| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE35225 |
Fluid recovery system |
April 30, 1996 |
| A thoracic cavity drainage device includes a first vessel having a plurality of chambers one of which is a regulated drainage chamber, and a separate transfer vessel which receives fluid collected in the drainage chamber of the first vessel. The chambers of both vessels are interconn |
| D517897 |
Handle for chest drain bag |
March 28, 2006 |
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| D340285 |
Chest drain |
October 12, 1993 |
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| D328790 |
Chest drain vessel |
August 18, 1992 |
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| 7354449 |
Covered stent and method of covering a stent |
April 8, 2008 |
| A radially deployable covered stent that predictably and dependably expands to an increased diameter state at relatively low deployment pressures while concomitantly minimizing the risk of tearing of the stent covering during expansion. The stent covering includes an inner cover and |
| 7232105 |
Method and apparatus for hanging a medical device |
June 19, 2007 |
| An apparatus for hanging a medical device is provided. The apparatus includes a shaft, a mounting portion coupled to an end portion of the shaft and configured for mounting the apparatus for movement with respect to the medical device, and a hook portion positioned at an opposite end |
| 7028707 |
Valve for use with chest drainage system |
April 18, 2006 |
| A valve for use in a chest drainage device is disclosed, the chest drainage device is adapted to receive liquid and air from a patient's chest cavity via an inlet and to permit air to escape through an outlet for air to leave the chest drain, the inlet and outlet define a flow path a |
| 6981977 |
Body fluid cartridge exchange platform device |
January 3, 2006 |
| An apparatus for establishing a re-usable, recurring, mechanical connection to an organ within a patient is provided. A body fluid cartridge exchange platform device includes a hollow cartridge platform housing with a first end having an opening. The platform housing can additionally |
| 6955661 |
Expandable fluoropolymer device for delivery of therapeutic agents and method of making |
October 18, 2005 |
| A radially expandable fluid delivery device for delivering a fluid to a treatment site within the body is disclosed. The fluid delivery device is constructed of a microporous, biocompatible fluoropolymer material having a microstructure that can provide a controlled, uniform, low-velocit |
| 6923927 |
Method for forming expandable polymers having drugs or agents included therewith |
August 2, 2005 |
| The invention is directed to methods involving rewetting of expandable polymers with a wettable liquid to allow for enhanced expansion at or below room temperature without breakage, and in some cases, allows one to achieve a greater expansion ratio than that allowed at elevated tempe |
| 6902550 |
System for draining fluids |
June 7, 2005 |
| A kit for draining fluids from the body of a patient is provided. The kit eliminates the problem of having to obtain a distinct liquid source and a means for delivering the liquid into a chamber of a chest drain. The kit includes an apparatus configured to receive fluids from the body of |
| 6890463 |
Method for treating expandable polymer materials |
May 10, 2005 |
| The invention is directed to methods involving rewetting of expandable polymers with a wettable liquid to allow for enhanced expansion at or below room temperature without breakage, and in some cases, allows one to achieve a greater expansion ratio than that allowed at elevated tempe |
| 6808533 |
Covered stent and method of covering a stent |
October 26, 2004 |
| A radially deployable covered stent that predictably and dependably expands to an increased diameter state at relatively low deployment pressures while concomitantly minimizing the risk of tearing of the stent covering during expansion. The stent covering includes an inner cover and an o |
| 6783554 |
Pile mesh prosthesis |
August 31, 2004 |
| A method and apparatus relating to a biocompatible soft tissue implant is disclosed. The implant, in the form of a prosthesis, is constructed of a knitted pile mesh material arranged into either a 3-dimensional structure or a planar shape or structure. The material or fabric includes a |
| 6774155 |
Method for treating polymer materials and products produced therefrom |
August 10, 2004 |
| The invention is directed to methods for fabricating devices from polymer precursors, along with devices so fabricated. The methods of the invention include the steps of plasma treating a polymer based resin, paste, preform billet, or extrudate, and employing the treated polymer in the f |
| 6616876 |
Method for treating expandable polymer materials |
September 9, 2003 |
| The invention is directed to methods involving rewetting of expandable polymers with a wettable liquid to allow for enhanced expansion at or below room temperature without breakage, and in some cases, allows one to achieve a greater expansion ratio than that allowed at elevated tempe |
| 6573311 |
Method for treating polymer materials and products produced therefrom |
June 3, 2003 |
| The invention is directed to methods for fabricating devices from polymer precursors, along with devices so fabricated. The methods of the invention include the steps of plasma treating a polymer based resin, paste, preform billet, or extrudate, and employing the treated polymer in the f |
| 6565594 |
Tunneling device |
May 20, 2003 |
| A tunneling device, which is implantable in a body, includes a flexible covering to protect a medical from contamination during the handling and implantation of the device in the body. The tunneling device of the present invention may optionally include a rigid tunneler tip that allows |
