Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor inventions 12/05

20050288762 - Apparatus and method for securing a graft to a tunneler: An apparatus is provided for securing a graft to a tunneler during implantation of the graft subcutaneously for vascular access. The apparatus includes an elongated member adapted to be tunneled subcutaneously from an entry point at a first location on the skin surface of a patient to an exit point...

20050288763 - Custom-length self-expanding stent delivery systems with stent bumpers: Custom-length self-expanding stent delivery systems and methods enable precise control of prosthesis position during deployment. The stent delivery systems carry multiple stent segments and include a stent bumper for helping control the axial position of the stent segments during deployment. This enables the deployment of multiple prostheses at a target...

20050288764 - Devices and methods for controlling expandable prosthesis during develoyment: Prosthesis delivery devices and methods are provided that enable precise control of prosthesis position during deployment. The prosthesis delivery devices may carry multiple prostheses and include deployment mechanisms for delivery of a selectable number of prostheses. Control mechanisms are provided in the prosthesis delivery devices that control either or both...

20050288766 - Devices and methods for controlling expandable prostheses during deployment: Prosthesis delivery devices and methods are provided that enable precise control of prosthesis position during deployment. The prosthesis delivery devices may carry multiple prostheses and include deployment mechanisms for delivery of a selectable number of prostheses. Control mechanisms are provided in the prosthesis delivery devices that control either or both...

20050288765 - Exclusion of ascending/descending aorta and/or aortic arch aneurysm: A system and method for exclusion of an aneurysm of an aortic arch region using a graft delivery system capable of maneuvering around an aortic arch, an aortic arch graft, and an occluder system for isolating an aneurysm while occluding one or more corresponding arteries, and with bypass of those...

20050288767 - Implantable prosthesis having reinforced attachment sites: The present invention provides an implantable graft that includes an elongate graft tube having opposing ends defining an attachment site for attaching the graft to a stent. The graft further includes a reinforcement member attached adjacent to at least one of the ends of the graft for establishing a reinforced...

20050288768 - Two-stage stent-graft and method of delivering same: A stent-graft is provided for defining a prosthetic fluid passage within a body lumen. The stent-graft includes a graft having a forward section, and a pilot stent located within the forward section of the graft. The pilot stent has an expanded diameter less than that of a lumen in which...

20050288770 - Hemodynamic luminal endoprosthesis: A multilayer braided luminal self-expanding stent (4) for an anatomical conduit (8) comprising a outer braided peripheral stent (10) which is permanently linked to an inner, braided, hemodynamic flow deflector (2) by at least a pair of filaments (12) that make part of a common braided structure....

20050288769 - Mechanical structures and implants using said structures: A deformable medical implant, comprising: a body defining at least two anchor points, which body is adapted to be deformed so that the two anchor points are moved relative to each other; at least two elongate extensions, each extension fixed to one anchor point; a bridge coupling at least two...

20050288771 - Novel stent for treatment of bifurcated lesions: A stent includes a lattice defining a substantially cylindrical configuration having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, and a middle portion between the proximal end and the distal end. The lattice being moveable from a crimped state to an expanded state, and a plurality of adjacent hoops....

20050288772 - Bifurcated vascular graft and method and apparatus for deploying same: A structurally supported bifurcated vascular graft is described having a hollow cylindrical body graft with a top end and bottom end and two hollow cylindrical limb grafts which are attached to the hollow cylindrical body graft near the top end of the body graft. One or more structural supports or...

20050288774 - Method and apparatus for coating interior surfaces of medical devices: A coating can be applied to an endolumenal wall of a medical device by positioning an optical fiber within the lumen, providing a photo-activated chemical to contact the endolumenal wall, supplying the optical fiber with radiation capable of activating the chemical within the lumen, and withdrawing the optical fiber from...

20050288773 - Radiopaque coating for biomedical devices: A medical device has a porous radiopaque coating that can withstand the high strains inherent in the use of such devices without delamination. A coating of Ta is applied to a medical device, such as a stent, by vapor deposition so that the thermomechanical properties of the stent are not...

20050288775 - Metallic fibers reinforced textile prosthesis: The present invention provides a composite yarn and an implantable prosthesis having at least portion made from a metallic material, component, or yarn. The composite yarn including a combination of a metallic component and a non-metallic component. The prosthesis includes a biocompatible fabric having a textile construction. A further aspect...

20050288776 - Adjustable cardiac valve implant with coupling mechanism: Methods and devices are provided for support of a body structure. The devices can be adjusted within the body of a patient in a minimally invasive or non-invasive manner such as by applying energy percutaneously or external to the patient's body. The energy may include, for example, acoustic energy, radio...

20050288781 - Adjustable cardiac valve implant with ferromagnetic material: Methods and devices are provided for support of a body structure. The devices can be adjusted within the body of a patient in a minimally invasive or non-invasive manner such as by applying energy percutaneously or external to the patient's body. The energy may include, for example, acoustic energy, radio...

20050288780 - Adjustable cardiac valve implant with selective dimensional adjustment: Methods and devices are provided for support of a body structure. The devices can be adjusted within the body of a patient in a minimally invasive or non-invasive manner such as by applying energy percutaneously or external to the patient's body. The energy may include, for example, acoustic energy, radio...

20050288782 - Cardiac valve implant with energy absorbing material: Methods and devices are provided for support of a body structure. The devices can be adjusted within the body of a patient in a minimally invasive or non-invasive manner such as by applying energy percutaneously or external to the patient's body. The energy may include, for example, acoustic energy, radio...

20050288783 - Methods for treating cardiac valves using magnetic fields: Methods and devices are provided for support of a body structure. The devices can be adjusted within the body of a patient in a minimally invasive or non-invasive manner such as by applying energy percutaneously or external to the patient's body. The energy may include, for example, acoustic energy, radio...

20050288779 - Methods for treating cardiac valves with adjustable implants: Methods and devices are provided for support of a body structure. The devices can be adjusted within the body of a patient in a minimally invasive or non-invasive manner such as by applying energy percutaneously or external to the patient's body. The energy may include, for example, acoustic energy, radio...

20050288778 - Selectively adjustable cardiac valve implants: Methods and devices are provided for support of a body structure. The devices can be adjusted within the body of a patient in a minimally invasive or non-invasive manner such as by applying energy percutaneously or external to the patient's body. The energy may include, for example, acoustic energy, radio...

