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8178620 |
Surface modifying macromolecules with high degradation temperatures and uses thereof
The invention relates to surface modifying macromolecules (SMMs) having high degradation temperatures and their use in the manufacture of articles made from base polymers which require high...
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8167810 |
Catheter device for treating a blockage of a vessel
The invention relates to a catheter device for treating a blockage of a vessel, with the catheter device featuring a treatment catheter for treating the vessel blockage which is embodied as an...
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8152752 |
Shunt device and method for treating glaucoma
Shunt devices and a method for continuously decompressing elevated intraocular pressure in eyes affected by glaucoma by diverting excess aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into...
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8147562 |
Three dimensional construct for the design and fabrication of physiological fluidic networks
The present invention relates to methods for the design and fabrication of biological constructs, such as organ simulants or organ replacements, which contain complex microfluidic architecture....
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8137395 |
Vessel prosthesis, particularly for the replacement of aorta segments near the heart
The invention relates to a vessel prosthesis, particularly for the replacement of aorta segments near the heart, in the form of a pleated flexible tube with folds (3), the tube being configured as...
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8133277 |
Medical device for fluid flow and method of forming such device
A medical device which defines a lumen for flowing a bodily fluid from an upstream end of the device to a downstream end thereof is disclosed. The device has a luminal wall (14) that extends...
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8128683 |
Longitudinally flexible textile vascular prosthesis
The invention relates to a textile vascular prosthesis (1) with a circulatory pleating formed by folds (4), and with an arch-shaped longitudinal flexion (2) extending over at least a partial...
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8123794 |
Intraluminal support frame
Intraluminal support frames for placement within a body vessel are provided. The support frames include a plurality of ring structures and first and second sets of connector segments. Connector...
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8109986 |
Device for inserting a radially expandable implant, treatment kit and associated insertion method
A device includes a support defining at least one opening for retaining an implant situated in the vicinity of the distal end thereof, and at least one threadlike link for retaining the implant....
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8105391 |
Merhods of treatment with devices having a coating containing pegylated hyaluronic acid and a pegylated non-hyaluronic acid polymer
Provided herein are a method, which comprises implanting in a patient an implantable device comprising a coating that includes a PEGylated hyaluronic acid and a PEGylated non-hyaluronic acid...
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8105666 |
Compliant polymeric coatings for insertable medical articles
Compliant coatings for insertable medical articles are provided. In some aspects, the coating includes a diene polymer-containing layer, and a second coated layer that includes another polymer. The...
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8071683 |
Surface modifying macromolecules with high degradation temperatures and uses thereof
The invention relates to surface modifying macromolecules (SMMs) having high degradation temperatures and their use in the manufacture of articles made from base polymers which require high...
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8070797 |
Medical device with a porous surface for delivery of a therapeutic agent
The present invention is generally directed to implantable medical devices for delivering therapeutic agents to the body tissue of a patient and methods for making such medical devices. In...
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8057396 |
Device for assessing a cardiac valve
Devices for assessing the size, shape, and topography of vessel lumens and hollow portions of organs are described. The devices are particularly adapted for determining the size, shape, topography,...
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8058593 |
Resonator for medical device
A device resonator for medical device is provided. The resonator device includes a helical structure and a capacitor structure. The resonator device can be used in conjunction with a medical...
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8060186 |
System and method for intraoperative guidance of stent placement during endovascular interventions
A method for guiding stent deployment during an endovascular procedure includes providing a virtual stent model of a real stent that specifies a length, diameter, shape, and placement of the real...
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8051798 |
Mounting assembly for a stent and a method of using the same to coat a stent
A mounting assembly for a stent and a method of coating a stent using the assembly are provided.
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8034099 |
Stent prosthesis having select flared crowns
A generally tubular, cylindrical stent prosthesis has an unexpanded delivery configuration and an expanded configuration for contacting the vessel wall. The stent prosthesis has a plurality of...
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8029554 |
Stent with embedded material
An endoprosthesis such as a stent is composed of a metal or ceramic, such as Irox, embedded in the stent material.
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8029562 |
Wettable ePTFE medical devices
Methods are provided for surface modifying a hydrophobic polymer substrate to increase wettability comprising the steps of pre-treating the hydrophobic polymer substrate with a radio frequency...
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8021415 |
Insert for a conduit
There is disclosed an insert (2) for a conduit (4) adapted to effect helical flow in the conduit (4) comprising a longitudinally extending member having a helical formation.
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8011316 |
Systems and methods for producing a medical device
A machine and process useful for processing a delicate workpiece, e.g., an implantable medical device, includes a carrier having a mandrel and wheels. The workpiece is positioned on the mandrel,...
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8007855 |
Method for coating implantable medical devices
A method of coating an implantable medical device is disclosed, the method includes applying a composition onto the device and drying the composition at elevated temperature in an environment...
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7996993 |
Temporary vascular filter guide wire
A method of making a filter is disclosed including providing a mandrel, positioning a filter form on the mandrel, the filter form including a dissolvable compound, disposing a filter basket over...
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7985781 |
PVA hydrogel
The present invention provides methods of making covalently crosslinked vinyl polymer hydrogels having advantageous physical properties, and covalently crosslinked vinyl polymer hydrogel...
