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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7166125 | Intraluminal grafting system An intraluminal grafting system having a delivery catheter comprising a flexible elongate tubular member having proximal and distal extremities and a capsule mounted on the distal extremity of the tubular member and including a graft disposed within the capsule. The... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7122051 | Universal length sizing and dock for modular bifurcated endovascular graft A bifurcated graft having a trunk portion and two limb portions, each defined by a docking end and a non-docking end, that is assembled in-situ. The trunk and limb portions are supported by a combination of full and partial stent structures that are connected by lon... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118592 | Covered stent assembly for reduced-shortening during stent expansion A polymeric material such as polyurethane, PET, or ePTFE is used to cover an intravascular stent. The cover material has an overlapping portion which is slidable upon itself so that when the stent is expanded, the cover material does not contribute to stent foreshor... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104520 | Needle free medical connector with expanded valve mechanism and method of fluid flow control A needle free medical connector includes a housing with a first port and a second port. The connector also includes a piston element defining a fluid passageway between the first and second ports. The piston element is movable between flow and non-flow positions. Th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7070608 | Vasoocclusive coil The vasoocclusive coil has a primary coil configuration with a helical loop at at least one end. The terminal helical loop can have a J-shaped configuration, preferably with a loop diameter of about 2 mm. The coil is preferably provided with helical loops at both en... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7045199 | Drawable and writable photo album A photo album is provided having an ink-receptive coating on a surface of the photo album. A user may write text or draw pictures on the surface with an ink pen, such as with a gel-based ink pen. The ink-receptive coating protects the ink from smudging or smearing a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037287 | Adjustable ergonomic knee brace A knee brace is provided with push button actuatable stops, wherein the stops are biased outward into angular locking positions and inwardly directed pressure on the push buttons releases the stops and permits angular adjustment of the stops. A pair of catch plates ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033373 | Method and device for use in minimally invasive placement of space-occupying intragastric devices A space occupying device for deployment within a patient's stomach and methods of deploying and removing the device. The device includes an expandable member and fasteners, such as sutures, that extend to least partially through the patient's stomach wall, and that ... | 04/25/2006 |
| D518764 | Vehicle wheel | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022063 | Cardiac harness A cardiac harness for treating or preventing congestive heart failure is configured to be placed about at least a portion of a patient's heart so as to apply a mild compressive force on the heart. In one embodiment, the cardiac harness is configured so that the vari... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018351 | Comfortable orthopaedic support and the method of making the same An ankle support (100) is constructed using a molded pad (110) and a rigid shell (112). The pad (110) and the shell (112) may be sealed together to form a bladder-pad cushion for comfort. The internal structure of the pad (110 | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016171 | Current fault detector and circuit interrupter and packaging thereof A power controller is positioned within a current path between the line side and the load side of an electrical circuit. The power controller closes the current path in the presence of a control supply and opens the current path in the absence of the control supply.... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014626 | Dual-lumen peel-away sheath introducer A system and method for introducing medical devices within vasculature that incorporates a dual lumen introducer allowing a plurality of guidewires to be introduced without entanglement. The introducer further includes slits formed in the dual lumen introducer and a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013208 | Sliding integral proportional (SIP) controller for aircraft skid control The sliding, integral, and proportional controller for providing aircraft antiskid braking control includes a reference velocity subsystem, a velocity error ratio subsystem, and a main controller subsystem generating a control command output signal indicative of a c... | 03/14/2006 |
| D516985 | Vehicle wheel | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008434 | Clot retrieval device The shape memory clot retrieval device can be placed in the vasculature of a patient for retrieving and removing distal clots. The clot retrieval device has an elongated catheter member that can be inserted in the vasculature, with one or more clot retrieval members... | 03/07/2006 |
