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7615067 |
Surgical instrument
The surgical instrument includes a distal tool, a rigid or flexible elongated shaft that supports the distal tool, and a proximal handle or control member, where the tool and the handle are coupled...
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7615044 |
Deflectable sheath handle assembly and method therefor
A deflectable catheter assembly includes a deflectable body manipulatable by a rotating actuator of a housing assembly. The housing assembly includes a sliding member having a threaded portion...
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7615042 |
Transmission for a remote catheterization system
An apparatus for imparting motion from at least one of a plurality of motion sources into linear, rotary, or combined linear and rotary motion of an elongated device, the apparatus comprising a...
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7608087 |
Variable expansion frame system for deploying medical devices and methods of use
An expansion frame system for deploying medical devices in a patient's body cavity. The system typically includes an inner wire disposed within a lumen of an outer wire. Distal ends of the inner...
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7591813 |
Long nose manipulatable catheter
A long nose manipulatable catheter is described herein. The catheter generally comprises a flexible joint region defining a main lumen and an adjacent wire lumen. The wire lumen has an opening near...
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7588555 |
Bi-directional catheter assembly and method therefor
A catheter assembly includes a catheter body and housing attached to the catheter body proximal end, where an actuator lumen extends through the catheter body. A flexible element extends from an...
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7578787 |
Catheter device
Catheter device, comprising a catheter ( 2 ) for introduction into a hollow organ, especially a vessel, with a number of bending elements ( 12, 12 a - 12 f, 12 a ′- 12 e ′) arranged around the...
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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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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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7547304 |
Guidewire-centering catheter tip
A catheter for use with a guidewire, the catheter having a distal tip that centers the guidewire even when the catheter is severely bent, thereby avoiding protrusion of the distal tip of the...
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7527620 |
Medical instrument having a medical guidewire
A first medical instrument includes a flexible catheter and a medical guidewire extendable beyond a distal end of the catheter. The medical guidewire has first and second segments, wherein the...
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7527604 |
Rotatable multi-port therapeutic delivery device
A therapeutic delivery device is provided wherein a delivery body is supported by an elongate member such that the body may rotate as it delivers therapeutic to a target site. Therapeutic may be...
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7524301 |
Active counterforce handle for use in bidirectional deflectable tip instruments
The present invention is directed to an active handle assembly for use in a bidirectional steerable surgical instrument having a deflectable distal end. Typically, the surgical instrument includes...
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7513878 |
Method of connecting a guidewire to an extension guidewire
An apparatus for steering a guidewire and for connecting the guidewire to an extension guidewire. The apparatus includes a steering device for gripping an exterior of the guidewire, the steering...
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7503914 |
Dual-function catheter handle
A dual function catheter handle is provided for simultaneous movement of two control wires. The catheter handle has a handle housing having proximal and distal ends and a generally hollow interior....
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7497853 |
Deflectable catheter steering and locking system
A deflectable catheter includes a catheter shaft having a deflectable distal tip. A support member is coupled around a proximal portion of the catheter shaft, and the support member includes a...
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7481805 |
Drainage catheter
A catheter includes a tubular body, a ring member, and at least one elongate member. The tubular body has a distal region. The ring member encircles at least a portion of the circumference of the...
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7481778 |
Guidewire with deflectable tip having improved flexibility
A steerable guidewire having a deflectable distal tip which comprises a longitudinal hypotube and an interlocking spring coil attached to the distal end of the hypotube and also includes a...
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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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7468057 |
Injection catheter with controllably extendable injection needle
An injection catheter is provided. The injection catheter comprises a catheter body comprising a flexible tubing having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen therethrough. A needle...
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7451765 |
Intra-bronchial apparatus for aspiration and insufflation of lung regions distal to placement or cross communication and deployment and placement system therefor
An anchored intra-bronchial apparatus for placement and deployment into selected airways and a method for using the same. When deployed, the apparatus creates a restriction of air flow to one or...
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7422580 |
Method for guide catheter positioning
A method of catheter manipulation involves providing a catheter comprising a flexible shaft having a distal end shaped for accessing a target vessel. The method further involves selectably moving...
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7416547 |
Injection catheter
An injection catheter is provided. The catheter comprises a catheter body comprising a flexible tubing having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen therethrough. A tip section comprising...
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7402151 |
Steerable guide catheters and methods for their use
Methods for easy, atraumatic access to areas of the vasculature that are otherwise difficult to access, using steerable guide catheters constructed with components that are selected to provide...
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7390323 |
Catheter
A catheter includes a main body; a first and a second lumen provided in the main body, wherein a first and a second guide wire are insertable in the first and second lumens, respectively; a first...
