Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor inventions 07/06

20060167537 - Stent assembly and device for application thereof: A stent assembly (2) includes a stent capable of assuming a contracted and an expanded configuration. A membrane of a biocompatible material impermeable to molecular transport across the membrane is wrapped around the stent more than one full turn. There is also disclosed a device for performing anastomosis, including a...

20060167538 - Inflatable biliary stent: An inflatable stent is provided for placement within the biliary duct to facilitate drainage therethrough and maintain the patency of the duct. The biliary stent includes a tubular member, an inflatable reservoir and a port located at a proximal portion of the tubular member. The tubular member has interior and...

20060167539 - Implantable prosthetic device for connection to a fluid flow pathway of a patient: An implantable prosthetic for connection to a fluid flow pathway of a patient. The prosthetic is comprised of a primary tube structure which is in communication with a plurality of secondary tube structures each of which contains filters for trapping embolic particles, such as blood clots, air bubbles, thrombus. etc....

20060167540 - Encapsulated or coated stent systems: The present invention comprises a stent system comprising zero or more inner stents inserted into an outer stent. The inner stents and outer stent are separated and/or encapulated by a protein-based material of a protein matrix and/or a set biocoacervate, each comprising one or more biocompatible proteins and one or...

20060167541 - Treatments for a patient with congestive heart failure: The invention is directed to two minimally invasive therapeutic procedures, particularly for patients with congestive heart failure, and devices and systems for such procedures. One procedure involves providing a valved passageway through the patient's left ventricular wall at the apex of the patient's heart and advancing instruments through the valved...

20060167542 - Bicuspid pulmonary heart valve and method for making same: A method and apparatus for The present invention is a heart valve constructed from a synthetic resin to be surgically implanted in the right ventricular outflow tract of the heart comprising a plurality of flexible members, and an orifice....

20060167543 - Endoluminal cardiac and venous valve prostheses and methods of manufacture and delivery thereof: This invention relates to prosthetic cardiac and venous valves and a single catheter device and minimally invasive techniques for percutaneous and transluminal valvuloplasty and prosthetic valve implantation....

20060167544 - Tissue shaping device: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. Such tissue shaping device can include an expandable proximal anchor; a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an...

20060167545 - Intraocular lens: The Invention concerns an intraocular lens with negative spherical aberration and a method of determining the refractive power of intraocular lenses. In the environment of immersion medium the intraocular lens refracts an incoming wave with an elliptically oblongly curved wave front into an outgoing wave with a substantially spherical wave...

20060167546 - Leg prosthesis system and method: A prosthesis system can have an advantageous use over conventional prostheses in certain activities, including, but not limited to certain sports activities: The system includes, elastic member(s) that can store and release energy. The storing and releasing of energy in the elastic members happens during the movements made by the...

20060167549 - Bone implant, in particular, an inter-vertebral implant: A bone implant and the method of manufacturing thereof, the bone implant, in particular an inter-vertebral implant, made of a radiation-permeable material. The inter-vertebral implant defining a surface and comprising a front section, a back section, two lateral sections defining a central axis, and a substantially hollow interior chamber, each...

20060167547 - Expandable intervertebral fusion implants having hinged sidewalls: An expandable intervertebral implant includes two shell components connected by articulated side walls which allow for expansion of the components between intervertebral bodies. The implant is maintained at a desired height by placing an insert of a selected size between the articulated walls, to prevent the implant from collapsing....

20060167548 - Non-linear spinal fusion interbody spacer: An interbody device includes a solid interior and a non-linear body with opposed top and bottom abutment surfaces that are asymmetrically convex, the device being sized and shaped to be operably positioned between a pair of opposing vertebrae for support and/or fusion. The non-linear body has opposed first and second...

20060167550 - High precision manufacture of polyurethane products such as spinal disc implants having a gradual modulus variation: A process for making a polymeric product having a gradual variation in modulus through at least a portion of the product is disclosed together with an artificial spinal disc formed using the process....

20060167551 - Modular static intervertebral trial: A modular, static intervertebral trial having interchangeable base members having different heights, and interchangeable endplates having different footprints and angles....

20060167552 - Cervical intervertebral prosthesis: Cervical intervertebral prosthesis with two connection plates (1, 5) for connection to in each case one of the adjacent vertebral bodies, and with a hinge core (20). The latter forms, together with one connection plate (1), a hinge with a concave hinge surface (11) on the hinge core (20) and...

20060167553 - Spinal disc annulus reconstruction method and deformable spinal disc annulus stent: A spinal disc annulus repair stent for repair and reconstruction of the spinal disc wall (annulus) after surgical invasion or pathologic rupture, which may incorporate suture closure or other means of stent insertion and fixation, designed to reduce the failure rate of conventional surgical procedures on the spinal discs. In...

