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7604607 Peristaltic pump fitment for attachment to an aspirant collection bag  
The fitment is an elongated connector providing a conduit for aspirant to flow from a pump cartridge to an interior of the collection bag. The connector has a first end configured for attachment to...
7597697 Bypass grafting method  
Minimally invasive techniques utilized in bypass grafting are disclosed. For instance, a method of implanting an end portion of a graft in the body of a patient during a bypass grafting procedure...
7597678 Apparatus and methods for isolating lens capsule fluids  
A device to be inserted within a lens capsule during ocular surgery to contain fluids, including therapeutic and optical materials, used for irrigation within the capsule is provided. The device...
7594899 Glaucoma implant device  
A surgical method is provided for diverting aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye. A surgical tool is provided having a hollow support member that supports a portion of an aqueous...
7582068 Occlusion resistant hydrocephalic shunt  
An occlusion resistant medical shunt, particularly a hydrocephalic shunt, is provided for implantation into a mammal. The shunt has an elongate wall structure configured as a tube having a lumen...
7569048 Apparatus and methods for isolating lens capsule fluids  
A device to be inserted within a lens capsule during ocular surgery to contain fluids, including therapeutic and optical materials, used for irrigation within the capsule is provided. The device...
7563241 Implant and methods thereof for treatment of ocular disorders  
Medical devices and methods for treating ocular disorders, such as glaucoma, are provided. One method involves inserting an implant on one side of an eye. The implant is advanced across the optic...
7559912 High pressure range hydrocephalus valve system  
A valve for use in a shunt system to drain fluid from one part of a patient's body to another is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the valve is operable at a threshold pressure that is...
7553326 Method and apparatus for preventing dialysis graft intimal hyperplasia  
To prevent intimal hyperplasia within a dialysis graft, a flexible tube comprising the dialysis graft is coated interiorly before placement with an anticarcinogen or mitosis-inhibiting agent for...
7550012 Stent for implantation  
A stent is made from a coiled wire and is very smooth along its length and as well its ends. The stent is thus highly atraumatic to patients, and because of its smooth surfaces, it presents a...
7547291 Treating urinary retention  
A urethral prosthesis provides relief of urinary retention and has first and second tubular elements with an interposed bridge segment. A valve can be disposed in the second tubular element to...
7544160 Extracardiac blood flow amplification device  
Apparatus is provided including an element shaped so as to define at least one surface. The element is adapted to be implanted in an ascending aorta of a subject in a vicinity of an aortic valve,...
7530963 Method of maintaining patency of opening in third ventricle floor  
A method of maintaining the patency of an opening in a floor of a third ventricle includes forming the opening is the floor of the third ventricle. A stent is inserted into the opening and the...
7513914 Medical implant  
A medical implant is disclosed, said implant having a flexible hollow body ( 1 ) which can be implanted inside the stomach ( 8 ) of a patient and which has a first tube-like end section ( 2 ) and a...
7513883 Subarachnoid epidural shunt  
Methods and devices are provided for shunting fluid to treat hydrocephalous, and in particular for treating normal pressure hydrocephalous, or Alzheimer's, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension...
7507218 Stent with flexible elements  
In accordance with the invention, there are provided medical devices for providing a fluid passage between two areas in the body. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a stent...
7488303 Ocular implant with anchor and multiple openings  
An implant for treating an ocular disorder has a longitudinal implant axis, an outflow portion passing therethrough, a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings therein, an inflow portion, and an...
7476211 System and method for physiological drainage  
A device (A) can be used to create a new channel to conduct fluid from a fluid-conducting catheter to a blood vessel without contact between the device or the catheter and the blood flow in the...
7470248 Methods and apparatus for visually distinguishing occlusion assemblies of a shunt  
A shunt includes a first occlusion assembly and a second occlusion assembly. The first occlusion assembly includes a first occlusion fluid conduit that carries an inflation fluid from a fluid...
7470247 Ureteral stent  
A ureteral stent comprising an elongated tubular member having a body portion and opposed distal end portion and proximal end portion, the elongated tubular member defining a lumen therein; a...
7462162 Antiproliferative devices for maintaining patency of surgically created channels in a body organ  
This is directed to methods and devices suited for maintaining an opening in a wall of a body organ for an extended period. More particularly devices and methods are directed maintaining patency of...
7455652 Devices and methods for treating aortic valve stenosis  
Fluid delivery devices having a porous applicator, as well as methods for using the same in the treatment of aortic valve stenosis, are provided. The subject devices further include a ventricular...
7445642 Agent eluting stent and catheter  
A device for placement within a body of a patient includes an elongated member and an inflatable member coupled to the elongated member. In one embodiment, the elongated member has a first end...
7431710 Ocular implants with anchors and methods thereof  
Intraocular stents and applicators are disclosed for treating glaucoma. The stents are configured to extend between the anterior chamber of the eye and Schlemm's canal for enhancing outflow of...
7431709 Glaucoma implant device  
A surgical implant device for treating glaucoma includes an elongate duct structure formed from a material comprising polyisobutylene and a glassy segment. The material of the elongate duct...
7422566 Method of treating a patient with hydrocephalus and apparatus therefor  
An adjustable hydrocephalus valve comprising a mechanical brake. The brake can be decoupled by pressing the valve housing percutaneously and allows in this state to adjust the opening...
7410474 Methods and means for extracorporeal organ perfusion  
Apparatus and methods of operation of apparatus for the extracorporeal perfusion of organs are provided which support viability and function of an organ such as a liver, generally outside the body....
7396366 Ureteral stent with conforming retention structure  
A ureteral stent includes an elongate member defining an axis and having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. A first extension member and a second extension member extend from the...
7390310 Shunt valve locking mechanism  
A locking assembly is provided to simply and effectively prevent any unintentional adjustment of the adjustable valve mechanism in a fluid flow control device, without compromising the function of...
7384550 Glaucoma implant having MEMS filter module  
Various MEMS filter elements or modules are disclosed, and which may be used in a glaucoma implant ( 490 ). One such MEMS filter module ( 34 ) includes a first film ( 70 ) and a second film ( 46 )...
7364564 Implant having MEMS flow module with movable, flow-controlling baffle  
Various embodiments of MEMS flow modules that may be disposed in a flow path ( 296 ) of a shunt ( 290 ) are disclosed, where the shunt ( 290 ) may be used to control a flow out of an anterior...
7357778 Aqueous drainage and flow regulating implant  
For use in controlling the release of aqueous from anterior chamber of the eye, a surgically implantable flow regulating implant is provided which is assembled in parts from a molded elastomeric...
7354454 Satiation devices and methods  
A device for inducing weight loss in a patient includes a tubular prosthesis self-expandable from a collapsed position in which the prosthesis has a first diameter to an expanded position in which...
7354416 Methods and devices for draining fluids and lowering intraocular pressure  
Methods, devices and systems for draining fluid from the eye and/or for reducing intraocular pressure. A passageway (e.g., an opening, puncture or incision) is formed in the lamina cribosa or...
7334594 Apparatus and method for adjusting a locking mechanism of a shunt valve  
A shunt valve assembly includes an electromechanical brake mechanism that locks a position of a pressure setting mechanism within a shunt valve assembly. The electromechanical brake can maintain...
7318813 Self adjusting hydrocephalus valve  
A self adjusting hydrocephalus valve that continuously drains cerebrospinal fluid at a rate which is proportional to the average pressure difference across the valve. The valve employs a...
7316663 Ureteral stent  
A ureteral stent is designed to be placed within a patient's ureter to facilitate drainage from the patient's kidneys to the bladder. An elongated portion of the stent includes a length sufficient...
7311690 Implantable fluid management system for the removal of excess fluid  
An implantable fluid management device, designed to drain excess fluid from a variety of locations in a living host into a second location within the host, such as the bladder of that host. The...
7309330 Implantable cerebral spinal fluid drainage device and method of draining cerebral spinal fluid  
The invention provides a drainage system that includes a ventricular catheter, a drainage catheter, and a positive displacement pump that can function to actively drain CSF from the ventricles of...
7297130 Implant with anchor  
Surgical methods and related devices for treating glaucoma are described. The methods include trabecular bypass surgery, which involve bypassing diseased trabecular meshwork with a seton implant....
7294115 Methods of providing direct blood flow between a heart chamber and a coronary vessel  
Methodology and related medical devices for effectively bypassing a blocked or partially blocked coronary artery and providing oxygenated blood to the myocardium. A coronary artery bypass method...
7291180 Medical stent and related methods  
A medical stent is sized for placement in a ureter. The stent includes a first section which includes a first material, defines a lumen, and includes a first coil completing at least one...
7291125 Ocular pressure regulation  
This invention comprises a flexible ocular device for implantation into the eye formed of a biocompatible elastomeric material, foldable to a diameter of 1.5 mm or less, comprising a fluid drainage...
7285296 Process for enriching extracts of natural theanine  
An adjustable resistance valve for a cerebrospinal fluid shunt system includes an actuator for allowing the selection of the resistance to flow of the valve, a device for selecting at least one...
7282040 Gravitational pressure regulating mechanism  
A gravitational pressure regulating mechanism for use with a valve is provided for control of pressure and diversion of bodily fluids. The mechanism includes a reservoir having first and second...
7273466 Apparatus having a defoamer-coated surface and use of a defoamer-containing surface  
An apparatus for defoaming blood is described, having a surface which comes into contact with blood, said surface being coated with a defoamer which has a hydrophobic component with lipophobic...
7235060 Hydrocephalus shunt system with endoscopic placement features  
A shunt system for controlling the flow of fluid from one region of a patient to a different region of the patient's body. The shunt system includes endoscopic placement features so that the system...
7229462 Vascular filter system for carotid endarterectomy  
A removable vascular filter system for capture and retrieval of emboli while allowing continuous perfusion of blood during a carotid endarterectomy procedure, comprising a porous filter membrane...
7229427 Irradiation and filter device for treatment of blood  
A method and apparatus for preventing and treating septicemia in patient blood is provided. The extracorporeal system includes an antimicrobial device to inactivate at least 99% of bloodborne...
7226540 MEMS filter module  
Various MEMS filter elements or modules are disclosed. One such MEMS filter module ( 34 ) includes a first film ( 70 ) and a second film ( 46 ) that are spaced and interconnected by a plurality of...