Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor inventions 04/08

20080097571 - Deformable lumen support devices and methods of use: Lumen support devices and methods of their use are provided. A lumen support includes one or more plastically deformable cells having two stable configurations with no stable configurations between the two stable configurations. The lumen support device may be plastically deformed to other stable configurations.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080097570 - Systems and methods for local bioactive material delivery: Disclosed herein are removable devices adapted to allow localized and contained delivery of bioactive materials to a treatment site within a lumen such as a blood vessel such that the flow of fluid through the lumen is not blocked during bioactive material delivery.... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20080097576 - Bioabsorbable polymeric medical device: In embodiments there is described a cardiovascular tube-shaped lockable and expandable bioabsorbable scaffold having a low immunogenicity manufactured from a crystallizable bioabsorbable polymer composition or blend.... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20080097577 - Medical device hydrogen surface treatment by electrochemical reduction: Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are described. In some implementations, a stent has a surface region of magnesium with a protective surface layer of magnesium hydride obtained by hydrogen surface modification through an H-EIR process, offering enhanced corrosion resistance.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080097578 - Extender cuff for branch vessel: A modular graft assembly includes a main graft, a lower extender cuff and an upper extender cuff. By rotating and/or telescoping the main graft, the lower extender cuff, and the upper extender cuff relative to one another, variations in the radial and longitudinal positions of branch vessels are readily accommodated... Agent: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.IPLegal Department

20080097580 - Morphological structures for polymeric drug delivery devices: An implantable medical apparatus includes a structure formed from bioabsorbable polymers. The apparatus also contains a therapeutic agent dispersed throughout the structure or coated on the structure in such a manner as to elute the therapeutic agent when implanted in an anatomical conduit. The apparatus can be constructed from a... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080097579 - Stent with flexible hinges: A helical stent includes at least one helical winding. Each helical winding includes a plurality of alternating long struts and short struts, ends of at least some of the long struts being joined to an end of an adjacent short strut by a flexible hinge arrangement, the struts being substantially... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Conor Medsystems, Inc.

20080097568 - Drug-delivery endovascular stent and method of use: A radially expandable, endovascular stent designed for placement at a site of vascular injury, for inhibiting restenosis at the site, a method of using, and a method of making the stent. The stent includes a radially expandable body formed of one or more metallic filaments where at least one surface... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080097569 - Reduction of burst release from therapeutically treated medical devices: The present invention generally relates to the conditioning of coated medical devices such as stents. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods for positioning a medical device within an elution media for a predetermined time period to eliminate a burst release from the coating. Under methods and processes of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080097582 - Stent with flexible hinges: A helical stent includes at least one helical winding. Each helical winding includes a plurality of alternating long struts and short struts, ends of at least some of the long struts being joined to an end of an adjacent short strut by a flexible hinge arrangement, the struts being substantially... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Conor Medsystems, Inc.

20080097583 - Stent with flexible hinges: A helical stent includes at least one helical winding. Each helical winding includes a plurality of alternating long struts and short struts, ends of at least some of the long struts being joined to an end of an adjacent short strut by a flexible hinge arrangement, the struts being substantially... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Conor Medsystems, Inc.

