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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120109277 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PENETRATING AND ENLARGING ADJACENT TISSUE LAYERS A catheter for penetrating and dilating a passage from a first body lumen to a second body lumen comprises a catheter body, a tapered dilating tip at a distal end of the catheter body, a reciprocatable needle carried in a central passage of the catheter body, a deployab... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083820 | EXPANDABLE DISTENSION DEVICE FOR HOLLOW ORGAN GROWTH An expandable mechanical distension device for hollow organ growth comprising a spring stent structure to elongate hollow organs by mechanical expansion. The device preferably expands radially to engage the internal walls of the hollow organ segment at a desired treatme... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083819 | External scaffolds for expanding strictures in tubular organs and their use External scaffolds for expanding a stricture in the lumen of a tubular structure or organ in a mammal are disclosed herein. A method for expanding a stricture in the lumen of a tubular structure or organ in a mammal using the above external scaffolds is also disclosed.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120071911 | SPHERICAL HELIX EMBOLIC COILS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS A method and device for occluding an aneurysm. The device may include a wire having a shape memory. The wire may define a coil. The wire may further define a first substantially spherical helix and a second substantially spherical helix nested within the first substanti... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071910 | TORQUE MECHANISM ACTUATED BIOABSORBABLE VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE Embodiments of the present disclosure include medical devices and methods including a medical device including: an elongate core element, and a generally tubular torsion element surrounding the core element and capable of transmitting torque along its length. The torsio... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053404 | Devices and Methods for Inserting a Sinus Dilator Devices that are adapted to insert a sinus dilator into a stenotic opening of a paranasal sinus in a subject patient using minimally invasive insertion procedures are provided. The devices and methods can be used to treat sinusitis and other nasal and/or sinus disorders... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120041465 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING GASTROINTESTINAL AND METABOLIC DISORDERS A device for treating gastrointestinal and metabolic disorders is described. The device includes a device body which is present in the GI tract tissue of a subject and functions in treating gastrointestinal and metabolic disorders such as obesity, diabetes and reflux di... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041464 | Three-Dimensional Complex Coil A complex coil and a fixture for forming same configured such that loops are formed having various configurations relative to each other. The configurations provide improved thrombus formation and reduced rotation or tumbling once implanted. The complex coil is formed o... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041463 | OBESITY TREATMENT A volume filling device for treatment of obesity is placed outside the stomach wall of the patient to reduce the inner volume of the stomach, thereby affecting the patient's appetite. By providing the volume filling device outside the stomach wall, contact with stomach ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035644 | Tissue Plug Tissue plugs for occlusion of hollow anatomical structures and methods for their use are provided.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029551 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING GERD An apparatus for the treatment of acid reflux disease comprising two or more movement restriction device segments adapted to be movement restriction device of a controlled size. The movement restriction device can at least partly be invaginated by a patients stomach fun... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029550 | OBESITY TREATMENT An apparatus for treating obesity comprises a volume filling device formed by at least two segments and is provided and following implantation, the device is placed resting against the stomach wall of the patient to reduce the inner volume of the stomach, thereby affect... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022570 | DILATION APPARATUS AND METHOD A surgical dilator and method of dilating an incision in a patient is disclosed. The surgical dilator includes a first dilation member having a distal end and a proximal end. The proximal end includes an aperture having a first retaining pin positioned therein that is e... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022569 | DEVICE FOR GRADUAL DILATION AND CURETTAGE The subject matter discloses an apparatus for gradually dilating the cervix, comprising an elongated body having sidewalls, at least a portion of said elongated body is located in the cervix and an enlargement mechanism located within the elongated body being in communi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016405 | Medical Device Balloons Containing Thermoplastic Elastomers A dilatation balloon, the dilatation balloon having a multilayer structure wherein the multilayer structure comprises a thermoplastic elastomer coextruded with a non-compliant structural polymer, the thermoplastic elastomer as an outer layer and the non-compliant struct... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010471 | OVER DILATION A device, system and method for dilating a patient during a minimally invasive surgical procedure is disclosed. A surgical dilation system includes a dilator having an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member sized to be movably received within an inside diamete... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110319924 | Gastric Space Occupier Systems And Methods Of Use Systems for controlling obesity utilize a number of space occupiers positioned in the stomach to reduce the effective volume of the stomach. Such arrangements provides sufficient stomach volume consumption to induce weight loss, but enable use of space occupiers that ar... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110319906 | REDUCING FLOW THROUGH A TUBULAR STRUCTURE In some embodiments, an apparatus, for reducing or stopping flow through a tubular structure of a patient, includes an elongate member arranged to form a frame having a distal and proximal opening and configured to be positioned within a lumen of the tubular structure. ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110319898 | Instruments and Methods for Non-Parallel Disc Space Preparation Flexible shavers and curved access ports that reduce access and trajectory problems associated with conventional lateral approaches to the lower spine. These devices and methods allow for preparing a disc space in the lower spine at an angle that is parallel to the disc... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313286 | SUBXYPHOID EPICARDIAL ABLATION Methods and devices described herein facilitate ablation patterns on the heart within a pericardial sac and without opening or deflating the lungs.... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110306997 | DEVICES FOR CREATING PASSAGES AND SENSING FOR BLOOD VESSELS Devices and methods are disclosed for creating passages in tissue and detecting blood vessels in and around the passages. The devices may be used to create channels for altering gaseous flow within a lung to improve the expiration cycle of an individual, particularly in... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307000 | PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER DIRECTED INTRAVASCULAR OCCLUSION DEVICES The present invention provides an improved vascular occlusion device having improved flexibility and retention of the type fabricated from braided tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated collapsed reduced diameter configuration for ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301631 | Systems and Methods for Performing Surgical Procedures and Assessments The present invention involves systems and related methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments, including the use of neurophysiology-based monitoring to: (a) determine nerve proximity and nerve direction to surgical instruments employed in accessing a sur... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301630 | OCCLUSION DEVICE An occlusion device having a frame including a plurality of radially expandable struts formed from a plurality of cuts through a tubular wall of a tube. The frame includes a first collar at a proximal end and a second collar disposed in between the proximal and distal e... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295298 | Method Of Producing A Medical Implantable Device And Medical Implantable Device A method for producing a connection between two components of a medical implant which preferably are composed of different materials which cannot be welded to one another is described. Furthermore, a medical implant which is produced according to the method is described... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295299 | GASTRIC VOLUME FILLING CONSTRUCT The technology described herein provides methods for addressing obesity by introducing a device into the stomach. Embodiments of a device for treating obesity may comprise a shaped membrane construct that contains a swellable material. The construct may be contained wit... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295057 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GASTRIC VOLUME REGULATION Devices and methods for modifying stomach volume include the formation of intragastric slots for wrapping one or more portions of the fundus therethrough with minimal interference with nerves and vasculature flow. Intragastric space occupying devices expand with environ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110282338 | APPARATUS FOR MANUALLY MANIPULATING HOLLOW ORGANS An apparatus for mechanically manipulating hollow organs within the body of a subject, or an organ manipulation apparatus, includes a manipulation section. The manipulation section may include a substantially two-dimensional element, which may have a width that exceeds ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282343 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF ARRHYTHMIAS AND OTHER MALADIES Devices and methods are described for treating maladies such as atrial fibrillation. The devices and methods, in some implementations, include two rings separated by a helical winding. The rings and at least one helical winding provide mechanical pressure against an adj... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275935 | Methods and Apparatus for Treating or Deterring Injuries to or Disorders of the Brain or Spinal Cord of a Subject Methods and apparatus for treating or deterring injuries to or disorders of the brain or spinal cord of a subject. A heat exchange catheter device is inserted into the subject's body and used to cause heating or cooling the subject's cerebrospinal fluid. In some embodim... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110274730 | BIOSURFACTANT COMPOSITION PRODUCED BY A NEW BACILLUS LICHENIFORMS STRAIN, USES AND PRODUCTS THEREOF New Bacillus licheniformis strain named V9T14 that produces a new biosurfactant composition that is effective against colonization and/or bio film formation from bacteria. The new biosurfactant composition can be used in combination with biocides for preventing f... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110251615 | SYSTEM FOR USE IN TREATMENT OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURES Methods and devices that displace bone or other hard tissue to create a cavity in the tissue. Where such methods and devices rely on a driving mechanism for providing moving of the device to form a profile that improves displacement of the tissue. These methods and devi... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110245858 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STABILIZING, STRAIGHTENING, EXPANDING AND/OR FLATTENING THE SIDE WALL OF A BODY LUMEN AND/OR BODY CAVITY SO AS TO PROVIDE INCREASED VISUALIZATION OF THE SAME AND/OR INCREASED ACCESS TO THE SAME, AND/OR FOR STABILIZING INSTRUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE SAME The present invention comprises the provision and use of a novel endoscopic device which is capable of stabilizing, straightening, expanding and/or flattening the side wall of a body lumen and/or body cavity so as to better present the side wall tissue for examination a... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110245800 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TRANSEPTAL ATRIAL PUNCTURE USING AN ENGAGEMENT CATHETER PLATFORM Multichannel systems for engaging a bodily tissue and methods of using the same. In at least one embodiment of an exemplary multichannel system for engaging a tissue of the present disclosure, the system comprises an engagement catheter comprising a proximal end, a dist... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110245751 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PERCUTANEOUS AND SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS Methods and devices for performing percutaneous and surgical interventions. The devices comprising a tubular portion and retractable mechanism at the distal end of the tubular portion. The retractable mechanism prevents the device from pulling out of an anatomical struc... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110238105 | VIVO INFLATABLE STRUCTURES, FOR EXAMPLE TO EXPAND STENTS Multi-balloon catheter structures that are able to move with respect to one another may provide superior compliance in tortuous passages to, for example, perform angioplasty and/or expand stents. Two or more balloons may be inflated to equal pressures. A length of the b... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110230907 | ARTERIAL TAMPONADE DEVICE AND METHOD An arterial tamponade device is expandable between a collapsed condition and an expanded position and has opposite ends, with an enlarged pad at one or both ends. The device is inserted into a body cavity in its collapsed condition and is released at a predetermined loc... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110224714 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR THE SURGICAL CREATION OF SATIETY AND BIOFEEDBACK PATHWAYS Disclosed are devices and systems which to sense parameters related to the mechanical forces imposed on devices implanted in the stomach. The parameters of the system are further translated into patient feedback systems to create satiety inducing pathways in the stomach... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110213399 | PASSAGE EXPANSION DEVICE FOR PATIENTS A method for opening a portion of a passageway of a patient is disclosed. The patient has a first metallic structure attached to a portion of the patient's neck. The method includes obtaining a second magnetic structure, placing the second magnetic structure proximate t... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110213400 | Process for Generating Microwalled Encapsulation Balloons A method and product thereby for generating a biocompatible balloon, comprising, in combination: compressing with a first die at least two porous membranes enclosed by a releasing agent between the first die and each of the at least porous membranes, wherein the releasi... | 09/01/2011 |
