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7613503 |
Device with infusion holes for imaging inside a blood vessel
An imaging device such as a catheter has a plurality of infusion holes adapted to infuse liquid into the blood stream while substantially preventing radial jetting. An example imaging catheter...
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7591831 |
Medical devices comprising nanocomposites
The present invention provides medical devices comprising nanocomposite materials. By utilizing nanocomposites in the production thereof, the inventive medical devices can be produced with various...
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7582071 |
Introducer seal assembly
A unique surgical system and method of use includes a seal assembly which is initially mountable about a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument with mounted seal assembly is thereafter...
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7530976 |
Fluid exchange system for controlled and localized irrigation and aspiration
The control of fluid introduction into and out of body conduits such as vessels, is of great concern in medicine. As the development of more particular treatments to vessels and organs continues it...
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7481799 |
Delivery source of oxygen
The invention described herein consists of an oxygen deliver source for local blood or tissue oxygenation. The invention consists of porous polymer structures being part of a medical device from...
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7473239 |
Single expandable double lumen cannula assembly for veno-venous ECMO
The present invention provides an apparatus, system, and method of use of a simple, less invasive, self-expandable percutaneous double lumen cannula assembly for VV ECMO that overcomes the...
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7472705 |
Methods of forming a nebulizing catheter
A method and apparatus for delivering a medicine to a patient via the patient's respiratory system with control and efficiency. A nebulization catheter is positioned in the patient's respiratory...
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7469458 |
Method of assembling a catheter with integrated pre-slit cannula diaphragm
A pre-slit cannula diaphragm is integrated into a peripheral venous catheter to provide a cannula ready intravenous catheter with a cannula chamber closed to the environment, thereby reducing the...
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7465298 |
Methods and systems for delivering liquid substances to tissues surrounding body lumens
Methods, systems, and apparatus for delivering drugs and other substances to extraluminal tissue surrounding a body lumen are described. Catheters are used to inject the drug or other substance...
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7455660 |
Locking guidewire straightener
A guidewire straightener assembly ( 50,200,300,400 ) including a guidewire tube ( 56,250,450 ) with a tubular passage therethrough having a first diameter and a distal end, optionally including a...
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7452532 |
Transluminal application of adult stem cells for body organ tissue repair
A method for repairing tissue of a selected organ from among heart, brain, liver, pancreas, kidney, glands, and muscles in a patient's body. Adult stem cells that have the capability to repair...
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7452352 |
Methods for preventing distal embolization from the vertebrobasilar artery using flow reversal
The invention provides a medical device having a catheter and one or more expandable constricting/occluding members. The catheter has a lumen communicating with a port at its distal end. The lumen...
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7438710 |
Distal protection device with local drug infusion by physician to maintain patency
The present invention provides for a local drug delivery mechanism for use with a protection device. An infusing device is used to charge the drug into the catheter lumen toward a distal portion of...
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7427281 |
Method of delivering fluid mixtures to multiple patients
An injection apparatus for delivering fluid to multiple patients includes a first fluid source, a second fluid source, and a fluid path disposed between the first and second fluid sources and a...
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7414035 |
hKIS composition and methods of use
Disclosed herein are novel composition and methods for altering the proliferation of a cell. Included are wild-type and mutant hKIS polypeptides along with cyclin kinase inhibitors containing...
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7390322 |
Dialysis catheter and methods of insertion
A method of inserting a dialysis catheter into a patient comprising the steps of inserting a guidewire into the jugular vein of the patient through the superior vena cava and into the inferior vena...
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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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7302289 |
Readable probe array for in-vivo use
A disposable high density optically readable polydeoxynucleotide array with integral fluorescence excitation and fluorescence emission channels is described. The compact array size allows...
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7294123 |
Activatable bioactive vascular occlusive device and method of use
A vascular occlusive device which includes a support structure and a bioactive coating disposed onto the support structure and an outer barrier coating which serves to prevent a reaction between...
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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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7250041 |
Retrograde pressure regulated infusion
A delivery catheter that includes a flexible shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having an outer diameter less than about 13 mm; a delivery lumen having a proximal end and...
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7250027 |
Articulating vertebrae with asymmetrical and variable radius of curvature
An endoscope has a first segment with a proximal end and a distal end and is symmetric about an axis. A second segment, comprising a flexible and interconnected linkage system, is pivotably coupled...
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7232435 |
Delivery of a sympatholytic cardiovascular agent to the central nervous system to counter heart failure and pathologies associated with heart failure
A sympatholytic cardiovascular agent delivered by a drug delivery pump to a central nervous system site to alleviate symptoms and otherwise treat heart failure (HF) and pathologies associated with...
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7217425 |
Autologous coatings for implants
A hydrocephalus shunt having an anti-inflammatory coating applied to at least the outside surface of the ventricular catheter. Such coatings are also applicable to other medical devices or implants.
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7208008 |
Balloonless direct stenting device
A delivery system for a stent includes a catheter having an elongated inner member and at least one flexible, longitudinally oriented outer member that is operably attached to the distal portion of...
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7201918 |
Compositions, systems and methods for treatment of defects in blood vessels
Methods and systems are provided for treating a vascular structure having a defect, for example, a cerebral artery having a weakened wall that has formed an aneurysm. The methods include...
