Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
606155000 | Connector is single element | 28 |
20090024152 | Custom-fitted blood vessel sleeve - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and/or systems are described that include a blood vessel sleeve that is custom-fitted for the outside of a blood vessel at least partly based on anatomical blood vessel data from an individual. | 01-22-2009 |
20090112237 | VASCULAR CONDUIT AND DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR OPEN SURGICAL PLACEMENT - A vascular conduit device and a delivery system for intraoperative repair damaged portion of an artery or vein and methods of use are provided. The device has a cylindrical body and may include a shaped member, such as a microbarb, configured to anchor into the tunica intima and the tunica media of the vessel wall, and not to the tunic adventitia and vasa vasorum. Various configurations and orientations of the microbarbs are provided, including microbarbs that are preferably aligned at an acute angle in the range of about 5 to 30 degrees and having a substantially parallel surface. The delivery system preferably has a translatable dilator tip that when retracted is configured to engage with the device during delivery. When the dilator tip is extended, the device can be implanted into the vessel wall. The vascular conduit device can be assembled during the emergency open surgical procedure. | 04-30-2009 |
20090143793 | CONNECTOR FOR SURGICAL ANASTOMOSES - A connector for surgical anastomoses is disclosed. The connector has a sleeve with an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is for fluid connection with a first blood vessel. The inlet is generally co-axial with the first blood vessel. The outlet is for fluid connection with a second blood vessel. The outlet is generally orthogonal to the second blood vessel. | 06-04-2009 |
20090270887 | Anastomotic staple with capillary which expels a bonding agent upon deformation - A surgical fastener for use with an anastomosis of two tissues includes a base leg and an upright leg. The base leg is selectively deformable and includes a traumatic tip for piecing tissue. The surgical fastener also includes at least one capillary disposed on the base leg which has a reservoir defined therein for retaining a liquid, e.g., bioadhesive, bonding agent, medicament, etc. Each of the capillaries is ruptureable upon deformation of the surgical fastener to dispense the liquid to the anastomosis site. | 10-29-2009 |
20090275964 | METHOD OF ROLLING STOMACH TISSUE SO AS TO MAXIMIZE THE CONTACT SURFACE AREA OF A FOLD - A rolling instrument for rolling the outside surface of the stomach for reducing stomach volume in bariatric surgery includes an elongated tubular body that is sufficiently flexible to allow for access to the outside surface. The tubular body includes a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is shaped and dimensioned for use by the medical practitioner performing the medical procedure and includes a handle for manipulation of the rolling instrument. The distal end of the tubular body includes a mechanism allowing for gripping of the stomach in a manner permitting rolling thereof. A coiled retainer shaped and dimensioned is provided for application to the rolled portion of the stomach in a manner holding the rolled portion of the stomach in its rolled configuration. The coiled retainer includes a helically coiled body having a first end and a second end, the first end is pointed such that it may puncture tissue as the coiled body is rotated during its application to the stomach. | 11-05-2009 |
20090287231 | FLOATING GASTROINTESTINAL ANCHOR - Apparatus ( | 11-19-2009 |
20090299388 | Reinforcement Device | 12-03-2009 |
20090299389 | FLANGELESS PROSTHESIS FOR ANASTOMOSIS - A prosthetic device is provided that is used in end-to-side, end-to-end, and side-to-side anastomosis without clamping and sutureless, or with expeditious clamping and sutureless, wide, single or multiple, at the same time, without the risk of kinking, where the graft is inserted in at least one of the intraluminal portions of the prosthesis tubular member. The tubular member is flangeless and comprises double holes or small external handles in its extension where wires pass to fix the prosthesis to the organ walls and/or the grafts to prosthesis. | 12-03-2009 |
20100036401 | VASCULAR GRAFT AND METHOD OF USE - A vascular graft includes an elongated main body portion having a distal end portion defining a first opening and a second proximal end portion defining a second opening. The vascular graft also includes a first sewing ring having a base portion securely attached to the first distal end portion of the elongated body portion, and a second sewing ring having a base portion securely attached to the first distal end portion at a location proximal to the first sewing ring. The first and second base portions form a channel for receiving an end portion of a blood vessel. | 02-11-2010 |
20100076470 | Methods and Devices for Sheath Compression - A sheath is configured for elongation from a first length to a second, longer length and a retention member retains the sheath at the first length. A portion of the retention member is removed or disengaged, the sheath is released and expands in situ to the second longer length. A method for releasing the retention member is also disclosed. | 03-25-2010 |
20100114130 | INTESTINAL SLEEVE - A gastrointestinal implant device is anchored in the duodenum and extends beyond the ligament of Treitz. All food exiting the stomach is funneled through the device. The gastrointestinal device includes an anchor for attaching the device to the duodenum and an unsupported flexible sleeve. The anchor can include a stent and/or a wave anchor and is collapsible for catheter-based delivery and removal. | 05-06-2010 |
