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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...
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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...
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7267694 |
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...
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7220284 |
Gastrointestinal sleeve device and methods for treatment of morbid obesity
Apparatus and methods are described for treatment of morbid obesity using minimally invasive techniques. The apparatus includes a system of components that may be used separately or in combination...
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7122058 |
Anti-obesity 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...
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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...
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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...
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6699272 |
Biodegradable polymeric endoluminal sealing process, apparatus and polymeric products for use therein
A novel process for paving or sealing the interior surface of a tissue lumen by entering the interior of the tissue lumen and applying a polymer to the interior surface of the tissue lumen. This is...
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6692482 |
Adjustable length conversion adapter for dilatation catheters
A device in the form of a conversion adapter for reducing an internal lumen of a catheter so as to accommodate a guidewire having a diameter substantially smaller than the internal lumen of the...
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6605037 |
Endoscopic inflatable retraction device
An inflatable retraction apparatus is provided for retracing an organ inside a body to gain access to an adjacent tissue. The apparatus includes an able chamber formed from a single thin envelope,...
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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,...
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6443941 |
Biodegradable polymeric endoluminal sealing process, apparatus and polymeric products for use therein
A novel process for paving or sealing the interior surface of a tissue lumen by entering the interior of the tissue lumen and applying a polymer to the interior surface of the tissue lumen. This is...
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6391052 |
Stent with collagen
A method of depositing collagen coatings on a metal surface, namely metal stents, by electrodeposition.
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6290729 |
Local polymeric gel cellular therapy
A method for providing a synthetic barrier made of biocompatible polymeric materials in vivo which involves application of a material to a tissue or cellular surface such as the interior surface of...
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6287320 |
Method and apparatus for treatment of focal disease in hollow tubular organs and other tissue lumens
The present invention provides a technique for treating diseased portions of tissue lumens by the focal introduction of at least one therapeutic agent at the diseased region. A catheter is...
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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...
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6245040 |
Perfusion balloon brace and method of use
A dilation catheter suitable for use in medical procedures is provided which includes a balloon disposed on an elongated flexible tube. The tube is capable of passing fluid between the balloon and...
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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...
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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...
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6090135 |
Anti-stenotic method and product for occluded and partially occluded arteries
Methods of artificially lining a vessel, especially an artery, of a medical patient to address the existence of a flow-inhibiting atheroma and to significantly alleviate the probability of...
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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...
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6027528 |
Composite material endoprosthesis
An endoprosthesis includes a body structure formed of a biocompatible material, the body structure including a first material having an average atomic number greater than 24 and a second material...
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6004261 |
Formed-in-place endovascular stent and delivery system
An uncured or partially cured, collagen-based material is delivered to a selected site in a blood vessel and is crosslinked in the blood vessel by laser energy or other suitable energy to form an...
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5934284 |
Method for increasing blood flow in vessels
A method of enlarging the lumen of a vessel is disclosed, by which an access opening or passageway is provided to the vessel, a head is inserted through the opening and advanced to a constriction...
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5904146 |
Anti-stenotic method and product for occluded and partially occluded arteries
Methods of artificially lining a vessel, especially an artery, of a medical patient to address the existence of a flow-inhibiting atheroma and to significantly alleviate the probability of...
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5873905 |
Anti-stenotic method and product for occluded and partially occluded arteries
Methods of artificially lining a vessel, especially an artery, of a medical patient to address the existence of a flow-inhibiting atheroma and to significantly alleviate the probability of...
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5843165 |
Method for increasing blood flow in vessels
A method of restoring lost blood flow capacity to an artery is disclosed. The artery is enlarged by enlarging the flow path of a plaque-ridden segment of the artery using a plaque-removing...
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5843156 |
Local polymeric gel cellular therapy
A method for providing a synthetic barrier made of biocompatible polymeric materials in vivo which involves application of a material to a tissue or cellular surface such as the interior surface of...
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5842479 |
Method of restoring reduced or absent blood flow capacity
Methods of artificially lining a vessel, especially an artery, of a medical patient to address the existence of a flow-inhibiting atheroma and to significantly alleviate the probability of...
