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7347875 Methods of treatment using a bariatric sleeve  
Method and apparatus for limiting absorption of food products in specific parts of the digestive system is presented. A gastrointestinal implant device is anchored in the stomach and extends beyond...
7344566 Lip implant and method for insertion  
A lip implant having first and second regions is described. The lip implant includes a first region formed of a liquid, solid, or a gas and a second region formed of a solid material. Also...
7329285 Bariatric sleeve delivery devices  
Method and apparatus for limiting absorption of food products in specific parts of the digestive system is presented. A gastrointestinal implant device is anchored in the stomach and extends beyond...
RE39923 Flanged cylindrical implant and method of insertion  
A device for insertion into a puncture in a tracheoesophageal wall includes a cylindrical body and a flexible first flange provided on an outside surface of the body. The flange has a use...
7294144 Preserved implantable vessel derived from a human umbilical cord or placenta  
A preserved vessel isolated from a human umbilical cord or placenta and lyophilized for use as an allograft which improves blood supply to human tissue without antigenicity.
7217283 Orthopaedic implant for vascularization of the femoral head  
An orthopaedic implant is provided for the treatment of avascular necrosis of the bone. The orthopaedic implant includes a hollow support structure and a synthetic vascular graft. The support...
7198799 Bioresorbable nerve guide rail  
A biologically resorbable nerve guide rail with a microporous guide tube of polymers of hydroxycarboxylic acids, where the porosity allows a metabolism through the tube wall, but prevents the...
7195646 Polymeric stent useful for the treatment of the salivary gland ducts and method for using the same  
A polymeric stent, especially useful in surgical endoscopy and for the treatment of salivary gland ducts comprising; an elongated tube ( 1 ), wherein the proximal end ( 3 ) of said tube is having a...
7175852 Implant and process for producing it  
The invention relates to a process for producing an implant, with the implant possessing a textured foreign structure. A porous protein matrix is at least partially anchored in the textured foreign...
7141071 Implantable digestive tract organ  
An implantable digestive organ is provided for the transport of materials through the digestive tract and in one particular application to an artificial large bowel for replacing all or part of a...
7118600 Prosthesis having a sleeve valve  
Disclosed is a pressure sensitive prosthesis that includes a tubular member having a passageway extending therethrough and a sleeve attached about one end of the tubular member. The sleeve...
7097665 Positioning tools and methods for implanting medical devices  
Described herein is a positioning tool having an elongate portion for carrying a medical implant. Also described is a method of positioning a medical implant using an elongate positioning tool. One...
7094261 Double layer surgical mesh  
A mesh ( 1 ) made of monofilament polypropylene (PPL) with surgical quality (CQ) and controlled flat memory (CM), having upper ( 1 ′) and lower ( 1 ″) layers joined by welding along almost the...
7094260 Biodegradable common bile duct stent and the method for preparing thereof  
A biodegradable common bile duct stent and the method for preparing thereof are provided. The stent is made of biodegradable polymeric material with incorporation of X-ray opaque components. The...
7087088 Methods and apparatus for regulating the flow of matter through body tubing  
A self-retracting body, which may have a bore, may be inserted into a biological passage. A dilating balloon may be used to expand the body toward an inner wall of the passage. The body may include...
7081136 Adjustable gel filled mammary prosthesis and method  
An adjustable gel filled mammary implant includes inner and outer envelopes with the outer envelope containing about 95% of its volume filled with a silicone gel or the like. The inner envelope is...
7073511 Apparatus for imparting physician-determined shapes to implantable tubular devices  
A tubular sleeve is provided for enabling a physician to impart a preselected shape in an implantable tubular device, such as a cardiac lead, a catheter or some other tubular structure. The sleeve...
7049057 Tissue engineered uterus  
The invention is directed to compositions and methods for reconstructing artificial female reproductive organs. The constructs and methods of the invention can be used for ameliorating congenital...
7044980 Facilitating drainage  
A prostatic stent comprises a body member and a retaining member. The body member includes a distal terminating end, a proximal end portion, and a lumen extending within the body member to allow...
7041139 Ureteral stents and related methods  
A medical device for use within a body cavity comprising an elongated body portion and a retention module. The retention module comprises a fixation element and a tether connector. The tether...
7037343 Stomach prosthesis  
An implantable stomach prosthesis is provided for surgically replacing or augmenting all or part of the antrum and/or pylorus of a stomach. The prosthesis controls the passage of food from the...
7025791 Bariatric sleeve  
Method and apparatus for limiting absorption of food products in specific parts of the digestive system is presented. A gastrointestinal implant device is anchored in the stomach and extends beyond...
7014657 Middle-ear implant  
This invention relates to surgical methods and prosthetic devices for ameliorating hearing loss in patients having ailments of the middle ear. The implant of the invention includes a gas-filled...
7008455 Lip implant, instrumentation and method for insertion  
A lip implant and lip instrument. The lip implant is formed of solid silicone and is shaped to be received in the lip of a patient. The lip instrument includes a pair of arms coupled together...
6997952 Artificial sphincter  
With an object of providing an artificial sphincter for which repeated shape changes are possible, and for which the quantity of shape change is sufficient so as to be used as a substitute for a...
