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

20070150044 - Embolic protection systems for bifurcated conduits: An apparatus for removing emboli from a vessel during an interventional procedure comprising a catheter. The catheter includes: an elongate member having a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end; a dilation element disposed on a distal portion of the elongate member, the dilation element having a... Agent: Popovich, Wiles & O'connell, PA 650 Third Avenue South

20070150045 - Methods and apparatus for treating aneurysms and other vascular defects: Devices and methods are disclosed for placing a barrier across the neck of a vascular aneurysm, and specifically across the neck of a cerebrovascular aneurysm. The barrier is a stent or neck bridge that completely or partially blocks the flow of blood into the aneurysm and, further, prevents the migration... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20070150041 - Methods and systems for aneurysm treatment using filling structures: Aneurysms are treated by placing a scaffold across an aneurysmal sac to provide a blood flow lumen therethrough. An aneurysmal space surrounding the scaffold is filled with one or more expandable structures which are simultaneously or sequentially expanded to fill the aneurysmal space and reduce the risk of endoluminal leaks... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070150040 - Prosthesis and method for deployment within a body lumen: A stent and catheter for implanting or removing a helical-shaped stent within a body passageway; the catheter having an elongate sheath with a socket or means for securing one end of the stent at a distal region of the sheath and an inner member extending from the sheath, and also... Agent: Patent Counsel United States Surgical,a Division Of

20070150043 - Single operator stenting system: Embodiments of a stent system include a catheter is made with only one lumen leading to a balloon. An arrangement is provided to easily lock a short wire in place at the distal end of the balloon. Multiple wires of different properties can be included in a package containing the... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070150042 - Stents with beveled ends and methods of use thereof: Apparatus and methods for endovascular procedures for stenting an anatomical lumen.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20070150046 - Bifurcation stent pattern: A stent may comprise a plurality of serpentine bands connected by connector struts. The stent may further comprise a side branch cell having a plurality of outwardly deployable petals. Each serpentine band may have an approximate longitudinal axis. A portion of the serpentine bands may be flared in the unexpanded... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070150047 - Implantable medical device with bioabsorbable coating: Methods of making coated implantable medical devices are provided. The methods include positioning a first layer comprising a bioactive on at least a portion of a structure, and positioning at least one porous layer over the first layer. The at least one porous layer has a thickness adequate to provide... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/indy/cook

20070150048 - Stent: A stent comprises a serpentine band. The serpentine band has alternating peaks and troughs. A first set of peaks and troughs define an envelope of generally increasing longitudinal extent in a distal direction and a second set of peaks and troughs define an envelope of generally increasing longitudinal extent in... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070150049 - Stent: A stent and associated method for implanting a stent within a body conduit are provided. According to one embodiment, the stent includes a plurality of annular segments arranged peripherally along a longitudinal axis to define opposing free ends, wherein each annular segment includes a plurality of interconnected segment struts. The... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP Bank Of America Plaza

20070150050 - Stent: A stent comprises a plurality of serpentine circumferential bands and a plurality of connector columns. Each connector column is located between two adjacent serpentine circumferential bands and comprises a plurality connector struts. Each connector strut is connected at one end to one serpentine circumferential band and at another end to... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070150051 - Vascular implants and methods of fabricating the same: The present invention is directed to vascular implants and methods for fabricating the same. The implantable devices include but are not limited to stents, grafts and stent grafts. The devices may include a biomaterial, such as an extracellular matrix, coated or attached to at least a portion of the device.... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20070150052 - Manufacture of prosthetic tissue heart components: A technique for manufacturing a prosthetic tissue heart component involves performing a non-invasive scanning operation on a patient's heart, preferably by CT angiography. Images of the specific dimensions of the heart component to be replaced are generated. The images generated by the scanning operation are used to manufacture the replacement... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark, LLP

