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7615057 Notched cutter for guide catheter removal from lead  
A device and method for removing a guide catheter from about a cardiac lead is disclosed. The device includes a blade for slitting the catheter so that the catheter may be removed from the lead....
7611529 Thoracic introducer  
A stent graft deployment apparatus ( 10 ) which has a deployment catheter ( 11 ) with a proximal end ( 5 ) to be introduced into a patient and a distal end ( 3 ) to remain outside a patient and at...
7608099 Medical appliance delivery apparatus and method of use  
The present invention, in an exemplary embodiment, provides a stent deployment apparatus comprising excellent safety and stent placement and deployment features. An exemplary stent deployment...
7608082 Surgical seal for use in a surgical access apparatus  
A seal assembly for use with an access apparatus during a surgical procedure includes a housing defining a longitudinal axis and having a passageway dimensioned to permit passage of an object. The...
7608058 Stretch resistant therapeutic device  
A vasoocclusive coil is reinforced with a stretch resistant member to improve safety during retraction of the coil. The stretch resistant member is fixedly attached at one end to the vasoocclusive...
7608038 Luminal coupling system  
A luminal coupling tube system for providing access to a lumen of a subject is disclosed. The system includes an internal magnet assembly, a snare assembly, an external magnet, a pull wire system...
7604660 Bifurcated medical appliance delivery apparatus and method  
The present invention, in preferred embodiments, provides delivery and deployment apparatuses for bifurcated stents capable of comfortably cradling the corina of bifurcated target tissue between...
7601158 Devices for handling catheter assembly  
A gripping device for a catheter assembly is disclosed providing enhanced gripping power for the operator of the catheter assembly. The gripping device is situated at the proximal portion of the...
7591843 Delivery system for modular endograft with superior attachment system  
The present invention embodies delivery systems and methods of repairing vasculature. Various embodiments of bifurcated grafts and limb components can be delivered by delivery systems that provide...
7591842 Endovascular prosthesis with suture holder  
An endovascular prosthesis has a prosthesis body that is sized and configured for introduction into a blood vessel lumen. The prosthesis body has a wall that defines an interior passage for blood....
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...
7588581 Placement of chronic micro-catheter device and method  
A device and method of placement of a chronic micro-catheter is shown that allows effective guiding of micro-catheters through a host catheter that is later removable while leaving the...
7578839 Method for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms using a combined laparoscopic/open and endovascular technique  
A method for releasing an aortic prosthesis includes positioning an introducer in femoral arteries of a patient. Guiding balloon catheters are positioned through the introducers to locate balloons...
7578826 Apparatus for deployment of micro-coil using a catheter  
The apparatus for deployment of a therapeutic device such as a micro-coil detachably mounts the therapeutic device to a distal portion of a pusher member. In one embodiment, the therapeutic device...
7575582 Apparatus for deployment of micro-coil using a catheter  
The apparatus for deployment of a therapeutic device such as a micro-coil detachably mounts the therapeutic device to a distal portion of a pusher member. In one embodiment, the therapeutic device...
7559933 Absorbable implantable vaso-occlusive member  
Compositions comprising absorbable implantable vaso-occlusive members are described. Also described are methods of making and using these absorbable vaso-occlusive compositions.
RE40853 Ossicular prosthesis adjusting device  
An ossicular prosthesis delivery system having an ossicular prosthesis including an enlarged head and a shaft axially, moveably mounted to the head to adjust shaft length. An elongate main body...
7556631 Small diameter embolic coil hydraulic deployment system  
A medical device for placing a very small embolic coil at a preselected location within a vessel comprising a positioning catheter having a distal tip for retaining a headpiece with an attached...
7549996 Tunneling needle design having an on-demand removable hub  
The present invention provides a medical needle assembly which has a removable at will needle hub for a spinal needle, which can be used to access the epidural or subarachnoid space of the spinal...
7544206 Method and apparatus for resecting and replacing an aortic valve  
A method and apparatus for delivering a device to a given location within a heart, the method and apparatus being adapted for: passing a first catheter through the left atrium of the heart,...
7537608 Stent with variable crimping diameter  
A stent that has a middle section is that is engaged to the proximal section and the distal section by rotational links which extend about the circumference of the stent. The reduced diameters of...
7537606 Branch stent graft deployment and method  
A deployment system for introducing stent grafts which have a side arm or into which a side arm can be deployed. For instance the stent graft can be deployed into the thoracic arch of a patient....
7537598 Embolic protection guide wire  
A sheath attached to a guide wire, a tubular shaft member slidable on the guide wire and a filtering assembly constricted within the sheath are movable in a vessel to a position distal to a lesion...
7534256 Intraluminal stent and graft  
An intraluminal stent and graft includes a stent made of a continuous helix of zig-zag wire and loops which connect adjacent apices of the wire. The stent is compressible and self-expandable...
7527632 Modified delivery device for coated medical devices  
Medical devices, and in particular implantable medical devices, including self-expanding stents, may be coated to minimize or substantially eliminate a biological organism's reaction to the...