20060167554 - Modular implant system and method with diaphyseal implant: A modular implant system allows a surgeon to secure an implant assembly to thee diaphysis of a long bone. The system includes a set of anatomically-designed diaphyseal fitting modular implant components. One end of each diaphyseal implant component is a Morse taper post for connection to another implant component such...

20060167555 - Modular diaphyseal and collar implant: A modular implant system includes a set of anatomically-designed diaphyseal fitting and filling modular implant components and collars. The diaphyseal component connects with a selected intramedullary stem and with a selected collar component. The collar component connects to another implant component such as a modular articular component, a segmental component...

20060167556 - Cotyloid implant for a hip prosthesis: A cotyloid implant for a hip prosthesis, includes a first type of insert (2) with a spherical internal cavity (2a), for the mounting of a hemispherical core (4) with a capacity for mobility which has an internal cavity (4a) for co-operation with articulation with a femoral head, a second type...

20060167557 - Prosthesis including a mechanism for attaching a first component to a second component: In one embodiment of the present invention a prosthesis including a mechanism for attaching a first component to a second component is provided. In one example (which example is intended to be illustrative and not restrictive), the first component may be a femoral head component and the second component may...

20060167558 - Femoral implant for hip arthroplasty: Novel femoral implants for use in hip arthroplasty are described and illustrated. The femoral implant comprise a stem and neck portion, with the neck portion having a novel configuration that provides for improved range in motion for the prosthesis without compromising strength of the implant....

20060167559 - Device: An implantable replacement joint is described. The replacement joint includes first and second components having respective bores, and a flexible member within a cavity formed by the respective bores....

20060167560 - Modular implant system and method with diaphyseal implant and adapter: A modular implant system includes a set of anatomically-designed diaphyseal fitting and filling modular implant components and adapters for connection to another implant component such as a modular articular component, a segmental component or an intercalary component. The other end of each diaphyseal component is a tapered porous surface. The...

20060167561 - Methods for repairing and regenerating human dura mater: A method of using a substantially non-porous equine collagen foil to repair and regenerate dura mater tissue of mammals when the dura mater tissue is damaged as a result of injury, tumors, surgery, and the like. The non-porous equine collagen foil comprises collagen fibrils which provides a replacement dura mater...

20060167562 - Locking shoulder joint: A locking shoulder joint adapted to be attached to a user's shoulder, generally comprising a rotor provided with a plurality of radially positioned pins, that rotates relative to a stator, and a cam provided with one or more plungers adapted to engage said rotor pins to releasably lock said rotor...

20060167563 - Sub-malleolar non-articulating prosthetic foot with improved dorsiflexion: A prosthetic foot includes a sole plate having a body formed of resilient material. The sole plate is elongated along an anterior and posterior axis wherein an anterior portion of the plate defines a toe portion and the posterior portion defines a heel portion. An ankle member having a planar...

20060167564 - Limb and digit movement system: Systems, methods and devices for restoring or enhancing one or more motor functions of a patient are disclosed. The system comprises a biological interface apparatus and a joint movement device such as an exoskeleton device or FES device. The biological interface apparatus includes a sensor that detects the multicellular signals...

20060161240 - Catheter for controlled stent delivery: A catheter having a catheter shaft and a medical balloon mounted thereon. The medical balloon having a non-inflated state and being inflatable to an inflated state. The medical balloon having a stent mounting region, with a stent being disposed about at least a portion of the stent mounting region. The...

20060161239 - Endoscopic stent delivery system and method: A stent delivery system is disclosed that has an outer assembly and an inner assembly that accommodates a stent. The inner assembly further has an external assembly contact area projecting from its surface that frictionally contacts an inner surface of the outer assembly. The contact area is positioned at one...

20060161241 - Methods and devices for treating aortic atheroma: A method for treating both sessile and mobile aortic atheroma is described. A radially expanding device, such as a stent or compliant cast, comprising a generally cylindrical member expandable between a compressed state and an enlarged state is provided. The cylindrical member has a proximal opening, a distal opening, a...

20060161242 - Multilayer-coated stent for controlled drug release and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention provides a multilayer-coated stent for controlled drug release, comprising: a first base layer formed on a stent support and made of poly(ethylene-co-vinylacetate) or polystyrene-ethylene-butylene rubber polymer; a second coating layer formed on the first base layer and made of a biocompatible or a bioabsorbable polymer and a...

20060161243 - S-shaped stent design: A variable curvature stent limb is disclosed herein. A stent derived from a plurality of these variable curvature stent limbs may be highly compressible, such that it is compatible with a low-profile delivery device. This stent may be useful over a wider range of body vessel diameters and may possess...

20060161244 - Vascular graft and deployment system: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for treating bifurcations of the vascular system, such as abdominal aneurysms at the bifurcation of the aorta and iliac arteries. A tubular implant having a first section, a second section and a magnetic connection therebetween is positioned across the bifurcation such that the proximal...