20070150053 - Connection systems for two piece prosthetic heart valve assemblies and methods for using them: A heart valve assembly includes a prosthesis for receiving a prosthetic valve to replace a preexisting natural or prosthetic heart valve within a biological annulus adjacent a sinus cavity. The prosthesis includes an annular member, a sewing cuff extending radially outwardly from the annular member and a plurality of guide... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070150054 - Apparatus and methods for loading of an iol injector: An IOL injector body including an injector body segment defining a portion of a lumen, and a first loading chamber component coupled to the injector body segments and a second loading chamber component hingedly coupled to the first loading chamber component. The second loading chamber component is capable of rotating... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070150055 - Apparatus and methods for loading of an iol injector: An IOL injector body including an injector body segment defining a portion of a lumen, and a first loading chamber component coupled to the injector body segments and a second loading chamber component hingedly coupled to the first loading chamber component. The second loading chamber component is capable of rotating... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070150056 - Spring-based injector for a intraocular lens: An insertion device for surgical implantation of an intraocular lens in the eye is disclosed. The device comprises a plunger (200) which is displaceable within a sleeve (110) for guided insertion of the lens. The plunger (200) has a hollow portion (212), and a spring (250) is disposed within the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070150057 - Device for adjusting the length of middle ear implants: A device for determining the required length of a middle ear prosthesis, having a disk-shaped base part to which prosthesis mockups or prostheses of different lengths are fastened, which, after being detached from the base part, can be inserted by an applicator into the middle ear of a patient during... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20070150058 - Surgical correction of ptosis polymeric artificial muscles: A surgical procedure is described for the restoration of eyelid function in individuals suffering from ptosis or upper eyelid droop syndrome that makes a patient unable to voluntarily fully raise an eyelid. The surgical procedure includes implantation and suturing of eye drop (pH) activated and actuated fibrous contractile and expansive... Agent: V. Gerald Grafe, Esq.

20070150061 - Intervertebral disc augmentation and rehydration with superabsorbent polymers: The embodiments provide a method for treating an intervertebral disc having a nucleus pulposus and an annulus fibrosis, using one or more superabsorbent polymers. Additionally, the embodiments provide a method for bulking up an intervertebral disc having a nucleus pulposus and an annulus fibrosis, using one or more superabsorbent polymers.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070150059 - Methods and devices for intervertebral augmentation using injectable formulations and enclosures: Devices and methods for treating diseased or damaged portions of an intervertebral region are provided. In particular, intervertebral implants that can include use of a tissue regeneration structure having small intestine submucosa are described. The intervertebral implants can be utilized with any combination of load bearing structures for supporting loading... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070150060 - Rehydration and restoration of intervertebral discs with polyelectrolytes: The embodiments provide a method for treating an intervertebral disc having a nucleus pulposus and an annulus fibrosis, using one or more polyelectrolyte materials. Additionally, the embodiments provide a method for bulking up an intervertebral disc having a nucleus pulposus and an annulus fibrosis, using one or more polyelectrolyte materials.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070150062 - Artificial intervertebral disc having an articulating joint: An intervertebral device includes a first plate having an outer face and an inner face, and a second plate juxtaposed with the first plate, the second plate having an outer face, an inner face that opposes the first plate and a concavity that opposes the first plate. The device includes... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070150063 - Devices for intervertebral augmentation and methods of controlling their delivery: Devices and methods for treating diseased or damaged portions of an intervertebral region are provided. In particular, intervertebral implants that can include use of a tissue regeneration structure having small intestine submucosa are described. The intervertebral implants can be utilized with any combination of load bearing structures for supporting loading... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070150064 - Methods and devices for intervertebral augmentation: Devices and methods for treating diseased or damaged portions of an intervertebral region are provided. In particular, intervertebral implants that can include use of a tissue regeneration structure having small intestine submucosa are described. The intervertebral implants can be utilized with any combination of load bearing structures for supporting loading... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070150065 - Mounting system and method for enhancing implant fixation to bone: The present invention relates to a mounting system and method for enhancing implant fixation to bone. That is, the present invention relates generally to the field of orthopaedics. Various embodiments of the present invention relate to the replacement (totally or partially) of a joint. In one example (which example is... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070150066 - Knee prostheses: A total knee prosthesis comprises a femoral component and a patellar component. The femoral component has a patellar flange into which is built a twist or roller coaster configuration. The patellar component has an off-set dome with respective lateral and medial facets. The configuration of the patellar flange resists forces... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20070150067 - Hybrid femoral implant: A hybrid prosthetic femoral component has an outer bearing surface for engaging a tibial bearing and an inner surface for engaging a prepared distal femur. The inner surface having a distal surface, an anterior surface and a posterior surface, wherein said posterior surface has a first surface structure for allowing... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070150068 - Gradient porous implant: An implantable medical device includes a porous metal foam or foam-like structure having pores defined by metal struts or webs wherein the porous structure has directionally controlled pore characteristics. The pore characteristics controlled include one or more of the metal structure porosity, pore size, pore shape, pore size distribution and... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070150069 - Modularized prosthesis leg cover and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a modularized prosthesis leg cover and a method for manufacturing the prosthesis leg cover, which quickly covers a prosthesis leg and does not affect bending or stretching motion of a knee joint part of the prosthesis leg, thus preventing damage to the knee joint part of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070150070 - Implant device for osseointegration to endure weight: Disclosed herein is an implant device for osseointegration to endure weight. This implant device includes an insert-type implant inserted into an amputated end of a thighbone or a lower leg bone of a leg of a patient; a load dispersing adaptor having a cap shape, encompassing both the implant and... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070142892 - Self-expanding stent delivery system: Self-expanding stent delivery systems and methods having an introducer that receives a delivery catheter. The delivery catheter includes an outer body, an inner body and a stent loaded onto a stent bed within the inner body. The outer body receives the inner body with the stent loaded on the stent... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070142893 - Embolic coils: Coils, such as embolic coils, and related methods, devices, and compositions, are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070142894 - Method for aligning a stent graft delivery system: A method of implanting a prosthesis in a patient at a treatment site includes the steps of providing a prosthesis delivery sheath with an alignment device, loading a prosthesis into the sheath, advancing the sheath in a patient up to the treatment site, and viewing at least one of a... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.

