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7387826 |
Medical device with varying physical properties and method for forming same
A medical device in which a melt processed part has different crystallized properties at different locations. The part is formed of a polymer composition by inclusion a of polymer crystallization...
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7384411 |
Multi-purpose catheters, catheter systems, and radiation treatment
Tis invention is new apparatuses and methods for treatments to be used from inside conduits or biological pathways. Examples of the biological pathways in which these new apparatuses and methods...
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7377931 |
Balloon catheter with self-actuating purging valve
A system for treating a vascular condition comprises a catheter having at least one lumen, a stem received within a distal portion of the lumen, a sealing member positioned on the stem, and 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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7364562 |
Anti-clotting apparatus and methods for fluid handling system
A method for maintaining clear passageways in an extracorporeal blood flow system. The method comprises intermittently providing one or more anti-clotting agents to a passageway of the...
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7363072 |
Method and apparatus to remove substances from vessels of the heart and other parts of the body to minimize or avoid renal or other harm or dysfunction
To accomplish isolation and removal of a substance from a vasculature, a catheter is employed to occlude a vessel of the vasculature. The substance is thus isolated in the vasculature and can be...
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7351914 |
Flexible printed circuit board for catheter, catheter using same, and production method of catheter
The present invention provides a flexible printed circuit board having a band-like meandering pattern as a whole, which includes multiple linear parts configured about parallel to each other and a...
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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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7341571 |
Balloon catheter having a multilayered distal tip
A catheter having a distal tip with an inner layer formed of a polymeric material having a coefficient of friction and surface energy which are relatively low, such that the inner layer has a...
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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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7338463 |
Balloon blade sheath
A sheath is provided to protect a blade when the blade is mounted on a balloon catheter. In particular, this protection is provided while the balloon is deflated for maneuver of the catheter...
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7331933 |
Balloon catheter with a compression member for balloon bonding
The present invention is directed to balloon catheter having a compression member securing one or more balloon skirts to the catheter shaft. The compression member may be a band or coil that...
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7329223 |
Catheter with optical fiber sensor
An apparatus and method to perform therapeutic treatment and diagnosis of a patient's vasculature through the use of an intravascular device having an optical fiber disposed therein. In an...
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7323233 |
Sheath materials and processes
Sheath materials and processes are disclosed. For example, hypotube sheaths and processes of making hypotube sheaths are disclosed. Devices and systems, including medical devices and systems, such...
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7322958 |
Apparatus for thromboembolic protection
A catheter apparatus captures thromboembolic material in the arterial and venous circulation. The apparatus includes an inner hollow tube and an outer hollow tube in sliding engagement with the...
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7318833 |
PFO closure device with flexible thrombogenic joint and improved dislodgement resistance
The present invention provides devices for closing septal defects, such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO). The closure devices include a proximal anchor member, a distal anchor member, and at least...
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7314461 |
Precalibrated inflation device for balloon catheter
A medical device including an inflation element, such as a syringe, and a balloon catheter in which the inflation element includes a series of indicia to which an operative portion of the inflation...
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7309324 |
Non-compliant medical balloon having an integral woven fabric layer
A non-compliant medical balloon may be changed from a deflated state to an inflated state by increasing pressure within the balloon. The non-compliant medical balloon is composed of a woven fabric...
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7306617 |
Spiral centering catheter
A catheter with proximal and distal ends having a spiral centering device attached near the catheter distal end. The spiral centering device has at least one spiral strut having a proximal end and...
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7306575 |
Aortic occluder with associated filter and methods of use during cardiac surgery
A balloon arterial cannula and methods for filtering blood. The devices generally include a mesh for filtering blood flowing within a blood vessel, particularly within an artery such as the aorta,...
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7294124 |
Hypotube with improved strain relief
A hypotube for an intravenous catheter device is disclosed which includes a tubular shaft having a tubular wall defining a lumen. The shaft includes a main section integrally connected to a distal...
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7293561 |
Low profile adapter for tracheal tubes
An adapter for use on a suction lumen of a catheter is disclosed. The adapter is capable of extending the suction capabilities of the catheter to a point distal to a suction port in the catheter....
