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8986340 |
Frontal sinus dilation catheter
A balloon dilation catheter includes a substantially rigid inner guide member and a movable shaft coupled to a balloon that is slidably mounted on the substantially rigid inner guide member. To... |
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8974409 |
Occlusion catheter having compliant balloon for use with complex vasculature
A catheter used for treatment of complex vasculature, such as a bifurcated aneurysm, is provided with an inflatable balloon at a distal portion thereof. The shape, location and material of the... |
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8956379 |
Medical oscillating compliance devices and uses thereof
The present invention relates to devices and systems that alter intracranial compliance, cerebral blood flow and/or intracranial pressure pulsatility/waveform by oscillating the contraction and... |
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8864703 |
Drug introduction and placement system
A drug introduction sleeve is disclosed that includes a selectively expandable body portion. The body portion is defined by a first open end and a second open end. A hollow interior is formed... |
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8814899 |
Balloon catheter pressure relief valve
A pressure relief apparatus for a balloon dilation catheter having a shaft with a dilation balloon attached to the distal end of the shaft and an inflation/deflation lumen for inflating and... |
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8790298 |
Infusion catheter tip for biologics
A system for moving particles suspended in a first fluid, and for infusing them into the stream of a second fluid, includes a catheter with a multi-lumen distal separator. The separator is formed... |
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8784602 |
Balloon catheter for delivering a therapeutic agent
Catheter balloon assemblies (10) for delivering a therapeutic agent to a body vessel are provided, as well as related methods of manufacturing and methods of treatment. The catheter balloon... |
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8758294 |
Balloon inflation device
One embodiment provides a method implemented by a powered inflation device to prepare a balloon catheter for use during a medical procedure. In this embodiment, the method includes drawing an... |
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8702743 |
Instrument with an inflatable balloon
A medical instrument including an inflatable balloon and a plurality of filamentary tool elements with a proximal movable section that is attached to a wall of the balloon and with a distal end... |
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8690822 |
Drug delivery medical devices
Medical devices for delivering a bioactive agent and methods of use thereof are provided. The device includes a balloon having micro-needles for delivery of the bioactive agent. |
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8617114 |
Drug coated balloon catheter
The present invention relates to balloon catheters for treating a luminal system of a patient. Specifically, the invention relates to catheters having a flexible membrane positioned at a distal... |
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8585645 |
Treatment with high temperature vapor
Methods are describe for treating intraluminal locations such as in a patient's lung. The device is a catheter which has an elongated shaft with an inner lumen, preferably defined by an inner... |
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8574191 |
Localized delivery of drug agents
Medical devices including a substrate that are expandable from a compressed state to an expanded state; a coating on the substrate, the coating having a drug agent incorporated therein; and a... |
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8568385 |
Device and method for restricting blood flow to fibroids
A method of treating tissue comprises introducing into a hollow organ a support device and, after insertion, arranging the support device into a non-yielding configuration substantially filling... |
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8562517 |
Medico-Technical device for at least partially introducing into a body passage
The invention relates to a medico-technical device for at least partially introducing into a body passage. Said device comprises an elongate, tubular, flexible internal body (2), an elongate... |
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8540668 |
Catheter including a compliant balloon
A catheter having an elongate shaft including a plurality of apertures disposed along at least a length of the shaft to facilitate bending. The catheter includes an inflatable balloon, wherein a... |
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8486011 |
System and a method for inflating an inflatable element with a liquid inflating medium and a balloon catheter inflated by the system and method
A balloon of a balloon catheter is inflated with a liquid inflating medium by a syringe through a flow line. Air in the flow line and the balloon is displaced into a return line. The balloon is... |
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8475435 |
Partial-length indwelling urinary catheter permitting selective urine discharge
A partial-length catheter, or an extendable tube or sleeve member of the catheter, is selectively movable within the prostatic urethra to open a urine drainage passageway through and obstructed... |
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8388573 |
Local delivery with a balloon covered by a cage
A catheter configured for delivering an agent to a patient's vessel wall is described. The catheter includes an inflatable balloon substantially covered by a expandable cage such that when the... |
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8366659 |
Reperfusion balloon inflation device
An ischemic postconditioning system and related method comprising a catheter including a plurality of lumens and at least one expandable member with at least one chamber including a moveable... |
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8303538 |
Rheolytic thrombectomy catheter with self-inflating distal balloon
The devices of the present disclosure are rheolytic thrombectomy catheters with a self-inflating distal balloon. A self-inflating balloon is located distal to an inflow gap or orifice and distal... |
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8246576 |
Method and apparatus for delivery of a therapeutic agent with an expandable medical device
Described herein is a medical device that has a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration wherein one or more polymeric network layers are applied to the substrate and microparticles... |
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8192397 |
Medical fluid injection and inflation system
A combined fluid injection and inflation system is disclosed and includes a fluid delivery system including at least one pressurizing device, a fluid path, and a control unit. The fluid path is... |
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8133199 |
Electroactive polymer activation system for a medical device
An activation circuit for selectively providing an electrical current to one or more electroactive polymers (EAPs) in a medical device is disclosed. The activation circuit may include a sensor for... |
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8109904 |
Drug delivery medical devices