20050288777 - Thermal conductor for adjustable cardiac valve implant: Methods and devices are provided for support of a body structure. The devices can be adjusted within the body of a patient in a minimally invasive or non-invasive manner such as by applying energy percutaneously or external to the patient's body. The energy may include, for example, acoustic energy, radio...

20050288784 - Bifocal intraocular telescope for low vision correction: An intraocular lens implant has a telescope portion and a transparent peripheral portion coupled to the outside of the telescope portion. The telescope portion has a converging lens and a diverging lens to form a Galilean telescope. The telescope portion provides magnified vision for the central field of vision. The...

20050288785 - Multi-piece intraocular lens: A multi-piece intraocular lens (IOL) has an optic constructed of an elastomeric plastic and an opposing pair of attachment members (haptics) constructed of a rigid plastic material. The optic or haptics have one or more small, tear drop-shaped, inlet recesses formed into each from a peripheral edge region. The haptics...

20050288786 - Closure device with hinges: A device for closing a defect, such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) or an atrial septal defect (ASD), has first and second sides on either side of the defect, a center joint that passes through the defect, and end pieces at the outer ends of the sides. One or...

20050288787 - Soft tissue defect repair device: An inguinal hernia repair device in the form of an implantable plug that is affixed at one end to the center region of a sheet of implantable material. The plug takes the form of a plurality of hollow members, arranged so as to be in substantially parallel relationship when implanted...

20050288788 - Intervertebral implant and associated method: An intervertebral implant. The intervertebral implant includes a hollow body formed by first and second side walls and first and second end walls. The first side wall defines an engagement groove adjacent the first end wall for engaging an arm of an implant tool....

20050288789 - Spinal disc nucleus pulposus implant: A prosthetic spinal disc nucleus pulposus formed from a hydrogel formed by crosslinking a macromer having a polymeric backbone comprising units with a 1,2-diol or 1,3-diol structure and at least two pendant chains bearing crosslinkable groups and an amphiphilic comonomer....

20050288790 - Craniofacial implant: A composite surgical implant that is made of a planar sheet of a thermoplastic resin that includes a top surface (400), a bottom surface (410), and a surgical grade metal mesh (405) contained therein. The implant may be bent by hand, wherein upon the displacement of the implant, the implant...

20050288791 - Shoulder or hip prosthesis: The prosthesis according to the invention comprises a first component, humeral or femoral, presenting a concave surface of articulation and a second, intermediate component presenting first and second convex surfaces of articulation intended to cooperate respectively with the concave surface of articulation of the first component and with a glenoidal...

20050288792 - Modular ankle prosthesis and associated method: An implant for use in ankle arthroplasty is provided. The implant includes a first member for cooperation with the tibia and a second member for cooperation with the talus. The second member is operably associated with the first member. The implant also includes a third member rigidly removably connectable to...

20050288793 - Internal fixation element for hip acetabular shell: An acetabular cup assembly for a prosthetic hip joint includes an outer shell for attachment to the acetabulum. The outer shell has an inner surface receiving a bearing insert portion. Complimentary coupling features are provided on the inner surface of the outer shell and the outer surface of the bearing...

20050288794 - Modular prosthesis and locking nut therefor: A modular prosthesis is provided having a first and second prosthesis component and a locking nut. The first prosthesis component is configured to include a mating surface and a threaded shaft extending from the mating surface. The locking nut is formed to include a distal end having a shaped surface....

20050288795 - Shapeable bone graft substitute and instruments for delivery thereof: Injectable bone graft material having a biocompatible, resorbable polymer and a biocompatible, resorbable inorganic material exhibiting macro, meso, and microporosities....

20050288796 - Native soft tissue matrix for therapeutic applications: A product for implantation within a soft tissue site of the human or animal body comprises a pulverized or morselized matrix of a substantially non-mineralized native soft tissue (NSTM) of the human or animal body, provided in a therapeutic amount to induce growth of native tissue or organs and healing...

20050288797 - Controlled absorption biograft material for autologous tissue support: An implantable tissue grafting medical system and material using a combination of bio-absorbable and non bio-absorbable fibers and materials such as Poly Glycolic Acid (PGA) and polyester (PET), provides a permeable mesh or weave of fibers with an initial interstice size and permeability factor suitable to initial implant requirements, and...

20050288798 - Four hole offset alignment device: The present invention relates to a four hole offset alignment device that is adjustable in the lateral or medial direction and the anterior or posterior direction at a single interface between the two pieces of the present invention. A first piece is provided having a body with a central axis....

20050283222 - Apparatus for delivering endoluminal prostheses and methods of making and using them: An apparatus for delivering a stent into a blood vessel includes a sheath having a rounded bullet-shaped distal portion including a plurality of flexible leaflets integrally molded thereto. The stent is disposed in its contracted condition within a lumen of the sheath proximate the distal portion. A bumper is slidably...

20050283221 - Catheter assembly: Catheter having a proximal section and a distal section. The proximal section having at least a delivery lumen and a guidewire receiving lumen, the guidewire receiving lumen having a proximal guidewire exit port at a location proximal of the distal end of the proximal section. A reinforcing tubular member located...

20050283223 - Double sheath deployment system: A stent-graft deployment system (10) includes a stent-graft (15), a flexible catheter tip (12) attached to a catheter shaft (25), a retractable primary sheath (20) containing the stent-graft in a first constrained small diameter configuration around the catheter shaft near the flexible tip. The stent-graft deployment system further includes a...

20050283224 - Implantable medical devices with antimicrobial and biodegradable matrices: A composite vascular graft is provided, which incorporates bioactive agents that can be controllably delivered to the implantation site to deliver therapeutic materials and/or to reduce infection of the implant. The vascular graft of the present invention includes a luminal layer of ePTFE; and a biodegradable polymer layer including a...

20050283228 - Expandable stent with relief holes capable of carrying medicines and other materials: An array of arcuate relief holes is formed at the flexion points formed at the junctures of two or more struts of an expandable stent. The relief holes are small enough to preserve the columnar compressive strength of the stent as well as the resistance of the struts to twisting...

20050283226 - Medical devices: Medical devices, particularly stents, including a polymer body with radiopaque material are disclosed....

20050283225 - Medical devices and methods of making the same: A method of making a medical device includes positioning a tool within a lumen of an elongated workpiece and discharging electric current across a gap between the tool and the workpiece to remove a portion of the workpiece....

20050283227 - Stent with dual support structure: A intraluminal stent comprises a reticulated tube having an un-deployed diameter and expandable to an enlarged diameter. The tube includes a structural beam extending between first and second ends. The structural beam changes from a first geometry to a second geometry when the tube changes from the un-deployed diameter to...

