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5976172 |
Retractable temporary vena cava filter
An intravascular catheter filter system which includes more particularly, the intravascular catheter filter system includes an outer cylindrical tubing having an inner lumen, an intermediate...
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5976152 |
Method and system for deploying shape memory prostheses with heated fluid
A system for delivering shape memory alloy prosthesis includes a catheter, a fluid injector and a controller. The catheter includes a fluid lumen coupled to the fluid injector and one or more...
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5976169 |
Stent with silver coating and method
A stent comprising a cylindrical member formed of metal and having a wall defining a bore extending therethrough along a longitudinal axis and having an inner surface and an outer surface. The wall...
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5976182 |
Balloon-expandable, crush-resistant locking stent and method of loading the same
An intraluminal, crush resistant stent for implantation in a body lumen is disclosed. The crush resistant stent is made from a base section having a plurality of resilient, parallel, coplanar...
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5976178 |
Medical grafting methods
Methods and apparatus for delivering and installing a new Length of tubing between two sections of a patient's existing body organ tubing and at least partly outside of that existing structure. For...
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5968067 |
Surgical penile dilator instrument and method for its use
A tool, for forming a cavity in a corpus cavernosa of a penis, includes a distal end (14), a longitudinally-extending cutting surface (16), and a main body portion (18). The cutting portion may be...
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5961548 |
Bifurcated two-part graft and methods of implantation
A bifurcated graft comprising two sections is provided that is implanted in two consecutive steps in a bifurcated body lumen. A first section of the graft comprises a main portion having a joining...
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5961545 |
EPTFE graft-stent composite device
An implantable intraluminal device includes a multilayer composite tubular device supporting one or more stents between the layer thereof. A first porous elongate tube includes an exterior surface...
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5947991 |
Single balloon device for cervix
The present invention is an improved balloon catheter for cervical dilation having a shape when inflated that is larger in diameter at the portions of the balloon that extend into the cervix and...
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5944733 |
Controlled detachable vasoocclusive member using mechanical junction and friction-enhancing member
A vasoocclusive member, such as embolic coil, that mechanically joins an instrument for delivering that vasoocclusive member to a selected site within the vasculature or other lumen of a human body...
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5941898 |
Apparatus and method for moving sealing members of a medical apparatus between a first orientation and a second orientation
A medical apparatus includes a trocar assembly including a cannula and a trocar, wherein (1) the cannula has a lumen defined therein, (2) the trocar is positionable between a first trocar position...
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5934286 |
Bypass grafting method which uses a number of balloon catheters to inhibit blood flow to an anastomosis site
A method of securing an end portion of a graft to a blood vessel of a patient's circulatory system during a bypass grafting procedure includes the step of inhibiting blood flow to a region of the...
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5935135 |
Balloon delivery system for deploying stents
A balloon delivery system for deploying stents including a balloon catheter, and a stent fixedly positioned on the balloon portion of the balloon catheter by at least one protrusion such as annular...
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5934284 |
Method for increasing blood flow in vessels
A method of enlarging the lumen of a vessel is disclosed, by which an access opening or passageway is provided to the vessel, a head is inserted through the opening and advanced to a constriction...
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5928258 |
Method and apparatus for loading a stent or stent-graft into a delivery sheath
An apparatus for loading a self-expanding prosthesis into a delivery sheath includes a substantially cylindrical cartridge for receiving the prosthesis and a cartridge un-loading device for...
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5925059 |
Detachable embolic coil assembly
This invention is a surgical instrument and specifically is a device for delivering embolic coils to a selected site within the vasculature of a human body via use of a catheter. The invention...
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5921944 |
Vibratory device for treating voiding dysfunction
A vibratory device (20) for treating female voiding dysfunctions, such as urinary stress incontinence, by inserting it into a patient's urinary tract and imparting vibrations to the urethral walls...
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5922004 |
Method for performing optical tissue dissection/retraction
A method for dissecting tissue includes the steps of providing a surgical device having a scope holder for holding an endoscope therein and a transparent concave head connected to the scope holder....
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5915383 |
Cuffed medico-surgical tubes
The cuff on the patient end of a tracheal tube is attached at one end to the inside of the tube and at the opposite end to the outside of the tube. The cuff encloses an axial sleeve that is...
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5913896 |
Interwoven dual sinusoidal helix stent
A method and apparatus for a radially expandable stent for implantation within a body vessel, comprising a first and second wire having a series of alternating peaks and valleys. The valleys of the...
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5913872 |
Magnetic nose clip
A device for applying a continuous pressure and magnetic field to the septum of a wearer. The device comprises a generally U-shaped member comprising a base and two parallel arms, each of said arms...
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5913895 |
Intravascular stent with enhanced rigidity strut members
Disclosed herein is a thin-walled cylindrical stent in which one or more of the sets of strut members are more radially rigid after stent expansion as compared to other sets of strut members. Each...
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5911731 |
Anatomically shaped vasoocclusive devices
This is a vasoocclusive device which, as used, is in the approximate shape of an anatomical cavity. It may be deployed as a sphere, an ovoid, or other distorted spherical shape. The device is a...
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5911752 |
Method for collapsing a stent
A method for implanting a stent within a body passageway defined by a body wall. The method includes the step of fabricating the stent in an initial orientation in which the stent has an initial...
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5906641 |
Bifurcated stent graft
A bifurcated stent graft implantable in branched internal passageways includes an open-frame stent latticework formed of helically wound structural strands, and a graft sleeve formed of interwoven...
