Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor inventions 02/07

20070043420 - Apparatus and method for stent-graft release using a cap: A stent-graft deployment system (10) can include a stent-graft (15), a catheter (21) having a flexible catheter tip (12) attached to a catheter shaft of the catheter, a retractable primary sheath (20) containing the stent-graft in a first constrained small diameter configuration around the catheter shaft near the flexible tip,... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070043421 - Delivery device with shortened inner tube and associated method: A delivery device for positioning and deploying an implantable device within a lumen is provided. The device includes a longitudinal outer tube having proximal and distal ends, wherein the implantable device is positioned proximate to the distal end of the outer tube. The device also includes a longitudinal inner tube... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP Bank Of America Plaza

20070043422 - Delivery system and method of use for accurate positioning of a device in a bifurcation: A delivery system for delivering a stent to a bifurcation in a vessel. The delivery system includes two guidewire lumens for directed the stent through the anatomy to the bifurcation. A main branch guidewire lumen has entry and exit ports that are positioned in order to limit how far the... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20070043419 - Implant delivery technologies: Medical devices (100) and methods for delivery or implantation of prostheses (106) within hollow body organs and vessels (600) or other luminal anatomy are disclosed. The subject technologies may be used in the treatment of atherosclerosis in stenting procedures or for other purposes.... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20070043423 - Intraluminal device with a hollow structure: Intraluminal devices are provided with an inner cavity. The inner cavity may be loaded with a bioactive substance. Fenestrations extend between an outer surface and the inner cavity. Thus, the bioactive substance may be released from the intraluminal device through the fenestrations.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070043425 - Assembly of stent grafts: A method of assembling of a stent graft (20) including temporarily diameter reduction arrangements to enable partial release of a stent graft to assist with positioning before complete release. The diameter reduction arrangement includes a release wire (72) and flexible threads (74, 80) extending to struts (76) of a self... Agent: Cook Group Patent Office

20070043424 - Recapturable stent with minimum crossing profile: A self-expanding stent includes a plurality of segments having an alternating repeating pattern; each of the segments having connected crowns and unconnected crowns, wherein the unconnected crowns can be fully straightened without damage or permanent distortion to the unconnected crowns; and connectors extending between and connecting adjacent connected crowns of... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070043428 - Barrier stent and use thereof: The present invention relates to a vascular stent that includes an expandable stent defining an interior compartment, a first polymeric layer exposed to the interior compartment defined by the stent, the first layer comprising an agent that promotes re-endothelialization, an agent that inhibits thrombosis, or a combination thereof, and a... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20070043427 - Lumen-supporting stents: Disclosed herein are stents manufactured to include increased surface area for bioactive material deposition or enhanced radiopacity at various locations along the length of the stent. The stents of the present invention also can also be manufactured to create a less abrupt transition between stented and unstented portions of a... Agent: Preston Gates & Ellis LLP Attn: C. Rachal Winger

20070043426 - Polymeric stent patterns: Patterns for polymeric radially expandable implantable medical devices such as stents for implantation into a bodily lumen are disclosed.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070043430 - Stent delivery system and method of manufacturing same: Stent delivery system and method of manufacturing same. In one embodiment, the stent delivery system comprises an inner catheter. A handle is disposed at the proximal end of the inner catheter, and an enlarged tip is disposed at the distal end thereof. A stent engaging sleeve coaxially surrounds and is... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070043429 - X-ray visibility and corrosion resistance of niti stents using markers made of sandwich material: A bodily implant, in particular a stent, for insertion or implantation into a living body, having a marker element for increasing X-ray visibility, which is at least partially insertable into a cut-out in an implant structure and which has a coated material comprising at least two layers. A corresponding method... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070043418 - Hybrid lumen-supporting stents having self-expanding end segments: A stent and stent deployment system and related methods are disclosed wherein the stent has at least one end segment comprised of a self-expanding material attached to a body portion comprised of a biocompatible material. The stent deployment system comprises a balloon catheter having a stent disposed over the balloon.... Agent: Preston Gates & Ellis LLP Attn: C. Rachal Winger

20070043431 - Prosthetic valve: Prosthetic valves and a method for making a prosthetic valve for implantation in a body site are provided. The prosthetic valve includes at least one flexible member movable between a first position that permits fluid flow in a first direction and a second position that substantially prevents fluid flow in... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070043432 - Tubular prosthesis: The radially deformable tubular prosthesis comprises a lattice that is deformable between a retracted state of small diameter and an expanded state of greater diameter. It includes at least two external hooks defining between them a clamp for hooking in external tissue, the two hooks being carried by the lattice... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070043433 - Metal reinforced biodegradable intraluminal stents: The present invention provides an intraluminal stent comprising a metallic reinforcing component and a biodegradable polymeric material covering at least a portion of the metallic reinforcing component. The metallic reinforcing component provides structural reinforcement for the stent, but this reinforcement is insufficient, in the absence of the biodegradable polymeric material,... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070043434 - Biodegradable endovascular stent using stereocomplexation of polymers: A biodegradable stent is comprised of a stereocomplex of polylactide enantiomers. The unique characteristics of stereocomplex polymers allows for the stent to have variable material characteristics along its length, while retaining uniform geometry. Thus, the stent is designed to be flexible upon insertion through the blood vessels while still retaining... Agent: Martin Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070043435 - Non-cylindrical prosthetic valve system for transluminal delivery: A prosthetic valve assembly for use in replacing a deficient native valve comprises a replacement valve supported on an expandable prosthesis frame. If desired, one or more expandable anchors may be used. The prosthesis frame, which entirely supports the valve annulus, valve leaflets, and valve commissure points, is configured to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070043436 - Covalently-bound, hydrophilic coating compositions for surgical implants: Covalently-bound, hydrophilic copolymer coatings for implants are disclosed. The copolymer coatings comprise a hydrophobic aryl acrylic monomer, a hydrophilic monomer selected from the group consisting of hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates, n-vinyl pyrrolidone and acrylamides, and a (meth)acrylamide reactive plasticizer.... Agent: Alcon

