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7559948 Fenestrated asymmetric intracardiac device for the completion of total cavopulmonary anastomosis through cardiac catheterization  
An intracardiac stent for total cavopulmonary anastomosis has a large-diameter plastic-coated mesh conduit with circular-section lower portion and a progressively flattened upper portion of the...
7344561 Monitoring system for remote detection of endoleaks and/or changes in morphology of implanted endoluminal devices  
An endoluminal device including a prosthesis and at least one indicator member affixed to the prosthesis that can be remotely monitored to indicate a change in pressure or morphology of the...
7331991 Implantable small percutaneous valve and methods of delivery  
An implantable prosthetic valve that is transformable from a first helical pre-implantation configuration to a second valvular functional configuration, and methods of delivery.
7309461 Ultrasonic crimping of a varied diameter vascular graft  
A method of crimping a varied diameter graft is includes the steps of (i) providing a flat-woven tubular graft having an enlarged woven bulbous portion disposed between flat-woven tubular ends,...
7303580 Stent delivery system allowing controlled release of a stent  
A stent delivery system includes a stent having at least one eyelet and at least one rivet and a holder supporting the stent, wherein the holder includes a first section having a first diameter and...
7300458 Medical implant having a curlable matrix structure  
A medical implant, having a proximal and a distal end, that is preformed to assume a superimposed structure at an implantation site but can be made to take on a volume-reduced form making it...
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...
7070616 Implantable valvular prosthesis  
The present invention relates to a medical device, and in particular, to a stent-based valve. The valve includes a radially expandable structural frame including an anchor structure having a first...
7070617 Stent with variable wall thickness  
A stent is made flexible along its length. The stent initially starts as a metal sheet. It is rolled in its central region to a specified wall thickness. Thereafter, the stent is photochemically...
7060091 Stent having variable properties and method of its use  
A stent and method of its use, the stent in its expanded configuration, exhibiting varying outward radial force along its length. In use, the expanded stent is of a tapered configuration which...
6994724 Soft-tissue tubular prostheses with seamed transitions  
Single tubular woven or bifurcated prostheses are disclosed having varying diameters and tapered transitions. The prostheses comprise a seam along the tapered edges, thereby providing a...
6986784 Implant anchor systems  
The present invention provides anchoring mechanisms for tissue implants. The anchors are integrated as part of the structure of the implant and serve to resist migration of the implant from highly...
6939371 Endovascular graft system  
The invention provides an attachment member for anchoring a graft system at a desired location in a vessel of a patient's vascular system. The attachment member comprises a cranial zone having a...
6887268 Extension prosthesis for an arterial repair  
An endoluminal aneurysm treatment system of an expandable bypass prosthesis and an extension prosthesis with a flared distal portion which, upon expansion, frictionally engages the proximal end of...
6852124 Variable strength stent  
An expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as an artery, is disclosed. The stent consists of a plurality of radially expandable cylindrical elements generally aligned on a common...
6824558 Endoluminal device and method for treating branched lumen having a restricted section  
A stent graft device has an upper main tubular portion dividing into two tubular limbs and is adapted for location in an aorta having an aneurysm. The stent graft device is well suited for an aorta...
6821294 Shaped woven tubular soft-tissue prostheses and method of manufacturing the same  
Continuously flat-woven implantable tubular prostheses have seamless woven sections which gradually change the number of warp yarns to smoothly transition, i.e., taper, from one diameter to...
6818015 Conical stent  
The stent having a flexible self-expandable braided tubular wall having a proximal segment having an outer diameter, and a distal segment having an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of...
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...
6790230 Vascular implant  
An anchoring element including a replacement heart valve for the purposes of intraluminal anchoring of the heart valve element to mammalian hearts, the anchoring element having a small enough...
6733523 Implantable vascular graft  
Disclosed is a tubular endoluminal vascular prosthesis, useful in treating, for example, an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The prosthesis comprises a self-expandable wire support structure having a...