20060161245 - Interlocking endoluminal device: An endoluminal device comprises at least a first member and a second member, which may be modular. The first member comprises a first trunk portion, a first midsection comprising a first opening, and a first leg portion. The second member comprises a second trunk portion, a second midsection comprising a...

20060161246 - Stent for high frequency thermotherapy: The object of this invention is to provide a stent for high frequency thermotherapy, which is fabricated by knitting first superlastic shape-memory alloy wires as a way to allow the first supereleastic shape-memory alloy wires to cross each other at different positions to make hollow cylindrical stent body having a...

20060161247 - Tubular prosthesis for external agent delivery: A tubular prosthesis, which may be an endovascular prothesis, is provided which includes a tubular member (stent or stent/graft combination) and an outer covering having portions sealed to the tubular member. The tubular member is impervious to a pre-determined fluid, particularly an occluding fluid, while the outer cover is pervious...

20060161248 - Medical device with leak path: Medical devices that provide valves for regulating fluid flow through a body vessel are provided. The valves include a support frame having one or more adaptations for forming a leak path between the support frame and an interior wall of a body vessel in which the valve is implanted. A...

20060161249 - Ring-shaped valve prosthesis attachment device: A valve delivery device and method of use is provided. In one embodiment, a method for attaching a valve prosthesis to a target tissue includes providing a ring having a portion defining a groove and a plurality of fasteners coupled to the ring. A portion of the valve prosthesis is...

20060161250 - Prosthetic valves for medical application: A prosthetic valve in the form of a flap valve which includes one or more flaps arranged to allow movement of liquid through the valve only in one direction, in which the or each flap is made of a flexible open work structure of a medically acceptable metal such as...

20060161251 - Cuffs for medical applications: A cuff for medical applications, which may be sewn, glued or frictionally fitted in place; the cuff is made of a flexible openwork structure of a medically acceptable metal such as titanium or a titanium alloy; the flexible openwork structure may be e.g. manufactured from wire using a knitting, weaving...

20060161252 - Accommodating intraocular lens with outer support structure: An intraocular lens for insertion into the capsular bag of an eye contains an optic, an outer periphery, and an outer support structure. The optic has a periphery and centered about an optical axis. The outer periphery is disposed about the optic and configured to engage an equatorial region of...

20060161253 - Tissue augmentation device: Disclosed are implantable tissue augmentation devices, methods, and associated tools. The devices include an inflatable body, having an inner layer and an outer layer. A valve is provided for permitting the introduction of and retaining inflation media. At least one pull tab is provided on an end of the implant,...

20060161254 - Method and apparatus for personalization of semiconductor: A system for making small modifications to the pattern in standard processed semiconductor devices. The modifications are made to create a small variable part of the pattern against a large constant part of the same pattern. In a preferred embodiment the exposure of the variable and constant parts are done...

20060161255 - Implantable hearing system: A combined set (71) comprising a vibration actuator and an implantable device to be used as an artificial fenestrum implantable in a bony wall (25) of an inner ear, said device comprising a frame (32) made of a biocompatible material and provided to be applied at least partially in said...

20060161256 - Anti-infectious, biocompatible titanium coating for implants, and method for the production thereof: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a biocompatible metal ion-containing titanium oxide coating on an implant wherein the metal ions can be eluted under physiological conditions and are homogeneously dispersed within the coating, as well as to an implant which can be prepared according to...

20060161257 - Pair of intervertebral prostheses: A pair of intervertebral prostheses is configured to be implanted above and below a given vertebral body and each has an end plate configured for connection to this vertebral body and a securing flange which is assigned to the end plate and is configured for connection to the vertebral body...

20060161258 - Spinal disc annulus reconstruction method and spinal disc annulus stent: A surgical method of repair and reconstruction of the spinal disc wall (annulus) after surgical invasion or pathologic rupture, incorporating suture closure, or stent insertion and fixation, designed to reduce the failure rate of conventional surgical procedures on the spinal discs. The design of the spinal disc annulus stent allows...

20060161259 - Knee joint prosthesis: An improved knee joint prosthesis located between a thighbone and a tibia to couple with a femur implanted component to allow a patient to resume normal movement and exercise. The knee joint prosthesis adopts a separate design, and includes a tibial insert which has a moving aperture to hold a...

20060161260 - Total wrist prosthesis: A prosthesis includes an aperture with an arcuate wall incorporating a locking bone screw having an internally threaded annular collar with a circumferential cut-out allowing the collar to expand and contract. The collar may have an arcuate outer surface to engage and rotate in an arcuate wall of an aperture....

20060161261 - Method and apparatus for constructing a modular acetabulum: A prosthetic system for replacement of a portion of a hip bone including a plurality of acetabular components and a plurality of flange components. The prosthetic system also includes a plurality of pubis components. Each of the pubis components and each of the flange components are operable to connect to...

