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7396540 |
In situ blood vessel and aneurysm treatment
Treatment of aneurysmal blood vessels with local delivery of therapeutic agents thereby reduces or lessens the severity of an aneurysm, and, where used in conjunction with the placement of an...
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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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7314477 |
Removable embolus blood clot filter and filter delivery unit
A blood clot filter which is collapsible toward a central longitudinal axis into a collapsed configuration for insertion into a blood vessel and which is radially expandable outwardly from the...
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7198637 |
Method and system for stent retention using an adhesive
The invention provides a method of manufacturing a system for treating a vascular condition. A catheter including an inflatable balloon is provided. A stent is positioned over the balloon. An...
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7135037 |
System and method for forming a junction between elements of a modular endovascular prosthesis
The present invention provides a system and a method for forming in vivo a junction between a first and a second element of a modular endovascular prosthesis used for repairing defects in vessels...
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7115109 |
Rapid exchange stent delivery system and associated components
A rapid exchange stent delivery catheter includes an inner tubular member having a proximal portion, a distal portion, a stent holding portion located adjacent the distal portion of the inner...
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7077910 |
Linear rail coating apparatus and method
The invention provides an apparatus for coating a device comprising a coating chamber and a device rotator having at least one device mount wherein the apparatus allows insertion and retraction of...
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7041128 |
Vascular device for valve leaflet apposition
A vascular system comprising a balloon catheter having an elongated shaft and an expandable balloon. A vascular device is mounted over the expandable balloon and composed of shape memory material...
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7041117 |
Retrieval devices for vena cava filter
A device for removing a thrombus filter from a blood vessel is disclosed. A device in accordance with the present invention includes a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen...
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7033373 |
Method and device for use in minimally invasive placement of space-occupying intragastric devices
A space occupying device for deployment within a patient's stomach and methods of deploying and removing the device. The device includes an expandable member and fasteners, such as sutures, that...
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7011671 |
Cardiac implant device tether system and method
Catheterization apparatus for implanting devices is provided with a device tether. The apparatus includes a device delivery tube that provides a pathway for moving implant devices through a...
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6984244 |
Delivery system for endoluminal implant
The present invention embodies delivery systems and methods for delivering modular endovascular graft devices that allow one portion of the repair device to be deployed while maintaining control of...
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6974475 |
Angioplasty stent
A prosthesis for use in preventing restenosis after angioplasty is formed of plastic or sheet metal, and is expandable and contractable for placement. The prosthesis can be inserted while in a...
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6964671 |
Method and apparatus for placing a medical agent into a vessel of the body
A method and apparatus for placing a medical agent, such as an embolic coil into a vessel, or aneurysm, by utilizing a stabilizing catheter to retain or support a medical agent deployment device.
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6964667 |
Formed in place fixation system with thermal acceleration
A subcutaneously formed in place orthopedic fixation device is provided, such as for fixation of the spine or other bone or bones. The device comprises an inflatable member, such as a tubular...
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6962604 |
Flexible endoluminal stent and process of repairing a body lumen
A generally tubular intraluminal compound stent comprising a plurality of component stents, each component stent having a length and a plurality of individual hoops axially disposed along the...
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6939328 |
Dissolvable subcutaneous catheter cover
A subcutaneous cover for insertion within a body of a user is disclosed. The cover is adapted to extend over at least a portion of a medical device disposed within the body of the user, and wherein...
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6932828 |
Guidewire occlusion system utilizing repeatably inflatable gas-filled occlusive device
A guidewire occlusion system for use in vascular procedures includes a repeatably inflatable gas-filled occlusive device proximate a distal end of a tubular guidewire assembly having an extended...
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6890317 |
Rapid exchange stent delivery system and associated components
A rapid exchange stent delivery catheter which includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member slidably disposed thereon. The inner tubular member and the outer tubular member have...
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6869443 |
Biodegradable drug delivery vascular stent
A stent includes a main body of a generally tubular shape for insertion into a lumen of a vessel of a living being. The tubular main body includes a substantially biodegradable matrix having...
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6818014 |
Longitudinally flexible expandable stent
Segmented articulatable stent of open structure comprised of end-connected struts making up the segments with angular interconnects between segments.
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6783542 |
Crimpable balloon/stent protector
A protective sleeve for a catheter assembly comprising a tubular member composed of a first material. The first material having a first predetermined modulus of elasticity. The tubular member...
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6776772 |
Balloon catheter having elastic filling body for supporting a stent
The present invention relates to a balloon catheter for positioning a stent, including a tubular basic body with a proximal end and a distal end, and at least one lumen extending in between, a...
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6774985 |
Stent manufacturing apparatus
An apparatus for imprinting a stent configuration image from a mask form onto a tubular stent blank. The stent blank has a longitudinal axis and a photosensitive coating on the outer surface...
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6774157 |
Biocompatible medical devices with polyurethane surface
A system for improving the biocompatibility of medical devices present within a patient's body. In one embodiment, the present subject matter reduces the thrombogenicity of polyurethane materials...
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6761731 |
Balloon-stent interaction to help reduce foreshortening
The present design envisions a flexible connecting link used in conjunction with in-phase and half-phase circumferential sets of strut members. By increasing the total length and diagonality of the...
