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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110082534 | Ultrasound-enhanced stenosis therapy Apparatus and methods are disclosed for vascular stenosis therapy, including enhancing permeability of the vessel wall using ultrasound energy and delivering a therapeutic agent into the arterial wall. Ultrasound energy may also be delivered using transcutaneous techniq... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110077528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUS HEMOGLOBIN REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENT AND OCT MEASUREMENT, THROMBUS DETECTION AND TREATMENT, AND OCT FLUSHING A method and apparatus for simultaneous hemoglobin reflectivity measurement and OCT measurement, thrombus detection and treatment, and OCT flushing. A first optical energy for OCT and a second optical energy for hemoglobin may be used.... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110071440 | INTERVENTIONAL CATHETERS INCORPORATING ASPIRATION AND/OR INFUSION SYSTEMS An interventional catheter assembly comprising a catheter for insertion and guidance to a target site in a body lumen or a cavity and an operating head mounted in proximity to a distal end of the catheter and comprising a system for removing obstructive material from th... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110022038 | Device for Treating Occlusions, and Method for Treating Occluded Vessels The present invention relates to devices and procedures for medical care and pertains in particular to medical devices and techniques for treatment of occlusions, particularly chronic total occlusions in vessels, particularly blood vessels of human or animal subjects.... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100256616 | RECANALIZING OCCLUDED VESSELS USING RADIOFREQUENCY ENERGY A method and systems for treating chronic total occlusions, particularly those that are difficult to treat, is disclosed. In this approach, recanalizing the CTO is achieved using a combined antegrade and retrograde approach. The proximal end of the occlusion is penetrat... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100191175 | Thrombolysis Catheter A thrombolysis catheter apparatus is disclosed comprising: (a) an elongated thrombolysis catheter portion comprising a plurality of independently controllable electroactive polymer actuators, which provide a curvature to the thrombolysis catheter based upon received con... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100152717 | ECCENTRIC BALLOON LASER CATHETER Various embodiments of an eccentric balloon catheter are disclosed. In some embodiments, an eccentric balloon catheter includes an eccentrically positioned guidewire tube, with an interior lumen, that extends at least a portion of the length of the catheter body. Optica... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100063488 | WIRE GUIDED THROMBECTOMY DEVICE A medical device for removing a thrombus from a blood vessel and a process thereof is presented. The device comprises an outer sheath with a plurality of lumens. A wire guide inserted through one of the lumens is used to place the device proximate to a thrombus. An opti... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100030201 | APPARATUS FOR SKIN TREATMENT A portable hair treatment device 1 includes a hand held portion or wand 2 containing a laser and associated optics for effecting skin treatment. The device includes a main base unit 3 including a recess shaped to receive the hand held unit 2 ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090292276 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE FOR AGENT DELIVERY AND REVASCULARIZING OF GRAFTS AND VESSELS A system and method for opening a lumen in an occluded blood vessel, e.g., a coronary bypass graft, of a living being. The system comprises an atherectomy catheter having a working head, e.g., a rotary impacting impeller, and a debris extraction sub-system. The atherect... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090270846 | CATHETER, EXAMINATION SYSTEM AND THROMBUS REMOVING DEVICE The position of a metal marker 5 relative to an optical fiber 6 is fixed, and the metal marker 5 can be moved up close to a target site such as a thrombus. It is preferable that the position, in an optical fiber longitudinal direction, of a front-en... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090254072 | Laser Catheter with an Adjustable Distal Tip for Increasing the Laser Target Zone A laser catheter having a compliant balloon and a plurality of optical fibers extending from a base to a tip of the catheter for plaque removal is disclosed. The laser catheter may include a distal flush lumen extending to the tip. The compliant balloon may extend along... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090240242 | Endoluminal Laser Ablation Device and Method for Treating Veins An improved method and device is provided for safe and efficient low power density endoluminal treatment of venous insufficiency. One such device emits pulsed or continuous energy radially through an optical fiber end with a conical shaped tip for 360° radial emission.... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090234441 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING DIALYSIS GRAFT INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA To prevent intimal hyperplasia within a dialysis graft, a flexible tube comprising the dialysis graft is coated interiorly before placement with an anticarcinogen or mitosis-inhibiting agent for preventing cell division. The graft can also be irradiated with light energ... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090227993 | SHAPED FIBER ENDS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME An optical fiber tip comprises a core and a recess formed in said core at a distal end of the optical fiber tip, said recess having a vertex within said core.... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090227992 | Shock-Wave Generating Device, Such as for the Treatment of Calcific Aortic Stenosis Disclosed is a method for removing deposits from an in vivo tissue, such as removing calcified plaque from a calcified aortic valve by removing the deposits with the help of shock waves produced by a light-source such as a laser in an aqueous liquid in proximity of the ... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090221995 | LASER-ASSISTED GUIDEWIRE HAVING A VARIABLE STIFFNESS SHAFT Embodiments of the present invention comprise a fiber optic guidewire having a hypotube with a plurality of openings that provide variable stiffness and tracking characteristics between at least one proximal segment and one distal segment of the guidewire. In some embod... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090221994 | Device and Method for Improved Vascular Laser Treatment An improved treatment set and an improved method for endovascular laser treatments are described. The treatment en set comprises an introducer sheath or tip and an optical waveguide for allowing the treatment set to be guided within a blood vessel. The introducer sheath... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090216125 | Reslution optical & ultrasound devices for imaging and treatment of body lumens A rotationally vibrating imaging catheter and method of utilization has an array of ultrasound or optical transducers and an actuator along with signal processing, display, and power subsystems. The actuator of the preferred embodiment is a solid-state nitinol actuator.... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090198221 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DIRECTIONAL DELIVERY OF LASER ENERGY In some embodiments, without limitation, the invention comprises a catheter having an elongated housing with a channel disposed therein. A laser delivery member is movable and at least partially disposed within the channel. A ramp is disposed within the housing at an an... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20080249515 | Interventional Devices and Methods For Laser Ablation Laser catheter systems include catheters, mandrels, guidewires, and fiber optics configured to reduce or remove occlusions in a lumen or vessel of a patient. Rotation or translation of a mandrel, a guidewire, or a catheter can induce relative rotational or translational... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080108867 | Devices and Methods for Ultrasonic Imaging and Ablation Devices (i.e., catheters and guidewires) for, and methods of, ultrasonic imaging and ablation. In one embodiment, a device includes: (1) a fiber-optic bundle configured to carry laser light for ultrasonic imaging, each fiber of the fiber-optic bundle having a ref... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20070208329 | Ablative treatment of atrial fibrillation via the coronary sinus Ablation instruments and techniques are disclosed for accessing portions of the heart wall via the coronary sinus. While shielding the major portion of the sinus and/or the circumflex coronary artery from ablative energy, the present invention provides access to the hea... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070191820 | Method of transluminal laser revascularization of cerebral blood vessels having atherosclerotic lesions A method of transluminal laser revascularization of cerebral blood vessels having atherosclerotic lesions by introducing into the affected lumen a microcatheter device composed of a plurality of coaxial microcatheters moveably inserted one into the other and guiding thr... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070129710 | Endovascular tissue removal device An endovascular tissue removal device including a lumen with a distal steerable tip portion extending from a joint portion, registration means for holding the joint portion fixed in place in the vasculature, and a source of ablation energy in communication with the lume... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070123846 | PREPARATION FOR ENDOVENOUS LASER ABLATION Improved devices and methods for removing blood from a blood vessel in preparation for endovenous laser ablation are described. The improved methods include one or more of: placing the patient in the Trendelenburg position, applying external compression around the vein,... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070106284 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RADIATION ENERGY TREATMENTS An apparatus and method to apply photo-stimulation, photo-dynamic therapy and/or ablation laser treatment to biological tissue. The apparatus includes a plurality of radiation energy sources, preferably laser beams. Additionally, the apparatus allows either a single wav... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070078451 | Treatment of atrial fibrillation by overlapping curvilinear lesions Ablation methods and instruments are disclosed for creating lesions in tissue, especially cardiac tissue for treatment of arrhythmias and the like. Percutaneous ablation instruments in the form of coaxial catheter bodies are disclosed having at least one central lumen t... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070049909 | Magnetically enabled optical ablation device A device for ablating material from a body lumen, the device including an elongate element having a longitudinal axis, the element having a proximal end, a distal end, and lumen therebetween; and means for delivering optical energy from the distal end of the elongate el... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20070038204 | Photoreactive system and methods for prophylactic treatment of atherosclerosis A method of manufacture and medical apparatus that provides an apparatus useful in illuminating at least a portion of a lumen of a body. The apparatus includes an elongated flexible member and a polymer encasement portion encasing a plurality of light emitters. The ligh... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20060241572 | Image-guided laser catheter A catheter and a console for a catheter. In one embodiment, the catheter includes: (1) a wall having a substantially annular cross-section and surrounding a bore, (2) a plurality of optical fibers associated with the wall and terminating at a distal end of the wall in e... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060142747 | Method of thermally treating blood vessels An endovascular laser treatment device preferably includes a catheter having a hub at its proximal end, an optical fiber for insertion into the catheter, a fiber connector attached to the optical fiber at a selected distance from the distal end of the optical fiber, and... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060122583 | Method and apparatus for performing myocardial revascularization Apparatus for forming a hole in a region of the heart muscle wall of a patient undergoing myocardial revascularization comprising: means for removing tissue from the region to form the hole; a light source that illuminates the region with light that generates photoacous... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060122587 | Apparatus for real time evaluation of tissue ablation An apparatus for the evaluation of tissue ablation is provided. The apparatus comprises a broadband (white; multiple wavelengths) light and/or laser light (single wavelength) illumination source that delivers light to the site where a lesion is being formed. Scattered l... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060122584 | Apparatus and method to treat heart disease using lasers to form microchannels Methods and devices for increasing revascularization in an ischemic heart and for reducing muscle mass or volume in congestive heart failure patients are described. The method includes using laser energy to create microchannels in the target tissue. The microchannels ar... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060084957 | Laser ablation method and apparatus having a feedback loop and control unit A laser ablation method and apparatus uses a laser device to generate a pulsed laser using a laser device and to project the pulsed laser onto an ablation target to be ablated. A probe is then used to measure an indicative property of the ablation target or of the pulse... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20050113908 | Method and apparatus for preventing dialysis graft intimal hyperplasia To prevent intimal hyperplasia within a dialysis graft, a flexible tube comprising the dialysis graft is coated interiorly before placement with an anticarcinogen or mitosis-inhibiting agent for preventing cell division. The graft can also be irradiated with light energ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050021013 | Photoacoustic removal of occlusions from blood vessels Partial or total occlusions of fluid passages within the human body are removed by positioning an array of optical fibers in the passage and directing treatment radiation pulses along the fibers, one at a time, to generate a shock wave and hydrodynamic flows that strike... | 01/27/2005 |