20050283229 - Coatings for controlling erosion of a substrate of an implantable medical device: An implantable medical device, such as a stent, with a coating region for controlling erosion of the substrate region is disclosed....

20050283220 - Blood flow diverters for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms: A blood flow diverter device for treatment of intracranial aneurysms, including a porous tubular member having a central portion and two ends. The member is of sufficient flexibility and body compatibility to be placed in proximity within an intracranial aneurysm. The central portion of the tubular member has a sufficiently...

20050283230 - Heat switch: Heat switch. The switch includes a magnetostrictive member and a coil arranged to apply a magnetic field to the magnetostrictive member to cause the member to change from a first state to a second state of elongation. A heat conductive flexible structure is coupled to the magnetostrictive member so as...

20050283231 - Everting heart valve: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. The apparatus includes a replacement valve and an expandable anchor configured for endovascular delivery to a vicinity of the patient's heart valve. In some embodiments, the replacement valve is adapted to wrap about the anchor, for...

20050283232 - Sizing apparatus: A sizing apparatus can include a contact member having a curved contact surface, the contact surface extending in a substantially convex shape from a proximal end to a distal end along a direction that lies in a same plane as a first axis, the contact surface extending in a substantially...

20050283233 - Scleral prosthesis for treatment of presbyopia and other eye disorders: Presbyopia and other eye disorders are treated by implanting within a plurality of elongated pockets formed in the tissue of the sclera of the eye transverse to a meridian of the eye, a prosthesis having an elongated base member having an inward surface adapted to be placed against the inward...

20050283234 - Photochromic intraocular lenses and methods of making the same: Intraocular lenses containing a photochromic agent having its maximum absorption peak in the wavelength range of about 400-500 nm, are disclosed. Methods for making these intraocular lenses are also taught....

20050283235 - Methods and apparatus for treating body tissue sphincters and the like: A plurality of structures that resiliently attract one another are provided for implanting in a patient around a body tissue structure of the patient. For example, the body tissue structure may be the esophagus, and the plurality of structures may be implanted in an annulus around the outside of the...

20050283237 - Artificial spinal disk replacement device with staggered vertebral body attachments: An intervertebral disk implant is described that has flanges designed to maximize mechanical strength, and at the same time is designed to provide for spatial complementarity of the flanges. In this regard, multiple devices can be implanted between consecutive intervertebral spaces, since the spatially complementary configuration of the flanges allow...

20050283238 - Facet arthroplasty devices and methods: Devices and surgical methods treat various types of adult spinal pathologies, such as degenerative spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, degenerative lumbar scoliosis, and kypho-scoliosis. Various types of spinal joint replacement prostheses, surgical procedures for performing spinal joint replacements, and surgical instruments are used to perform the surgical procedures....

20050283236 - Intervertebral cage with medial fixing plate: An intervertebral cage for treating degeneration of the spine includes a block, an anchor member with a pivot and two blades secured to the pivot, a device for mounting the pivot to turn relative to the block and a hole in the block, a slot in the block, where the...

20050283239 - Two part intersomatic implant: A spinal implant comprising a hollow body having a leading end, a trailing end and a pair of lateral walls extending from the leading end to the trailing end, the lateral walls including concave, non-threaded inner surfaces defining an internal space of the hollow body. The implant includes an anchoring...

20050283240 - Intervertebral spacer device having a slotted domed arch strip spring: An intervertebral spacer device includes first and second plate members, each having plate surfaces thereof, the plate members being disposed in a spaced apart relationship such that inner ones of the plate surfaces oppose one another, and external ones of the plate surfaces face in opposite directions. The device includes...

20050283241 - Intervertebral prosthesis for the cervical spine: A cervical vertebral prothesis includes a central part for bridging a central vertebral body and two outer prothesis parts which are engaged above and below the central vertebral body and are configured to be connected to vertebral bodies located above and below the central veterbral body. In order to secure...

20050283242 - Laterally insertable artificial vertebral disk replacement implant with curved spacer: An intervertebral disk implant is adapted to be placed between two vertebrae using a lateral insertion method. The implant is characterized by features including a first end plate having a first socket and a second end plate having a second socket with a spacer that is at least partially received...

20050283244 - Method of insertion of an expandable intervertebral implant: An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with...

20050283245 - Method of insertion of an expandable intervertebral implant using a tool: An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with...

20050283243 - Method of laterally inserting an artificial vertebral disk replacement implant with crossbar spacer: The present invention is directed to an implant that can be placed between two adjacent vertebral bodies using a lateral insertion method. The implant is characterized as having a first end plate and a second end plate which a crossbar spacer therebetween. The crossbar spacer preferably fits within a channel...

20050283247 - Expandable articulating intervertebral implant with limited articulation: An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with...

20050283248 - Expandable intervertebral implant with spacer: An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with...

20050283246 - Method and apparatus for the treatment of the intervertebral disc annulus: The present invention provides methods and devices for treating the annulus of an intervertebral disc. The methods and devices can employ an expandable treatment device which is deployed at least partially in the subannular space. Fixation devices and methods are also disclosed, which help to secure the treatment device in...

20050283249 - Systems and processes for determining proper superior-inferior joint line positioning: Methods and devices for determining a joint line position are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method includes: providing a femoral trial component, the femoral trial component comprising an anterior flange and at least one mark on the anterior flange of the femoral trial component to indicate a desired patellofemoral...

20050283250 - Knee arthroplasty prosthesis and method: A knee arthroplasty prosthesis includes a femoral component having multiple pieces with engagement means provided for engaging various pieces of the femoral component to one another following their insertion in the incised area of the femur. A tibial component includes multiple pieces designed for assembly following positioning in the incision....

20050283251 - Knee arthroplasty prosthesis and method: A knee arthroplasty prosthesis includes a femoral component having multiple pieces with engagement means provided for engaging various pieces of the femoral component to one another following their insertion in the incised area of the femur. A tibial component includes multiple pieces designed for assembly following positioning in the incision....

20050283252 - Knee arthroplasty prosthesis and method: A knee arthroplasty prosthesis includes a femoral component having multiple pieces with engagement means provided for engaging various pieces of the femoral component to one another following their insertion in the incised area of the femur. A tibial component includes multiple pieces designed for assembly following positioning in the incision....