20070043437 - Multi-mechanistic accommodating intraocular lenses: An intraocular lens (IOL) includes an optic for focusing light and an accommodation assembly for axially moving and/or deforming the optic in response to naturally occurring actions of the eye, thus allowing a patient to more effectively focus on near objects. In addition, the optic may be multifocal or aspheric,... Agent: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.

20070043438 - Bone and ligament graft modification system: Methods and apparatus for modifying the bone portion of a graft, such as that used in the reconstruction of a damaged anterior cruciate ligament. Embodiments of the present invention comprise a driving member for threaded engagement with a housing member and a cutting member engaged with the driving member. The... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070043439 - Method of assembling a graphical image biomechanical supplement: The method of assembling a graphical image biomechanical supplement invention involves assembling a plurality of biomechanical images selected from an electronic database onto a single document, wherein the biomechanical images are line art silhouettes representing human body postures or positions and specific body part positions. The method of assembling includes... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070043440 - Method and apparatus for treating diseased or fractured bone: An apparatus according to the invention may comprise one or more expandable structural support pylons (140), means for deploying said one or more structural support pylons (138, 141), and one or more therapeutic substances. Structural support pylons (20) may comprise an elastomeric core (22), or may comprise one or more... Agent: Deanna J. Shirley

20070043442 - Spinal fusion cage, method of design, and method of use: A fusion cage of the present invention includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and an insert portion adapted to be received therebetween, wherein the geometry of the fusion cage corresponds substantially to the geometry of a void into which the fusion cage is to be inserted. Also... Agent: R. Scott Kimsey Kimsey Patent Services

20070043441 - Total artificial disc: An artificial disc prosthesis having load-bearing characteristics that mimic those of the normal, healthy intervertebral disc so as to provide resist flexion and axial compression of the spine in a way that preserves normal spinal function. The disc prosthesis includes three main components, a frame, a cushion molded over the... Agent: Mark R. Wisner Wisner & Associates

20070043443 - High precision manufacture of polyurethane products such as spinal disc implants having 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.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070043444 - Prosthetic device: A prosthetic device and method for implanting the prosthetic device into a patient are described. The prosthetic device includes a first prosthetic component configured to be implanted into a patient while disconnected from a second prosthetic component, and a second prosthetic component configured to be implanted into a patient while... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070043446 - Differential porosity prosthetic hip system: A prosthetic femoral implant for use in a hip joint, as a ball and socket type joint, is disclosed. The implant includes a modular neck having a variety of adjustable positions to adjust the lateral offset and version angle of the femoral implant in relation to the femur. The implant... Agent: Karl R Cannon

20070043445 - Movable neck and stem for hip prosthesis, made in such a way as to facilitate their disengagement: What is described is an assembly consisting of a movable neck and a stem for a hip prosthesis, the said movable neck being provided with a tapered part connected in a complementary way to a cavity formed in the said stem. In the assembly according to the invention, a through... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070043447 - Tapered joint prosthesis: A joint prosthesis may include a modular head member, a modular body member, and a stem member. The stem member may be so tapered as to be engageable by taper press-fit into the medullary cavity of a bone. The body member may be engageable in the stem member by friction-tight... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20070043448 - Intrinsic stability in a total hip stem: A prosthetic device and method of using the device is disclosed. The device may include a bushing insert, a femoral head component, a neck component that may be either integral or modular, and a stem component having a proximal body portion and a distal portion. The proximal body portion may... Agent: Karl R Cannon

20070043449 - Artificial ankle-foot system with spring, variable-damping, and series-elastic actuator components: An artificial foot and ankle joint consisting of a curved leaf spring foot member that defines a heel extremity and a toe extremity, and a flexible elastic ankle member that connects said foot member for rotation at the ankle joint. An actuator motor applies torque to the ankle joint to... Agent: Charles G. Call