20070142896 - Design and assembly of fenestrated stent grafts: A method of sizing of a stent graft (20) including placement of fenestrations (30, 32) to ensure access to side branch vessels (13, 15) through the fenestrations when the stent graft is introduced into a body vessel and an assembly method for a stent graft including temporary diameter reduction arrangements... Agent: Cook Group Patent Office

20070142895 - Prosthesis comprising a coiled stent and method of use thereof: The present invention is directed to a prosthesis and method for treating, repairing, and/or replacing an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The prosthesis includes a coiled stent comprised of shape memory material having first and second anchoring zones and an intermediate zone. The prosthesis also includes graft material engaging at least a... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070142897 - Drug eluting stent for the treatment of dialysis graft stenoses: A drug-eluting stent having a first cell pattern at one end and a second cell pattern on an opposite end. The cells in the first cell pattern have a smaller MCUSA than those in the second cell pattern. An anti-restonic drug can be coated on the first cell pattern and... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070142898 - Intravascular delivery of mizoribine: The present invention provides improved devices and methods for minimizing and/or inhibiting restenosis and hyperplasia after intravascular intervention. In particular, the present invention provides luminal prostheses which allow for programmed and controlled mizoribine delivery with increased efficacy to selected locations within a patient's vasculature to inhibit restenosis. An intraluminal delivery... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP Avantec Vascular Corporation (client # 20460)

20070142901 - Expandable stent with sliding and locking radial elements: In preferred embodiments, this invention relates to an expandable stent, comprising a tubular member comprising at least two circumferentially-adjacent radial elements, wherein each radial element comprises an engagement slot, through which a portion of the circumferentially-adjacent radial element is slidably engaged, such that the tubular member is capable of expanding... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070142900 - Stent including a portal and methods of use thereof: Apparatus and methods for endovascular procedures for the placement of a stent in a bifurcated artery.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20070142902 - Stent with protruding branch portion for bifurcated vessels: In at least one embodiment, a stent comprises a plurality of interconnected framework members defining a plurality of cells. A side branch structure comprises a first serpentine ring extending around an inner side branch cell, a second serpentine ring extending around the first serpentine ring and a plurality of side... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070142899 - Stents made of a material with short elongation at rupture: The invention relates to stents made of a material with an elongation at rupture of 30% or less and with a tubular base body which entirely or in parts comprises structural segments which are interconnected in longitudinal direction of the stents by means of transverse connectors and in which the... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20070142903 - Laser cut intraluminal medical devices: Laser cut bioabsorbable intraluminal devices or stents and methods for forming such an intraluminal device or stent. A precursor sheet or tube of bioabsorbable material is laser cut in the presence of an inert gas to form an intraluminal medical device or stent having a desired geometry or pattern. The... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070142904 - Bifurcated stent with multiple locations for side branch access: A stent has an undeployed state and a deployed state. The stent has a primary body with an outer surface and an inner surface with a wall extending therebetween. The inner surface defines a first lumen having a first longitudinal axis therethrough. The primary body has at least two side... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070142905 - Medical devices to treat or inhibit restenosis: Implantable medical devices having anti-restenotic coatings are disclosed. Specifically, implantable medical devices having coatings of certain NF-kappaB inhibitors, particularly certain dialkyl fumarates, are disclosed. Dimethyl fumarate is a particularly preferred dialkyl fumarate. The anti-restenotic medical devices include stents, catheters, micro-particles, probes and vascular grafts. Intravascular stents are preferred medical devices.... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20070142907 - Adjustable prosthetic valve implant: A prosthetic implant for treating a diseased aortic valve is described. The prosthetic implant includes a substantially tubular body configured to be positioned in an aorta of a patient, at or near the patient's aortic valve. The body includes a lumen extending through the body from a proximal end to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070142906 - Self-expandable medical instrument for treating defects in a patient's heart: The invention relates to a self-expandable medical instrument (100) for treating defects in a patient's heart, in particular for the transvascular implantation of a prosthetic heart valve (30), wherein the medical instrument (100) is introducible into the body of a patient in a minimally-invasive procedure using a catheter system (40)... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070142908 - Biological artificial cornea and method of making: An artificial cornea for implantation into a human body is made by a method that includes the steps of providing a natural animal cornea that has a substrate, crosslinking and fixing the substrate, minimizing the antigens from the substrate, and coupling an active layer to the substrate.... Agent: Raymond Sun