20060161262 - Thighbone shaft: A thighbone shaft has a pole and a bolt. The pole defines an inclined threaded hole therein. Tooth portions are respectively formed at opposite sides of the pole. A head is arranged on a front portion of the pole. A sleeve is provided on the head. A threaded portion is...

20060161263 - Osseoinductive magnesium-titanate implant and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention relates to a magnesium titanate oxide film implant for insertion into a living body, utilized in medical fields such as dentistry, orthopedic surgery, maxillofacial surgery and plastic surgery, and a method for preparing the same. The magnesium titanate oxide film implant in accordance with the present invention...

20060161264 - Endoprosthesis for anatomical canal: According to the invention, said prosthesis (I) comprises projecting studs (3) at least some of which form a reservoir able to contain an active product (5) that acts against an impairment of said anatomical canal....

20060161265 - Bariatric sleeve: Method and apparatus for limiting absorption of food products in specific parts of the digestive system is presented. A gastrointestinal implant device is anchored in the stomach and extends beyond the ligament of Treitz. All food exiting the stomach is funneled through the device. The gastrointestinal device includes an anchor...

20060161266 - Cosmetic and reconstructive prostheses with a microencapsulated biologically compatible rupture indicator for sustained release and methods of detecting compromise of a prosthesis: A prosthesis for implant in a human patient body has an external envelope, at least one implant filling material, and at least one biologically compatible rupture indicator encapsulated in a sustained release delivery vehicle and disposed in a carrier medium, the rupture indicator capable of leaking out of upon rupture...

20060161267 - Method and apparatus for applying mirror-printed film to a prosthetic or orthotic device and device having the same: A device for attaching to a limb comprises multiple layers of shapeable material having a curved configuration, said multiple layers together defining a first and second surface of said device, and a film having at least one mirror-printed image thereon adhered to at least one of said first and second...

20060155356 - Balloon catheter: A catheter including at least one inflatable chamber disposed on a catheter stem and in fluid communication with at least one inflation lumen in the catheter stem, the at least one inflatable chamber including an expandable covering with an underfold fluidly sealed to the catheter stem, the underfold including a...

20060155357 - Delivery system with helical shaft: A delivery system is provided for releasing a medical device within a body cavity. The delivery system may be used in an intravascular procedure to implant a self-expandable stent. A helical structure on the shaft of the delivery system engages the inner surface of the stent. As a result, the...

20060155358 - Methods for placing a stent in a branched vessel: Methods for placing a stent in a branched vessel include stretching the stent, aligning the stent within a target location at a branched vessel and releasing it for expansion at the target location....

20060155359 - Branch vessel graft design and deployment method: A branch graft stent system includes a tubular primary graft having a branch graft opening which when deployed is located in alignment with a side branch vessel emanating from the primary vessel in which a branch graft is deployed. A connector (flange) member forms a perimeter of the branch graft...

20060155360 - Apparatus for a stent or other medical device having a bistable spring construction: A stent is described comprising a unit cell having a negative spring rate and a bistable function. The unit cell comprises first and second segments, the first segment being more rigid than the second segment. The second segment is coupled to the first segment, and the first segment comprises a...

20060155362 - Stent with expandable aperture: A stent including a stent body constructed of a pattern of filaments, and having a side aperture defined by a contour of a loop constructed of at least one filament connected to the rest of the filaments by filament struts, the stent body being expandable to an expanded configuration wherein...

20060155361 - Stent with rough surface and its manufacture: A stent is provided wherein at least an outer surface portion is roughened to a predetermined extent and wherein a drug or a therapeutic agent can be applied to said surface. This results in an improved stent, which can be manufactured at low costs and which can further avoid thrombus...

20060155363 - Apparatus and method for deploying an implantable device within the body: The present invention provides devices and methods for fabricating and deploying an implantable device within the body. The invention is particularly suitable for delivering and deploying a stent, graft or stent graft device within a vessel or tubular structure within the body, particularly where the implant site involves two or...

20060155364 - Flexible stent and method of making the same: A stent that can be made of self-expandable members and balloon expandable members is described. The members can be held together by a polymer layer, polymer rings or discreet polymer connectors. Methods of making and using the stent are also described....

20060155365 - Stent with variable features to optimize support and method of making such stent: An intravascular stent especially suited for implanting in curved arterial portions or ostial regions. The stent can include an end region which is fabricated to have a greater radial strength than the remaining axial length of the stent. Such a stent is particularly suited for use in ostial regions, which...

20060155355 - Stent to be implanted within or around a hollow organ: Stents (10) that are implanted within or around a hollow organ, especially self-expanding stents, comprising several annular wall segments (11) which are provided with an elastic structure and are joined to each other by means of connecting elements (12), are often problematic because the length of said stents is modified...

20060155366 - Apparatus and method for deploying an implantable device within the body: The present invention provides devices, systems and methods for deploying an implantable device within the body. The invention is particularly suitable for delivering and deploying a stent, graft or stent graft device within a vessel or tubular structure within the body, particularly where the implant site involves two or more...

