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Assignee: Avantec Vascular Corporation


Location: Sunnyvale, CA
No. of patents: 14

NumberTitleIssue Date
7238168Exchangeable catheter
An intravascular balloon catheter includes a tubular catheter body having a balloon structure removably mounted over the catheter body. The catheter body has a guidewire lumen, and the catheter body may be left in place within a patient's vasculature while the ballo...
07/03/2007
7186237Ballon catheter for creating a longitudinal channel in a lesion and method
A balloon catheter for performing an angioplasty procedure on a lesion in a vessel comprising a flexible elongate catheter shaft having proximal and distal extremities. A balloon is secured to the distal extremity of the catheter shaft and has an outer surface exten...
03/06/2007
7131986Catheter having exchangeable balloon
An intravascular balloon catheter comprises a tubular catheter body having a balloon structure removably mounted over the catheter body. The catheter body has a guidewire lumen, and the catheter body may be left in place within a patient's vasculature while the ball...
11/07/2006
7083642Delivery of therapeutic capable agents
The present invention provides improved stents and other prostheses for delivering substances to vascular and other luminal and intracorporeal environments. In particular, the present invention provides for therapeutic capable agent eluting stents with minimized und...
08/01/2006
7077859Apparatus and methods for variably controlled substance delivery from implanted prostheses
The present invention provides improved stents and other prostheses for delivering substances to vascular and other luminal and intracorporeal enviroments. In particular, the present invention provides luminal prostheses which allow for a programmed and controlled s...
07/18/2006
7018405Intravascular delivery of methylprednisolone
The present invention provides improved devices and methods for minimizing and/or inhibiting restenosis and hyperplasia after intravascular intervention. In particular, the present invention provides luminal prostheses which allow for programmed and controlled methy...
03/28/2006
6926734Radially expansible vessel scaffold having modified radiopacity
The present invention provides improved prostheses and methods for their endolumenal placement within body lumens, particularly blood vessels. In one embodiment, the prosthesis of the present invention comprises a plurality of radially expansible rings having, a plu...
08/09/2005
6916336Vascular prosthesis
Luminal prostheses comprise adjacent expansible segments, typically serpentine ring segments joined by sigmoidal links. By properly orienting the sigmoidal links and aligning hinge regions on adjacent serpentine rings, enhanced performance can be obtained. ...
07/12/2005
6858221Intravascular delivery of mycophenolic acid
The present invention provides improved devices and methods for minimizing and/or inhibiting restenosis and hyperplasia after intravascular intervention. In particular, the present invention provides luminal prostheses which allow for programmed and controlled mycop...
02/22/2005
6648911Method and device for the treatment of vulnerable tissue site
The present invention is directed to method and apparatus for treating vulnerable tissue sites, such as aneurysms in the abdominal area or in the thoracic cavity, and expanded tissues on various organs and body surfaces such as the heart. The apparatus of...
11/18/2003
6605107Radially expansible vessel scaffolds mounted over balloons
The present invention provides improved prostheses and methods for their endolumenal placement within body lumens, particularly blood vessels. In one embodiment, the prosthesis of the present invention consists a plurality of radially expansible rings hav...
08/12/2003
6602281Radially expansible vessel scaffold having beams and expansion joints
The present invention provides improved prostheses and methods for their endolumenal placement within body lumens, particularly blood vessels. In one embodiment, the prosthesis of the present invention having a plurality of radially expansible rings havin...
08/05/2003
6569180Catheter having exchangeable balloon
An intravascular balloon catheter comprises a tubular catheter body having a balloon structure removably mounted over the catheter body. The catheter body has a guidewire lumen , and the catheter body may be left in place within a patient's vasculature wh...
05/27/2003
6471980Intravascular delivery of mycophenolic acid
The present invention provides improved devices and methods for minimizing and/or inhibiting restenosis and hyperplasia after intravascular intervention. In particular, the present invention provides luminal prostheses which allow for programmed and contr...
10/29/2002
 
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