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6465067 |
Composition and process for manufacturing PBT catheter balloons
A processing technique and a composition which allow compositions of PBT polymers or copolymers to be formed into blow molded articles, especially medical balloons such as dilatation or stent...
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6464718 |
Balloon catheter for stent delivery having microchannels and method
A balloon catheter and stent delivery system for medical treatment of a patient includes a balloon inflatable to an inflated shape having a cylindrical working portion, and a deflated shape that is...
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6460543 |
Non-injection port food intake restriction device
A food intake restriction device for forming a stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus of a patient, comprises an elongated restriction member forming an expandable and contractible cavity formed...
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6458097 |
Catheter for corporeal duct
The invention concerns a catheter ( 1 ) designed to be inserted in a corporeal duct and comprising a flexible elongated body, rigid in traction, including a sealed tubular sheath ( 3 ) for...
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6454785 |
Percutaneous intragastric balloon catheter for the treatment of obesity
The present invention relates to a percutaneous intragastric balloon catheter for the treatment of obesity. The invention occupies a portion of the gastric cavity causing a feeling of satiety and...
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6454784 |
Minimally invasive method of harvesting epigastric arteries
A laparoscopic technique for harvesting the inferior epigastric artery and removing it from the body. The harvested inferior epigastric artery may be used as a bypass graft in a coronary or...
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6451042 |
Method and apparatus for dissecting tissue layers
A retractor for use in arthroscopic surgery. The retractor has a mechanical expanding portion for expanding against sub-surface tissues when the retractor is in use. The retractor also has a...
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6447489 |
Laparoscopic access tool with gas seal
A laparoscopic access apparatus enabling the removal of tissue or other debris from a surgical site. A catheter having a longitudinal access is provided with a flexible internal sleeve having...
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6436118 |
IMA dissection device
A dissection device for dissecting tissue from an elongate structure in a body is disclosed. The device comprises an elongate tubular member such as a cannula or other hollow tube and an inflatable...
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6425877 |
Treatment of tissue in the digestive circulatory respiratory urinary and reproductive systems
Apparatus for creating a controlled pattern of ablation throughout the interior of an organ or body cavity while minimizing thermal damage to collateral tissue includes a microporous balloon...
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6409741 |
Focalized intraluminal balloons
Disclosed is a focal balloon having at least one reference zone and a focal zone. In one embodiment, the reference zone and focal zone are inflatable to a first generally cylindrical profile at a...
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6379372 |
Endovascular delivery system
A system for delivering and implanting a radially expandable endoluminal prosthesis within a body lumen (e.g., blood vessel). The system comprises a) an introducer/dilator assembly, and b) a...
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6374827 |
Tracheo-esophageal tube and ventilator for pneumatic cardiopulmonary resuscitation
The invention relates to a device for and method of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) involving cardiac compression of a patient's heart through expansion of the esophagus with an orally...
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6375665 |
Apparatus and method for dissecting and retracting elongate structures
A dissector/retractor device comprising a balloon having a deflated state and an inflated state is described for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures by creating a tunnel alongside a...
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6355013 |
Balloon catheter with longitudinal safety stop
The present invention relates to a balloon catheter having a tubular basic body with distal and proximal ends, and at least one lumen extending between the proximal and the distal ends. A balloon...
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6344045 |
Sizing and therapeutic catheter with sheath
The present invention is directed to a gauging system and method for using the same for determining the size of a lesion within a patient's body prior to stenting the lesion. In one embodiment the...
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6319229 |
Balloon catheter and method of manufacture
Disclosed herein is a compliant catheter balloon with an improved elastic response and reduced longitudinal expansion, and a method of forming the same. The balloon comprises a SEBS block...
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6312444 |
Medical device for removing thromboembolic material from cerebral arteries and methods of use
The invention provides a medical device having an elongate catheter, a balloon occluder mounted on a distal end of the catheter, and optionally a chopping mechanism associated with an aspiration...
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6296653 |
Cardiac resuscitation device for percutaneous direct cardiac massage
An apparatus and method for cardiac resuscitation wherein the apparatus has an expandable member carried by a rigid stem and placeable inside the chest cavity adjacent to the heart by the tip end...
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6296658 |
Vascular sealing apparatus
A device for sealing an opening or puncture in the wall of a blood vessel or other percutaneous openings. The device includes a shaft section member of a small diameter, with an expandable balloon...
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6296654 |
Non-invasive aortic impingement
A method for subdiaphragm hemorrhage control in a patient or for non-invasively enhancing cerebral and myocardial perfusion in a patient includes positioning a moveable surface through the...
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6296657 |
Vascular sealing device and method
A vascular closure device. In each embodiment, the device includes at least one relatively non-deformable surface member and a conformable and distensible member. Typically the conformable member...
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6293958 |
Catheter having flow diffusing tip
An intravascular catheter having a flow diffusing distal tip includes a plurality of cuts formed through the tubular wall thereof so as to define a plurality of generally U-shaped flaps, the flaps...
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6287319 |
Cannula with balloon tip
A cannula is provided with a balloon tip at an implantable end thereof. The balloon tip comprises a sealed, flexible, inflatable portion adapted to receive an inflating material via a lumen in...
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6280456 |
Methods for treating bone
A method for treating bone employs a tool comprising an outer catheter tube having a distal end and an inner catheter tube extending within the outer catheter tube and having a distal end region...
