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8177835 |
Method of imaging for heart valve implant procedure
A method as a workflow for imaging for a heart valve implant procedure includes positioning the patient and an articulated imaging apparatus relative to one another, inducing rapid ventricular...
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8172898 |
Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
An intravascular support device includes a support or reshaper wire, a proximal anchor and a distal anchor. The support wire engages a vessel wall to change the shape of tissue adjacent the vessel...
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8167934 |
Implant which is intended to be placed in a blood vessel
This implant comprises an endoprosthesis having an axis which can be spontaneously deployed in a radial manner between a compressed configuration and a dilated configuration. The implant comprises...
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8163011 |
Intra-annular mounting frame for aortic valve repair
An intra-annular mounting frame for an aortic valve having native aortic cusps is provided which includes a frame body with native leaflet reorienting curvatures and interconnecting points; the...
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8163014 |
Conformable prostheses for implanting two-piece heart valves and methods for using them
A heart valve assembly includes an annular prosthesis and a valve prosthesis. The annular prosthesis includes an annular ring for dilating tissue within a biological annulus and a conformable...
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8136230 |
Valve loader method, system, and apparatus
A valve loading system is provided that uses a valve loader to transfer a valve or other medical device from a storage cartridge into a deployment catheter. The valve or other medical device can be...
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8137398 |
Prosthetic valve having tapered tip when compressed for delivery
Apparatus is provided that includes a valve prosthesis for attachment to a native valve complex of a subject. The prosthesis is configured to assume a compressed delivery state and an uncompressed...
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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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8123670 |
Method for forming a blood flow in surgically reconstituted segments of the blood circulatory system and devices for carrying out said method
The device relates to clinical cardiology and cardiovascular surgery. The method for forming a blood flow in research stands and in surgically reconstructed segments of the blood circulation system...
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8114154 |
Fluid-filled delivery system for in situ deployment of cardiac valve prostheses
An instrument for deploying a cardiac valve prosthesis, including a plurality of radially expandable portions, at an implantation site, includes a plurality of deployment elements each...
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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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8105375 |
Method for implanting a cardiovascular valve
A method is provided for implanting a valve having at least one valve leaflet within the cardiovascular system of a subject. One step of the method includes preparing a substantially dehydrated...
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8100528 |
Coating solutions comprising segmented interactive block copolymers
This invention is directed toward surface treatment of a device. The surface treatment comprises the attachment of interactive segmented block copolymers to the surface of the substrate by means of...
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8095214 |
Perivascular leak repair system
The perivascular leak repair system, and method of using the same, of the present invention provides a sealant reservoir 102 with a repair catheter 104 operably attached; a flow control device 106...
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8092521 |
Device for the implantation and fixation of prosthetic valves
A device for the transvascular implantation and fixation of prosthetic heart valves having a self-expanding heart valve stent (10) with a prosthetic heart valve (11) at its proximal end is...
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8075613 |
***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Aortic valve stent graft
An implantable endoluminal prosthesis for replacing a damaged aortic valve is provided. In one embodiment, the prosthesis includes a balloon-expandable stent, a tubular conduit that extends into...
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8062355 |
Self-expandable medical instrument for treating defects in a patient's heart
The invention relates to a self-expandable medical instrument (100) for treating defects in a patient's heart, in particular for the transvascular implantation of a prosthetic heart valve (30),...
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8057538 |
Valve holder
The present invention is an improved apparatus for holding and maneuvering a valve during preparation and attachment to patient. The present invention is particularly useful for increased...
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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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8052747 |
Heart valve prosthesis with turn stops
A heart valve prosthesis disclosed in two- and three-leaflet versions includes a ring-shaped body, leaflets, and leaflet turn stops. For the two-leaflet version, the stops represent two pairs of...
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8048255 |
Heatset annuloplasty suture guide
An implantable annuloplasty suture guide is intended to lie against at least a portion of an annulus surrounding a human heart. The implantable annuloplasty suture guide is made of an elongated...
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8043368 |
Methods and apparatus for atrioventricular valve repair
Methods and apparatus for use in repairing an atrioventricular valve in a patient are provided. The methods comprise accessing the patient's atrioventricular valve percutaneously, securing a...
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8034874 |
Medical devices having polymeric regions that contain fluorocarbon-containing block copolymers
In one aspect, the present invention provides implantable or insertable medical devices, which contain at least one polymeric region. The polymeric region contains at least one...
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8012201 |
Translumenally implantable heart valve with multiple chamber formed in place support
A cardiovascular prosthetic valve comprises an inflatable body that has at least a first inflatable chamber and a second inflatable chamber that is not in fluid communication with the first...
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7998196 |
Replacement heart valve, valve holder and methods of making and using same
A replacement heart valve device usable in a medical procedure in relation in heart valve replacement of a patient. In one embodiment, the replacement heart valve device includes a heart valve...