| D515724 | Outdoor lantern with seedy glass | 02/21/2006 |
| D515725 | Curve sided lamp fixture | 02/21/2006 |
| D515001 | Vehicle wheel | 02/14/2006 |
| D515002 | Vehicle wheel | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997942 | Disposable cassette for intravascular heat exchange catheter A heat exchange fluid supply system for supplying a heat exchange fluid to an intravascular heat exchange catheter includes a disposable cassette having a bulkhead and an external heat exchanger, and which is configured to operate in combination with a reusable mast... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994715 | Intra-gastric fastening devices Intra-gastric fastening devices are disclosed herein. Expandable devices that are inserted into the stomach of the patient are maintained within by anchoring or otherwise fixing the expandable devices to the stomach walls. Such expandable devices, like inflatable ba... | 02/07/2006 |
| D514049 | Vehicle wheel | 01/31/2006 |
| 6990906 | Electrical power storage and delivery using magnetic levitation technology One or more magnetic levitation vehicles are provided to transport a storage mass over a magnetic levitation guideway extending between an elevated upper end and a lower end at a lower elevation, and including a plurality of magnetic propulsion windings. Movement of... | 01/31/2006 |
| D514248 | Light fixture frame | 01/31/2006 |
| 6987267 | Lens blind feature for motion detector A light fixture has motion detection circuitry enclosed within a motion detector housing. The motion detector housing contains at least one thermal detector such as a passive infrared sensor, the sensor having a detection angle. At least one adjustable blind is hous... | 01/17/2006 |
| D513619 | Compressor apparatus | 01/17/2006 |
| 6984207 | Passive physiological monitoring (P2M) system Passive Physiological monitoring apparatus and method have a sensor for sensing physiological phenomenon. A converter converts sensed data into electrical signals and a computer receives and computes the signals, and outputs computed data for real-time interactive d... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984244 | Delivery system for endoluminal implant The present invention embodies delivery systems and methods for delivering modular endovascular graft devices that allow one portion of the repair device to be deployed while maintaining control of the other portions. The delivery systems are simpler to use, easier ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6981623 | Mechanism for engaging portable equipment against a belt clip There is provided an engaging mechanism of a system in which the flange-like protrusion at the portable equipment is engaged with or locked to an engaging part at a belt clip, wherein both fitting and removing for the portable equipment are simplified. The system su... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981972 | Apparatus for treating venous insufficiency using directionally applied energy A catheter introduces electrodes in a vein for a minimally invasive treatment of venous insufficiency by the application of energy to cause selective heating of the vein. The catheter is positioned within the vein to be treated, and the electrodes on the catheter ar... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981978 | Methods and devices for maintaining a space occupying device in a relatively fixed location within a stomach Methods and devices for maintaining a space-occupying device in a fixed relationship relative to a patient's stomach by manipulation of the stomach. In one variation, two or more regions of the stomach wall are brought into appromixation with one another and secured... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981510 | Erectable shelter with collapsible central roof support The erectable, collapsible shelter has a canopy with at least three sides and three corners, a leg assembly, and a perimeter truss linkage assembly having a plurality of perimeter truss pairs of link members connected to the leg assembly. The legs preferably have te... | 01/03/2006 |
| D513338 | Outdoor lantern with hand-painted shade | 12/27/2005 |
| D513226 | Truck tonneau | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979349 | Universal stent link design The present invention provides an improved stent design for repairing a vessel. The stent design incorporates crimpable, short non linear links which are flexible in three dimensions and which include flexible arms. The ability to accommodate both small deformations... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979346 | System and method for improved stent retention An implantable medical device, such as a stent, having roughened areas on an inner surface of the device for enhancing frictional contact between the medical device and a delivery system, such as a balloon catheter to secure the medical device to the delivery system... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979342 | Catheter with a polyimide distal tip A catheter having an elongated shaft which has a multilayered distal tip with a first layer formed of a polyimide first material and a second layer formed of a polymeric second material. In one embodiment the multilayered distal tip is a separate member, distal to t... | 12/27/2005 |
| D513337 | Outdoor lantern having a hand-painted tinted shade | 12/27/2005 |
| D513057 | Fish lure | 12/20/2005 |
