| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7621895 |
Needle array devices and methods |
November 24, 2009 |
| Methods and delivery devices for maximizing injectate dispersion in lesioned tissue using needle-based injection devices are herein disclosed. The delivery devices include injection devices with various needle arrays and/or modified needle tip configurations. The needle tip configura |
| 7606625 |
Method and device for aligning a stent with a stent support |
October 20, 2009 |
| A method for aligning a stent with a stent support includes the steps of (1) placing a stent support and a stent mounted on the stent support in a vertically position with the stent support's first support element at a lower position and the stent support's second support element at an u |
| 7594903 |
Controlling shaft bending moment and whipping in a tendon deflection or other tendon system |
September 29, 2009 |
| A tendon deflection system including a shaft, a plurality of tendons movably disposed within the shaft, and a force-balancing element coupled to the tendons. In a first section, the plurality of tendons are arranged around the shaft at equal angles to each other and at an equal distance |
| 7587234 |
Method and apparatus for computer modified magnetic resonance imaging |
September 8, 2009 |
| A device is presented including a medical device adapted to be inserted in an anatomy. The medical device has many target markers. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system will not detect or will disregard the medical device as noise without information obtained on the plurality of |
| 7569655 |
Biologically absorbable coatings for implantable devices based on polyesters and methods for fab |
August 4, 2009 |
| Polymers containing polyesters and, optionally, agents for use with medical articles and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. The medical article generally comprises an implantable substrate having a coating, and the coating contains a polymer comprising a polymeric product |
| 7559924 |
Intra-ventricular substance delivery catheter system |
July 14, 2009 |
| A guide catheter and a needle catheter are disclosed. The guide catheter construction provides for maximum articulation of the deflectable tip and maximum torque response during rotation. The needle catheter may include a release mechanism that imparts a sudden force to the needle in ord |
| 7549975 |
Catheter having a readily bondable multilayer soft tip |
June 23, 2009 |
| A balloon catheter having a soft distal tip member having a non-tacky inner (liner) layer material and a soft flexible outer layer material, with both materials being readily thermally bondable to the catheter balloon. |
| 7485143 |
Apparatuses and methods for heart valve repair |
February 3, 2009 |
| A medical device for treating a defective heart valve. The medical device comprises a distal anchoring member for disposing in a blood vessel. A proximal anchoring member for disposing in or at an entrance of the blood vessel. A telescoping assembly coupling at a first end to the distal |
| 7455853 |
Medical devices containing rapamycin analogs |
November 25, 2008 |
| A medical device comprising a supporting structure capable of containing or supporting a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient, which carrier or excipient may contain one or more therapeutic agents or substances, with the carrier preferably including a coating on the surfa |
| 7418289 |
Markers for interventional devices in magnetic resonant image (MRI) systems |
August 26, 2008 |
| Methods and apparatuses for locating a catheter, or other medical international devices are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes providing a pressure sensitive device attached to a body of a catheter, providing a resonant circuit coupled to t |
| 7364657 |
Integrated system for on-site cell acquisition, processing, and delivery |
April 29, 2008 |
| Numerous embodiments of a system and method for treating cardiac tissue are described. In one embodiment, bone marrow cells are extracted from a patient. The cells are then processed to isolate mononuclear cells, which can then be delivered back near the cardiac tissue of the patient. |
| 7364567 |
Systems and methods for detecting tissue contact and needle penetration depth |
April 29, 2008 |
| Systems and methods for determining tissue contact and penetration depth are provided. In one aspect, the system includes a needle and a pressure measurement assembly. The needle, in one exemplary embodiment, includes a first end and a second end with at least one aperture located a |
| 7335227 |
Multilayer stent |
February 26, 2008 |
| A composite stent having a substrate tube made of stainless steel, a nickel-cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy, or chonichrome with at least one metal cladding tube is disclosed. Specifically, the substrate tube is placed within a metal cladding tube made of platinum, gold, tantalum, t |
| 7335213 |
Apparatus and methods for heart valve repair |
February 26, 2008 |
| Embodiments of a medical device and methods for percutaneously treating a heart valve. In one embodiment, the medical device has a first cardiac tissue fastener having a first lock, a second cardiac tissue fastener having a second lock, and a chord coupled to the first and second fas |
| 7331972 |
Heart valve chord cutter |
February 19, 2008 |
| A medical device and method for percutaneously treating a heart valve. In one embodiment, the medical device includes a catheter having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a notch formed near the distal portion. A cutting element may be disposed within the distal portion and is mov |
| 7329223 |
Catheter with optical fiber sensor |
February 12, 2008 |
| An apparatus and method to perform therapeutic treatment and diagnosis of a patient's vasculature through the use of an intravascular device having an optical fiber disposed therein. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes an intravascular device to perform a therapeutic treatment and |
| 7326238 |
Method and apparatus for treating vulnerable plaque |
February 5, 2008 |
| An apparatus and method to treat vulnerable plaque. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a medical device to treat an occlusive plaque, and is also adapted to release a biologically active agent to treat vulnerable plaque located downstream from the occlusive plaque. In an alternative |
| 7311970 |
Medical device having surface modification with superoxide dismutase mimic |
December 25, 2007 |
| A medical device comprising a substrate having a plasma polymerized functionality bonded to at least a portion of the substrate. A superoxide dismutase mimic agent having a complimentary functional group to the plasma polymerized functionality is bonded to the portion of the substrat |
| 7258753 |
Superelastic guiding member |
August 21, 2007 |
| An improved guiding member for use within a body lumen having a unique combination of superelastic characteristics. The superelastic alloy material has a composition consisting of about 30% to about 52% (atomic) titanium, and about 38% to 52% nickel and may have one or more elements |
| 7250058 |
Radiopaque intraluminal stent |
July 31, 2007 |
| The present invention includes a radiopaque stent comprising a cylindrical main body. The tubular main body comprises a cobalt chromium alloy that comprises cobalt, chromium and one or more radiopaque materials. |
| 7250041 |
Retrograde pressure regulated infusion |
July 31, 2007 |
| 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 a distal end, the delivery lumen within the flexible shaft, the delivery lumen having at |
| 7244319 |
Superelastic guiding member |
July 17, 2007 |
| An improved guiding member for use within a body lumen having a unique combination of superelastic characteristics. The superelastic alloy material has a composition consisting of about 30% to about 52% (atomic) titanium, and about 38% to 52% nickel and may have one or more elements |
| 7241257 |
Devices and methods to perform minimally invasive surgeries |
July 10, 2007 |
| In one embodiment, there is disclosed a device adapted to be used for percutaneous minimally invasive heart surgery including a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end adapted to be fed through a blood vessel, a pump associated with the distal end of the catheter, and a tool |
