| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7621894 |
Slittable or removable valves and apparatus and methods for making and using them |
November 24, 2009 |
| Valves for medical devices and methods for making them are provided. In one embodiment, a valve is injection molded as a single piece that includes a tubular body and a flap. The tubular body includes an open first end, a closed second end, and a passage extending between the first a |
| 7591832 |
Expandable guide sheath and apparatus with distal protection and methods for use |
September 22, 2009 |
| Apparatus and methods provide distal protection while accessing blood vessels within a patient's vasculature. A flexible sheath and distal protection element, e.g., a balloon or filter, are carried by a stiffening member. The sheath is lubricious and has a relatively thin wall, there |
| 7575569 |
Apparatus and methods for delivering stem cells and other agents into cardiac tissue |
August 18, 2009 |
| Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for delivering stem cells or other agents to cardiac tissue surrounding a cardiac vessel or to tissue adjacent other body lumens. The apparatus includes an expandable member and a source of one or more agents communicating with a lumen extendi |
| 7556710 |
Catheters with lubricious linings and methods for making and using them |
July 7, 2009 |
| Coated devices for introduction into bodies and methods for making and using them are provided, such as delivery sheaths, guidewire lumen cores, and elongate leads. In one embodiment, a tubular device includes a proximal end, a distal end sized for introduction into a body lumen, and |
| 7553387 |
Catheters with lubricious linings and methods for making and using them |
June 30, 2009 |
| A method for making a tubular device includes coating a first surface of a thin sheet, rolling the sheet such that side edges of the sheet are disposed adjacent one another with the coating disposed inwardly, creating a longitudinal seam along the side edges to create a sleeve, and a |
| 7550053 |
Catheters with lubricious linings and methods for making and using them |
June 23, 2009 |
| Apparatus and methods are provided for substantially continuously forming thin-walled sleeves that may be incorporated into tubular devices sized for introduction into a patient. In one embodiment, a pair of sheets including coated surfaces oriented towards one another are directed t |
| 6979290 |
Apparatus and methods for coronary sinus access |
December 27, 2005 |
| An apparatus for locating morphological features within a body cavity includes a catheter including proximal and distal ends, a transparent balloon carried on the distal end, and an optical imaging assembly carried on the distal end for imaging through the balloon. The balloon includes a |
