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8465436 Endoluminal implant with locking and centering fixation system  
An implant centering system includes a sensor connected to a hollow cylindrical anchor via at least two struts. The hollow cylindrical anchor is transformable between a radially compressed...
8460271 Laparoscopic instrument and cannula assembly and related surgical method  
A laparoscopic port assembly includes a cannula unit including three cannulas each extending at an acute angle relative to a base. The cannulas are flexible for receiving respective angulated...
8454681 Bifurcation delivery systems and methods  
A catheter assembly including a side branch locator that is moveable between a retracted position within a main vessel of a vessel bifurcation, and an extended position wherein a distal end of the...
8453598 Stent holding fixtures  
Disclosed are stent holding devices having a support mandrel and one or more stent retaining fixtures disposed on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a character identifier to facilitate...
8454680 Endovascular conduit device with low profile occlusion members  
An endovascular conduit device and method for use during cardiac lead extraction and other vascular procedures is presented. The endovascular conduit device includes an outer-sheath, a conduit...
8454679 Endovascular conduit device for increasing safety of cardiac lead extraction and other vascular procedures  
An endovascular conduit device and method for use during cardiac lead extraction and other vascular procedures is presented. The endovascular conduit device includes an outer-sheath, a conduit...
8449597 Longitudinally flexible expandable stent  
Segmented articulatable stent of open structure comprised of end-connected struts of first and second lengths making up first and second segments with angular interconnects between adjacent first...
8449532 Detachable aneurysm neck bridge  
A device for bridging a neck of an aneurysm, comprises a junction region, one or more radially extending array elements secured to the junction region, each array element having an unfolded shape...
8439869 Method for percutaneously implanting a medical catheter and medical catheter implanting assembly  
A method for percutaneously implanting a medical catheter, such as a gastrostomy feeding tube, and a medical catheter implanting assembly. In one embodiment, the implanting assembly includes a...
8439963 Apparatus and method for maintaining fluid flow through body passages  
A device (10) for maintaining fluid flow through at least one passage in a human or animal body, the device comprising two end portions (12, 14) for anchoring the device in position, and an...
8439934 Medical delivery device with a protective member  
A delivery device for positioning and deploying an implantable device within a lumen is provided. The delivery device includes inner and outer tubular members slidable to each other between at...
8435282 Tube with reverse necking properties  
An improved tubular structure adapted to increase in diameter upon application of axial force is provided. Increase in diameter is achieved by constructing the tube from multiple layers of material...
8435225 Embolization protection system for vascular procedures  
Apparatus and methods are described for effective removal of emboli or harmful fluids during therapeutic and diagnostic vascular procedures, such as angiography, balloon angioplasty, stent...
8435249 Flexible connection catheter tunneler and methods for using the same  
Tunneling systems and methods or making and using such systems for implanting biological devices, especially catheters, are described. The tunneling system of the invention contains flexible...
8430923 Radiopaque intraluminal stent  
The present invention includes a radiopaque stent comprising a cylindrical main body. The tubular main body comprises a cobalt chromium alloy that comprises cobalt, chromium and one or more...
8425449 Ocular implants and methods for delivering ocular implants into the eye  
An ocular implant is provided. In some embodiments, the ocular implant includes a body that is curved about a longitudinal central axis and a distal body portion that defines a longitudinal channel...
8419747 Link systems and articulation mechanisms for remote manipulation of surgical or diagnostic tools  
Articulating mechanisms, link systems, and components thereof, useful for a variety of purposes including, but not limited to, the remote manipulation of instruments such as surgical or diagnostic...
8414485 Single port device with multi-lumen cap  
A surgical access apparatus includes an access member defining a longitudinal axis and having a longitudinal passageway for reception and passage of a surgical object and an access housing...
8414482 Embolic protection device  
An embolic protection device for use in a patient's blood vessel, such as the aorta, has an approximately cylindrical outer structure made of a filter mesh material and an approximately conical...
8403942 Anvil delivery device accessory  
A method for performing a surgical procedure is disclosed which uses an anvil delivery system including an anvil assembly, a flexible tube having a first end portion and a second end portion, and a...
8403981 Methods and devices for delivery of prosthetic heart valves and other prosthetics  
Prosthetic valves and their component parts are described, as are prosthetic valve delivery devices and methods for their use. The prosthetic valves are particularly adapted for use in percutaneous...
8403889 Access assembly  
A surgical access assembly includes a base defining a central axis and having an opening for receipt of a surgical instrument and an elongated member extending from the base. The elongated member...
8398707 Heart valve holder for use in valve implantation procedures  
The invention features a valve holder for a prosthetic valve having a stent with a stent base and multiple commissure posts projecting from the stent base. The valve holder includes (i) a central...
8398694 Over-the-wire interlock attachment/detachment mechanism  
The over-the-wire interlock attachment/detachment mechanism includes a cylindrical lock receiving section of a small diameter attached to an implantable medical device such as a blood clot filter,...
