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7618434 Devices and methods for disruption and removal of luminal occlusions  
The subject invention pertains to an elastic sheath, device, and methods for disrupting and/or removing occlusive material from lumens, particularly biological lumens, such as the vasculature,...
7618433 Intravascular filter and method  
A filter disposed at the distal end of an elongate guidewire. Catheters are provided for delivering the filter to, and retrieving the filter from, a treatment site. The catheters can be...
7608089 Vaso-occlusive device having pivotable coupling  
An assembly for occluding a vascular site (e.g., an aneurysm) of a human or veterinary patient includes a vaso-occlusive member, a pusher member having a distal end and a severable junction located...
7608088 Stent aneurysm embolization device  
A method and device used for treating an aneurysm of a patient. A framework for supporting one or more embolization elements is introduced into the patient's aneurysm. A stent, connected to the...
7608087 Variable expansion frame system for deploying medical devices and methods of use  
An expansion frame system for deploying medical devices in a patient's body cavity. The system typically includes an inner wire disposed within a lumen of an outer wire. Distal ends of the inner...
7608058 Stretch resistant therapeutic device  
A vasoocclusive coil is reinforced with a stretch resistant member to improve safety during retraction of the coil. The stretch resistant member is fixedly attached at one end to the vasoocclusive...
7604650 Method and assembly for distal embolic protection  
Methods and assemblies are described for capturing embolic material in a blood vessel or other body cavity during cardiovascular or valve replacement and repair surgery, wherein access is provided...
7604649 Distal protection device  
A distal protection device comprising a catheter, a flexible member movable from a first position to a second looped position extending laterally with respect to the catheter, such that a first...
7601160 Device and methods for non-surgical clipping of aneurysms  
The present invention relates to a device for the non-surgical clipping of aneurysms. The invention also includes methods of use to treat aneurysms, including intracranial aneurysms. The aneurysm...
7594926 Methods, systems and devices for delivering stents  
A delivery device adapted to insert and deploy a stent within a body lumen. The delivery device includes a guide member adapted to retain a dilation assembly and a stent within a lumen thereof...
7591833 Laser-based vascular occlusion device detachment system  
A vascular occlusion device deployment system for placing an occlusion device at a preselected site within the vasculature of a patient. The deployment system employing light energy transferred...
7591832 Expandable guide sheath and apparatus with distal protection and methods for use  
Apparatus and methods provide distal protection while accessing blood vessels within a patient's vasculature. A flexible sheath and distal protection element, e.g., a balloon or filter, are carried...
7591831 Medical devices comprising nanocomposites  
The present invention provides medical devices comprising nanocomposite materials. By utilizing nanocomposites in the production thereof, the inventive medical devices can be produced with various...
7585309 Aortic filter  
Devices and methods for filtering embolic debris from a body lumen. The present invention includes a filter coupled to an elongate shaft. In some embodiments, the shaft may be tubular so as to be...
7582101 Heated mechanical detachment for delivery of therapeutic devices  
The disclosure describes apparatuses and methods for the luminal delivery of therapeutic devices. The apparatus includes a decoupling assembly comprising a retention element, a energy-responsive...
7582100 Spiral shaped filter  
In one embodiment of the present invention there is provided a filter having a first spiral support member having a first end and a second end, a second spiral support member positioned adjacent...
7578830 Minimally invasive medical device deployment and retrieval system  
The present invention provides a medical device retrieval system comprising a working element carried by a flexible, elongate shaft, the working element having a proximal profile and the shaft...
7578826 Apparatus for deployment of micro-coil using a catheter  
The apparatus for deployment of a therapeutic device such as a micro-coil detachably mounts the therapeutic device to a distal portion of a pusher member. In one embodiment, the therapeutic device...
7575585 Intravascular obstruction removing wire and medical instrument  
An intravascular obstruction removing wire includes an elongate wire body, at least two non-branched wire portions having distal ends and proximal ends which are connected to a distal end of the...
7575584 Intravascular filter with bioabsorbable centering element  
Bioabsorbable centering elements for use in centering an implantable intravascular device within a body vessel are disclosed. The bioabsorbable centering element may include a number of support...
7575582 Apparatus for deployment of micro-coil using a catheter  
The apparatus for deployment of a therapeutic device such as a micro-coil detachably mounts the therapeutic device to a distal portion of a pusher member. In one embodiment, the therapeutic device...
7572272 Embolic filtering devices for bifurcated vessels  
An embolic filtering device for use in a bifurcated vessel includes delivery device having a first guide wire and a second guide wire. The second guide wire diverges from the distal-end region of...
7572271 Back-loading catheter  
A catheter provided with a collapsible inner lumen within a main body. The catheter can deploy a distal protection device using a guidewire which is threaded through the inner lumen, the inner...
7572246 Stretch resistant therapeutic device  
A vasoocclusive coil is reinforced with a stretch resistant member to improve safety during retraction of the coil. The stretch resistant member is fixedly attached at one end to the vasoocclusive...
7569066 Methods and devices for the treatment of aneurysms  
A device for at least partially occluding an aneurysm is disclosed. The device includes a first elongate member having a distal end. A bridge is positioned proximate the distal end and...
