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7618379 |
Composite guidewire
Alternative designs, materials and manufacturing methods for guidewires. Some embodiments pertain to a composite guidewire having proximal and distal section, and a connector adapted and configured...
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7582078 |
Medical device employing liquid crystal block copolymers and method of making the same
A medical device, at least a portion of which is formed from a polymer composition including at least one liquid crystal block copolymer having at least one A block and at least one B block wherein...
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7569046 |
Guide-in-guide catheter system
A multiple catheter system is described. In one embodiment a medical catheter system includes a first catheter having an entrance orifice, an exit orifice, a channel connecting the entrance orifice...
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7553305 |
Push-pull wire anchor
A deflectable catheter includes a flexible element includes a flexible element, and at least one skirt extending at least part way around the flexible element. An encapsulant is coupled between the...
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7540865 |
Medical device
A medical device including a shaft having an elongated inner member and an elongated tubular reinforcing member disposed over at least a portion of the inner member. In some embodiments, at least a...
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7488338 |
Catheter having an improved torque transmitting shaft
The present invention relates generally to a catheter having a torque transmitting shaft which retains adequate flexibility. The catheter includes an elongate shaft having an outer surface. In a...
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7462177 |
Anesthesia conduction catheter
The present invention provides a catheter which combines the benefits of improved drug dispersion, increased accuracy of placement and kink and collapse resistance. The catheter comprises a...
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7374802 |
Multi-layered plastic body for medical applications
A multi-layered plastic body for containing, storing or conducting a medical, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, cosmetic or other product, the plastic body including a first layer made of a stress...
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7354428 |
Guiding catheter shaft with improved radiopacity on the wire braid
An intracorporeal catheter, such as a guiding catheter, employed for intraluminal procedures is disclosed. The catheter generally has an elongated catheter shaft including a polymeric inner layer...
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7338481 |
Slitting tool
A slitting tool for severing a tubular body includes a body portion, extending along a first axis, joined to a nose portion extending along a second axis, the second axis extending at an angle...
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7316677 |
Ureteral access sheath
A ureteral access sheath adapted for insertion into a urethra includes an elongate tube extending between a proximal end and a distal end. A handle assembly is disposed at the proximal end and...
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7311697 |
Central venous catheter
A central venous catheter comprises a catheter body having a plurality of lumens extending longitudinally therein. At least one of the lumens extends longitudinally through the catheter body from...
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7309334 |
Intracranial aspiration catheter
Disclosed is an access catheter, having a distal segment which is movable from a reduced outside diameter for positioning at a target site, and an enlarged outside diameter to create an enlarged...
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7250042 |
Thrombus suction catheter with improved suction and crossing
A thrombus suction catheter which is a tube having a distal end opening formed by an angled cut surface. In the distal end opening, at least a part on the proximal end side of the cut surface is...
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7234225 |
Method for manufacturing medical device having embedded traces and formed electrodes
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a catheter or lead having electrically conductive traces and external electrical contacts. Each trace may be in electrical connection with one or more...
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7232433 |
Medical diagnostic ultrasound catheter with dielectric isolation
Medical diagnostic ultrasound catheters are provided with improved materials for dielectric withstand strength. In one aspect, the catheter includes a braid of non-conductive material. The...
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7228878 |
Catheter tubing with improved stress-strain characteristics
A medical tubing is disclosed which includes a first material extending between proximal and distal ends of the tubing and which defines a lumen of the tubing. The tubing also includes a second...
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7217263 |
Device and method for manual retinal vein catheterization
A microcatheter system that allows for vascular infusion into retinal veins for extended periods of time. The microcatheter system includes a flexible cannula that is inserted into the retinal vein...
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7207980 |
Composite ophthalmic microcannula
Microcannulae are constructed with multiple components in a composite design, allowing the microcannulae to have varying mechanical and delivery properties that will enable ophthalmic treatments by...
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7172587 |
Catheter having selectively varied lamination
A tubular medical catheter having a least one region of selectively varied lamination is provided herein.
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7169139 |
Reinforced retention structures
A medical device includes an elongated member and a reinforced retention structure. The device can be used for draining substances from organs or abscessed areas within a body of a patient. The...
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7166100 |
Balloon catheter shaft design
A balloon catheter for medical treatment of a patient, including therapeutic dilatation or deployment of medical devices such as stents or grafts. The balloon catheter has an “over-the-wire...
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7163522 |
Block copolymer elastomer catheter balloons
Balloons for medical devices, particularly balloon agioplasty catheters, which have hybrid compliance curves in which growth rate slows at higher pressures are made from block copolymer...
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7135015 |
Ureteral access sheath
A ureteral access sheath adapted for insertion into a urethra includes an elongate tube extending between a proximal end and a distal end. A handle assembly is disposed at the proximal end and...