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7964136 |
Method of sterilizing polymeric struts and stents
It has been determined that gamma sterilization of biodegradable polymer stents does not cause significant polymer cross-linking and collapse. Using sufficient spacing can lead to stents that...
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7959659 |
High-density lipoprotein coated medical devices
An implantable medical device is disclosed comprising a high-density lipoprotein (HDL), recombinant HDL, high-density lipoprotein mimics (HDLm), or a combination thereof. Method are also disclosed...
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7951188 |
Intravascular stent
The invention is directed to an expandable stent for implantating in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen. The invention provides for a an intravascular...
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7947069 |
Medical devices comprising small fiber biomaterials, and methods of use
In one aspect the present invention provides medical devices 10 that each include a plurality of fibers 22, substantially all of the plurality of fibers 22 each including a portion having a maximum...
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7947299 |
Compositions and techniques for localized therapy
A therapeutic medical article is provided which comprises a medical article, a precursor compound and an activator compound. The medical article is adapted, upon administration to a patient, to...
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RE42380 |
Surgical bypass method
An endovascular bypass graft includes a tubular member, a first expandable mesh stent attached to one end of the tubular member, and a second expandable mesh stent attached to an opposite end of...
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7922756 |
Stent
A stent with strut bands and connectors, wherein the strut bands have long and short struts with a junction positioned between the short struts. Each junction defines a reservoir, wherein the...
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7887572 |
Implantable devices for accelerated healing
Implantable devices (e.g., stent) having a protein patterning or bioactive patterning for accelerated healing and method of forming and using the same are provided.
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7887830 |
Medical devices having polymeric regions based on styrene-isobutylene copolymers
According to an aspect of the present invention, implantable or insertable medical devices are provided, which contain one or more polymeric regions. These polymeric regions, in turn, contain one...
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7879953 |
Biobeneficial polyamide/polyethylene glycol polymers for use with drug eluting stents
This disclosure provides a medical device and a method of forming the medical device. The medical device comprises a coating comprising a type-one polymer and a type-two polymer. The type-one...
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7875284 |
Methods of manufacturing and modifying taxane coatings for implantable medical devices
This disclosure relates to endolumenal medical devices coated with a taxane therapeutic agent in one or more solid form(s) having varying dissolution rates. Particularly preferred coatings comprise...
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7871639 |
Biocompatible phase invertable proteinaceous compositions and methods for making and using the same
Biocompatible phase invertable proteinaceous compositions and methods for making and using the same are provided. The subject phase invertable compositions are prepared by combining a proteinaceous...
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7857766 |
System of implantable ultrasonic emitters for preventing restenosis following a stent procedure
A system and method that minimizes plaque accumulation on a stent and thereby restenosis that could require a subsequent invasive medical procedure following implantation of the stent in a patient....
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7850637 |
Shunt device and method for treating glaucoma
Shunt devices and a method for continuously decompressing elevated intraocular pressure in eyes affected by glaucoma by diverting excess aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into...
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7850726 |
Endoprosthesis having struts linked by foot extensions
The present invention relates to an endoprosthesis having a plurality of web rings coupled by connectors, which include two or more essentially parallel struts and a foot extension protruding from...
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7846123 |
Conduit device and system for implanting a conduit device in a tissue wall
Various embodiments of the present invention provide a conduit device including an attaching device configured for defining a helical pathway through a tissue wall and complementary ring in...
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7815927 |
Terpolymers for controlled release of bioactive agents from implantable medical devices
Disclosed herein are implantable medical devices comprising controlled release terpolymers and at least one drug releasable from said terpolymers coating. The terpolymers of the present invention...
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7818084 |
Methods and systems for making a blood vessel sleeve
Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that include accepting one or more blood vessel sleeve dimensions based on blood vessel data from an individual;...
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7807211 |
Thermal treatment of an implantable medical device
A method of manufacturing an implantable medical device, such as a drug eluting stent, is disclosed. The method includes subjecting an implantable medical device that includes a polymer to a...
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7794775 |
Balloon expandable stent
The present invention relate to a balloon expandable stent mounted on a balloon catheter, the entire assembly being overcoated with a coherent polymer coating, which is preferably substantially...
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7785363 |
Skewed nodal-fibril ePTFE structure
The ePTFE structure includes an ePTFE tubular structure having opposite ends and a longitudinal axis. The ePTFE tubular structure is formed from rotating the opposite ends relative to one another...
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7785616 |
C-nitroso compounds and use thereof
A C-nitroso moiety derived from a carbon acid with a pKa less than about 25 is bound in a biocompatible polymer as an ester or ether to a pendant hydroxyl group, as an ester to a pendant carboxylic...
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7780980 |
Methods of using in situ hydration of hydrogel articles for sealing or augmentation of tissue or vessels
Pharmaceutically acceptable hydrogel polymers of natural, recombinant or synthetic origin, or hybrids thereof, are introduced in a dry, less hydrated, or substantially deswollen state and rehydrate...
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7772359 |
Biobeneficial polyamide/polyethylene glycol polymers for use with drug eluting stents
This disclosure provides a method device and a method of forming the medical device. The medical device comprises a coating comprising a polymer. The polymer comprises at least two different...
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7754272 |
Local drug delivery
An implant having a coating comprising a polymer matrix is swollen in a pharmaceutical solution whereby pharmaceutically active compound is imbibed into the polymer matrix. When the product is...
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