20080097588 - Systems and methods for producing a medical device: A machine and process useful for processing a delicate workpiece, e.g., an implantable medical device, includes a carrier having a mandrel and wheels. The workpiece is positioned on the mandrel, which is free to roll by gravity on rails which cooperate with the wheels to self-align the travel of the... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080097589 - Systems and methods for producing a medical device: A machine and process useful for processing a delicate workpiece, e.g., an implantable medical device, includes a carrier having a mandrel and wheels. The workpiece is positioned on the mandrel, which is free to roll by gravity on rails which cooperate with the wheels to self-align the travel of the... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080097590 - Systems and methods for producing a medical device: A machine and process useful for processing a delicate workpiece, e.g., an implantable medical device, includes a carrier having a mandrel and wheels. The workpiece is positioned on the mandrel, which is free to roll by gravity on rails which cooperate with the wheels to self-align the travel of the... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080097591 - Drug-delivery endovascular stent and method of use: An improvement in drug-eluting stents, and method of their making are disclosed. The surface of a metal stent is roughened to have a surface roughness of at least about 20 μin (0.5 μm) and a surface roughness range of between about 300-700 μin (7.5-17.5 μm). The roughened stent surface is... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080097595 - Intraventricular cardiac prosthesis: An intraventricular apparatus includes an elongated body having a substantially tubular sidewall that extends substantially axially between spaced apart first and second ends, an opening located proximal the first end. A valve is located adjacent the first end to provide for substantially unidirectional flow of blood therethrough. At least one... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080097596 - Injection of anti-presbyopia corrective element precursor: A method for implanting a corrective element into the sclera of an eye for the treatment of presbyopia includes the steps of (a) disposing a precursor of a corrective element at a predetermined position within the sclera; and (b) causing the precursor of a corrective element to form a corrective... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20080097597 - Method of inserting an intraocular lens: A method of folding a multiple element IOL comprising folding the first lens element and second lens element such that the second lens element at least partially surrounds the first lens element and such that, after folding, both the first lens element and the second lens element are substantially aligned... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20080097598 - Method of preparing a multielement intraocular lens for insertion: A method of folding a multiple element IOL comprising folding the first lens element and second lens element such that the second lens element at least partially surrounds the first lens element and such that, after folding, both the first lens element and the second lens element are substantially aligned... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20080097600 - Movable ophthalmic lens assembly: A movable ophthalmic lens assembly including a carrier placeable on a portion of an eye, and a movable ophthalmic lens with non-zero optic power arranged for movement over a surface of the carrier, wherein the movable ophthalmic lens is responsive to ocular muscular movement so as to move in translatory... Agent: David Klein Dekel Patent Ltd.

20080097602 - Otologic prostheses with compressive ossicular engagement by a superelastic structure and method of implanting the same: An ossicular prosthesis has a shaft and a superelastic engagement structure coupled to the shaft. The engagement structure at least partially defines an opening and is deformable to widen the opening to permit a portion of an ossicle to be received therein. When the engagement structure is deformed to receive... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20080097603 - Otologic prostheses with compressive ossicular engagement by an elastic structure and method of implanting the same: An ossicular prosthesis has a shaft and an elastic engagement structure coupled to the shaft. The engagement structure at least partially defines an opening and is deformable to widen the opening to permit a portion of an ossicle to be received therein. In one embodiment, the engagement structure is formed... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20080097604 - Device for blocking a tendon graft: A device serves for blocking a tendon graft in a drilled hole. An element is connected to said tendon graft which can be expanded radially. The element has a cylindrical body which is divided by an oblique cut into two wedge-shaped bodies initially connected to one another via a predetermined... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080097608 - Osteochondral implant procedure: A surgical procedure for implanting tissue from a cadaver/autograft bone into a recipient site at an anatomical area of a patient, and a computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program for use in the surgical procedure.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080097610 - Implantable intervertebral fusion device: The present invention relates to an implantable intervertebral fusion device for use when surgical fusion of vertebral bodies is indicated. The implant is comprised of bone conforming in size and shape with the end plates of the adjacent vertebrae and has a wedge-shaped profile with a plurality of footings and... Agent: Patentmetrix

20080097611 - Nucleus anti-expulsion devices and methods: Devices and methods for preventing the migration or expulsion of a nucleus disc replacement implant are provided. In one embodiment, an anti-expulsion device includes a body that is movable between a compressed configuration where it is adapted to fit through an opening in an annulus of a spinal disc, and... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080097614 - Bowed femoral sleeve: A modular femoral joint prosthesis includes a femoral component having a post extending therefrom, a femoral stem, and a femoral sleeve configured to be coupled to the post of the femoral assembly and to the femoral stem. The femoral sleeve is bowed posteriorly in the sagittal plane.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080097618 - Deposition of calcium-phosphate (cap) and calcium-phosphate with bone morphogenic protein (cap+bmp) coatings on metallic and polymeric surfaces: The invention is a medical implantable device which is coated by the method according to the invention. The surface of the substrate used for the implantable device, in the raw condition, following a cleaning regime and physiochemical pretreatments, is coated using a biomimetic process in a supersaturated calcium phosphate solution... Agent: Van Ophem & Vanophem, PC Remy J Vanophem, PC

