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7374570 Polymer compositions for intraluminal stent  
A polymer composition for use in forming a stent is described. The composition includes a monomer of an aliphatic ester of acrylic acid which has a glass transition temperature less than 25° C....
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...
7309351 Expandable stent with markers and stent delivery system  
An expandable stent and delivery system therefor is provided for treating vascular diseases such as partially occluded blood vessels and aneurysms. The delivery system includes proximal,...
7268134 Medical devices employing triazine compounds and compositions thereof  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions comprising compounds that treat pathophysiological conditions arising from inflammatory responses. In particular, the present invention is...
7195648 Intravascular stent device  
Disclosed is a very small diameter intravascular stent, or aneurysm cover, which may be used to occlude, or partially occlude, an aneurysm in the human brain. The stent is comprised of a...
7191842 Collapse resistant expandables for use in wellbore environments  
A technique utilizes blocking members to resist contraction of expandables in wellbore environments. The technique comprises an expandable having a wall with a plurality of expandable cells. A...
7169175 Self-expanding stent  
The stent of this invention is a self-expanding stent created by a scaffolding lattice. The stent may be made from a nickel-titanium alloy. The lattice is formed from two different types of helices...
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...
7122048 Hypotube endoluminal device  
A self-expanding endoluminal device comprising at least one tubular filamentary member having a hollow core for receiving a guidewire, the tubular member having a straightened configuration with...
7115691 Polymer compositions for intraluminal stent  
A polymer composition for use in forming a stent is described. The composition includes a monomer of an aliphatic ester of acrylic acid which has a glass transition temperature less than 25° C....
7097658 Flexible MEMS actuated controlled expansion stent  
An automatically controlled expansion stent having an expansible stent body, actuation means for expanding the stent body, and control means for actively controlling the actuation means. The stent...
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...
7060684 Device for treating diabetes and methods thereof  
A composite supported vascular graft comprising Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and/or Platelet Derived Growth Factor (PDGF) for enhanced site-specific angiogenesis and methods thereof...
7044964 Catheter system having imaging, balloon angioplasty, and stent deployment capabilities, and method of use for guided stent deployment  
A catheter system has a balloon angioplasty device disposed about a common lumen near its distal end. The balloon catheter is pre-fitted with a stent which is deployed when the balloon is inflated....
7041129 Micro-porous mesh stent with hybrid structure  
A prosthesis for treating a body passage includes a micro-porous tubular element and a support element. The tubular element is formed from a thin-walled sheet having a wall thickness of 25...
7018401 Woven intravascular devices and methods for making the same and apparatus for delivery of the same  
Self-expandable, woven intravascular devices for use as stents (both straight and tapered), filters (both temporary and permanent) and occluders for insertion and implantation into a variety of...
6997945 Variable expansion force stent  
A stent having varying outward radial force along its length. In use, the stent can provide greater force in vessel regions requiring greater force and less force in regions requiring less. In...
6966923 Stent delivery system and low profile stent  
A stent and stent delivery system with a catheter and stent operably coupled to the catheter. The collapsible stent includes a first end region opposed to a second end region. A plurality of...
6945994 Combined balloon-expanding and self-expanding stent  
A stent comprises a plurality of segments including a first balloon expandable segment which is not self-expanding, a second balloon expandable segment which is not self-expanding and a first...
6916337 Rolled stent with waveform perforation pattern  
A stent fabricated from a rolled sheet. The sheet is perforated with wave form perforations to provide flexibility during insertion and in the body.
6911041 Expanded stent and a method for producing same  
An expandable stent for insertion into a body lumen has a generally cylindrical lattice structure formed from wall segments that intersect and with some of the intersections being interrupted to...
6872433 Shape memory alloy/shape memory polymer tools  
Micro-electromechanical tools for minimally invasive techniques including microsurgery. These tools utilize composite shape memory alloy (SMA), shape memory polymer (SMP) and combinations of SMA...
RE38711 Luminal stent, holding structure therefor and device for attaching luminal stent  
A luminal stent is a tubular body formed by knitting a sole yarn of a bioresorbable polymer fiber, such as fiber of polylactic acid, polyglycol acid or a polylactic acid—polyglycol acid...
6859986 Method system for loading a self-expanding stent  
A system for loading self-expanding stents into a stent delivery system that comprises a lubricious coating on one or more components to substantially reduce the frictional forces associated with...
6814749 Stent designs for use in peripheral vessels  
Stent designs for use in peripheral vessels, such as the carotid arteries, are disclosed. The stents consist of a plurality of radially expandable cylindrical elements generally aligned on a common...
6740113 Balloon expandable stent with a self-expanding portion  
A stent consisting of at least two parts in juxtaposition, one part being of self-expandable characteristics while the other part is balloon expandable.
