| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE36857 |
Interlocking peel-away dilation catheter |
September 5, 2000 |
| A dilatation balloon catheter which is capable of being removed from a patient while leaving a guide wire in place has a longitudinal slit extending from its proximal end to a position near its inflatable balloon. The catheter has an inflation lumen for applying fluid to inflate the |
| RE35755 |
Method for inducing thrombosis in blood vessels |
March 24, 1998 |
| 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 inf |
| D508163 |
Guidewire hoop design |
August 9, 2005 |
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| D495413 |
Fluid delivery device |
August 31, 2004 |
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| D490890 |
Percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy device |
June 1, 2004 |
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| D479645 |
Medical instrument container |
September 16, 2003 |
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| D464730 |
Guidewire threader |
October 22, 2002 |
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| D330763 |
Angioplasty inflator |
November 3, 1992 |
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| D329698 |
Clamp for gripping a guide wire or hollow tube for a catheter |
September 22, 1992 |
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| D313849 |
Manifold for angioplasty balloon catheter |
January 15, 1991 |
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| D309663 |
Balloon catheter inflator |
July 31, 1990 |
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| 7625367 |
Telescope drivecable support tube |
December 1, 2009 |
| A telescoping catheter is adapted to provide improved support and protection for a drive cable by providing, in addition to an outer sheath and a telescoping sheath, an inner sheath surrounding the drive cable. The outer sheath has a relatively larger diameter, to allow for a flared |
| 7625343 |
Concave phased array imaging catheter |
December 1, 2009 |
| The present invention generally relates to medical devices, and more particularly to an improved intravascular device. In one embodiment, an intravascular device includes a catheter having proximal and distal portions, and a phased array of imaging elements, having edge elements each |
| 7622853 |
Micromachined imaging transducer |
November 24, 2009 |
| The present invention generally relates to medical devices, and more particularly to an improved medical imaging device. In one embodiment, an imaging device includes a drive shaft having proximal and distal ends received within the lumen; and an imaging transducer assembly coupled to |
| 7621874 |
Systems and methods for improved three-dimensional imaging of a body lumen |
November 24, 2009 |
| The systems and methods described herein provide for the improved three-dimensional imaging of the an internal body lumen of a living being. A medical imaging system is provided which can include an image processing system and a medical imaging device. The medical imaging device can |
| 7618398 |
Catheter with removable balloon protector and stent delivery system with removable stent protect |
November 17, 2009 |
| A protective sleeve for a balloon dilatation catheter includes an elongate tubular member having a neck portion and a slit extending along the entire length of the tubular member from a proximal end to a distal end thereof, wherein a distal portion of the tubular member is flared from |
| 7601230 |
Medical devices |
October 13, 2009 |
| Alloy compositions suitable for fabricating medical devices, such as stents, are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the compositions have small amounts of nickel, e.g., the compositions can be substantially free of nickel. |
| 7588596 |
Endoluminal prosthesis adapted to resist migration and method of deploying the same |
September 15, 2009 |
| An endoluminal prosthesis for treatment of a condition in a lumen in the vicinity of a branch lumen, the lumen being adapted to resist migration, is provided. In one embodiment, the prosthesis includes a substantially tubular main stent adapted for placement in the main lumen. A subs |
| 7579189 |
Aligned scaffolds for improved myocardial regeneration |
August 25, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to a biocompatible, three-dimensional scaffold useful to grow cells and to regenerate or repair tissue in predetermined orientations. The scaffold is particularly useful for regeneration and repair of cardiac tissue. The scaffold contains layers of alter |
| 7569046 |
Guide-in-guide catheter system |
August 4, 2009 |
| A multiple catheter system is described. In one embodiment a medical catheter system includes a first catheter having an entrance orifice, an exit orifice, a channel connecting the entrance orifice and the exit orifice, and a wall surrounding the channel. In this embodiment the hardn |
| 7559934 |
Beaded basket retrieval device |
July 14, 2009 |