20100121358 | TISSUE MANAGEMENT METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS - Tissue management methods can include inserting a clamping device into a vessel and clamping a vessel wall via the clamping device. Tissue can be dilated about the clamping device and an anastomotic device provided to the vessel. | 05-13-2010 |
20100262171 | Endovascular Stent Insertion Method - Endovascular stent insertion methods are provided. In one embodiment for end-to-side anastomosis the method includes disposing an endovascular stent in a transparent sheath; inserting a guide wire through a guide needle into first and second blood vessels; sliding the endovascular stent into both the first and second blood vessels along the guide wire and the guide needle to dispose in a position between spaced first and second blood vessels; and pulling the sheath when an intermediate annular marker band of the endovascular stent seen through the transparent sheath is substantially disposed between the first blood vessel and the second blood vessel to release the endovascular stent so that the endovascular stent is adapted to expand to securely hold the facing ends of the first and second blood vessel together. | 10-14-2010 |
20120035630 | CLOSURE DEVICE WITH LONG TINES - A device for engaging tissue may include a generally annular-shaped body defining a plane and disposed about a central axis extending substantially normal to the plane. The body may be movable from a substantially planar configuration lying generally in the plane towards a transverse configuration extending out of the plane. The body may include a plurality of looped elements including alternating inner and outer curved regions. The inner curved regions may define an inner periphery of the body and the outer curved regions may define an outer periphery of the body in the planar configuration. A plurality of tines may extend from the outer curved regions. The tines may be oriented generally towards the central axis in the planar configuration and generally parallel to the central axis in the transverse configuration. The tines may extend beyond the central axis without passing through the central axis so as to collectively form a central lumen about the central axis in the planar configuration. | 02-09-2012 |
20130012969 | STENT FOR CONNECTING ADJACENT TISSUES OF ORGANS - Disclosed herein is a stent for connecting adjacent tissues of the organs of a patient. The stent includes a hollow cylindrical body which is formed by weaving a superelastic shape-memory alloy wire in an overlapping manner such that rhombic openings are formed, and wing parts which are provided by expanding respective opposite ends of the hollow cylindrical body outwards and turning the opposite ends inside out on bent portions. The wing parts face each other so that the wing parts are tensed in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical body. Thereby, the wing parts can elastically move inwards or outwards with respect to the longitudinal direction to automatically adjust a distance between the wing parts in response to the distance between the adjacent tissues of the organs or thicknesses of walls of the organs, so that the wing parts are put into close contact with the adjacent tissues. | 01-10-2013 |
20140180314 | VASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE AND METHOD - Techniques associated with a vascular anastomosis device are described, including a lower flange having a lower gripping surface and an interior surface, a diversion conduit attached to the lower flange, the diversion conduit having a lumen extending between an inlet and an outlet, the inlet forming an opening in the interior surface, an upper flange having an upper gripping surface, and being configured to move from a first position to a second position with respect to the lower flange, the first position being characterized by the upper flange being separated from the lower flange, the second position being characterized by the upper gripping surface being in contact with the lower gripping surface, and a biasing structure configured to exert a force on the upper flange in a direction from the first position toward the second position. | 06-26-2014 |
20140180315 | VASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE AND METHOD - A side-to-end vascular anastomosis device comprising a diversion conduit coupled to a lower flange which is inserted into the vessel and an upper flange located on the outside of the vessel designed to clamp together to seal the incision into which the lower flange of the device is inserted. | 06-26-2014 |
20140303656 | APPARATUS FOR BYPASS GRAFT - A vascular connector includes: a main tube having a channel for fluid flow therethrough and opposed ends adapted to be connected to a vascular structure; and at least one inlet tube having a channel for fluid flow therethrough, a proximal end intersecting the main tube, and a distal end adapted to be connected to a vascular structure, wherein the inlet tube is formed in a helical shape which surrounds the main tube. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303657 | VASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE USING A SELF-EXPANDABLE MATERIAL OR BODY, AND ANASTOMOSIS METHOD FOR BLOOD VESSELS USING SAME - The present invention relates to an anastomosis device for blood vessels using a self-expandable material or body, and to an anastomosis method for blood vessels using same, and more particularly, to an anastomosis device for blood vessels using a self-expandable material or body, which is self-expandable in response to external stimulation and which is removable after a procedure, and to an anastomosis method for blood vessels using same. | 10-09-2014 |