20070142909 - External lens adapted to change refractive properties: A lens system is provided. The lens system includes a lens adapted to be positioned along the main optical axis of the eye and a control unit. The control unit is operable with the lens to alter the focal length of the lens based at least partly upon a condition,... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP

20070142910 - Method in eye surgery: A method for prevention of migration of epithelial cells in a capsular bag of an eye of a mammal is provided. The method comprises removing the natural lens of the eye from the capsular bag; introducing an object with at least one sharp edge into the capsular bag, in such... Agent: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.

20070142911 - Refractive intraocular implant lens and method: A refractive intraocular lens adapted to be inserted within the human eye and to work in combination with the human crystalline lens and comprises an optic, a haptic, a riser and a connector. The optic has an anterior side and a posterior side and is adapted to produce a preselected... Agent: Robert G. Rosenthal

20070142912 - Refractive intraocular implant lens and method: A refractive intraocular lens adapted to be inserted within the human eye and to work in combination with the human crystalline lens and comprises an optic, a haptic, a riser and a connector. The optic has an anterior side and a posterior side and is adapted to produce a preselected... Agent: Robert G. Rosenthal Rosenthal & Putterman

20070142913 - Accommodating intraocular lens: An intraocular lens (IOL) system includes an optic, a pair of haptics located on sides of the optic, and hinge portions at each of the optic haptic junctions. The hinge portions have stressed and non-stressed configurations. One or more restraining elements are provided to maintain the stressed state configuration of... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070142914 - Laser-produced porous surface: A method of forming an implant having a porous tissue ingrowth structure and a bearing support structure. The method includes depositing a first layer of a metal powder onto a substrate, scanning a laser beam over the powder so as to sinter the metal powder at predetermined locations, depositing at... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070142916 - Bone graft composition, method and implant: A bone regenerative composition includes a resorbable osteoconductive matrix and a multiplicity of substantially rigid nanofibers dispersed within structure of the matrix to impart structural integrity with nanofiber ends projecting out of a surface of the matrix to provide differential load bearing surface bristles.... Agent: Philip D Freedman PC Philip D Freedman

20070142915 - Systems and methods for posterior dynamic stabilization of the spine: Devices, systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The devices include an expandable spacer having an undeployed configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the spacer has axial and radial dimensions for positioning between the spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae. The systems include one or more spacers and... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20070142917 - Apparatus and method to obtain bone fixation: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method to obtain bone fixation. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention relates to a mechanism for achieving bone “through-growth” in a variety of orthopaedic applications. In one example (which example is intended to be illustrative and not restrictive), a prosthesis... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070142918 - Shoulder implant assembly: An implant assembly and associated method for selectively performing reverse and traditional arthroplasty for a shoulder joint that includes a humerus and a glenoid. The implant assembly may include a head, a cup, a humeral stem and an adapter. The method includes inserting the humeral stem to the humerus and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070142919 - Sigmoid notch implant: A sigmoid notch resurfacing prosthesis for application to the sigmoid notch of the distal radius. The sigmoid notch prosthesis generally includes a saddle and a radius portion for attachment to the distal radius. The saddle may be formed from ultra high molecular weight polyethylene or another durable self-lubricating material. The... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070142920 - Metatarsal implant: An implant that may be surgically positioned proximate a metatarsal may include a body having an exterior portion and two interior (or center) portions positioned on opposite sides of the body. Apertures suitable for accepting sutures to secure the implant in position may be provided along a perimeter (or margin)... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070142921 - Acetabular cup with rigid fasteners: An acetabular cup assembly for attachment to an acetabulum is provided. The cup includes a body having an interior wall and defining an opening in the body. The cup also includes a fastener having a portion thereof fitted through the opening of the body. The fastener is rigidly connected to... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070142922 - Modular hip cup assembly, fastener assembly & fastener: An acetabular cup assembly for attachment to an acetabulum is provided. The cup assembly includes an acetabular cup including a first connector and a fastener. The fastener cooperates with the cup. The fastener includes a second connector. The first and second connectors cooperate to rigidly connect the fastener to the... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070142923 - Control systems for rotary blood pumps: The present invention generally relates to a control system for a rotary blood pump adapted to move blood in a patient. The control system comprises a means for measuring and varying the speed of the pump and a means for measuring the pulsatility index of a patient, and the control... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070142924 - Knee cosmesis: A cosmesis includes a thigh component and a shin component that fit over a prosthetic knee joint. The thigh component and shin component are pivotally joined along an axis of rotation coinciding with that of the prosthetic knee joint. The thigh component and shin component can include internal contours molded... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20070135886 - Catheter device: The invention relates to a catheter device for performing an atherectomy, which device contains an atherectomy catheter and a stent premounted on the atherectomy catheter.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070135887 - Catheter device for treating a block-age of a vessel: The invention relates to a catheter device for treating a blockage of a vessel, with the catheter device featuring a treatment catheter for treating the vessel blockage which is embodied as an integrated unit with front-mounted stent.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070135890 - Low profile, high stretch, low dilation knit prosthetic device: A composite medical device includes a knitted structure having a single layer of yarns to define a single layered wall, where the yarns are interlaced into stitches in a knit pattern capable of resilient longitudinal elongation and resilient radial contraction of the knit from a quiescent state to an elongated... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070135889 - Lumen repair device with capture structure: A vascular repair device includes a tubular graft body having upstream and downstream ends, and an interior surface and a clasping stent partially attached to the interior surface. The clasping stent circumference defines upstream and downstream apices, and struts connecting respective adjacent apices. The struts each have upstream and downstream... Agent: Gregory L. Mayback, P.A.

