Class 604/509 - With expanding member (i.e., balloon)

Subclass of Class 604 - Surgery
Definition: Subject matter for a process to radially expand a member
No. of patents: 483
Last issue date: 05/22/2012

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8182463	Retrograde pressure regulated infusion A delivery catheter that includes a flexible shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having an outer diameter less than about 13 mm; a delivery lumen having a proximal end and a distal end, the delivery lumen within the flexible shaft, the deliv...	05/22/2012
8172828	Apparatus and methods for dilating and modifying ostia of paranasal sinuses and other intranasal or paranasal structures Sinusitis and other disorders of the ear, nose and throat are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches with flexible or rigid instruments. Various methods and devices are used for remodeling or changing the shape, size or configuration of a sinus...	05/08/2012
8133213	Catheter guidance through a calcified aortic valve A method of treating a patient with a calcified aortic valve includes introducing a guide wire into a blood vessel. The guide wire is advanced through the aorta and the aortic valve. A balloon dilatation catheter is introduced into the blood vessel over the guide wi...	03/13/2012
8114062	Devices and methods for delivering therapeutic substances for the treatment of sinusitis and other disorders Devices and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic or diagnostic substances to desired locations within the bodies of human or non-human animal subjects. An implantable delivery device comprising a reservoir is initially attached to a deliver catheter or...	02/14/2012
8083727	Endovascular devices and methods for exploiting intramural space Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing a first...	12/27/2011
8066690	Method for delivering medication into an arterial wall for prevention of restenosis A method for preventing a restenosis within a vessel wall requires a medicament be delivered at predetermined locations into the vessel wall and allowed to subsequently disperse in a predetermined pattern. To deliver the medicament, a catheter with an expanding memb...	11/29/2011
8066689	Methods and systems for submucosal implantation of a device for diagnosis and treatment with a therapeutic agent Instruments, systems, implants, and methods are provided for performing submucosal medical procedures in a desired area of the digestive tract using endoscopy. Instruments include a safe access needle injection instrument, a submucosal tunneling instrument, a submuc...	11/29/2011
8052668	Neurotoxic agents and devices to treat atrial fibrillation Devices and methods to treat atrial fibrillation via inhibition of nerves which innervate the pulmonary vein are provided. ...	11/08/2011
8034043	Devices and methods for preventing distal embolization using flow reversal by partial occlusion of the brachiocephalic artery The invention provides a medical device having a catheter and one or more expandable constricting/occluding members. The catheter is adapted for use with therapeutic or diagnostic devices, including an angioplasty/stent catheter and an atherectomy catheter. The cons...	10/11/2011
8029494	Method of removing biliary stones with coaxial catheter device A method of removing an obstruction in the biliary duct including the steps of providing a coaxial catheter device comprising an inner catheter having a proximal end and a distal end wherein at least two or more lumens are formed between the proximal end and distal ...	10/04/2011
8025655	Endovascular devices and methods Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing an intr...	09/27/2011
7998129	Device for facilitating cardioplegia delivery in patients with aortic insufficiency A method and device that addresses the problem of an incompetent aortic valve by using a simple cardioplegia catheter that can deliver cardioplegia solution to the coronary arteries through the usual aortic cannulation site even in the presence of aortic valve incom...	08/16/2011
7955312	Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus Methods, devices and systems facilitate diagnosis, and in some cases treatment, of back pain originating in intervertebral discs. Methods generally involve introducing one or more substances into one or more discs using a catheter device. In one embodiment, a patien...	06/07/2011
7947030	Retrograde perfusion of tumor sites A system and method permit monitoring and location of a route in vivo and a visible image of that route for retrograde perfusion of a tumor with a therapeutic agent. Once the route is located, the path for flow of therapeutic agent to the tumor is confirmed as being...	05/24/2011
7938819	Endovascular devices and methods Devices and methods for the treatment of chronic total occlusions are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of facilitating treatment via a vascular wall defining a vascular lumen containing an occlusion therein. The method includes providing an intr...	05/10/2011
7914514	Computerized system for monitored retrograde perfusion of tumor sites A computerized system collects, organizes and stores various sets of data during several phases of treatment relating to monitoring and location of a route in vivo and a visible image of that route for retrograde perfusion of a tumor with a therapeutic agent and for...	03/29/2011
7909810	Guiding catheter with resiliently compressible occluder A guiding catheter for providing proximal occlusion while intubating a branch vessel lumen in a patient. The catheter comprises an elongate hollow shaft having open proximal and distal ends and a resiliently compressible occluder fixed about the shaft adjacent the d...	03/22/2011
7867216	Emboli protection device and related methods of use An evacuation sheath assembly and method of treating occluded vessels which reduces the risk of distal embolization during vascular interventions is provided. A method of treating a lesion within a blood vessel, e.g., a coronary artery, includes advancing a sheath i...	01/11/2011
7857804	Use of Bcl inhibitors for the prevention of fibroproliferative reclosure of dilated blood vessels and other iatrogenic fibroproliferative disorders The present invention relates to new use of inhibitors of bcl-2/bcl-Xl family of anti-apoptotic compounds for the treatment of post-angioplasty restenosis and in-stent restenosis. Small molecules of Bcl inhibitors are incorporated into a stent, typically by a fine p...	12/28/2010
7824390	Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus Methods, devices and systems facilitate diagnosis, and in some cases treatment, of back pain originating in intervertebral discs. Methods generally involve introducing one or more substances into one or more discs using a catheter device. In one embodiment, a patien...	11/02/2010
