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7618437 |
Endoscope retrieval instrument assembly
A medical instrument includes an elongate tubular introducer member, an elongate slider member disposed at least partially inside the tubular member, a loop provided at a distal end of the slider...
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7618436 |
Tissue puncture closure device with scroll gear transmission tamping system
Methods and apparatus for sealing a puncture or incision formed percutaneously in tissue separating two internal portions of the body of a living being with an anchor, a sealing plug and a filament...
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7618435 |
Magnetic attachment systems
A magnetic attachment device is provided for use in a transcatheter delivery system. The system may be useful for delivering, repositioning, and removal of an implant, such as a septal occluder, in...
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7608108 |
Tissue repair system
A repair system including a closure prosthesis and deployment device, and associated methods for repairing any imperfection including a flaw, hole, tear, bulge, or, in some cases, a deliberate cut...
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7608086 |
Anastomosis wire ring device
An anastomotic ring device for forming a hollow rivet (ring) attachment between tissue lumens facilitates laparoscopic or endoscopic implantation by including features that facilitate actuation...
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7601143 |
Ostomy/fistula bag
A lesion or fistula isolating bag, the bag defining a first chamber having a closeable entrance and a second chamber for application to a lesion or fistula and wherein access to the second chamber...
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7597706 |
Advanced wound site management systems and methods
A tissue staple that includes a pair of legs arranged generally parallel to one another connected by a pair of tabs. The tabs define an arc that extends distally from the proximal ends of the legs,...
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7597705 |
Vascular puncture seal anchor nest
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for sealing a subcutaneous tissue puncture. The method and apparatus increases the reliability of device function by creating a multi-level...
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7597704 |
Left atrial appendage occlusion device with active expansion
An adjustable occlusion device and methods of deploying the device, comprising an actively expandable anchor for use in customizing the fit in a body lumen such as the left atrial appendage. Some...
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7594922 |
System and method for meniscal repair through a meniscal capsular tunnel
A system for open or arthroscopic surgical repair of torn or damaged meniscal tissue has a repair member and an instrument. The repair member is a suture, flexible or rigid implant. The instrument...
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7591835 |
Method and device for mending skin openings
A zipper-type wound closer attachable to the skin around a skin opening and zipped closed to pull the skin opening closed. The wound closer includes two elongated connecting strips whose feet are...
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7582103 |
Tissue opening occluder
A tissue opening occluder comprising first and second occluder portions, each occluder portion including a frame structure and an attachment structure to attach one portion to the other portion....
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7577477 |
Perivascular leak repair system
The perivascular leak repair system, and method of using the same, of the present invention provides a sealant reservoir with a repair catheter operably attached; a flow control device disposed...
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7572274 |
Self-tensioning vascular occlusion device and method for its use
The present invention advantageously provides self-tensioning occlusion devices, systems, and methods for percutaneous access and closure of vascular puncture sites. One device comprises a catheter...
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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...
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7563273 |
Methods and devices for capturing and fixing leaflets in valve repair
The present invention provides methods and devices for grasping, and optional repositioning and fixation of the valve leaflets to treat cardiac valve regurgitation, particularly mitral valve...
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7559936 |
Cardiac devices and methods for percutaneous repair of atrioventricular valves
Novel apparatus and minimally invasive methods to treat The present invention provides methods and devices for grasping, stabilizing and fastening of cardiac valve leaflets to treat...
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7556632 |
Device and method for repairing tissue
A tissue-stapling device for repairing tissue is provided. The device has two guiding elements movable with respect to each other. Self-deployable wings are located on the outside of the inner...
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7547315 |
Mechanical method and apparatus for tissue fastening
A mechanical system for sequentially securing skin tissue preferably utilizes a tissue manipulator apparatus to approximate a portion of an interior surface of each of two pieces of living dermis...
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7544213 |
Inflatable hernia patch
A patch for repairing an intra-abdominal defect is disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention as including a mesh layer providing a grid of material perforated by apertures through the...
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7544203 |
Temporary seal and method for facilitating anastomosis
Forming a proximal anastomosis on an aortic wall includes method and instrumentation and apparatus for forming an aortic puncture and inserting a fluid-impervious sealing element with a lateral...
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7537599 |
Anastomosis occlusion device
An anastomosis occlusion device having a low-profile shaft assembly configured for insertion into the lumen of a vessel. The device includes an expandable region at the shaft assembly distal end...
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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...
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7517355 |
Method of supporting and/or applying particulate materials
Masses of particles are structurally supported by the application of vacuum through a support surface having holes thereon that are smaller than the average diameter of the particle mass that is to...
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7511185 |
Bandage for wound or incision closure
Disclosed is a bandage for closing a wound or incision, and methods for the use of same. The bandage comprises a first flat flexible component having adhesive on a lower surface and one or more...
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7488340 |
Vascular access closure system
A sealing device for sealing punctures in blood vessel walls including a flange connected to a flexible stem having an expansion portion in it. The flexible stem is adapted to be accommodated...