20070135888 - Stretchable anti-buckling coiled-sheet stent: A stent-graft having an exo-skeleton attached to a tubular graft, the tubular graft having a peripheral wall defining a lumen therein extending between first and second ends. The exo-skeleton may assume contracted and enlarged conditions, and includes one or more serpentine elements, each extending both peripherally and axially along at... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070135891 - Stent having an expandable web structure: A stent comprises a tubular flexible body composed of a web structure that is expandable from a contracted delivery configuration to a deployed configuration and that comprises neighboring web patterns of alternating concavities extending circumferentially and adjoined by X-shaped transition sections. The web pattern may comprise either arcuate struts interconnected... Agent: Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

20070135895 - Polymeric stent having modified molecular structures in both the hoops and selected segments of the flexible connectors: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135901 - Polymeric stent having modified molecular structures in both the hoops and selected segments of the flexible connectors: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135894 - Polymeric stent having modified molecular structures in the flexible connections: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135902 - Polymeric stent having modified molecular structures in the flexible connections: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135892 - Polymeric stent having modified molecular structures in the flexible connectors and in the radial struts and the radial arcs of the hoops: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135900 - Polymeric stent having modified molecular structures in the flexible connectors and in the radial struts and the radial arcs of the hoops: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135893 - Polymeric stent having modified molecular structures in the flexible connectors and the radial arcs of the hoops: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135898 - Polymeric stent having modified molecular structures in the flexible connectors and the radial arcs of the hoops: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135896 - Polymeric stent having modified molecular structures in the flexible connectors and the radial struts of the hoops: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135899 - Polymeric stent having modified molecular structures in the flexible connectors and the radial struts of the hoops: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135897 - Severable support for a stent: A stent with at least one severable supporting device and methods of coating using the same are disclosed. The severable supporting device can be an end tube or a tab attached to some portion of the stent by at least one “gate” or attachment. The end tube or tab may... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070135903 - Connectors for bifurcated stent: A stent assembly comprises a second stent body and a substantially tubular first stent body defining a first lumen and containing a side branch opening. In an undeployed state, the second stent body is at least partially comprised of rings having peaks and valleys at least some of the valleys... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070135904 - Telescoping bifurcated stent: A bifurcated stent that uses telescoping rings to support or form the side branch lumen. This design allows the bifurcation branch to extend easily, to a useful distance, and to be deployed along oblique angles. Best of all, this design avoids the need to deploy a bent stent.... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070135905 - Polymeric stent having modified molecular structures in selected regions of the hoops: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. By preferential mechanical deformation of the polymer, the polymer chains may be oriented... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135906 - Stent with collagen: Collagen applied to a vascular stem for increasing the biocompatability of the stent on implantation find method of treatment.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070135907 - Stent with expandable foam: A stent for treating a physical anomaly. The stent includes a skeletal support structure for expanding in the physical anomaly and a shape memory material coupled to the skeletal support structure.... Agent: Eddie E. Scott Assistant Laboratory Counsel