6719782 Flat wire stent  
An improved stent in which the limbs have been fabricated from a medium having a cross sectional profile in which at least one segment is flat and straight, whereby the stent is provided with...
6713119 Biocompatible coating for a prosthesis and a method of forming the same  
A coating for a prosthesis, for example a stent, and a composition for forming the coating is disclosed. The coating can serve as a primer, allowing substances, such as polymers, to be effectively...
6682554 Methods and apparatus for a stent having an expandable web structure  
The present invention provides a stent comprising a tubular flexible body having a wall with a web structure that is expandable from a contracted delivery configuration to deployed configuration....
6663765 Method and device for the manufacture of the medical expanding stents  
Method and device for manufacturing of expandable cylindrical metal meshes for use in expandable stents and in particular for customized manufacturing. The method includes determining the type and...
6663664 Self-expanding stent with time variable radial force  
A stent including a network of struts constructed to form a structural member. The struts are configured with undulations having flexible segments that bend to move the structural member from a...
6660032 Expandable coil endoluminal prosthesis  
A coiled stent ( 196 ) has a coiled stent body with a main body portion ( 106 ) and end portions ( 108 ). The end portions may be substantially less stiff than the body portion to help prevent...
6652582 Bioabsorbable endoprosthesis having porosity for by-product collection  
A bioabsorbable implantable endoprosthesis having elongate elements including hollow, cavity or porous portions adapted to accumulate by-product from the degradation of the bioabsorbable material...
6652568 Radiopaque balloon  
The present invention is directed to a balloon for an intracorporeal catheter having at least a portion of its walls having radiopaque properties. The balloon is formed of a polymeric material,...
6613072 Procedures for introducing stents and stent-grafts  
This invention is a medical device and a method of using it. The device is a foldable stent or stent-graft which may be percutaneously delivered with (or on) a catheter, typically an endovascular...
6605109 Fluid actuated stent delivery system  
A delivery system for procuring implantation of an expandable stent in a bodily lumen of interest is disclosed including a fluid-operated moving cylinder sleeve for retaining the stent in place...
6589275 Stent device  
A stent device ( 1 ) constructed from several consecutively arranged cylindrical spring member stents ( 4 ) interconnected by at least three resilient connecting members ( 5 ) that are firmly...
6582472 Kinetic stent  
The disclosed stent is formed of an elongate, flexible duct having a very thin wall and a preformed diameter, length, and shape. The stent is constructed of a woven tubular structure of multiple...
6569191 Self-expanding stent with enhanced radial expansion and shape memory  
The invention comprises a bioabsorbable radially self-expanding stent with one or more supplemental apparatus or methods for achieving the desired final resting diameter of the stent by imparting...
6562067 Stent with interlocking elements  
A stent comprises a lattice of interconnecting elements defining a substantially cylindrical configuration having a first open end and a second open end. The lattice has a locked configuration and...
6551352 Method for attaching axial filaments to a self expanding stent  
Methods for attaching an axial filament to the body of a self expanding stent, the filament serving to enhance the radial self expanding force of the stent body. Also stents having enhanced radial...
6530950 Intraluminal stent having coaxial polymer member  
A stent for insertion into a lumen, having rigid regions and flexible regions along its length, and one or more polymer members coaxially disposed about the outer surface of the stent The polymer...
6497722 Methods and apparatus for in-vivo tailored stents indicated for use in tortuous anatomy  
Apparatus and methods for stenting are provided comprising a self-expandable stent that is at least partially covered with a biocompatible material configured to prevent dynamic self-expansion of...
6475237 Intravascular hinge stent  
The hinge stent is a balloon-expandable or self-expandable intravascular endoprosthesis used for treatment of vascular injury. The hinge stent is formed of a single stent section or of multiple...
6468303 Retrievable self expanding shunt  
A collapsible medical device and associated method for shunting selected organs and vessels, wherein the medical device is shaped from a shape memory metal fabric. The device may be used, for...
6395021 Ureteral stent system apparatus and method  
A stent having an elongate tubular configuration is formed of a plurality of elongate elements interwoven or braided to form a tubular configuration. The elements may be relatively strong and...
6383214 Encapsulated stent  
An encapsulated stent having a stent or structural support layer sandwiched between two biocompatible flexible layers. One preferred embodiment has a stent cover which includes a tubular shaped...
6375458 Medical instruments and devices and parts thereof using shape memory alloys  
Fabrication of metal medical instruments and devices from a shape memory alloy which provides greater flexibility in design and avoids the need for substantial cold working of the alloy which is...
6371979 Stent delivery system  
This invention is directed to a stent delivery system for implanting a flexible, generally cylindrical, expandable, coiled stent. The system comprises a catheter defining at least one lumen and...
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