7563272 Emboli filtration system and methods of use  
An emboli filtration apparatus is provided comprising a guide wire having a filter element captured thereon, so that the guide wire is free to rotate and translate while the filter element remains...
7556631 Small diameter embolic coil hydraulic deployment system  
A medical device for placing a very small embolic coil at a preselected location within a vessel comprising a positioning catheter having a distal tip for retaining a headpiece with an attached...
7553321 Chemically based vascular occlusion device deployment  
A vascular occlusion device deployment system for placing an occlusion device at a preselected site within the vasculature of a patient. The deployment system employing a pusher having a lumen with...
7553314 Surgical device for retrieval of foreign objects from a body  
A surgical device for removing a foreign object from a body is described. The device includes a retrieval basket for entrapping and retaining the object located in the body, a basket control...
7544202 Retrievable blood clot filter  
A compact retrievable blood clot filter and a method of retrieving the filter. The retrievable filter has a primary hub, a set of filter struts having a conical configuration and extending from the...
7537601 Apparatus for capturing objects beyond an operative site utilizing a capture device delivered on a medical guide wire  
An apparatus for removing a solid object from a body canal or vessel includes a coil of wire configured to slidably receive a guide wire and a sack having a mouth and a closed bottom opposite the...
7537600 Valved embolic protection filter  
Embolic protection filters that retain embolic debris captured therein are disclosed. One embodiment of an embolic protection filter includes a filter frame disposable about a guidewire, a filter...
7534251 Retrievable IVC filter  
Retrievable vena cava filters for filtering blood clots within a vessel are disclosed. A retrievable vena cava filter in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include...
7527637 Distal protection device for filtering and occlusion  
An intravascular, distal protection device including a braided mesh that may be selectively transformed between a collapsed configuration, a filter configuration and an occlusive configuration by...
7527636 Intraluminal guidewire with hydraulically collapsible self-expanding protection device  
An intraluminal guidewire system comprises a first tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end and has a fluid containing lumen therethrough. A medical device is coupled to the first...
7524322 Device for the implantation of occlusion means  
The invention relates to a device for the implantation of electrolytically releasable occlusion means in body cavities or blood vessels. The device is intended for use in veterinary or human...
7517353 Medical devices comprising nanomaterials and therapeutic methods utilizing the same  
The present invention provides medical devices comprising nanomaterials. By utilizing nanomaterials in the production thereof, the inventive medical devices can be provided with various...
7510565 Embolic protection device  
An embolic protection device has a collapsible filter element ( 105 ) mounted on a carrier such as a guidewire ( 101 ). The filter element ( 105 ) collapses into the outer end of a catheter ( 118 )...
7491216 Filter element with retractable guidewire tip  
A medical guidewire assembly comprises a guidewire having a flexible tip. A medical device such as a collapsible filter for use as an embolic protection device is mounted on the guidewire. The...
7491215 Filter element for embolic protection device  
A collapsible filter element for a transcatheter embolic protection device comprises a collapsible filter body which is movable between a collapsed stored position for movement through a vascular...
7481823 Multiple membrane embolic protection filter  
An embolic protection filter having a plurality of filter membranes for collecting embolic debris within a body lumen is disclosed. An embolic protection filter in accordance with an exemplary...
7479153 Endovascular guidewire filter and methods of use  
A filter device for temporary placement of a filter in an artery or vein is disclosed. The devices include (1) an elongate tubular member having a single or double side-wire loop, (2) an elongate...
7479152 Target tissue localization device  
A target tissue localization device includes a tubular mesh anchor element that is secured to a placement device. In use, the localization device is passed through the patient's skin to the target...
7479151 Embolism filter with self-deployable guidewire stop  
An embolism filter adapted to selectively stop an embolism filter along a length of guidewire, including a filter adapted to encircle a guidewire and at least one self-deploying stop attached to...
7478465 Method of securing a restraining member on a medical device  
A stitching device and method of operating the stitching device to form an embolic protection device is disclosed. The stitching device includes a clamping assembly and an advancing assembly. The...
7476236 Embolic protection filter delivery sheath  
Embolic protection sheath and method of using the same. In some embodiments, the present invention includes an elongate shaft, an embolic protection filter coupled to the shaft, and a sheath...
7473266 Collet-based delivery system  
A delivery device for implanting a medical device including a flexible elongate member that is sized and shaped to fit within a body vessel. A collet is located at a first end of the flexible...
7473265 Filter media and methods of manufacture  
Filters and method of manufacturing filters are disclosed herein. The filter has a substantially sack-like shape having a closed distal end and an open proximal end. The filter can be constructed...
7459080 Flexible tube for cartridge filter  
Embolic protection filtering devices and methods of making and using the same. The present invention may include an embolic protection filtering device including a filter cartridge that is slidable...
7455737 Selective treatment of linear elastic materials to produce localized areas of superelasticity  
Methods of selectively treating linear elastic materials to produce localized areas of superelasticity and/or shape-memory are disclosed. In an illustrative method, a linear elastic workpiece may...