20060155367 - Micro-pleated stent assembly: The present invention is directed to a micro-pleated medical device assembly, preferably a micro-pleated stent assembly, comprising a tube micro-pleated to a delivery diameter suitable for intraluminal delivery. The micro-pleated stent assembly of the present invention is designed to have a substantially solid wall, and is thus particularly suited for...

20060155368 - Self-expandable stent: The object of this invention is to provide a self-expandable stent, made of a shape-memory alloy and used for insertion in a narrow or blocked target portion of the contracted gullet having a lesion so as to open the target portion. The stent includes a coated primary unit having a...

20060155369 - Selective adherence of stent-graft coverings: An endoluminal prosthesis including a first polymer member bonded to a second polymer member to selectively encapsulate a stent. Selective bonding between the first and second polymer members results in unbonded regions or pockets that accommodate movement of the stent, permitting compression of the prosthesis using minimal force and enabling...

20060155370 - Stent with intermittent coating: The stent with an intermittent coating of the present invention provides a coating having a plurality of discrete coating sections disposed on a stent, i.e., an intermittent coating. The individual coating sections can contain different drugs or therapeutic agents, can be made of different polymers, can be made with different...

20060155371 - Differentially expanded vascular graft: A differentially expanded vascular graft for implantation within a body includes a PTFE tube formed of a homogeneous material. The PTFE tube has a longitudinal first portion which has been longitudinally expanded, and a longitudinal second portion which has been longitudinally expanded. The first and second portions have respective microstructures...

20060155372 - Ocular auto-focusing lenses: The present invention relates to an ocular, variable-focus lens, and in particular, to an ocular, fluid-focussed, accommodating lens having first and second fluids which are in contact over a meniscus of changeable shape, for the restoration or improvement of vision in a patient....

20060155374 - Mirror implant: An intraocular implant including a plurality of mirrors, including mirrors having optical power, being operative, when the implant is implanted, for receiving light from a scene and focusing the light onto a retina, the mirrors containing bio-incompatible materials and at least one hermetically sealed enclosure, enclosing the plurality of mirrors,...

20060155373 - Introacular lens assembly with distinguishing structure: An intraocular lens assembly including an optic connected to an ocular interface element by at least one support member, wherein the at least one support member has a dimension that varies in a direction that distinguishes an anterior side of the optic from a posterior side of the optic, which...

20060155375 - Devices and methods for attachment of a gastrointestinal sleeve: Aspects of this invention disclose devices and methods for attachment of a gastrointestinal sleeve. In some embodiments, the attachment device comprises a flexible cuff, a gastrointestinal sleeve interface, and a gastrointestinal sleeve. Some aspects of the invention contemplate the use of T-tags for attachment of the cuff to tissue. In...

20060155376 - Composite materials containing carbon nanoparticles: The present invention relates to a process of producing composite materials by a sol/gel-process, comprising carbon nanoparticles and organic polymer material. The invention further relates to composite materials, which are manufactured with the use of said sol/gel technology....

20060155377 - Intervertebral disk prosthesis: The present invention relates to an intervertebral disk prosthesis comprising at least three parts including a first plate, referred to as the upper plate (1), a second plate, referred to as the lower plate (2), and a core (3), the upper surface of the core (3) being in contact with...

20060155378 - Intervertebral disk prosthesis: An intervertebral disk prosthesis includes a first part, and the first part has a top, a bottom having an opening, an outer surface, an inner surface and a socket extending into an interior of the first part from the opening and defined by the inner surface. The disk prosthesis further...

20060155379 - Expandable implant for repairing a defect in a nucleus of an intervertebral disc: Expandable implants for repairing a nuclear defect of an intervertebral disc, and methods and apparatuses for delivering the same into the disc. The implants generally have a compressed form having a size adapted for insertion into the intervertebral disc, and a composition that allows the implant to expand from the...

20060155380 - Modular femoral component for a total knee joint replacement for minimally invasive implantation: A femoral component (100) for a total knee joint replacement has a modular structure including a number of segments (102, 112), each of the segments (102, 112) having a femoral fixation surface (104, 114) for attachment to the distal end of a femur and at least one assembly surface (108)...

20060155381 - Orthopedic system for total hip replacement surgery: An orthopedic system including an orthopedic prosthesis having an exterior surface, the prosthesis defining a proximal end and a distal end, a first opening located substantially near the proximal end, a second opening located substantially near the distal end, and a bore extending from the first opening to the second...

20060155382 - Canulized prosthesis for total hip replacement surgery: An orthopedic system including an orthopedic prosthesis having an exterior surface, the prosthesis defining a proximal end and a distal end, a first opening located substantially near the proximal end, a second opening located substantially near the distal end, and a bore extending from the first opening to the second...

