ACANDIS GMBH & CO. KG Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160095744 | MEDICAL CATHETER FOR HYPOTHERMIC TREATMENT, TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH SUCH A CATHETER, AND PRODUCTION METHOD - The application relates to a medical catheter for hypothermic treatment, with a catheter tube ( | 04-07-2016 |
20150141898 | MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR ENDOVASCULAR TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF BLOOD, AND MEDICAL CATHETER - A medical system for endovascular temperature control of blood and for recanalization of a blood vessel, the medical system having a catheter, a radially compressible treatment device, in particular a recanalization device, which, in the compressed state, is arranged to be longitudinally movable in the catheter and, by being released from the catheter, is radially expandable for the recanalization of the blood vessel, and a temperature control element for controlling the temperature of blood, wherein the treatment device, in particular the recanalization device, can be positioned distally with respect to the temperature control element in such a way that, during use, blood which is temperature-controlled by the temperature control element flows to the recanalization site in the blood vessel. | 05-21-2015 |
20140052162 | MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A LATTICE STRUCTURE AND TREATMENT SYSTEM HAVING SUCH A LATTICE STRUCTURE - Medical device having compressible and expandable, circular cylindrical lattice structure, which includes circumferential segments having closed cells. The cells are bounded by four respective webs, which are coupled to each other and every two oppositely arranged webs to form a web pair. The webs of a first pair have a different shape and/or a web width at least in some sections than the webs of a second pair. The webs of the first pair can be deformed more greatly than the webs of the second pair. During the transition of the lattice structure from the expanded to the compressed state, each web of the first pair is coupled to a respective web of the second pair in such a way that two connection points oppositely arranged in the longitudinal direction (LR) of the lattice structures are moved away from each other in the circumferential direction (UR) of the lattice structure. | 02-20-2014 |
20130237789 | ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN ELECTRODE - An electrode for measuring electrical activities of a living body and/or for outputting electrical signals into the living body, with an electrically insulated and flexible line, which is connected fixedly or releasably to a distally arranged and electrically conductive electrode tip. The electrode tip is designed for insertion into the body. The electrode tip includes at least one crystalline shape-memory material, and the electrode tip is flexible on account of the shape-memory material. The shape-memory material of the support structure is formed at least partially by physical vapour deposition, in such a way that precipitations in the shape-memory material have a maximum size of 500 nm. | 09-12-2013 |
20130226272 | ELECTRODE FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, SYSTEM HAVING AN ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRODE - An electrode for medical applications for neuromodulation and/or nerve stimulation and/or neurological signal detection, which electrode can be compressed and expanded in order to insert same into a hollow organ of a body and is or can be coupled to a current supply. The electrode has a compressible and expandable lattice structure including lattice webs, which form cells, wherein the lattice structure is or can be coupled to the current supply and forms at least one electrically conductive region and at least one electrically insulated region. | 08-29-2013 |
20130218255 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM HAVING SUCH A DEVICE - A medical device, having a body that is tubular at least in some sections. The body can be transferred from a compressed state into an expanded state and has a circumferential wall having at least one first lattice structure and one second lattice structure. The first lattice structure and the second lattice structure form separate layers of the circumferential wall, which are arranged coaxially one inside the other and connected to each other at least at points in such a way that the first lattice structure and the second lattice structure can be moved relative to each other at least in some sections. A system having such a device is also disclosed. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218254 | MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device with a radially compressible and expandable lattice structure ( | 08-22-2013 |
20130206454 | ELECTRODE FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, SYSTEM HAVING SUCH AN ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN ELECTRODE - An electrode for intravascular medical applications for neuromodulation and/or nerve stimulation and/or neurological signal detection, wherein the electrode can be compressed and expanded in order to insert same into a hollow organ of a body and is or can be coupled to a current supply. A compressible and expandable lattice structure is provided, which has cells formed from lattice webs and is or can be coupled to the current supply, the lattice structure being obtained at least partially by physical vapor deposition. | 08-15-2013 |
20130199713 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEDICAL DEVICE - A method for producing a medical device with a lattice structure, connected at least in some areas to a cover. The lattice structure is arranged on a substrate via the side to be connected to the cover, the lattice structure has the side arranged on the substrate pressed at least partially into the substrate, the lattice structure is coated with a first layer of a sacrificial material. At least some of the interstices of the lattice structure are covered by the first layer, and the first layer with the lattice structure on the side to be connected to the cover forms a substantially closed surface, the substrate is removed, making the side of the lattice structure accessible for connection to the cover. A second layer for forming the cover is applied to the side of the lattice structure previously pressed into the substrate, and the sacrificial material is removed. | 08-08-2013 |
20130184789 | METHOD FOR NEUROMODULATION - The invention relates to a method for neuromodulation, in which an electrode comprising a compressible and expandable grid structure with cells formed from grid webs is arranged within a blood vessel, wherein the grid structure is expanded and, at least in expanded state, is exposed to electrical energy such that surrounding postganglionic parasympathetic nerve fibres of the sphenopalatine ganglion are electrically stimulated by the electrode. | 07-18-2013 |