20070135908 - Absorbable stent comprising coating for controlling degradation and maintaining ph neutrality: A biocompatible metallic material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices, including intraluminal stents. The biocompatible metallic material may comprise a magnesium alloy. The magnesium alloy implantable medical device may be designed to degrade over a given period of time. In order to control the degradation time,... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070135909 - Adhesion polymers to improve stent retention: It is disclosed a stent having a coating that contains one or more adhesion polymers that cause the stent not to unintentionally dislodge from a catheter on which the stent is mounted.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070135910 - Vascular prosthesis: A vascular prosthesis having one or more inner layers formed of an air-dried collagen-containing matrix and one or more outer layers formed of a freeze-dried collagen-containing matrix is described.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070135911 - Automatic suture fixation apparatus and method for minimally invasive cardiac surgery: An apparatus for automatically fixing sutures used in the surgical replacement of a heart valve, including a first cylinder having a first end and a second end and an interior surface and an exterior surface, and first means for securing fixing suture formed on the exterior surface adjacent to the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070135912 - Mitral valve device using conditioned shape memory alloy: A mitral valve annulus reshaping device includes at least a portion that is formed of a biocompatible shape memory alloy SMA having a characteristic temperature, Af, that is preferably below body temperature. The device is constrained in an unstable martensite (UM) state while being introduced through a catheter that passes... Agent: Shay Law Group, LLP

20070135913 - Adjustable annuloplasty ring activation system: An adjustable annuloplasty device is described. The device includes a body member comprising a shape memory material, the body member configured to be placed at or near a base of a valve of a heart. The device further includes a hysteretic material configured to undergo magnetic hysteresis in response to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070135914 - Implant capable of forming a differential image in an eye and methods of inserting and locating same: An implant capable of forming a differential image in an eye is shown. The implant comprises an elongated member having a pair of spaced ends wherein one of the pair of ends includes a distal section that extends in a direction substantially parallel to the central axis. The elongated member... Agent: Daniel J. Meaney, Jr.

20070135915 - Implantable lens device: An implantable lens device including a lens optic portion connected to a lens haptic portion. The implantable lens device, for example, is an accommodating intraocular lens device configured to provide accommodative movement of the lens optic portion within the eye.... Agent: Klima Law Offices, P.l.l.c.

20070135916 - Variable cohesive gel form-stable breast implant: A variable cohesive gel form stabilizing implant is disclosed for augmentation or reconstruction of the breast. The prosthesis of this invention comprises an implantable shell or envelope (not limited to a single shell or envelope), filled with a biocompatible gel, or gels, having alterations in gel cohesiveness to maintain stable... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070135917 - Instrumentation for the preparation and transplantation of osteochondral allografts: Provided are procedures and instruments for preparing and transplanting osteochondral allograft plugs to a host bone to repair an articular cartilage defect. An allograft bone plug having a cartilage plate and cancellous bone tissue attached thereto is removed from a donor bone. The allograft plug is further shaped by removing... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070135918 - Instrumentation for the preparation and transplantation of osteochondral allografts: Provided are procedures and instruments for preparing and transplanting osteochondral allograft plugs to a host bone to repair an articular cartilage defect. An allograft bone plug having a cartilage plate and cancellous bone tissue attached thereto is removed from a donor bone. The allograft plug is further shaped by removing... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070135919 - Intervertebral implant with joint parts mounted on roller bodies: An intervertebral implant (1), including an upper section (10) provided with a ventral side area (11), a dorsal side area (12), two lateral side areas (13,14), a top apposition surface (15) and a bottom surface (16), a lower section (20) provided with a ventral side area (21), a dorsal side... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070135920 - Sutures for use in the repair of defects in the anulus fibrosus: Methods and devices for fixing a defect in a vertebral disc of a patient. One method includes providing first, second, third, and fourth sutures. The first and second sutures are fastened to a vertebra cranial to the vertebral disc at first and second locations, respectively. The third and fourth sutures... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP

20070135922 - Selectively expandable composite structures for spinal arthroplasty: Embodiments include selectively expandable composite structures useful as spinal arthroplasty devices such as intervertebral disc prostheses. The structures may comprise an outer shell comprised of a non-hydrogel polymer material. The structures also may comprise at least one core positioned within the outer shell. The core may be comprised of a... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070135921 - Surgical implant: A surgical implant for repairing an intervertebral disk. The implant includes an inflatable bladder and an externally threaded inlet port connected to the bladder. The inlet port has a threaded bore through which a filler is admitted into the bladder to inflate it. A setscrew is screwed into the threaded... Agent: Stephen R. Greiner, Esquire Greiner Law Offices, P.C.