20060155383 - Orthopaedic bearing and method for making the same: An method of making an orthopaedic bearing includes securing polymer composite to a metallic component. An orthopaedic bearing is also disclosed....

20060155384 - Medical prosthetic devices and implants having improved biocompatibility: A medical prosthetic device or medical implant containing a metal material (A) selected from the group consisting of titanium or an alloy thereof, zirconium or an alloy thereof, tantalum or an alloy thereof, hafnium or an alloy thereof, niobium or an alloy thereof and a chromium-vanadium alloy, wherein surface parts...

20060155385 - Electronically controlled prosthetic system: A prosthetic joint system for users comprising a housing having an interior cavity, a center axis in said interior cavity, and an attachment means for fixedly connecting said housing to said user; an inner cylinder disposed in said housing interior cavity wherein said inner cylinder rotates around said center axis...

20060155386 - Electromyographic sensor: An electromyographic sensor is provided. The sensor includes electrodes for receiving signals from tissue when the electrodes are placed in contact with the tissue. The sensor also includes circuitry for converting the signals into a format suitable for transmission. the sensor also includes a transmitter for transmitting the signals to...

20060149348 - Compression sleeve: In a compression sleeve for the local enclosure of a blood vessel or vein area comprising a retaining structure of a biocompatible material, the retaining structure is a flexible mat consisting of a mesh or net-like structure provided with an arrangement holding the retaining structure in a vein enclosing position....

20060149347 - Endovascular graft with pressure, temperature, flow and voltage sensors: An endovascular graft having one or more sensors attached to its internal and external surface, one or more power sources attached to its external surface and one or more transmitters attached to its external surface, the sensors capable of measuring pertinent parameters and each transmitter capable of transmitting signals containing...

20060149349 - Device for connection between a corporeal duct and a prosthesis: The invention concerns a device for connection between previously intubed ends of a corporeal duct (12) and a substantially tubular prosthesis (10) characterized in that it consists of a sleeve (16) with meshed structure or the like deformable by means of a balloon catheter and capable of radial expansion between...

20060149350 - Systems and methods for performing bi-lateral interventions or diagnosis in branched body lumens: Bifurcated delivery assemblies provide bilateral access to first and second branch lumens extending from a main body space or lumen in a patient. One or more interventional devices are combined with the delivery assemblies for delivery s into one or both of the branch lumens. Bilateral renal stenting or embolic...

20060149351 - Flexible stent-graft: A stent graft is provided which has two stent sections having different functions on, for example, a tubular graft. One stent section preferably comprises a plurality of circumferential reinforcing hoops and the other a Z-stent. The two sections are preferably separated by a spacer section and the tubular graft preferably...

20060149352 - Bearing structure: A one-piece expandable flat bearing structure formed by at least partially elastically deformable struts which are separated from each other by openings in the bearing structure. The bearing structure can assume at least one compressed condition and at least one expanded condition and has at least one expansion direction. The...

20060149353 - Expandable intraluminal graft: A plurality of expandable and deformable intraluminal vascular grafts are expanded within a blood vessel by an angioplasty balloon associated with a catheter to dilate and expand the lumen of a blood vessel. The grafts may be thin-walled tubular members having a plurality of slots disposed substantially parallel to the...

20060149357 - Expandable medical device for delivery of beneficial agent: An expandable medical device having a plurality of elongated struts, the plurality of elongated struts being joined together to form a substantially cylindrical device which is expandable from a cylinder having a first diameter to a cylinder having a second diameter, and the plurality of struts each having a strut...

20060149354 - Expandable medical device with improved spatial distribution: An expandable medical device having a plurality of elongated struts, the plurality of elongated struts being joined together by ductile hinges to form a substantially cylindrical device which is expandable from a cylinder having a first diameter to a cylinder having a second diameter. The plurality of struts and ductile...

20060149355 - Intravascular stent device: A very small diameter intravascular stent device which may be used in balloon angioplasty or in the treatment of an aneurysm in the human brain, which is comprised of a thin-walled skeletal cylindrical tube formed of undulating or sinusoidal elements which, when compressed, nest tightly with each other....

20060149356 - Stent: A radially expandable stent comprising a plurality of spaced band-like elements and intersecting links is disclosed. The band-like elements have a generally serpentine configuration to provide continuous waves of generally sinusoidal character to each band-like element. The waves are characterized by a plurality of peaks and troughs taking a generally...

20060149358 - Porous synthetic vascular grafts with oriented ingrowth channels: A vascular prosthesis is constructed from a structure having interconnected, helically oriented channel-porosity to allow oriented ingrowth of connective tissue into a wall of the prosthesis. The prosthesis can have a small internal diameter of 6 mm or less. Several different methods can be used to produce the prosthesis, including...

20060149359 - Stent: A stent and a method of making it from a wire, which method includes winding the wire on a mandrel, heating to form a coiled spring, and reversing the winding direction of the coiled spring to form the reversed coiled spring stent. The stent so formed may be reheated over...

