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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
6391052 Stent with collagen  
A method of depositing collagen coatings on a metal surface, namely metal stents, by electrodeposition.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
5735897 Intravascular stent pump  
A multi-layer vascular therapeutic-containing prosthesis designed and arranged to "pump" the therapeutics into the blood stream.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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