20050283253 - Knee arthroplasty prosthesis and method: A knee arthroplasty prosthesis includes a femoral component having multiple pieces with engagement means provided for engaging various pieces of the femoral component to one another following their insertion in the incised area of the femur. A tibial component includes multiple pieces designed for assembly following positioning in the incision....

20050283254 - Modular prosthetic component with improved body shape: An improved body element for use in a modular prosthetic stem component of the sort comprising a body element and at least one other element, wherein the body element and the at least one other element are joined together by at least one modular connection, wherein the improved body element...

20050283255 - Tissue-derived mesh for orthopedic regeneration: An implant including a substantially cohesive aggregate comprising bone-derived particles. Cohesiveness is maintained by a member of mechanical interlocking, engagement of adjacent bone-derived particles with one another through engagement with a binding agent, thermal bonding, chemical bonding, or a matrix material in which the bone-derived particles are retained. The aggregate...

20050283256 - Collagen device and method of preparing the same: A laminated, bioimplantable dural graft product is configured for use as both an onlay graft and a suturable graft. The dural graft product is sufficiently pliable so as to sufficiently conform to a curvature of a tissue surface to which it is applied, such as the curved surface of a...

20050283257 - Control system and method for a prosthetic knee: A prosthetic or orthotic system including a magnetorheological (MR) damper. The MR damper may be configured to operate in shear mode. In one embodiment, the MR damper includes a rotary MR damper. A controller is configured to operate the damper. A mobile computing device may be adapted to intermittently communicate...

20050278013 - Method for endovascular bypass stent graft delivery: The invention provides a method of providing an endovascular bypass. The method includes the steps of inserting an elastic needle carrying a guidewire adjacent an ostium via a catheter and extending the needle through a branch vessel wall. The method continues by extending the needle through the extravascular space and...

20050278012 - Protected stent delivery system and packaging: The present invention is directed to sterile packaging systems for medical devices or components where the medical device or component (e.g. a stent) is covered at least in part with a protective sheath that is configured to maintain a body of protective fluid about the covered portion of the device...

20050278011 - Stent delivery system: A medical device comprises a catheter having a balloon positioned thereon, a stent and a sheath. The sheath is disposed about the stent when the stent is in a reduced diameter configuration. When the stent is in the reduced diameter configuration it is disposed about a portion of the catheter...

20050278010 - Stent delivery system with imaging capability: A stent delivery system includes a catheter shaft defining two lumens, for respectively receiving a guidewire and a fiber optic cable having a viewing capability. Specifically, the fiber optic cable has a first (e.g., proximal) end and a second (e.g., distal) end, and is adapted for transmitting illumination light from...

20050278014 - Stent and method for drug delivery from stents: A method for controlling the activity of drugs on or in drug-coated or drug-loaded implantable devices, such as stents or other metallic devices, uses non-invasive, inductive heating of such device. The heating of a device, such as stent, can be used to release drugs applied to the stent in release...

20050278015 - Biodegradable vascular device with buffering agent: A vascular or cardiovascular medical device for placement at a site in a patient's body and for controlling pH levels at the site in the patient's body includes one or more structural components made of a biodegradable and/or bioabsorbable material, or alternatively, a coating thereon made of a biodegradable and/or...

20050278016 - Stent designed for the delivery of therapeutic substance or other agents: A stent comprising a serpentine portion extending about the circumference of the stent, the serpentine portion having a first end and a second end, the serpentine portion having a plurality of turns at the first end and a plurality of turns at the second end and struts extending therebetween, at...

20050278021 - Coated medical device: A coated medical device (10) including a structure (12) adapted for introduction into a passage or vessel of a patient. The structure is formed of preferably a non-porous base material (14) having a bioactive material layer (18) disposed thereon. The medical device is preferably an implantable stent or balloon (26)...

20050278020 - Medical device: An implantable medical device comprised of a lumen. When the device is, at different points in time, exposed to two different radio frequency electromagnetic radiations, one of whose frequencies differs from the other by a factor of at least 1.5, at least 90 percent of each of the radio frequency...

20050278018 - Multilayer composite vascular access graft: A multilayer composite vascular access graft and a method of constructing such a graft are disclosed. The mcVAG has improved performance characteristics, which include desirable handling characteristics such as ease of suturing, kink resistance and the ability to serve as a cannulation route soon after the implant procedure....

20050278017 - Overlapped stents for scaffolding, flexibility and mri compatibility: A tubular insert for a vessel comprises an inner stent and an outer stent. At least a portion of the inner stent is disposed within the outer stent. The outer stent has a longitudinal axis and is constructed to be free of any closed loops which are electrically conductive and...

20050278019 - Overlapped stents for scaffolding, flexibility and mri compatibility: A tubular insert for a vessel comprises an inner stent and an outer stent. At least a portion of the inner stent is disposed within the outer stent. The outer stent has a longitudinal axis and is constructed to be free of any closed loops which are electrically conductive and...

20050278022 - Annuloplasty prostheses with improved anchoring structures, and related methods: An annuloplasty prosthesis is less than a complete ring (e.g., it may be C-shaped or U-shaped). The prosthesis has a structural member that basically gives the prosthesis its shape. The structural member is provided with surface portions that are transverse to adjacent portions of the surface of the structural member....

20050278024 - Kit and method for use during ventricular restoration: Apparatuses and methods are provided to reconstruct an enlarged left ventricle of a human heart, using a shaper, having a size and shape substantially equal to the size and shape of an appropriate left ventricle, wherein the shaper is adapted to be temporarily placed into the enlarged left ventricle during...

20050278023 - Method and apparatus for filling a cavity: An implant for filling and/or distracting a body region, particularly a non-soft tissue cavity, has a plurality of segments wherein at least two of the segments are flexibly connected. The segments have a crush-strength sufficient to create and/or maintain the distraction of two or more non-soft tissue body surfaces, and...

20050278025 - Meniscus prosthesis: A prosthesis for placement into a joint space between two or more bones is disclosed. The prosthesis includes a body formed from a pre-formed solid one piece elastomer, wherein the elastomer is formed from a synthetic organic polymer that is biocompatible and has a modulus of elasticity and a mechanical...

20050278026 - Expandable intervertebral implant with wedged expansion member: An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with...

20050278027 - Annulus fibrosus stent: The Annulus Fibrosus Stent (AFS) is a platform of barriers used in the intervertebral disc. The barrier can be inserted into an intervertebral disc to act to reinforce and/or supplement the disc. The AFS can be inserted at any of the many different stages of disc pathology. The AFS can...