20070043450 - Seamless three-dimensional toe section for prosthetic socks and prosthetic shrinkers: A stretchable fabric sleeve is configured for use as a prosthetic shrinker or as a prosthetic sock and broadly comprises a unitary receptacle broadly including a tubular section and a rounded end section. In particular, the rounded end section includes opposite panels that are knitted in seriatim with a plurality... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070038283 - Ostial stent and balloon: A cardiovascular stent and a stent balloon have portions that provide different degrees of expandability. A distal stent portion has a first degree of expandability to support a vessel, while a proximal stent portion has a second, higher degree of expandability so that it can be radially expanded to form... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070038284 - Photocurable endoprosthesis and methods of manufacture: Novel endoprostheses comprising one or more photocurable materials are disclosed. Said endoprostheses may comprise regions wherein said photocurable materials are selectively disposed about said endoprosthesis and are cured according to desired parameters to achieve varying desired properties. Said properties may include but are not limited to cross-linking density, material density,... Agent: Deanna J. Shirley

20070038285 - Electromagnetic resonant circuit sleeve for implantable medical device: A medical device enables effective magnetic resonance imaging inside a lumen of a medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on a substrate. The conductive traces form an inductive-capacitance circuit or a resistive-inductive-capacitance circuit. The inductive-capacitance circuit or resistive-inductive-capacitance circuit is tuned to a frequency... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070038286 - Electromagnetic resonant circuit sleeve for implantable medical device: A medical device enables effective magnetic resonance imaging inside a lumen of a medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on a substrate. The conductive traces form an inductive-capacitance circuit or a resistive-inductive-capacitance circuit. The inductive-capacitance circuit or resistive-inductive-capacitance circuit is tuned to a frequency... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070038287 - Electromagnetic resonant circuit sleeve for implantable medical device: A medical device enables effective magnetic resonance imaging inside a lumen of a medical device. The medical device includes a plurality of conductive traces formed on a substrate. The conductive traces form an inductive-capacitance circuit or a resistive-inductive-capacitance circuit. The inductive-capacitance circuit or resistive-inductive-capacitance circuit is tuned to a frequency... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070038290 - Fiber reinforced composite stents: Polymeric composite stents reinforced with fibers for implantation into a bodily lumen are disclosed.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070038291 - Intralumenally-implantable frames: Implantable frames for use in body passages are provided herein. The implantable frames can include a plurality of hoop members joined by a plurality of longitudinal connecting members to form a tubular frame defining a cylindrical lumen. The plurality of longitudinal connecting members may include one or more pairs of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/indy/cook

20070038288 - Methods and apparatuses for repairing aneurysms: Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for repairing aneurysms in the vasculature of a patient. An aneurysm is repaired by positioning a tube or graft within the vasculature, extending through the region of the aneurysm to provide a blood flow conduit similar to the native vasculature. The tube is held... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070038289 - Stent to be placed in vivo: As a treatment for angiostenosis, angioplasty (PTA or PTCA) of expanding a small-sized balloon in a vessel has been commonly conducted. However, this treatment easily causes repeated stenosis (restenosis) after the treatment. Placement of a stent in a vessel is also effective in decreasing restenosis, but this treatment may also... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070038282 - Balloon expandable stent with a self-expanding portion: A stent consisting of at least two parts in juxtaposition, one part being of self-expandable characteristics while the other part is balloon expandable.... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070038292 - Bio-absorbable stent: The present invention is a novel implantable medical device comprised of a tubular double lumen, radially compressible, axially flexible and expandable, bio-absorbable “bladder”-type stent.... Agent: Jones Day

20070038293 - Device and methods for endoscopic annuloplasty: The methods, devices, and systems are provided for performing endovascular repair of atrioventricular and other cardiac valves in the heart. Regurgitation of an atrioventricular valve, particularly a mitral valve, can be repaired by modifying a tissue structure selected from the valve leaflets, the valve annulus, the valve chordae, and the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070038294 - Method and apparatus for replacing a mitral valve and an aortic valve with a homograft: A stentless bioprosthetic graft for repairing a first native heart valve and a second native heart valve in a heart. The bioprosthetic graft includes a harvested homograft having a harvested mitral valve portion, a harvested distal aorta, and an extension portion made of a biocompatible material. The harvested distal aorta... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070038295 - Artificial valve prosthesis having a ring frame: A radially expandable artificial valve prosthesis for regulating fluid flow through a body vessel is provided. The prosthesis includes a radially expandable ring frame, at least one valve leaflet attached to the ring frame forming a valve pocket and a support structure attached to the ring frame and adapted to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070038296 - Apparatus and method for remodeling a cardiac valve annulus: An apparatus for remodeling the annulus of a cardiac valve includes a first elongate flexible member having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion interconnected by a main body portion. The distal end portion is steerable from the proximal end portion and advanceable to one side of the... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070038297 - Medical implant with reinforcement mechanism: An improved medical implant for treating mitral regurgitation is provided. The medical implant comprises proximal and distal anchors connected by a bridge. The medical implant is configured to be delivered into a coronary sinus using a minimally invasive procedure. The bridge is preferably made of a shape memory material which... Agent: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

20070038298 - Repair of tympanic membrane using placenta derived collagen biofabric: The present invention provides a method of repairing a tympanic membrane deformity, such as a tympanic membrane perforation, commonly referred to as tympanoplasty or myringoplasty, using a collagen biofabric. The collagen biofabric is preferably laminated. The invention further provides kits comprising one or more pieces of collagen biofabric, for example... Agent: Jones Day

