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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 |
| 8187285 | Method and apparatus for processing dermal tissue A portable and disposable device is provided for processing harvested dermal tissue. The device includes a housing presenting a handle having a gripping surface and a cutting head attached to the handle. A cutting assembly is supported by the cutting head and includ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187297 | Devices and methods for treatment of obesity Devices, methods for treatment of obesity, as well as instruments and tools used in placing, adjusting and maintaining devices for treatment of obesity. Various embodiments of devices that are implanted extra-gastrically are provided. Various embodiments of devices ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187296 | Apparatus and method for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic hernia repair and patch for use therewith An apparatus for creating an anatomic space in tissue in a body comprises an introducer and a sheath. The tubular sheath may surround the introducer, and may have a weakened region along its longitudinal axis. A handle may be provided on the sheath. The handle may b... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181650 | Multitask medical treatment respiratory apparatus The multitask medical treatment respiratory apparatus may have a mask defining a chamber wherein the mask may have a first port, a second port and a venting valve. A reservoir bag having a first opening may be in communication with the first port or there may be a v... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182498 | Mechanical anastomosis system for hollow structures A system for making anastomoses between hollow structures by mechanical means is provided with a device in the shape of an annular or tubular element comprising circumferentially provided means, such as pin-shaped elements, for joining the abutting walls of the holl... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182492 | Medical instrument, especially uterus manipulator A medical instrument, especially a uterus manipulator, comprises a shaft, an actuator movable relative to said shaft in order to move a tool and a locking device to lock the actuator relative to the shaft. It is now proposed that the locking device comprises a clamp... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177790 | Medical retriever The invention relates to a device for the extraction of a spiral from a blood vessel with said device comprising a guide wire (3) which bends back on itself in its distal region where it forms into an arched structure and thus an anchoring part. The free end ... | 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 |
| 8172859 | Clipping device The present invention provides a clipping device having a coil sheath inserted into an insertion tube in a back/forth movable way to allow it to be inserted into a body cavity, an operation wire inserted into the coil sheath in a back/forth movable way, and a clip d... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172860 | Articulating suturing device and method A method for closing an opening in tissue using a suturing device includes inserting at least a portion of a suture through a tissue tract and through a tissue wall. Following inserting at least a portion of the suture, the method includes advancing a first end of t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172870 | Ligation clip applier A ligation clip applicator design is provided that is particularly applicable to placement of a surgical ligation clip during a laparoscopic surgical procedure. The applicator has a magazine including first and second longitudinally extending partially closed channe... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167892 | Adjustable and detached stent deployment device The present disclosure is directed to a device for housing and retaining a delivery system for a self-expanding implant while providing means for actuating the delivery system. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167902 | Rapid exchange catheters for embolic protection devices Catheter having a first elongate tubular body having a lumen, a second elongate tubular body having a lumen, and an elongate member. The elongate member joins the first and second elongate tubular bodies. The first tubular body is fixedly attached on the distal port... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167904 | Grip arrangement for a medical instrument, and such medical instrument A grip arrangement, for a medical instrument having a handle with two rod-shaped grip parts each with a grip surface, has, for each grip, a grip shell which can be secured in a detachable manner on the respective grip part, with in each case a grip surface of the gr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167899 | Retractable stylet and cannula combination In one preferred aspect, a surgical instrument for insertion into human tissue is provided with a release mechanism that permits one or more components of the surgical instrument to be removably coupled to a handle. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162960 | Method and apparatus for radical prostatectomy anastomosis including an anchor for engaging a body vessel and deployable sutures A radical prostatectomy anastomosis device including a cartridge having a plurality of anchors slidably disposed in a plurality of distally angled radial channels formed in the cartridge and a pusher assembly operatively coupled within the cartridge. The pusher asse... | 04/24/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8162963 | Angled anastomosis device, tools and method of using Anastomosis devices, tools and methods of performing angled sutureless anastomosis. Devices provided are adapted to be oriented at an acute angle to a host vessel or organ, thereby orienting a graft to be anastomosed to the host by the same angle. The device maintai... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162966 | Surgical devices incorporating liquid jet assisted tissue manipulation and methods for their use Surgical instruments are disclosed that utilize high-pressure liquid jets to perform a variety of useful functions. In certain embodiments, surgical instruments are described incorporating one or more liquid jets utilized to contact tissue excised by a non-liquid je... