| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE40863 |
Apparatus and method for sealing vascular punctures |
July 21, 2009 |
| An apparatus for closing and sealing a vascular puncture is connected to an energy supply such that heat is generated in, or thermally conducted to, the tissue, thereby thermally fusing the vascular tissue together. The method for closing and sealing a vascular puncture comprises applyin |
| RE40122 |
Expandable stent-graft covered with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene |
February 26, 2008 |
| The expandable stent-graft generally defines a cylindrical lumen made from a stent having a discontinuous wall that is at least substantially covered with an expended polytetrafluoroethylene material. The expanded polytetrafluoroethylene covering may be a biaxially oriented, expanded |
| RE39200 |
Apparatus for treating a blood vessel |
July 18, 2006 |
| Method of employing a balloon tube for creating a thrombosis of vessels located directly under the surface of a body cavity which is difficult to reach, through the initiation of an electric current between the balloon which is deflated as introduced into the body cavity and which is |
| 7620220 |
Scan conversion of medical imaging data from polar format to cartesian format |
November 17, 2009 |
| The improved system and method converts medical imaging data in R-.theta. or polar format to a Cartesian format that is readily recognizable to the human eye. The system and method texturize or wrap the R-.theta. imaging data around an object, which is preferably a cone. The height of th |
| 7618696 |
Block copolymer elastomer catheter balloons |
November 17, 2009 |
| Balloons for medical devices, particularly balloon angioplasty catheters, are made from particular block copolymer thermoplastic elastomers in which the block copolymer is made up of hard segments of a polyester or polyamide and soft segments of polyether; the polyester hard segments are |
| 7618647 |
Using bucky paper as a therapeutic aid in medical applications |
November 17, 2009 |
| Methods, systems, and uses of bucky paper are provided in the present invention. These embodiments include covering medical implants with single or multiple layers of bucky paper, treating bucky paper with various therapeutics to be released through the bucky paper to a target site, |
| 7618567 |
Absorbable sponge with contrasting agent |
November 17, 2009 |
| An absorbable sponge containing a contrasting agent (e.g, radiopaque agent) that can be introduced to a biopsy tract or other puncture wound site is provided. The contrasting agent permits identification of the site by fluoroscopy or other imaging techniques. |
| 7618433 |
Intravascular filter and method |
November 17, 2009 |
| A filter disposed at the distal end of an elongate guidewire. Catheters are provided for delivering the filter to, and retrieving the filter from, a treatment site. The catheters can be over-the-wire or single operator exchange. The catheters include a housing for receiving the filte |
| 7618413 |
Medical device control system |
November 17, 2009 |
| A control system for allowing a physician to control the orientation of a medical device or a medical instrument in a variety of directions with one hand. An actuator selectively tensions one or more control cables having ends secured at or adjacent a distal tip of the medical device in |
| 7618379 |
Composite guidewire |
November 17, 2009 |
| Alternative designs, materials and manufacturing methods for guidewires. Some embodiments pertain to a composite guidewire having proximal and distal section, and a connector adapted and configured for permanently joining the proximal section to the distal section. In some embodiments, |
| 7618362 |
Spacer apparatus for radiation and ablation therapy |
November 17, 2009 |
| An apparatus comprises an elongated delivery member and a scaffold. The elongated delivery member has a distal end, a fixed portion and an actuator portion. The actuator portion is disposed proximate to the distal end. The actuator portion and the fixed portion are movable with respe |
| 7615050 |
Systems and methods for creating a lesion using transjugular approach |
November 10, 2009 |
| A method of treating a tissue region includes inserting a flexible sheath within a vessel, the vessel leading to a tissue region, placing a distal end of the sheath through a wall of the vessel to thereby position the distal end is at or adjacent the tissue region, deploying a plurality |
| 7615043 |
Medical device incorporating a polymer blend |
November 10, 2009 |
| A catheter including a catheter shaft formed from a polymer blend and/or a braid. The polymer blend may include polyoxymethylene added in the dispersion phase to a polymer blend. The catheter braid can be formed from at least two continuous wires that are woven together. The catheter |
| 7615041 |
Vial adaptor |
November 10, 2009 |
| A vial adapter suitable for use in transferring fluid from a vial to a needleless syringe, the vial having a top end sealed with a septum. According to one embodiment, the vial adapter comprises (a) a body, the body having a top end, a bottom end and an inner cavity, the inner cavity |
| 7614999 |
Systems, devices, and methods for minimally invasive pelvic surgery |
November 10, 2009 |
| The invention, in various embodiments, provides systems, devices, and methods for treating urinary incontinence.The invention also provides a driver and methods for advancing needles, cannulas, and other medical devices through the pubic bone. The driver may be used in connection with |
| 7613503 |
Device with infusion holes for imaging inside a blood vessel |
November 3, 2009 |
| An imaging device such as a catheter has a plurality of infusion holes adapted to infuse liquid into the blood stream while substantially preventing radial jetting. An example imaging catheter includes an elongated member, having distal and proximal ends, an axis, a lumen along the a |
| 7613493 |
Automatic/manual longitudinal position translator and rotary drive system for catheters |
November 3, 2009 |
| An automatic pullback catheter system (2) includes a disposable catheter assembly (6) mountable to a drive assembly (4). The drive assembly includes a body (8) to which a drive. chassis (14) is mounted for movement along a longitudinal path (16) by a motor (20) which rotates a longit |
| 7611542 |
Tissue treatment |
November 3, 2009 |
| A method of treating tissue includes placing substantially spherical polymer particles in the tissue. The particles include an interior region having relatively large pores and a first region substantially surrounding the interior having fewer relatively large pores than the interior |
| 7611482 |
Minimally-invasive smart devices |
November 3, 2009 |
| There is provided a minimally-invasive smart device which can detect environmental conditions in the vicinity of a target site within a patient's body and autonomously determine whether the medical device on the distal end of the instrument should be activated to perform, or inhibite |
| 7610912 |
Mouthguard having device securing tab |
November 3, 2009 |
| A mouthguard for allowing medical instruments to be passed into a patient includes an integrally formed or removable locking device. The locking device includes one or more mechanisms for preventing the movement of a guidewire or other medical devices during a surgical procedure. |
| 7610078 |
System and method of graphically generating anatomical structures using ultrasound echo informat |
October 27, 2009 |
| Methods and systems for graphically creating a representation of an anatomical structure, such as a heart, is provided. The distal end of an elongated probe is moved within the anatomical structure, and geometric shapes are defined within a coordinate system. By defining geometric sh |
| 7608101 |
Resorption-controllable medical implants |
October 27, 2009 |
| Bioresorbable medical implants are designed to have different resorption rates over time or over the topography of the implants. The resorption of the medical implants are controlled by including layers having differing resorption rates. The layers resorb sequentially over time through |
| 7608089 |
Vaso-occlusive device having pivotable coupling |
October 27, 2009 |
| An assembly for occluding a vascular site (e.g., an aneurysm) of a human or veterinary patient includes a vaso-occlusive member, a pusher member having a distal end and a severable junction located proximal to the distal end, and a pivotable coupling that couples the pusher member to |
| 7608072 |
Surgical methods and apparatus for maintaining contact between tissue and electrophysiology elem |
October 27, 2009 |
| Surgical systems, devices and methods including one or more tissue stimulation elements that, in some instances, may also be used for sensing purposes. Some of the surgical devices also include a tissue coagulation element. |
| 7604703 |
Primarily niobium stent |
October 20, 2009 |
| In a process of fabricating a stent composed primarily of niobium alloyed with a trace amount of zirconium, tantalum, or titanium for hardening, the stent is annealed under vacuum in a substantially oxygen-free environment. The vacuum is preferably maintained at pressure less than 10 |
| 7604662 |
Endoprostheses containing boride intermetallic phases |
October 20, 2009 |
| An endoprosthesis including an alloy having a matrix comprising titanium, niobium, or a combination thereof and a plurality of boride intermetallic phases within the matrix. |
| 7604631 |
Efficient controlled cryogenic fluid delivery into a balloon catheter and other treatment device |
October 20, 2009 |
| Devices, systems, and methods efficiently dilate and/or cool blood vessels and other body tissues. Controlled cooling with balloon catheters and other probes may be effected by a change in phase of a cryogenic fluid, often after measuring a minimum pulse width for actuating an individual |
| 7604621 |
Bifurcated stent delivery system |
October 20, 2009 |
| Systems for treating a vessel bifurcation comprise a bifurcated catheter having a first branch and a second branch. Each branch defining an exchange region that extends from the distal end of the shaft to the guidewire port of the shaft. The catheter has a radial alignment mechanism |
| 7604620 |
Methods for directly injecting plug forming materials from a catheter |
October 20, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to the direct delivery of therapeutic to a target tissue. In one embodiment a method for direct injection of plug forming material into a body tissue is provided. The method may comprise providing a catheter including an injection tube having a first channel |
| 7601382 |
Method of making a coated medical device |
October 13, 2009 |
| Medical devices, such as stents, having a surface, a coating layer comprising a polymer disposed on at least a portion of the surface, and a composition comprising a biologically active material injected into or under the coating layer at one or more locations in the coating layer to |
| 7601285 |
Medical device with varying physical properties and method for forming same |
October 13, 2009 |
| A medical device in which a melt processed part has different crystallized properties at different locations. The part is formed of a polymer composition by inclusion a of polymer crystallization modifier in the composition making up at least a portion of such part, the amount of the |
| 7601149 |
Apparatus for switching nominal and attenuated power between ablation probes |
October 13, 2009 |
| A tissue ablation system comprises an ablation source, such as an RF ablation source, configured for generating a common power signal, and a power multiplexor configured for splitting the power signal into first and second power signals, substantially attenuating the second power sig |
| 7597924 |
Surface modification of ePTFE and implants using the same |
October 6, 2009 |
