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7396354 Light delivery catheter  
The present invention provides improved light delivery catheters for use in therapeutic methods, such as PDT, that require illumination of target tissue within a blood vessel or other hollow body...
7261720 Inflatable device for use in surgical protocol relating to fixation of bone  
A balloon for use in compressing cancellous bone and marrow (also known as medullary bone or trabecular bone). The balloon comprises an inflatable balloon body for insertion into said bone. The...
6979341 Expandable preformed structures for deployment in interior body regions  
An expandable structure made from an elastomer material is preformed to a desired geometry by exposure to heat and pressure. The structure undergoes controlled expansion and further distention in...
6896842 Medical device balloons containing thermoplastic elastomers  
A dilatation balloon and catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter ( 10 ) includes shaft ( 12 ) and a dilatation balloon ( 24 ) at the distal end of the shaft. The balloon is...
6893430 Urethral catheter and guide  
An indwelling catheter for insertion into a patient's urinary tract is provided that includes first and second tubular members that enable drainage of physiological fluids. An inflatable balloon is...
6849063 Thermal treatment apparatus  
A temperature-setting device for providing a predetermined temperature to a quantity of fluid circulating therethrough, a thermal treatment apparatus including such device for selectively treating...
6682555 Methods for treating the prostate and inhibiting obstruction of the prostatic urethra using biodegradable stents  
Methods of treating the prostate include administering a thermal ablation therapy and inhibiting the obstruction or closure of the prostatic urethral opening by forming a biodegradable stent in...
6648842 Delivery preparation and facilitation device and preparatory gymnastics  
A device for preparing a pregnant woman to delivery and facilitating the delivery itself, which comprises an entirely expandable stretch body, which is positioned in the expulsion area of the...
6569148 Methods for emboli containment  
A multi-catheter emboli containment system is disclosed which is adapted to provide at least one pair of optimized paths for irrigation and aspiration fluid flow. Through careful design of the...
6482348 Method of forming a co-extruded balloon for medical purposes  
A method of forming a balloon for medical purposes comprising co-extruding in a tubular shape a base structural layer of a member selected from the group consisting oft polyamides, polycarbonates,...
6425908 Expandable catheter  
Treating a site within the body by, e.g., placing an endoprosthesis into the body, with a catheter having a proximal portion remaining outside the body and a shaft for positioning inside the body....
6203520 Apparatus and method for the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract  
A method and apparatus for the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract. In one form of the present invention an irrigation tube is positioned through the patient's mouth, esophagus and into the...
6186146 Cancer treatment method  
An in situ treatment of an organ, such as a kidney, of a living body, having a disease or tumor. The method includes: subjecting a diseased or tumorous organ, such as a kidney, to an effective...
6136258 Method of forming a co-extruded balloon for medical purposes  
A method of forming a balloon for medical purposes including co-extruding in a tubular shape a base structural layer of polyamides, polycarbonates, polyesters and copolymers thereof and a heat...
6132824 Multilayer catheter balloon  
A method of producing laminated inflatable, substantially inextensible expander members having composite properties enhancing their use on intravascular catheters, such as angioplasty catheters is...
6086556 Medical device balloons containing thermoplastic elastomers  
A dilatation balloon and catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter (10) includes shaft (12) and a dilatation balloon (24) at the distal end of the shaft. The balloon is inflated...
6048356 Expandable catheter  
Treating a site within the body by, e.g., placing an endoprosthesis into the body, with a catheter having a proximal portion remaining outside the body and a shaft for positioning inside the body....
6015402 Wire perfusion catheter  
A low profile wire perfusion catheter is disclosed for use in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. The catheter includes a wire configured to be inserted into a blood vessel. The wire is...
5951514 Multi-lobe perfusion balloon  
A low profile wire perfusion catheter is disclosed for use in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. The catheter includes a wire configured to be inserted into a blood vessel. The wire is...
5947991 Single balloon device for cervix  
The present invention is an improved balloon catheter for cervical dilation having a shape when inflated that is larger in diameter at the portions of the balloon that extend into the cervix and...
5919163 Catheter with slidable balloon  
The instant invention provides a novel double balloon catheter which includes a first fixed balloon on the cranial end of the catheter; a second slidable balloon positioned around the catheter and...
5906587 Apparatus and method for the treatment of esophageal varices and mucosal neoplasms  
A method and apparatus for treating esophageal varices and mucosal neoplasms. In one form of the present invention a balloon tamponade device is utilized to deliver a dressing containing a...
5836951 Balloon dilation catheter  
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the treatment of the symptoms of obstructive prostatism. The apparatus comprises an expandable dilation catheter and preferably an axially elongate sheath,...
5817046 Apparatus and method for isolated pelvic perfusion  
The instant invention provides a novel apparatus, kit and process for isolating a flow circuit within the pelvic cavity of a patient for perfusing a high concentration of a chemotherapeutic agent...
5800393 Wire perfusion catheter  
A low profile wire perfusion catheter is disclosed for use in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. The catheter includes a wire configured to be inserted into a blood vessel. The wire is...
