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7347867 Designs for left ventricular conduit  
A conduit is provided to provide a bypass around a blockage in the coronary artery. The conduit is adapted to be positioned in the myocardium or heart wall to provide a passage for blood to flow...
7316663 Ureteral stent  
A ureteral 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...
7291180 Medical stent and related methods  
A medical stent is sized for placement in a ureter. The stent includes a first section which includes a first material, defines a lumen, and includes a first coil completing at least one...
7238198 Stent-graft fastening  
A fastening for fixing an exposed stent ( 2 ) to a graft material ( 1 ). At least two spaced apart fastenings ( 7, 8 ) are used, each fastening has at least one turn and preferably two turns of an...
7235099 Sphenoid sinus stent  
A stent specifically designed for use in treating chronic sphenoid sinusitis comprises a soft compressible plastic tube of a predetermined diameter having a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen...
7220237 Method and device for use in endoscopic organ procedures  
Methods and devices for use in tissue approximation and fixation are described herein. The present invention provides, in part, methods and devices for acquiring tissue folds in a circumferential...
7217250 Open lumen stents  
A stent may include a flexible, elongate body having a curled proximal portion, a curled distal portion, and a main portion extending between the proximal and distal portions. The main and distal...
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...
7179286 Stent with stepped connectors  
A stent comprises a plurality of serpentine circumferential bands and a plurality of connector columns. Each connector column is located between two adjacent serpentine circumferential bands and...
7175669 Intragastric stent for duodenum bypass  
A porous weave of bioabsorbable filaments is encased in an elastic membrane to form a thin-walled stent. The stent is sized to be snugly fitted in the proximate portion of the duodenum of a...
7169187 Biodegradable stent  
The present invention is directed to stents that are formed into a helical structure having a plurality of coils, a longitudinal axis, an internal longitudinal passage, a distal section and a...
7137962 Devices and methods for use in performing transmyocardial coronary bypass  
Devices and methods utilized in performing transmyocardial coronary bypass include retractors used to engage and support myocardial tissue, and mechanisms for supporting coronary vessels so as to...
7112226 Male urethral stent device  
A stent for treatment of a body lumen through which a flow is effected on either side of a sphincter, said stent comprising one or more windings and having an inner core substantially covered by an...
7105019 Bifurcated axially flexible stent  
There is disclosed a method of stent placement which comprises first guiding a guidewire through the vasculature. Second, a balloon catheter which contains two guidewire lumens is strung along the...
7101402 Designs for left ventricular conduit  
A conduit is provided to provide a bypass around a blockage in the coronary artery. The conduit is adapted to be positioned in the myocardium or heart wall to provide a passage for blood to flow...
7056337 Natural tissue stent  
A medical implant made from multiple layers of non-synthetic, natural tissues is provided. The medical device includes openings that extend radially through the wall of the medical implant. One...
7044981 Ureteral stent configured for improved patient comfort and aftercare  
A ureteral stent is configured for improved patient comfort and aftercare. The stent can have one or more of the following features: a distal portion with a somewhat flattened, non-circular...
7033387 Body fluid flow control device  
A device to provide body fluid flow control in the form of a valve to be located within a duct or passageway. The device is controlled through pressure above a preselected threshold. Bulk...
7011094 Bronchial flow control devices and methods of use  
A flow control device includes a sealing component that can be positioned within a bronchial lumen. The sealing component can comprise two or more overlapping segments that are movable relative to...
6979350 Methods for regulating the flow of blood through the blood system  
A valve prosthesis is disclosed which is implantable within a vein or other blood vessel of a patient using a minimally-invasive surgical procedure. The prosthesis includes a tubular wire frame...
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...
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...
6945950 Ureteral stent with small bladder 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...
6945949 Left ventricular conduits to coronary arteries and methods for coronary bypass  
A method of treating a heart may include providing an implant having a first end and a second end, placing the implant in a heart wall between a heart chamber and a blood vessel such that the first...
