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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7104949 | Surgical articles for placing an implant about a tubular tissue structure and methods A minimally invasive surgical instrument for placing an implantable article about a tubular tissue structure is disclosed. The surgical instrument is particularly useful for treating urological disorders such as incontinence. Surgical methods using the novel instrum... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105017 | Axially-connected stent/graft assembly A stent/graft assembly includes a tubular graft having an upstream end, a downstream end and a tubular passage between the ends. The assembly also includes a tubular stent having an upstream end, a downstream end and a tubular passage. The upstream end of the tubula... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101390 | Staged deployment endograft An apparatus is provided for deploying an endograft that maintains a fluid channel throughout deployment. A method for deploying an endograft maintaining a fluid channel through the deployment is also provided. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101396 | Minimally invasive valve replacement system Methods and systems for minimally invasive replacement of a valve. The system includes a collapsible valve and anchoring structure, devices and methods for expanding the valve anchoring structure, adhesive means to seal the valve to the surrounding tissue, a cathete... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100617 | Bypass grafting method Minimally invasive techniques utilized in bypass grafting are disclosed. For instance, a method of implanting an end portion of a graft in the body of a patient during a bypass grafting procedure includes the steps of (i) advancing a medical instrument within a circ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101393 | Percutaneous endovascular apparatus for repair of aneurysms and arterial blockages An endovascular apparatus is provided for treating the effects of vascular disease including aneurysms and arterial blockages using a percutaneous, minimally invasive technique. In one embodiment the endovascular apparatus includes a tubular sleeve having a cranial ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097611 | Expandable cardiac harness for treating congestive heart failure A cardiac harness for treating congestive heart failure is disclosed. The harness applies elastic, compressive reinforcement on the left ventricle to reduce deleterious wall tension and to resist shape change of the ventricle during the mechanical cardiac cycle. Rat... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094256 | Coatings for implantable medical device containing polycationic peptides Coatings for implantable medical devices and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. The coatings include carboxylated acrylates and polycationic peptides, for example R7. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094230 | Systems and methods for delivering drugs to selected locations within the body An implantable reservoir device (400) including an enclosed membrane (408) on an expandable frame (402) that defines a reservoir (410) and includes a porous region (418). The reservoir device (400) may be deployed and expand... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090688 | Dilation systems and related methods Devices and methods permit dilation of a track of a body to any of a plurality of diameters using a single integrated device that can reach any of a plurality of expanded diameters upon actuation by a user of an actuating mechanism which directs and controls the dil... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090693 | Endovascular graft joint and method for manufacture A joint and method for producing a joint in an endovascular graft. In one embodiment, a flap of a flexible material portion of an endovascular graft is folded about a portion of an expandable member to form a loop portion. The flap is secured in the loop configurati... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089055 | Method and apparatus for delivering pre-shock defibrillation therapy An apparatus and method is presented for improving cardiac function after successful termination of a tachyarrhythmia such as ventricular fibrillation. A series of electrical stimulation pulses are delivered prior to a defibrillation shock if one or more specific cr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087263 | Rare limiting barriers for implantable medical devices A coating for a medical device, particularly for a drug eluting stent, is described. The coating comprises a polymer having a weight-average molecular weight between about 200,000 and about 250,000 Daltons or a polydispersity index between about 2.6 and about 3.0. | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087088 | Methods and apparatus for regulating the flow of matter through body tubing A self-retracting body, which may have a bore, may be inserted into a biological passage. A dilating balloon may be used to expand the body toward an inner wall of the passage. The body may include an anchor that may engage the wall. The anchor may include a tip tha... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083822 | Overlapping coated stents The present invention avoids a patient receiving a double dose of a therapeutic agent when a coated stent is overlapped with another coated stent within a vessel. A stent having a therapeutic coating on a portion of the stent is delivered within a vessel such that t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083644 | Implantable prostheses with improved mechanical and chemical properties Prostheses with improved chemical and mechanical properties manufactured that includes a radiation resistant and hydrolytically stable biocompatible fabric having outer and first and second ends with a textile fabric that includes a naphthalene dicarboxylate derivat... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083642 | Delivery of therapeutic capable agents The present invention provides improved stents and other prostheses for delivering substances to vascular and other luminal and intracorporeal environments. In particular, the present invention provides for therapeutic capable agent eluting stents with minimized und... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083640 | Covered stent with encapsulated ends A flexible covered stent having a stent covered on a first surface by a first layer of biocompatible material and on a second surface by both a second and third layer of biocompatible material, the first and second layers and the first and third layers of biocompati... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082970 | Apparatus and method for custom cosmetic dispensing Improved custom cosmetic formulation dispensing system including ingredients reservoirs for syringe dispensing. The ingredients reservoirs are carried by a translatable carrier to bring the respective reservoirs into dispensing alignment with a package, into which a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081131 | Artificial valve Method and apparatus implementing and using techniques for controlling flow in a body lumen, including use of an implantable medical device. The device includes a membrane implantable in a body lumen and invertibly deformable between a first position and a second po... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7081130 | Intravascular Stent A stent in a non-expanded state has a first column expansion strut pair. A plurality of the first column expansion strut pair form a first expansion column. A plurality of second column expansion strut pair form a second expansion column. A plurality of first serial... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7081129 | Endovascular graft An endovascular graft which is configured to conform to the morphology of the vessel to be treated and which is made from an inflatable structure having a proximal end with a proximal inflatable cuff and a distal end with a distal inflatable cuff. At least one elong... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080561 | Visual documentation of micro-cracks during tensile coupon testing A test method for visual documentation of micro-cracks during tensile coupon testing includes the steps of: assembling a test unit; inserting a carbon-reinforced composite specimen having a prepared edge into the tensile coupon testing machine; illuminating the prep... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077859 | Apparatus and methods for variably controlled substance delivery from implanted prostheses The present invention provides improved stents and other prostheses for delivering substances to vascular and other luminal and intracorporeal enviroments. In particular, the present invention provides luminal prostheses which allow for a programmed and controlled s... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077802 | Expandable cardiac harness for treating congestive heart failure A cardiac harness for treating congestive heart failure is disclosed. The harness applies elastic, compressive reinforcement on the left ventricle to reduce deleterious wall tension and to resist shape change of the ventricle during the mechanical cardiac cycle. Rat... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074276 | Clamp mandrel fixture and a method of using the same to minimize coating defects A mounting assembly for supporting a stent and a method of using the same to coat a stent is disclosed. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074235 | Low-profile, non-stented prosthesis for transluminal implantation An implantable prosthesis for placement in hollow tubular organs is described alongwith an instrument for deploying the said prosthesis. On radial compaction, the prosthesis has a low profile, allowing introduction into the body with a deployment instrument of low c... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072711 | Implantable device for delivering cardiac drug therapy An implantable medical device in which an electrogram is recorded and analyzed in order to detect changes indicative of cardiac ischemia. Cardiac ischemia may be detected by recording an electrogram from a sensing channel of the device and comparing the recorded ele... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070798 | Coatings for implantable medical devices incorporating chemically-bound polymers and oligomers of L-arginine A coating for an implantable medical device is disclosed. The coating comprises a polymer and an amino acid chemically bonded, attached or conjugated to the polymer. In one embodiment, the coating can include a therapeutic substance. In lieu of bonding the amino aci... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063720 | Covered stent with controlled therapeutic agent diffusion A covered stent includes a generally tubular stent body having inner and outer stent body surfaces. A sleeve of porous material encloses the stent body and has inner and outer portions opposed to the inner and outer stent body surfaces. A therapeutic agent is locate... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060684 | Device for treating diabetes and methods thereof A composite supported vascular graft comprising Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and/or Platelet Derived Growth Factor (PDGF) for enhanced site-specific angiogenesis and methods thereof are disclosed. At least one VEGF, PDGF or angiogenesis factor is incorp... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060150 | Methods for making a supported graft A method for making an endoluminal prosthesis for implantation within a body lumen to maintain luminal patency, the prothesis including a support structure, such as a wire member, and a polymer component, such as a polymer cladding. The method may include joining a ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060103 | Tissue repair fabric A prosthesis, which, when implanted into a mammalian patient, serves as a functioning replacement for a body part, or tissue structure, and will undergo controlled biodegradation occurring concomitantly with bioremodeling by the patients living cells. The prosthesis... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060092 | Deployable stent A stent 1 comprising a sheet 2 of biocompatible material arranged as a tube and having a pattern of folds allowing the stent to be collapsed for deployment. The pattern of folds comprises a unit cell repeated over the sheet 2. A variety of diffe... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060089 | Multi-layer stent A stent may be formed having a reduced state and an expanded state. The stent having a longitudinal axis therethrough. The stent comprises at least one serpentine segment having a proximal end and a distal end. The serpentine segment comprises a plurality of peaks a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060087 | Intraluminal lining The present invention is directed to a prosthesis for implantation within a body lumen. The prosthesis includes a biocompatible elongate intraluminal liner in the form of a graft, with a biocompatible adhesive being disposed on an exterior surface of the graft. The ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060083 | Foldable vaso-occlusive member Vaso-occlusive devices for occlusion of a body cavity are provided. The vaso-occlusive devices include an elongate vaso-occlusive member having one or more fold lines. Methods of using the vaso-occlusive devices are also described. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060023 | Pericardium reinforcing devices and methods of using them This is a surgical device and a method of using it. In particular, the device is one for reinforcing the pericardial sac surrounding the heart to assist in the treatment of congestive heart failure. The device, generically, is an enclosure having an interior and an ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059330 | Methods and apparatus for bypassing arterial obstructions and/or performing other transvascular procedures Methods, devices, and systems for a) revascularization and/or b) performing other medical procedures at vascular or non-vascular intracorporeal locations within a mammalian body. The methods generally comprise the formation of at least one extravascular passageway f... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056591 | Hydrophobic biologically absorbable coatings for drug delivery devices and methods for fabricating the same A polymer coating for medical devices based on polyorthoesters and methods for fabricating the coating are disclosed. ... | 06/06/2006 |