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162970 | Vascular filter An inferior vena cava filter (340) for use in the inferior vena cava (4) to capture thrombus (8) passing through the inferior vena cava (4) towards the heart and lungs to prevent pulmonary embolism comprises a proximal support hoop (30... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162973 | Method of transferring pressure in an articulating surgical instrument An end effector for a surgical instrument includes a fixed bearing member, having an end effector axis defined therethrough, with mounting surfaces for attachment to a distal end of the surgical instrument. An input shaft is configured for rotational motion relative... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162968 | Lancing device A lancing device is used with a lancet for lancing body tissue to result in a wound for bleeding. The lancing device has a cantilevered priming arm having a first arm portion that is generally parallel to an internal channel of the device and a second arm portion th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 8157833 | Trocars with advanced fixation A trocar fixation device includes a cannula and an elongate tube mounted onto and coupled to the exterior surface of the cannula with the distal end of the cannula extending distally beyond the distal end of the elongate tube. The elongate tube includes a plurality ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157805 | Apparatus and method for the repair of articular cartilage defects An encapsulation device for repair of articular cartilage defects includes a body for disposition adjacent a bone in an area of the cartilage defect, and elongated leg structure extending from the body and for disposition in the bone in the area of the cartilage def... | 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 |
| 8157831 | Apparatus and method for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic procedures with laparoscopic visualization A laparoscopic apparatus for tunneling dissection including a hollow tunneling member and an inflatable balloon disposed at the distal end of the tunneling member to form together a blunt tipped obturator. The tunneling member has a bore sized allow the insertion of... | 04/17/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8152767 | Low profile introducer apparatus An introducer apparatus includes an outer sleeve and an inner cannula received within the lumen of the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve has a profile such that at least a portion of the distal end of the outer sleeve tapers in the distal direction at an angle not exce... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147405 | Surgical access port with multilayered tortuous path seal A surgical access device includes a wound protector and an instrument seal. The instrument seal comprises a plurality of resilient membranes each having a plurality of parallel slits. The membranes are stacked relative one another to create a tortuous path preventin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147506 | Method and clamp for gastric reduction surgery A method for gastric reduction surgery includes the step of applying at least one clamp to the stomach in a manner forming a gastric pouch. The clamp includes a clamp body shaped and dimensioned to create a gastric pouch with a standard size from approximately 15 cc... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146602 | Method and mixture for nerve root repair The invention provides a method of functionally connecting a portion of the peripheral nervous system of a vertebrate to a portion of the central or peripheral nervous system of said vertebrate, comprising the steps of bringing the portion of the peripheral nervous ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147513 | Apparatus for sealing surgical punctures Apparatus is provided for sealing a puncture within a vessel or tissue to provide hemostasis, comprising a first disk coupled to either a second disk or a spring, and sealingly engaged to the vessel or tissue surrounding the puncture. At least the first disk is pref... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142469 | Gastric space filler device, delivery system, and related methods A gastric space filler device effective for reducing stomach volume comprises at least one inflatable space filler and a sleeve to prevent leakage out of the gastric space filler device. The gastric space filler device may be inflated with an insufflation fluid and ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142472 | Low-cost disposable tourniquet cuff A low-cost disposable tourniquet cuff includes: a first sheet formed of flexible material that is impermeable to gas; a second sheet facing the first sheet and formed of flexible material impermeable to gas; a bladder seal joining the first sheet to the second sheet... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142473 | Method of transferring rotational motion in an articulating surgical instrument An endoscopic surgical instrument includes an elongated shaft, which may be articulated to facilitate positioning of an end effector. The instrument accommodates reactionary forces associated with closing the end effector without substantial disruption to the positi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142457 | Percutaneous transluminal endarterectomy Methods and devices for performing intravascular endarterectomy. Methods includes intravascularly advancing a catheter having a carbon dioxide delivering distal end past a plaque-occluded vessel site, passing the distal end between the plaque and vessel wall. Other ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142468 | Guidewire with distal expansion feature and method for enhancing the deliverability and crossability of medical devices A guidewire navigable through body vessels of a human subject for delivery of a catheter or the like is provided. The guidewire includes an expandable segment movable between a collapsed state and an expanded state. If the catheter encounters resistance in a vessel ... | 03/27/2012 |
