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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8439964 | Stent with web-inducing nodes for increased surface area A medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent is described comprising a stent comprising a sidewall and a plurality of struts, wherein at least one strut or strut portion comprises at least one node, wherein the expansion of the stent creates at least one web ... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8438895 | Apparatuses for crimping and loading of intraluminal medical devices Crimping apparatuses for reducing the diameter of an intraluminal medical device from a first diameter to a second diameter prior to loading the medical device into a catheter delivery system and loading apparatuses for introducing the medical device into a catheter... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8435285 | Composite stent with inner and outer stent elements and method of using the same An endoprosthesis comprising a stent, a cover fully covering the stent wherein the cover has variable porosity in the radial direction; and an adhesion layer connecting the stent to the cover. Another aspect of the invention is a method of implanting an endoprosthes... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8435284 | Telescoping bifurcated stent A bifurcated stent that uses telescoping rings to support or form the side branch lumen. This design allows the bifurcation branch to extend easily, to a useful distance, and to be deployed along oblique angles. Best of all, this design avoids the need to deploy a b... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8435283 | Anti-migration features and geometry for a shape memory polymer stent A radially-expandable stent for implantation in a bodily passageway, being expandable from an initial unexpanded state to an expanded state, having an outer surface with a geometric pattern covering said outer surface to minimize migration after implantation is prov... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8435280 | Flexible stent with variable width elements Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, are disclosed. In some embodiments, an endoprosthesis includes a circumferentially-oriented band including two curved portions and a first portion connecting the two curved portions, the first portion having a first width and... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8430924 | Stent configurations The invention is directed to an expandable stent which is longitudinally flexible in both the unexpanded and expanded conditions. The stent includes spiral structures which at least partially unwind upon expansion of the stent to limit stent recoil. Regions of low s... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8430110 | Double-seat valve having a seat-cleaning function, and method for cleaning said double-seat valve having a seat-cleaning function A double-seat valve having a seat-cleaning function, wherein the double-seat valve opens downward, and the two closing elements can be moved independently of each other by a partial lift in each case gap-wide into a seat cleaning position for the purpose of cleaning... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8425590 | Stent with protruding branch portion for bifurcated vessels The present invention is directed to a stent for use in a bifurcated body lumen having a main branch and a side branch. The stent comprises a radially expandable generally tubular stent body having proximal and distal opposing ends with a body wall having a surface ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8425064 | Escape path marking for an aircraft Escape path marking for an aircraft having a plurality of photoluminescent elements glow in the dark and of which each has a carrier element that is provided for attaching to a subsurface, characterized in that the carrier element has connecting edges on one or both... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8424649 | Bearing assembly for lift chain rollers in a multiple lift mast for high-lift fork trucks A bearing assembly for lift chain rollers in a multiple lift mast for high-lift fork trucks which mast has a fixed mast, a middle mast, and an inner telescoping mast, each of which has two parallel-distanced mast profiles, wherein at an upper end of each the mast pr... | 04/23/2013 |
| D680053 | High speed marine vessel | 04/16/2013 |
| D679948 | Beverage container | 04/16/2013 |
| 8414641 | Valve with delayed leaflet deployment A valve for use in a body lumen, where the valve includes a valve leaflet with delayed leaflet deployment relative an in vivo implant time. The valve includes a valve frame, a valve leaflet coupled to the valve frame. The valve leaflet includes a commissure that can... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8414639 | Closed-cell flexible stent hybrid A stent has a first stent body and a second stent body. The first stent body is a rolled stent having a first end and a second end and the second stent body is a tubular stent. The stent has a deployed state, the stent being within a body lumen in the deployed state... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8414637 | Stent A stent having a transitional section positioned between a middle section with different struts lengths and circumferentially non-aligned peaks, and a symmetrical section that has equal strut lengths and circumferentially aligned peaks. ... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8414632 | Adjustable catheter tip A catheter tip has an outer surface section, an inner surface section, a spatial configuration and at least one segment of electroactive polymer. The inner surface section defines a guide wire lumen. The electroactive polymer has an actuated state and a non-actuated... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8413469 | Cut protection glove A cut protection glove, made of a textile material having a cut resistant fibre, characterized in that the textile material has a bamboo fibre. ... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8409270 | Radiopaque compositions, stents and methods of preparation The invention relates to an implantable radiopaque stent adapted to be disposed in a body lumen. In one aspect of the invention, a plurality of elongate filaments including one or more radiopaque filaments are arranged to form a hollow tubular structure having a tub... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8409049 | Gearbox for a wind energy plant A gearbox for a wind energy plant, with a satellite carrier, which is connected to a rotor shaft or a rotor hub at its input side and which is mounted via a bearing arranged in a gearbox housing, wherein the bearing is arranged in the gearbox housing at the output s... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8404165 | Catheter distal tip design and method of making A catheter comprises a catheter shaft having a distal tip, the distal tip having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having a rounded profile. The catheter may be made by rounding the inner surface of the distal tip. ... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8403158 | Feeding bottle A feeding bottle comprising a bottle, which has an opening and an external thread surrounding the opening, a teat, which has a nipple carrier with a fastening edge and, on the nipple carrier, a teat nipple with a d... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8398695 | Side branch stenting system using a main vessel constraining side branch access balloon and side branching stent A side branch stenting system using a catheter/stent assembly having a balloon with adjacent globular and cylindrical portions and a stent mounted thereon over the cylindrical portion The stent has finger-like projections mounted over portion of the globular portion... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8397026 | Partition access control system and method for controlling partition access An access control system (10) is disclosed for controlling access to data stored on at least one data storage medium (14) of a computing system. The access control system (10) comprises authentication means (25) to authenticate users perm... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8393744 | Escape route marking for an airplane An escape route marking for a passenger cabin in an airplane, with a plurality of longitudinal segments which are sequentially arranged along the escape route that is to be marked, wherein each segment has a support module and a light module that is arranged on the ... | 03/12/2013 |
| D677525 | Aerator | 03/12/2013 |
| 8388676 | Disintegrating stent and method of making same A temporary stent endoprosthesis that does not require an interventional procedure for removal. The disintegrating stent is preferably made from a bioabsorbable polymer, such as by braiding polymer monofilaments into a tubular mesh shape, and the polymer has fractur... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8387849 | Fastener deployment system and method This document discloses, among other things, a long reach, side ejecting fastener placement apparatus suitable for use in nasal septal surgery. A first linear member carries a fastener body and a second linear member delivers a fastener retainer or provides support ... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8386085 | Method for the operation of a wind turbine, and wind turbine for carrying out this method A method of operating a wind turbine, comprising the steps of measuring a meteorological value and using the measured meteorological value to preset a desired value for the turbine operation, to select an operation condition and/or to determine a boundary condition ... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8382709 | Designs for balloon welds A catheter assembly comprising a first polymer, a second polymer and a first weld region. The first polymer forms a balloon having a first waist. The second polymer forms a catheter shaft. The first waist is positioned about a portion of the catheter shaft thereby f... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8377396 | Gripping tool, dosage tool and tool support for an automatic laboratory machine Gripping tool for automatic laboratory machines, with gripping appliances for gripping vessels, an appliance for converting and/or transferring of movements, the power take-off of which is coupled with the gripping appliances in order to drive them, a coupling appli... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8377109 | Rolling membrane stent delivery system A medical device delivery system, having a rolling retractable sheath covering a medical device mounting region on the system is disclosed. The rolling retractable sheath comprises an inner wall and an outer wall and may be formed of one or more materials, optionall... | 02/19/2013 |
| D676320 | Fluid dispenser | 02/19/2013 |
| 8357177 | Balloon cones and waists thinning methodology Medical balloons and balloon preforms are made by methods which include the step of selectively removing material from the proximal and/or distal ends of a segment. In the case of a thermoplastic material characterized by one or more glass transition temperatures, t... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8354849 | Method and device for humidity and/or density measurement A method for the measurement of humidity and/or density in a measurement target. The phase and the amplitude of the microwave radiation transmitted through the measurement target is determined for a number of frequencies. The complex-valued transmission function of ... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8349474 | Hob cutter with a coating and method for coating hob cutter The invention relates to a hob cutter tool with a coating, wherein the coating is produced by a physical vapor deposition method, in which in a coating chamber in an atmosphere containing nitrogen, an arc discharge is generated in each case between at least one anod... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8349450 | Thermal spray powder, method for forming thermal spray coating, and plasma resistant member A thermal spray powder contains granulated and sintered particles composed of an oxide of any of the rare earth elements having an atomic number from 60 to 70. The average particle size of the primary particles constituting the granulated and sintered particles is 2... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8349237 | High pressure balloon Composite fiber reinforced balloons for medical devices are prepared by applying a web of fibers to the exterior of a preformed underlayer balloon, encasing the web with a matrix material to form an assembly, and inserting the assembly into a preformed outer layer b... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8348993 | Flexible stent design Stents having a plurality of serpentine bands including a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a middle portion therebetween are herein disclosed. Each of the bands includes peaks and valleys. Serpentine bands of the proximal end portion are connected tog... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8348617 | Method for the emergency braking of a wind power plant and a wind power plant with a rotor blade pitch control for emergency braking Method for the emergency braking of a wind power plant, in which at least one rotor blade of the wind power plant is adjusted into its feathering position, wherein a first phase, in which the at least one rotor blade is adjusted with a first speed, and a second phas... | 01/08/2013 |
