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7604818 |
Polymers of fluorinated monomers and hydrocarbon monomers
A polymer of fluorinated monomers and hydrocarbon monomers is provided. It is also provided a polymer blend that contains a polymer formed of fluorinated monomers and hydrocarbon monomers and...
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7600530 |
Connector with check valve and method of use
A connector comprising a needless access device and a backflow check valve for transferring fluids and method therefor. The connector may have a first port, a second port, and a third port. A first...
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7571012 |
Apparatus for delivery of pharmaceuticals to the cochlea
An implantable tissue-stimulating device, such as a cochlear implant, having a resiliently flexible elongate member ( 11 ) having a plurality of electrodes ( 12 ) positioned thereon. The elongate...
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7556710 |
Catheters with lubricious linings and methods for making and using them
Coated devices for introduction into bodies and methods for making and using them are provided, such as delivery sheaths, guidewire lumen cores, and elongate leads. In one embodiment, a tubular...
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7479128 |
Protective coatings for medical devices
This invention relates to a method of providing a coating on a medical device, especially a dilatation balloon, which improves the durability of the balloon.
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7476223 |
Bladder catheter set
This invention proposes a urinary catheter set with a urinary catheter disposed in a sterile package, which urinary catheter has a catheter shaft, a catheter tip and a preferably funnel-shaped end...
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7476214 |
Selective coating of a balloon catheter with lubricious material for stent deployment
A predetermined arrangement of differentially lubricious areas on a balloon catheter for controlling against unexpected movement of a stent carried thereon when in situ in the body.
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7452345 |
Anti-infective endotracheal tube
A multi-lumen endotracheal tube has means for coating an inside and an outside surface of the endotracheal tube with antimicrobial and antibiofilm agents; means for releasing antimicrobial and...
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7431714 |
Reduced slippage balloon catheter and method of using same
A balloon catheter having a balloon with a reduced slippage lubricious coating, and a method of performing a medical procedure such as a balloon dilatation procedure in a patient's blood vessel....
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7402620 |
Lubricious coating
A lubricant coating vehicle for medical devices used to reduce the coefficient of friction of such devices upon exposure thereof to moisture. The lubricant coating vehicle allows the introduction...
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7380658 |
Vapor hydration of a hydrophilic catheter within a package
A vapor hydrated packaged catheter assembly and method of manufacturing and distributing same includes a gas impermeable package housing a catheter within a catheter-receiving cavity. The catheter...
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7365126 |
Medical device articles formed from polymer-inorganic hybrids prepared by ester-alkoxy transesterification reaction during melt processing
A shaped medical device article prepared from a polymer melt composition comprising a polymer ester, a transesterification catalyst, and a tri- or tetraalkoxy silane, by forming and solidifying...
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7357793 |
Polymers of fluorinated and hydrophilic monomers
A polymer blend that contains a polymer of fluorinated monomers and another biocompatible polymer. The polymer blend can form a coating on a medical device. The medical device can be used for...
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7331940 |
Percutaneous access device
A percutaneous access device is provided including a sleeve having an inner lumen extending therethrough that is adapted to slidably receive a catheter, and at least one flange disposed around the...
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7288264 |
Contact-killing antimicrobial devices
Contact killing antimicrobial articles, devices and formulations are described which kill microorganisms on contact. The articles, devices or formulations contain a non-leaching antimicrobial...
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7264859 |
Lubricious coating for medical devices
Medical devices having at least a portion thereof coated with a lubricious polymer are disclosed. The lubricious polymer can be, for instance, a hydrogel polymer, such as a quaternary amine...
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7258682 |
Method for manufacturing a hypodermic syringe with glued-in canula and hypodermic syringe
Method for producing a syringe with a glued cannula, in which a syringe body is provided with a lubricant internally at high temperature, and either the lubricant is prevented from penetrating into...
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7242980 |
Implantable heart stimulator with infection control current, employing counter electrode
An implantable heart stimulator has a pulse generator, implantable in a subcutaneous pocket, and an electrode lead connected thereto for delivering stimulation pulses to a patient's heart. The...
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7223226 |
Brachytherapy needle and methods for assembling same
Needles and methods of plugging a needle having a tip opening with an inside diameter and a needle tip length, wherein the methods generally comprise the steps of, providing a plug material having...
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7195615 |
System for providing a medical device with anti-microbial properties
A system for providing medical device with anti-microbial properties to prevent infections. The system includes a medical device having a portion for insertion into the body of a patient, a lumen,...
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7182758 |
Apparatus and method for drainage
An apparatus for drainage of a wound or surgical site of a human or animal fits anatomically, passes from inside the wound or surgical site percutaneously or covering an open wound surface and...
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7175646 |
Apparatus and method for percutaneous sealing of blood vessel punctures
A device for promoting hemostasis in a blood vessel puncture is employed with an introducer that accesses the puncture through an incision. The introducer has an open distal end positionable at the...
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7175611 |
Antimicrobial release system
The present invention relates to medical devices that are inserted or implanted into patients and that have antimicrobial coatings that release free radicals into the vicinity of the device. These...