8394448 Flexible and plastic radiopaque laminate composition  
A flexible laminate composition and methods for manufacturing same are provided. The flexible laminate composition includes one or more discrete and separate layers of a radiopaque material wherein...
8388628 Expandable sheath for delivering instruments and agents into a body lumen and methods for use  
Apparatus and methods are provided for delivering a guidewire, agents, and the like through an occlusion in a body vessel or other body lumen. The apparatus includes a flexible catheter or other...
8388674 Conformable stents and methods for making  
Materials and methods for making conformable stents. The stents can be generated by, for example, injecting a fluid into a scaffold on the outer surface of an angioplasty balloon inflated at the...
8388568 Shunt device and method for treating ocular disorders  
Shunt devices and a method for continuously decompressing elevated intraocular pressure in eyes affected by glaucoma by diverting excess aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into...
8382816 Single-piece endoprosthesis with high expansion ratios and atraumatic ends  
A new endoluminal prosthesis for use in sealing a vascular graft to corporeal lumen provides for a flattened bulbous tail at the end of each cell of the prosthesis. The flattened bulbous tails...
8382793 Introducer sheath  
The invention provides an introducer sheath (1, 21, 51), whose distal end is to be positioned inside a vessel (10, 32, 62), at a predetermined distance from the wall (9, 31, 61) of the vessel (10,...
8382770 Method for implanting a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy/jejunostomy tube in a patient and access needle for use in said method  
Method for implanting a percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube in a patient and access needle for use in the method. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of (a) providing an access...
8377089 Medical cannula assembly  
A medical assembly includes a cannula and a scaling cap releasably coupled to the cannula. The cap includes a body and a sealing member integrally molded with the body to form a fluid-tight seal...
8377111 Medical devices  
Medical devices, particularly stents, suitable for drug delivery and including a porous structure and/or colors are disclosed.
8380323 Cranium plug  
The present invention relates to a device for securing medical leads in a cranial burr hole, in particular, for securing a brain stimulation lead within such a burr hole. The device includes a...
8372131 Surgical site access system and deployment device for same  
An expandable surgical site access system and method for using the expandable surgical site access system to perform minimally invasive, percutaneous surgeries to access the spine or other bone...
8372136 Implants having high fatigue resistance, implant delivery systems, and methods of use  
According to one aspect of the present invention, a fatigue resistant stent includes a flexible tubular structure having an inside diameter, an outside diameter, and a sidewall therebetween and...
8372098 Fluid line removal device for removing a fluid line from a body and related methods  
A fluid line device is for removing a fluid line from a body and may include a handle and a cutting head having a proximal end carried by the handle, and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal...
8372062 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...
8366638 Guide wire loading method and apparatus with towel attachment mechanism and retaining member  
A device for loading a guide wire into the open end of a tubular instrument, such as a catheter. The device can be a block of material having a groove in its surface. The ends of the guide wire and...
8366720 Interventional medical device system having an elongation retarding portion and method of using the same  
An interventional medical device system operable while within a body vessel is provided with a generally hollow tubular proximal portion, distal portion, and intermediate portion. The proximal...
8359721 Sliding split-sleeve implant compressor  
A system and method for loading an endoprosthesis, such as a stent or valve, into an introducer is provided that permits interventionalists to load the endoprosthesis easily at the bedside. The...
8361105 Rapid exchange catheters usable with embolic protection devices  
Catheters, assemblies, and methods for delivering and recovering embolic protection devices. Catheters are provided that can be advanced over single length guide wires and which can be retracted...
8361135 Prosthesis deployment system  
An introducer for an expandable endovascular prosthesis having a self expanding stent has a distal prosthesis positioning mechanism and a proximal prosthesis retention mechanism. The proximal...
8360064 Minimally invasive surgical stabilization devices and methods  
The various embodiments of the present inventions provide stabilization devices and methods for use of the stabilization devices with minimally invasive gynecological procedures such as methods of...
8364277 Methods and apparatus for implanting electronic implants within the body  
An apparatus includes an implant delivery device configured to deliver an implant into a body. The implant delivery device includes a target member, an insertion member and an electronic circuit...
8361136 Endovascular graft  
An endovascular graft, which is configured to conform to the morphology of a vessel to be treated, includes a tubular ePTFE structure; an inflatable ePTFE structure disposed over at least a portion...
8361134 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....
8357193 Apparatus and method for deploying stent across adjacent tissue layers  
Transluminal access system includes a stent delivery catheter having a handle control mechanism. The catheter comprises a number of components for establishing an initial penetration between...
8357177 Balloon cones and waists thinning methodology  
Medical balloons and balloon preforms are made by methods which include the step of selectively removing material from the proximal and/or distal ends of a segment. In the case of a thermoplastic...
8357084 Structure for probe insertion  
An insert structure is proposed for insertion into an orifice, a canal, a tube and the like of a human or animal creature such as an ear canal, an intestinal tract, a gullet, etc. The insert...