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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110263977 | CATHETER WITH ASSOCIATED EXTENSION LUMEN An intra-luminal device for the extraction of occlusive or partially occlusive material is disclosed. Said device comprises a novel catheter extension which minimizes cavitation of extracted fluids and also allows the better navigation of tortuous lumens or vasculature.... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110184282 | SELF-DEPLOYING VASCULAR OCCLUSION DEVICE The present invention provides a cardiac vascular occlusion system which includes inner and outer guide catheters and an occluding member disposed on the inner catheter. The occluding member may be deployed from a compressed to an expanded position to limit retrograde b... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110046455 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR EXAMINING A PARTICULAR TISSUE VOLUME IN A BODY, AND A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR SEGMENTING THE PARTICULAR TISSUE VOLUME A tip of an elongate device is navigated into a particular tissue volume in order to examine the particular tissue volume in a body and part of the tissue volume is analyzed in real-time by way of a biosensor. In at least one embodiment, in the process, either the biose... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20100256487 | MICRO CENTRAL LINE VASCULAR ACCESS CATHETER AND METHOD OF USE A vascular access catheter having a catheter shaft configured for insertion into a vein of a patient. The catheter has an exterior surface, which has a plurality of openings defined in the distal end portion of the catheter shaft, and can have respective first and secon... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100226903 | METHOD OF DELIVERING CELL THERAPY TO A TARGET SITE A method of delivering therapy to a target site. The method includes (a) obtaining a base image of the target site, (b) injecting a dose of a mix of a therapeutic agent and a contrast agent into a first injection location at the target site via a needle passing through ... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100076308 | CATHETER SYSTEM A robotic catheter system is provided. The catheter system includes a housing, and the housing has a sidewall and a longitudinal axis. The catheter system includes a recess formed in the sidewall of the housing and a drive mechanism supported by the housing. The drive m... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100076310 | CATHETER SYSTEM A catheter system including a housing and a first drive mechanism supported by the housing configured to impart movement to a first catheter device is provided. The first drive mechanism is moveable between an engaged position in which the first drive mechanism engages ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100076309 | CATHETER SYSTEM A catheter system including a housing and a drive mechanism supported by the housing is provided. The drive mechanism includes an engagement structure configured to engage and to impart movement to a catheter device. The engagement structure defines a path for the cathe... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100056910 | Guidewire catheter A guidewire catheter includes: a sheath for passing a guidewire therethrough; an operation section connected to an end of the sheath and having a through-hole for passing the guidewire therethrough; a guidewire adapter connected to the operation section and capable of f... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090204083 | Method and Apparatus for Treating Stenoses at Bifurcated Regions A bifurcated catheter includes a first catheter branch having a first distal portion and a second catheter branch having a second distal portion. The first and second distal portions are linked together for delivery to the bifurcated region. Upon delivery to the bifurca... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090124899 | Methods and devices for crossing chronic total occlusions The present disclosure is directed to a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method may include providing an intravascular device having a distal portion and a longitudinal axis and inserting... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090076416 | Guidewire with Adjustable Core A movable-core guidewire including a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion includes a proximal hollow tube. The distal portion includes a coil coupled to the proximal hollow tube and an elastomeric distal tube disposed within the coil. A core wire ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090048577 | Multi-Port Catheter System with Medium Control and Measurement Systems for Therapy and Diagnosis Delivery A series of embodiments of multi-lumen, multisegmented (or variable diameter) catheters and associated multi-channel flow control and measurement systems and methods for simultaneous delivery of a medium to a plurality of locations is described. The need for precise, st... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20080294174 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERICARDIAL ACCESS An access tube has a central passage and at least one lumen extending axially between the central passage and an outside wall of the access tube. The lumen carries therein a piercing member for accessing an anatomic space, such as a pericardial space between the parieta... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080255447 | DIAGNOSTIC CATHETER A diagnostic catheter having both a guidewire lumen and at least one contrast lumen is disclosed. In one embodiment, the contrast lumens allow the user to deliver contrast to a target area within the patient without removing the guidewire. Preferably, a plurality of con... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080234576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO TRACK MOVEMENT OF A TOOL IN PERCUTANEOUS REPLACEMENT OF A HEART VALVE A system and method to track movement of a tool in percutaneous replacement of a heart valve of a subject is provided. The system includes an imaging system, a navigation system operable to track movement of the tool through the patient and to illustrate a representatio... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080071170 | Fluoroscopy-Free Guidewire Systems and Methods A system (10) includes electromagnetic indicator coils (30) included in surgical devices, examples of surgical devices (20) including guidewires; surgical instruments including dilators, stents, catheters, jejunostomy tubes, and endoscopes; and indi... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080021315 | APPARATUS AND CONSTRUCTION FOR INTRAVASCULAR DEVICE An intravascular device includes alternating conductive and dielectric layers and an electrically conductive coil in a configuration that effects an impedance-matching circuit. Another embodiment of an intravascular device has cylindrical inner and outer walls formed of... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070265551 | Method for delivering a catheter to a target in the brain of a patient and guide wire for a microcatheter for insertion in the brain of a patient The movement of catheters and guide wires for catheters with the aid of magnets is known from the field of cardiology. Conventional magnets are, as a result of their size, not suited to being inserted into the brain of patient, because the vessels there are smaller than... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070135713 | Catheter system and method for fine navigation in a vascular system The invention relates to a catheter system comprising a first, outer catheter (1) and a second catheter element contained in it, which can particularly be a guide wire (2). A respective active localizer (4, 5) is placed on the first and on the secon... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070100235 | Steerable catheter devices and methods of articulating catheter devices Steerable catheter devices are provided having a proximal first end portion, an elongate intermediate portion, and a distal flexible second end portion defining a longitudinal axis, and at least one channel having a proximal opening and terminating at an occluded distal... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070032722 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANT CIRCUIT SLEEVE FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A medical device enables effective magnetic resonance imaging inside a lumen of a medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on a substrate. The conductive traces form an inductive-capacitance circuit or a resistive-inductive-cap... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20070021667 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANT CIRCUIT SLEEVE FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A medical device enables effective magnetic resonance imaging inside a lumen of a medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on a substrate. The conductive traces form an inductive-capacitance circuit or a resistive-inductive-cap... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20070010735 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANT CIRCUIT SLEEVE FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A medical device enables effective magnetic resonance imaging inside a lumen of a medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on a substrate. The conductive traces form an inductive-capacitance circuit or a resistive-inductive-cap... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20070010741 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANT CIRCUIT SLEEVE FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A medical device enables effective magnetic resonance imaging inside a lumen of a medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on a substrate. The conductive traces form an inductive-capacitance circuit or a resistive-inductive-cap... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20070010740 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANT CIRCUIT SLEEVE FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A medical device enables effective magnetic resonance imaging inside a lumen of a medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on a substrate. The conductive traces form an inductive-capacitance circuit or a resistive-inductive-cap... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20070010739 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANT CIRCUIT SLEEVE FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A medical device enables effective magnetic resonance imaging inside a lumen of a medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on a substrate. The conductive traces form an inductive-capacitance circuit or a resistive-inductive-cap... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20070010736 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANT CIRCUIT SLEEVE FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A medical device enables effective magnetic resonance imaging inside a lumen of a medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on a substrate. The conductive traces form an inductive-capacitance circuit or a resistive-inductive-cap... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20070010734 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANT CIRCUIT SLEEVE FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A medical device enables effective magnetic resonance imaging inside a lumen of a medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on a substrate. The conductive traces form an inductive-capacitance circuit or a resistive-inductive-cap... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20060264745 | Optical biopsy system with single use needle probe A single use needle-like probe contains optical fibers to deliver and collect light at the distal tip of the needle-like probe. The single use needle-like probe may connect to a handpiece that may contain sensors to monitor how the probe is being used. Sensors within th... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060253049 | Method for introducer replacement The invention provides a method for replacing a first introducer, whose distal end is inside a vessel and whose proximal end is outside the skin of a patient, with a second introducer. The method comprises the steps of inserting a guide rod into the first introducer, re... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060247521 | Automated activation/deactivation of imaging device based on tracked medical device position Methods and systems for controlling an imaging procedure are provided. A medical device is introduced within a patient, and a position (e.g., location and/or orientation) of the medical device is detected within the patient relative to a reference position (e.g., a prev... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060247523 | Guide wire insertion and re-insertion tools and methods of use An insertion tool for use in inserting a guide wire into a guide wire lumen of a catheter for use in a lumen of an endoscope. The insertion tool includes a main body having a main lumen and a funnel-shaped extension connected to and disposed atop the main body. The funn... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060247522 | Magnetic navigation systems with dynamic mechanically manipulatable catheters Systems and methods are provided for magnetically and mechanically navigating catheters. The system comprises a catheter that includes an elongated flexible catheter body having a distal end configured to be mechanically actuated to assume a non-compliant curved geometr... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060247520 | Automated manipulation of imaging device field of view based on tracked medical device position Methods and systems for navigating medical devices are provided. A patient is imaged while a medical device is moved within the patient. A position (e.g., a location and/or orientation) of the moving medical device is detected within a coordinate system (e.g., a three-d... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060241419 | Guide wire A guide wire includes a core member having at least one projection projecting relative to the axis. A guide wire includes a coil having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion covering at least a distal end portion of the core member. The coil is fixed to the pr... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060241420 | Guide wire navigation A system and method for identifying the position of the distal end of a bone guide wire is provided. A position and orientation of the proximal end of the guide wire is identified with the aid of a medical, optical tracking and navigation system and a reference device o... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060241421 | Method for providing measuring data for the precise local positioning of a catheter A method for providing measuring data for the precise local positioning of an ablation catheter comprises the recording of electrophysiological potential curves in a plurality of positions of the ablation catheter with regard to a potential measurement on a reference ca... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060235299 | Apparatus and method for intravascular imaging A method and apparatus for intravascular imaging utilizes a rotating magnetic field generated outside of the patient's body to cause a substantially synchronous rotation of an ultrasonic signal inside the patient's body. ... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060184017 | Method and arrangement for x-ray examination In order during an x-ray examination, despite a variable foreign magnetic field at the location of an x-ray tube to still enable x-ray images with image sections giving the same coverage to be generated, there is provision in accordance with the invention to compensate ... | 08/17/2006 |