20130131690 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR REMOVING CONCRETIONS - A medical device for removing concretions from hollow organs of the body, with a functional element, which has a rotationally symmetrical lattice structure, and a device for holding a concretion in the structure, and a catheter for introducing the element into the body and removing it. The element can be converted from a compressed state in the catheter to an expanded state outside the catheter, in the expanded state the element is arranged distally from the catheter. The structure has a cutting area with webs, adapted so they at least partially pass radially through the concretion when the element is converted from the compressed to the expanded state. A holding element is connected on one hand to the structure and on the other hand to a guide wire arranged in the catheter, so that the holding element is deflected radially inwards in the expanded state of the functional element. | 05-23-2013 |
20120323309 | STENT WITH FLAPS - A medicinal device with a tubular wall made of webs which delimit the cells, and a flexible membrane which forms at least one flap which has a first end connected to at least one first web of a cell, and a free second end which is disposed opposite the first end in the longitudinal direction of the flap. The flap, in the closed position, extends along the tubular wall and at least partially closes the cells, and can be moved to an open position in which the flap is radially deviated in relation to the wall in order to open the cells in a valve-like manner. | 12-20-2012 |
20120277788 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR INSERTION INTO A HOLLOW ORGAN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A DEVICE - A medical device for insertion into a hollow organ, the device having a hollow body that has a braid of wire elements having a series of terminal meshes which delimit an axial braid end, wherein the terminal meshes have outer wire elements forming a terminating edge of the braid and transition into inner wire elements arranged within the braid. The device is characterised in that a first section of the terminating edge and a second section of the terminating edge each have several outer wire elements which form together a peripheral edge of the terminating edge, which is adjusted such that the axial braid end of the hollow body can be refracted into a supply system. A method for producing such a device is also disclosed. | 11-01-2012 |
20120191176 | MEDICAL IMPLANT - A medical implant having a wall, which can be transferred from a compressed to an expanded state and includes a mesh structure formed of first struts, wherein the mesh structure has closed cells, each having a retaining element, which is adapted to anchor the expanded mesh structure in a vessel. The retaining element has at least two second struts which are connected to one another and form a tip which projects into the cell, and are connected to the first struts of the cell. | 07-26-2012 |
20120125888 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEDICAL FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT COMPRISING A SELFSUPPORTING LATTICE STRUCTURE - A method for producing a medical functional element having a self-supporting lattice structure which has interconnected webs. The method applies a first layer to the substrate layer, the first layer is structured by an etching process, the structured first layer is under-cut of a wet chemical etching process acting on the substrate layer, the substrate layer is removed in order to form the self-supporting lattice structure, a web constructional layer is applied to the first layer. The method is distinguished by the forming the first web attachment layer which has a smaller layer thickness than the web constructional layer and is intimately bonded to the web constructional layer in such a way that the web attachment layer, together with the web constructional layer, forms the webs of the self-supporting lattice structure. | 05-24-2012 |
20120109332 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR RELEASING IN A HOLLOW ORGAN AND INSERTION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - A medical device for releasing in a hollow organ having a hollow cylindrical body that can be transferred in a compressed state having a reduced diameter and in an expanded state having an enlarged diameter. The body having a stop means at the proximal and/or distal axial end thereof having at least one retaining element connected to the body by a connecting segment. The retaining element and the body are decoupled by the connecting segment such that the retaining element has a smaller curvature in the compressed state than the body. The connecting segment elastically connects the retaining element and the body, wherein the contour of the retaining element in the compressed state of the body protrudes past the outer circumference of the body such that the retaining element is displaceable radially inward relative to the body into a stop position through the inner wall of an insertion system. | 05-03-2012 |
20120071964 | MEDICAL IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MEDICAL IMPLANT - The invention relates to a medical implant, particularly a stent, having a wall ( | 03-22-2012 |
20110218524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LASER-BASED SURGERY AND TREATMENT - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for laser-based surgery and treatment, in particular of the human body. Inter alia, the present disclosure teaches an apparatus having a femtosecond laser that emits at least one pulse of laser energy having a pulse duration of less than 100 femtoseconds and a fiber optical channel for conducting said emitted pulse of laser energy to a vicinity of a human body to irradiate a localized area of said human body to effect at least one of microsurgery, neurosurgery, treatment of cardiovascular disease, treatment of the skin, tissue removal for biopsy, cutting of a mucous membrane, disintegration or vaporization of a gallstone or a kidney stone, and orthopedic surgery. | 09-08-2011 |
20110144739 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DEVICE OF SAID KIND - A medical device is provided with a rotation-symmetrical lattice structure ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110046718 | STENT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH A STENT - A stent having a tubular lattice structure includes lattice elements, webs ( | 02-24-2011 |
20100204779 | STENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STENT - A stent with a tubular grid structure ( | 08-12-2010 |
20100145380 | THROMBOSIS FILTER WITH COVER LAYER - A method is provided for applying a cover layer ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100049310 | METHOD FOR COATING A STENT - Method for applying a coating layer to a tubular intraluminal implant, in particular to a vascular support (stent), where the surface of the implant is perforated by a plurality of apertures, and where the coating layer is produced by deposition of material onto the surface of the implant. The implant is first pushed onto a cylindrical holder | 02-25-2010 |
20100009142 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF STRUCTURED LAYERS OF TITANIUM AND NICKEL - A method for the production of a structured metal layer ( | 01-14-2010 |