20050278028 - Expandable helical cage: An expandable implant having a helical body and first and second securing pieces. Ends of the helical body are connected to the first and second end pieces. The first and second end pieces can be rotated relative to one another to expand the implant from a first dimension to a...

20050278029 - Intervertebral disc nucleus implants and methods: Nucleus pulposus implants that are resistant to migration in and/or expulsion from an intervertebral disc space are provided. In one form of the invention, an implant includes a load bearing elastic body surrounded in the disc space by an anchoring, preferably resorbable, outer shell. In certain forms of the invention,...

20050278030 - Glenoidal component, set of such components and shoulder prosthesis incorporating such a glenoidal component: This glenoidal component for a shoulder prosthesis comprises a base which may be immobilized on the glenoid cavity of a shoulder, and an element provided to be mounted on this base and forming a convex surface of articulation centred on an axis of symmetry. This axis of symmetry is non...

20050278032 - Glenoidal component of a shoulder prosthesis, set of elements constituting such a component and total shoulder prosthesis incorporating such a component: The glenoidal component for shoulder prosthesis according to the invention comprises a base adapted to be immobilized on a patient's glenoid cavity and an element adapted to be added on the base and defining a convex surface of articulation of which at least a part is globally in the form...

20050278031 - Set of humeral components for total shoulder prosthesis: In this set of humeral components for a total shoulder prosthesis, each component is formed by an anchoring stem and a metaphyseal part which defines a concave surface of articulation globally in the form of a portion of sphere. The offset between the axis of symmetry of this surface and...

20050278033 - Total shoulder prosthesis or inverted type: This total shoulder prosthesis comprises a glenoidal component, defining a substantially hemispherical convex articular surface and of which the centre of curvature is located in the glenoid cavity or in the immediate vicinity thereof, and a humeral component defining a concave articular surface adapted to cooperate with the convex articular...

20050278034 - Modular knee prosthesis: A modular prosthetic knee system used to replace the natural knee. The system includes a femoral knee prosthesis and a tibial knee prosthesis. Both prostheses are formed of modular components that are connectable in-vivo to form the prosthetic knee system. The femoral knee prosthesis includes two separate components, a lateral...

20050278035 - Posterior stabilized mobile bearing knee: A posterior stabilized mobile bearing knee prosthesis includes a femoral component, a tibial tray, and a bearing. The femoral component is configured to be implanted in a surgically prepared femur, with the tibial tray being configured for implantation in a prepared tibia. The bearing is supported on a platform of...

20050278036 - Method for restoration of human or animal bone anatomy, and expansible prosthetic implant allowing implementation of this method: A method for restoration of human or animal bone anatomy includes introduction into a bone of an expansible implant according to a single determined plane intrinsic to the implant, positioning the expansible implant in the bone in order to make the expansion plane intrinsic to the implant correspond with a...

20050278037 - Implant for the treatment of cystocele and rectocele: m

20050278039 - Composite limb guard: A post amputation limb protection to be applied to newly or recently amputated transtibial, transradial or transfemoral residual limbs comprises an inner soft liner for placement on and around the limb above the end of the stump, an end pad for placement over the stump, a shell for placement over...

20050278038 - Hucklebone supporting-type artificial leg: This invention relates to enable a person to walk smoothly even if a length of a remained thigh of the lost leg is short or even if the leg is cut at the hip joint and has no thigh. The hucklebone supporting type artificial leg comprising the crotch support (1),...

20050273152 - Balloon catheter device: Balloon catheters having the strength and maximum inflated diameter characteristics of an angioplasty balloon and having the recovery characteristics during deflation of an elastic embolectomy balloon. The balloon catheter can be made in very small sizes and has a lubricious and chemically inert outer surface. The balloon catheter is easy...

20050273149 - Bifurcated stent delivery system: A stent delivery system comprises a catheter which includes a catheter shaft and a balloon positioned thereon. A rotatable sheath is rotatably disposed about a portion of the catheter. The rotatable sheath has a distal portion which extends over the balloon and a proximal portion which extends over the catheter...

20050273148 - Device for placement of a self-expanding endoprosthesis: The atraumatic tip (6) is made of elastomer material and comprises a thin-walled inflatable chamber (10) which can be inflated by a pressure insufficient to widen a channel intended to receive the prosthesis, and into which there leads a lumen (9) extending from the distal end to the proximal end...

20050273147 - Expandable and contractible guidewire: A guidewire for a stent assembly, the guidewire including an outwardly expandable and inwardly contractible deformable portion....

20050273153 - Method and apparatus for delivering a stent into a body lumen: The invention is a method and apparatus for delivering a stent, including, but not limited to, a self expanding stent, into a body lumen. The apparatus comprises an outer tube having a proximal end and a distal end and sized to hold a stent therein in a radially constricted condition,...

20050273151 - Stent delivery system: A stent delivery system includes an inner tubular member on which a stent is loaded, an outer jacket extending over said inner tubular member, the retraction of which causes deployment of the stent, and a handle adapted to move the jacket relative to the inner tubular member. The constructions of...

20050273150 - Stent introducer system: A stent delivery system for positioning a first and second stent the first and second branch lumens of a bifurcation. The stent delivery system includes stent introducers and a sheath or catheter having a frangible wall. A method of delivering stents to anatomies such as bifurcated ducts or vessels....

20050273154 - Bifurcated stent graft and apparatus for making same: The present invention includes a tool for forming an intravascular device such as a bifurcated stent graft. The tool includes a plurality of tool pieces wherein at least one tool piece is removably attached to another tool piece, and an external surface for assisting in forming the intravascular device. The...

20050273155 - Endoluminal device with extracellular matrix material and methods: An endoluminal device comprises a stent and a tubular graft supported by the stent. The graft has a proximal and a distal opening and comprises a synthetic material and a bioremodelable material. The bioremodelable material is disposed on an exterior surface in at least one band adjacent at least one...

20050273156 - Biocompatible alloy for implantable medical devices: A biocompatible solid-solution alloy may be formed into any number of implantable medical devices. The solid-solution alloy comprises a combination of elements in specific ratios that make it magnetic resonance imaging compatible while retaining the characteristics required for implantable medical devices. The biocompatible solid-solution alloy is a Cobalt-Chromium alloy having...

20050273157 - Stent having struts with reverse direction curvature: Disclosed is a stent having struts with reverse direction curvature for providing a reduced compressed profile and an increased expanded profile. The strut configuration comprises a plurality of arcuate sections facing in opposite convex and a concave orientation. The strut width may be gradually decreased from its ends towards the...