20150088172 | VASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE AND VASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS METHOD - A vascular anastomosis device comprises two rings with pins and an openable ring holder, which is made of a pair of components and detachably holds the rings. The end portion of a large-diameter blood vessel is inserted through a ring and the vascular wall is extended outward and impaled on the pins, the end portion of a small-diameter blood vessel is inserted through the other ring, and an incision is made from the end surface of the small-diameter blood vessel. The two rings are elliptically deformed so that the minor axis agrees with the diameter of the small-diameter blood vessel, the small-diameter blood vessel is elliptically opened and the vascular wall is extended outward and impaled on the pins, and the two rings are joined together by allowing the pins provided on the ring in one component to stick into the ring in the other component. | 03-26-2015 |
20150127030 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING AN ARTIFICIAL ARTERIO-VENOUS FISTULA - A shunt rivet for implantation in the aorta and inferior vena cava to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and a method of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The shunt rivet may be formed to have a central section, a proximal clinch section, and a distal clinch section each having one or more clinch members. These one or more clinch members may be trained to be resiliently biased to bend radially outwardly from the central section. | 05-07-2015 |
20150148826 | IMPLANTABLE FLOW CONNECTOR - An implantable flow connector for fluidically coupling a source tissue-enclosed body space with a destination element, comprising: a conduit having a lumen terminating at an orifice at a first end of the conduit implantable in the source body space through an opening formed in a tissue wall of the source body space, and a second end of the conduit implantable in the destination element through an opening in a surface of the destination element; and a circumferential flange, radially extending from the conduit proximate the conduit first end, configured to be implanted in the source body space adjacent an opening in the tissue wall of the source body space such that the conduit extends through the opening, the flange comprising one or more circumferentially adjacent sections at least one of which has a rigidity that decreases in a radially-increasing direction. | 05-28-2015 |
20160007997 | Bridge vessels-proximal anastomosis supporting device for coronary artery bypass grafting and manufacturing method thereof | 01-14-2016 |
20160045199 | Anastomosis Devices - An implantable medical device for connecting tissue layers, such as connecting tubular tissues to create an anastomosis, includes a single elongate member and a covering material. The devices provided may also be used for other purposes including, but not limited to, partially or fully occluding openings in tissue, temporarily or permanently holding generally planar layers of tissue together, aneurysm repair, and the like. | 02-18-2016 |
20160192952 | REENTRY DEVICE | 07-07-2016 |
606156000 | Removable | 3 |
20090012544 | GASTROINTESTINAL BYPASS SLEEVE AS AN ADJUNCT TO BARIATRIC SURGERY - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for treating a patient that has undergone a bariatric surgical procedure, to promote weight loss in the patient. The systems and methods can involve positioning a gastrointestinal bypass sleeve within a portion of the altered GI anatomy to create or restore a restriction, and/or create a malabsorptive effect via a gastric and partial intestinal bypass. The bypass sleeve can include a proximal attachment element for attaching the proximal end of the sleeve in a penetrating or non-penetrating manner at the gastroesophageal junction, stomach, neo-stomach, or other locations. The bypass can be placed during the same operative session as the bariatric surgical procedure, or alternatively at a later date. | 01-08-2009 |
20110301623 | TISSUE RESECTING SYSTEM - A surgical system includes a first instrument defining a first channel and a second instrument receivable by the first channel. The second instrument defines a second channel. A valve coupled to the first instrument controls fluid flow through the first channel, such that impedance of fluid flow through the first channel is substantially the same without the second instrument received in the first channel and with the first channel partially blocked by the second instrument. In another aspect, a surgical apparatus includes an outer member and an inner member received within the outer member to define a first channel therebetween. The inner member houses an optical lens and defines a second channel for receiving a surgical instrument. The first and second channels are configured such that a pump having an inflow rate of up to about 0.7 L/min connected to the second channel can maintain fluid pressure inside an organ. | 12-08-2011 |
20150119908 | EXTRAVASCULAR DEVICES SUPPORTING AN ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA - A medical device includes a curved tubular body configured for being used as an extravascular device to support vein maturation following the formation of an arteriovenous fistula. The tubular body is curved. The tubular body has an entrance angle of less than about 40 degrees to improve blood flow from the artery into the vein. And the tubular body includes a cuff or edge at the proximal end to stabilize the tubular body at the fistula. | 04-30-2015 |