| A method for modifying an ePTFE surface by plasma immersion ion implantation includes the steps of providing an ePTFE material in a chamber suitable for plasma treatment; providing a continuous low energy plasma discharge onto the sample; and applying negative high voltage pulses of |
| 7597830 |
Method of forming catheter distal tip |
October 6, 2009 |
| Catheters such as guide catheters can include a reinforcing braid layer and distal tips in which the reinforcing braid layer does not extend into the distal tip. Such catheters can be formed via a process in which a first polymer segment is secured over a braid layer. The braid layer can |
| 7597775 |
Green fluoropolymer tube and endovascular prosthesis formed using same |
October 6, 2009 |
| The present invention is directed to a green fluoropolymer tube which has a wall thickness of about 250 microns or less, preferably about 200 microns or less, and more preferably about 125 microns or less. With such thinness, the green tube may be formed into a tube of expanded fluor |
| 7597709 |
Inner member support block |
October 6, 2009 |
| An angioplasty catheter and method for making and using the same. An angioplasty catheter comprises an inner tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therethrough; an outer tube disposed over the inner tube, the outer tube having a proximal end and a distal end |
| 7597702 |
Balloon assembly with a torque |
October 6, 2009 |
| An expandable medical balloon for use in combination with a catheter assembly, the balloon having a torque in a first and second unexpanded state, and to methods of making and using the same. |
| 7597697 |
Bypass grafting method |
October 6, 2009 |
| Minimally invasive techniques utilized in bypass grafting are disclosed. For instance, a method of implanting an end portion of a graft in the body of a patient during a bypass grafting procedure includes the steps of (i) advancing a medical instrument within a circulatory system of said |
| 7597662 |
Multi-fluid delivery system |
October 6, 2009 |
| A proximal connector of an endoscope shaft can be manually attached to and detached from a console, such that the connector and endoscope shaft can be provided as a single use device. An interface between the proximal connector and console can include a sliding plate moveable to operably |
| 7595469 |
Resonator for medical device |
September 29, 2009 |
| A device resonator for medical device is provided. The resonator device includes a helical structure and a capacitor structure. The resonator device can be used in conjunction with a medical device, including a stent. |
| 7594928 |
Bioabsorbable stents with reinforced filaments |
September 29, 2009 |
| According to an aspect of the present invention, a stent is provided, which contains at least one filament that has a longitudinal axis and comprises a bioabsorbable polymeric material. Polymer molecules within the bioabsorbable polymeric material are provided with a helical orientat |
| 7594926 |
Methods, systems and devices for delivering stents |
September 29, 2009 |
| A delivery device adapted to insert and deploy a stent within a body lumen. The delivery device includes a guide member adapted to retain a dilation assembly and a stent within a lumen thereof until the stent is to be deployed into the body lumen. The delivery device is configured to |
| 7591846 |
Methods for deploying stents in bifurcations |
September 22, 2009 |
| A method of deploying a stent in a bifurcation includes introducing two guidewires through the main vessel and using the two guidewires for guiding a dual lumen catheter carrying a stent first to an initial position proximal to the stent deployment position, retracting one wire, and |
| 7591831 |
Medical devices comprising nanocomposites |
September 22, 2009 |
| The present invention provides medical devices comprising nanocomposite materials. By utilizing nanocomposites in the production thereof, the inventive medical devices can be produced with various advantageous properties. Methods of producing the inventive medical devices are also pr |
| 7591822 |
Retrograde plunger delivery system |
September 22, 2009 |
| Cannulas are provided for delivering therapeutic material to a treatment site. The cannula includes a cannula body with a plurality of openings at the distal end, including a longitudinal opening and a plurality of transverse openings that are axially spaced from each other. The cannula |
| 7591785 |
Endoscopic vision system |
September 22, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to an endoscopic visioning system and related method for both forward and backward viewing of a body lumen. According to an embodiment, the system includes an endoscope, a vision head including a light source and a vision chip on both a proximal and a di |
| 7591783 |
Articulation joint for video endoscope |
September 22, 2009 |
| A video endoscope system includes a reusable control cabinet and an endoscope that is connectable thereto. The endoscope may be used with a single patient and then disposed. The endoscope includes an illumination mechanism, an image sensor, and an elongate shaft having one or more lu |
| 7589297 |
Apparatus and method for cutting flat stent precursors |
September 15, 2009 |
| An apparatus for cutting a planar medical component having a first surface and a second surface, comprising a clamp for fixing the component and applying a tensile force, a support having a surface having a hole therein, the upper surface disposed proximate the second surface of the |
| 7588825 |
Embolic compositions |
September 15, 2009 |
| Embolic compositions and methods of delivering the compositions are disclosed. In some embodiments, an embolic composition includes a first collection of particles having a first shape, and a second collection of particles having a second shape different than the first shape. |
| 7588780 |
Embolization |
September 15, 2009 |
| Embolic polymer particles are described. For example, the particles include pores such that the predominant size of pores near the center of the particles is greater than the predominant size of pores adjacent to periphery of the particle |
