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7384427 |
Stent
A stent is a tubular member comprising cylindrical lumen size-holding portions 1 for holding a lumen of a living body open, and connecting portions 2 for longitudinally connecting the lumen...
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7365133 |
Blends of poly(ester amide) polymers
Provided herein is a poly(ester amide) (PEA) polymer blend and coatings and medical devices formed of the blend.
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7364585 |
Medical devices comprising drug-loaded capsules for localized drug delivery
A medical device comprising a plurality of capsules, and a method of administering therapeutic agent to a patient using the same. The capsules further comprise a therapeutic agent and a multilayer...
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7357813 |
Flexible stent
A preferred embodiment of a stent provides a folded strut section that provides both structural rigidity and reduction in foreshortening of the stent mechanism. A flexible section provides...
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7356903 |
Stent delivery system
The present invention is a device for delivering a self-expanding stent. The device has an inner shaft and an outer shaft moveable with respect to the inner shaft. The self expanding stent is...
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7354450 |
Stent with wishbone connectors and serpentine bands
A stent comprises a plurality of axially spaced serpentine bands. Each serpentine band has a proximal and distal end and consists of a plurality of interconnected struts. The struts are of...
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7344560 |
Medical devices and methods of making the same
Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, an endoprosthesis includes a first portion having a first width, and a second portion...
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7344559 |
Electromagnetic radiation transparent device and method of making thereof
A medical device includes a pattern of electrically conductive material. The pattern of electrically conductive material has an anti-antenna geometrical shape such that the anti-antenna geometrical...
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7338519 |
Stent with optimal strength and radiopacity characteristics
A stent in the form of a thin-walled, multi-cellular tubular structure is provided. The tubular structure has a longitudinal axis and the stent includes a plurality of circumferential sets of strut...
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7335426 |
High strength vacuum deposited nitinol alloy films and method of making same
A vacuum deposition method for fabricating high-strength nitinol films by sputter depositing nickel and titanium from a heated sputtering target, and controlling the sputter deposition process...
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7335314 |
Method of making an implantable medical device
An implantable medical device, such as a stent or graft, having asperities on a designated region of its outer surface is disclosed. The asperities can serve to improve retention of one or more...
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7335229 |
Vascular stent with composite structure for magnetic resonance imaging capabilities
A stent is adapted to be implanted in a duct of a human body to maintain an open lumen at the implant site, and to allow viewing body tissue and fluids by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) energy...
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7335228 |
Stent with ring architecture and axially displaced connector segments
An expandable stent is provided. The stent has a ring architecture in which a plurality of connector segments join a plurality of ring structures to form the stent. The ring structures are an...
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7335227 |
Multilayer stent
A composite stent having a substrate tube made of stainless steel, a nickel-cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy, or chonichrome with at least one metal cladding tube is disclosed. Specifically, the...
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7335226 |
Yarn for vessel stent
A stent for a vessel implanted in the vessel of the living body including a main body portion of the stent formed into a tube by a yarn formed of a biodegradable polymer exhibiting a shape memory...
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7335225 |
Stent configurations
Improved stent configurations exhibiting limited recoil, resistance to compression and improved longitudinal flexibility.
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7331988 |
Stent for vessel
A stent for a vessel implanted in the vessel of the living body including a main body portion of the stent formed into a tube by a yarn formed of a biodegradable polymer exhibiting a shape memory...
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7331986 |
Intraluminal medical device having improved visibility
A stent may be formed of at least one structural material having a pattern including at least one serpentine structure, which extends about the longitudinal axis of the stent. The structure is...
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7329366 |
Method of polishing implantable medical devices to lower thrombogenecity and increase mechanical stability
The present invention relates to a method of polishing an implantable medical device. The method may include positioning an implantable medical device on a support. At least a portion of a surface...
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7329277 |
Stent having helical elements
An expandable stent comprised of a plurality of helical segments is disclosed. In one embodiment, the stent is generally cylindrical in shape having a cylindrical axis, and comprises a first and...
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7326243 |
Stent
A radially expandable stent comprising a plurality of spaced band-like elements and intersecting links is disclosed. The band-like elements have a generally serpentine configuration to provide...
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7326242 |
Asymmetric bifurcated crown
An expandable stent for percutaneous procedures comprises a tubular structure disposed about a longitudinal axis and a plurality of fingers. The plurality of fingers, upon expansion of the stent,...
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7326240 |
Stents for blood vessels
A stent for supporting part of a blood vessel includes a supporting portion around which or within which part of an intact blood vessel, other than a graft, can be placed so that the stent...
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7326239 |
Structure of a prosthesis intended to be implanted in a human or animal passage and prosthesis with such a structure
The present invention relates to a structure of a prosthesis intended to be implanted in a human or animal passage, particularly an artery, to provide through-passage along said passage, said...
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7323009 |
Apparatus and method for stenting bifurcation lesions
A balloon catheter for use in treating a condition of a vessel occurring near a bifurcation defined by the intersection of a main vessel with a side branch vessel comprises a shaft which comprises...