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5902333 |
Prosthesis delivery system with dilating tip
This invention provides prosthesis delivery systems with tips constructed to permit both easier advance into the body and easier removal from the body after expanding the prosthesis. The tip...
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5897590 |
Method for forming a tissue pocket to receive an implantable device
A dissection glove for forming in a patient a tissue pocket to receive an implantable device. The dissection glove is constructed of an absorbent material formed into at least one recess with an...
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5891134 |
System and method for applying thermal energy to tissue
An apparatus, system, and method for treating body tissue using controlled application of heat includes a control unit providing electrical power to a bipolar electrode positioned within an...
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5891058 |
Coiled embolizing material
A coiled embolizing material which can surely embolize an application site or dilatation without extending either end portion thereof out of the dilatation. The distal end portion and/or the...
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5888201 |
Titanium alloy self-expanding stent
A self-expanding stent formed from helically wound and braided filaments of titanium or titanium alloys such as Ti-13Zr-13Nb.
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5876448 |
Esophageal stent
A radially self-expanding stent particularly suited for treating esophageal strictures, includes a medial region and proximal and distal cuffs having diameters greater than the medial region...
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5865826 |
Device and method for widening a hollow body having an at least partially elastic region
A device for widening a hollow body at least partially having elastic regions, which device is connected to the hollow body and widens the hollow body to a desired circumference. At least one...
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5860999 |
Stent and method of using same
A stent, which has an easier and better bendability and higher flexibility than known stents, has several meander paths (2,2a,2b,2c) successively arranged in the axial direction (A) and extending...
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5861027 |
Stent for the transluminal implantation in hollow organs
A stent for the transluminal implantation in hollow organs, in particular in blood vessels, ureters, oesophagi or gall tracts, is described, having a substantially tubular body which has a...
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5861035 |
Modular prosthetic conduit
The present invention relates to a modular prosthetic conduit implantable within a mammal and a method of surgically implanting and replacing such a conduit. Specifically, the present invention is...
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5860998 |
Deployment device for tubular expandable prosthesis
An endoprosthetic implant is formed from a plurality of separate individual components that are inserted sequentially and transluminally into a bifurcated vascular region with each component being...
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5853419 |
Stent
A stent including a cylindrical member having an outside diameter, a length and having proximal and distal extremities. The stent is formed of a metal and has a wall defining a central bore having...
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5846259 |
Telescoping catheter and method of use
A catheter wherein the "effective over-the-wire" length is adjustable. The catheter includes an elongated inflation shaft having a longitudinal inflation lumen, an extension shaft disposed distal...
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RE35988 |
Stent construction of rolled configuration
A stent for reinforcing a damaged wall in a body passage such as a vascular passage. The stent takes the form of a sheet or metal foil wound tightly around a spool in a multiple layer roll and held...
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5843118 |
Fibered micro vaso-occlusive devices
This is a micro-vaso-occlusive device intended generally for occlusion of small arteries located distally in the vasculature. The invention is made up of a binder portion, often radio-opaque, which...
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5843172 |
Porous medicated stent
A medicated prosthesis, such as a stent, is deployed in a human vessel. A metallic stent has a plurality of pores in the metal which are loaded with medication. When the stent is implanted into the...
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5843161 |
Endoprosthesis assembly for percutaneous deployment and method of deploying same
The present invention provides an endoprosthesis assembly having a reduced cross sectional profile for percutaneous deployment and implantation within a body passageway such as a blood vessel. The...
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5836962 |
Endoprosthesis
A body compatible device including an elongate filament substantially uniform in lateral cross-section over its length and having multiple fibers having high tensile strength embedded in a...
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5827289 |
Inflatable device for use in surgical protocols relating to treatment of fractured or diseased bones
A balloon for use in compressing cancellous bone and marrow (also known as medullary bone or trabecular bone) against the inner cortex of bones whether the bones are fractured or not. The balloon...
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5827319 |
Radially expandable access system having disposable and reusable components
An access system comprises a radially expandable sleeve, a pneumoperitoneum needle, a cannula assembly, and an obturator. Methods for reconstructing and reusing the access system comprise replacing...
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5824056 |
Implantable medical device formed from a refractory metal having a thin coating disposed thereon
An implantable medical device formed from a drawn refractory metal and having an improved biocompatible surface is described. The method by which the device is made includes coating a refractory...
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5824048 |
Method for delivering a therapeutic substance to a body lumen
A method for delivering a therapeutic substance to a body lumen utilizing an intravascular stent having a coating comprising a polymer and a therapeutic substance in a solid/solid solution with the...
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5824054 |
Coiled sheet graft stent and methods of making and use
A prosthesis is provided for treatment of aneurysms, occlusive disease of vessels and body organs, and arterio-venous fistulas, comprising an expandable coiled sheet portion having a biocompatible...
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5817122 |
Apparatus having a ureter splint and a guide connectable to the splint via a screw connection, and having an auxiliary splint
The invention is based on an arrangement of a ureter split, a guide and an auxiliary splint, wherein a releasable connection between the guide and the hollow ureter splint is provided, which...
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5817127 |
Combined dilator-urethrotome
A combined mechanical dilator-urethrotome comprising a radially-expandable probe (12) consisting of two rods (16 and 18) of a semicircular cross-section which form a complete circle in a closed...
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