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5904701 |
Device for aiding procedural and therapeutic interventions of the gastrointestinal tract
Balloons are shaped and adapted for use in hollow body orifices. The balloons can be inflated and expanded within the body cavity in such a way as to prevent bleeding in the area, to apply pressure...
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5895405 |
Method and apparatus for dilatation catheterization
Apparatus and method is disclosed for facilitating balloon catheter exchange in angioplasty procedures. A guide catheter allows the balloon catheter to be inserted into the subject to a region near...
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5893840 |
Releasable microcapsules on balloon catheters
Balloon catheters are prepared to include body affecting chemicals within microcapsules on the exterior of the balloon either alone or with a stent. The coating releases from the balloon when the...
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5893868 |
Catheter with removable balloon protector and stent delivery system with removable stent protector
A balloon catheter is provided having an expandable distal portion and balloon protector means comprising a first removable sleeve having a variable inner diameter to ease sliding the first sleeve...
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5891089 |
System and method for coronary angioplasty
There is provided a fluid pressure sensing and activating control system for coronary angioplasty, including a fluid pressure sensor and transducer connected to feed signals via an A/D converter to...
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5888196 |
Mechanically expandable arthroscopic retractors
A mechanically expandable retractor for use in arthroscopic surgery. The retractor has an expanding portion at its distal end for expanding against sub-surface tissues when the retractor is in use....
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5879369 |
Catheter balloon and balloon catheter
A catheter balloon having a base layer formed of a high-strength polymer and one or more covering layers formed over at least one surface of said base layer of the same flexible polymer or...
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5876417 |
Detachable catheter apparatus
A detachable catheter apparatus that conveys a fluid includes a tube assembly and an insertion device. The tube assembly extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a distal tube section having...
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5876376 |
Catheter balloon bonding stopper
A medical catheter comprising a catheter shaft defining an inflation lumen and a guidewire shaft defining a guidewire lumen. The guidewire shaft is coaxial with the catheter shaft and runs...
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5876375 |
Guide catheter system for an angioplasty balloon catheter
The present invention relates to a guide catheter system for guiding an angioplasty balloon catheter into a patient's vascular system. The guide catheter system includes a guide catheter and a...
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5868779 |
Apparatus and methods for dilating vessels and hollow-body organs
Apparatus and methods for dilating a vessel or organ, especially a larger diameter vessel or organ, are provided using a catheter having a balloon element is disposed within a sheath having an...
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5868753 |
Stent retrieval catheter
A device and method for retrieving a stent from the vessel of a patient includes a catheter which is formed with a central lumen that defines a passageway having a diameter. A deformable distal tip...
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5853408 |
In-vivo modification of the mechanical properties of surgical devices
The mechanical properties of various angioplastic surgical devices are altered in order to enhance their transportability through the vascular system by changing their operating temperature while...
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5846258 |
Intraocular balloon, insertion guide for intraocular balloon, and holder
The invention provides an intraocular balloon and associated devices such as an intraocular balloon insertion guide and a holder. They enable a surgeon to readily perform an operation for...
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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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5843090 |
Stent delivery device
A balloon catheter with a stent delivery device having inner and outer catheters, with the outer catheter having a second lumen for inflation of the balloon. The delivery device also includes a...
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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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5836951 |
Balloon dilation catheter
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the treatment of the symptoms of obstructive prostatism. The apparatus comprises an expandable dilation catheter and preferably an axially elongate sheath,...
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5836957 |
Large volume atherectomy device
A side-cutting atherectomy catheter with a housing containing a tissue-removal means, a window on one side, and a large volume inflatable support on the opposite side. The large volume inflatable...
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5833658 |
Catheters for the delivery of solutions and suspensions
The present invention provides single balloon infusion catheters that provide an infusion chamber between a body lumen and the catheter balloon when the catheter balloon is inflated. High...
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5833706 |
Single operator exchange perfusion catheter having a distal catheter shaft section
A single operator exchange balloon dilation catheter is disclosed which includes an innerless distal shaft section and a blood perfusion tube.
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5833657 |
Single-walled balloon catheter with non-linear compliance characteristic
A balloon element for use in a catheter has a multi-layered single-walled structure and a compliance characteristic exhibiting a first, non-compliant region at low operating pressures and 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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5827314 |
Flexible lifting apparatus
A lifting apparatus for deployment through a laparoscopic incision in a body wall to apply an external lifting force over a large area of the body wall. The apparatus provides a broad lifting...
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5826588 |
Laser ablation of angioplasty catheters and balloons
A dilatation balloon (20,98) is fabricated according to a process that yields high hoop strength and uniformity in balloon wall thickness. A length of tubing (34) is axially elongated and radially...
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5823995 |
Dilatation catheter with stiffening wire anchored in the vicinity of the guide wire port
A balloon dilatation catheter comprising an elongated tubular shaft and an inner tube defining inflation and guide wire lumens. A dilatation balloon is mounted on the distal end of the tubular...
