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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100856 | Balloon catheter The invention discloses a balloon catheter comprising a catheter shaft, at the distal end of which an inflatable balloon is arranged and at the proximal end of which a connecting piece is arranged, comprising a guiding wire which can be passed through a guiding wire... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7993303 | Stiffening support catheter and methods for using the same A support catheter that can puncture a heart septum with a guidewire without buckling and that can access difficult to reach arteries such as carotid or renal arteries from the aorta under difficult circumstances is provided. The support catheter comprises a cathete... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7658723 | Catheter having plurality of stiffening members The invention includes a catheter having an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a plurality of stiffening members disposed along the length of the elongate main body. The plurality of stiffening ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7628769 | Catheter having overlapping stiffening members Catheter including an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a guidewire lumen along at least a portion of the elongate main body. In accordance with a further aspect of the invention, the catheter ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7625353 | Catheter having first and second guidewire tubes and overlapping stiffening members The invention includes a catheter having an elongate main body having a proximal section and a distal section. The elongate main body further includes a first guidewire lumen and a second guidewire lumen. Each guide wire lumen including a proximal port and a distal ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7488304 | Covered hypotube to distal port bond A catheter assembly and method for constructing same comprises engagement of a proximal tubular member to a distal outer tubular member. At least a portion of the exterior surface of the proximal tubular member comprises at least one thermoplastic polymer. At least ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7367967 | Catheter with sheathed hypotube A catheter assembly and method for constructing same comprises the engagement of a substantially hollow proximal tubular member, which is at least partially coated with at least one polymeric material, to a substantially distal outer tubular member. The proximal tub... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354428 | Guiding catheter shaft with improved radiopacity on the wire braid An intracorporeal catheter, such as a guiding catheter, employed for intraluminal procedures is disclosed. The catheter generally has an elongated catheter shaft including a polymeric inner layer and a non-radiopaque outer polymeric layer, along with a radiopaque re... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354419 | Medical balloon having strengthening rods A non-compliant medical balloon includes a balloon layer having an outer surface and a strengthening rod connected to the outer surface of the balloon layer. The strengthening rod may be connected longitudinally on the outer surface of the balloon layer. Typically, ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351214 | Steerable balloon catheter A steerable balloon catheter including a balloon catheter supported by a steerable guidewire having a deflectable distal tip. The guidewire comprises a longitudinal hypotube and a spring coil attached to the distal end of the hypotube and includes a longitudinally m... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7322959 | Balloon catheter with radioopaque marker In order to enhance the flexibility and trackability of a catheter (1) that is particularly adapted for use in delivering a stent (5), the catheter (1) comprises a marker arrangement (7, 8) that includes at least one marker (10, 11... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7300433 | Endovascular cryotreatment catheter An elongated catheter device with a distal balloon assembly is adapted for endovascular insertion. Coolant injected through the device may, in different embodiments, directly cool tissue contacting the balloon, or may cool a separate internal chamber. In the first c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294124 | Hypotube with improved strain relief A hypotube for an intravenous catheter device is disclosed which includes a tubular shaft having a tubular wall defining a lumen. The shaft includes a main section integrally connected to a distal section. The distal section includes a first section connected to the... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285109 | Device and method for collapsing an angioplasty balloon A device for collapsing a balloon in the vasculature of a patient after an angioplasty procedure includes a balloon and at least one elastomeric member that is attached to the inner surface of the balloon at a plurality of attachment points. Preferably, the elastome... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279002 | Cutting stent and balloon A stent or sheath having one or more cutting blades may be constructed for implantation in the body. A balloon having one or more cutting blades may be used with a stent or a sheath. ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273487 | Balloon catheter having a multilayered shaft with variable flexibility A balloon catheter having a multilayered shaft with variable flexibility along the length of the shaft. In a presently preferred embodiment, the multilayered shaft has a multilayered outer tubular member and an inner tubular member, both the inner and outer tubular ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273471 | Catheter balloon having a porous layer with ridges A balloon catheter having a balloon with a porous polymer layer and one or more filamentary members which are on or in the porous polymer layer and which form ridges protruding outwardly from a surface of the balloon in the inflated configuration. In a presently pre... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7252650 | Balloon catheter The present invention relates to a balloon portion for a balloon catheter for radially expanding a vessel in the body of a mammal, which catheter comprises a tube portion with a passage therethrough and a hollow expandable balloon portion defined by a fluid impervio... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7232432 | Particle-removing medical device and method A particle-removing medical device includes an outer, hollow tube having a tube distal end and a porous braided structure having a distal part and a proximal part. Structure, housed within the tube and having a distal end positioned distally of the tube distal end, ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7214235 | Method of skin lesion excision using balloon dissection A method of performing skin lesion excision using balloon dissectors. The method's principle benefits are: (1) a reduction in the amount of time it takes the surgeon to create a surgical field with properly undermined and hemostatically controlled skin flaps, (2) a ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7195611 | Rapid exchange balloon catheter having a reinforced inner tubular member A balloon catheter including an elongated shaft having an inflation lumen, a guidewire lumen, a proximal shaft section, and a distal shaft section with a balloon on the distal shaft section, the distal shaft section formed by an outer tubular member having an openin... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189215 | Catheter with full-length core wire shaft for core wire interchangeability A catheter to be used without a guidewire which includes a support wire shaft formed of metal, a balloon mounted on a distal portion of the catheter, and an inflation shaft for inflating the balloon, wherein a core wire may be interchangeably inserted into the suppo... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182735 | Elongated intracorporal medical device Alternative designs, materials and manufacturing methods for guidewires. Some embodiments pertain to a composite guidewire having proximal and distal section, and a connector adapted and configured for permanently joining the proximal section to the distal section. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179345 | Inflatable balloon catheter seal and method An improved balloon catheter seal which may be used for attaching an inflatable balloon to a catheter body, especially when the balloon and catheter body are formed from dissimilar materials. The seal is formed by applying a layer of adhesive material between the in... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172796 | Balloon catheter A balloon catheter includes a long-sized body extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the body internally having at least one lumen, and a balloon made from a composite material composed of short-fibers for reienforcement and a matrix resin, the balloon b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169162 | Balloon catheter A balloon catheter comprises a shaft including a tubular having a relatively rigid proximal shaft section and a distal shaft section, each section connected to one another through a flexible transition member, and an inflatable balloon extending at a distal portion ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169105 | Flexible tube for an endoscope A flexible tube for an endoscope has an elongated tubular core body, and an outer cover which is provided over the core body. The outer cover is composed of an inner layer, an outer layer and at least one intermediate layer. In this flexible tube, any one of the lay... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169126 | Method and apparatus for emboli containment A catheter for use in an emboli containment system includes a flexible elongate member having self-expanding sealing means mounted on its distal extremity. This self-expanding sealing means can take any suitable form, such as a braided structure formed of a suitable... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166072 | Sexual therapy device The current invention consists of a device for sexual therapy that consists of a handle connected to a long tear shaped flat surface which curves downward at the largest end of the tear. On the flat inward side of the downward part of the tear there is a raised plat... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163523 | Balloon catheter A catheter, for example, a balloon catheter has a first and second section and a transition between the sections. The sections and the transition are arranged to enhance catheter deliverability. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153277 | Composite medical device with markers Medical devices and methods of manufacturing medical devices. The medical devices include an elongate member having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a connector assembly disposed adjacent the elongated member to connect the proximal and distal portions, t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147455 | Method and apparatus for shape forming endovascular graft material Methods and devices for molding a desired configuration into an endovascular graft section that is made of a plurality of layers of fusible material. Layers of fusible material are disposed on a shape forming mandrel with seams in the layers that may be configured t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141059 | Balloon catheter having a flexible distal end A catheter having an elongated shaft with a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen, and a distal portion of the shaft being at least in part within an outer sheath having a wedge-shaped distal end. In one embodiment, the outer sheath around the distal en... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7115134 | Catheter with flexible tip and shape retention An improved apparatus and method to catheterize passages is disclosed. The present invention provides a catheter having a soft flexible pre-formed distal tip, that when used in combination with commercially available guidewires of variable stiffness, results in the ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115137 | Balloon catheter having a balloon distal skirt section with a reduced outer diameter secured to a soft distal tip member A catheter having an elongated shaft, an inflatable balloon on a distal shaft section, and a distal tip member bonded to a surface of the distal end of the balloon. The balloon has a proximal skirt section and a distal skirt section sealingly secured to the shaft, a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115092 | Tubular compliant mechanisms for ultrasonic imaging systems and intravascular interventional devices A micromanipulator comprising a tubular structure and a structural compliance mechanism that are formed from a tube made of an elastic and/or superelastic material. Fabricated with laser machining and has no mechanical joints, the micromanipulator can be manipulated... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112357 | Medical devices comprising a multilayer construction A medical device comprising a first substrate, a second substrate and a powder coated tie layer between the first and second substrates resulting in a multilayer construction. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7087039 | Perfusion balloon angioplasty catheter A balloon angioplasty catheter having a balloon head assembly carried at the distal end of an elongated catheter body. The balloon head assembly includes an inflatable balloon envelope and a perfusion lumen extending through the balloon envelope to provide a blood f... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7041125 | Coil reinforced catheter inner tubular member A catheter having an elongated shaft formed of a polymeric tube with at least a section having an outer coiled support member wound in a first direction and embedded in the polymeric tube, and an inner coiled support member wound in a second direction opposite to th... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037293 | Rapid exchange catheter with depressable channel A rapid exchange catheter extends from a proximal portion which remains outside of a patient's body during use to a distal portion which, during use, is located within a body lumen adjacent to a target area to be treated, wherein the proximal and distal portions are... | 05/02/2006 |