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6277065 |
Anchoring and positioning device and method for an endoscope
An endoscope has an anchoring and positioning device, in the form of an inflatable balloon, at its distal end section. The distal end of the endoscope has a section length, a major peripheral part,...
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6277136 |
Method for developing an anatomic space
A fluid operated retractor for use in surgery. The retractor has a portion which is expandable upon the introduction of fluid under pressure. The expandable portion is made of a material strong...
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6270477 |
Catheter for emboli containment
Disclosed herein is a catheter for use in an emboli containment system. In one embodiment, the catheter has a tubular body with a metallic braid construction. Two lumen extend through the tubular...
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6264667 |
Bladder dialysis urinary catheter
An irrigating bladder dethrombulator for removing blood clots in the urine. The device includes a housing having an outflow conduit insertable into the bladder through the urethra for transporting...
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6258024 |
Speculum device
A probe for a speculum for use in examining the interior of a body cavity. The probe comprised an elongated tubular member (1) having a first and second end and an expandable sealing element (2)...
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6238408 |
Balloon catheter
A balloon-tip catheter having a balloon formed from a polymeric material in the vicinity of the tip of a catheter, wherein the polymeric material forming the balloon comprises a polyolefin obtained...
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6231543 |
Single lumen balloon catheter
A dilation catheter having a catheter shaft with an inner lumen for receiving a guidewire and an inflatable balloon member located at the distal portion of the shaft in fluid communication with the...
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6217529 |
Pubococcygeal training biofeedback device
A training device is disclosed for exercising the pubococcygeal or pelvic floor muscles, for example in the treatment of incontinence. The device includes a cylindrical, deformable probe for...
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6217607 |
Premounted stent delivery system for small vessels
A stent delivery system is sized to allow it to traverse small-sized vessels of diameter in a range from about 1.25 mm to less than about 2.5 mm in a human body. The delivery system includes a...
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6217586 |
Catheter and method for a stent delivery system
An apparatus and method for deploying one or more stents within a body lumen comprises a catheter (such as a dilatation catheter) having a detachable proximal portion. Detaching the proximal...
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6193829 |
Method and tooling for forming a stent
The present invention relates to a method and tooling for forming a stent and the stent so formed. The stent includes filaments of a first material and joints of a second material. The present...
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6193680 |
Intrathoracic cardiac compression
Trans-esophageal cardiac compression is performed during cardiopulmonary resuscitation by introducing into the esophagus a tube (12) having a distal inflatable member, such as a balloon (20). The...
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6190358 |
Reinforced rapid exchange balloon catheter
The invention is a dilation catheter which comprises an elongated catheter shaft, a guide wire tube, and an angioplasty balloon. The distal end of the balloon is attached to the distal portion of...
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6190354 |
Balloon catheter with improved pressure source
A balloon catheter which has an elongate shaft with an inflatable balloon connected to its distal end and a manifold connected to its proximal end. The manifold may be fixedly or removably attached...
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6187016 |
Stent retrieval device
A stent retrieval device for insertion in an artery and capable of being guided along a radiopaque wire is described. The stent retrieval device includes a plurality of flexible individual fingers...
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6179855 |
Device for protecting the tissues of physiological pathways during explorations with diagnostic and/or operating instruments
A device for protecting the tissues of a physiological pathway during explorations performed with diagnostic and/or operating instruments, comprising a thin sheet made of plastics which is rolled...
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6171236 |
Method of retracting soft tissue from a bone
A fluid operated retractor for use in surgery. The retractor has a portion that is expandable upon the introduction of fluid under pressure. The expandable portion is made of a material strong...
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6171279 |
Over-the-wire dilatation catheter
The present invention relates to an "over-the-wire" dilatation catheter of the type comprising a flexible tubular body having a distal part, an intermediate part and a proximal part. According to...
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6168608 |
Apparatus and method for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic procedures
An improved laparoscopic apparatus for tunneling to a desired anatomical location and developing a surgical space is disclosed, including a tunneling member adapted to receive a laparoscope therein...
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6168609 |
Catamenial collector and methods of use
A catamenial collector, in an embodiment, has a receptacle with a flexible hollow rim capable of inflation and has a handle with substantially the length of a female vagina. The collector may have...
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6159219 |
Stent retrieval device
The present invention provides a device and method for retrieving a balloon expandable stent which has been misplaced. It utilizes a balloon catheter which is sized to fit into the inside diameter...
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6152895 |
Method for use in laparoscopic hernia repair
A method for use in laparoscopic hernia repair comprises the steps of inserting a distal end of a laparoscope through a patient's abdominal muscles to a point outside of the parietal peritoneum,...
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6146401 |
Expandable multifunctional instruments for creating spaces at obstructed sites endoscopically
An expandable multifunctional instrument for creating a space at an obstructed site in anatomical tissue in the body including an elongate member having a distal end for being positioned at the...
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6132824 |
Multilayer catheter balloon
A method of producing laminated inflatable, substantially inextensible expander members having composite properties enhancing their use on intravascular catheters, such as angioplasty catheters is...
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6129736 |
Expansible apparatus with back-loaded cannula
The present invention relates to an expansible tunneling apparatus suitable for tissue dissection. The apparatus is provided with a cannula-loading shaft at its proximal end such that a cannula...
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