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20110144583 | SIDE BRANCH BALLOON - An improved balloon catheter structure includes a beveled distal tip, a reinforced distal portion, and an elastic or split sleeve over at least a portion of the balloon. The balloon may have a short length and a marker at its midline. The catheters are particularly useful for crossing through stent walls at vessel bifurcations. | 06-16-2011 |
20110295364 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING MARKERS TO POSITION STENTS IN BIFURCATIONS - The present invention provides methods and systems for placing stent systems at vascular bifurcations. The systems include a main branch stent having a side opening, optionally including a side structure, with radiopaque fluoroscopic markers about the periphery of the opening. The stent system further includes a side branch stent having radiopaque markers near at least end thereof. The main branch stent is positioned in the main blood vessel lumen using the markers for proper positioning. After deploying the main branch stent, the side branch stent is positioned through an opening within the side branch. Using the markers on both the main branch stent and the side branch stent, proper alignment and positioning of the two stents relative to each other may be achieved. | 12-01-2011 |
20130172981 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF BLOOD PRESSURE - Apparatus and methods are described including an implantable device having first and second longitudinal ends, the device having a length of less than 80 mm when the device is unconstrained. The device includes struts arranged such that, when the device is unconstrained, along a continuous portion of the device having a length that is at least 5 mm, a maximum inter-strut distance defined by any set of two adjacent struts is more than 1.5 times as great as a maximum inter-strut distance defined by any set of two adjacent struts within longitudinal portions of the device within 3 mm of the longitudinal ends of the device. Other applications are also described. | 07-04-2013 |
20130211381 | DEVICE FOR COMPARTMENTAL DILATATION OF BLOOD VESSELS - A constraining structure for use with a balloon catheter includes multiple longitudinal struts and multiple expandable radial rings. The constraining structure can expand radially but may not expand substantially in the longitudinal direction. The constraining structure can have multiple compartments configured to expand independently of one another. Inflating the balloon catheter within the constraining structure can allow for dilation of the blood vessel in a predetermined topography. | 08-15-2013 |
20130218181 | CONSTRAINING STRUCTURE WITH NON-LINEAR AXIAL STRUTS - A constraining structure for use with a balloon catheter can include multiple longitudinal struts and multiple, sinusoidal shaped radial rings. The constraining structure can expand to form a pattern of channels including substantially square windows. The constraining structure can modify, restrict, and control a shape and/or size of the balloon when inflated. Inflating the balloon catheter within the constraining structure can provide nonuniform pressure on a vessel wall adjacent the balloon. | 08-22-2013 |
20140066960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING BIOLOGICAL VESSELS - A system for performing angioplasty and a method of utilizing same are provided. The system includes a balloon mounted on a catheter shaft and an expandable constraining structure mounted over the balloon. The expandable constraining structure includes a plurality of axial struts crossing a plurality of radially-expandable rings being for constraining said balloon such that isolated balloon regions protrude through openings in said constraining structure when the balloon is inflated. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074215 | DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR BIFURCATION STENTS - Systems for aligning and deploying side branch stents comprise a catheter having a side branch sensor at or near a distal end thereof. Methods comprises rotating and axially transitioning the catheter until the sensor is brought into alignment with an opening to the side branch vessel. | 03-13-2014 |
20140188206 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING PROSTHESES TO LUMINAL BIFURCATIONS - A catheter for delivering luminal prostheses comprises a catheter body having an expandable member near a distal end. The prosthesis has a side hole, and a guidewire extends beneath a proximal portion of the prosthesis and over the exterior of the expandable member. A distal end of the guidewire is retracted proximally from the closest point on the side opening to reduce possible interference with catheter advancement. | 07-03-2014 |
20140277383 | EXPANDABLE STENT HAVING A CONSTANT LENGTH - Implementations described herein comprise expandable stents configured to maintain a substantially constant length between a collapsed position and a deployed position having a plurality of spring members and a plurality of biasable couplings connecting adjacent spring members. Each spring member includes a plurality of integrally connected wave members formed in a ring shape, each wave member has a plurality of curved segments having a plurality of substantially straight segments disposed therebetween. The plurality of biasable couplings are adapted to elongate upon movement of the stent from the collapsed position to the deployed position to proportionally compensate for the decrease in amplitude of the plurality of wave members of the plurality of spring members such that the stent maintains a substantially constant length. | 09-18-2014 |
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20160022968 | DEVICE FOR COMPARTMENTAL DILATATION OF BLOOD VESSELS - A constraining structure for use with a balloon catheter includes multiple longitudinal struts and multiple expandable radial rings. The constraining structure can expand radially but may not expand substantially in the longitudinal direction. The constraining structure can have multiple compartments configured to expand independently of one another. Inflating the balloon catheter within the constraining structure can allow for dilation of the blood vessel in a pre determined topography. | 01-28-2016 |
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20100297083 | Polynucleotides and Polypeptide of Human KV1.3, Compositions Comprising Same and Methods of Using Same - An isolated polypeptide comprising, contiguously, a first amino acid sequence being at least 90% homologous to amino acid coordinates 1-398 of SEQ ID NO: 2, a tryptophan residue and a second amino acid sequence being at least 90% homologous to amino acid coordinates 400-523 of SEQ ID NO: 2. Also provided are polynucleotide sequences encoding this polypeptide and uses of same in the treatment of medical conditions associated with ion channel insufficiency. | 11-25-2010 |
20110313436 | IN VIVO DEVICE FOR IMPROVING DIASTOLIC VENTRICULAR FUNCTION - The present invention provides an in vivo device for improving diastolic function of the heart, comprising: at least one elastic component that may be operatively connected to the external surface of the left or right ventricle of the heart by means of connecting elements, wherein said elastic component comprises essentially longitudinal members arranged such that the lateral separation therebetween may be increased or decreased in response to elastic deformation of said elastic component, and wherein said essentially longitudinal members are arranged such that said elastic component is curved in both the vertical and horizontal planes, such that its inner surface may be adapted to the curvature of the external ventricular surface of the heart, such that said elastic component is capable of exerting both radially outward expansive and tangentially-directed forces on the external surface of the cardiac ventricle. | 12-22-2011 |
20120010645 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR URETHRAL TREATMENT - A dilation device for an intrabody lumen, for example, a urethra partially occluded by an enlarged prostate in the form of a curved element configured to be implanted around the lumen and add resilience to the lumen, and a method for dilating such a lumen by implanting a dilation device around the outside of the lumen with at least part of the dilation device embedded in surrounding, thereby preventing clinically significant compression of the lumen. Also, an implantation device for such a dilation device in the form of a mounting device configured to carry the dilation device; and a releasably attached movable holder, with the mounting device and holder configured to deliver the dilation device though a working channel to a desired position in a lumen, and to implant the dilation device through a wall of the lumen to a position surrounding the lumen. | 01-12-2012 |
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20160000455 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR URETHRAL TREATMENT - A system and method for treating a constricted bodily lumen, for example, a urethra constricted due to BPH. The method includes a planning stage, during which an area requiring treatment is visually identified, and an execution stage during which the lumen is expanded, a cut is formed in the inner surface of the tissue defining the lumen, and an implant is deployed in the cut. The implant can be an open C-shaped ring, and can be formed of a biodegradable material, or can be removed at a selected time after implantation. The system is formed of a planning device anchorable in the lumen and constructed to facilitate location of an area to be treated, and execution device constructed to deliver an implant, to expand the lumen, to form a cut in the inner surface of tissue defining the lumen, and to release the implant for deployment into the cut. | 01-07-2016 |