5797877 Medical device balloons containing thermoplastic elastomers  
A dilatation balloon and catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter (10) includes shaft (12) and a dilatation balloon (24) at the distal end of the shaft. The balloon is inflated...
5785684 Apparatus and method for the deployment of an esophagastric balloon tamponade device  
A method and apparatus for the deployment of an esophagastric balloon tamponade device within a patient. In one form of the present invention an irrigation tube is positioned through the patient's...
5766201 Expandable catheter  
Treating a site within the body by, e.g., placing an endoprosthesis into the body, with a catheter having a proximal portion remaining outside the body and a shaft for positioning inside the body....
5752971 Method of treating a flow obstruction  
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the treatment of the symptoms of obstructive prostatism. The apparatus includes an expandable dilation catheter and preferably an axially elongate sheath,...
5709657 Methods for placement of balloon tamponade devices  
Balloon tamponade devices for treating bleeding sites within the upper digestive tract (e.g. esophageal or upper gastric bleeding sites, or duodenal, pyloric or distal gastric bleeding sites)...
5707355 Apparatus and method for the treatment of esophageal varices and mucosal neoplasms  
A method and apparatus for treating esophageal varices and mucosal neoplasms. In one form of the present invention a balloon tamponade device is utilized to deliver a dressing containing a...
EP0417189B1 BALLOON DILATION CATHETER  
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5620649 Puncture resistant balloon catheter  
A balloon catheter comprises a flexible, elongated member, an inflatable balloon carried on the elongated member to define an inflated chamber within the balloon, and an inflation conduit extending...
5613979 Puncture resistant balloon catheter  
A balloon catheter having an inflatable balloon in which the outer surface of the inflatable balloon is surrounded by an elastomeric sleeve. The sleeve is attached throughout at least a majority of...
5527336 Flow obstruction treatment method  
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the treatment of the symptoms of obstructive prostatism. The apparatus comprises an expandable dilation catheter and preferably an axially elongate sheath,...
5478320 Puncture resistant balloon catheter and method of manufacturing  
A balloon catheter comprises a flexible, elongated member, an inflatable balloon carried on the elongated member to define an inflated chamber within the balloon, and an inflation conduit extending...
5476476 Dilatation balloon assembly  
The stent placement dilation balloon assembly comprises a catheter having a distal end, a distal end portion, and a proximal end, a balloon mounted to, about, and around the distal end portion of...
5411479 Cancer treatment and catheter for use in treatment  
Perfusing a high concentration of an agent to treat an organ, such as anti-cancer agents through a body organ containing a tumor, without their entering the body's general circulation, removing...
5370617 Blood perfusion balloon catheter  
Dilatation catheters for use in administering treatments to relieve stenotic regions within a body lumen while maintaining blood flow past the dilatation balloons are described. According to the...
5366472 Dilatation balloon within an elastic sleeve  
The dilatation balloon catheter assembly is adapted to be inserted into a blood vessel and comprises a single catheter body having a distal end, a distal end portion, and a proximal end, and a...
5342305 Variable distention angioplasty balloon assembly  
The variable distention angioplasty balloon assembly, for insertion into a blood vessel, comprises an inner elongated, inflatable balloon having a distal portion, a proximal portion and an...
5312430 Balloon dilation catheter  
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the treatment of the symptoms of obstructive prostatism. The apparatus comprises an expandable dilation catheter and preferably an axially elongate sheath,...
5304135 Axial multi-chamber angioplasty balloon assembly  
An axial multi-chamber angioplasty balloon assembly for insertion into a blood vessel comprises a primary elongated, elastic, inflatable balloon having a first Young's Modulus, a distal portion, a...
5304132 Limacon geometry balloon angioplasty catheter systems and method of making same  
An angioplasty catheter has a hollow metal tube having a proximal end and a distal end with at least two lumens extending through the tube. Also, the catheter includes a first angioplasty balloon...
5290306 Puncture resistant balloon catheter  
A balloon catheter having an inflatable balloon in which the outer surface of the inflatable balloon is surrounded by an elastomeric sleeve. The sleeve is attached throughout at least a majority of...
5211654 Catheter with expansible distal end  
A catheter for the opening of occlusions in blood vessels and for similar purposes has a distal end with a one-piece or composite sleeve which can be inserted into an occlusion and thereupon...
5195969 Co-extruded medical balloons and catheter using such balloons  
A medical balloon and a catheter utilizing the balloon and a mechanism to attach the medical balloon to the catheter tube, and method of making the balloon. The attachement mechanism forms a joint...
5160321 Balloon catheters  
Dilatation catheters for use in administering treatments to relieve stenotic regions within a body lumen are described. In one aspect of the invention, a two wire catheter system, of minimal...
5147377 Balloon catheters  
Dilatation catheters for use in administering treatments to relieve stenotic regions within a body lumen are described. In one aspect of the invention, a two wire catheter system, of minimal...
5143093 Methods of angioplasty treatment of stenotic regions  
Dilation catheters for use in administering treatments to relieve stenotic regions within a body lumen are described. In the invention, a novel catheter system having a balloon length of minimal...
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