20060149360 - Fluid flow prosthetic device: A prosthetic device including a valve-orifice attachment member attachable to a valve in a blood vessel and including a fluid inlet, and a diverging member that extends from the fluid inlet, the diverging member including a proximal end near the fluid inlet and a distal end distanced from the proximal...

20060149361 - Sintered ring supported vascular graft: The vascular graft includes a PTFE tube having non-expanded portions formed from sintering a PTFE green tube extrudate. The non-expanded portions are distributed longitudinally along the PTFE tube. The PTFE tube also has expanded portions formed subsequent to the sintering of the PTFE green tube extrudate. The expanded and non-expanded...

20060149362 - Orthopaedic implant for vascularization of the femoral head: An orthopaedic implant is provided for the treatment of avascular necrosis of the bone. The orthopaedic implant includes a hollow support structure and a synthetic vascular graft. The support structure defines a passageway and includes a proximal opening and a distal opening. The synthetic vascular graft is received, at least...

20060149363 - Optimally expanded, collagen sealed eptfe graft with improved tissue ingrowth: The present invention provides An implantable ePTFE artificial vascular graft comprising a tubular structure comprising a highly expanded ePTFE material having a porous structure, and a sealant saturated within said porous structure of said ePTFE material to make it substantially non-porous....

20060149364 - Low profile vascular graft: The low profile vascular graft of the present invention includes a tube structure having outer and inner surfaces, and a support structure having a chamber structure secured to the outer or inner surface. The support structure includes a core structure contained within the chamber structure. The core structure is transformable...

20060149365 - Stent with eccentric coating: The stent (120) with an eccentric coating (130) of the present invention provides a coating having a different coating thickness on the stent outer diameter and stent inner diameter, i.e., an eccentric coating. The eccentric coating can be the primary carrier for a drug or other therapeutic agent. The eccentric...

20060149366 - Sintered structures for vascular graft: The vascular graft is for implantation within a body and has a PTFE tube structure including a length and inner and outer wall surfaces. The tube structure has a non-expanded portion formed from sintering a PTFE green tube extrudate and an expanded portion formed subsequent to the sintering. The expanded...

20060149367 - Shock dampening biocompatible valve: A biocompatible valve (200) includes a valve mechanism (250, 230a, 230b), which is mounted and is longitudinally displaceable within a valve mount (210) affixed to a recipient patient. A valve annulus (250) defines an orifice (240) in which a closing mechanism (230a, 230b) is received. Upon a transition from an...

20060149368 - Heart valve repair apparatus and methods: Valve repair apparatus and methods for ensuring proper coaptation and operation of the leaflets of a heart valve. Main aspects of the disclosure relate to devices including a support member configured for attachment to the heart valve annulus, a post extending from the support member away from the plane of...

20060149369 - Accommodating arching lens: A flexible accommodating intraocular lens having anteriorly and posteriorly movable extended portions, such as T-shaped haptics, extending from a central solid biconvex 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...

20060149370 - Method and apparatus for arthroscopic joint resurfacing: An arthroscopic method of glenoid resurfacing with a meniscal allograft. The glenohumeral joint is debrided and holes are formed around the anterior and posterior perimeter of the glenoid rim. A meniscal allograft is prepared by removing it from its bone block and then bringing together its two horns to form...

20060149378 - Articulating spinal disc prosthetic: A spinal disc prosthetic for replacement of cervical and/or lumber discs, that in each case allows a limited degree of rotational articulation, as well as durability and resistance to fatigue. The prosthetic is formed with three primary layers, including a superior (upper) plate, inferior (lower) plate, and intermediate layer, in...

20060149377 - Artificial disc prosthesis: A visco-elastic motion-limiting artificial intervertebral disc prosthesis is provided that mimics the physiologic function of a normal spinal disc. The disc comprises upper and lower endplates having therewithin channels or openings for optionally receiving one or more motion-limiting members fitted on each end with an enlarged portion. One or more...

20060149372 - Artificial spinal disc: The present invention relates to prostheses for treating spinal pathologies, and more specifically to an artificial disc implant. The implant includes an inferior implant for placement on an inferior vertebra and a superior implant for placement on a superior vertebra. The implant also includes an articulating interface that is generally...

20060149376 - Bioimplant with nonuniformly configured protrusions on the load bearing surfaces thereof: A bioimplant is configured with at least two load-bearing surfaces each having a plurality of protrusions oriented at an angle with respect to one another to resist translation in all directions when opposing load bearing surfaces are under normally applied compressive loads....

20060149373 - Inter-cervical facet implant and method: Systems and method in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention can include an implant for positioning within a cervical facet joint for distracting the cervical spine, thereby increasing the area of the canals and openings through which the spinal cord and nerves must pass, and decreasing pressure on...