20050273158 - Draining bodily fluids with a stent: A stent for assisting urinary release in a male patient includes a first segment, a second segment, and a connecting member disposed between the first and second segments. The first segment includes a multi-winged malecot. When the stent is properly positioned within the patient's urinary system, the first segment is...

20050273159 - Monocusp valve construction and defect closure device for deep vein regurgitation: A vein valve, preferably for the common femoral vein, is described. The valve may be of a monocusp or bicuspid construction. The valve is constructed from the patient's own vein wall tissue, in which case it is necessary to repair the opening made in the vein wall with a precisely...

20050273160 - Pulmonary vein valve implant: The present invention involves placing a valve between the left atrium and the lung to prevent regurgitant flow from increasing the pulmonary pressures, which may lead to pulmonary edema and congestion. Mitral stenosis or poor synchronization of the mitral valve may add additional pressures to the left atrium thus raising...

20050273161 - Electrostatic loading of drugs on implantable medical devices: A method for electrostatic loading of drugs on an implantable medical device is disclosed....

20050273162 - Apparatus and methods for conduits and materials: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for a conduit, such as an implantable conduit for a vessel. The conduit may comprise a main member and a side branch member. The conduit may be implanted with the side-branch member initially disposed within the main member. When positioned, the side-branch member...

20050273163 - Intraocular lens system: A two part lens system. The first part is a ring-like supporting component that is implanted in the capsular bag following cataract surgery. The first component is a non-optical component and contains a pair of haptics for fixating the first component within the capsular bag. The second component is an...

20050273164 - Two-layer external breast prosthesis with self-shaping feature and process for the manufacture thereof: A two-layer external breast prosthesis comprising a first inner layer comprised of a self-shaping dispersion and a second outer layer comprised of an elastic material, wherein the second outer layer is relatively stiffer than the first inner layer....

20050273165 - Soft tissue spacer: An orthopedic tissue spacer comprising a body portion having first and second ends, an outer surface and a longitudinal axis, at least one of the ends configured to engage a first bone segment, wherein at least a portion of the body portion is flexible and the outer surface is configured...

20050273166 - Expandable spinal stabilization device: The present invention relates to an expandable spinal stabilization device that may be inserted into the space between two vertebrae, normally occupied by a disc, in order to stabilize the spine during and after spinal fusion procedures. The invention also relates to a method for using the device. The device...

20050273167 - Surgical measurement and resection framework: A frame is attachable to first and second bone portions of a patient to facilitate measurement and resection of one or more bony landmarks. The frame has two anchoring features, each of which has a semispherical surface that permits rotational adjustment of the frame against the bone portions until the...

20050273168 - Two part intersomatic implant: A spinal implant includes a hollow body having a pair of lateral braches extending from a leading end to a trailing end of the hollow body. The branches have opposing concave, non-threaded inner surfaces defining an internal space of the hollow body and outer surfaces defining an outer dimension of...

20050273169 - Artificial intervertebral disc assembly: An artificial intervertebral disc assembly including upper and lower end plates, an expandable bladder carried by the end plates and circumscribing a containment area therebetween. A biocompatible fluid is disposed within the containment area. A cylinder having a plurality of apertures therein projects from the lower plate into the containment...

20050273170 - Prosthetic intervertebral spinal disc with integral microprocessor: A device for storing data related to movement of a prosthetic implant includes at least one transducer for generating at least one real time movement signal responsive to movement within the prosthetic implant. A processor generates movement data parameters and associated time stamps in response to the real time movement...

20050273171 - Method of inserting an expandable intervertebral implant without overdistraction: An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with...

20050273172 - Artificial disc and uses therefor: Disclosed are prosthetic devices for insertion into intervertebral disc spaces after the removal of an intervertebral disc....

20050273175 - Expandable articulating intervertebral implant: An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with...

20050273173 - Expandable articulating intervertebral implant with cam: An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with...

20050273174 - Expandable articulating intervertebral implant with spacer: An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with...

20050273176 - Hip prosthesis with monoblock ceramic acetabular cup: An improved hip prosthesis includes an acetabular cup bearing component constructed from a relatively hard and high strength ceramic material for articulation with a ball-shaped femoral head component which may be constructed from a compatible ceramic or metal material. In one form, the acetabular cup further includes a ceramic porous...

20050273177 - Prosthetic device having drug delivery properties: A prosthesis includes suitable mechanical properties needed to open and maintain a vessel, duct, tract, or organ in a mammalian body. The prosthesis includes a pharmaceutical coating containing a pharmaceutical agent. The pharmaceutical agent is capable of acting upon and altering the mechanisms of biologic systems in a manner providing...

20050273178 - Load bearing biocompatible device: Implantable biomaterials, particularly hydrogel substrates with porous surfaces, and methods for enhancing the compatibility of biomaterials with living tissue, and for causing physical attachment between biomaterials and living tissues are provided. Also provided are implants suitable for load-bearing surfaces in hard tissue repair, replacement, or augmentation, and to methods of...

20050273179 - Prosthetic foot with tunable performance: A prosthetic foot (70) incorporates a foot keel (71) and a calf shank (72) connected to the foot keel to form an ankle joint area of the prosthetic foot. The foot keel has forefoot and hindfoot portions and an upwardly arched midfoot portion extending between the forefoot and midfoot portions....

20050267559 - Cuffed grafts for vascular anastomosis: A vascular graft for anastomosis includes a tubular member; and a cuff disposed proximate one end of the tubular member. Another vascular graft for anastomosis includes a tubular member; a side arm disposed on a side of the tubular member, wherein a lumen of the side arm is configured to...

20050267560 - Implantable bioabsorbable valve support frame: Medical devices for implantation within a body vessel comprising a frame formed at least in part from a metallic bioabsorbable material are provided. The devices can be pushed from a delivery catheter into the lumen of a duct or vessel and may include one or more barbs for anchoring purposes....

20050267563 - Exchangeable delivery system for expandable prosthetic devices: Exchangeable delivery systems, methods of making delivery systems, and methods of delivering a self-expandable prosthetic device are provided. Delivery systems according to embodiments of the invention include an elongate tubular member defining a passageway with a distal end defining an exchange port, and a distal tip member slideably disposed partially...

20050267562 - Stent-reduction sleeve: The present invention provides a method of reducing a stent. A stent framework is provided and inserted into a stent-reduction sleeve having a plurality of apertures formed therein. The stent-reduction sleeve is compressed towards a central axis of the stent framework with a substantially uniform inwardly directed radial force that...

