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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6416527 | Vessel cutting device A catheter-based system for accessing specific body cavities percutaneously and minimizing patient trauma is provided. In the preferred embodiment, in order to create an aperture at an access site in a patient's existing tubular body organ structure, a de... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6371982 | Graft structures with compliance gradients A distensible artificial tubular graft structure is provided that has a compliance gradient. The graft may be used to repair a patient's body organ tubing. For example, the graft may be used to replace or supplement portions of a patient's vascular system... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6261315 | Tubular body structure marking methods and apparatus To facilitate subsequent location of a point along a patient's tubular body structure (e.g., a circulatory system vessel), a marker structure is inserted into and along the lumen of that tubular body structure. At the desired point along the lumen, a dist... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6235054 | Grafts with suture connectors A graft for use in vascular anastomosis is provided. The graft includes a cylindrical metal braided frame and suture retention structures at the ends of the braided frame which provide suture sites for anastomosis.... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6186942 | Medical grafting methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for delivering and installing a new length of tubing between two sections of a patient's existing body organ tubing and at least partly outside of that existing structure. For example, the new length of tubing may be for the purpose ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186986 | Micro-catheters and methods of their manufacture A micro-catheter including an inner primary liner and a plurality of concatenated tubes is provided. The primary liner extends substantially from the proximal end to the distal end of the catheter. Each of the tubes has a respective inner surface that is ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6152937 | Medical graft connector and methods of making and installing same A medical graft connector for connecting an end of a tubular graft conduit to a side wall of a patient's existing tubular body conduit via an aperture in the side wall thereof has a first plurality of fingers configured to engage an interior surface of th... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6152945 | Tubular medical graft connectors Connectors are provided for making connections between tubular conduits in medical procedures such as those involving treatment of a patient's circulatory system. The connectors are variously configured for making end-to-side or end-to-end connections of ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6136007 | Apparatus for handling tubing used in medical procedures Methods and apparatus are provided for such uses as attaching grafts of tubing (e.g., lengths of saphenous vein) between sites in a patient's body via the patient's existing arteries and veins. Grafts may be held in place during graft delivery using a par... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6113612 | Medical anastomosis apparatus A connector for use in providing an anastomotic connection between two tubular body fluid conduits in a patient. The connector is preferably a single, integral, plastically deformable structure that can be cut from a tube. The connector has axial spaced p... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6074416 | Wire connector structures for tubular grafts Connector structures are provided for attaching elongated flexible tubular grafts to the body organ tubing of a patient. The connector structures are formed from wire. A first set of connector wires may be disposed around the periphery of one end of an el... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6048362 | Fluoroscopically-visible flexible graft structures A fluoroscopically-visible graft structure is provided. The graft structure may be formed from a tubular metal wire mesh coated with an elastomeric material. The graft structure is flexible and distensible like natural body organ tubing and is suitable fo... | 04/11/2000 |