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7381205 |
Displacement device for a catheter
The invention relates to a device for adjustably displacing the distal end of a flexible catheter tube ( 1 ). Said device comprises a spring-elastic guide wire ( 2 ) with a spiral end section ( 2...
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7379776 |
Stylet design
A stylet unit is provided for implanting in a body, with the aid of an earlier installed tubular delivery sheath having a lumen with an inner diameter, a lead system including a distal electrode...
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7377906 |
Steering mechanism for bi-directional catheter
The present invention provides a bi-directional catheter with nearly double the throw in its catheter tip deflection. In particular, the travel path of each the puller wire includes a U-turn or...
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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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7338478 |
Tubular apparatus for drainage of the colon and method and guidewire for colonic intubation
Method for draining and decompressing a colon in which a drainage tube is inserted through the anus into the colon to extend through the entire colon. The drainage tube is fixed in position and...
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7316678 |
Catheter with associated extension lumen
An intra-luminal device for the extraction of occlusive or partially occlusive material is disclosed. Said device comprises a novel catheter extension which minimizes cavitation of extracted fluids...
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7303560 |
Method of positioning a medical instrument
A system and method for positioning a medical instrument at a desired biological target tissue site is provided. The system includes an elongated sheath having a deflectable distal end configured...
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7274957 |
Multifunctional catheter handle
The invention is directed to a multifunctional catheter handle. The handle comprises a handle body and a core mounted within the handle body. A piston is provided having a distal end mounted in 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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7269453 |
Steerable diagnostic catheters
A diagnostic catheter with a steering device to direct the distal end of the catheter while it is inserted in a vessel. The catheter may include either a bi-directional steering mechanism, or a...
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7267663 |
Apparatus for guide catheter positioning
The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for guide catheterization. In one embodiment, a guiding catheter system includes a flexible shaft having a distal end shaped for accessing a...
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7244250 |
Suction catheter
Provided is an aspiration catheter which does not require a large-scale device, has a largest possible aspiration lumen, and is sufficiently flexible to track tortuous blood vessels following a...
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7238168 |
Exchangeable catheter
An intravascular balloon catheter includes a tubular catheter body having a balloon structure removably mounted over the catheter body. The catheter body has a guidewire lumen, and the catheter...
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7232434 |
Catheter
A catheter according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a flexible tubular insert section having, in the outer surface of the distal end side of the insert section, a plurality of...
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7232422 |
Steerable catheter
A catheter includes a pull wire which extends through two different lumen and attaches to the distal end of the catheter at an off-axis location. By tensioning the pull wire, the catheter can...
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7229431 |
Rapid exchange catheter with stent deployment, therapeutic infusion, and lesion sampling features
A catheter is insertable into a vessel within a mammalian body. The catheter includes a tubular body, at least one channel extending along the tubular body, and a central lumen. The tubular body...
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7226410 |
Locally-propelled, intraluminal device with cable loop track and method of use
A medical device for performing medical procedures inside a lumen (such as the GI tract) of a patient is provided comprising a capsule, a cable, and a propulsion means. The cable can have one end...
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7207981 |
Multi-exchange catheter guide member with improved seal
A catheter and a guidewire exchange system includes a catheter and a guide member. The catheter includes a lumen extending through the shaft and sized to receive the guidewire, and a longitudinal...
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7191900 |
Guide wire containment and dispensing apparatus
The invention is a medical guide wire containment and dispensing device. The device is of unitary construction and defines a single, generally annular opening that receives the guide wire....
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7182757 |
Medical guide wire
In a medical guide wire ( 1 ) formed by a helical hollow wire body which is arranged to retractably move against a needle tip ( 6 ), the helical hollow wire body is formed into a wire-stranded...
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7158838 |
Arrangement for implanting a miniaturized cardiac lead having a fixation helix
An introducer system and method for positioning and fixedly engaging a lead at an implantation site that includes a torque transfer sheath, extending from a proximal end to a distal end, receiving...
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7144378 |
Quick-release torquer apparatus for delivering and maintaining a medical guideware
The present invention provides a torquer for maneuvering a medical guidewire during endovascular surgical procedures or the like, which can be easily positioned and re-positioned along the length...
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7128956 |
Catheter having improved curve retention
The present invention provides a polymeric treatment for curved regions in shaft assemblies that increases curve retention without affecting the flexibility within these regions. More specifically,...
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7104981 |
Apparatus and method for inserting an intra-aorta catheter through a delivery sheath
An introducer system delivers therapy locally to a renal system in a patient. A proximal coupler assembly is coupled to an introducer sheath that delivers multiple devices simultaneously into a...
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7104980 |
Catheterization assist device and method of use
A device and method of using the device to assist in inserting a catheter in a female. The device includes a main body portion configured to be placed adjacent the pubic bone of a female, a pair of...
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