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7169129 |
Apparatus and method for performing a tracheotomy
Apparatus and methods provide for a tracheotomy to be performed on a patient. The apparatus includes an applicator base with an aperture placed over the trachea. A firing mechanism is triggered by...
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7141246 |
Lubricious coating
A lubricant coating vehicle for medical devices used to reduce the coefficient of friction of such devices upon exposure thereof to moisture. The lubricant coating vehicle allows the introduction...
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7066912 |
Catheter wetting apparatus
A wetting apparatus ( 1 ) for wetting a hydrophilic urinary catheter ( 3 ), comprising: a wetting fluid container ( 4 ) containing a wetting fluid and being openable by the application of a pulling...
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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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7041108 |
Grasper mechanism with biased fixed flexure elements
An expansible and retractable mechanism of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,924,175 and/or a medical grasper of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,906,622 in which (1) the fixed flexure...
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7041088 |
Medical devices having durable and lubricious polymeric coating
A medical device having a contact surface exposed repeatedly to bodily tissue is disclosed. The contact surface is coated with a silicone polymer and one or more non-silicone hydrophobic polymers....
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7004962 |
Neuroaneurysm occlusion and delivery device and method of using same
A delivery device for delivering an implantable endoprosthesis with an occlusion region for occluding fluid flow to a desired location in a body lumen. The delivery device includes an outer sleeve...
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6986868 |
Method for sterilizing a medical device having a hydrophilic coating
A method for sterilizing a medical device having a hydrophilic coating using radiation, said method including the steps of bringing the medical device having such coating in contact with an aqueous...
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6969400 |
Synthetic implant with nonimmunogenicity coating
Provided are crosslinked polymer compositions that include a first synthetic polymer containing multiple nucleophilic groups covalently bound to a second synthetic polymer containing multiple...
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6939353 |
Variable composite sheath with interrupted sections
A medical device includes a handle, a sheath, and an object-engaging unit. The distal end portion of the sheath is strong enough to resist being deformed by the object-engaging unit, yet another...
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6921390 |
Long-term indwelling medical devices containing slow-releasing antimicrobial agents and having a surfactant surface
A medical device for long-term implantation is provided, as well as a method of making the same and a method of treatment using the same. The medical device comprises (1) a reservoir including (a)...
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6887270 |
Implantable or insertable medical device resistant to microbial growth and biofilm formation
Disclosed are implantable or insertable medical devices that provide resistance to microbial growth on and in the environment of the device and resistance to microbial adhesion and biofilm...
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6884429 |
Medical devices incorporating deuterated rapamycin for controlled delivery thereof
Deuterated rapamycin can be controllably introduced target locations within the patient's body by using an implantable medical device having a structure incorporated with a therapeutic agent...
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6872195 |
Chlorhexidine-containing medical devices
The present invention relates to polymeric medical articles comprising the anti-infective agents chlorhexidine and triclosan. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that the synergistic...
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6866936 |
Articles with hydrophilic coating
A water-based coating composition suitable for preparing hydrophilic surfaces on various articles is provided which includes a supporting polymer having functional moieties capable of undergoing...
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6866656 |
Lubricious coating for a medical device
A lubrication system is disclosed which minimizes friction and that is useful for application on the surface of a flexible portion of a medical device. Such a lubrication system includes a...
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6858021 |
Method for decreasing catheter-associated bacteriuria
A method for reducing the incidence of urinary tract infection in a patient having an indwelling catheter, through the use of a weak acidic solution to treat the catheter drainage bag used by the...
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6855126 |
Conformable balloonless catheter
Indwelling catheter having an upper distal end having a portion that can expand within a bladder type spaces without having to be inflated. An embodiment allows for at least one slit on an upper...
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6843784 |
Triclosan and silver compound containing medical devices
The present invention relates to polymeric medical articles comprising combinations of triclosan and silver-containing compounds. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that these agents...
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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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6783513 |
Body cavity access assembly and an associated medical procedure for dispensing a liquid
A body cavity access assembly includes a conduit having an exterior surface, a dispensing mechanism, and a reservoir for receiving a biologically active compound. The exterior surface of the...
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6767544 |
Methods for treating cardiovascular diseases with botulinum toxin
The present invention provides for methods of treating cardiovascular diseases in a mammal. The methods include a step of administering an effective amount of a botulinum toxin directly to a blood...
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6761708 |
Radiopaque marker for a catheter and method of making
A catheter having a radiopaque marker and a method of forming the radiopaque marker on the catheter component. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of making a radiopaque marker...
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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...
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6746773 |
Coatings for medical devices
The present invention includes biocompatible coatings and films for use on implantable medical devices and medical devices containing such coatings and films applied to a surface thereof, which...
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6746428 |
High temperature dry heat sterilizable syringe barrel and needle cannula assembly
A hypodermic syringe barrel and needle cannula assembly is provided that is capable of being dry heat sterilized at temperatures of greater than about 250° C. and up to about 350° C. in which the...
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6730120 |
Medical device for delivering a therapeutic substance and method therefor
A device useful for localized delivery of a therapeutic material is provided. The device includes a structure including a porous material; and a water-insoluble salt of a therapeutic material...
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