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7184827 |
Shrinkage of dilatations in the body
A method and system for shrinking dilatations of a body, removing excess, weak or diseased tissue, and strengthening remaining tissues of the lumen walls. A catheter is disposed near the dilatation...
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7179250 |
Methods and apparatus for treating body tissues and bodily fluid vessels
According to a method of occluding a bodily fluid vessel, a catheter is provided that has a first passage. The first passage has an occlusion element housed therein. The catheter is positioned in...
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7172571 |
Apparatus and method for retrograde placement of sagittal sinus drainage catheter
A method of inserting a drainage catheter into a sagittal sinus having blood flow from an upstream to a downstream direction. A burr hole is created, if necessary, in the cranium of the patient...
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7166098 |
Medical assembly with transducer for local delivery of a therapeutic substance and method of using same
A medical assembly is used to deliver a therapeutic substance to a treatment area. The medical assembly comprises a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end, a transducer supported by at...
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7156836 |
Cannula assembly
A double cannula assembly for medical or veterinary use includes a first cannula ( 10 ) for insertion into a blood vessel in a conventional manner. This first cannula is an outer cannula and a...
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7147631 |
Rapid exchange dilation catheter for non-vascular applications
A flexible catheter for insertion into a body lumen, comprises a guide wire lumen extending from a distal port at a distal end of the catheter to a proximal port separated from a proximal end of...
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7141050 |
Catheter with a plurality of wire guide access parts
A physician access system comprising a catheter for use with an endoscope, the catheter including a wire guide lumen having a plurality of access ports disposed along an intermediate portion...
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7141045 |
Methods for enhancing fluid flow through an obstructed vascular site, and systems and kits for use in practicing the same
Methods of enhancing fluid flow through a vascular site occupied by a vascular occlusion, as well as systems and kits for use in practicing the same, are provided. In practicing the subject...
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7122541 |
Methods of inhibiting metastases
The invention relates to methods for preventing and treating disseminating cancers. Inhibition metastases of a primary tumor to a liver tissue is carried out by directly contacting a liver tissue...
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7108704 |
Percutaneous mechanical fragmentation catheter system
A percutaneous thrombolytic device, also referred to herein as a percutaneous mechanical fragmentation catheter system, that includes a wire cage or basket attached to a rotational drive motor. The...
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7087582 |
Combination for site-specifically transforming cells in vivo comprising a double-balloon catheter and nucleic acid comprising a gene encoding P21
The present invention provides a combination including a double-balloon catheter and a nucleic acid encoding the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor p21. The nucleic acid may also encode HLA-B7, an...
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7052486 |
Method and system for treating depressive and anxiety disorders
A method and system for treating depressive and anxiety disorders is disclosed. The method and system of the present invention comprises operating a programmable pump for the delivery of at least...
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7048727 |
Continuous feeding and decompressing device and method
A decompressing and feeding device for safely feeding in the gastrointestinal tract of a recovering patient continuously aspirates and feeds at a rate commensurate with the ability of the...
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7029466 |
Cardiac drug delivery system and method for use
Implantable cardiac drug delivery systems. The systems are installed endocardially into a chamber in the heart, and are variously capable of delivering anti-arrhythmia agents into the heart wall,...
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7022116 |
Method for monitoring bolus delivery
A method for monitoring a bolus delivered to a pressure-responsive valve of a fluid infusion catheter includes delivering the bolus through the infusion catheter over a period of time lasting...
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7014626 |
Dual-lumen peel-away sheath introducer
A system and method for introducing medical devices within vasculature that incorporates a dual lumen introducer allowing a plurality of guidewires to be introduced without entanglement. The...
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7011654 |
Dilating and support apparatus with disease inhibitors and methods for use
A dilating and support apparatus with disease inhibitors and methods for use is disclosed that is particularly useful for repairing and/or serving as a conduit for body passageways that require...
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7008411 |
Method and apparatus for treating vulnerable plaque
An apparatus and method to treat vulnerable plaque. In one embodiment, the apparatus has an elongated catheter body adapted for insertion in a body lumen, with a drug delivery device attached near...
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6999809 |
Central venous catheter having a soft tip and fiber optics
A multiple lumen catheter having a soft, tapered multiple lumen distal tip for insertion into a body vessel. One of the lumens is sized to pass over a guidewire such that the catheter can be...
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6965795 |
Impedance spectroscopy method for monitoring ischemic mucosal damage in hollow viscous organs
Alternate embodiments of an impedance spectroscopy method are disclosed for monitoring ischemic mucosal damage in hollow viscous organs. In each embodiment, a sensor catheter is placed inside a...
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6964657 |
Catheter system and method for injection of a liquid embolic composition and a solidification agent
A catheter according to the present invention includes a multiple lumen catheter for delivery of a liquid embolic composition through a first lumen and delivery of a solidification agent through a...
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6953453 |
Contrast medium delivery system and associated method
A device cooperating with a pump for guiding a contrast medium from a source thereof to a catheter for delivery to a patient's vascular system. The device comprises a dual check valve, a tubular...
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6949092 |
Continuous feeding and decompressing device, tube assembly, and methods
A decompressing and feeding device for safely feeding in the gastrointestinal tract of a recovering patient continuously aspirates and feeds at a rate commensurate with the ability of the...
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6945969 |
Catheter for target specific drug delivery
A medical catheter comprising a proximal end having an opening for fluid containing a therapeutic drug, a distal end, the distal end defining at least one opening, and a porous portion covering the...
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