6997189 Method for lung volume reduction  
Methods and assemblies for reducing the volume of a lung. A plurality of anchors are anchored at different positions in the lung. A cord is attached to each of the anchors. The anchors are drawn...
6994684 Punctum plugs having fluid collecting recesses and methods of punctal occlusion  
A punctum plug includes a distal tip, a proximal cap and a body connecting the tip to the cap. The cap has a proximal surface which remains exposed in the eye upon implantation of the punctum plug....
6960233 Methods and apparatus for improving the function of biological passages  
Several methods and apparatus are available for treating patients that suffer from both gastro-esophageal reflux disorder and hiatal hernias. In order to treat these patients, an endoscopic probe...
6949125 Ureteral stent with end-effector and related methods  
A system and related methods for maintaining the patentcy of the ureter comprising a pusher tube having a pusher tube lumen and an inflate lumen disposed within a wall of the pusher tube and a...
6949083 Therapeutic device for the selective cytoreduction treatment of an obstruction in a natural lumen or passage of the human or animal body  
Therapeutic device intended for the selective cytoreductive treatment of an obstruction in a natural lumen or passage of the human or animal body, the lumen being obstructed by the effect of a...
6929663 Longitudinally expanding medical device  
A stent for maintaining an open passageway through a body lumen, such as the prostatic urethra of a male patient, includes an elongated segment including a flexible polymer material bridging a...
6918935 Method for radical removal of parasagittal meningioma  
The present invention relates to medicine and more particularly to neurosurgery, and can be used in the operative treatment of patients with parasagittal meningiomas. The present invention is...
6913625 Ureteral stent  
A stent is designed to be placed within a patient's ureter to facilitate drainage from the patient's kidneys to the bladder. An elongated portion of the stent includes a length sufficient to extend...
6770101 Prostatic stent and delivery system  
A collapsible and expandable stent includes a body segment, first and second terminal ends spaced apart from each other, a substantially smooth wall and a lumen extending between the first and...
6764508 Method and device for inserting implants into human organs  
In a method for inserting an implant, such as a biological or artificial heart valve into a human organ, first the implant is provided with an adapter element, then a receiver element that is...
6755868 Hernia repair device  
An implantable prosthetic device adapted for use in repairing a hernia defect includes at least one body made from a biocompatible textile material. The body is provided with a first section and a...
6755867 Hernia repair prosthesis and method  
A hernia repair prosthesis with an occlusive member for inserting into and/or backing the herniated tissue. An overlay sheet is attached to the occlusive member by a filament which permits the...
6736854 Prosthetic repair fabric with erosion resistant edge  
An implantable prosthesis is provided for repairing or augmenting anatomical weaknesses or defects, and is particularly suitable for the repair of soft tissue and muscle wall openings. The...
6726660 Implant  
An implant for implantation into an animal or a human body, that includes an axial interior section for fixation inside the body and an axial exterior section, extending outwards from the body for...
6712859 Hernia repair prosthesis and methods for making same  
A hernia repair prosthesis with an occlusive member for inserting into and/or backing the herniated tissue. The occlusive member is convertible from a first configuration with a first axial length...
6666893 Absorbable tissue expander  
A method of reconstructing tissue is provided. The method includes implanting an absorbable tissue expander having a fluid-tight or semipermeable envelope and having a bio-absorbable biocompatible...
6656146 Medical device with tail(s)  
A ureteral stent for assisting movement of urine along a patient's ureter and into the patient's bladder. The stent includes an elongated tubular segment extending toward the bladder from a kidney...
6648921 Implantable article  
An implantable article is disclosed. The implantable article includes features for tightening or loosening the implantable article. In preferred embodiments, the adjustment may occur post or...
6599302 Aortic aneurysm treatment systems  
A system and components for treating aortic aneurysms includes a reinforcing graft and fittings for securing the graft to a host vessel and to branch vessels, for example the iliac and renal...
6576008 Methods and device for inserting and withdrawing a two piece stent across a constricting anatomic structure  
A stent device and methods for inserting and removing a stent to and from an anatomical tract of a living being. The stent includes a distal segment and a proximal segment joined by a flexible...
6572545 Method and apparatus for real-time control of physiological parameters  
A real-time controller operating as an artificial pancreas uses a Kalman control algorithm to control glucose level of a patient in real time. The real-time controller receives an estimate of the...
6562066 Stent for arterialization of the coronary sinus and retrograde perfusion of the myocardium  
The present invention concerns a novel stent and a method for communicating oxygenated blood directly from the left ventricle to the coronary sinus to provide retrograde perfusion to the...
6547825 Artificial trachea  
The present invention has an object to provide an artificial trachea that is able to be used safely in the clinical application, and especially an artificial trachea for the intrathoracic trachea,...
6541116 Superoxide dismutase or superoxide dismutase mimic coating for an intracorporeal medical device  
A method of providing a therapeutic, diagnostic or lubricious hydrophilic coating on an intracorporeal medical device and the coated device produced thereby, wherein the coating is durable. In one...
6517575 Multilayer liquid absorption and deformation devices  
A multilayer device comprised of at least one layer of material which is capable of absorbing liquid to thereby increase the volume of the layer, i.e., liquid swellable, and when bound to at least...
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