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5836871 |
Method for lifting a body wall using an inflatable lifting apparatus
An apparatus deployed through a laparoscopic incision in a body wall to apply an external lifting force over a large area of the body wall. The apparatus comprises a body wall engaging element and...
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5836316 |
Method of restoring reduced or absent blood flow capacity
Methods of artificially lining a vessel, especially an artery, of a medical patient to address the existence of a flow-inhibiting atheroma and to significantly alleviate the probability of...
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5824057 |
Anti-stenotic method and product for occluded and partially occluded arteries
Methods of artificially lining a vessel, especially an artery, of a medical patient to address the existence of a flow-inhibiting atheroma and to significantly alleviate the probability of...
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5800538 |
Biodegradable polymeric endoluminal sealing process
A novel process for paving or sealing the interior surface of a tissue lumen by entering the interior of the tissue lumen and applying a polymer to the interior surface of the tissue lumen. This is...
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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...
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5795331 |
Balloon catheter for occluding aneurysms of branch vessels
A method and apparatus for delivering occluding agents through an opening in a blood vessel wall and into an aneurysm chamber or a branch vessel by introducing a balloon catheter, inflating the...
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5792300 |
Perfusion catheter and striped extrusion method of manufacture
A dilation catheter for use in medical procedures is provided including a dilation balloon disposed on the distal end of a flexible tubular shaft. The balloon has perfusion characteristics and may...
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5782847 |
Anti-stenotic method for occluded and partially occluded arteries
Methods of artificially lining a vessel, especially an artery, of a medical patient to address the existence of a flow-inhibiting atheroma and to significantly alleviate the probability of...
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5779673 |
Devices and methods for application of intraluminal photopolymerized gels
Devices for providing polymeric layers on the interior surface of body lumens and spaces are disclosed. The devices can include proximal and distal occlusion elements to define the treatment space...
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5749922 |
Biodegradable polymeric endoluminal sealing process, apparatus and polymeric products for use therein
A novel process for paving or sealing the interior surface of a tissue lumen by entering the interior of the tissue lumen and applying a polymer to the interior surface of the tissue lumen. This is...
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5749915 |
Polymeric endoluminal paving process
A method for applying a paving material to a tissue surface is described. The method involves positioning a non-fluent polymeric material at the surface to be paved, rendering the material fluent,...
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5743852 |
Speculums
Inflatable dual-walled speculums, used for gynecological examinations, that are controllably inflated by the patient with a warmed fluid are provided. A retaining device inserted after inflation of...
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5743851 |
Retraction apparatus and methods for endoscopic surgery
A first inflatable retraction device has a first inflatable chamber and a non-pressurized chamber inside the main chamber. The non-pressurized chamber is expanded by inflating a second inflatable...
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5738629 |
Self-retracting endoscope
A first inflatable retraction device has a first inflatable chamber and a non-pressurized chamber inside the main chamber. The non-pressurized chamber is expanded by inflating a second inflatable...
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5735897 |
Intravascular stent pump
A multi-layer vascular therapeutic-containing prosthesis designed and arranged to "pump" the therapeutics into the blood stream.
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5733326 |
Composite material endoprosthesis
An endoprosthesis includes a body structure formed of a biocompatible material, the body structure including a first material having an average atomic number greater than 24 and a second material...
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5723003 |
Expandable graft assembly and method of use
A graft assembly is provided for placement in a body passage having a generally tubular inner wall of predetermined diameter. The graft assembly includes an elongated outer tubular graft presenting...
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5716340 |
Blood perfusion catheter
A blood perfusion balloon catheter is provided. The perfusion catheter includes an elongate tubular shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a plurality of toroidal-shaped...
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5681341 |
Flexible lifting apparatus
A lifting apparatus for deployment through a laparoscopic incision in a body wall to apply an external lifting force over a large area of the body wall. The apparatus provides a broad lifting...
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5674287 |
Biodegradable polymeric endoluminal sealing process, apparatus and polymeric product for use therein
A process for paving or sealing the interior surface of a tissue lumen by entering the interior tissue lument and applying a polymer to the interior surface of the tissue lumen. This is...
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5665063 |
Methods for application of intraluminal photopolymerized gels
Devices for providing polymeric layers on the interior surface of body lumens and spaces are disclosed. The devices can include proximal and distal occlusion elements to define the treatment space...
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