6921378 Anti-reflux drainage devices and methods  
An anti-reflux drainage device includes an elongated member defining a lumen, and a valve disposed along the elongated member. The valve can include one or more lumens in fluid connection with the...
6916336 Vascular prosthesis  
Luminal prostheses comprise adjacent expansible segments, typically serpentine ring segments joined by sigmoidal links. By properly orienting the sigmoidal links and aligning hinge regions on...
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...
6908447 Anti-reflux ureteral stents and methods  
An anti-reflux ureteral stent includes an elongated member with a distal end having a first retention structure and a proximal end having a second retention structure. A lumen extends between the...
6854172 Process for producing bioresorbable implants  
A process for producing implants made of a bioresorbable metal, particularly magnesium alloys or zinc alloys, in which the material properties of the magnesium or the zinc are changed and the...
6767418 Ti-Zr type alloy and medical appliance formed thereof  
A Ti—Zr type alloy manifesting excellent plastic workability at normal temperature fit for the use in general industry, allowing improvement in corrosion resistance fit for the use in medical...
6758858 Diametrically adaptable encapsulated stent and methods for deployment thereof  
Shape memory alloy and elastically self-expanding endoluminal stents which are at least partially encapsulated in a substantially monolithic expanded polytetrafluorethylene (“ePTFE”) covering....
6733536 Male urethral stent device  
A stent for treatment of a body lumen through which a flow is effected on either side of a sphincter, said stent comprising one or more windings and having an inner core substantially covered by an...
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...
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...
6652555 Barrier device for covering the ostium of left atrial appendage  
A membrane applied to the ostium of an atrial appendage is disclosed. The membrane prevents blood clots in the atrial appendage from escaping therefrom and entering the blood stream which can...
6620202 Medical stent with variable coil and related methods  
A medical stent includes a first section which includes a first material, defines a lumen, and includes a first coil completing more than one revolution. The first coil revolves about and is...
6620201 One piece medical prosthesis for an anatomical duct  
A medical prosthesis implantable in an anatomical duct in order to treat a disease of the duct, the prosthesis having a longitudinal axis, a first radially restricted state or a second radially...
6589286 Eustachian tube stent  
A Eustachian tube stent designed to maintain patency of the eustachian tube passage, comprising a flanged tubular body constructed of a biodegradable material capable of eluting a drug. The stent...
6585773 Insertable stent and methods of making and using same  
An insertable stent is provided for joining together and facilitating healing of adjacent tissues. Typically, the tissues are mammalian tissues. The insertable stent is made from completely...
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...
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...
6517570 Exterior supported self-expanding stent-graft  
This is a medical device and a method of using it. The device is a foldable stent-graft which may be percutaneously delivered with (or on) an endovascular catheter, via surgical techniques or using...
6379392 Welding method  
A welding method for improving the durability and strength of fusion weld joints in metal structures; the method is especially beneficial for metal structures fabricated from nickel-titanium alloy...
6379381 Porous prosthesis and a method of depositing substances into the pores  
An implantable prosthesis, for example a stent, is provided that is capable of being loaded with substances. In one example, the prosthesis is a cylindrical-shaped body having depots or pores...
6368355 Stent or graft support structure for treating bifurcated vessels having different diameter portions and methods of use and implantation  
A self-expanding stent structure is provided having a main portion that expands to a first diameter and a branch portion that expands to a second diameter, different the first diameter, the main...
6302917 Anti-reflux esophageal prosthesis  
An esophageal prosthesis (10) for preventing reflux of gastric fluids through the esophagus. The esophageal prosthesis process includes a tubular frame (11) with a sleeve (13) disposed around and...
6264700 Prosthetic gastroesophageal valve  
Disclosed is a prosthetic gastroesophageal valve assembly, for transesophageal implantation to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease. The valve assembly includes an anchor for attachment to the...
6251142 Implantation device and a kit including the device  
The apparatus comprises an implantation device having a body, the surface of which has at least a portion coated with a receptor, and a preparation containing a ligand formed from the combination...
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