| A medical retrieval device, and related method, for removing material (such as calculi and stones) from the body of a patient has the ability to capture and readily release material. The retrieval device includes a basket having at least one loop with first and second ends including a |
| 7559933 |
Absorbable implantable vaso-occlusive member |
July 14, 2009 |
| Compositions comprising absorbable implantable vaso-occlusive members are described. Also described are methods of making and using these absorbable vaso-occlusive compositions. |
| 7544166 |
Systems and methods for imaging with deployable imaging devices |
June 9, 2009 |
| The systems and methods described herein provide for a medical device insertable into the body of a living being having an imaging device with a layout that is adjustable from an undeployed layout, where the imaging device is insertable into the inner lumen of a medical device, to a |
| 7530994 |
Non-porous graft with fastening elements |
May 12, 2009 |
| A graft is provided that is adapted to be secured to a stent surrounding the graft. The graft includes an inner layer of a non-porous material, and an outer layer of material laminated to the inner layer. The graft further includes a plurality of fastening elements adapted to be secured |
| 7530946 |
Compact endoscope |
May 12, 2009 |
| This invention relates to an endoscope, particularly a bronchoscope, incorporating one or more multifunctional component made of a material that is multifunctional. The endoscopes of this invention comprise at least one multifunctional component having more than one function wherein |
| 7520893 |
Method for treating neurovascular aneurysms |
April 21, 2009 |
| A graftless prosthetic stent for treatment of vascular lesions such as aneurysms and arterio-venous fistulas, especially in neurovascular vessels, comprises a continuous helical ribbon formed of a shape-retaining metal having a transition temperature at which the stent expands from i |
| 7491231 |
One-branch stent-graft for bifurcated lumens |
February 17, 2009 |
| A stent-graft is provided that includes a bifurcated stent adapted for placement at the bifurcation of a bifurcated body lumen. The stent-graft further includes a graft that lines or covers at least part of the bifurcated stent. The graft defines a fluid passageway from the unbifurca |
| 7476214 |
Selective coating of a balloon catheter with lubricious material for stent deployment |
January 13, 2009 |
| A predetermined arrangement of differentially lubricious areas on a balloon catheter for controlling against unexpected movement of a stent carried thereon when in situ in the body. |
| 7470239 |
High performance coil wire |
December 30, 2008 |
| A high performance coil over-core guide wire. The guide wire incorporates a nickel-titanium core with a stainless steel coil to provide a wire with improved kink resistance and good pushability. |
| 7442384 |
Bioresorbable hydrogel compositions for implantable prostheses |
October 28, 2008 |
| Crosslinked compositions formed from water-insoluble copolymers are disclosed. These compositions are copolymers having a bioresorbable region, a hydrophilic region and at least two cross-linkable functional groups per polymer chain. Crosslinking of these polymers can be effected in |
| 7438712 |
Multi-braid exterior tube |
October 21, 2008 |
| A multiple braid exterior tube having a composite structure which includes an inner tubular layer, reinforcing layers and a polymer matrix layer. The exterior tube is formed with polymeric materials and metallic reinforcing braiding configured to provide greater tensile strength and |
| 7435254 |
Braided endoluminal device having tapered filaments |
October 14, 2008 |
| A stent comprising a plurality of continuous filaments braided together, at least one filament comprising a tapered filament having at least one first region having a first, relatively-larger cross-sectional area and at least one second region having a second, relatively-smaller cros |
| 7425291 |
Apparatus and method for extrusion of thin-walled tubes |
September 16, 2008 |
| The present invention provides an apparatus and method for manufacturing polymeric thin-walled tubular members, which are well-suited for use as vascular grafts. The apparatus of the present invention enables extrusion of a tubular member having an extremely thin wall thickness so as to |
| 7416533 |
Marking biopsy sites |
August 26, 2008 |
| A needle biopsy system for marking a sampling site is described. |
| 7413543 |
Endoscope with actively cooled illumination sources |
August 19, 2008 |
| An endoscopic imaging system includes a reusable control cabinet having a number of actuators that control the orientation of a lightweight endoscope that is connectable thereto. The endoscope is used with a single patient and is then disposed. The endoscope includes an illumination |
| 7403811 |
Method of catheter tracking using image information |
July 22, 2008 |
| An improved method of tracking a catheter's position within a human body does not rely on x-rays, but instead calculates the position of the catheter's imaging head by analyzing image data. Such an analysis is able to determine the position of the imaging head in 3 dimensional space, |
| 7402174 |
