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6802849 Stent delivery system  
A stent delivery system to facilitate introduction and placement of a stent, including a catheter having an expandable distal portion constructed and arranged for expanding the outer diameter of...
6796991 Releasably locking dilator and sheath assembly  
A releasably locking dilator and sheath assembly and methods for releasing the dilator from the sheath and longitudinally splitting the sheath are provided. The assembly includes a dilator having a...
6793656 Systems and methods for fixation of adjacent vertebrae  
A method for internal fixation of vertebra of the spine to facilitate graft fusion includes steps for excising the nucleus of an affected disc, preparing a bone graft, instrumenting the vertebrae...
6790218 Occlusive coil manufacture and delivery  
The present invention includes a coiled wire formed of a shape memory material for implantation into an anatomical defect. After implantation of one or more of the coiled wires according to the...
6773446 Delivery apparatus for a self-expanding stent  
A delivery apparatus for a self-expanding stent is disclosed. The apparatus has an outer sheath forming an elongated tubular member having distal and proximal ends and an inside and outside...
6767355 Tracheostomy dilator  
A tracheostomy dilator comprises a rod which is penetrated by an inner lumen. Both ends of the inner lumen are open, at the end facing the patient and at the end of the tracheostomy dilator facing...
6764503 Stent (or stent graft) locating device  
A stent locating device that includes leading wires, a pushing rod for holding the leading wires, and a sheath for loading the pushing rod. The pushing rod includes inner and outer tubes. The inner...
6752818 Stoma dilator  
A stoma dilator for insertion into an opening formed in the human body comprises a base and an insert integrally formed with said base and extending there from. The insert has a tapered portion...
6743180 Pressure sensor for use in an artery  
A device for introduction into an animal or human body, especially into an artery. The device is preferably positioned in an aneurysmal sac in an artery between the wall of the artery and the wall...
6726713 Method and device for crimping a stent  
The invention concerns a method and a device for crimping a stent onto a balloon of a balloon catheter. The stent is arranged on the balloon so that an outside surface of the balloon and an inside...
6723112 Bioactive three loop coil  
One aspect of the present invention pertains to an implantable medical device for at least partially obstructing a neck portion of a vascular aneurysm. The device includes an occlusion subassembly...
6719772 Retaining device for axially restraining movement between tubular elements of a medical device  
A retaining device for axially restraining a sheath connected to a housing and a dilator connected to a hub includes a generally C-shaped clip having spaced apart circumferential ends defining a...
6712833 Method of making a catheter balloon  
A method of forming a catheter component, such as a balloon, in which the component has a thinned skirt section formed by expanding tubing to a radially enlarged outer diameter and then decreasing...
6692484 Devices for extracting biliary or urinary stones  
A device ( 10 ) for extracting biliary or urinary stones, calculi or the like (stones 104 ) from the biliary or urinary tract ( 100 ) of a patient including a catheter shaft ( 12 ), a first...
6692510 Aneurysm embolization device and deployment system  
An aneurysm embolization device and deployment system for use in occluding the flow of blood at a preselected position within a vessel of the human body comprising a headpiece and a plurality of...
6682545 System and device for preventing restenosis in body vessels  
The present invention relates to a system and device for preventing stenosis and/or restenosis after an invasive procedure in a body vessel or cavity having an inner wall surface, the system...
6673042 Expandable venous cannula and method of use  
The cannula of the present invention is useful for standard gravity drainage or vacuum assisted/suction drainage. The cannula of the present invention has a flexible shaft composed of a tubular...
6666881 Method of heating a nitinol stent  
A stent and a method of making it from a wire, which method includes winding the wire on a mandrel, heating to form a coiled spring, and reversing the winding direction of the coiled spring to form...
6656200 Embolization device  
This invention relates to an embolization device for occluding a vessel. This device includes a matrix made of a biocompatible and biopolymeric material and a radiopaque material, wherein the...
6656199 Magnetic clamp assembly for an elongated flexible medical device  
A magnetic clamp assembly for an elongated flexible medical device. The clamp assembly includes magnetic clamp members operably coupled to clamp a portion of the flexible medical device to secure...
6656154 Balloon occlusion diameter and pressure measuring devices and methods of use  
The invention provides a device having first and second balloons. Each of the first and second balloons communicates with an inflation lumen. A differential pressure gauge communicates with both...
6652582 Bioabsorbable endoprosthesis having porosity for by-product collection  
A bioabsorbable implantable endoprosthesis having elongate elements including hollow, cavity or porous portions adapted to accumulate by-product from the degradation of the bioabsorbable material...
6629981 Stent delivery system  
A stent delivery catheter is disclosed. The catheter includes an inner catheter tube and an outer catheter tube which are rotatable relative to each other. The inner catheter and outer catheter...
6629987 Catheter positioning systems  
The present invention provides a catheter positioning system which serves to control and stabilize a distal end of a catheter at a treatment site within a patient so that a medical procedure can be...
6623503 Dilators  
A first dilator ( 10 ) and second dilator ( 20 ) each comprise an elongate hollow member ( 11; 21 ) with a “closed” end ( 12; 22 ) and an “open” end ( 13; 23 ). The outer surface of the...
