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7402172 Intraluminal therapeutic patch  
The present invention includes systems, methods and apparatus. A system in accord with the present invention may include an intraluminal patch sized to fit within a lumen and an expandable...
7402164 Umbilical cord clamp and cutter  
A novel umbilical cord clamp and a combined umbilical cord clamp and cutter are provided for clamping and cutting umbilical cords in one motion. The cutter comprises two shells joined by a...
7399310 Endovascular stapler  
An endovascular stapler for securing an endograft to a vessel is disclosed. The stapler includes a staple housing adapted for storing at least one staple therein. The staple housing having an exit...
7390329 Methods for grasping and cinching tissue anchors  
Methods and apparatus for controlled grasping and cinching or locking of a tissue anchor are provided. In one variation, a tube is provided having a lumen and a resilient member that obstructs the...
RE40377 Means and method of replacing a heart valve in a minimally invasive manner  
A heart valve can be replaced using minimally invasive methods which include a sutureless sewing cuff that and a fastener delivery tool that holds the cuff against the patient's tissue while...
7377929 Soft tissue defect repair device  
An inguinal hernia repair device in the form of an implantable plug that is affixed at one end to the center region of a sheet of implantable material. The plug takes the form of a plurality of...
7377928 Apparatus and method for producing a reinforced surgical staple line  
An apparatus for use with a surgical stapler to provide a reinforced surgical staple line. The apparatus includes an applicator that carries a first and second bioimplantable material connected by...
7374565 Bi-directional infuser pump with volume braking for hydraulically controlling an adjustable gastric band  
An implantable artificial sphincter system provides long-term adjustment via transcutaneous energy transfer (TET), minimizing invasive adjustment through adding or removing fluid via a syringe. An...
7371245 Transobturator introducer system for sling suspension system  
An introducer device comprising: an introducer needle having a proximal end and a distal end and a handle having a needle receiving end. The handle can be adapted to receive said distal end of said...
7370392 Locking device  
A locking device has a band provided with a locking element on its one end, a housing, a rocker turnably movable relative to the housing and having an edge which in a closed position of the device...
7367937 Gastric band  
A gastric band includes a balloon shaped and dimensioned to circumscribe the stomach at a predetermined location. The balloon includes a longitudinally extending body and a supply tube is secured...
7357807 Integrated anastomosis tool with graft vessel attachment device and cutting device  
An integrated anastomosis tool both creates an opening in a side wall of a target blood vessel and performs an anastomosis procedure to connect a graft vessel to a side of the target blood vessel...
7357805 Clip device for endoscope and clip for endoscope for use therein  
A clipping device improves defects that the clip can not be again opened once the clip is closed, and that it is necessary to execute the operation in a state in which the clip is not sufficiently...
7347814 Constriction device viewable under X ray fluoroscopy  
A constriction device that constricts body tissue is viewable under X ray fluoroscopy. The device includes an elongated sleeve. The sleeve includes opposed opened ends and is formed from expandable...
7344544 Vascular closure system  
A system for closing an opening in tissue may include an end effector that holds a staple, where the staple is plastically deformed to a splayed configuration for engaging tissue, then plastically...
7344543 Method and apparatus for epicardial left atrial appendage isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation  
A catheter apparatus is provided for isolation of the left atrial appendage (LAA) having a catheter shaft, a probe disposed within the catheter shaft, and a control mechanism coupled to both the...
7341595 Vascular hole closure device  
A device for closing an aperture in a vessel wall comprising an elongated member positionable inside the vessel against an internal opening of the aperture and having a dimension exceeding a...
7338506 Scleral clip and procedures for using same  
A method and clip for treating presbyopia and/or open angle glaucoma in which the sclera is supported or reinforced, while substantially maintaining the special relationship between the ciliary...
7338505 Apparatus and method for endoscopic colectomy  
Apparatus and methods for endoscopic colectomy are described herein. A colectomy device having a first and a second tissue approximation device is mounted on a colonoscope separated from one...
7335214 External venous valve stents for the correction of incompetent venous valves  
Improvements to external stents to render incompetent venous valves competent are disclosed. The device is an inelastic bio-compatible cuff ( 1 ) that encircles the venous valve cusps ( 15 )...
7335213 Apparatus and methods for heart valve repair  
Embodiments of a medical device and methods for percutaneously treating a heart valve. In one embodiment, the medical device has a first cardiac tissue fastener having a first lock, a second...
7331969 Micro tools  
Tool arrays for biomedical surgery where the tools consist of layered polymer micromuscles arranged to induce geometrical changes and movements via an electrochemically induced change of volume in...
7326233 Surgical clip  
A surgical clip having a sliding state and a crimped state is adapted for use in a surgical procedure initially to slide along suture ends to an operative position and ultimately to crimp the...
7326223 Ligating clip with integral cutting guide  
A polymeric, surgical clip having first and second curved legs with each having a pair of opposing side surfaces joined at their proximal ends by a flexible hinge section and movable from an open...
7322993 Stiffening pharyngeal wall treatment  
A pharyngeal airway having a pharyngeal wall of a patient at least partially surrounding and defining the airway is treated by selecting an implant dimensioned so as to be implanted at or beneath a...
7321798 Trans-septal/trans-myocardial ventricular pacing lead  
An medical electrical lead in embodiments of the teachings may include one or more of the following features: (a) a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, (b) a conductor traversing from...
7316706 Tensioning device, system, and method for treating mitral valve regurgitation  
A system for treating mitral valve regurgitation comprises a tensioning device slidably received within a delivery catheter. The tensioning device includes a tether linking proximal an anchoring...
7316696 Ligating clip with integral interlocking latch mechanism  
A polymeric, surgical clip having first and second curved legs joined at their proximal ends by a flexible hinge section and movable from an open position to a closed position for clamping a vessel...
7311720 Closure device for a puncture channel and applicator device  
In a closure device for an opening in a layer of tissue comprising a plurality of wings which provide and/or hold bearing areas on tissue surrounding the opening, the wings are held by means of...
7311716 Surgically implantable adjustable band having a flat profile when implanted  
An implantable surgical device having a deployed shape and an undeployed shape. The device includes an elongated flexible inflatable balloon portion and an elongated flexible and substantially...
7309341 Single lumen anastomosis applier for self-deploying fastener  
A surgical tool or applier facilitates laparoscopic or endoscopic implantation through a single bodily tissue lumen of an anastomotic ring device for forming a hollow rivet type of attachment...
7306614 Overtube apparatus for insertion into a body  
An overtube apparatus for insertion into a body is described herein. The assembly includes an overtube having a lumen defined throughout. The distal end of the overtube member has two or more...
7303577 Apparatus and method for use in repairs of injured soft tissue  
A method, system and apparatus for augmenting the surgical repair of soft tissue injuries, in which a first end of a bridge member attaches to a first portion of healthy tissue, and a second end of...
7297150 Implantable devices for controlling the internal circumference of an anatomic orifice or lumen  
An implantable device is provided for controlling the internal circumference of an anatomic orifice or lumen. The implantable device has an adjustable member configured to adjust the dimensions of...
7288100 Gastric clamp for performing vertical band gastroplasty and a gastric bypass with lesser curvature  
The invention relates to the production of a vertical gastric reservoir for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity. The reservoir consists of a clamp having two plates articulated at the lower...
7288099 Obesity treatment tools and methods  
Various obesity treatment tools and methods are described herein, as well as treatments for other gastric-related diseases, e.g., GERD. Treatment includes reducing the size of the stomach pouch to...
7288064 Gastric ring  
The gastric ring comprises an elongate element that can be deformed into a loop between a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, together with closure means suitable for folding the...
7275546 Anterior and inferior segment ventricular restoration apparatus and method  
The symptoms of congenital heart failure are addressed in this surgical procedure for mounting a patch in the ventricle of the heart to reduce ventricular volume. Placement of the patch is...
7273489 Device for occluding a hole in a body wall and a unit for inserting said device  
The device includes a solid disk ( 1 ) whose diameter is larger than the diameter of a hole ( 2 ) to be treated and which is formed by a peripheral deformable thread ( 6 ) made of a shape memory...
7267682 Anastomosis staple  
An anastomosis staple has a base from which multiple deformable tines extend. At least one tine may be offset from at least one other tine. The tines are moveable from a first configuration to a...
7267680 Anastomosis apparatus and methods of deployment and manufacture  
A method and apparatus for making an anastomosis between a tubular duct and a vessel has an annulus having a longitudinal axis, a first set of fingers and a second set of fingers. The first set of...
7267679 Vascular hole closure device  
A device for closing an aperture in a vessel wall comprising an elongated member positionable inside the vessel against an internal opening of the aperture and having a dimension exceeding a...
7261725 Endoscopic device with independently actuated legs  
The present invention relates to endoscopic clips with multiple independently-controlled legs. The present invention also relates to a method for using a clip with multiple independently actuated...
7252838 Drug releasing elastic band and method  
A ligating band according to the present invention comprises an elastomeric layer and an inner drug releasing layer. The inner drug releasing layer includes a therapeutic agent, for example a...
7247163 Internal telescopic guide for an inflatable air cushion  
The invention provides an air cushion unit ( 4 ) for use in conjunction with a compression device for stopping bleeding from puncture wounds. The air cushion unit ( 4 ) comprises a base plate ( 5...
7238191 Surgical ring featuring a reversible diameter remote control system  
A surgical ring, designed to be implanted around biological organs comprising a pouch or a duct, so as, on the one hand, to form a closed loop between these two extremities ( 1, 2 ), thus forming a...
7235086 Crimping instrument with motion limiting feature  
A surgical crimping instrument for crimping a sleeve including an anvil and a hammer moveable relative to each other to crimp the sleeve, a pusher movable longitudinally and engaging the hammer...
7229453 Pelvic floor implant system and method of assembly  
Surgical articles, implants and components suitable creating composite slings are described. Novel procedures for assembling and utilizing composite slings are also detailed.
7226408 Tack device with shield  
A slotted shield for a surgical tack, including a body adapted to engage a tack head. The shield has at least one slot having a width, defined by the body. Optionally, the shield is mounted on a...
7223289 Annulus repair systems and techniques  
Systems and methods for repairing annulus defects include at least one blocking member positionable in or adjacent to the annulus defect, at least one attachment portion for securing the blocking...
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