20070038299 - Multilayer microperforated implant: A multilayer microperforated implant comprising a plurality of microperforated substrate layers is provided. Methods of forming a microperforated implant comprise providing at least one substrate layer; perforating at least a region of the substrate layer; and dehydrating the substrate layer. Methods of augmenting a site in need of repair with... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070038300 - Intervertebral disc prosthesis: A system for repairing an intervertebral disc by delivering and curing a biomaterial in situ within the disc. The system includes both a device, having an insertable balloon and related lumen, controls and adapters, as well as an in situ curable biomaterial (and related biomaterial delivery means). The system can... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070038301 - Devices and methods for disc nucleus replacement: The present disclosure concerns implants to at least partially replace the nucleus of a spinal disc. In one embodiment, a prosthetic structure is provided which includes a bag operable to contain at least one internal implant within the bag. In another embodiment, a sinusoidal-shaped structure made of a flexible material... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans (zimmer Spine)

20070038302 - Method and apparatus for the preparation of an inlaid glenoid: A glenoid component for use in shoulder arthroplasty, the glenoid component is adapted to be implanted into a scapula and engaged by a head of a humeral component. The glenoid component has a body with an exterior periphery which is supported by surrounding bone. The glenoid component further has a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070038303 - Foot/ankle implant and associated method: A foot/ankle implant and associated method. The foot/ankle implant comprises a composite structure having a ceramic component with a macroprosity and a polymer component filling the macroporosity. The composite structure forms an anatomically-shaped and load-bearing graft for implantation between two bone portions of the foot or ankle to correct associated... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070038305 - Polylock insert for an artificial hip joint: The invention relates to a hip joint prosthesis comprising a ceramic inner sliding cup (1) that, on its outside, is surrounded by a plastic covering (2), for inserting into an outer metal cup (6) or for directly implanting with the aid of bone cement. A ball head, which is mounted... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070038304 - Flexible acetabular cup and method of manufacture thereof: A flexible acetabular cup is provided which has an inner bearing surface which comprises a substantially part-spherical portion and two independent arms projecting therefrom. The arms form a separation or opening in the rim of the cup with the external surface of the cup being shaped to cause the independent... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070038306 - O'gara femur prosthesis: This patent describes a device to replace the proximal femoral head and neck. The uniqueness of the device is in its proximal design which incorporates a transverse tension bar which prevents failure of the femoral neck portion of the device in tension. This design characteristic permits the use of thinner... Agent: Tadhg O'gara

20070038307 - Nanofibers as a neural biomaterial: Nanomaterials for neural and orthopedic prostheses are disclosed. Composite carbon nanofibers enhance neuronal growth and minimize glial scar tissue formation. Methods and compositions to promote neuronal growth and minimize scar tissue formation during prolonged monitoring and treatment of neural tissue are disclosed. Composite polyurethane carbon nanofiber is a suitable material... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070038308 - Intragastric prosthesis for the treatment of morbid obesity: A porous weave of bioabsorbable filaments having an open mesh configuration is formed into an oblate shape having dimensions greater than the esophageal opening and gastric outlet of a stomach. The resulting prosthesis is deployed in the stomach and is of a size to be retained in the proximate portion... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070038309 - Methods and devices for supraglottic secretion diversion: A supraglottic diversioned device comprises a body and structure for diverting secretions, food, liquids, and other non-gaseous materials away from the trachea into the patient's esophagus. The body is adapted for implantation above the larynx at the bifurcation between the trachea and the esophagus. Optionally, valve structure can be provided,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070038310 - Set for introducing a plastic surgery implant, a case for introducing such an implant and a corresponding production method: The invention relates to a set for introducing a plastic surgery implant into patient body comprising a plastic surgery implant to be implanted into a patient body, said implant is embodied in such a way that it is deformable, thereby enabling it to change the shape thereof from a shape... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20070038311 - System and method for improving the functionality of prostheses: A system and method for improving the functionality of a prosthesis used by an amputee in which a portion of the user's skin is reinnervated with nerves that formerly provided sensory feedback from the lost limb, providing a haptic indication from the prosthesis, and providing a corresponding haptic effect at... Agent: Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070032849 - Device for a ball-and-socket type joint connection of two members: A device for a ball-and-socket-type connection of two members includes a first member having a head and a second member having a cavity that receives the head. The cross-sectional surface of the cavity is tapered at the lower end of the second member as a result of a constriction. The... Agent: Jones Day

20070032850 - Separable sheath and method for insertion of a medical device into a bodily vessel using a separable sheath: A separable insertion sheath is for inserting a medical device into a patient. The insertion sheath includes releasably connectable ends. A medical device loaded into the insertion sheath is deployed by using an elongate member connected to the insertion sheath to shift the proximal and distal sections away from each... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070032851 - Protection by electroactive polymer sleeve: A system for protecting a stent includes an electroactive polymer (EAP) sleeve, a stent, a balloon catheter, and a voltage source. A voltage is applied to the EAP sleeve, whereupon the EAP sleeve expands. The stent, disposed about the balloon catheter is inserted into the region defined by the inner... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070032852 - Methods and apparatus for treatment of aneurysms adjacent to branch arteries: A stent graft includes a pair of generally opposed windows alignable with the superior mesentery artery, the celiac trunk and separated by graft material. A stent is provided spanning the window and in contact with the adjacent graft material and the stent presses the adjacent graft material into engagement with... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070032853 - 40-o-(2-hydroxy)ethyl-rapamycin coated stent: A method and coating for reducing the release rate of an active agent from an implantable device, such as a stent, is disclosed.... Agent: Paul J. Meyer, Jr., Esq. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P.