6620183 Thrombus filter with break-away anchor members  
A thrombus filter which can be securely fixed at a selected location in the vascular system of a patient and removed when no longer required. The thrombus filter includes a body portion and a...
6616678 Dilation systems and related methods  
Devices and methods permit dilation of a track of a body to any of a plurality of diameters using a single integrated device that can reach any of a plurality of expanded diameters upon actuation...
6602225 Substantially circular catheter assembly  
A catheter assembly of the type having at least two balloon catheters extending from a proximal end of the assembly to a distal end of the assembly. At least a portion of the assembly having a...
6602271 Collapsible blood filter with optimal braid geometry  
The present invention is a collapsible blood filter for use during a vascular procedure, such as angioplasty or stent deployment. A filter made of braided filaments is located on the distal end of...
6602270 Reduced size intra-aortic balloon catheter  
A reduced size IAB catheter system comprising an IAB catheter disposed within a tube serving both as a insertion sheath and as a reinforcement tube. The tube is preferably disposed about the entire...
6602269 Embolic devices capable of in-situ reinforcement  
Described herein are embolic assemblies that can be reinforced in situ. In particular, assemblies are described comprising (i) an implantable device designed to allow injection of a liquid agent...
6596009 Retrievable endoscopic orbital floor splint  
A endoscopic orbital floor splint for placement in a maxillary sinus for supporting an orbital floor having a pedicle portion with an upper surface and lower surface, and a support portion...
6589262 Locking catheter introducing system  
An introducing apparatus includes an elongate tubular sheath having an external diameter small enough to be readily insertable in a selected vein. The sheath has a bore which receives therein a...
6589214 Vascular introducer sheath with retainer  
A surgical vascular introducer sheath comprising first and second members and a retainer. The first member has a lumen for receiving a surgical instrument therethrough and a first side opening in...
6589236 Assembly containing an electrolytically severable joint for endovascular embolic devices  
This invention is an apparatus for the formation of occlusions in spaces in the human body, occluding such as thrombi in arteries, veins, aneurysms, vascular malformations and arteriovenous...
6579301 Intragastric balloon device adapted to be repeatedly varied in volume without external assistance  
An intragastric balloon device includes a flexible bladder, a relatively rigid reservoir coupled to the bladder and adapted to hold a bladder inflation fluid, and an inflation/deflation system...
6579309 Stent for vessel branchings  
A stent, in particular a coronary stent, for implantation in the region of vessel branchings, comprising a tubular casing with a proximal and a distal end, wherein in the implanted condition the...
6579313 Methods for implanting cells  
A method for implanting cells onto a prosthesis includes the steps of: (a) providing a prosthesis including a porous tube, where at least 25% of the pores on the inner surface of the tube have...
6569179 Bioactive three loop coil  
One aspect of the present invention pertains to an implantable medical device for at least partially obstructing a neck portion of a vascular aneurysm. The implantable medical device includes an...
6554848 Marker device for rotationally orienting a stent delivery system prior to deploying a curved self-expanding stent  
A stent for use in a curved body lumen is disclosed. The stent is made from a superelastic alloy such as nickel titanium or nitinol, and optionally includes a ternary element. The superelastic...
6551340 Vasoocclusion coil device having a core therein  
A coil-type vasoocclusion device ( 10 ) for establishing an embolus or vascular occlusion in a human or veterinary patient is adapted for introduction into the patient via a catheter ( 32 ). The...
6551305 Shape memory segmented detachable coil  
The shape memory segmented detachable coil assembly includes a plurality of hollow, tubular coil segments, and a plurality of connector members, with adjacent coil segments connected together by...
6544225 Embolic coil hydraulic deployment system with purge mechanism  
A medical device for placing an embolic coil at a preselected location within a vessel comprising a positioning catheter having a distal section for retaining the embolic coil and an aperture for...
6530938 Catheter member with bondable layer  
The invention is directed to a catheter formed at least in part of a multilayered member having a first layer which is fusion bondable to another catheter component such as the skirt of an...
6520957 Treatment of in-stent restenosis using cytotoxic radiation  
Methods and systems are disclosed for treating in-stent restenosis using radiation having a wavelength sufficient to kill or promote cellular death (e.g., through programmed cell death), or...
6514228 Balloon catheter having high flow tip  
A balloon catheter and method of use for inflating the balloon more effectively, particularly during stent deployment. The balloon catheter includes a catheter shaft and a balloon, wherein the...
6503264 Endoscopic device for removing an intragastric balloon  
A device and method for removing a fluid-filled object from a body cavity of a patient is provided. The device includes a tube and a grasper slidably movable with respect to the tube. The device...
6494848 Measuring device for use with a hemostatic puncture closure device  
A measuring device is disclosed which includes a proximal end portion having an actuation member thereon and a distal end portion having an expandable member thereon wherein the actuation member...
6491710 Balloon catheter for pulmonary vein isolation  
A balloon catheter is capable of forming a transmural necrotic layer around the pulmonary vein ostium without excessively cauterizing the endocardium and of cauterizing portions of the four...
6491720 Angioplasty stent adapted to counter restenosis respective kit and components  
A stent structure includes a stent and one or more fibers disposed on the stent, the fiber adapted to provide a therapeutic agent. Nuclei containing therapeutic agents that impede restenosis may be...