| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7553287 |
Guidewire having an embedded matrix polymer |
June 30, 2009 |
| A guidewire having an embedded matrix polymer construction and methods of making and using the same. The guidewire may include a core wire or member having a proximal region and distal region, a jacket disposed over the distal region, and a coil disposed over the jacket. The coil may |
| 6773418 |
Device and method for delivery of agents to the female reproductive tract |
August 10, 2004 |
| A device and method for delivering an agent to the uterine cervix make use of a seal member that defines a chamber upon engagement with the cervix. An agent delivery port in fluid communication with the chamber is provided for delivery of the agent to the uterine cervix. A vacuum port in |
| 6663622 |
Surgical devices and methods for use in tissue ablation procedures |
December 16, 2003 |
| Devices and a method are provided to assist a surgeon in ablating conduction paths in tissue, such as a heart. A device can be configured to operate as a template that adheres to the tissue surface, and allows the surgeon to more easily sever the conduction path to form a lesion in a |
| 6641604 |
Devices and method for manipulation of organ tissue |
November 4, 2003 |
| Devices and methods of manipulating and stabilizing organ tissue, such as heart tissue. The devices, which are of varying sizes, shapes and conformations, generally include a seal member having a chamber with a wall and a skirt-like member that extends outward from the chamber wall f |
| 6558314 |
Devices and method for manipulation of organ tissue |
May 6, 2003 |
| Devices and methods of manipulating and stabilizing organ tissue, such as heart tissue. The devices, which are of varying sizes, shapes and conformations, generally include a seal member having a chamber with a wall and a skirt-like member that extends outward from the chamber wall f |
| 5607419 |
Method and apparatus for treating vessel wall with UV radiation following angioplasty |
March 4, 1997 |
| Disclosed is an apparatus for use in applying UV light to a blood vessel wall following the performance of a balloon angioplasty procedure. It comprises an elongated optical fiber whose outside diameter permits it to be inserted into the lumen of a guidewire that is used to position the |
| 5601087 |
System for diagnosing tissue with guidewire |
February 11, 1997 |
| The present invention provides a guidewire which incorporates an optical fiber and associated diagnostic apparatus for diagnosing tissue in vivo. Use of the present invention provides for diagnosis of tissue and tailoring of the therapeutic portion of the procedure to the tissue or c |
| 5439000 |
Method of diagnosing tissue with guidewire |
August 8, 1995 |
| The present invention provides a guidewire which incorporates an optical fiber and associated diagnostic apparatus for diagnosing tissue in vivo. Use of the present invention provides for diagnosis of tissue and tailoring of the therapeutic portion of the procedure to the tissue or c |
| 5383467 |
Guidewire catheter and apparatus for diagnostic imaging |
January 24, 1995 |
| A catheter comprising a unitary guidewire and single mode optical fiber is used to illuminate human body channels, such as a tissue mass within a blood vessel, for purposes of diagnosis. A low coherent light source illuminates the tissue and provides a reference beam. Illumination that i |
| 5243679 |
Optical fiber advancement, retraction and storage system |
September 7, 1993 |
| An optical fiber storage and manipulation system (1) is disclosed, including a storage container (2) and a fiber insertion tool (3). The storage apparatus (2) includes a housing (11) containing a reel (13) onto which portions of a bare fiber (6) as well as a sheathed tube (36) coaxia |
| 4793359 |
Centering balloon structure for transluminal angioplasty catheter |
December 27, 1988 |
| Disclosed is a cylindrical balloon mounted near the distal tip of a percutaneous transluminal laser angioplasty catheter. Proximal and distal neck sections of the balloon are sealed to the catheter tubing, and a balloon inflation lumen originating at the tubing proximal end is open to |
| 4781681 |
Inflatable tip for laser catheterization |
November 1, 1988 |
| A transluminal balloon laser catheter has an inflatable distal tip formed by an elongated balloon sealed at the distal end of a length of catheter tubing, and inflatable to an operating configuration in which the balloon effectively extends the distal end of an optical fiber lumen throug |