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RE42575 |
Engineering of strong, pliable tissues
It has been discovered that improved yields of engineered tissue following implantation, and engineered tissue having enhanced mechanical strength and flexibility or pliability, can be obtained by...
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7981151 |
Transcatheter heart valve with micro-anchors
Various embodiments of methods and apparatus for treating defective heart valve are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, a transcatheter heart valve is disclosed that includes an...
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RE42479 |
Engineering of strong, pliable tissues
It has been discovered that improved yields of engineered tissue following implantation, and engineered tissue having enhanced mechanical strength and flexibility or pliability, can be obtained by...
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7959672 |
Replacement valve and anchor
Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve, including: a replacement valve adapted to be delivered endovascularly to a vicinity of the heart valve; an expandable anchor adapted...
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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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7935144 |
Profile reduction of valve implant
A method for reducing an axial profile of a valve implant includes providing a valve implant having a longitudinal axis and a delivery catheter having a central axis and a distal receiving section....
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7931685 |
Method and system for treatment of regurgitating heart valves
A system and process for correction of regurgitation of heart valves. With mitral valves in particular, the anterior leaflet is advanced through use of a D-plasty patch and a narrow annuloplasty...
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7918899 |
Variably crosslinked tissue
Non-glutaraldehyde fixation of an organ or a prosthesis for implantation in a mammal is based upon carbodiimide treatment. A solution containing a sterilizing agent, such as EDC, in combination...
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7901454 |
Apparatus and method for treating a regurgitant valve
An apparatus for treating regurgitation of blood through a diseased heart valve having at least two leaflets includes an occluding member configured to be positioned within the diseased heart valve...
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7892281 |
Prosthetic valve for transluminal delivery
A prosthetic valve assembly for use in replacing a deficient native valve comprises a replacement valve supported on an expandable valve support. If desired, one or more anchor may be used. The...
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7867274 |
Valve apparatus, system and method
A venous valve with a frame and a cover on the frame for unidirectional flow of a liquid through the valve.
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7833267 |
Methods and systems for modifying vascular valves
Described are methods and systems for modifying vascular valves in order to reduce retrograde blood flow through the valves. Preferred methods include connecting vascular valve leaflets with at...
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7833565 |
Heart valve prosthesis and method of manufacture
A cardiac valve prosthesis having a frame and two or more leaflets (preferably three) attached to the frame. The leaflets are attached to the frame between posts, with a free edge which can seal...
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7803184 |
Percutaneous aortic valve
The present invention provides a valve configured for insertion on the proximal and distal sides of a heart valve annulus to replace the heart valve of a patient. The valve comprises a first...
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7803186 |
Prosthetic heart valves with flexible leaflets and leaflet edge clamping
A prosthetic heart valve includes an annular stent structure having a plurality of annularly spaced stent post regions, a plurality of leaflets that extend radially inward from the stent structure...
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7785366 |
Mitral spacer
A heart valve implant may include a shaft and an anchor configured to be coupled to an end of the shaft. A spacer may be coupled to a portion of the shaft and comprise a plurality of individual...
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7758635 |
Medical device including cylindrical micelles
An endovascular stent comprising an expandable framework including a plurality of interconnected segments, and a plurality of entangled cylindrical micelles disposed on the expandable framework....
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7739971 |
Systems and methods for assembling components of a fabric-covered prosthetic heart valve
A system and method for assembling a prosthetic heart valve, including a procedure for tightly wrapping fabric around a heart valve support stent having a highly contoured undulating outflow edge....
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7704277 |
Device and method for treatment of heart valve regurgitation
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a prosthesis that can be implanted within a heart to at least partially block gaps that may be present between the two mitral valve leaflets. In...
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7699168 |
Heart valve storage and shipping retainer
This invention relates to a system and apparatus for retaining a prosthetic valve in a valve pocket suspended in a sealed container to protect from damage and contamination during shipment,...
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7682304 |
Composite heart valve apparatus manufactured using techniques involving laser machining of tissue
Methodology for using laser machining techniques to modify a tissue for use in a medical device. In a representative mode of practice, relatively low energy laser machining is used to thin down at...
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7674287 |
Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
An intravascular support device includes a support or reshaper wire, a proximal anchor and a distal anchor. The support wire engages a vessel wall to change the shape of tissue adjacent the vessel...
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7645568 |
Xenograft heart valves
The invention provides an article of manufacture comprising a substantially non-immunogenic heart valve xenograft for implantation into humans. The invention further provides methods for preparing...
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7643879 |
Integrated cardiac rhythm management system with heart valve
Systems and methods using a heart valve and an implantable medical device, such as for event detection and optimization of cardiac output. The cardiac management system includes a heart valve,...
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7641686 |
Percutaneous heart valve with stentless support
An implantable prosthetic valve having a stentless support structure. The valve has a tubular annular support structure with a first inflatable ring at a proximal end, a second inflatable ring at a...
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