Medical devices for delivering a bioactive agent(s) and methods of use thereof are provided. |
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8075521 |
Catheter
A tracheo-oesophageal fistula catheter (1) comprises an elongate conduit (2) having a proximal and a distal end, the conduit (2) comprising a plurality of lumens commencing adjacent to the... |
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8034022 |
Weeping balloon catheter
Multiple-balloon catheters, and methods of treatment therewith, are provided including an inflatable inner balloon at least partially enclosed by an expandable outer balloon that has holes. The... |
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8021330 |
Balloon catheter for crossing a chronic total occlusion
A balloon catheter is disclosed including a “no-fold” balloon at a distal end thereof that surrounds a distal portion of a guidewire shaft having a compliant shaft or tubular section for... |
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7967780 |
Gastro-esophageal reflux control system and pump
An enteral feeding unit that reduces the occurrence of gastro-esophogeal-pharynegal reflux during feeding includes an automatable feeding pump with a feedback sensor for sensing a relative... |
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7887480 |
Balloon control apparatus
A balloon control apparatus includes a balloon, a flow rate adjustment section, a setting section and a control section. The balloon is attached to an insertion section of an endoscope and/or an... |
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7842027 |
Multi-purpose surgical instrument with integral optical system
A combination aspiration/irrigation and illumination device using optical fibers circumferentially disposed around the aspiration conduit for transmitting illuminating light to a cavity to be... |
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7824369 |
Balloon catheter having osmotic inflation system
A system and method for inflating and deflating a catheter balloon using osmosis. An elongate catheter shaft has a proximally disposed osmotic membrane in fluid communication with a distally... |
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7766049 |
Balloon catheter
This is a balloon catheter having at least two lumens. One of the lumens is a large working lumen. The balloon catheter is especially useful as a guide catheter or micro catheter and may be used... |
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7735488 |
Tracheal insert allowing passage of a selected substance
A medical device has a cuff adapted to be positioned in the trachea of a subject with a patient tube, and a first tube having a distal end coupled to the cuff and a proximal end communicable with... |
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7632242 |
Catheter including a compliant balloon
A catheter having an elongate shaft including a plurality of apertures disposed along at least a length of the shaft to facilitate bending. The catheter includes an inflatable balloon, wherein a... |
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7530970 |
Inflation syringe quick release apparatus
The present invention relates to a collar for use with an inflation device, the collar having a release mechanism allowing a user to advance and/or retract a plunger in a non-threaded fashion.... |
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7527605 |
Medical-balloon inflator
A medical-balloon inflator includes a pump piston assembly, a movable pivot, and an actuator handle. The actuator handle is operatively connected to the movable pivot and is adapted to translate... |
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7481778 |
Guidewire with deflectable tip having improved flexibility
A steerable guidewire having a deflectable distal tip which comprises a longitudinal hypotube and an interlocking spring coil attached to the distal end of the hypotube and also includes a... |
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7351214 |
Steerable balloon catheter
A steerable balloon catheter including a balloon catheter supported by a steerable guidewire having a deflectable distal tip. The guidewire comprises a longitudinal hypotube and a spring coil... |
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7314461 |
Precalibrated inflation device for balloon catheter
A medical device including an inflation element, such as a syringe, and a balloon catheter in which the inflation element includes a series of indicia to which an operative portion of the... |
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7250041 |
Retrograde pressure regulated infusion
A delivery catheter that includes a flexible shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having an outer diameter less than about 13 mm; a delivery lumen having a proximal end and... |
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7226425 |
Crimp and cut tool for sealing and unsealing guide wires and tubular instruments
An apparatus for modulating the pressure of a fluid such as a gas within the expandable portion of a guide wire catheter. The apparatus features a means for controllably gripping and releasing the... |
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7207971 |
Pressure relief devices for use with balloon catheters
A pressure relief mechanism is incorporated into a modified syringe-type inflation device that may be coupled to a balloon catheter for inflating and deflating the balloon. An engagement mechanism... |
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7041080 |
Rotary valve for balloon catheter
A rotary valve for a balloon catheter, including a hollow guidewire with a central lumen and a portion of a rotary shaft disposed within a guidewire proximal end. Rotating the rotary shaft of the... |
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7033375 |
Method and device for filtering body fluid
Medical devices for filtering fluids flowing through a lumen and a method of forming medical devices. The devices can be used in vascular channels, urinary tracts, biliary ducts and the like, and... |
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6913611 |
Rectosigmoid manipulator apparatus
An apparatus for manipulating the rectosigmoid during surgery, to move the rectosigmoid to a pre-determined position, which includes a cannula portin, having a rounded and flexible tip, an... |
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6743181 |
System and method for measuring ventricular function
A system and method for measuring ventricular function in an isolated, perfused heart using an intraventricular balloon connected to a plumbing circuit containing a fluid, the plumbing circuit... |
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6702782 |
Large lumen balloon catheter
This is a balloon catheter having at least two lumens. One of the lumens is a large working lumen. The balloon catheter is especially useful as a guide catheter and may be used in a variety of... |
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6651666 |
Variable cuff pressure adapter
Pressure in a cuff on an endotracheal tube is controlled by a fluid circuit that includes a port on the endotracheal tube, a moisture absorbent barrier covering that port, a one-way valve, a... |
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6620128 |
Balloon blowing process with metered volumetric inflation
A balloon for a balloon catheter and a method of manufacture The method entails providing a polymeric tubular member having an inner lumen and a longitudinal axis. An incompressible fluid is... |