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6746466 |
Method and apparatus for managing multiple guidewires
A wire station is disclosed for securing and managing multiple wire members used in a catheter system. The wire management system includes a station for securing the proximal portion of two wire...
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6736827 |
Low profile catheter
A medical device for stenting within a patient's vascular system is a low profile fixed-wire balloon catheter. The balloon is not attached directly to the wire-like structure of the catheter,...
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6736793 |
Self-sealing detachable balloon
A detachable balloon system includes an inflatable balloon with a self-sealing valve. The balloon has an elastomeric membrane and a proximal opening. The self-sealing valve is made up of a valve...
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6723071 |
Rapid exchange stent delivery system and associated components
A rapid exchange stent delivery catheter which includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member slidably disposed thereon. The inner tubular member and the outer tubular member have...
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6712827 |
Stent delivery system
A stent delivery system to facilitate introduction and placement of a stent, including a catheter having an expandable distal portion constructed and arranged for expanding the outer diameter of...
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6692510 |
Aneurysm embolization device and deployment system
An aneurysm embolization device and deployment system for use in occluding the flow of blood at a preselected position within a vessel of the human body comprising a headpiece and a plurality of...
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6682557 |
Bifurcated multicapsule intraluminal grafting system and method
An intraluminal grafting system having a balloon catheter assembly, a capsule catheter assembly and capsule jacket assembly is used for deploying in the vessel of an animal body a bifurcated graft...
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6660020 |
Vaso-occlusive coil with conical end
This is an implantable vaso-occlusive coil which is implanted using minimally invasive surgical techniques. It is a complex, helically wound coil made up of a primary helically wound coil which is...
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6620190 |
Radially expandable polytetrafluoroethylene
Extruded, stretched, sintered tubular PTFE materials are produced which are suited for use in the medical field as liners and covers for expandable stents. The PTFE materials have an unusually low...
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6610069 |
Catheter support for stent delivery
An angioplasty and stent delivery system to facilitate introduction and placement of a stent, including a catheter having an expandable distal portion constructed and arranged for expanding the...
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6599928 |
Therapeutic inhibitor of vascular smooth muscle cells
Methods are provided for inhibiting stenosis following vascular trauma or disease in a mammalian host, comprising administering to the host a therapeutically effective dosage of a therapeutic...
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6599299 |
Device and method for body lumen occlusion
The present invention provides a device and method for occluding the body lumen including the cystic duct, wherein, in one embodiment, the device has a tapered end and an expandable segment. In...
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6592597 |
Adhesive for attaching buttress material to a surgical fastening device
A surgical stapling instrument for clamping and stapling tissue. The instrument has a handle and first and a second opposed tissue clamping members connected to the handle. The members are movable...
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6592549 |
Rapid exchange stent delivery system and associated components
A rapid exchange stent delivery catheter which includes an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member slidably disposed thereon. The inner tubular member and the outer tubular member have...
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6579313 |
Methods for implanting cells
A method for implanting cells onto a prosthesis includes the steps of: (a) providing a prosthesis including a porous tube, where at least 25% of the pores on the inner surface of the tube have...
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6579301 |
Intragastric balloon device adapted to be repeatedly varied in volume without external assistance
An intragastric balloon device includes a flexible bladder, a relatively rigid reservoir coupled to the bladder and adapted to hold a bladder inflation fluid, and an inflation/deflation system...
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6569180 |
Catheter having exchangeable balloon
An intravascular balloon catheter comprises a tubular catheter body having a balloon structure removably mounted over the catheter body. The catheter body has a guidewire lumen , and the catheter...
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6562067 |
Stent with interlocking elements
A stent comprises a lattice of interconnecting elements defining a substantially cylindrical configuration having a first open end and a second open end. The lattice has a locked configuration and...
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6547804 |
Selectively permeable highly distensible occlusion balloon
A process and apparatus for occluding a vascular site. A catheter having a highly distensible occlusion balloon detachably mounted at a distal end thereof is provided to the vascular site and at...
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6545748 |
Apparatus for the method of manufacturing a stent
Disclosed herewithin is an apparatus for fabricating a stent which involves processing a tubular member whereby no connection points to join the edges of a flat pattern are necessary. The apparatus...
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6533811 |
Internal graft prosthesis and delivery system
A resilient tubular graft is delivered into place within a body passage by elongating the graft to reduce its diameter and then directing the graft to the desired position while in the elongated...
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6530894 |
Aortic shunt with spinal perfusion and cooling device
An intravascular device comprising an intra-aortic and extra-aortic component for perfusing the spinal arteries during thoracoabdominal surgeries. The intra-aortic component comprises a catheter...
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6527790 |
Intravascular balloon catheter for embolic coil delivery
Improved intravascular balloon catheters for the delivery of embolic agents and devices such as coils to wide-neck aneurysms. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a balloon catheter...
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6517570 |
Exterior supported self-expanding stent-graft
This is a medical device and a method of using it. The device is a foldable stent-graft which may be percutaneously delivered with (or on) an endovascular catheter, via surgical techniques or using...
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