| 6475244 |
Tunneling device |
November 5, 2002 |
| A tunneling device, which is implantable in a body, includes a flexible covering to protect a medical from contamination during the handling and implantation of the device in the body. The tunneling device of the present invention may optionally include a rigid tunneler tip that allows |
| 6423089 |
Vascular endoprosthesis and method |
July 23, 2002 |
| A vascular endoprosthesis is formed of a tubular liner preform with a continuous surface and having a diameter smaller than that of an intended vessel. The liner is inserted to a treatment site, and its sheet material undergoes a radially-directed expansion to a final size that fits the |
| 6416537 |
Multi-stage prosthesis |
July 9, 2002 |
| A porous tube suitable for use as a vascular graft prosthesis and a method of making it is disclosed. It has a structure of porous polytetrafluoroethylene having a fibrous structure of nodes and fibers connecting the nodes together and an integrated intrawall circumferential support |
| 6395208 |
Method of making an expandable fluoropolymer device |
May 28, 2002 |
| A method of making a radially expandable device having a body constructed of a generally inelastic, expanded fluoropolymer material. The body is deployable upon application of a radial expansion force from a reduced diameter, collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration having a |
| 6358218 |
Fluid-recovery system with integrally molded components |
March 19, 2002 |
| The present invention relates to fluid recovery systems for collecting fluid from a patient. A fluid recovery system according to the teachings of the invention includes a housing having a collection chamber for collecting fluid from a patient, and further includes a plurality of com |
| 6315791 |
Self-expanding prothesis |
November 13, 2001 |
| An expandable prosthesis includes a self-expanding stent deployable between a substantially radially compressed configuration and a substantially radially expanded configuration. A biocompatible coating is attached to at least a portion of the outer surface of the self-expanding stent in |
| 6287337 |
Multi-stage prosthesis |
September 11, 2001 |
| A porous tube suitable for use as a vascular graft prosthesis and a method of making it is disclosed. It has a structure of porous polytetrafluoroethylene having a fibrous structure of nodes and fibers connecting the nodes together and an integrated intrawall circumferential support |
| 6270523 |
Expandable shielded vessel support |
August 7, 2001 |
| A radially expandable support body is enveloped within a cocoon. In a preferred construction, the support is a stent, and a tube of polymeric material, e.g., polytetraeluoroethylene (PTFE), passes through the interior of the stent body and is turned back upon itself over the stent to |
| 6250482 |
Holder for a fluid recovery system |
June 26, 2001 |
| A fluid recovery system holder having features of the present invention includes a housing for carrying the chest drain and a mounting assembly coupled to the housing for removably and replaceably mounting the housing on the support. The housing has an opening sized and shaped to receive |
| 6210383 |
Fluid recovery system |
April 3, 2001 |
| A fluid recovery system, such as a chest or thoracic cavity drain, having a collection chamber for collecting fluid from a patient includes a base and a front face having a translucent portion for viewing the collected fluid and monitoring operation of the system. The front face is coupl |
| 6066776 |
Self-forming prosthesis for repair of soft tissue defects |
May 23, 2000 |
| A prosthesis is provided that is advantageously used to fill a soft tissue or muscle defect, such as an inquinal or femoral hernia. In a first aspect of the invention, multiple layers of a flexible, mesh material are attach together at a finite number of joins. A tab is placed at the geo |
| 6042666 |
Prosthesis with in-wall modulation |
March 28, 2000 |
| The wall of a prosthesis has a region which modulates communication through the porosity of the wall. The prosthesis is unitary, but may be assembled in successive bodies which are coalesced, so that the porous microstructure changes distinctly at stages through the thickness dimensi |
| 6010529 |
Expandable shielded vessel support |
January 4, 2000 |
| A radially expandable support body is enveloped within a cocoon. In a preferred construction, the support is a stent, and a tube of polymeric material, e.g. polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), passes through the interior of the stent body and is turned back upon itself over the stent to form |
| 5980799 |
Methods of making controlled porosity expanded polytetrafluoroethylene products and fabrication |
November 9, 1999 |
| A method of forming porous articles with a varying pore distribution by extrusion from a billet with a varying lubricant distribution. A single-polymer polytetrafluoroethylene is extruded and then stretched and sintered to provide a differential porous PTFE structure composed of fibe |
| 5925074 |
Vascular endoprosthesis and method |
July 20, 1999 |
| A vascular endoprosthesis is formed of a tubular liner preform with a continuous surface and having a diameter smaller than that of an intended vessel. The liner is inserted to a treatment site, and its sheet material undergoes a radially-directed expansion to a final size that fits the |
| 5897587 |
Multi-stage prosthesis |
April 27, 1999 |
| A porous tube suitable for use as a vascular graft prosthesis and a method of making it is disclosed. It has a structure of porous polytetrafluoroethylene having a fibrous structure of nodes and fibers connecting the nodes together and an integrated intrawall circumferential support |
| 5861033 |
Method of making controlled porosity expanded polytetrafluoroethylene products and fabrication |
