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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187313 | Bifurcation catheter assembly side catheter branch construction and methods A catheter assembly includes a main catheter branch and a side catheter branch. The main catheter branch includes a main balloon and a side balloon. The side catheter branch includes a transparent portion along at least a portion of a length of the side catheter bra... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182522 | Apparatus and method for delivering lined intraluminal prostheses An apparatus for delivering an intraluminal prosthesis within a patient's body includes an inner sheath having longitudinally spaced proximal and distal inner sheath ends, and a nose cone connected to the distal inner sheath end. An intraluminal prosthesis sheath ha... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182523 | Stent delivery system with improved retraction member An expandable stent and delivery system is provided for treating body vessel defects, such as partially occluded blood vessels and aneurysms. The delivery system includes a core member having a non-cylindrical retraction member with extending portions configured to ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177830 | Rotatable catheter assembly Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and systems for a catheter assembly including a catheter shaft, a balloon positioned on the catheter shaft, where the balloon has a first balloon waist, a first lead extending longitudinally through the catheter ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177829 | Auxiliary balloon catheter A balloon catheter may comprise a primary inflation balloon and a secondary inflation balloon located to one side of the primary inflation balloon. The secondary balloon comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion located closer to the primary ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172891 | Stent grip and systems for use therewith A method and apparatus for reducing the longitudinal aspect of the catheter to stent force having at least one grip member for use with a stent delivery system. The grip engages a stent in the unexpanded state prior to delivery of the stent. The stent may be deploye... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167925 | Single puncture bifurcation graft deployment system The present invention relates to the endoluminal repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms at the aortic and iliac bifurcation. In particular, a deployment system and graft are disclosed for deploying the bifurcated graft within both iliac branches, as well as the aortic... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163001 | Loading apparatus and method for expandable intraluminal medical devices An apparatus for loading an expandable intraluminal medical device into a delivery device has a flexible main body with first and second rolled ends that enable the main body to alternatively adopt a substantially flat configuration that exposes a portion of the inn... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157851 | Apparatus and methods for deployment of multiple custom-length prostheses Apparatus for delivering stents to body lumens include one or more tubular prostheses carried at the distal end of a catheter shaft, a sheath slidably disposed over the prostheses, and a guidewire tube extending from within the sheath to the exterior of the sheath t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157850 | Device and method for loading a luminal graft for endoluminal delivery An endoluminal graft is wrapped axially upon itself to form a low profile, which facilitates endoluminal delivery. Apparatus and systems for making and using such grafts are also disclosed. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157854 | Method and system for delivery of coated implants Method and system for delivery of coated implants is provided. One embodiment encompasses a coated implant delivery system. This system includes an implant delivery device having a first end, a second end, and an inner lumen, wherein the first end has a releasable i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157852 | Delivery systems and methods of implantation for prosthetic heart valves A delivery system for delivering a stented prosthetic heart valve to a lumen of a patient, the delivery system including a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of wires extending from the distal end of the tubular body, wherein each o... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157853 | Delivery systems and methods of implantation for prosthetic heart valves A method of deploying an implantable stented device in an anatomical location of a patient, including the steps of providing a delivery system with first and second stent engagement structures at its distal end, attaching a first structural element of the stented de... | 04/17/2012 |
| RE43311 | Fast-detaching electrically insulated implant This is an implant for placement in the human body and an assembly for so placing that implant. Most desirably, it is an implant for use in the vasculature of the human body and is used to occlude some space in that vasculature as a portion of a treatment regimen. T... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152839 | Embolic coils Coils, such as embolic coils, and related methods, devices, and compositions, are disclosed. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152840 | Bifurcation catheter assembly and methods A catheter assembly includes a main catheter branch and a side catheter branch. The main catheter branch includes a main balloon, a side balloon and a side inflation member. The side inflation member intersects the side balloon at a location on the side balloon that... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147536 | Balloon catheter for multiple adjustable stent deployment A catheter configured to carry one or more stents and having an inflatable balloon for expanding a stent surrounding the balloon. The catheter is characterized in having a positioner for moving the one or more stents relative to the balloon from a first position in ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147534 | System and method for delivering and deploying an occluding device within a vessel A system and method for deploying an occluding device that can be used to remodel an aneurysm within the vessel by, for example, neck reconstruction or balloon remodeling. The system comprises an introduer sheath and an assembly for carrying the occluding device. Th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147535 | Bifurcation graft deployment catheter Disclosed is a deployment catheter for deploying a tubular endoluminal vascular prosthesis, useful in treating, for example, an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The deployment catheter includes a proximal tubular section and a distal tubular section which are axially mova... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142487 | Balloon catheter for multiple adjustable stent deployment A catheter configured to carry one or more stents and having an inflatable balloon for expanding a stent surrounding the balloon. The catheter is characterized in having a positioner for moving the one or more stents relative to the balloon torn a first position in ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137393 | Stent graft indwelling device and fixed chip A stent graft indwelling device (1) comprising a dilator (10) and a sheath (30) in which the dilator (10) and a stent graft (60) are to be loaded, the stent graft indwelling device (1) having a wire (40) or a fixed ch... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133265 | Guide catheter, and stent delivery system This stent delivery system includes: a guide catheter inserted inside a stent, and inserted into the interior of the living body with the stent by a guide member inserted inside the guide catheter; a guide member inserted inside the guide catheter, and which guides ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133266 | Expandable tip delivery system and method A method of deploying a stent-graft in a curved vessel includes deploying an expandable tip to center a proximal end of the catheter containing a stent-graft in the curved vessel. A sheath is retracted to expose the stent-graft and the stent-graft self-expands into ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128677 | Device and method for tacking plaque to a blood vessel wall A tack device for holding plaque against blood vessel walls in treating atherosclerotic occlusive disease is formed as a thin, annular band of durable, flexible material having a plurality of barbs or anchoring points on its outer annular periphery. The annular band... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128676 | Medical device delivery system A medical device delivery system comprises an inner tube, a medical device disposed about a portion of the distal region of the inner tube, a medical device sheath disposed about the medical device, a medical device sheath retraction device extending proximally from... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123793 | Pre-crimp balloon inflation A method of crimping a stent onto a balloon of a stent delivery catheter is disclosed. The method includes pressurizing the balloon while the stent is being radially compressed onto the balloon with a crimping apparatus. Once the stent has reached its radially compr... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118852 | Introducer for self-expandable medical device An introducer apparatus for deploying a self-expandable medical device, such as a stent, to a target area of a body vessel of a patient comprises a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a distal end portion disposed at the shaft distal end. The distal en... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118853 | Prosthesis delivery and deployment device A system for delivering and deploying an expandable endoluminal prosthesis comprises a delivery catheter and a sheath. The delivery catheter has a proximal end and a distal end and is slidably disposed within a lumen of the sheath. An operating mechanism comprises a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118854 | Endovascular delivery device An endovascular delivery device (2) for a stent graft which has a pusher catheter (4), a flexible sheath (10) over the pusher catheter and at least one auxiliary catheter (32) extending between the pusher catheter and the flexible sheath.... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114143 | System and method for measuring cross-sectional areas and pressure gradients in luminal organs The invention comprises a system, catheter and method for measuring the cross-sectional areas and pressure gradients in any hollow organ, such as, for example, blood vessels. One embodiment of such a system includes: an impedance catheter capable of being introduced... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114144 | Rapid-exchange retractable sheath self-expanding delivery system with incompressible inner member and flexible distal assembly Delivery system for delivery of a medical device includes an inner member having a proximal section, a distal section and a longitudinal axis therebetween. The inner member has a first layer and a second layer wherein the first layer and the second layer are attache... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114145 | Trigger wire system A prosthesis deployment device having a elongate catheter body and a trigger wire guide concentric about the elongate catheter body where the trigger wire guide comprises three trigger wire lumens separate and apart from a guide wire lumen, with three trigger wires ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114142 | Catheter Catheters, as well as related systems and methods are disclosed. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109984 | Method and device for treatment of mitral insufficiency A device for treatment of mitral annulus dilation is disclosed, wherein the device comprises two states. In a first of these states the device is insertable into the coronary sinus and has a shape of the coronary sinus. When positioned in the coronary sinus, the dev... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109985 | Occlusion crossing device and method A stent delivery catheter for positioning a stent across a lesion of a blood vessel is disclosed. The catheter includes an inflation balloon coupled to a distal region of the elongate shaft of the catheter and a stent loaded on the inflation balloon. The catheter ma... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109983 | Medical device delivery systems Medical device delivery systems, as well as related methods and components, are disclosed. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100958 | Device for delivering a self-expanding stent in a vessel of the body The present invention relates to a device for delivering a self-expanding stent in a vessel of the body. The device comprises a tubular sheath which, in a distal section, keeps the stent radially compressed, and a pusher element, which is guided in the tubular sheat... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092509 | Implant delivery device Disclosed is a system for delivering self-expanding stents to stenting sites within the body, which minimizes trauma to the affected tissue of the patient yet, at the same time, offers the medical practitioner a robust and simple system for stent placement. These te... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092508 | Implantable medical endoprosthesis delivery system Implantable medical endoprosthesis delivery systems and articles are provided. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088154 | Medical device delivery system with sheath separation Medical device delivery systems and associated methods are provided. Delivery systems according to the invention include an elongated tubular member and a body member, such as a dilator, disposed therein. An intraluminal medical device is disposed on the dilator and... | 01/03/2012 |