20050267561 - System and method for stent deployment and infusion of a therapeutic agent into tissue adjacent to the stent ends: The invention provides a system and method for deploying a stent and infusing a therapeutic agent into tissue adjacent to the ends of the stent. The system comprises a catheter, an inflatable balloon, a stent, and a plurality of infusion elements. The catheter has an inflation lumen and at least...

20050267564 - Capsulated stent and its uses: A medical device is provided which includes an implantable medical device that is at least substantially covered in a granulation tissue. The granulation tissue is substantially immunocompatible with an immune system of a patient into which the implantable medical device is to be implanted for a therapeutic purpose....

20050267565 - Biodegradable medical implant with encapsulated buffering agent: A medical device for placement at a site in a patient's body and for controlling pH levels at the site in the patient's body includes one or more structural components made of a first biodegradable and/or bioabsorbable material or, alternatively, one or more structural components having a coating thereon made...

20050267566 - Longitudinally expanding medical device: A stent for maintaining an open passageway through a body lumen, such as the prostatic urethra of a male patient, includes an elongated segment including a flexible polymer material bridging a plurality of hoops. The elongated segment defines a lumen extending therethrough and has a distal end. A retention structure...

20050267567 - Device and method for treating ischemic heart disease: A narrowing intraluminal stent is disclosed and comprises a hollow body and a flow passage therethrough, the hollow body designed for intraluminal placement and having at least one portion of an inner cross sectional dimension smaller than the cross sectional dimension of the lumen, so as to artificially narrow a...

20050267568 - Flexible vascular occluding device: A vascular occluding device for modifying blood flow in a vessel, while maintaining blood flow to the surrounding tissue. The occluding device includes a flexible, easily compressible and bendable occluding device that is particularly suited for treating aneurysms in the brain. The neurovascular occluding device can be deployed using a...

20050267570 - Endovascular occlusion devices and methods of use: An implantable stent-like device for treating and occluding arteriovascular malformations (AVMs), fistulas, varicose veins or the like. More particularly, this invention relates to an implant body that includes an open-cell shape-transformable polymer structure that provides stress-free means for occluding an AVM without applying additional pressures an any distended walls of...

20050267569 - Non-invasive detection of in-stent stenosis and drug elution: Devices and methods are described. One apparatus includes a stent including a sensor coupled thereto, the sensor including a material that oscillates when subjected to an applied magnetic field. The material may include at least one material selected from magnetoelastic materials and magnetorestrictive materials. The apparatus may further include a...

20050267572 - Systems and methods for holding annuloplasty rings: Holders for releasably holding annuloplasty rings prior to and during the implantation of the rings employ any of a variety of features relating to such things as holder shape, handle attachment structures, securement of a ring to the holder, and release of the ring from the holder....

20050267571 - Tissue fastening systems and methods utilizing magnetic guidance: Catheter based systems and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems and methods employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty....

20050267573 - Devices, systems, and methods for supplementing, repairing, or replacing a native heart valve leaflet: Devices, systems and methods supplement, repair, or replace a native heart valve. The devices, systems, and methods employ an implant that, in use, extends adjacent a valve annulus. The implant includes a mobile neoleaflet element that occupies the space of at least a portion of one native valve leaflet. The...

20050267574 - Method and apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation: Apparatus for reducing mitral regurgitation, by applying a force to the wall of the coronary sinus so as to force the posterior leaflet anteriorly and thereby reduce mitral regurgitation....

20050267575 - Accommodating intraocular lens system with aberration-enhanced performance: An accommodating intraocular lens implantable in an eye. The lens comprises an anterior portion having an anterior biasing element and an anterior optic having refractive power. The lens further comprises a posterior portion having a posterior biasing element and a posterior optic having refractive power. The anterior optic and the...

20050267576 - Accommodating intraocular lens having t-shaped haptics: An accommodating intraocular lens having anteriorly and posteriorly movable extended portions, such as T-shaped haptics, extending from a central optic to be implanted within a natural capsular bag of a human eye with the extended portions positioned between an anterior capsular rim and a posterior capsule of the bag, whereby...

20050267579 - Implantable device for facet joint replacement: Cephalad and caudal vertebral facet joint prostheses and methods of use are provided. The prostheses provide an artificial facet joint structure including an artificial articular configuration unlike the preexisting articular configuration. The radii and material stress values of the prostheses are configured to sustain contact stress. The cephalad prosthesis provides...

20050267577 - Methods for treating the spine: Described are methods for therapeutically treating the spine that involve the implantation of a medical device, such as a fusion cage, disc nucleus implant, or artificial disc, that transmits loads to a volume of bone tissue of the spine, and the reinforcement of that volume of bone tissue to decrease...

20050267578 - Ratcheted bone dowel having smooth sides and method for use thereof: An interbody spinal implant for insertion at least in part into an implantation space formed across a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies of a human spine and into at least a portion of the endplates of the vertebral bodies. The implant includes a body having a leading end for...

20050267580 - Inflatable intervertebral disc replacement prosthesis: An intervertebral disc replacement prosthesis which can be implanted in a collapsed state, then expanded within the disc space such that minimally invasive surgical techniques may be employed for its insertion, and, by virtue of its expandable nature, ligaments can be restored to proper tension, facet joints can be unloaded...

20050267581 - Intervertebral implant: An intervertebral implant comprises first and second parts having outer surfaces engaging adjacent vertebral surfaces. An insert between these parts provides relative movement therebetween. The first and/or second parts may have engagement means in the form of apertures for engagement with insertion instruments. The first and second parts may nest...

20050267582 - Spacerless artificial disc replacements: Spacerless artificial disc replacements (ADR) are disclosed. One preferred embodiment includes two saddle-shaped components to facilitate more normal spinal flexion, extension, and lateral bending while limit axial rotation, thereby protecting the facet joints and the annulus fibrosus (AF). Either or both of the superior and inferior components are made of...

20050267583 - Radiovisible hydrogel intervertebral disc nucleus: A spinal implant for replacing the natural nucleus of the disc made from a polymer such as hydrogel having a radiopaque material located within the polymer. The material may be in the form of a powder dispersed throughout the polymer or may be in he form of a powder dispersed...