20070032856 - Drug eluting stent: Stents having struts with narrowed portions are described. The narrowed portions have a coating disposed thereon for the local delivery of a drug.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070032855 - Extendible stent apparatus: The present invention concerns novel stent apparatuses for use in treating lesions at or near the bifurcation point in bifurcated cardiac, coronary, renal, peripheral vascular, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, urinary and neurovascular vessels and brain vessels. More particularly, the invention concerns a stent apparatus with at least one side opening which may... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070032854 - Slide-and-lock stent: The invention relates to an expandable stent comprising circumferentially adjacent modules. The modules comprise longitudinally adjacent slide-and-lock radial elements which permit one-way sliding of the radial elements from a collapsed diameter to an expanded/deployed diameter, but inhibit radial recoil from the expanded diameter.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070032857 - Axially nested slide and lock expandable device: The invention relates generally to expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen and, in particular, to an axially nested, diametrically expandable, slide and lock vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The axially nested vascular device desirably achieves both competitive crossing profiles while maintaining... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070032858 - Stent with drug coating: Coatings for stents that include a polymer and a drug are provided. A method of forming the coatings is also provided.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070032859 - Catheter for producing a stent containing plastic: In order to create a stent, which despite being simple to guide in the relevant body conduit allows flexible adaptability to the body conduit in a simple manner while avoiding undesirably high expansion forces on the wall of the body conduit, in accordance with the invention a catheter is provided,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070032860 - Delivery mechanism for implantable stent: A delivery system including an inner catheter with a reinforcing element and an outer catheter having a proximal end attached to a movable member. An abutment element may be attached to a distal end of the reinforcing element, configured to engage an implantable device disposed between the inner catheter and... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070032862 - Medical devices: In some embodiments, a method can include delivering an electrically conductive coil into a lumen of a subject. In certain embodiments, the method can further include delivering at least a portion of an endoprosthesis into a lumen of the electrically conductive coil. In some embodiments, the method may enhance the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070032861 - Mri resonator system with stent implant: A stent is adapted to be implanted into the lumen of a vessel. The stent includes struts and a resonating circuit tuned to the resonating frequency of a magnetic resonance imaging system. The resonant circuit is constructed of at least one inductor and at least one capacitor. The inductor is... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070032863 - Catheter-based fastener implantation methods: Methods implant one or more fastening structure(s) in a targeted body region, e.g., within a hollow body organ or an intraluminal space. The fastening structure(s) are implanted to a vessel wall, and serve to secure a prosthesis within the hollow body organ or intraluminal space.... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070032864 - Thrombosis inhibiting graft: A medical method that is adapted for introducing the medical device into the vascular system of a body which is designed to inhibit or prevent thrombosis after the insertion of the medical device.... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070032865 - Prosthesis having a coating and systems and methods of making the same: Implantable medical devices such as stents, methods of making medical devices, and systems for making medical devices are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, medical device includes a stent that is coated at least on a portion of one surface by an ink-jet device.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070032866 - Accommodating diffractive intraocular lens: One disclosed embodiment of a method includes providing an intraocular lens. The intraocular lens includes a diffractive optical surface having diffractive properties which produce an interference pattern. The method further includes implanting the lens in an eye of a patient such that the diffractive optical surface changes shape in response... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070032867 - 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... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070032868 - Capsular shape-restoring device: A capsular shape-restoring device (28) and a method of using that device (28) are provided. The device (28) is designed for surgical implantation within the capsule (20) of an eye (10) and includes a body (42) and optionally an optic (62). The body (42) is discoid in shape and generally... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070032869 - Method and apparatus for applying a coating to an ophthalmic lens: The invention provide a method for applying a coating to an ophthalmic lens or a mold for making the ophthalmic lens or a medical device other than ophthalmic lens. The method comprises spraying at least one layer of a coating liquid onto an ophthalmic lens using a spraying process selected... Agent: Novartis Corporate Intellectual Property

20070032870 - Fixation screw, graft ligament anchor assembly, and method for securing a graft ligament in a bone tunnel: A fixation screw, graft ligament anchor assembly, an method for fastening a graft ligament in a bone tunnel. The screw comprises an elongated shank having a distal end and a proximal end, and a central axis extending from the distal end to the proximal end. Screw threads are disposed on... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20070032871 - Expandable push-in arcuate orthopedic implant: A push-in interbody orthopedic implant having an expandable height for at least in part insertion at least in part between two adjacent bone masses.... Agent: Martin & Ferraro, LLP

