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8163004 Stent graft for reinforcement of vascular abnormalities and associated method  
A stent graft for reinforcement of a vascular abnormalities and an associated method are provided. According to one embodiment, the stent graft includes a flexible tubular structure comprising a...
8157859 Stent made of nitinol having improved axial bending stiffness and associated production method  
A stent made of nitinol having improved axial or radial stiffness, the stent having a support structure which comprises peripheral struts around the circumference, wherein the peripheral struts are...
8123876 Method for bonding components of medical devices  
A method of bonding a first component of a medical device to a second component of the medical device, where at least one of the components comprises a shape memory material, includes positioning...
8101275 Device based on nitinol, a process for its production, and its use  
The present invention relates to a device comprising a substrate based essentially on nitinol and, arranged thereon at least partially, a covering or a coating based on at least one polyphosphazene...
8057399 Anchor for an implantable sensor  
An anchor for an implantable medical device, for example, and implantable physiologic sensor, includes a proximal hub portion, an intermediate portion extending radially and distally from the hub...
8043361 Implantable medical devices, and methods of delivering the same  
A tubular endoprosthesis including a polymeric material is disclosed. The endoprosthesis has a collapsed position that can be reverted to a first expanded position larger than the collapsed...
8012197 Hybrid ballon expandable/self-expanding stent  
A stent comprises a tubular member having openings therein and having a plurality of interconnected members and one or more frangible restraining members. The frangible restraining members break...
8007605 Method of forming a non-circular stent  
A method for manufacturing a stent, includes the steps of winding stent wire around the outer surface of a longitudinal axis of a mandrel into a desired final shape that is polygonal in an...
8007674 Method and devices for preventing restenosis in cardiovascular stents  
Described herein are devices and methods fabricating devices having nanostructures that allow adhesion or growth of one cell type, such as endothelial cells, more than another cell type, such as...
7998193 Stent with variable features to optimize support and method of making such stent  
An intravascular stent especially suited for implanting in curved arterial portions or ostial regions. The stent can include an end region which is fabricated to have a greater radial strength than...
7998187 Stent graft connection arrangement  
A connection socket (12) for an end of a stent graft or a side arm (10) of a stent graft. The connection socket has a first resilient ring (14) around the arm at its end, a second resilient ring...
7997266 System and method for airway manipulation  
Methods and devices are disclosed for manipulating the airway, such as to treat obstructive sleep apnea. An implant is positioned within the body with respect to the airway. The spatial orientation...
7988722 Method for producing strain induced austenite  
This invention relates to medical devices comprising shape memory alloys which have been subjected to a thermal and mechanical treatment to increase the austenite start temperature As to As′ such t...
7976576 Stent with variable features to optimize support and method of making such stent  
An intravascular stent especially suited for implanting in curved arterial portions or ostial regions. The stent can include an end region which is fabricated to have a greater radial strength than...
7955449 Process for inducing a two-way shape memory effect in a device formed of a shape memory alloy and a device made by the process  
A process for inducing a two-way shape memory effect in a device forward of a shape memory alloy and a device made by the process are disclosed. The two-way memory effect occurs in the device in a...
7918011 Method for providing radiopaque nitinol alloys for medical devices  
A radiopaque nitinol medical device such as a stent for use with or implantation in a body lumen is disclosed. The stent is made from a superelastic alloy such as nickel-titanium or nitinol, and...
7914569 Heart valve prosthesis and methods of manufacture and use  
A heart valve prosthesis is provided having a self-expanding multi-level frame that supports a valve body comprising a skirt and plurality of coapting leaflets. The frame transitions between a...
7901525 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Method of forming a non-circular stent  
A method for manufacturing a stent, includes the steps of winding stent wire around the outer surface of a longitudinal axis of a mandrel into a desired final shape that is polygonal in an...
7887579 Active stent  
The present invention, in an exemplary embodiment, provides a stent, which combines many of the excellent characteristics of both silicone and metal stents while eliminating the undesirable ones....
7875070 Avoiding stress-induced martensitic transformation in nickel titanium alloys used in medical devices  
A process for assembling a medical device made from a nickel-titanium alloy for use in a mammalian body while avoiding the formation of stress-induced martensite and a medical device used in...
7833262 Vascular device with valve for approximating vessel wall  
A vascular device comprising a plurality of vessel engaging members and a valve. The device is movable from a collapsed insertion position having a first diameter to a second expanded position...
7826903 Radio frequency antenna for a wireless intravascular medical device  
A radio frequency antenna is provided for use with a medical device for implantation into an animal. The antenna comprises a coil formed by a wire that includes a core formed of a shape-memory...
7695507 Neurovascular stent and method  
A stent designed for catheter delivery to a target neurovascular site via a tortuous path, in a contracted state, and deployment at the target site, in an expanded state, is disclosed. The stent...