20070135923 - Ceramic and polymer prosthetic device: A prosthetic device for insertion into an intervertebral space may include a first articulating element formed of a ceramic material and a second articulating element configured to cooperate with the first articulating element to permit articulating motion. The second articulating element also may be formed of a ceramic material. A... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070135924 - Joint replacement prosthesis, joint replacement mounting stud and method: A prosthesis anchor component is provided. The prosthesis anchor component has a mounting stud having an elongated body with a tubular distal end and a proximal end. The tubular distal end includes a tubular wall portion with an open leading end and a plurality of apertures extending through the tubular... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070135925 - Surface guided knee replacement: An artificial knee joint that includes a femoral component with a specially shaped bearing surface and a tibial component, whose surface interacts with the femoral surfaces. The interaction provides for the motion and stability characteristics of the anatomic knee. The interaction between the femoral and tibial surfaces is such that... Agent: Stephen E. Feldman

20070135926 - Surface guided knee replacement: An artificial knee joint that includes a femoral component with a specially shaped bearing surface and a tibial component, whose surface interacts with the femoral surfaces. The interaction provides for the required motion and stability characteristics. The interaction between the femoral and tibial surfaces is such that as the knee... Agent: Stephen E. Feldman

20070135927 - acetabular components that decrease risks of dislocation: The present invention provides monopolar acetabular liners (32, 54) that can enclose a femoral head (14) to form a hip replacement prosthesis (30, 50), wherein the liner (32, 54) has a rim (34) that creates an orifice, wherein the orifice has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070135928 - Osteochondral allografts: Provided are procedures and instruments for preparing and transplanting osteochondral allograft plugs to a host bone to repair an articular cartilage defect. An allograft bone plug having a cartilage plate and cancellous bone tissue attached thereto is removed from a donor bone. The allograft plug is further shaped by removing... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070135929 - Medical devices and applications of polyhydroxyalkanoate polymers: Devices formed of or including biocompatible polyhydroxyalkanoates are provided with controlled degradation rates, preferably less than one year under physiological conditions. Preferred devices include sutures, suture fasteners, meniscus repair devices, rivets, tacks, staples, screws (including interference screws), bone plates and bone plating systems, surgical mesh, repair patches, slings, cardiovascular patches,... Agent: Patrea L. Pabst Pabst Patent Group LLP

20070129785 - Stent and stent delivery system for ostial locations in a conduit: A renal stent includes a balloon expandable segment intended for deployment in the renal vessel and a self expanding segment intended for deployment in the aortic segment. One or both of the balloon expandable and self expanding segments can be deployed in the ostial region of the renal vessel, typically... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20070129784 - Stents: The present invention refers to stents for use in the non-vascular and vascular field, which comprise an SMP material.... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

20070129787 - Difunctionalized aromatic compounds and polymers therefrom: e

20070129786 - Helical stent: The present invention relates to a stent providing a high percentage of vessel coverage, preferably at least about 50% of the portion of the vessel covered by the helical elements of the stent. The stent comprises helical elements interposed between strut members in which the helical elements are connected to... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20070129788 - Venous valve with sinus: A venous valve-with a structural member and valve leaflets that provide a sinus.... Agent: Brooks & Cameron, PLLC