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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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7273487 |
Balloon catheter having a multilayered shaft with variable flexibility
A balloon catheter having a multilayered shaft with variable flexibility along the length of the shaft. In a presently preferred embodiment, the multilayered shaft has a multilayered outer tubular...
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7273470 |
Catheter having improved rapid exchange junction
A balloon catheter, and preferably to a rapid exchange type balloon catheter, having a proximal shaft section, and a distal shaft section with an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member,...
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7273469 |
Modified needle catheter for directional orientation delivery
Methods and apparatus for delivering a treatment agent through a percutaneous delivery apparatus are herein disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus can include an expandable body with at least...
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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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7264608 |
Manual processing systems and methods for providing blood components conditioned for pathogen inactivation
Systems and methods manually process blood and blood components in sterile, closed environments, which further condition the blood components for subsequent pathogen inactivation processes. The...
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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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7247166 |
Intravascular stent with extendible end rings
An expandable stent for implanting in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen includes cylindrical rings connected by undulating links. The stent has a high...
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7244243 |
Catheter for treatment of severe pulmonary emboli
A catheter system for treating pulmonary emboli has an multi-channel access port for establishing and maintaining communication with the vascular system and provide guidance for endovascular...
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7244242 |
Valve treatment catheter and methods
The invention provides a catheter for insertion into a biological passage which contains a first flowing fluid, the catheter including a tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end; a...
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7241304 |
Flexible and conformable embolic filtering devices
A self-expanding cage for use in conjunction with an embolic filtering device includes one or more circumferential members adapted to expand from an unexpanded position to a expanded position...
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7241303 |
Devices and methods using an expandable body with internal restraint for compressing cancellous bone
Devices and methods compress cancellous bone. In one arrangement, the devices and methods make use of an expandable body that includes an internal restraint coupled to the body. The internal...
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7241283 |
Method for intracranial catheter treatment of brain tissue
A method for intracranial treatment of a patient is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of inserting into the brain an outer catheter having an exterior surface, an inflatable balloon mounted...
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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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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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RE39668 |
Intravascular catheter with replaceable shaft section
An intravascular catheter such as a dilatation catheter for angioplasty procedures having a removable distal shaft section. The catheter construction allows the original distal shaft section of the...
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7214236 |
Apparatus and methods for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic hernia repair and patch for use therewith
Laparoscopic apparatus and method for insertion into a space or potential space in a body comprising an introducer device having a tubular member with a bore extending therethrough. A tunneling...
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7208001 |
Catheter with detached proximal inflation and guidewire shafts
A balloon catheter includes a full-length inflation shaft and a guidewire shaft for fast catheter and guidewire exchange. The proximal portions of the inflation shaft and the guidewire shaft are...
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7207972 |
Device for fixing a tube member
A device for fixing a tube member in a cavity of a patient. The device includes a body that surrounds the tube member and has a casing that at least partly forms an inner space. The body is...
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7189250 |
Aspirating balloon catheter for treating vulnerable plaque
Devices and methods for extracting core material contained in plaque deposits inside a blood vessel are presented. A device in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a catheter...
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7186237 |
Ballon catheter for creating a longitudinal channel in a lesion and method
A balloon catheter for performing an angioplasty procedure on a lesion in a vessel comprising a flexible elongate catheter shaft having proximal and distal extremities. A balloon is secured to the...
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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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7172796 |
Balloon catheter
A balloon catheter includes a long-sized body extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the body internally having at least one lumen, and a balloon made from a composite material composed...
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7169161 |
Guidewire having occlusive device and repeatably crimpable proximal end
A tubular guidewire assembly having a distal occlusive device and an extended crimpable section proximate a proximal end that is adapted to connect to a gas inflation/evacuation system. The...
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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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7166097 |
Cerebral perfusion augmentation
Methods are provided for partial aortic occlusion for cerebral perfusion augmentation in patients suffering from global or focal cerebral ischemia. The descending aorta is accessed. A device is...
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