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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8241348 | Intravascular stent for treating vulnerable plaque and method of use An expandable stent is implanted in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen for rupturing a fibrous cap to controllably release vulnerable plaque. The invention provides for a an intravascular stent having a plurality of cylin... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8152843 | Polymeric endoprosthesis and method of manufacture Improved polymeric endoprostheses having reinforcement elements and methods of making the endoprostheses are disclosed. The devices disclosed exhibit improved overall compliance, selective regional compliance, and selective radial strength without varying the geomet... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7833263 | Hybrid vascular graft reinforcement An implantable vascular graft includes an outer tube structure formed of a textile material, and an inner tube structure formed of a non-textile material. The inner tube structure is within the outer tube structure in coaxial relation therewith. One or both of the o... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7582111 | Steep-taper flared stents and apparatus and methods for delivering them A stent includes a first portion including first and second bands of cells that flare outwardly when the stent is expanded from a contracted to a flared condition, and a second portion connected to the first portion by flexible connectors. During use, the stent is i... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7335265 | Apparatus and method for coating stents An apparatus for coating implantable medical devices, such as stents, is disclosed. A method of coating stents using the apparatus is also disclosed. The apparatus includes a barrier or barriers for isolating an area of the stent on which a composition for coating a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331989 | Insert for a conduit There is disclosed an insert (2) for a conduit (4) adapted to effect helical flow in the conduit (4) comprising a longitudinally extending member having a helical formation. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326244 | Intravascular folded tubular endoprosthesis A bifurcated or straight intravascular folded tubular member is deliverable percutaneously or by small cutdown to the site of a vascular lesion. Its inserted state has a smaller nondeployed diameter and a shorter nondeployed length. The intravascular tubular member ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7300459 | Stent with covering and differential dilation A stent is provided with a multi-layer structure, combining one or more mesh layers with one or more film layers. The film layer(s) are configured to substantially prevent growth of an inner lining of a blood vessel, where the stent is placed, through the mesh layer... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300662 | Drug/drug delivery systems for the prevention and treatment of vascular disease A drug and drug delivery system may be utilized in the treatment of vascular disease. A local delivery system is coated with rapamycin or other suitable drug, agent or compound and delivered intraluminally for the treatment and prevention of neointimal hyperplasia f... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7288111 | Flexible stent and method of making the same A stent that can be made of self-expandable members and balloon expandable members is described. The members can be held together by a polymer layer, polymer rings or discreet polymer connectors. Methods of making and using the stent are also described. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7258891 | Stent mounting assembly and a method of using the same to coat a stent A stent mounting device and a method of coating a stent using the device are provided. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244271 | Self-sealing PTFE vascular graft and manufacturing methods An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long term patency, superior radial tensile strength and suture hole elongation resistance. The graft includes a first ePTFE tube and a second ePTFE tube circumferentially disposed over the first tube. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7185677 | Helical formation for a conduit A helical formation (2) for a conduit (1). The helical formation (2) comprises an elongate member defining at least a portion of a helix, the elongate member comprising two inwardly extending portions (6, 7). The inwardly extending portio... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7169176 | Prosthetic device A prosthesis that resiliently engages a body passage includes an annular clamping ring which may be folded along a diametric axis for insertion into the body passage. The clamping ring is adapted to resiliently spring outwardly, once in position inside the body pass... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169139 | Reinforced retention structures A medical device includes an elongated member and a reinforced retention structure. The device can be used for draining substances from organs or abscessed areas within a body of a patient. The elongated member is made of a flexible material. The reinforced retentio... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163655 | Method and apparatus for extruding polymers employing microwave energy An apparatus and method for molding balloon catheters is disclosed. The balloon may be molded by providing a polymeric tube within a mold having an interior cavity in the shape of the desired balloon. Microwave energy, which may be generated by a gyrotron, may then ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7147617 | Arterio-venous shunt graft A graft, for example, an arterio-venous shunt graft, is provided, which in a first aspect of the subject invention, is formed with longitudinal ribs. With fibrotic tissue ingrowth between the ribs, a composite rib/tissue layer is formed about the graft. The ribs pro... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7105019 | Bifurcated axially flexible stent There is disclosed a method of stent placement which comprises first guiding a guidewire through the vasculature. Second, a balloon catheter which contains two guidewire lumens is strung along the guidewire into position at the bifurcation. The distal opening of the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7029495 | Medical devices and methods of making the same Medical devices, for example, implantable devices such as endoprostheses, include a composite material having a polymer. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029494 | Braided modular stent with hourglass-shaped interfaces A braided modular stent comprising a first component and a second component, each component comprising an hourglass-shaped interface having a reduced diameter section positioned between two sloped sections. Each sloped section extends between the reduced diameter se... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018404 | Conduit for aorta or pulmonary artery replacement Prosthetic conduits include biocompatible material formed into a generally cylindrical section and an expanded section connected to the generally cylindrical section. The conduit has a lumen extending through the generally cylindrical section and the expanded sectio... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6926724 | Visceral anastomotic device and method of using same A temporary biocompatible stent and method for visceral anastomosis. The stent is provided with integral means for maintaining the structural stability of the stent while providing substantial flexibility. The method comprises fitting the luminal stumps of the viscu... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6878161 | Stent graft loading and deployment device and method An endoluminal prosthesis includes a tubular graft, an expandable annular support structure and a restraining mechanism restraining the prosthesis in a collapsed configuration in which the annular support structure is compressed to a low profile. The restraining mec... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6849085 | Self-supporting laminated films, structural materials and medical devices manufactured therefrom and method of making same Metal foils, wires, and seamless tubes with increased mechanical strength are provided. As opposed to wrought materials that are made of a single metal or alloy, these materials are made of two or more layers forming a laminate structure. Laminate structures are kno... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6821295 | Flared coronary artery bypass grafts A bypass graft includes a tubular portion having an internal tubular diameter and a first end and a second end. The tubular portion has a central axis. A flared portion has an adjoining end, wherein the adjoining end of the flared portion is integrally formed on and... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6793671 | Stent device for performing endovascular repair of aneurysms A blood vessel wall-defining device for repairing an abdominal aneurysm includes a percutaneously-insertable structural frame extending between first and second ends having an unexpanded diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the blood vessel to permit the s... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6709455 | Stent-graft-membrane and method of making the same A braided self-expandable stent-graft-membrane made of elongated members forming a generally tubular body. A membrane layer and graft layer are disposed on a endoprosthesis such as a stent. The membrane layer is substantially impermeable to fluids. The outermost lay... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6689158 | Intraluminal graft An intraluminal graft includes a tubular graft body extending along a cylindrical axis, a plurality of wires spaced apart from each other and arranged to circumferentially reinforce said tubular graft body along a substantial portion of its length, and a ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685736 | Intraluminal graft An intraluminal graft includes a tubular graft body extending along a cylindrical axis, a plurality of wires spaced apart from each other and arranged to circumferentially reinforce said tubular graft body along a substantial portion of its length, and a ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6652570 | Composite vascular graft A composite stent/graft tubular prosthesis includes an inner PTFE tubular structure, an outer PTFE tubular structure assembled about the inner PTFE tubular structure, and a circumferentially distensible stent interposed between the inner and outer PTFE tu... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6613078 | Multi-component endoluminal graft assembly, use thereof and method of implanting A multi-component stent-graft assembly for repairing a lesion in a blood vessel, preferably a thoracic dissecting aneurysm, the assembly comprising a frame stent that is affixed to the vessel, in the healthy portions of the vessel and extending along the ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6610087 | Endoluminal stent having a matched stiffness region and/or a stiffness gradient and methods for providing stent kink resistance A modular elongated stent having an overlap region where two modular components fit together, the overlap region being relatively stiff as compared to another more flexible region of the stent when the stent is in an assembled configuration, the stent fur... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6569191 | Self-expanding stent with enhanced radial expansion and shape memory The invention comprises a bioabsorbable radially self-expanding stent with one or more supplemental apparatus or methods for achieving the desired final resting diameter of the stent by imparting memory into the bioabsorbable material components. The inve... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6554857 | Transmural concentric multilayer ingrowth matrix within well-defined porosity A multilayer ingrowth matrix is constructed within well-defined porosity of a prosthetic material. The matrix consists of either proteinaceous or synthetic layers or gradients, or a combination of proteinaceous and synthetic layers or gradients. Each laye... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6533811 | Internal graft prosthesis and delivery system A resilient tubular graft is delivered into place within a body passage by elongating the graft to reduce its diameter and then directing the graft to the desired position while in the elongated condition. The graft is carried into position by a pair of e... | 03/18/2003 |