20070129783 - Tubular graft: A tubular graft comprising an internal helical formation which imparts helical flow on fluid passing through the tubular graft. One end of the tubular graft is tapered from an inner base to an outer tip.... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070129789 - Progenitor endothelial cell capturing with a drug eluting implantable medical device: A medical device for implantation into vessels or luminal structures within the body is provided, which stimulates positive blood vessel remodeling. The medical device, such as a stent and a synthetic graft, is coated with a pharmaceutical composition consisting of a controlled-release matrix and one or more pharmaceutical substances for... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20070129790 - Treatment of aneurysms with an implantable polymeric, biodegradable device incorporating a mmp inhibitor: The present invention is directed to the treatment of small abdominal aortic aneurysms by the implantation of a polymeric, biodegradable device incorporating an anti-aneurismal effective amount of a MMP inhibitor. The present invention is further directed to the polymeric, biodegradable implantable device produced from a biodegradable, polymeric material having an... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070129791 - Stent with integral filter: Apparatus and methods for protecting against embolization.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20070129792 - Method for preparing crosslinked polyelectrolyte multilayer films: The invention relates to methods for preparing crosslinked polyelectrolytes, in particular crosslinked polyelectrolytes multilayer films. The invention also relates to a method of coating a surface, and the obtained coated article.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070129793 - Expandable biodegradable polymeric stents for combined mechanical support and pharmacological or radiation therapy: An expandable biodegradable polymeric stent is fabricated with biodegradable polymer fibers (Poly-L-lactic acid, PLLA) in a coil shape that is constructed with both central and external or internal peripheral lobes. It is delivered and expanded using a conventional angioplasty balloon system. The disclosed stent can serve as a temporary scaffold... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070129795 - Automatic suture fixation apparatus and method for minimally invasive cardiac surgery: A method for automatically fixing sutures to secure a valve sleeve including an annular cuff and a replacement heart valve to an annulus formed in a patient's heart, includes the steps of removing an existing heart valve thereby forming an annulus in the patient's heart, and placing a first cylinder... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070129794 - Method and apparatus for prosthesis attachment using discrete elements: A percutaneous valve replacement assembly has a catheter and a plurality of discrete elements for tissue attachment. A fastener device is mounted to the catheter. The fastener device includes a working end that is movable to a first configuration to engage one of the discrete elements and a second configuration... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070129796 - Actuator for a heart assist device: An actuator (10) for a heart assist device. The actuator (10) includes an inflatable balloon (12) and a shroud or wrap (14). The inflatable balloon (12) has a first body portion (22), a second body portion (26) and a flexure region joining (24) the first (22) and second (26) body... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070129797 - intracorneal inlays: Described herein are designs of intracorneal inlays to produce desired shapes of the cornea's anterior surface for correcting vision impairments. In an exemplarily embodiment, a thickness profile is defined by a difference between a desired post-operative anterior corneal surface that corrects a patient's vision impairment and the patient's pre-operative anterior... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070129799 - Accommodative lens implant, controlled by the ciliary muscle: An accommodative lens implant controlled by the ciliary muscle, including at least one or more lenses made of preferably biocompatible material and disposed on a common optical axis. The at least one lens is a component of a flexible, closed implant body that is transparent in the region of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070129800 - Hydrolic accommodating intraocular lens: An accommodating intraocular lens comprising an optic made from solid silicone and liquid silicone. The optic has a central anterior area or membrane that can vary in radius and thus charge power.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070129801 - Hydrolic accommodating intraocular lens: An accommodating intraocular lens comprising an optic made from solid silicone and liquid silicone. The optic has a central anterior area or membrane that can vary in radius and thus charge power.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070129798 - Intraocular device: An intraocular device for implanting within a patient's eye for enabling the eye to alter its focusing power includes an optic member, preferably in the form of an optic, which is designed to locate in the patient's eye in the line of sight such that the patient sees through the... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070129802 - Composition and method for producing shapable implants in vivo and implants produced thereby: The present invention relates to a method for creating shaped implants, such as intraocular lenses in vivo, as well as the novel implants themselves. Utilizing the method of the invention, it is possible to create an implant in vivo and to adjust either the physical properties such as refractive index,... Agent: John E. Schneider, Esq. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070129803 - Accommodative intraocular lens: An accommodating intraocular lens where the optic is moveable relative to the outer ends of the extended portions. The lens comprises an optic made from a flexible material combined with extended portions that is capable of multiple flexions without breaking. The optic has a central area of increased power of... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070129805 - End device for a vertebral implant: The present application is directed to spacing devices that attach directly or indirectly to vertebral implants. The spacing device may include a first side that faces the implant, and an angled second side that faces towards a vertebral member. The angled second side matches the shape of the vertebral member.... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070129804 - Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion spacers: An implant for spinal fusion that includes a top surface and a bottom surface opposing the top surface. An anterior surface extends from the top surface to the bottom surface and a posterior surface extends from the top surface to the bottom surface. The implant includes a first end, a... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans (zimmer Spine)

20070129806 - Space holder for vertebrae or intervertebral discs: The present invention concerns a space holder, especially for vertebrae or intervertebral discs for implantation into human or animal organisms, having a cylinder-like body (1) and, at the ends of the cylinder-like body, means (2) provided for connecting to adjacent body parts, said cylinder-like body (1) essentially being formed as... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070129807 - Maxillofacial bone augmentation using rhpdgf-bb and a biocompatible matrix: The present invention provides effective new methods and materials for maxillofacial bone augmentation, particularly alveolar ridge augmentation, that are free of problems associated with prior art methods. In one embodiment, these materials include human recombinant platelet derived growth factor (rhPDGF-BB) and a biocompatible matrix. In another embodiment, these materials include... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070129808 - Modular progressive implant for a joint articulation surface: An implant for on a resected articulation surface of a bone includes a tray having a top surface and opposition surface. An opening extends completely through the tray between the top surface and the bone apposition surface. A bearing member is mounted on the top surface of the tray, the... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070129809 - Apparatus for use of porous implants: An acetabular cup assembly implantable at an acetabular socket can include an acetabular cup defining a partially spherical bone engaging surface and having a uniform thickness. A spacer can include a body portion formed of porous metal and define a radial support surface. The porous metal can be adapted to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070129810 - Tissue repair and replacement: Tissue fixation devices are provided. The devices include a first component and a second component, the components having different rates of in vivo degradation. The first component and second component are arranged so that, upon degradation of one of the components, the other component provides a scaffold into which bone... Agent: Donald W. Gupton

20070129811 - Reinforced small intestinal submucosa: Bioprosthetic devices for soft tissue attachment, reinforcement, or construction are provided. The devices comprise a sheet of naturally occurring extracellular matrix and a sheet of synthetic mesh coupled to the naturally occurring extracellular matrix portion.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP