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8460334 |
Endoluminal access devices and related methods of use
A modular device for tissue resection includes a housing, a motor, a tissue receiving chamber, a grabbing mechanism and a resection mechanism. The housing includes a guide track receiving lumen...
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8460274 |
Long term drug delivery devices with polyurethane-based polymers and their manufacture
This invention is related to the use of polyurethane-based polymer as a drug delivery device to deliver biologically active compounds at a constant rate for an extended period of time and methods...
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8454681 |
Bifurcation delivery systems and methods
A catheter assembly including a side branch locator that is moveable between a retracted position within a main vessel of a vessel bifurcation, and an extended position wherein a distal end of the...
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8453598 |
Stent holding fixtures
Disclosed are stent holding devices having a support mandrel and one or more stent retaining fixtures disposed on the mandrel. The retaining fixture may include a character identifier to facilitate...
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8454523 |
Method and device for the intermittent occlusion of the coronary sinus
In a method for intermittently occluding the coronary sinus, in which in an alternating manner the coronary sinus is occluded by an occlusion device and the occlusion is released, the curve of the...
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8449597 |
Longitudinally flexible expandable stent
Segmented articulatable stent of open structure comprised of end-connected struts of first and second lengths making up first and second segments with angular interconnects between adjacent first...
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8449565 |
Approaches to venous occlusion for embolus management
The invention provides a method and system for transiently occluding a vein that is downstream of an organ such as the brain, where the occlusion increases blood pressure within the vein, and where...
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8449596 |
Stent and stent delivery device
A stent has a plurality of wavy annular members arranged adjacently to each other in an axial direction of the stent, with the adjacent wavy annular members connected with each other. Each of the...
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8435225 |
Embolization protection system for vascular procedures
Apparatus and methods are described for effective removal of emboli or harmful fluids during therapeutic and diagnostic vascular procedures, such as angiography, balloon angioplasty, stent...
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8425548 |
Occluding member expansion and then stent expansion for aneurysm treatment
This invention is a device and method to occlude an aneurysm comprising: a laterally-expanding occluding member (such as a relatively-flat balloon, mesh, net, or patch) that is positioned within...
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8425455 |
Bronchial catheter and method of use
A catheter assembly and method of using the catheter assembly is provided herein. The catheter assembly has a catheter shaft having an elongated body extending about a longitudinal axis, a proximal...
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8425588 |
Avoiding stress-induced martensitic transformation in nickel titanium alloys used in medical devices
A process for assembling a medical device made from a nickel-titanium alloy for use in a mammalian body while avoiding the formation of stress-induced martensite and a medical device used in...
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8419782 |
Precise positioning prosthesis delivery system and method
A method of prosthesis delivery comprises advancing first, second and third guidewires through a first vessel, positioning the second guidewire in a second vessel that branches from the first...
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8419672 |
Peripheral access devices and systems
A cannulation system for perfusing a patient's circulatory system, includes an inflow cannula having a first end adapted to be connected to said circulatory system and a second end adapted to be...
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8419784 |
Stent delivery device
A stent delivery device includes a distal-side tube having a guide wire lumen; a proximal-side tube whose distal portion is fixed to a proximal portion of the distal-side tube; a cylindrical member...
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8414632 |
Adjustable catheter tip
A catheter tip has an outer surface section, an inner surface section, a spatial configuration and at least one segment of electroactive polymer. The inner surface section defines a guide wire...
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8409239 |
Medical device anchor and delivery system
A method and an apparatus for anchoring a medical implant device within a blood vessel or other body passageway are described herein. An anchor delivery system houses one or more expandable anchors...
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8403977 |
Self-orienting delivery system
Delivery systems for delivering and deploying expandable intraluminal medical devices within a body vessel are provided. A portion of the delivery system that includes the expandable intraluminal...
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8398613 |
Method and apparatus for draining fluid from an organism
A surgical drain and method for using the same. The surgical drain comprises a first end, which may be sized for placement within an organism. The first end features a plurality of segments, each...
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8401673 |
Inner and outer telescoping catheter delivery system and method
A method of delivering a payload to a destination vessel branching from a coronary sinus of a patient's heart. The method comprises inserting a catheter assembly into a right atrium of the...
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8398672 |
Method for anchoring a medical device
A method and an apparatus for anchoring a medical implant device within a blood vessel or other body passageway are described herein. An anchor delivery system houses one or more expandable anchors...
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8394448 |
Flexible and plastic radiopaque laminate composition
A flexible laminate composition and methods for manufacturing same are provided. The flexible laminate composition includes one or more discrete and separate layers of a radiopaque material wherein...
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8388628 |
Expandable sheath for delivering instruments and agents into a body lumen and methods for use
Apparatus and methods are provided for delivering a guidewire, agents, and the like through an occlusion in a body vessel or other body lumen. The apparatus includes a flexible catheter or other...
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8388581 |
System for treating the heart with potentially embolic agents through a right heart approach
Devices and methods are described for delivery of therapeutic substances to a depth within the heart muscle via the venous side of the heart, with a primary focus on delivery through the coronary...
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8388641 |
Balloon catheter and method for manufacturing it
A balloon catheter includes a catheter tube and an inflatable balloon. The ends of the balloon are attached to the catheter tube. The outside surface of the balloon in an uninflated state is...
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8377083 |
Percutaneous methods and apparatus for creating native tissue venous valves
Percutaneous methods and apparatus for forming a venous valve from autologous tissue by creating at least one subintimal longitudinal dissection that forms at least one flap of intimal tissue are...
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8361096 |
Cutting balloon catheter having flexible atherotomes
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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8361111 |
Devices, systems and methods for closure of cardiac openings
The invention generally relates to devices, systems, and methods for percutaneous closure of cardiac openings and obliteration of the cardiac cul-de-sacs. In one embodiment, a closure device...
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8361136 |
Endovascular graft
An endovascular graft, which is configured to conform to the morphology of a vessel to be treated, includes a tubular ePTFE structure; an inflatable ePTFE structure disposed over at least a portion...
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8357180 |
Thin film metallic device for plugging aneurysms or vessels
Thin film metallic devices implantable within a human subject for occlusion of an aneurysm or blood vessel are provided. The devices are movable from a porous, elongated, collapsed configuration...
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8357177 |
Balloon cones and waists thinning methodology
Medical balloons and balloon preforms are made by methods which include the step of selectively removing material from the proximal and/or distal ends of a segment. In the case of a thermoplastic...
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8343181 |
Method and apparatus for treating stenoses at bifurcated regions
A bifurcated catheter includes a first catheter branch having a first distal portion and a second catheter branch having a second distal portion. The first and second distal portions are releasably...
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8343528 |
Long term drug delivery devices with polyurethane based polymers and their manufacture
This invention is related to the use of polyurethane based polymer as a drug delivery device to deliver biologically active compounds at a constant rate for an extended period of time and methods...
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8337518 |
Expandable trans-septal sheath
Disclosed is an expandable transluminal sheath, for introduction into the body while in a first, low cross-sectional area configuration, and subsequent expansion of at least a part of the distal...
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RE43882 |
Vascular device for emboli, thrombus and foreign body removal and methods of use
Apparatus and methods are provided for use in filtering emboli from a vessel and/or performing thrombectomy and embolectomy, wherein a vascular device comprises one or more support hoops connected...
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8337547 |
Modular graft component junctions
The present invention embodies an endovascular graft having an attachment frame connection mechanism that allows placement of the main body component in vasculature in combination with limb...
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8333795 |
Bulging balloon for bifurcation catheter assembly and methods
A catheter assembly adapted to treat a vessel bifurcation. A balloon member of the catheter assembly includes a main body portion and a cylindrical shaped bulge portion that extends radially...
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8333784 |
Rotatable catheter assembly
A catheter assembly includes a catheter shaft, a balloon and a pair of collars. The collars may be fixed or rotatable about a catheter shaft prior to exposure to an electric current. Where the...
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8333783 |
Occlusion device and method of use
A device for protecting cerebral vessels or brain tissue during treatment of a carotid vessel includes a catheter having a distal portion, a proximal portion and a lumen extending therebetween, the...
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8328841 |
Embolization coil delivery systems and methods
A system and method for ultrasonically guided endoscopic (EUS) delivery of one or more embolization coils to an internal body site. The embolization coil delivery devices are preferably...
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8323307 |
Balloon catheter with dilating elements
A balloon catheter is provided that may be used to dilate hardened regions of a stenosis. The balloon catheter is provided with dilation elements that extend along a surface of a balloon. The...
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8323305 |
Expansile device for use in blood vessels and tracts in the body and method
A device for expansion within a blood vessel having a wall defining a lumen in the body. The device comprises an elongated tubular member having proximal and distal extremities and having a...
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8318088 |
Radiation sterilization of medical devices
A method of radiation sterilizing a plurality of stent-catheter assemblies includes positioning a plurality of stent-catheter assemblies on a fixture, each of the stent catheter assemblies being...
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8307830 |
Endotracheal cuff and technique for using the same
A multi-layer inflatable balloon cuff may be adapted to seal a patient's trachea when associated with an endotracheal tube. The outer layer and the inner layer of the balloon cuff may have...
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8303977 |
Long term drug delivery devices with polyurethane-based polymers and their manufacture
This invention is related to the use of polyurethane-based polymer as a drug delivery device to deliver biologically active compounds at a constant rate for an extended period of time and methods...
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8292941 |
Delivery system for deployment of a one-piece iliac-branch device
A delivery device for a bifurcated stent-graft includes a first catheter portion with a first tip and a second catheter portion with a second tip. The first and second tips each include a generally...
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8292913 |
Method of reducing rigidity of angioplasty balloon sections
A dilatation balloon is fabricated according to a process that forms cavities and indentations in the balloon and/or catheter sections. A length of tubing is axially elongated and radially expanded...
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8292912 |
Balloon catheter that resists curving
A balloon catheter is provided to minimize curving of the balloon when the balloon is expanded with an inflation media. The balloon catheter has an elastic inner shaft that stretches longitudinally...
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8292907 |
Balloon assisted occlusion device
A vascular occlusion device for occluding a body cavity. The device includes an elongate member having an inflation lumen, an occlusion lumen, and a first portion extending distally from a proximal...
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8287585 |
Ostial stenting system
A method and apparatus provide techniques for stenting ostial legions and other restenosis in vessels through a stenting apparatus that includes both a guidewire and a separate marker wire. In some...
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