Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090171278 | Balloon catheter system for treating vascular occlusions - The present invention provides a balloon catheter comprising: | 07-02-2009 |
20090204069 | Balloon Catheter - The present invention is primarily directed to a rapid exchange catheter that permits axial movement of an inner conduit within an outer conduit comprising: • an outer conduit; • an inner conduit, suitable for total or partial passage over a guide wire, wherein said inner conduit is movably disposed within the lumen of said outer conduit, wherein the proximal end of said inner conduit is angled such that it pierces the wall of said outer conduit; • means for permitting axial movement of said inner conduit within said outer conduit, such that said movement is not hindered by the passage of the angled proximal part of the inner conduit through said outer conduit; and • means, situated at the proximal end of the outer conduit, for causing axial pushing-pulling movements of said inner conduit. | 08-13-2009 |
20090254114 | BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEM FOR TREATING VASCULAR OCCLUSIONS - The present invention provides a balloon catheter comprising:
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20100022821 | Method and system for improving diastolic function of the heart - The present invention provides a system for improving diastolic function of the heart comprising elastic elements and attachment elements, wherein said elastic elements and said attachment elements are configured such that they are capable of being interconnected to form a chain formed of an alternating series of said elastic elements and said attachment elements, and wherein said attachment elements are adapted to be anchored in the wall of the heart and with option for drug delivery to the wall of the heart. The invention further provides devices, methods and kits, for mounting the ventricular function assisting device of the invention. | 01-28-2010 |
20100298773 | Colonic cleaning device - The present invention provides devices suitable for insertion into a body passage, wherein said devices comprise a conduit and a distal head region located at the distal end of said conduit, and wherein a plurality of apertures on the surface of said head region and conduit may be used to direct a liquid spray outwards from said device. The apertures are designed and spatially arranged such that when the device is inserted into a body passage, the liquid spray emitted from said apertures is capable of both reducing the frictional contact between the device and the walls of said passage and of cleansing said passage of undesired solid and other particulate matter. | 11-25-2010 |
20110092892 | Body passage cleansing device - The present invention provides a body passage cleansing device suitable for being passed through an internal channel of an endoscope, comprising a distal plug having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein said plug comprises channels, apertures and/or nozzles which are capable of allowing the passage of a fluid therethrough from said proximal end to said distal end, wherein said plug is connected to the distal end of a wire or other actuating means; wherein at least an outer portion of said distal plug is capable of being elastically deformed such that the external diameter and/or outline thereof may be reduced in response to inwardly-directed compression forces exerted thereon; and wherein said channels, apertures and/or nozzles are in a closed conformation when said distal plug is subject to said compression forces, and in an open conformation when said plug is not subject to said compression forces. | 04-21-2011 |
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 |
20120253284 | COLONIC CLEANSING DEVICE - The present invention may provide devices suitable for insertion into a body passage. The devices may include a conduit and a distal head region located at the distal end of said conduit. A plurality of apertures on the surface of said head region and conduit may be used to direct a liquid spray outwards from said device. The apertures may be designed and spatially arranged such that when the device is inserted into a body passage, the liquid spray emitted from said apertures may be capable of both reducing the frictional contact between the device and the walls of said passage and of cleansing said passage of undesired solid and other particulate matter. | 10-04-2012 |
20130304197 | CARDIAC VALVE MODIFICATION DEVICE - In an aspect, there is a prosthetic valve modification device adapted for endovascular delivery to a cardiac valve. The valve includes first and second support elements each having a collapsed delivery configuration and a deployed configuration. There are at least two bridging members extending from the first support element to the second support element, the bridging members having a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration. The bridging members either extend radially inward from the first and second support elements in the deployed configuration or are entirely straight and devoid of any visible curvature when in said deployed configuration. | 11-14-2013 |
20140005778 | CARDIAC VALVE SUPPORT STRUCTURE | 01-02-2014 |
20140200662 | ANCHORING ELEMENTS FOR INTRACARDIAC DEVICES - An intracardiac device comprising a ring-shaped body and one or more anchoring or stabilizing elements attached to said body, said elements being selected from the group consisting of levered anchoring arms, elongate anchoring arms, and lateral extension elements, wherein said device is able to move between two conformations, a collapsed conformation suitable for insertion into a delivery catheter, and an open conformation, suitable for implantation at a cardiac valve annulus. | 07-17-2014 |
20150066068 | BALLOON CATHETER - A balloon catheter includes an outer conduit having an outer surface, and an inner conduit having an outer surface. The inner conduit is suitable for passage over a guide wire, and the inner conduit is movably disposed within the lumen of the outer conduit. There is also a balloon having a proximal margin and a distal margin, such that the proximal margin of the balloon is attached to the outer surface of the distal tip of the outer conduit and the distal margin of the balloon is attached to the outer surface of the portion of the inner conduit that extends beyond the distal tip of the outer conduit. And there is a fluid port for introducing an expansion fluid into the annular space formed between the inner surface of the outer conduit and the outer surface of the inner conduit and into the lumen of the balloon, and for the removal of the expansion fluid. | 03-05-2015 |