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7323008 |
Flexible stent
A stent device including a stent body having a plurality of adjacent rows and one or more interconnections or interlocking rings between rows. The interconnections have first and second connecting...
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7323007 |
Soft stent with excellent follow-up capability to blood vessel
To provide a lumen-friendly, flexible stent which is excellent in trackability to lumens (thus, it is able to pass through the three-dimensionally meandering lumens), substantially free from...
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7318837 |
Customized alloys for stents
A balloon-expandable stent formed from a customized alloy formulation. The stent alloy has a either a high, variable or no work hardening rate, very high modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus),...
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7316711 |
Intralumenal stent device for use in body lumens of various diameters
The present invention is an intralumenal stent device made up of two or more elements. Each element has undulations forming peaks and valleys and is formed from a repeating series including a long...
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7316710 |
Flexible stent
The present invention is directed to a flexible expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery. The stent generally includes a series of metallic cylindrical rings...
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7314482 |
Stent fabrication method
A stent and a method for fabricating the stent are disclosed. The stent has an originally flat pattern and connection points where the sides of the flat pattern are joined. The method includes the...
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7311726 |
Intravascular stent device
A very small diameter intravascular stent device which may be used in balloon angioplasty or in the treatment of an aneurysm in the human brain, which is comprised of a thin-walled skeletal...
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7306622 |
Stent embolization device
A method and device used for treating an aneurysm or a vessel of a patient. An embolization element that is adapted to reduce or block the blood flow into the aneurysm or vessel, together with a...
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7304277 |
Resonator with adjustable capacitor for medical device
An apparatus, system and method of a resonator device with an adjustable capacitor for allowing the resonance frequency (F) of the resonator device to continue to be matched to the Larmor frequency...
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7297758 |
Method for extending shelf-life of constructs of semi-crystallizable polymers
This invention relates to a method of extending the shelf-life of constructs, in particular bioabsorbable stents, comprising semi-crystalline polymers by increasing the crystallinity of the polymers.
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7291166 |
Polymeric stent patterns
Patterns for polymeric radially expandable implantable medical devices such as stents for implantation into a bodily lumen are disclosed. Some patterns comprise radially expandable cylindrical...
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7288112 |
Intravascular flow modifier and reinforcement device
An intravascular flow modifier and vascular reinforcement for treatment of aneurysms is formed of one or more loops of wire of resilient material formed into a series of transverse loops and...
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7288111 |
Flexible stent and method of making the same
A stent that can be made of self-expandable members and balloon expandable members is described. The members can be held together by a polymer layer, polymer rings or discreet polymer connectors....
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7285287 |
Carbon dioxide-assisted methods of providing biocompatible intraluminal prostheses
Methods of producing biocompatible intraluminal prostheses are provided and include immersing polymeric material of an intraluminal prosthesis in a densified carbon dioxide composition under...
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7279004 |
Expandable medical device with curved hinge
An expandable tissue supporting device of the present invention employs ductile hinges at selected points in the expandable device. When expansion forces are applied to the device as a whole, the...
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7279003 |
Stent graft tapered spring
A stent graft includes a stent graft material of cylindrical shape and tapered stent springs coupled to the stent graft material. Each stent spring includes a first stent cell and a second stent...
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7273495 |
Intravascular stent and method of use
An expandable stent is implanted in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen for treating an area of vulnerable plaque. The invention provides for a an...
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7273494 |
Stents for angioplasty
This invention is a stent having a substantially tubular body defining a longitudinal axis comprising first and second adjacent annular segments, each segment defining a substantially sinusoidal...
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7273492 |
Stent for treating vulnerable plaque
An intravascular stent assembly for implantation in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, is designed to treat a lesion with vulnerable plaque by reducing the fibrous cap stresses. The stent...
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7270675 |
Method of forming a tubular membrane on a structural frame
The present invention relates to a medical device and method of forming the medical device. In particular, the present invention relates to a medical device having a tubular membrane structure over...
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7267684 |
Angioplasty stents
An angioplasty stent comprises a body comprising a plurality of successive segments connected in pairs by bridge means so that the successive segments can be oriented relative to one another for...
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7264633 |
Anvil bridge stent design
A stent or other intraluminal medical device may be constructed utilizing a series of anvil bridges interposed between a series of fixed bridges to reduce the likelihood of deformation during stent...
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7261731 |
Convertible blood clot filter
A vena cava blood clot filter is described that is attached to the walls of the vena cava by barbed anchors. In its filtering state, the filter is cone shaped which causes the blood to be filtered....
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7258697 |
Stent with anchors to prevent vulnerable plaque rupture during deployment
A stent for implantation in a body lumen for protecting from rupture a fibrous cap in order to treat vulnerable plaque. One embodiment of the stent achieves staged expansion through stronger and...
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7255710 |
Helical stent with micro-latches
A stent constructed using elements containing micro-mechanical latching mechanisms is disclosed. The micro-mechanical latching elements allow sliding motion between two surfaces in one direction,...
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