20070032872 - Systems and techniques for restoring and maintaining intervertebral anatomy: Techniques and systems for distracting a spinal disc space and supporting adjacent vertebrae are provided. Trial instruments are insertable into the disc space to determine a desired disc space height and to select a corresponding implant. Implants can be also be self-distracting and the implant providing the desired disc space... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20070032873 - Total artificial intervertebral disc: An artificial intervertebral disc that uses two orthogonally-oriented cushions, one with a greater height than width and the other with a greater width than height, comprised of a resilient material and affixed to each other in a manner to resist relative movement therebetween, to maintain the spacing between the vertebrae... Agent: Mark R. Wisner Wisner & Associates

20070032874 - Elastomeric intervertebral disc prosthesis: In an intervertebral disc prostheses having a pair of rigid endplates and an elastomeric core structure between the endplates. The core structure is designed to provide desired functional characteristics of the prosthesis.... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070032875 - Orthopaedic medical device: An artificial disc having a pair of opposing plates (100) for seating against opposing vertebral bone surfaces separated by an inner stress distributor and spacer device (300) called in this specification a supporting element, functioning as both a spacer and structural support. Various plate geometries are disclosed including ones with... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070032876 - Knee joint prosthesis: The present invention relates to a knee joint prosthesis including femoral and tibial components. The bodies of the components possess a network of channels which may be used to deliver bone cement to the component bone interface after the components are implanted. The body of the femoral component possesses a... Agent: Mark S. Morrison

20070032877 - Coated ceramic total joint arthroplasty and method of making same: A total joint arthroplasty is described having a first bearing member (e.g., the femoral head of the femoral component of a total arthroplasty hip joint) and a second bearing member (e.g., an acetabular component) cooperable with the first bearing member with the articulating surfaces of the bearing members in engagement... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070032878 - Acetabular liner: The present invention is directed to an implant for total hip joint replacement and a method for manufacturing such implant. In particular, the present invention relates to improved acetabular liners, total hip prosthetic assemblies comprising such liners and methods for manufacturing such liners.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070032879 - Anti-buckling sleeve: The invention relates to improved means for preventing buckling and therefore eversion of thin-walled, flexible, floppy gastrointestinal liners implanted in the digestive tract of an animal. The implantable devices include an anchor adapted for attachment within a natural body lumen and a thin-walled, floppy sleeve open at both ends and... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070032880 - Ureteral stent: A ureter stent designed for assisting the draining of urine with calculus fragments. The ureter stent includes a first holding portion, a second holding portion and a junction portion. The first holding portion has a pigtail shape for holding itself in a kidney. The second holding portion has a pigtail... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070032881 - Hernia prosthesis: Prosthesis is provided for repairing or resisting the formation of bodily hernia in particular, for inguinal hernia repair or femoral hernia repair. The prosthesis comprises an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface forms at least one channel that is sized to receive an anatomical structure and allow... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070032882 - Polymeric coatings and methods for cell attachment: The invention provides cell-adherent polymeric coatings for articles, the coating including a synthetic, non-biodegradable polymer having a plurality of pendent amine groups, wherein the polymer is covalently immobilized on the article via latent reactive groups. The invention also provides methods for the long-term attachment of cells using the polymeric coatings.... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20070032883 - Anti-slip attachment and drainage system for prosthetics: An anchoring system for a transtibial or transfemoral (above or below the knee) prosthesis. A gel liner is inserted into a socket, and the liner has a dual-strap attachment system including an upper strap and buckle attached upwardly to the liner and passing out through the socket, and a lower... Agent: Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver

20070032884 - Cable lock device for prosthetic and orthotic devices: A cable lock device includes a body 204, 616 and a frictional shoe 208, 608 operable to engage a Bowden cable 120, wherein, in a first mode, the Bowden cable 120 moves freely in first and second opposing directions 304, 308 and, in a second mode, the shoe inhibits the... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070027518 - Percutaneously deployed vascular valves: Described are percutaneous vascular valves (11) free of attached support structures and deployment systems (31) and methods for providing attachment of the valves within a vascular vessel.... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070027521 - Apparatus and methods for deployment of multiple custom-length prostheses: Apparatus for delivering stents to body lumens include one or more tubular prostheses carried at the distal end of a catheter shaft, a sheath slidably disposed over the prostheses, and a guidewire tube extending from within the sheath to the exterior of the sheath through an exit port in a... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070027524 - Catheter with disruptable guidewire channel: The present invention is a catheter device that includes a disruptable guidewire channel. The guidewire channel is configured to provide necessary trackability of the catheter along the guidewire during introduction of the catheter to a treatment site. Once treatment is completed, the guidewire channel can then be disrupted so as... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070027519 - Devices and methods for stent deployment: Various methods and devices for deploying a stent a lumen are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the stent deployment device can include an elongate shaft having at least one actuator coupled thereto and adapted to radially expand upon delivery of energy thereto. The device can also include a retractable sheath... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070027523 - Method of treating vascular disease at a bifurcated vessel using coated balloon: Disclosed is a method for delivery of at least one therapeutic agent from an angioplasty balloon for treating vascular disease at a bifurcated vessel. The invention also relates to the method of loading the beneficial agents onto the balloon and the device, as well as the method of delivery of... Agent: Robert Deberardine Abbott Laboratories

20070027522 - Stent delivery and guidewire systems: Medical device and methods for delivery or implantation of prostheses within hollow body organs and vessels or other luminal anatomy are disclosed. The subject technologies may be used in the treatment of atherosclerosis in stenting procedures.... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP (cardiomind)

20070027520 - Stent removal from a body: This disclosure contains methods, devices, and systems for object removal from a body, including removal of a stent from a body. Methods of the present disclosure include inflating a balloon on a catheter, engaging a stent with a socket defined by a surface of the balloon, the surface inwardly sloped... Agent: Paul Sherburne

20070027525 - Vascular implant: A medical implant (20) includes first and second ring members (22,24), each including a resilient framework (26) having a generally cylindrical form. A tubular sleeve (28) is fixed to the first and second ring members so as to hold the ring members in mutual longitudinal alignment, thereby defining a lumen... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070027526 - Stent/graft device and method for open surgical placement: A method and a stent/graft device for intraoperative repair of a damaged portion of a body vessel. The stent/graft device has a length at least as long as the length of the damaged portion of the vessel undergoing repair, and is positioned within the vessel such that the device at... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/indy/cook

20070027527 - Polymeric endoprosthesis and method of manufacture: Improved polymeric endoprostheses and methods of making endoprostheses are disclosed. Said endoprostheses exhibit improved overall compliance, selective regional compliance and selective radial strength without varying the geometries of selected regions. Numerous other physical characteristics of said endoprostheses may be selectively varied during manufacture. Some embodiments may comprise one or more... Agent: Deanna J. Shirley

20070027528 - Elliptical implantable device: Elliptical prosthetic valve devices are provided. The prosthetic valve device can include an elliptical support means having an elliptical cross-sectional shape and having an opening for fluid flow therethrough. The elliptical support is preferably characterized by a first radial axis and a second, shorter radial axis perpendicular thereto. A flexible... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/indy/cook

20070027529 - Biological artificial blood vessel and method of making: A prosthetic device for implantation into a human body is made by a method that includes the steps of providing a natural animal tissue that has a substrate, crosslinking and fixing the substrate, minimizing the antigens from the substrate, tanning the substrate to improve its mechanical properties, and coupling an... Agent: Raymond Sun

20070027531 - Hypotube endoluminal device and method: A self-expanding endoluminal device comprising a tubular filamentary member having a hollow core for receiving a guidewire, the tubular member having a straightened configuration with the guidewire in the hollow core, a shape memory configuration without the guidewire in the hollow core, and an extension, optionally severable, accessible from outside... Agent: Ratner Prestia

20070027530 - Intraluminal device, catheter assembly, and method of use thereof: An intraluminal device, an intraluminal stent delivery system, and a method of manufacturing the same. The device comprises a body including at least one strut. The strut comprises at least one raised portion positioned on an outer surface of the body. At least one therapeutic agent coating is positioned on... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070027532 - 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... Agent: Curatolo Sidoti Co., Lpa

20070027533 - Cardiac valve annulus restraining device: A catheter based system for treating mitral valve regurgitation includes a restraining device having a flexible member, a plurality of movable anchor members attached to the outer surface of the flexible member, and an adjustment filament attached to the ends of the flexible member. One embodiment of the invention includes... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070027534 - Methods and systems for cardiac valve delivery: The present invention provides systems and methods for the repair, removal, and/or replacement of heart valves. The methods comprise introducing a delivery system into the heart, wherein a prosthesis is disposed on the delivery member attached to the delivery system, advancing the prosthesis to the target site, and disengaging the... Agent: Jones Day

20070027535 - Implantable thromboresistant valve: Medical devices for implantation within a body vessel comprising a thromboresistant material are provided. The thromboresistant material preferably comprises a biocompatible polyurethane, a remodelable material, a bioactive agent or any combination thereof. The medical device can be a prosthetic valve comprising a thromboresistant material. The medical device can also comprise... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/indy/cook

20070027536 - Aortic valve annuloplasty rings: An aortic annuloplasty ring may include a ring, having a “C” shape. The ring may be so sized as to fit around and circumferentially engage an aortic root. The ring may be formed at least in part of a biocompatible material so nonresiliently deformable as to permit manual adjustment of... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20070027537 - Method and intra-sclera implant for treatment of glaucoma and presbyopia: An apparatus and method for treating presbyopia and lowering intraocular pressure employing an intra-scleral implant into an elongated cavity oriented in the radial direction of the eye. The implant has a planar portion with a longitudinal axis running therethrough and a pair of extension portions extending a distance away from... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20070027538 - Compressed haptics: An injectable intraocular implant including an optics portion and a resilient, flexible haptics portion mounted coaxially with the optics portion and a method for inserting the implant into the eye.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070027539 - Intaocular lens for inhibiting pco and aco: An intraocular lens for inhibiting posterior and anterior capsular opacification, or secondary cataract, includes an optic having a periphery provided with sharp bevels extending along arc segments defined by the juncture of the haptic-optic points of attachment and adjacent both the anterior and posterior optic surfaces.... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070027540 - Method of implanting an intraocular lens system: There is disclosed an accommodating intraocular lens for implantation in an eye having an optical axis. The lens comprises an anterior portion which in turn comprises an anterior viewing element and an anterior biasing element. The lens further comprises a posterior portion which in turn comprises a posterior viewing element... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070027541 - Intraocular devices and methods for implantation thereof: An intraocular device including at least one lens and a flexible integrally formed support element for retaining the at least one lens, the support element including first and second axially separated anchor portions which are joined by at least one flexible joining element which supports the at least one lens... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070027542 - Biological artificial ligament and method of making: A prosthesis for implantation into a human body is made by a method that includes the steps of providing a natural animal ligament or tendon that has a substrate, crosslinking and fixing the substrate, minimizing the antigens from the substrate, tanning the substrate to improve its mechanical properties, and coupling... Agent: Raymond Sun

