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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335508 | Porous plasma protein matrices and methods for preparation thereof The present invention relates to porous freeze-dried plasma protein matrices having an open channel structure and a concentration gradient of plasma proteins crosslinked by the action of thrombin, and methods of producing said matrices. The compositions of the prese... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7314468 | Method for using arcuate dynamic lordotic guard with movable extensions for creating an implantation space posteriorly in the lumbar spine A lordotic guard and method for guiding a bone removal device to form an implantation space in the human spine and, if desired, for inserting a spinal implant into the implantation space. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311690 | Implantable fluid management system for the removal of excess fluid An implantable fluid management device, designed to drain excess fluid from a variety of locations in a living host into a second location within the host, such as the bladder of that host. The device may be used to treat ascites, chronic pericardial effusions, norm... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7279208 | Thin-wall polytetrafluoroethylene tube A thin-wall PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) tube in the form of a tube of porous expanded PTFE film wherein the porous PTFE film has a microstructure containing a multiplicity of fibrils. The thin-wall tube is used in a non-porous embodiment as the balloon portion of... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7229473 | Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226473 | Treatment of stenotic regions An improved method and devices for preventing restenosis are provided. The method may include delivering a stent configured to contain a stenosis to a body vessel. The method may also include using atherectomy at the site prior to stent delivery. In one embodiment, ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223286 | Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217286 | Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211085 | Dynamic lordotic guard with movable extensions for creating an implantation space posteriorly in the lumbar spine and method for use thereof A lordotic guard and method for guiding a bone removal device to form an implantation space in the human spine and, if desired, for inserting a spinal implant into the implantation space. The guard has a body having a first portion and a second portion in pivotal re... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7160326 | Method and apparatus for implantation of soft tissue implant A method of securing a soft tissue implant to damaged tissue of a patient is provided. The method includes preparing a layer of extracellular matrices (ECM) for surgery. The method further includes stretching the layer on a frame and securing the layer to the frame.... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7112417 | Foam composite for the repair or regeneration of tissue The present patent describes a biocompatible composite made of a first fibrous layer attached to a three-dimensional inter-connected open cell porous foams that have a gradient in composition and/or microstructure through one or more directions. These composites can... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6964798 | Multi-layered polymer based thin film structure for medical grade products A multiple layer structure comprising a first and a second skin layer, each skin layer composed of a polypropylene containing polymer, and a radio frequency (“RF”) susceptible layer adhered to and between the first and second skin layers. The RF layer has a firs... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6953482 | Instrument for regenerating living organism tissue or organ This invention relates to an instrument for regenerating a living organism tissue or organ, characterized in that a support (A) formed from a biodegradable material or a bioabsorbable material includes a sponge-like fine matrix (B) formed from a biodegradable materi... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948526 | Valve mounting assembly for voice prosthesis-cartridge and ring The valve mounting system of the invention incorporates a hard cartridge with a grove on its outer, distal surface and a slot communicating distal from the end of the cartridge with the grove and a specially configured elastomeric valve attached to an outer band wit... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6913625 | Ureteral stent A stent is designed to be placed within a patient's ureter to facilitate drainage from the patient's kidneys to the bladder. An elongated portion of the stent includes a length sufficient to extend substantially within the ureter from the kidney to the bladder, and ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6854172 | Process for producing bioresorbable implants A process for producing implants made of a bioresorbable metal, particularly magnesium alloys or zinc alloys, in which the material properties of the magnesium or the zinc are changed and the processing and utilization properties are improved by combining process st... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6767418 | Ti-Zr type alloy and medical appliance formed thereof A Ti—Zr type alloy manifesting excellent plastic workability at normal temperature fit for the use in general industry, allowing improvement in corrosion resistance fit for the use in medical treatment, offering improved corrosion resistance in an acidic solution,... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6656217 | Medical device coated with a polymer containing a nitric oxide releasing organometallic nitrosyl compound useful for the prevention of platelet aggregation The aggregation of platelets on the surface of a foreign body exposed to the flowing blood of a living being (such as plastic tubing, a balloon or the end of a catheter surgically inserted in a blood vessel, a stent implanted therein or synthetic grafts, ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6620203 | Tissue engineered testicular prosthesis and use thereof The present invention provides a tissue engineered testicular prosthesis for implanting within a patient having a scaffold with a biodegradable polymer scaffold having a substantially elliptical body in longitudinal cross-section replicating the shape of ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6596023 | Shaped woven tubular soft-tissue prostheses and method of manufacturing the same Continuously flat-woven implantable tubular prostheses have seamless woven sections which gradually change the number of warp yarns to smoothly transition, i.e., taper, from one diameter to another. Multi-diameter endoluminal grafts having a variety of sh... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6547719 | Penile reconstruction A cartilaginous structural member (CSM) for use in penile reconstruction, for the correction of developmental defects, postoperative reconstruction, and for reconstructive preprosthetic surgery. The cartilaginous structural member (CSM) comprise of live c... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6545042 | Acellular biological material chemically treated with genipin A method for promoting autogenous ingrowth of damaged or diseased tissue selected from a group consisting of ligaments, tendons, muscle and cartilage, the method comprising a step of surgically repairing the damaged or diseased tissue by attachment of a t... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6527802 | Clad composite stent A body compatible stent is formed of multiple filaments arranged in at least two sets of oppositely directed helical windings interwoven with one another in a braided configuration. Each of the filaments is a composite including a central core and a case ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6447550 | Method of surface oxidizing zirconium alloys and resulting product An oxide coating is formed on zirconium or zirconium alloys of refined microstructure by a process comprising at least the step of inducing an appropriate altered surface roughness such that subsequent oxidation results in a uniformly thick oxide coating.... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6436135 | Prosthetic vascular graft A prosthetic vascular graft with walls less than O.8B millimeters in thickness and formed of highly expanded polytetrafluoroethylene with a microscopic superstructure of nodes and interconnecting fibrils, which nodes are substantially uniformly separated ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6371984 | Implantable prosthetic or tissue expanding device A keratin hydrogel-filled implantable prosthetic device. One device is a breast implant for augmenting or reconstructing a human breast including an envelope containing a keratin hydrogel. One keratin hydrogel is formed from a solid precursor which forms ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6206931 | Graft prosthesis materials A graft prostheses (11), materials and method for implanting, transplanting, replacing, or repairing a part of a patient. The graft prosthesis includes a purified, collagen-based matrix structure removed from a submucosa tissue source. The submucosa tissu... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6187044 | Implant filler materials and methods comprising nonionic surfactants Compositions and methods are disclosed for filling prostheses for implantation into human soft tissue. The compositions comprise at least one nonionic surfactant, such as a polysorbate, which can be provided to fill a physiologically compatible shell or c... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6171344 | Bladder submucosa seeded with cells for tissue reconstruction Methods and materials for tissue reconstruction, repair, and/or augmentation are disclosed. The invention provides isolated bladder submucosa seeded with cells for use in tissue reconstruction. The methods of the invention include the use of isolated blad... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6120532 | Graphite impregnated prosthetic vascular graft materials The specification teaches thromboresistant compositions made of suitable biologically compatible plastic materials and a substance having a negative charge, e.g., graphite, incorporated therein in the framework of the lattices of the plastic, for use in p... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6096070 | Coated implantable medical device A coated implantable medical device 10 includes a structure 12 adapted for introduction into the vascular system, esophagus, trachea, colon, biliary tract, or urinary tract; at least one layer 18 of a bioactive material posited on one surface of structure... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6075180 | Carvable PTFE implant material A carvable implant material for use in surgery and especially in plastic and reconstructive surgery. At least two layers of porous PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) sheet material are laminated together by an adhesive placed between the adjacent layers of po... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6023009 | Artificial pancreas An artificial pancreas is described herein which comprises one or more viable and physiologically active pancreatic islet cells capable of producing insulin, encapsulated within a semipermeable spheroidal membrane comprising agar gel. Further disclosed ar... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6019786 | Braided composite prosthesis A prothesis for transluminal implantation consists of a flexible tubular interbraided structure of metal or polymeric monofilaments, and polymeric multifilament yarns. The prosthesis can be elastically deformed to reduce its diameter through axial elongat... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6013591 | Nanocrystalline apatites and composites, prostheses incorporating them, and method for their production Methods for synthesis of nanocrystalline apatites are presented, as well as a series of specific reaction parameters that can be adjusted to tailor, in specific ways, properties in the recovered product. Particulate apatite compositions having average cry... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6010445 | Radioactive medical device and process An implantable medical device according to the systems and methods described herein may include a metal body or stent that does not contain significant quantities of iron or chromium and that is initially formed from a non-radioactive structural material.... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6007576 | End to side anastomic implant An anastomosis apparatus includes a first rigid element and a second rigid element. The first element defines a first passageway or lumen which extends along its entire length. In construction the first element includes a first tubular portion in associat... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6004364 | Separation device The present invention relates to a process and a device for the separation and purification of gas from a fiber suspension, especially residual gas after ozone delignification or pulp suspension, wherein the suspension together with the gas is introduced ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6004346 | Intralumenal drug eluting prosthesis A prosthesis for insertion into a lumen to limit restenosis of the lumen. The prosthesis carries restenosis-limiting drugs which elute after the device is positioned in the lumen.... | 12/21/1999 |
