| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7351211 |
Tissue localizing and separating assembly |
April 1, 2008 |
| A tissue separator assembly has an elongate tubular member and a tissue separator device located at a distal end of the elongate tubular member. An elongate coupler extends through the lumen of the elongate tubular member and has a distal coupler end. A tissue localization assembly has |
| 6994677 |
Tissue localizing and separating assembly |
February 7, 2006 |
| A tissue localizing and separating assembly comprises a shaft, having a distal shaft portion, and a tissue separator device extending along the shaft. The tissue separator device has a distal separator part at the distal shaft portion movable between a retracted state, towards the di |