January 19, 1999 |
| A method of forming porous articles with a varying pore distribution by extrusion from a billet with a varying lubricant distribution. A single-polymer polytetrafluoroethylene is extruded and then stretched and sintered to provide a differential porous PTFE structure composed of fibe |
| 5824050 |
Prosthesis with in-wall modulation |
October 20, 1998 |
| The wall of a prosthesis has a region which modulates communication through the porosity of the wall. The prosthesis is unitary, but may be assembled in successive bodies which are coalesced, so that the porous microstructure changes distinctly at stages through the thickness dimensi |
| 5807358 |
Dry suction regulator blood collection device |
September 15, 1998 |
| A blood collection device has a modular suction regulator assembly in the form of an adjustable negative pressure relief valve which controls the level of suction in a collection chamber by admitting air to a short bleed-in passage proximate to a suction connection. The modular assembly |
| 5782789 |
Macrochannel phosthetic/delivery patch |
July 21, 1998 |
| A prosthetic tissue patch includes a sheet of material having first and second sides, with a plurality of macrochannels extending parallel to each other in the plane of the sheet, and defining a dispersed set of chambers that serves as a reservoir of pharmaceutical material or living cul |
| 5722964 |
Filtered blood collection device |
March 3, 1998 |
| A blood collection vessel includes a blood inlet, a pooling region in which blood from the inlet collects, and an outlet in the pooling region for reinfusion of the collected blood. A filter located in the blood path between inlet and outlet extends at least in part into the pooling regi |
| 5474824 |
Process for expanding polytetrafluoroethylene and products produced thereby |
December 12, 1995 |
| A process for producing a shaped porous article includes the steps of providing an extrudate of a fluoropolymer material which is capable of being stretched and bilaterally stretching the extrudate along a longitudinal axis. The stretching step is carried out under conditions suffici |
| 5433909 |
Method of making controlled porosity expanded polytetrafluoroethylene products |
July 18, 1995 |
| A method of forming porous articles with a varying pore distribution by extrusion from a billet with a varying lubricant distribution. A single-polymer polytetrafluoroethylene is extruded and then stretched and sintered to provide a differential porous PTFE structure composed of fibe |
| 5411550 |
Implantable prosthetic device for the delivery of a bioactive material |
May 2, 1995 |
| An implantable prosthetic device for sustained release of a bioactive material into a fluid flow pathway of a patient comprises a body adapted for attachment to the fluid flow pathway. The body defines a primary lumen for accommodating fluid flow therethrough and at least one secondary l |
| 5401262 |
Fluid recovery system |
March 28, 1995 |
| A fluid collection vessel for drainage of body fluids includes a molded body with internal dividers constituting ports, baffles and subchambers, and a face plate that closes the body to form a suction-regulated multi-chamber vessel. The vessel has overpressure and underpressure prote |
| 5397299 |
Fluid recovery system with improvements molded in body |
March 14, 1995 |
| A collection vessel for drainage of body fluids includes a molded body with internal dividers constituting ports, baffles and subchambers, and a face plate that closes the body to form a suction-regulated multi-chamber vessel. The vessel has overpressure and underpressure protection, and |
| 5370681 |
Polyumenal implantable organ |
December 6, 1994 |
| A polylumenal implantable device comprises a body defining a plurality of capillary lumina. The prosthetic device is suitable for implantation in a patient as an arterial or venous bypass graft or shunt, or intra-organ implant as well as other purposes. The improved prosthetic device has |
| 5320100 |
Implantable prosthetic device having integral patency diagnostic indicia |
June 14, 1994 |
| An implantable prosthetic device comprises a remotely detectible component disposed in the body forming the device for allowing the device to be detected by x-ray, ultrasonic, or MRI imaging. By disposing at least two remotely detectible components in the body of the device, the effectiv |
| 5197976 |
Manually separable multi-lumen vascular graft |
March 30, 1993 |
| A vascular prosthesis has a plurality of tubular structures, each of which is manually separable from the others. Each tube structure has a biocompatible exterior surface and a lumen of predetermine diameter. Fluid, such as blood, is channelled through the lumina upon implantation in |
| 5192310 |
Self-sealing implantable vascular graft |
March 9, 1993 |
| An implantable self-sealing vascular graft device comprises an implantable tubular body defining a primary lumen and at least one secondary lumen, the lumina sharing a common side wall. The primary lumen is adapted for attachment to the vascular system of the patient to accommodate blood |
| 5154712 |
Fluid recovery system |
October 13, 1992 |
| A thoracic cavity drainage device includes a first vessel having a plurality of chambers one of which is a regulated drainage chamber, and a separate transfer vessel which receives fluid collected in the drainage chamber of the first vessel. The chambers of both vessels are interconn |
| 5141504 |
Fluid recovery system with stopcock suction control |
August 25, 1992 |
| A drainage device includes a vessel having a plurality of sub-chambers one of which is a regulated drainage collection chamber, and two of which cooperate to maintain a selected suction level in the drainage collection chamber. A stopcock proximate to the vessel communicates directly wit |