7803149	Coated medical device A coated medical device (10) including a structure (12) adapted for introduction into a passage or vessel of a patient. The structure is formed of preferably a non-porous base material (14) having a bioactive material layer (18) disposed ...	09/28/2010
7776025	Method for providing medicament to tissue A system for delivering medicaments to tissue including a delivery member and an optical fiber formed together into a unitary structure. The optical fiber has an inlet attached to a laser energy source and an outlet for emitting laser energy. The delivery member has...	08/17/2010
7766894	Coaxial catheter system A robotic medical system and method of performing a medical procedure are provided. The robotic medical system comprises a user interface configured for receiving commands, an electromechanical driver configured for being coupled to outer and inner catheters having ...	08/03/2010
7766893	Tapered multi-chamber balloon A catheter for carotid artery dilatation that includes a multi-chamber balloon assembly mounted at the distal end of the elongated tube that has at least two tandem chambers. Each chamber communicates with a separate lumen and each separate lumen terminates at the p...	08/03/2010
7763011	Variable density braid stent A stent comprises at least one stent member woven to form a substantially tubular body that defines a flow path. The tubular body comprises a first region and a second region. In the first region the at least one stent member defines a plurality of first region open...	07/27/2010
7722596	Regional cardiac tissue treatment A method for treating an occlusion in a coronary artery of a patient includes percutaneously advancing an occlusion treatment tool (such as an angioplasty balloon or stent delivery device) through the vasculature of the patient and into a coronary artery to a site o...	05/25/2010
7662143	Apparatus and method for treating intravascular disease Medical devices and methods of treatment using medical devices, and more particularly, methods of treating a treatment site in a blood vessel and devices or apparatuses for use therewith. In some embodiments, a method and apparatus for treating a treatment site in a...	02/16/2010
7654997	Devices, systems and methods for diagnosing and treating sinusitus and other disorders of the ears, nose and/or throat Sinusitis, enlarged nasal turbinates, tumors, infections, hearing disorders, allergic conditions, facial fractures and other disorders of the ear, nose and throat are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally invasive approaches and, in many cases, flexible catheters...	02/02/2010
7645272	Devices, systems and methods for treating disorders of the ear, nose and throat Sinusitis, mucocysts, tumors, infections, hearing disorders, choanal atresia, fractures and other disorders of the paranasal sinuses, Eustachian tubes, Lachrymal ducts and other ear, nose, throat and mouth structures are diagnosed and/or treated using minimally inva...	01/12/2010
7549984	Method of compressing a portion of a lung The invention provides methods of performing lung volume reduction to treat a patient. One aspect of the invention provides a method of compressing a first portion of a lung of a patient including the following steps: providing a vent connecting the first portion of...	06/23/2009
7494486	Method of removing debris corresponding with the R-wave A method and device for injecting and extracting fluid at a treatment site to remove debris from the site. ...	02/24/2009
7494484	Method of removing particulate debris with an interventional device The present invention relates to an interventional device for interacting with occlusive material. A wall attachment jet moves and removes particulate from lumens such as vessels. ...	02/24/2009
7494485	Fluidic interventional device and method of distal protection A catheter for injecting and extracting fluids to interact with material at a treatment site in the body. ...	02/24/2009
7488313	Mechanical apparatus and method for dilating and delivering a therapeutic agent to a site of treatment A mechanical dilatation and medicament delivery device for enlarging a flow passage of a vessel by dilating and delivering a therapeutic agent or medicament to an obstruction in the vessel. The present invention comprises a substantially cylindrically shaped expansi...	02/10/2009
7488314	Mechanical apparatus and method for dilating and delivering a therapeutic agent to a site of treatment The present method comprises the steps of advancing the coated expansion member to the obstruction in a vessel and applying opposed forces on said expansion member in an axial direction to move the expansion member to an expanded configuration wherein the expansion ...	02/10/2009
7422579	Emboli protection devices and related methods of use An evacuation sheath assembly and method of treating occluded vessels which reduces the risk of distal embolization during vascular interventions is provided. The evacuation sheath assembly includes an elongated tube defining an evacuation lumen having proximal and ...	09/09/2008
7410480	Devices and methods for delivering therapeutic substances for the treatment of sinusitis and other disorders Devices and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic or diagnostic substances to desired locations within the bodies of human or non-human animal subjects. An implantable delivery device comprising a reservoir is initianlly attached to a deliver catheter o...	08/12/2008
7374560	Emboli protection devices and related methods of use An evacuation sheath assembly and method of treating occluded vessels which reduces the risk of distal embolization during vascular interventions is provided. The evacuation sheath assembly includes an elongated tube defining an evacuation lumen having proximal and ...	05/20/2008
7374561	Devices and methods for preventing distal embolization during interventional procedures The invention provides a medical device having a catheter and first and second expandable members. The device may be used for protection against stroke by inserting the catheter into a carotid artery, locating the first expandable member within a common carotid arte...	05/20/2008
7367959	Device for cardiocirculatory assistance A device for cardiocirculatory assistance, also named a ventricular assist device, includes a haematic pump (50) with a pump body (7) having an inner space (21) defined by a rigid structure (51) and a pair of mobile membranes (16, 17	05/06/2008

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