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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| 7011654 | Dilating and support apparatus with disease inhibitors and methods for use A dilating and support apparatus with disease inhibitors and methods for use is disclosed that is particularly useful for repairing and/or serving as a conduit for body passageways that require reinforcement, dilatation, disease prevention or the like. Such apparatu... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011646 | Balloon catheter having a balloon with a thickened wall portion A balloon catheter having a balloon with a thickened wall portion extending along at least a portion of the working length section of the balloon in a noninflated configuration. The balloon has a first layer formed of a first polymeric material and a second layer fo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011681 | Bioprosthetic cardiovascular valve system A cardiovascular valve system including a permanent base unit that is affixed to the patient using conventional sutures or staples, and a collapsible valve having a collapsible frame that mates with the permanent base unit, and supports valve leaflets. An installed ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011671 | Cardiac implant device tether system and method Catheterization apparatus for implanting devices is provided with a device tether. The apparatus includes a device delivery tube that provides a pathway for moving implant devices through a patient's vasculature to internal body cavities. The implant devices are car... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008434 | Clot retrieval device The shape memory clot retrieval device can be placed in the vasculature of a patient for retrieving and removing distal clots. The clot retrieval device has an elongated catheter member that can be inserted in the vasculature, with one or more clot retrieval members... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004976 | Biopolymers modified with superoxide dismutase mimics This invention provides modified biopolymers comprising biopolymers attached to at least one non-proteinaceous catalyst capable of dismutating superoxide in the biological system or precursor ligand thereof. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004957 | Actuating and locking mechanism for a surgical tool An actuating mechanism for actuating a surgical tool of a surgical instrument including an actuating device having an actuator surface. The actuating device is operable by applying a force to substantially any part of the actuator surface for placing the actuating d... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004963 | Conformable balloons An inflatable medical balloon for multiple procedures, including angioplasty procedures, procedures for delivering medical devices, such as stents, and a method of making the catheter systems. The catheter system employs a balloon having a plurality of flexible port... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004966 | Selective adherence of stent-graft coverings An endoluminal vascular device having a plurality of predetermined boding locations between respective first and second covering members to selectively encapsulate a support member. Selective bonding between the first and second covering members results in unbonded ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004965 | Implant and delivery tool therefor An implant system including a transurethral prostatic implant positioned in a prostate and including a lumen with an inner perimeter that surrounds an outer perimeter of a urethra at the prostate. The implant system may include a delivery tool including a shaft havi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001397 | Cannula for receiving surgical instruments Methods and cannulae for providing access to a surgical location within a patient are described. A cannula (10) receives surgical instruments (120) for performing a surgical procedure on a body (130). The cannula (10) comprises a tube str... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001419 | Stent delivery system with membrane A stent delivery system comprising a catheter. The catheter having a catheter shaft, and a balloon mounted thereto. A stent is disposed about at least a portion of the balloon. The stent having an unexpanded state and an expanded state. The stent being retained on t... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001423 | Stent delivery apparatus and method A stent has a tubular body with end regions and a middle region. The tubular body has a plurality of openings in it, the number of openings greater in the middle region than in the end regions. The tubular members also comprise an inner component and an outer compon... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997939 | Methods, systems, and devices for deploying an embolic protection filter A filter device is adapted to function as a guidewire, an exchange guidewire, and provide embolic protection during a procedure. The filter device includes a filter assembly that is either integral with or coupled to a guide member. The filter assembly includes a pl... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997945 | Variable expansion force stent A stent having varying outward radial force along its length. In use, the stent can provide greater force in vessel regions requiring greater force and less force in regions requiring less. In particular, more force is provided in the narrowed, center of a stenosis,... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997948 | Bioabsorbable self-expanding stent A self-expanding stent formed from helically wound and braided filaments of bioabsorbable polymers such as PLA, PLLA, PDLA, and PGA. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997946 | Expandable stents An intraluminal medical device having a flowpath therethrough, the device including a plurality of substantially cylindrical serpentine shaped segments which define a generally tubular body, each serpentine segment having a plurality of struts interconnected by alte... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994717 | Occlusion method and apparatus An occlusion method and apparatus. The occluder includes elastically deformable members and a jacket. The elastically deformable members are secured in spaced relation and extend in arcuate conformation therebetween. The jacket covers at least a portion of the elast... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994689 | Occlusion of a vessel A device for occluding a vessel employs one of a number of different expansion members joined to one or more elongate members. The expansion member may include a braid, one or more coils, ribs, a ribbon-like structure, a slotted tube, or a filter-like mesh. If the e... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994713 | Medical graft connector or plug structures, and methods of making and installing same A medical graft connector or plug is made, for example, by cutting end portions of a tube of highly elastic material axially at numerous locations spaced circumferentially around the tube to produce a plurality of fingers which extend axially from each end of an unc... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994721 | Stent assembly A stent assembly comprises a stent sheath that includes distally and proximally removable portions separable from one another by manipulation of first and second guidewires, a contracted stent having a side aperture disposed in the stent sheath and a third guidewire... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994867 | Biocompatible carrier containing L-arginine L-arginine conjugated to a polymeric matrix is disclosed. The matrix can be used as, for example, a coating for an implantable medical device such as a stent. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994666 | Non-porous smooth ventricular assist device conduit An improved inflow conduit for an implantable ventricular assist device comprising covering the flexible porous tubular graft body of the conduit with an attached non-porous polymer to produce a non-porous conduit. The flexible conduit has an upstream end and a down... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6981982 | Method of producing low profile stent and graft combination Large diameter self-expanding endoprosthetic devices, such as stents and stent grafts for delivery to large diameter vessels, such as the aorta, are disclosed having very small compacted delivery dimensions. Devices with deployed dimensions of 26 to 40 mm or more ar... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6979338 | Low profile anastomosis connector An anastomosis connector comprises a plurality of ring segments (106), together defining a radially expandable ring-like shape (106) having a lumen; at least one pivot bar (114) coupled to at least one of said ring segments (106); at leas... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979347 | Implantable drug delivery prosthesis An apparatus and associated method for delivering a therapeutic substance to a vascular lumen, using an implantable prosthesis, such as a stent, which has grooves or trenches formed thereon. The grooves are formed on specific regions of the stent struts to increase ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976994 | Flexible metal wire stent A self-expanding metal wire stent made of shape memory alloy such as nitinol in which a plurality of spaced sections of closed cells are interconnected by straight sections of wire which may be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stent or may be disposed angula... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6977103 | Dimensionally stable balloons An inflatable medical balloon comprises a polymer matrix material and a plurality of fibers distributed in the matrix material. The plurality of fibers operatively adhere to the matrix material and provide reinforcement thereof. The fibers may be parallel or angular... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976993 | Stent A stent, in particular a coronary stent, for expansion from a first condition into an expanded second condition in which it holds a vessel in an expanded state, comprising a tubular body whose peripheral surface (1) is formed by a number of support portions (... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974468 | Filter retrieval catheter Methods and devices for retrieving a filter fixed to a guidewire disposed within a blood vessel are disclosed. A catheter for retrieving a filter fixed to a guidewire disposed within a blood vessel in accordance with the present invention includes an elongate shaft ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971998 | Implant delivery catheter system and methods for its use Catheter systems and methods for implanting helical or dart-like implants into the myocardium or other body tissue. The catheter system includes a helix for fixing the distal end of the catheter to the myocardium, an implant held by the helix, mechanisms for driving... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6972054 | Coupling device for a stent support fixture A coupling device to connect a stent support fixture to a processing apparatus is provided. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969474 | Implant surface preparation The surface of a device that is surgically implantable in living bone is prepared. The device is made of titanium with a native oxide layer on the surface. The method of preparation comprises the steps of removing the native oxide layer from the surface of the devic... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969402 | Helical stent having flexible transition zone A helical stent having a central helically wound portion, and cylindrical ends is provided. A transition zone having struts of different lengths is provided between the helical portion and each cylindrical portion. A junction defining a strut trident is provided bet... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966917 | Deformable connector for mechanically connecting hollow structures A connector, applicator and method for mechanically connecting hollow structures, in particular small blood vessels, in order to make an anastomosis. The connector incorporates various features to create a reliable engagement with the vessel walls to make a good con... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966923 | Stent delivery system and low profile stent A stent and stent delivery system with a catheter and stent operably coupled to the catheter. The collapsible stent includes a first end region opposed to a second end region. A plurality of elongated elements is arranged in a generally zig-zag fashion between the e... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964676 | Stent securement system A stent delivery system having a delivery catheter, a stent mounted thereupon and at least one stent retaining sleeve to retain the stent on the catheter prior to stent delivery. At least a portion of the at least one stent retaining sleeve being further characteriz... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964669 | Linear delivery system for deployment of a detachable balloon at a target site in vivo A linear delivery system and method for deployment of a detachable balloon at a target site in a patient in vivo is disclosed. The system includes a unitary sheath assembly having a retractable shaft and base, and a balloon delivery device configured for insertion t... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962604 | Flexible endoluminal stent and process of repairing a body lumen A generally tubular intraluminal compound stent comprising a plurality of component stents, each component stent having a length and a plurality of individual hoops axially disposed along the length and connected by a connecting spine, the component stents meshed wi... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6962596 | System for performing vascular anastomoses Systems for anastomosing a first hollow tissue structure to a second hollow tissue structure are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, such a system comprises at least one tissue securing member adapted to secure the first and second hollow tissue structures togeth... | 11/08/2005 |