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7115183 |
Catheter with spiral cut transition member
A spiral cut transition member is disclosed for controlling the transition in stiffness of a catheter from a stiffer more pushable proximal section to a more flexible and trackable distal section...
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7101597 |
Medical devices made from polymer blends containing low melting temperature liquid crystal polymers
A medical device, at least a portion of which is composed of a polymeric material in which the polymeric material is a melt blend product of at least two different thermoplastic polymers, one of...
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7044937 |
Universal modular surgical applicator systems
A modular system is described for construction of fluid applicators for open or endoscopic surgery from modular components. Lengths of tubing of various lengths, and devices to be carried by said...
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7025758 |
Endovascular medical device with plurality of wires
An endovascular device ( 1, 100, 200, 300 ) having a distal end ( 2 ), a proximal end ( 4 ) and a body portion ( 3 ) therebetween. The body portion is made of a multiple filament helically wound...
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7018372 |
Catheter
A catheter 1 suitable for advancement through a body passageway of a patient. The catheter 1 comprises a catheter body 4 which is flexible to provide the necessary trackability for the...
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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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6976979 |
Malleable cannula
A malleable cannula has a body with a proximal end and a distal end, the body having a wall defining a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. A reinforcement member extends along...
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6951555 |
Catheter having integral expandable/collapsible lumen
A catheter and method of use may include an aortic balloon catheter having an integral expandable/collapsible lumen. The catheter comprises a main catheter body having a either a single or a...
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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...
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6907298 |
Method and apparatus for imparting curves in implantable elongated medical instruments
Elongated medical instruments adapted to be permanently or temporarily implanted in the mammalian body or used to access a site in the body to facilitate introduction of a further medical device,...
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6896671 |
Catheter with limited longitudinal extension
A catheter includes a tube formed of plastic, a helical spring coil formed of metal and a ribbon which is longitudinally substantially non-extendable. The coil is coaxially disposed within the tube...
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6866660 |
Intravascular catheter with composite reinforcement
An intravascular catheter that exhibits the combined features of superior flexibility, softness, radiopacity and oval/kink resistance. The catheter includes an elongate shaft having a proximal...
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6817995 |
Reinforced catheter connector and system
In accordance with the invention, A reinforced catheter is provided comprising an inner layer forming a catheter body, the body having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end having a...
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6808520 |
Dual valve, flexible expandable sheath and method
A sheath for use in introducing a catheter or other medical instrument into a vessel in the body of a patient. The sheath includes an elongate sheath tube formed of a flexible material which has...
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6807440 |
Ceramic reinforcement members for MRI devices
The present invention relates to a reinforced magnetic resonance imaging catheter. The catheter comprises an elongated body having at least one lumen extending therethrough. The elongated body also...
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6740073 |
Guiding catheter reinforcement with angled distal end
The invention is directed to a guiding catheter for intraluminal procedures, such as stent delivery, balloon dilatation, atherectomy and the like, and for advancing and delivering intraluminal...
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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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6712807 |
Catheter having improved flexibility control
Catheters having improved flexibility control, which can be provided by a slidable core wire disposed within the catheter and by shafts formed from segmented spine wires disposed within polymeric...
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6709429 |
Intravascular catheter with multiple axial fibers
An intravascular catheter having a shaft, at least a portion of which includes a braid reinforcement with a plurality of axial members disposed between the helical members that form the braid. The...
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6702802 |
Catheters with improved transition
The present invention is directed to a balloon catheter, such as a dilatation catheter and a stent delivery catheter with improved stiffness transition and specifically with no sudden changes in...
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6669886 |
Reinforced catheter and method of manufacture
A catheter shaft is disclosed that may reduce the thickness of the inner layer and/or may allow the reinforcing layer to share the same space as the inner lubricious layer. In one illustrative...
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6652508 |
Intravascular microcatheter having hypotube proximal shaft with transition
An intravascular catheter including a proximal stiff metallic tube and a distal flexible tube. A distal portion of the metallic tube has a portion removed to define a void (e.g., spiral slot) which...
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6652471 |
Pressure-sensing guidewire having improved torque
A pressure-sensing guidewire assembly with improved stiffness and torquability is disclosed. The guidewire assembly includes an elongated tubular member having a lumen extending therethrough. The...
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6648854 |
Single lumen balloon-tipped micro catheter with reinforced shaft
A single lumen balloon-tipped micro catheter, wherein the distal portion of the shaft is reinforced and extends into the balloon to eliminate abrupt transitions in stiffness in the balloon region....
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6638267 |
Guidewire with hypotube and internal insert
A guidewire having a proximal hypotube portion with an insert to increase pushability and torqueability. The insert may comprise metals such as stainless steel, shape memory/super elastic materials...
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