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7482504 |
Dressing for treatment of short wounds located in high tension areas
A dressing and method for treating high-tension wounds. First and second layers of a 1-butyl cyanoacrylate 16 adhesive are applied to a short, high-tension wound, with the first and second layers...
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7481788 |
Medical device for delivering patches
The present invention relates to a medical device and method for treating the body tissue of a patient. The present invention is also directed to a method of making the medical device and a method...
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7479155 |
Defect occluder release assembly and method
A release assembly is provided to aid the reversible and repositionable deployment of a defect occluder. The release assembly includes an occluder tether having a distal portion comprising at least...
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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...
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7462188 |
Device and method for suturing intracardiac defects
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a suturing device. The suturing device includes a length of suture that will be delivered to the site of the PFO and placed through the...
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7455680 |
Apparatus and method for inhibiting blood loss
An apparatus for inhibiting blood loss from a puncture site. The apparatus may include means for locating a puncture site in a blood vessel wall. This apparatus is comprised of a tube and an...
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7431729 |
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure device with radial and circumferential support
The present invention provides a device for occluding an anatomical aperture, such as a septal defect or patent foramen ovale (PFO). The occluder includes two sides connected by an intermediate...
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7429265 |
System and method for moving and stretching plastic tissue
A system and method of moving and stretching plastic tissue using dynamic force. An elastomeric driver is adjustably attachable to one or more anchors for securing the elastomer to the plastic...
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7422596 |
Kit comprising a medical fixing element and a device for placing said fixing element
The kit ( 1 ) comprises a needle ( 3 ) for placing the fixing element ( 2 ), and the fixing element ( 2 ) comprises at least one stop part ( 5 ) and a threaded deformable part ( 7 ) joined to said...
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7413571 |
Flexible medical closure screen and method
A flexible medical closure screen for closing a separation of first and second tissue portions is provided, which includes a mesh screen comprising tubular vertical risers, vertical strands with...
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7413570 |
Medical closure screen installation systems and methods
A medical closure screen device for a separation of first and second tissue portions is provided, which includes a mesh screen comprising tubular vertical risers, vertical strands with barbed...
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7410482 |
Detachable aneurysm neck bridge
In one embodiment, a neck bridge for bridging the neck of an aneurysm includes a junction region, a number of radially extending array elements attached to the junction region, and a cover attached...
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7396359 |
Vascular port device
This invention is a device ( 210 ) for sealing a hole ( 100 ) in a blood vessel ( 102 ), comprising a blood vessel engager ( 217 ) having at least one spike ( 214 ), for engaging a portion of a...
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7361184 |
Device and method for wound therapy
A disposable wound-healing device is disclosed that incorporates a housing having a fluid-impermeable material having a cavity and a perimeter that can be sealed in an air-tight manner over a wound...
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7361183 |
Locator and delivery device and method of use
This invention relates to apparatus and methods for use in sealing a vascular puncture site and to apparatus and methods for properly locating and deploying a sealing device. The locating apparatus...
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7354446 |
Device for laceration or incision closure
Disclosed is a two-component device for closing a laceration or incision. The device includes a first component comprising a first adhesive-backed anchoring member and one or more first connecting...
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7338520 |
Endoluminal cardiac and venous valve prostheses and methods of manufacture and delivery thereof
This invention relates to prosthetic cardiac and venous valves and a single catheter device and minimally invasive techniques for percutaneous and transluminal valvuloplasty and prosthetic valve...
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7338514 |
Closure devices, related delivery methods and tools, and related methods of use
A device for sealing a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in the heart is provided. The device includes a left atrial anchor adapted to be placed in a left atrium of the heart, a right atrial anchor...
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7335220 |
Apparatus and methods for sealing a vascular puncture
Apparatus for sealing a puncture communicating with a blood vessel includes a porous carrier formed from lyophilized hydrogel or other material. The plug may include at least first and second...
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7335219 |
Hemostatic device including a capsule
An apparatus for inhibiting blood loss from a puncture site. The apparatus may include means for locating a puncture site in a blood vessel wall. This apparatus is comprised of a tube and an...
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7335215 |
Method and device for temporary emergency vessel anastomoses
A device and method for achieving hemostasis and leakage control in vascular structures and other body ducts or vessels in an emergency room or trauma situation. The device has at least one shunt...
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7332641 |
Interlaced compositions and methods of production
Disclosed are methods for producing an interlaced device or composition which includes at least a first and a second interlaced element. Each interlaced element includes a mated first and second...
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7331981 |
Blood vessel sealing system
A method of and apparatus for sealing access openings into blood vessels using an expandable member in the blood vessel on a control member that extends out through the access opening and an...
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7331980 |
Occlusion, anchoring, tensioning and flow direction apparatus and methods for use
Wires, catheters, endoscopes, etc. and their methods that have flow directed distal ends, which allow and facilitate management of these devices during use are disclosed. Additionally instant...
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