for a balloon catheter
A catheter having an elongated shaft formed of a polymeric tubular member with at least a section having a lubricious inner layer defining the guidewire lumen, a coiled support member at least...
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6991626 |
Polymer jacket with adhesive inner layer
The invention is an elongate intracorporeal member having a polymer jacket secured to a high strength shaft with the polymer jacket having an outer layer of polymeric material and an inner layer...
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6977103 |
Dimensionally stable balloons
An inflatable medical balloon comprises a polymer matrix material and a plurality of fibers distributed in the matrix material. The plurality of fibers operatively adhere to the matrix material and...
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6966891 |
Catheter
A catheter includes a sheath main body portion, a first lumen, a sheath distal end portion, and a second lumen. The sheath main body portion is inserted into an organism. The first lumen is a...
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6960222 |
Catheter having a funnel-shaped occlusion balloon of uniform thickness and methods of manufacture
Methods and apparatus are provided for removing emboli during an angioplasty, stenting or surgical procedure comprising a catheter having a funnel-shaped occlusion balloon of uniform thickness...
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6923788 |
Catheter having a low-friction guidewire lumen and method of manufacture
A catheter shaft for a catheter includes a centrally-located guidewire lumen. A body portion of the catheter shaft includes arc-shaped nodes that define a guidewire track within the guidewire...
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6746425 |
Medical balloon
The present invention is directed to a non-compliant medical balloon suitable for angioplasty and other medical procedures and which integrally includes very thin inelastic fibers having high...
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6733487 |
Balloon catheter with distal guide wire lumen
An over-the-wire balloon dilatation catheter has a stainless steel hypotube catheter shaft, an intermediate sleeve section bonded to the shaft and a distal balloon section connected to the sleeve...
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6695812 |
Catheter with enhanced flexibility
A balloon catheter system generally having an elongated catheter shaft with enhanced flexibility to facilitate more distal advancement within a patient's body lumen. The catheter shaft has a...
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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...
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6685720 |
Catheter having improved shaped retention
A catheter for use in a body vessel includes a relatively stiff proximal shaft that is shaped as a tube formed with a lumen and having a proximal end and a distal end. Further, the catheter...
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6663648 |
Balloon catheter with floating stiffener, and procedure
A balloon dilatation catheter has a relatively stiff and strong proximal cannula made of a material such as for example metal hypotubing. The distal end of the catheter includes an inflatable...
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6629951 |
Devices for creating collateral in the lungs
The devices and methods disclosed herein are directed to altering gaseous flow within a lung to improve the expiration cycle of, for instance, an individual having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary...
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6629952 |
High pressure vascular balloon catheter
The present invention relates to a high pressure vascular balloon catheter wherein the walls of the tube attached to the balloon-forming segment are reinforced with a braided ribbon member. The...
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6616651 |
Intravascular microcatheter with embedded helical coil reinforcement member and methods and apparatus for making same
A unitary intravascular microcatheter with a continuous embedded helical coil reinforcement member and a method for making same are provided. Multiple catheters are manufactured from a continuous...
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6602270 |
Reduced size intra-aortic balloon catheter
A reduced size IAB catheter system comprising an IAB catheter disposed within a tube serving both as a insertion sheath and as a reinforcement tube. The tube is preferably disposed about the entire...
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6503244 |
High pressure injection system
A catheter and system for delivering viscous fluid, under high pressures, into the vasculature of a patient includes a catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end, a reinforcing member...
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