7632303 Variable stiffness medical devices  
A medical device has a structure differentiated in terms of its stiffness or elasticity. Such stiffness differentiation is achieved through the use of superelastic or shape-memory materials which...
7611887 Micro-muscle in biological medium  
The invention concerns a micro-muscle designed to be immersed in a biological liquid, comprising a deformable chamber whereof one portion at least consists of a semipermeable membrane, said chamber...
7582109 Thermal transition methods and devices  
A method of sequentially transitioning a thermally active shape memory device progressively translocates the thermally active shape memory device through a first controlled temperature zone and...
7534257 Stent with variable features to optimize support and method of making such stent  
An intravascular stent especially suited for implanting in curved arterial portions or ostial regions. The stent can include an end region which is fabricated to have a greater radial strength than...
7524329 Self contracting stent  
A self-contracting stent for use at a treatment site comprising shape memory material is provided. The stent may have an initial diameter for delivery to the treatment site and an expanded diameter...
7497873 Intravascular device and method using it  
An intravascular device for minimally invasive deployment within a vessel includes a closed loop of flexible material configured to assume a first state in which the closed loop is folded on itself...
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...
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...
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...
7258753 Superelastic guiding member  
An improved guiding member for use within a body lumen having a unique combination of superelastic characteristics. The superelastic alloy material has a composition consisting of about 30% to...
7232461 Neck covering device for an aneurysm  
An aneurysm neck covering device which is particularly useful for sealing the neck of an aneurysm located in the vicinity of a bifurcated blood vessel. The neck covering device includes a...
7175655 Avoiding stress-induced martensitic transformation in nickel titanium alloys used in medical devices  
A process for assembling a medical device made from a nickel-titanium alloy for use in a mammalian body while avoiding the formation of stress-induced martensite and a medical device used in...
7163555 Drug-eluting stent for controlled drug delivery  
The present invention provides a stent for delivering drugs to a vessel in a body, including a stent framework with a plurality of reservoirs formed therein, a drug polymer positioned in the...
7147658 Medical device delivery system  
A medical device comprises a catheter having a catheter shaft and a balloon located at the distal end of the catheter shaft, and a bifurcated stent. The bifurcated stent comprises a trunk and at...
7128757 Radiopaque and MRI compatible nitinol alloys for medical devices  
A radiopaque nitinol medical device such as a stent for use with or implantation in a body lumen is disclosed. The stent is made from a superelastic alloy such as nickel-titanium or nitinol, and...
7090695 Method for treatment of mitral insufficiency  
A method for treatment of mitral annulus dilatation comprises reducing the circumference of the mitral valve annulus. The method further comprises inserting an elongate body into the coronary sinus...
7087078 Tubular vascular implants (stents) and methods for producing the same  
New tubular vascular implants (stents) that consist of biocompatible, thermoplastic material that have a shape memory and that contain at least one active ingredient are described. In addition, a...
7083640 Covered stent with encapsulated ends  
A flexible covered stent having a stent covered on a first surface by a first layer of biocompatible material and on a second surface by both a second and third layer of biocompatible material, the...
7066952 Method for manufacturing 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...
7033386 Stent  
A stent and a method of making it from a wire, which method includes winding the wire on a mandrel, heating to form a coiled spring, and reversing the winding direction of the coiled spring to form...
6997947 Multi-property nitinol by heat treatment  
Medical devices may be made of shape-memory materials portions of which have been heat treated to exhibit spatial variations in the stiffness of the material. Devices including stents, vena cava...
6974472 Flexible self-expandable stent using shape memory alloy and method and apparatus for fabricating the same  
Disclosed herein is a flexible self-expandable stent using shape memory alloy for expanding stenosal portions and method and apparatus for fabricating the same. The self-expandable stent using...
6923829 Implantable expandable medical devices having regions of differential mechanical properties and methods of making same  
An implantable expandable medical device in which selected regions of the device are in a martensite phase and selected regions are in an austenite phase. The martensitic regions exhibit...
6890350 Combination self-expandable, balloon-expandable endoluminal device  
An endoluminal device, such as a stent or a vena cava filter, comprising at least one superelastic section and at least one plastically deformable section. The superelastic section may comprise,...
6830638 Medical devices configured from deep drawn nickel-titanium alloys and nickel-titanium clad alloys and method of making the same  
Nickel-titanium alloys that have been deep drawn in a cold working process have linear pseudoelastic behavior without a phase transformation or onset of stress-induced martensite. A medical device...
6827734 High strength member for intracorporeal use  
This invention is directed to an intracorporeal device formed of a high strength Co—Ni—Cr alloy and is particularly suitable for forming a composite product with a pseudoelastic member formed of ...
6764506 Non-foreshortening intraluminal prosthesis  
An intraluminal prosthesis is provided with a plurality of annular elements. Each annular element includes a plurality of struts and apices connected to form an annular configuration. Each annular...
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