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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177791 | Embolic protection guide wire A sheath attached to a guide wire, a tubular shaft member slidable on the guide wire and a filtering assembly constricted within the sheath are movable in a vessel to a position distal to a lesion in the direction of fluid flow. The filtering assembly may be formed ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8168431 | Tissue engineering scaffold comprising polyurethane material having voids interconnected by pores A tissue engineering scaffold for cell, tissue or organ growth comprises a biocompatible porous polyurethane cellular material comprising a plurality of substantially spherical voids of diameter from 20 to 300 microns, preferably 80 to 200 microns, interconnected by... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167929 | System and method for delivering a stent to a bifurcated vessel A stent delivery catheter system for accurately positioning a stent in a bifurcated vessel is disclosed. The system includes a catheter having a terminal portion and distal tip that is placed in a main branch of the vessel proximate the bifurcation. A fixed guidewir... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8142442 | Snare An intravascular snare device for use in capturing debris found in blood vessels. The snare device is fabricated from a tube and includes longitudinally and circumferentially extending members. The snare device specifically embodies structure that provides enhanced ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137377 | Embolic basket An intravascular basket device for use in capturing either naturally occurring or foreign debris found in blood vessels or other regions of the body. The basket device is fabricated from a tube and includes a mid-section having at least one ring configured in an alt... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8123778 | Embolic protection system An embolic protection system comprises an embolic protection filter 1 having a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration. The filter 1 is housed in the collapsed configuration in a reception space of a delivery catheter | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123776 | Embolic protection system An embolic protection system 1 comprises a guidewire 99 for advancing through a vasculature, the guidewire 99 having a distal end and a proximal end; an embolic protection filter 1 having a filter body 41 with a distal end and a pr... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123703 | Steerable access sheath and methods of use The present invention provides devices, systems, methods and kits for endoscopically accessing a body cavity and providing a directed pathway toward a target tissue within the cavity. The directed pathway is provided by an access sheath which is positioned in a desi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118830 | Method for reducing emboli formation Methods and devices for reducing emboli formation during medical procedures. In accordance with the present invention a first medical device is passed through a stenosed area and activated to block fluid flow through the lumen, a second medical device including a fi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117540 | Method and device incorporating improved text input mechanism The invention relates to a method and device incorporating an improved text input mechanism. The text input method comprising the steps determining a list of candidates for the present context, a candidate being a possible textual continuation of the present context... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114115 | Support frame for an embolic protection device A support 103 for an embolic protection device comprises round wires 116 which may form one or more support hoops for a filter body. The circumferential hoop formed by the wires 116 ensures that in the expanded position, the filter body 102 | 02/14/2012 |
| 8070804 | Apparatus and methods for heart valve repair Embodiments of a medical device and methods for percutaneously treating a heart valve. In one embodiment, the medical device has a first catheter body suitable for percutaneous advancement to a heart region, a support annulus disposed within the first catheter body,... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8057529 | Stent delivery system A stent delivery system for implantation of a stent in a vessel includes an outer tubular member having a restraining sheath and an inner tubular member having a distal end which has a compressed stent mounted thereto. The proximal end of the inner tubular member is... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057506 | Support frame for an embolic protection device An embolic protection device comprises a collapsible filter element for delivery through a vascular system of a patient. The filter element comprising a collapsible filter body and a filter support frame contacting the filter body. The collapsible filter body has an... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057504 | Embolic protection device An embolic protection device has a collapsible filter element (105) mounted on a carrier such as a guidewire (101). The filter element (105) collapses into the outer end of a catheter (118) for deployment and retrieval through a vascular ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057493 | Fixation devices, systems and methods for engaging tissue The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open s... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052746 | Balloon expandable stent The present invention relates to a balloon expandable stent mounted on a balloon catheter, the entire assembly being overcoated with a coherent polymer coating, which is preferably substantially continuous over the circumference and, more preferably, axial length of... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8038697 | Embolic protection device A collapsible filter element for a transcatheter embolic protection device, the filter element comprises a collapsible filter body of polymeric material which is movable between a collapsed stored position for movement through a vascular system and an expanded posit... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036878 | Device incorporating improved text input mechanism A device including a display screen for displaying m-words of data, a text entry device for entering data, a processor receiving data from the text entry device and causing it to be displayed on the display screen. Upon activation the processor initializes a precurs... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034098 | Valve annulus constriction apparatus and method An apparatus is described for supporting and/or constricting a surface of a valve annulus. The apparatus includes a tubular member of dimensions suitable for insertion into a body vessel. The tubular member includes at least two first segments attachable to an inter... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029530 | Guide wire with embolic filtering attachment A separate deliverable embolic protection device filter that attaches to a helical coil at a distal end of a conventional guide, for use in a blood vessel when an interventional procedure is being performed to capture any embolic material which may be created and re... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029518 | Methods and devices for capturing and fixing leaflets in valve repair The present invention provides methods and devices for grasping, and optional repositioning and fixation of the valve leaflets to treat cardiac valve regurgitation, particularly mitral valve regurgitation. Such grasping will typically be atraumatic providing a numbe... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8016854 | Variable thickness embolic filtering devices and methods of manufacturing the same A strut assembly to be used in conjunction with an embolic filtering device has varying strut thicknesses, with the thickness selected based at least in part on the flexing characteristics of the particular portion of the strut assembly. The strut assembly is formed... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8002790 | Support frame for an embolic protection device An embolic protection device comprises a collapsible filter body and a filter support for the filter body. The filter support comprises a support frame defined by at least two wire segments having terminations. The terminations of adjacent segments are fixed relativ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7998151 | Leaflet suturing The methods, devices, and systems are provided for performing endovascular repair of atrioventricular and other cardiac valves in the heart. Regurgitation of an atrioventricular valve, particularly a mitral valve, can be repaired by modifying a tissue structure sele... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993384 | Delivery system for medical devices The invention is directed to a delivery system for implantation a self-expanding medical device in a body which includes a control handle and a catheter portion. The catheter portion includes an outer restraining member which covers the collapsed, medical device, an... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7981152 | Vascular delivery system for accessing and delivering devices into coronary sinus and other vascular sites A method for placing a device into a target vasculature. The method comprises accessing the target vasculature with an access guide catheter to sub-select a proximal portion of the target vasculature. A rail catheter is tracked into the access guide catheter to plac... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7981139 | Suture anchors and methods of use The present invention provides apparatuses, systems, methods and kits for fastening sutures or similar devices used in medical surgical procedures. In particular, the present invention is suitable for use with percutaneous or minimally invasive procedures in which s... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7981123 | Surgical device for connecting soft tissue The invention comprises a surgical instrument including an external tube (2) and two elongated members (4) positioned in said tube (2), each of which includes a distal end (10a) for capturing one of the two tissue zones (M1,... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976648 | Heat treatment for cold worked nitinol to impart a shape setting capability without eventually developing stress-induced martensite Cold worked nickel-titanium alloys that have linear pseudoelastic behavior without a phase transformation or onset of stress-induced martensite as applied to a medical device having a strut formed body deployed from a sheath. In one application, an embolic protectio... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976574 | Delivery system with variable delivery rate for deploying a medical device A delivery system utilizes a handle assembly including an actuating mechanism capable of initially providing sufficient mechanical advantage to overcome static friction when initiating deployment of the medical device. The actuating mechanism includes components whi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976560 | Embolic filtering devices An expandable frame for an embolic filtering device used to capture embolic debris in a body vessel includes a first half frame having a first control arm connected to a second control arm by a partial loop and a second half frame having a first control arm connecte... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972356 | Flexible and conformable embolic filtering devices A self-expanding cage for use in conjunction with an embolic filtering device includes one or more circumferential members adapted to expand from an unexpanded position to a expanded position within the patient's body vessel. At least one proximal strut and at least... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972352 | Embolic protection system An embolic protection system having a guidewire for advancing through a vasculature; an embolic protection filter having a filter body with a distal end and a proximal end, the filter body providing for a collapsed configuration and an expanded deployed configuratio... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967837 | Catheter A delivery catheter 1 has a distal pod 2 for reception of an embolic protection filter 3. The filter 2 is moved from a retracted delivery configuration to an extended deployed configuration by a push wire 6 which has an engagement ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959999 | Hybrid stent and method of making A stent is formed by encasing or encapsulating metallic rings in an inner polymeric layer and an outer polymeric layer. At least one polymer link connects adjacent metallic rings. The stent is drug loaded with one or more therapeutic agent or drug, for example, to r... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959647 | Self furling umbrella frame for carotid filter A capture device for removal of clots and foreign bodies from vasculature or filtering of particulate from blood flow. The parachute-like capture device is connected to an elongate wire located within a longitudinally elongated tubular member. The invention provides... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959646 | Filter device for embolic protection systems A system for enabling the insertion and removal of an embolic protection device, for capturing and retaining embolic debris which may be created during the performance of a therapeutic interventional procedure in a stenosed or occluded region of a blood vessel. The ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7942928 | Valve aptation assist device An apparatus including a tether, and an aptation device coupled to the tether at a position corresponding to a location to contact cusps of an atrioventricular valve during systole, wherein the tether and aptation device are suitable for percutaneous delivery to a p... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938827 | Cardiac valve leaflet attachment device and methods thereof A medical device system comprising a guide catheter and a leaflet fastening applicator, the guide catheter having suitable dimensions for deployment and insertion percutaneously into a human heart in a vicinity of a heart valve, the leaflet fastening applicator havi... | 05/10/2011 |
