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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120035711 | ENHANCING PERFUSION BY CONTRACTION Apparatus and methods are described including a mechanical support element that is placed inside a first vein of a subject. At least one electrode disposed on the mechanical support element is placed inside the first vein, in a vicinity of a site upstream of a bifurcati... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110288633 | STENT WITH DUAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE A intraluminal stent comprises a reticulated tube having an un-deployed diameter and expandable to an enlarged diameter. The tube includes a structural beam extending between first and second ends. The structural beam changes from a first geometry to a second geometry w... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288625 | Vessel Support Device and Methods for Supporting a Vessel The present invention is directed to a vessel support member having opposing ends adapted to move in a circumferential plane, the support member configured for deployment in a substantially radial direction to support a substantial portion of the circumference of a vess... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110257728 | Catheter-Based Annuloplasty System and Method A catheter-based annuloplasty system for use in repairing a heart valve having leaflets and a valve annulus, includes a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, and an expandable stent disposed on the distal end of the catheter. An adjustable annuloplas... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110046719 | Luminal Endoprosthesis For the Occlusion of an Aneurysm and Method of Manufacturing Such an Endoprosthesis A luminal endoprosthesis for treating aneurysms, particularly aneurysms located at an arterial bifurcation. One feature of the endoprosthesis is a tubular armature that can expand radially from a compressed state to an expanded state. A further feature of the endoprosth... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046720 | Apparatus and Method for Creating Arteriovenous Fistulas Apparatus (20) is provided for creating a connection between a first body lumen (114) of a subject and a second body lumen (116) of the subject. The apparatus (20) includes a first engagement portion (102) configured to engage a wall o... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110004294 | FATIGUE-RESISTANT STENT A fatigue-resistant implantable medical device. The fatigue-resistant implantable medical device includes a tubular stent. The tubular stent can have a laser-cut length and a shape-set length that is either longer or shorter than the laser-cut length. Such stents will t... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100324652 | Sealing Device and Delivery System The invention relates to a sealing device for repair of cardiac and vascular defects or tissue opening such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or shunt in the heart, the vascular system, etc. and particularly provides an occluder device and trans-catheter occluder delivery... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100318175 | VASCULAR GRAFT PROSTHESIS WITH SELECTIVE FLOW REDUCTION A vascular graft prosthesis comprising a tubular member having a luminal wall defining a lumen and an inner luminal diameter; and means for non-invasively constricting at least a portion of the luminal wall to reduce the inner luminal diameter and reduce a volumetric fl... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100280594 | Antithrombotic Neurovascular Device Containing a Glycoprotein IIB/IIIA Receptor Inhibitor for The Treatment of Brain Aneurysms and/or Acute Ischemic Stroke, and Methods Related Thereto Disclosed is an antithrombotic neurovascular device useful for the treatment of brain aneurysms and/or acute ischemic stroke. The device comprises a mechanical structure, which may be a stent, stent-like structure, or flow diverter, and a drug-eluting coating. This devi... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100268327 | Mobile External Coupling for Branch Vessel Connection An endovascular prosthesis includes a tubular body and a mobile external coupling. The tubular body includes a graft material and stents coupled thereto, a forms a lumen therethrough. The mobile external coupling extends outwardly from the tubular body. The mobile exter... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100268319 | Mobile External Coupling for Branch Vessel Connection An endovascular prosthesis includes a tubular body and a flexible springy mobile external coupling. The tubular body includes a graft material and stents coupled thereto with a forms a lumen therethrough. The mobile external coupling extends outwardly from the tubular b... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100234937 | Recoverable Valve Stent A recoverable, safe and reliable valve stent for unidirectional flow of human lumen which can be implanted temporarily or for a long term and is used in the interventional therapy so as to obstruct from anisotropic flow, in the case of lung diseases. It comprises a cyli... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100228340 | STENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A STENT A method for determining the position of a stent within a body, comprising the steps of: providing a 3D dataset of voxels representing a 3D image containing the stent;
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| 20100211163 | COLLAPSIBLE STENT A stent suitable for the repair of lesions in bifurcated blood vessels is provided, having a deformable end portion such that a free end of the end portion can be aligned with the surface of an abutting stent or angioplasty balloon in a main branch of the bifurcated ves... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100191317 | ENDOLUMINAL IMPLANTABLE STENT-GRAFTS An implantable endoluminal device that is fabricated from materials that present a blood or body fluid and tissue contact surface that has controlled heterogeneities in material constitution. An endoluminal stent-graft and web-stent that is made of an monolithic materia... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100100170 | SHAPE MEMORY TUBULAR STENT WITH GROOVES An implantable, radially distensible stent includes a tubular structure having opposed open ends. The wall of the stent is made from a shape memory polymeric material. Grooves may be disposed within an outer surface of stent wall to improve flexibility and drainage of t... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100030321 | MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING CORRUGATED BRAID AND ASSOCIATED METHOD Embodiments of the present invention provide medical devices for treating a target site within the body and associated methods for fabricating and delivering medical devices. According to one embodiment, a medical device includes a tubular structure having proximal and ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100016952 | Process For Inducing A Two-Way Shape Memory Effect In A Device Formed Of A Shape Memory Alloy And A Device Made By The Process A process for inducing a two-way shape memory effect in a device forward of a shape memory alloy and a device made by the process are disclosed. The two-way memory effect occurs in the device in a temperature range of between about 5° C. to 25° C. wherein the training... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090287296 | ATRAUMATIC PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS An atraumatic heart valve prosthesis includes a prosthetic valve coupled to an expandable anchoring structure including a outflow portion configured to taper inwardly in a distal direction towards a central axis of the prosthesis. By this configuration, the distal end o... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090281616 | VASCULAR PROSTHESIS A vascular endoprosthesis (1) is disclosed which is capable of being arranged internally to the aortic arch (O), comprising: a tubular main body (2), to be housed in the internal lumen of the aortic arch (O); three tubular secondary bodies (3, 4, 5)... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090264985 | Branch Vessel Suture Stent System and Method A branch vessel suture stent system and method including a branch vessel suture stent having a stent body having a first end, a second end, and a central axis, the first end having a first periphery; and shape memory hooks disposed about the first periphery, each of the... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090248141 | Shape Memory Polymer Medical Devices Medical devices for in vivo medical applications are disclosed. The medical devices are constructed of shape memory polymer (SMP) materials capable of assuming a memory shape at physiological temperatures. These medical devices may be used in surgical procedures and in ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090248140 | STENT GEOMETRY FOR IMPROVED FLEXIBILITY A stent comprises one or more circumferential serpentine bands and having alternating peak portions and trough portions. The peak portions include shorter peak portions and longer peak portions. The longer peak portions are of a longitudinal extent greater than the shor... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090204201 | BEND-CAPABLE STENT PROSTHESIS Normally, when stents are bent, inside the body of the stented patient, there is head-to-head collision between facing V-points on the inside of the bend. However, by alternating between two whole numbers the number of struts between successive connectors around the cir... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090182414 | Endoluminal Prosthesis An endoluminal prosthesis, comprising a tubular body, said tubular body developing along a longitudinal axis, said tubular body comprising a plurality of serpentines, which develop along a substantially circumpherential direction, each of said serpentines comprising arm... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090177221 | Endovascular implant for occlusion of a blood vessel An expandable endovascular implant (10) of the stent type is described, which is suitable in particular for occlusion of a blood vessel (31). The implant comprises a circumferential tubular wall extending about a longitudinal axis and composed of a radiall... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090165898 | FATIGUE-RESISTANT NICKEL-TITANIUM ALLOYS AND MEDICAL DEVICES USING SAME Superelastic and/or shape memory nickel-titanium alloys having an increased fatigue life that is superior to known nickel-titanium alloys are disclosed. The nickel-titanium alloys have a minimum fatigue life that may be at least about 10 million strain cycles at a strai... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090138073 | Bifurcation Stent Assembly A stent assembly comprises a stent and a side branch flap. The stent has a substantially tubular body which defines a primary lumen and is comprised of a plurality of interconnected stent members. Adjacent stent members define a plurality of stent openings that extend t... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090118811 | Globe Stent A stent for treating a region of a body lumen wherein at least two vessels form a junction includes a compressed state and an expanded state. In the expanded state, the stent is generally an ellipsoidal, spheroidal, or spherical shape. The stent is delivered to the junc... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090062906 | Stent with autonomic function To provide a stent which holds various performances such as deliverability, prevention of restenosis, flexible shape conformability, and so on and is therefore adaptable not only to a bile duct but also to a blood vessel system such as a tortuous coronary artery substan... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090036975 | SELF-SENSING STENTS, SMART MATERIALS-BASED STENTS, DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS, OTHER MEDICAL DEVICES, AND MEDICAL USES FOR PIEZO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS A medically implantable stent comprising at least one piezo-electric material may be active, such as by one or more of: delivering an anti-coagulant or other therapeutic effect to a patient in which it is implanted; powering itself; and/or sending an outbound electronic... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090018644 | Boron-Enhanced Shape Memory Endoprostheses An endoprosthesis comprises a member capable of supporting a body passageway. The member has a surface region overlying a bulk region, and comprises a shape memory alloy and boron. The concentration of boron in the surface region is greater than the concentration of bor... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090005857 | Lesion Specific Stents, Also for Ostial Lesions, and Methods of Application A balloon or dilatation activated stent particularly for use in a body vessel for specific lesions, particularly in the region of the ostium of a vessel or a bifurcation featuring at least two different stent characteristics (20, 30) as needed for optimal stent t... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080312733 | SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERIC STENT An implantable, radially distensible stent includes a plurality of helically wound elongate members. The members include an overlapping portion having a longitudinal extent, opposed and convexly rounded sides defining a width of the members and opposed luminal and exter... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080306583 | HYBRID BALLON EXPANDABLE/SELF-EXPANDING STENT A stent comprises a tubular member having openings therein and having a plurality of interconnected members and one or more frangible restraining members. The frangible restraining members break upon partial expansion of the stent. Thereafter, the stent self-expands.... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080281405 | Highly convertible endolumenal prostheses and methods of manufacture Endolumenal prostheses that readily and extensively convert from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration are disclosed. Endolumenal prostheses may be fabricated from one or more shape memory polymers, a high modulus elastomer, a polymer that is both elastom... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080281396 | GUIDE WIRE AND STENT A guide wire includes a distal core member made of a ferrous alloy which has shape memory properties and superelasticity. The ferrous alloy preferably includes substantially two phases, and has a difference of 100° C or less between an Af point and an Ms point in a the... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080281397 | STENT HAVING VARIABLE PROPERTIES AND METHOD OF ITS USE A stent and method of its use, the stent in its expanded configuration, exhibiting varying outward radial force along its length. In use, the expanded stent is of a tapered configuration which provides greater force in vessel regions requiring greater force and less for... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080275536 | PREVENTION OF DISPLACEMENT OF PROSTHETIC DEVICES WITHIN ANEURYSMS Devices and methods are provided for reducing the lateral displacement of an endovascular device, e.g. a stent graft, within an aneurysm sac. A stabilization system comprising one or more stabilizing elements is inserted within the aneurysm space between an implanted de... | 11/06/2008 |