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5823947 |
Method of creating an operating space endoscopically at an obstructed site
An expandable multifunctional instrument for creating a space at an obstructed site in the body includes an elongate member having a distal end for being introduced in the body, a proximal end for...
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5820918 |
Medical devices containing in-situ generated medical compounds
A process for impregnating a medical device made from a water absorbable polymer material, e.g., a hydrogel, with a medical compound having low solubility in aqueous solutions, e.g., an antiseptic...
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5820613 |
Balloon catheter with reinforced and elastically deformable basic body
The balloon catheter comprises a tube-like basic body having a distal end-section in which a balloon member is arranged. The inside of the balloon member is connected, via a lumen in the basic...
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5813977 |
Surgical hand support apparatus
A surgical hand support apparatus includes a support member having a supporting surface for supporting at least the hand of a patient, a finger restraining member moveable relative to the...
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5807355 |
Catheter with rapid exchange and OTW operative modes
An intravascular catheter having a relatively long proximal shaft portion, a relatively short distal shaft section and a flexible intermediate shaft which allows the articulation of the distal and...
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5797946 |
Method for arterial harvest and anastomosis for coronary bypass grafting
A method of harvesting arterial conduits for coronary bypass grafting includes isolating the internal mammary artery and the superior and inferior epigastric arteries through a subcostal incision...
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5785684 |
Apparatus and method for the deployment of an esophagastric balloon tamponade device
A method and apparatus for the deployment of an esophagastric balloon tamponade device within a patient. In one form of the present invention an irrigation tube is positioned through the patient's...
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5785685 |
Balloon catheter with improved pressure source
A balloon catheter is disclosed which includes a contrast displacement rod at least partially and slidably disposed in an elongate tubular member with a balloon connected to the distal end of the...
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5779728 |
Method and inflatable chamber apparatus for separating layers of tissue
An apparatus for tissue dissection and instrument anchoring, including a dissection balloon having a viewing window (preferably a rigid, transparent window) at its distal end, or including an...
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5779730 |
Balloon catheter and inflation method
A balloon catheter defines a balloon having a cylindrical outer surface of a diameter essentially no greater than the diameter of the tubular shaft. Additionally, a method is disclosed in which one...
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5779671 |
Longitudinally collapsible and exchangeable catheter
A balloon dilatation catheter is disclosed which incorporates a longitudinally collapsible shaft section including a longitudinally collapsible guide wire lumen. The longitudinally collapsible...
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5776101 |
Balloon dilatation catheter
The balloon dilatation catheter has a first lumen extending along the entire length of a shaft, which lumen is connected to a pump and, at the distal end of the catheter, to the inside of the...
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5776097 |
Method and device for treating intracranial vascular aneurysms
A device and method for the therapeutic management of intracranial vascular aneurysms are provided involving the use of intravascular balloon catheters that can directly image the aneurysm and that...
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5772681 |
Dilation catheter
A dilation catheter comprising a sealed distal end section (8), an open proximal end section (3) and an elongated middle section with an elongated flexible balloon section (11). The middle section...
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5769865 |
Instrument and method for transection of a ligament
In a procedure for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome, the carpal ligament is spread by use of a cutting device passing through the interior of a cannula inserted into the carpal tunnel...
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5769814 |
Coaxial/double lumen catheter
The present invention provides a low-profile balloon catheter which is extremely maneuverable and capable of dilating an occluded artery with minimal risk of angina. The catheter is highly...
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5766203 |
Sheath with expandable distal extremity and balloon catheters and stents for use therewith and method
A sheath for advancement into a vessel of a patient having a stenosis therein which at least partially occludes the flow of blood in the vessel. A flexible elongate tubular member has proximal and...
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5766192 |
Atherectomy, angioplasty and stent method and apparatus
An atherectomy device for treating obstructions in vessels or small openings in the body, includes a rotatable ablator tip which is guided to the obstruction in a reduced diameter configuration,...
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5766204 |
Curable fiber composite stent and delivery system
A stent for supporting a selected portion of a body lumen, comprising a fibrous material which is treated with a curable material to form a curable fiber composite. The fiber composite is...
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5762625 |
Luminal stent and device for inserting luminal stent
A luminal stent inserted and fixed in a vessel, such as a blood vessel, so as to maintain the shape of the vessel, and a device for inserting and fixing the luminal stent, are disclosed. The...
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5752971 |
Method of treating a flow obstruction
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the treatment of the symptoms of obstructive prostatism. The apparatus includes an expandable dilation catheter and preferably an axially elongate sheath,...
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5746762 |
Device and method for surgical flap dissection
A device and method for creating an initial cavity in biological tissue within a given tissue type or layer and then expanding the initial cavity into a larger predetermined final cavity by using a...
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5743852 |
Speculums
Inflatable dual-walled speculums, used for gynecological examinations, that are controllably inflated by the patient with a warmed fluid are provided. A retaining device inserted after inflation of...
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5733252 |
Multifunctional devices for the use in endoscopic surgical procedures and methods therefor
A multifunctional device for use in an endoscopically performed operative procedure of the type where a narrow portal is established through the skin to provide access to an operative site and the...
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