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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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7575569 |
Apparatus and methods for delivering stem cells and other agents into cardiac tissue
Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for delivering stem cells or other agents to cardiac tissue surrounding a cardiac vessel or to tissue adjacent other body lumens. The apparatus includes...
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7566317 |
A-V dialysis graft
An improvement to an A-V dialysis graft construction that includes an elongated length of polymer tubing having an inlet end and an outlet end adapted to be attached to access needles. The...
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7566316 |
Dialysis catheter
A dialysis catheter comprising a first portion having a first dianeter, an elongated distal portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and a transition region between the...
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7549984 |
Method of compressing a portion of a lung
The invention provides methods of performing lung volume reduction to treat a patient. One aspect of the invention provides a method of compressing a first portion of a lung of a patient including...
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7547316 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting flexible areal polymer implants
A minimally invasive approach to adjusting the amount of support on an anatomical structure. The methods and apparatus described include the use of a tape for supporting an anatomical structure....
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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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7494486 |
Method of removing debris corresponding with the R-wave
A method and device for injecting and extracting fluid at a treatment site to remove debris from the site.
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7494485 |
Fluidic interventional device and method of distal protection
A catheter for injecting and extracting fluids to interact with material at a treatment site in the body.
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7494484 |
Method of removing particulate debris with an interventional device
The present invention relates to an interventional device for interacting with occlusive material. A wall attachment jet moves and removes particulate from lumens such as vessels.
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7488314 |
Mechanical apparatus and method for dilating and delivering a therapeutic agent to a site of treatment
The present method comprises the steps of advancing the coated expansion member to the obstruction in a vessel and applying opposed forces on said expansion member in an axial direction to move the...
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7485104 |
Systems and methods for controlling renovascular perfusion
Devices, systems and methods by which the real or apparent renovascular perfusion and intrarenal pressure may be selectively and controllably increased. By selectively and controllably increasing...
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7479149 |
Balloon configuring apparatus
A device for configuring an inflatable balloon of a balloon catheter assembly comprises a body with a plurality of inflatable members defining a channel therebetween. The channel is sized to...
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7470251 |
Gastro-occlusive device
A gastro-occlusive device, comprising a balloon disposable in a stomach cavity of a patient, and inflatable therein to occlude a portion of the volume of the stomach cavity, a gas flow tube coupled...
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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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7452351 |
Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus
Methods, devices and systems facilitate diagnosis, and in some cases treatment, of back pain originating in intervertebral discs. Methods generally involve introducing one or more substances into...
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7422579 |
Emboli protection devices and related methods of use
An evacuation sheath assembly and method of treating occluded vessels which reduces the risk of distal embolization during vascular interventions is provided. The evacuation sheath assembly...
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7419497 |
Methods for treating ethmoid disease
Devices, systems and methods for stenting, spacing, draining, ventilating and/or delivering drugs and other therapeutic or diagnostic substances to desired locations within the bodies of human or...
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7410480 |
Devices and methods for delivering therapeutic substances for the treatment of sinusitis and other disorders
Devices and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic or diagnostic substances to desired locations within the bodies of human or non-human animal subjects. An implantable delivery device...
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7374560 |
Emboli protection devices and related methods of use
An evacuation sheath assembly and method of treating occluded vessels which reduces the risk of distal embolization during vascular interventions is provided. The evacuation sheath assembly...
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7367959 |
Device for cardiocirculatory assistance
A device for cardiocirculatory assistance, also named a ventricular assist device, includes a haematic pump ( 50 ) with a pump body ( 7 ) having an inner space ( 21 ) defined by a rigid structure (...
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7361168 |
Implantable device and methods for delivering drugs and other substances to treat sinusitis and other disorders
Implantable devices and methods for delivering drugs and other substances to locations within the body of a human or animal subject to treat or diagnose sinusitis and a variety of other disorders....
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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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7344515 |
Guiding catheter with embolic protection by proximal occlusion
A guiding catheter includes an elongate shaft with a central lumen and a mechanically expandable sealing membrane mounted about the distal end of the shaft. An expansion wire is slidably disposed...
