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7615074 |
Method and apparatus for reconstructive surgery
A method of biological reconstruction and a device having a major chamber or compartment in the form of the desired anatomy with a shaped chamber inside the main chamber flipped up and held in...
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7611484 |
Methods and devices for treating diseased blood vessels
The present invention provides a mechanism by which the physical properties of diseased blood vessel walls can be manipulated to achieve an effective vessel lumen diameter for a prolonged period of...
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7597709 |
Inner member support block
An angioplasty catheter and method for making and using the same. An angioplasty catheter comprises an inner tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therethrough; an outer...
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7582098 |
Percutaneous gastrointestinal anchoring kit
The invention describes a percutaneous gastrointestinal anchoring kit having an anchor, an introducer, a guide, an inflator, and a retainer. The anchor contains a ballooned region and a shaft...
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7556634 |
Catheter with a multilayered shaft section having a polyimide layer
A catheter having an multilayered shaft section with a first layer formed of a polyimide first material and a second layer formed of a second material. In a presently preferred embodiment, the...
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7553292 |
Device for treating vulnerable plaque
A method of treating vulnerable plaque comprising intentionally damaging or rupturing the vulnerable plaque using a wingless balloon which is inflated from a wingless unexpanded diameter to a...
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7530984 |
Transgastric method for carrying out a partial fundoplication
The invention is a transgastric method for the endoscopic partial fundoplication for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The method makes use of an articulated endoscope, which...
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7524329 |
Self contracting stent
A self-contracting stent for use at a treatment site comprising shape memory material is provided. The stent may have an initial diameter for delivery to the treatment site and an expanded diameter...
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7517352 |
Devices for percutaneous remote endarterectomy
The present invention provides devices, systems, methods and kits for the percutaneous removal of unwanted tissue or obstructive matter from body cavities or lumens, particularly from the...
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7491224 |
Radiopaque catheter tip for enhanced delivery precision of a stent using a guidewire
The invention is directed to a self-expanding stent for implantation into a body lumen, such as an artery. The stent consists of a plurality of radially expandable cylindrical elements generally...
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7488337 |
Apparatus and methods for bone, tissue and duct dilatation
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for medical treatment comprising bone, tissue or duct dilatation using inflatable dilatation elements together with apparatus and techniques for tensioning,...
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7476235 |
Catheter based balloon for therapy modification and positioning of tissue
An apparatus and method for shielding non-target tissues and organs during thermotherapy, brachytherapy or other treatment of a diseased target tissue. The apparatus includes a catheter shaft...
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7442200 |
Method of forming medical devices: intravascular occlusion devices
Medical devices for filtering fluids flowing through a lumen and a method of forming medical devices. The devices can be used in vascular channels, urinary tracts, biliary ducts and the like, and...
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7413558 |
Elastically distensible folding member
An elastically distensible folding member is disclosed. The folding member can be formed with a wall that is substantially shaped as a tube when the folding member is in a relaxed (i.e. unstressed)...
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7410465 |
Devices for counteracting hypotension
Devices and methods are disclosed to address blood pressure control. More particularly, the present invention relates to correction of transient low blood pressure.
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7396329 |
Endoscopic retractor instrument and associated method
An endoscopic retractor is an elongate balloon having an expanded configuration having two end portions and a plurality of struts or spacer members extending between the end portions. The retractor...
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7381178 |
Treatment of spinal metastases
A radiotherapy system, and preferably a brachytherapy system, for delivering radiation to tissue surrounding an interstitial space is provided. While the system can be used for a variety of...
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7377931 |
Balloon catheter with self-actuating purging valve
A system for treating a vascular condition comprises a catheter having at least one lumen, a stem received within a distal portion of the lumen, a sealing member positioned on the stem, and a...
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7371215 |
Endoscopic instrument for engaging a device
A device, system and method for diagnosing and treating a patient is provided where a functional device is attached to a stomach wall. The device in one embodiment provides electrical stimulation...
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7344548 |
Micro-pneumatic snare
A surgical instrument and method are disclosed for enhancing the overall performance of arterial occludes, by allowing the repetitive obstruction of blood flow to a targeted organ or tissue (e.g.,...
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7338509 |
Electroactive polymer actuated sheath for implantable or insertable medical device
A medical device delivery sheath, which comprises an active member that volumetrically expands and contracts upon application of an appropriate electrical potential. The active member further...
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7320696 |
Semi-stationary balloon in the gastric antrum provided with connecting an anchoring rod for inducing weight reduction in human beings
A semi-stationary balloon in the gastric antrum provided with an anchoring rod for inducing weight reduction in human beings is disclosed, a device for inducing a lesser appetite and early prandial...
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7318829 |
Methods and apparatus for transpericardial left atrial appendage closure
Methods and apparatus for closing a left atrial appendage are described. The methods rely on introducing a closure tool from a location beneath the rib cage, over an epicardial surface, and to the...
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7311719 |
Active cannulas
An active cannula which does more than merely maintain a passage is usable to create and/or enlarge a passage, to position a scope or instrument, to move or locate tissue, etc. The cannula can vary...
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7297153 |
Apparatus and method for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic hernia repair and patch for use therewith
An apparatus for creating an anatomic space in tissue in a body comprises an introducer and a sheath. The tubular sheath may surround the introducer, and may have a weakened region along its...
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7297134 |
Dual use catheter
A catheter assembly and method includes a multi-lumen portion having a guide wire lumen and an inflation/deployment lumen. The guide wire lumen includes a distal guide wire lumen portion having a...
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7291160 |
Intragastric catheter
An intragastric catheter provides satiety due to its presence in the stomach cavity. Efficacy is improved by the tactile sensation provided by a plurality of fingers that extend from the device....
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7291158 |
Cutting balloon catheter having a segmented blade
A cutting balloon catheter and method of making and using the same. The cutting balloon catheter may include a catheter shaft having a balloon coupled thereto. One or more cutting members or blades...
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7288096 |
Apparatus for placement of cardiac defibrillator and pacer
Surgical procedure and surgical instruments include an electrode structure for insertion through tissue superiorly of a subxiphoid incision to a position posterior of an aspect of the sternum and...
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7276075 |
Endoscopic surgical access port and method
A sliding gas-tight seal on an access port promotes insufflation of an anatomical space formed in tissue at a surgical site only during insertion of an endoscopic instrument through the access port...
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7261720 |
Inflatable device for use in surgical protocol relating to fixation of bone
A balloon for use in compressing cancellous bone and marrow (also known as medullary bone or trabecular bone). The balloon comprises an inflatable balloon body for insertion into said bone. The...
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7241303 |
Devices and methods using an expandable body with internal restraint for compressing cancellous bone
Devices and methods compress cancellous bone. In one arrangement, the devices and methods make use of an expandable body that includes an internal restraint coupled to the body. The internal...
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7223329 |
Active slender tubes and method of making the same
A method of making an active slender tube as implemented as a catheter, guide wire, or any other medical or non-medical micro-mechanical or -system or system's active micro-component is disclosed,...
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7223277 |
Method of inducing satiety
An intragastric catheter provides a method of inducing satiety due to its presence in the stomach cavity. Efficacy is improved by the tactile sensation provided by a plurality of fingers that...
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7217273 |
Fluid operated retractors
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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7214233 |
Methods and devices for maintaining a space occupying device in a relatively fixed location within a stomach
Methods and devices for maintaining a space-occupying device in a fixed relationship relative to a patient's stomach by manipulation of the stomach. In one variation, two or more regions of the...
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7207981 |
Multi-exchange catheter guide member with improved seal
A catheter and a guidewire exchange system includes a catheter and a guide member. The catheter includes a lumen extending through the shaft and sized to receive the guidewire, and a longitudinal...
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7182773 |
Cavity measurement device and method of assembly
A design and method of manufacture are disclosed for a cavity measurement device used during surgical procedures. The cavity measurement device includes an inflation tube assembly comprising an...
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7179272 |
Apparatus and method for dissecting tissue layers
An expansible tunneling apparatus and associated methods for creating an anatomic working space for a surgical procedure. Various embodiments of one and two piece apparatus that permit laparoscopic...
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7175644 |
Devices and methods for maintaining collateral channels in tissue
The devices and methods of placement of such devices disclosed herein are directed to altering gaseous flow within a lung to improve the expiration cycle of, for instance, an individual having...
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7172613 |
Intragastric device for treating morbid obesity
An intragastric device inserted by endoscopic path into a patient's stomach. The device includes a balloon or envelope having a specific nominal volume. The balloon is sealingly connected to...
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7169163 |
Transnasal method and catheter for lacrimal system
A balloon catheter for treatment of a patient's lacrimal system is applied transnasally without the use of a guide wire or a curve retention member. The catheter uses a stainless steel hypotube of...
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7169162 |
Balloon catheter
A balloon catheter comprises a shaft including a tubular having a relatively rigid proximal shaft section and a distal shaft section, each section connected to one another through a flexible...
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7169161 |
Guidewire having occlusive device and repeatably crimpable proximal end
A tubular guidewire assembly having a distal occlusive device and an extended crimpable section proximate a proximal end that is adapted to connect to a gas inflation/evacuation system. The...
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7166121 |
Systems and methods using expandable bodies to push apart cortical bone surfaces
Systems and methods insert an expandable body in a collapsed configuration into a space defined between cortical bone surfaces. The space can, e.g., comprise a fracture or an intervertebral space....
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7163522 |
Block copolymer elastomer catheter balloons
Balloons for medical devices, particularly balloon agioplasty catheters, which have hybrid compliance curves in which growth rate slows at higher pressures are made from block copolymer...
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7156869 |
Drug-eluting stent and delivery system with tapered stent in shoulder region
A drug-eluting stent delivery system for the treatment of edge restenosis in a blood vessel. The drug-eluting stent delivery system has a balloon disposed about at least a portion of a catheter,...
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7156861 |
Expandable structures for deployment in interior body regions
Apparatus for deploying an expandable structure in interior body regions provide an outer catheter tube, an inner catheter tube sized and configured to be received within the outer catheter tube,...
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7156860 |
Balloon catheter
The invention relates to balloon catheters ( 1 ) and methods of treatment for exerting internal pressure on surrounding tissue of a mammalian duct or cavity in a section thereof having a...
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7144407 |
Cardiovascular intra aortic balloon pump catheter with heat exchange function and methods of use
An intra-aortic balloon pump catheter system (apparatus and method) includes a pumping element for pumping a patient's blood and one or more heat exchange for exchanging heat with the patient's...
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