20060149374 - Inter-cervical facet implant and method: Systems and method in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention can include an implant for positioning within a cervical facet joint for distracting the cervical spine, thereby increasing the area of the canals and openings through which the spinal cord and nerves must pass, and decreasing pressure on...

20060149371 - Intervertebral prosthetic device and method with locking mechanism: A prosthetic device and method, according to which first end plate engages a first vertebral body, and a second end plate engages a second vertebral body. An insert lockingly engages one of the end plates and engages the other end plate in a manner to permit relative movement therebetween....

20060149375 - Prostheses, tools and methods for replacement of natural facet joints with artificial facet joint surfaces: Cephalad and caudal vertebral facet joint prostheses and methods of use are provided. The cephalad prostheses are adapted and configured to be attached to a lamina portion of a vertebra without blocking a pedicle portion of the cephalad vertebra....

20060149379 - Expandable porous mesh bag device and methods of use for reduction, filling, fixation and supporting of bone: The invention provides a method of correcting numerous bone abnormalities including bone tumors and cysts, avascular necrosis of the femoral head, tibial plateau fractures and compression fractures of the spine. The abnormality may be corrected by first accessing and boring into the damaged tissue or bone and reaming out the...

20060149380 - Systems, devices and methods for treatment of intervertebral disorders: A bioactive/biodegradable nucleus implant for repairing degenerated intervertebral discs that is inflated inside the nucleus space after the degenerated nucleus has been removed to re-pressurize the nuclear space within the intervertebral disc. The implant is inflated with a high molecular weight fluid, gel or combination of fluid and elastomer, preferably...

20060149381 - Prosthetic spinal discs: A prosthetic spinal disc uses a stiff spring or springs for resiliency between two plates that attach to adjacent vertebrae. When the disc has multiple springs, they may be adjacent, concentric or nested. Multiple springs may be spaced around the periphery of the plates. A foil metal bellows may surround...

20060149382 - Spinal disc prosthesis apparatus and placement method: A spinal disc prosthesis and method of placing a spinal disc prosthesis between adjacent vertebrae are provided. The inventive spinal disc prosthesis can comprise one or more solid, compressible prosthesis elements that are formed prior to the method of placing the prosthesis, or one or more solid prosthesis elements that...

20060149383 - Spinal prostheses: An article including a spinal prosthesis having a unitary body with at least three attachment points attachable to spinal structure, the unitary body including a flexure assembly positioned between first and second attachment members, wherein flexure of the flexure assembly permits movement of the first attachment member relative to the...

20060149384 - Artificial disc prosthesis: A visco-elastic motion-limiting artificial intervertebral disc prosthesis is provided that mimics the physiologic function of a normal spinal disc. The disc comprises upper and lower endplates having therewithin channels or openings for optionally receiving one or more motion-limiting members fitted on each end with an enlarged portion. One or more...

20060149385 - Expandable spinal fusion device and methods of promoting spinal fusion: An intervertebral disc space implant includes spaced-apart bone engagement portions that define an intermediate chamber that holds bone growth inducing material into contact with adjacent vertebral bodies. The implant is expandable to establish and maintain desired intervertebral spacing during fusion. The implant includes a first member and a second member...

20060149386 - Joint prostheses: A component (1) of a prosthetic joint comprising a portion to secure the component to a bone and a bearing portion having a bearing surface (3) wherein one more reservoir (6) are situated behind the bearing surface (3), one or more magnet assemblies (5) are associated with the or each...

20060149387 - Orthopaedic bearing and method for making the same: An orthopaedic bearing includes a metallic component having a polymer composite secured thereto. A method of making an orthopaedic bearing is also disclosed....

20060149388 - Orthopaedic bearing and method for making the same: An orthopaedic bearing includes a ceramic component having a polymer composite secured thereto. A method of making an orthopaedic bearing is also disclosed....

20060149389 - Corrective element for the articulation between the femur and the pelvis: A corrective element for the articulation between the femur and the pelvis, comprising a contoured body that can be inserted, without dislocation of the head of the femur, in the iliac acetabular region after incision of the articular capsule; the contoured body has a smooth outer surface that is substantially...

20060149390 - Punch, implant and associated method: An instrument for preparing a cavity for a stem of a prosthetic implant for use in performing joint arthroplasty on a head of a long bone is provided. The instrument includes a body and a punch extending from the body. The punch includes a portion of the punch having a...

20060149391 - Medical implants: The current invention is directed to a medical implant made of bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys and methods of making such medical implants, wherein the medical implants are biologically, mechanically, and morphologically compatible with the surrounding implanted region of the body....

20060149392 - Biomaterials for guided tissue regeneration and drug delivery: The present invention is directed to compositions and methods of using compositions comprising a scaffold with growth factors chemically immobilized thereto for inducing chondrogenesis and/or osteogenesis when implanted in vivo or osteogenesis or chondrogenesis in cultures in vitro. The compositions and methods enhance bone and cartilage growth. Also described are...