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7338480 |
Diagnosis catheter for interstitial cystitis
A diagnosis catheter 1 for an interstitial cystitis is connected to a current perception threshold inspection apparatus 4 . A catheter body 11 is made of a soft flexible material and includes...
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7338467 |
Device for minimally invasive intravascular aortic valve extraction
A perfusion catheter includes at least one perfusion channel and at least two dilation units disposed at a distance from each other at the distal catheter region in the longitudinal extension of...
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7335192 |
Apparatus and methods for treating congestive heart disease
Methods and apparatus are provided for treating congestive heart by actively or passively enhancing perfusion to the renal arteries. A first embodiment comprises a specially configured balloon...
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7291139 |
Retrograde cannula having automatically inflatable balloon
Cardioplegia is delivered to a heart vessel by conducting the cardioplegia through an infusion lumen of a cannula. The cardioplegia communicates with a balloon disposed on a distal end of the...
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7279208 |
Thin-wall polytetrafluoroethylene tube
A thin-wall PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) tube in the form of a tube of porous expanded PTFE film wherein the porous PTFE film has a microstructure containing a multiplicity of fibrils. The...
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7273468 |
Steerable fiberoptic epidural balloon catheter and scope
Devices for and methods of treating afflictions occurring in a body cavity, such as the epidural space. The methods and devices provide for fluoroscopic assisted placement of a fiber optic...
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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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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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7226440 |
Method and device for accessing a pericardial space
A method for accessing a pericardial space of a heart of a mammalian patient is disclosed comprising: guiding a catheter through a coronary sinus of the heart and to a cardiac vein; advancing said...
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7220253 |
Gastrojejunal feeding tube
An adjustable size balloon at the distal end of a feeding tube is used to aid in positioning, along with an endoscope, the tube in the jejunum or small bowel of a patient, without creating an...
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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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7195017 |
Collateral ventilation bypass trap system
A long term oxygen therapy system having an oxygen supply directly linked with a patients lung or lungs may be utilized to more efficiently treat hypoxia caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary...
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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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7182756 |
Device for directing a wire guide
A device for directing a wire guide into a bodily passageway such as a branch of the biliary tree or other difficult to access bodily passageway. The device includes a member, such as an inflatable...
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7182755 |
Method and apparatus for treatment of thrombosed hemodialysis access grafts
A method for the treatment of thrombosed hemodialysis access grafts or fistulas defining a shunt positioned between an arterial side and a venous side is achieved by inserting a balloon catheter...
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7179251 |
Therapeutic delivery balloon
The present invention regards a therapeutic delivery balloon and includes a system for delivering therapeutic to an irregular interior vessel surface. This system includes a catheter having a...
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7179249 |
Directional needle injection drug delivery device and method of use
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for imaging and mapping various structures located at a target area within a patient's lumen using conventional IVUS technology. The mapped images...
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7160266 |
Inflatable balloon catheter with purge mechanism and method
An improved balloon catheter which includes a purge mechanism for purging air from the catheter prior to use. The purge mechanism is sized to allow air to pass through, but highly restricts the...
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7150738 |
Substance delivery apparatus and a method of delivering a therapeutic substance to an anatomical passageway
A catheter assembly is provided having a balloon disposed at the distal end thereof. The balloon is capable of being inflated to selectively dilate from a collapsed configuration to an expanded...
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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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7131963 |
Catheters and methods of using catheters
A catheter device and method, in which a first lumen coupled to a balloon, a second lumen coupled to the first lumen, the second lumen having a distal opening to dispense an oxygenated infusate,...
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7122019 |
Intra-aortic renal drug delivery catheter
A catheter for delivering a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to a branch blood vessel of a major blood vessel, generally comprising an elongated shaft having at least one lumen in fluid...
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7113821 |
Tissue electroperforation for enhanced drug delivery
The present invention relates to a method and a device for transporting a molecule through a mammalian barrier membrane of at least one layer of cells comprising the steps of: ablating the membrane...
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7112186 |
Gastro-occlusive device
A gastro-occlusive device, comprising a balloon disposable in a stomach cavity of a patient, and inflatable therein to occlude a portion of the volume of the stomach cavity, a gas flow tube coupled...
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