20050267584 - Patient selectable knee joint arthroplasty devices: Disclosed herein are methods and devices for repairing articular surfaces in a knee joint. The articular surface repairs are customizable or highly selectable for each patient and geared toward providing optimal fit and function. Kits are also provided to enable customized repairs to be performed....

20050267585 - Canine acetabular cup: A plurality of canine acetabular cups designed to fit within different sized spherical reamed bone cavities to produce controlled interference without use of cements, screws or nails. Each of the canine acetabular cups, regardless of size, mates with a common femoral head, providing interchangeability. The controlled interference is obtained through...

20050267586 - Canine femoral stem system: A canine femoral stem system provides a set of sizes of stems designed to fit in a reamed femoral bone canal with controlled interference. The canine femoral stems can be implanted using either a cemented or cementless procedures. Cementless stems have a porous coating of sintered beads on the tapered...

20050267590 - Femoral stem for artificial coxal articulation and method for processing neck portion thereof: Disclosed are a femoral stem for artificial coxal articulation, in which portions of the femoral stem interfering with and contacting an insertion in the joint movement of the femoral stem are removed from the femoral stem so as to maximize the range of the joint movement thereof while maintaining the...

20050267591 - Transcutaneous port having micro-textured surfaces for tissue and bone integration: A transcutaneous port includes a subcutaneous port section and a bone fixation section. The subcutaneous port section has upper portion which has an axial channel and a first micro-textured external surface, and a lower portion which has therein a transverse channel connecting to the axial channel. The bone fixation section...

20050267587 - Dual function prosthetic bone implant and method for preparing the same: The present invention discloses a prosthetic bone implant made of a hardened calcium phosphate cement having an apatitic phase as a major phase, which includes a dense cortical portion bearing the majority of load and a porous cancellous portion allowing a rapid blood/body fluid penetration and tissue ingrowth....

20050267588 - Dual function prosthetic bone implant and method for preparing the same: The present invention discloses a prosthetic bone implant made of a hardened calcium phosphate cement having an apatitic phase as a major phase, which includes a dense cortical portion bearing the majority of load and a porous cancellous portion allowing a rapid blood/body fluid penetration and tissue ingrowth....

20050267589 - Dual function prosthetic bone implant and method for preparing the same: The present invention discloses a prosthetic bone implant made of a hardened calcium phosphate cement having an apatitic phase as a major phase, which includes a dense cortical portion bearing the majority of load and a porous cancellous portion allowing a rapid blood/body fluid penetration and tissue ingrowth....

20050267592 - Dual function prosthetic bone implant and method for preparing the same: The present invention discloses a prosthetic bone implant made of a hardened calcium phosphate cement having an apatitic phase as a major phase, which includes a dense cortical portion bearing the majority of load and a porous cancellous portion allowing a rapid blood/body fluid penetration and tissue ingrowth....

20050267593 - Dual function prosthetic bone implant and method for preparing the same: The present invention discloses a prosthetic bone implant made of a hardened calcium phosphate cement having an apatitic phase as a major phase, which includes a dense cortical portion bearing the majority of load and a porous cancellous portion allowing a rapid blood/body fluid penetration and tissue ingrowth....

20050267594 - Radiation and melt treated ultra high molecular weight polyethylene prosthetic devices: A medical prosthesis for use within the body which is formed of radiation treated ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having substantially no detectable free radicals, is described. Preferred prostheses exhibit reduced production of particles from the prosthesis during wear of the prosthesis, and are substantially oxidation resistant. Methods of manufacture...

20050267595 - Methods for gastric volume control: A gastric balloon includes a scaffold structure, one or more internal inflatable compartments within the scaffold structure, and one or more inflatable bladders formed over the space-filling compartment. The gastric balloon may be deployed transesophageally using a gastroscope and is inflated in situ, preferably using a combination of liquid and...

20050267596 - Devices and systems for gastric volume control: A gastric balloon includes a scaffold structure, one or more internal inflatable compartments within the scaffold structure, and one or more inflatable bladders formed over the space-filling compartment. The gastric balloon may be deployed transesophageally using a gastroscope and is inflated in situ, preferably using a combination of liquid and...

20050267597 - Neural interface system with embedded id: A system and method for a neural interface system with a unique identification code includes a sensor including a plurality of electrodes to detect multicellular signals, an processing unit to process the signals from the sensor into a suitable control signal for a controllable device such as a computer or...

20050267598 - Prosthetic or orthotic sleeve having external surface peripheral profiles: A prosthetic or orthotic sleeve includes a distal portion, a proximal portion, and a center portion extending between the distal and proximal portions. An external surface of the sleeve includes at least one peripheral profile portion having an undulating wall thickness defined as a plurality of projections arranged in a...

20050267599 - Suspension liner having external surface peripheral profiles: A close-ended residual limb suspension liner includes a distal portion, a proximal portion, and a center portion extending between the distal and proximal portions. An outer surface of the liner includes at least one peripheral profile portion having an undulating wall thickness comprising a plurality of projections arranged in a...

20050267600 - Alignment assembly for a prosthesis: An alignment assembly for a modular prosthesis. The alignment assembly includes a plurality of modular components that can be selectively connected to each other for providing selectively linear adjustability along first and second non-parallel axes, and rotational/angular adjustability about three orthogonal axes....

20050267602 - Foot prosthesis with resilient multi-axial ankle: The present foot prosthesis includes various structural features that provide the foot with advantageous rollover properties. In certain embodiments, the foot guides rollover toward the medial side. For example, an asymmetrical upper element and a correspondingly shaped resilient ankle member support more of the wearer's weight on the lateral side...

20050267603 - Foot prosthesis with resilient multi-axial ankle: The present foot prosthesis includes various structural features that provide the foot with advantageous rollover properties. In certain embodiments, the foot guides rollover toward the medial side. For example, an asymmetrical upper element and a correspondingly shaped resilient ankle member support more of the wearer's weight on the lateral side...

20050267601 - Vibration-absorbing device for an artificial lower limb: A vibration-absorbing device for an artificial lower limb includes a knee-connecting tube attached to a prosthetic knee unit, an ankle-connecting member attached to a prosthetic foot and ankle unit, and an upright connecting rod having an upper end disposed movably within the tube, and a lower end connected fixedly to...

20050267604 - Dual function prosthetic bone implant and method for preparing the same: The present invention discloses a prosthetic bone implant made of a hardened calcium phosphate cement having an apatitic phase as a major phase, which includes a dense cortical portion bearing the majority of load and a porous cancellous portion allowing a rapid blood/body fluid penetration and tissue ingrowth....