Low profile, high stretch, low dilation knit prosthetic device |
July 22, 2008 |
| A composite medical device includes a knitted structure having a single layer of yarns to define a single layered wall, where the yarns are interlaced into stitches in a knit pattern capable of resilient longitudinal elongation and resilient radial contraction of the knit from a quie |
| 7402170 |
Crimp and weld wire connection |
July 22, 2008 |
| A stent comprises a first section and a second section and at least one securement member. The at least one securement member is disposed about at least one region of the first section and at least one region of the second section. The at least one securement member has a crimped diamete |
| 7399312 |
Stent design with sheath attachment members |
July 15, 2008 |
| A stent is provided having attachment members for allowing attachment of a sheath or sheaths. Accordingly, a practitioner is able to selectively choose a desirable sheath, such as a polymeric sleeve, a biomaterial, or a natural blood vessel, at a point-of-use and attach it to the sheath. |
| 7396332 |
Transducer with multiple resonant frequencies for an imaging catheter |
July 8, 2008 |
| A single transducer element that is capable of oscillation at a plurality of natural resonant frequencies may be used in an ultrasonic imaging catheter assembly including a catheter body configured to be inserted and guided through the vascular system of a living being, a lumen and a |
| 7384786 |
Aligned scaffolds for improved myocardial regeneration |
June 10, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a biocompatible, three-dimensional scaffold useful to grow cells and to regenerate or repair tissue in predetermined orientations. The scaffold is particularly useful for regeneration and repair of cardiac tissue. The scaffold contains layers of alter |
| 7376455 |
Systems and methods for dynamic optical imaging |
May 20, 2008 |
| A medical system includes a catheter having an elongated tubular member and an inner core slideably received within the elongated member. The inner core includes an imager on a distal end and is coupled with a control system and an imaging system. The inner core is configured to scan |
| 7371237 |
Steerable sphincterotome and methods for cannulation, papillotomy and sphincterotomy |
May 13, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to methods and devices for performing endoscopic cannulation, papillotomy and sphincterotomy and similar procedures. According to the present state of the art, endoscopic cannulation of the common bile duct and papillotomy and similar procedures are acco |
| 7367989 |
Rotating balloon expandable sheath bifurcation delivery |
May 6, 2008 |
| A medical device comprises a balloon catheter shaft having a catheter balloon. An outer balloon or sheath is disposed about the catheter balloon and is freely rotatable about the catheter balloon. |
| 7364591 |
Method for treating morbid obesity |
April 29, 2008 |
| A method for treating morbid obesity in a body of a mammal having a gastrointestinal tract extending through a stomach and a pyloric sphincter and a wall forming the stomach and pyloric sphincter. At least one implant is formed in the wall in the vicinity of the pyloric sphincter to |
| 7364587 |
High stretch, low dilation knit prosthetic device and method for making the same |
April 29, 2008 |
| A method for providing dilation resistance to an implantable tubular graft includes the steps of (a) providing a graft having opposed open ends and a textile wall extending in a lengthwise direction therebetween defining a graft diameter, wherein the textile wall has radially extending y |
| 7361138 |
Bioabsorbable casing for surgical sling assembly |
April 22, 2008 |
| The invention provides a surgical sling assembly for implanting in tissue to provide anatomical support in a patient. The surgical sling assembly includes a sling and a biocompatible casing enclosing at least a portion of the sling. The biocompatible casing is absorbed by the patient's |
| 7351222 |
Drainage catheter with visual indicator and/or lock system |
April 1, 2008 |
| A catheter comprising a tube having a distal end for deployment in a patient, and a proximal end for remaining outside of the patient; an anchoring mechanism at the distal end of the tube having a fully open configuration, a fully closed configuration, and a range of configurations t |
| 7335159 |
Endoscope having auto-insufflation and exsufflation |
February 26, 2008 |
| An endoscopic imaging system for examining a patient's body cavity includes an endoscope having a distal end, a proximal end and a number of lumens therein. One or more distal gas ports are disposed at or adjacent the distal end of the endoscope and one or more proximal gas ports are |
| 7331985 |
Apparatus and method for deployment of an endoluminal device |
February 19, 2008 |
| An introducer deploys an endoluminal device in a distal location from a proximal location. The introducer comprises a retrograde portion, an anterograde portion axially moveable relative to the retrograde portion, a shaft having a distal tip and an anterograde sheath attached to the |