20070027544 - Spinal cage implant: A spinal cage implant device includes a substantially planar top, a substantially planar bottom, two side walls, a posterior end wall, and an anterior end wall, wherein the implant is wider than high and longer than wide, and the substantially planar top and the substantially planar bottom include at least... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070027543 - Use of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells in spinal fusion: The present invention encompasses methods and compositions for treating a bone condition. The isolated adipose tissue-derived stromal cell of the invention and products related thereto have a plethora of uses, including but not limited to research, diagnostic, and therapeutic applications such as in spinal fusion procedures.... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070027545 - System, device, and method for percutaneous interbody device and nucleus removal system: One embodiment of the present application includes: performing a medical procedure on a segment of a patient's spine. This segment includes two vertebrae each in contact with a spinal disk positioned in an intervertebral disk space. A passage is formed that follows a pathway through the vertebrae and the intervertebral... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20070027546 - Multi-composite disc prosthesis: A multi-composite disc prosthesis is adapted to be implanted within the annulus of an evacuated disc nucleus space in a human spine. The disc prosthesis has a generally solid unitary body with a size and a shape adapted to be positioned within the annulus of the evacuated disc nucleus space.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070027547 - System and method for ankle arthroplasty: An interpositional arthroplasty system for use in repairing ginglymus joints such as the joints of the ankle, including a tibiotalar implant (124) that provides a first major surface (130) adapted to be positioned against a tibia (120) and a second major surface (132) adapted to be positioned against a talus... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070027549 - Gastrointestinal anti-reflux prosthesis apparatus and method: A prosthesis (13) for implanting in an upper stomach to prevent gastric reflux in an esophagus comprising a tube (17) made of a biocompatible polymer that is resistant to gastric acid, the tube having an upper end and a lower end, a length, and a generally constant diameter along the... Agent: Cozen O'connor, P.C.

20070027548 - Anti-obesity devices: 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 pyloric portion of the gastrointestinal system and extends beyond the ligament of Treitz. All food exiting the stomach is funneled through the device. The... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070027551 - Composite self-cohered web materials: The present invention is directed to implantable bioabsorbable non-woven self-cohered web materials having a high degree of porosity. The web materials are very supple and soft, while exhibiting proportionally increased mechanical strength in one or more directions. The web materials often possess a high degree of loft. The web materials... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070027550 - Highly porous self-cohered web materials: The present invention is directed to implantable bioabsorbable non-woven self-cohered web materials having a high degree of porosity. The web materials are very supple and soft, while exhibiting proportionally increased mechanical strength in one or more directions. The web materials often possess a high degree of loft. The web materials... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070027552 - Composite self-cohered web materials: The present invention is directed to implantable bioabsorbable non-woven self-cohered web materials having a high degree of porosity. The web materials are very supple and soft, while exhibiting proportionally increased mechanical strength in one or more directions. The web materials often possess a high degree of loft. The web materials... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070027553 - Highly porous self-cohered web materials: The present invention is directed to implantable bioabsorbable non-woven self-cohered web materials having a very high degree of porosity. The web materials are very supple and soft, while exhibiting proportionally increased mechanical strength in one or more directions. The web materials often possess a high degree of loft. The web... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070027554 - Highly porous self-cohered web materials having haemostatic properties: The present invention is directed to implantable bioabsorbable non-woven self-cohered web materials having a high degree of porosity. The web materials are very supple and soft, while exhibiting proportionally increased mechanical strength in one or more directions. The web materials often possess a high degree of loft. The web materials... Agent: Eric J. Sheets W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

20070027555 - Novel computer controlled prosthetic knee device: A prosthetic knee provides a single axis of rotation and includes a hydraulic damping cylinder, a microprocessor, and sensors. Based on input from the sensors, the microprocessor selects a flow path within the hydraulic cylinder in order to provide the proper amount of knee resistance to bending for a given... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP

20070027556 - Liner for prosthesis: A liner for use with a prosthesis comprises an inner layer, a cushion layer, an outer layer, and a bead defining the upper edge of the liner. The bead can be disposed between the inner and outer layers and may comprise an elastomeric material of non-uniform thickness. A method for... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070027557 - Low profile prosthetic foot: A low profile prosthetic foot comprises a foot member extending at an incline from an anterior portion to a posterior portion thereof and configured to flex during motion, and an adapter mounted solely at a posterior section thereof to the posterior portion of the foot member so that the adapter's... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP