Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080275543 | Stent - In at least one embodiment, the invention is directed to mechanisms that affect the elution rate of a therapeutic agent that has been deposited on the surface of at least a portion of a stent. Mechanisms include grooves formed in the therapeutic agent that is coating at least a portion of the surface of the stent. | 11-06-2008 |
20090124969 | Protective Coatings for Medical Devices - This invention relates to a method of providing a coating on a medical device, especially a dilatation balloon, which improves the durability of the balloon. | 05-14-2009 |
20100023115 | DRUG-ELUTING STENT - A stent for delivering therapeutic agents to a body lumen includes a plurality of circumferential serpentine bands with each band comprising a plurality of struts. At least one strut has at least one first well region and at least one second well region. The at least one first well region has a first thickness, the at least one second well region has a second thickness, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness. Each well region defines a well having a depth. At least some of the wells contain a therapeutic agent. | 01-28-2010 |
20100222868 | Stent - A stent with strut bands and connectors, wherein the strut bands have long and short struts with a junction positioned between the short struts. Each junction defines a reservoir, wherein the reservoirs of a strut band are substantially circumferentially aligned. The connectors each have arms, wherein each arm includes an opposing U-shaped link. The opposing links have a shared portion disposed between a peak on one strut band and a longitudinally adjacent trough of an adjacent strut band. | 09-02-2010 |
20100292777 | Stent - An expandable stent has a plurality of expandable rings formed of a plurality of struts and at least one first connector interconnecting adjacent expandable rings. The plurality of struts include a first strut and the at least one first connector has a first arm. A first portion of the first arm is engaged to a first portion of the first strut so that the first portion of the first arm and the first portion of the first strut define a through hole. | 11-18-2010 |
20110190873 | Stent - A stent with strut bands and connectors, wherein the strut bands have long and short struts with a junction positioned between the short struts. Each junction defines a reservoir, wherein the reservoirs of a strut band are substantially circumferentially aligned. The connectors each have arms, wherein each arm includes an opposing U-shaped link. The opposing links have a shared portion disposed between a peak on one strut band and a longitudinally adjacent trough of an adjacent strut band. | 08-04-2011 |
20140114383 | INDUCTIVE ELEMENT FOR PROVIDING MRI COMPATIBILITY IN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE LEAD - A system includes a medical device lead including a connector at a proximal end of the lead, a conductor electrically connected to the connector at a proximal end of the conductor, and at least one electrode coupled to a distal end of the conductor. The system further includes a device securable to the proximal end of the lead including an inductive element. The device includes a port configured to receive the connector and position the inductive element around at least a portion of the connector. | 04-24-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080319531 | FLEXIBLE AND EXPANDABLE STENT - In one embodiment of the invention, a stent may be provided comprising a first undulating band having alternating peaks and troughs, a second undulating band having alternating peaks and troughs, a first substantially longitudinal connector extending between the first and second undulating bands and a second very short connector extending between the first and second undulating bands, the first connector substantially longer than the second very short connector. | 12-25-2008 |
20120185035 | FLEXIBLE AND EXPANDABLE STENT - In one embodiment of the invention, a stent may be provided comprising a first undulating band having alternating peaks and troughs, a second undulating band having alternating peaks and troughs, a first substantially longitudinal connector extending between the first and second undulating bands and a second very short connector extending between the first and second undulating bands, the first connector substantially longer than the second very short connector. | 07-19-2012 |
20130072904 | MICROMACHINED MEDICAL DEVICES - Medical devices that include micromachined hypotubes or that have themselves been micromachined can provide advantages in flexibility, strength and other desirable properties. Examples of such medical devices may include catheters such as guide catheters and balloon catheters. Such devices may also include dual shaft medical devices in which an outer shaft is reversibly lockable onto an inner shaft. | 03-21-2013 |