6709465 Radially expanding ureteral device  
A ureteral device is provided for facilitating stone passage through a ureter or duct. An exemplary ureteral device includes a flexible, elongate body that defines a plurality of cages along the...
6702847 Endoluminal device with indicator member for remote detection of endoleaks and/or changes in device morphology  
An endoluminal device including a prosthesis and at least one indicator member affixed to the prosthesis that can be remotely monitored to indicate a change in pressure or morphology of the...
6616688 Stent  
A stent is a device that is adapted to be implanted into narrowed portions of hollow vessels of a body. The stent ( 1 ) comprises a stent body ( 2 ) that has at least two different wall thicknesses...
6605053 Conduit designs and related methods for optimal flow control  
A bypass conduit and related methods include implanting a bypass in the heart between a heart chamber and an at least partially occluded artery to directly flow blood from the chamber to the...
6602281 Radially expansible vessel scaffold having beams and expansion joints  
The present invention provides improved prostheses and methods for their endolumenal placement within body lumens, particularly blood vessels. In one embodiment, the prosthesis of the present...
6589278 Vascular prosthesis  
A vascular prosthesis ( 50 ) comprises a tube ( 52 ) of material other than autologous vascular tissue, the tube having an end formation for surgical connection direct to an opening formed in an...
6585762 Arteriovenous grafts and methods of implanting the same  
The invention provides arteriovenous grafts and methods for implanting the same. In one aspect of the invention, there are provided arteriovenous grafts that have a stepped down venous end. In...
6406491 Compliant transmyocardial implant  
A transmyocardial implant includes a hollow rigid conduit having a vessel portion and a myocardial portion. The vessel portion is sized to be inserted into a coronary vessel. The myocardial portion...
6338724 Arterio-venous interconnection  
Apparatus and methods for interconnecting an artery and a vein by means of a graft of biocompatible material and a catheter of biocompatible material. The graft has an end configured for attachment...
6287336 Variable flexibility stent  
A stent (1) is provided for having variable flexibility and stiffness along its length. The stent (1) comprises portions (5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15) of the stent having different bending and durability...
6273910 Stent with varying strut geometry  
The invention is directed to an expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as an artery. The stent consists of an elongated stent body formed with a central section positioned between...
6264690 Stent having varying thickness along its length  
A stent is a device that is adapted to be implanted into narrowed portions of hollow vessels of a body. The stent (1) comprises a stent body (2) that has at least two different wall thicknesses (W...
6261318 Expandable stent  
A stent has a tubular body with longitudinal struts interconnected by multi-bar linkages. The linkages comprise a pair of circumferential extending links, a pair of axial links and a pair of spaced...
6254633 Delivery device for a medical device having a constricted region  
A delivery device for delivering an implantable, radially expandable medical device having a constricted region for occluding fluid flow to a desired location in a body lumen. The delivery device...
6193748 Occlusion device  
The present invention is an occlusion device adapted for implantation into a fluid flow-supporting body lumen. The occlusion device comprises a flexible support structure and a flexible fluid...
6120534 Endoluminal prosthesis having adjustable constriction  
Apparatus and methods for regulating the flow of fluids through a body vessel or organ are provided by a stent comprising a deformable mesh covered with a biocompatible material, the mesh having a...
6098630 Multiple diameter expandable graft for blood vessel and method for deploying the same  
An expandable blood vessel graft facilitates the rapid and secure insertion of the graft in an blood vessel. The graft includes a first radially preexpanded portion and a second portion. The first...
6059825 Clot filter  
A removable or absorbable vena cava filter is introducible through a relatively small bore catheter. These filters formed of a single high-memory wire. The wire has a coiled cylindrical portion and...
5536274 Spiral implant for organ pathways  
Spiral implant for organ pathways, in particular for blood vessels, which is formed from a primary spiral made of metal or a primary tube made of an elastic synthetic material whose anterior end is...
4503568 Small diameter vascular bypass and method  
A arterial bypass includes a relatively large diameter proximal tubular segment for connection to the upstream portion of an artery and a relatively small diameter distal tubular segment for...
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