7527590 Anastomosis system  
There is provided an endoscopic system. The system comprises a flexible endoscope insertable into a first tubular organ from a natural opening of a human body. The system further comprises an...
7499756 Lead locking device and method  
A lead locking device has a lead engaging member with a mandrel extending along a lumen and attached to the distal end of the lead engaging member such that it extends beyond the proximal end of...
7488344 Device and method for treating thoracic aorta  
A prosthesis, introducer device and a method for repair of an aortic aneurysm which is positioned at least partially in the ascending aorta ( 62 ). The prosthesis ( 3 ) has a proximal end ( 15 )...
7488343 Medical devices  
Medical devices, particularly stents, suitable for drug delivery and including a porous structure and/or colors are disclosed.
7488342 Rapid exchange delivery system for self-expanding stent  
A catheter assembly is provided having an inner member and an outer member extending along a longitudinal axis, the inner member and the outer member having a coaxial configuration and dimensioned...
7488304 Covered hypotube to distal port bond  
A catheter assembly and method for constructing same comprises engagement of a proximal tubular member to a distal outer tubular member. At least a portion of the exterior surface of the proximal...
7485122 Integrated anchor coil in stretch-resistant vaso-occlusive coils  
Vaso-occlusive devices are provided for occluding an aneurysm within the human vasculature. The vaso-occlusive device also includes a stretch-resisting member that extends through at least a...
7481816 Intraocular implant, delivery device, and method of implantation  
An ophthalmic implant for treatment of glaucoma, a delivery device for implanting such an implant, and a method of implanting such an implant. The implant includes a tube having an inlet end, an...
7476244 Locking handle deployment mechanism for medical device and method  
A system for delivering at least one medical device to a desired location for treatment, and then selectively deploy it in position, includes an improved handle having a first and second...
7473272 Recapturable stent with minimum crossing profile  
A self-expanding stent includes a plurality of segments having an alternating repeating pattern; each of the segments having connected crowns and unconnected crowns, wherein the unconnected crowns...
7470284 Cardiac valve procedure methods and devices  
The present invention discloses devices and methods for performing intravascular procedures with out cardiac bypass. The devices include various embodiments of temporary filter devices, temporary...
7462181 Device and method for rapid aspiration and collection of body tissue from within an enclosed body space  
Device and method for rapid extraction of body tissue from an enclosed body cavity. Hollow entry cannula with optional core element provides entry into body tissue space such as bone marrow....
7460913 Implantable electrode, insertion tool for use therewith, and insertion method  
An electrode system includes an implantable electrode having at least one electrode contact, an insertion tool, and a technique or method that allows the electrode contact to be positioned within...
7459080 Flexible tube for cartridge filter  
Embolic protection filtering devices and methods of making and using the same. The present invention may include an embolic protection filtering device including a filter cartridge that is slidable...
7458953 Ocular drainage device  
An ocular fluid-draining device to remove fluid from the eye, for example, in a patient after glaucoma surgery. The device includes a shunt at least partially enclosed in a conduit, a portion of...
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...
7438717 Anesthesia intubating forceps  
Forceps with a pair of scissor-like arms that are pivotally connected to each other and that continue past the pivot to form a catheter guide. At least two and preferably three bends are disposed...
7438716 Control apparatus for actuating an elongate medical shaft  
Methods and apparatus are provided for moving an intraluminal filament, such as a shaft or hypotube. The actuator includes a housing having a channel therein, the channel having at least a first...
7422595 Proximal actuator for medical device  
The proximal actuator is operable with various medical devices which have one tube or wire axially movable with respect to another tube or wire (e.g., a guide wire operable within an actuation...
7410492 Method and device for filtering body fluid  
Medical devices for filtering fluids flowing through a lumen and a method of forming medical devices. The devices can be used in vascular channels, urinary tracts, biliary ducts and the like, and...
7410482 Detachable aneurysm neck bridge  
In one embodiment, a neck bridge for bridging the neck of an aneurysm includes a junction region, a number of radially extending array elements attached to the junction region, and a cover attached...
7393358 Stent delivery system  
A medical device comprises a catheter, a retractable sheath, and a rolling membrane. The catheter includes a catheter shaft about which a stent in a reduced diameter configuration may be disposed....
7393357 Endovascular stent graft  
An endovascular stent graft assembly ( 10 ) for use with abdominal aorta aneurysms ( 70 ) and having a main stent graft body ( 12 ) and a separate attachment graft tube ( 14 ) that extends...
7387640 Medical device delivery system  
A medical device delivery system comprises an inner tube, a medical device disposed about a portion of the distal region of the inner tube, a medical device sheath disposed about the medical...
7384428 Method and apparatus for covering a stent  
An expandable stent suitable for implantation in a lumen is covered with a biological material. In one embodiment, biological fibers are interwoven to form a stent covering. The fibers are disposed...