20080097572 - Devices and methods for stent advancement: Devices and methods for stent advancement, including methods for instructing another or others how to advance a stent into an anatomical structure or into a testing/demonstration synthetic structure, such as a polymer tube. The advancement may be achieved by at least two periods of stent engagement that drive a stent... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20080097573 - Expandable coil stent: An implantable coil stent comprises at least a first curved segment and a second curved segment which arc about the longitudinal axis of the stent. An expandable link extends between the second end of the first curved segment and the first end of the second curved segment.... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20080097574 - Implantable stent delivery devices and methods: Stent delivery devices include at least one implantable stent carrier and/or membrane for carrying multiple stents or stent segments over an expandable member. At least a portion of the implantable carrier is expandable by the expandable member to deploy the portion of the carrier and one or more stent segments... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (client No 021629-000000)

20080097575 - Bioabsorbable medical device with coating: A biodegradable, bioabsorbable medical device with a coating for capturing progenitor endothelial cells in vivo and delivering a therapeutic agent at the site of implantation. The coating on the medical device is provided with a biabsorbable polymer composition such as a bioabsorbable polymer, copolymer, or terpolymer, and a copolymer or... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20080097581 - Expandable medical device with beneficial agent concentration gradient: An expandable medical device has a plurality of elongated struts joined together to form a substantially cylindrical device, which is expandable from a cylinder having a first diameter to a cylinder having a second diameter. At least one of the plurality of struts includes at least one opening extending at... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080097584 - Vascular prosthesis with attachment means and connecting means: An In-Out-Lay Prosthesis (IOLP) (100), a catheter device (500), and methods are provided for replacing a diseased section of a blood vessel by using a sutureless technique. The IOLP has a tubular body member (102), a fixing end (106), and a connecting end (108). The fixing end has attachment means... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080097586 - Implantable vascular device: An valve prosthesis, such as an artificial venous valve, having a support frame and leaf structure comprising one or more leaflets in which the outer edge of each leaflet engages the inner circumference of the bodily passageway along a serpentine path urged against the passageway by an expandable frame, while... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080097585 - Valve repair systems and methods: Medical device valve repair systems that include a stabilization member are provided. The stabilization member includes an engaging channel to contact the engaging surface of a valve holding valve leaflets in a position such that a tissue repair device may form a coaptation between the valve leaflets.... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080097587 - Stent: A stent to be implanted in an organism includes a plurality of wavy annular members arranged in an axial direction thereof. Each of the wavy annular members has a plurality of one-end side bent portions each having an apex at a one-end side of the stent in the axial direction... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080097592 - Artificial blood vessel: There is described an artificial blood vessel for use in a region of a living body which needs to be repeatedly pierced with a needle. The artificial blood vessel includes a main section having a vessel wall which includes a laminated assembly comprising an inner layer, an outer layer, and... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080097593 - Mitral annuloplasty ring having upward bows: Methods of implanting an annuloplasty ring to correct maladies of the mitral annulus that not only reshapes the annulus but also reconfigures the adjacent left ventricular muscle wall. The ring may be continuous and is made of a relatively rigid material, such as Stellite. The ring has a generally oval... Agent: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

20080097594 - Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ: An intravascular support device includes a support or reshaper wire, a proximal anchor and a distal anchor. The support wire engages a vessel wall to change the shape of tissue adjacent the vessel in which the intravascular support is placed. The anchors and support wire are designed such that the... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20080097599 - Posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens: The invention relates to a posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens with improved fluid flow between the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye. The fluid flow is accomplished by means of an opening situated in the center of the optical portion of the intraocular lens.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080097601 - Mastopexy and breast reconstruction prostheses and method: Mastopexy and breast reconstruction prostheses and implantation method that allow for radiographic imaging of the breast tissue. The prostheses are arcuate and elongate optionally meshed to conform with breast tissue when implanted. Prostheses are made from naturally occurring extracellular matrix, primarily collagen, that, allows for mammographic imaging without interference as... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20080097605 - Biocompatible material and prosthetic device made thereof for the replacement, repair and regeneration of meniscus: Herein described is a biocompatible material comprising a polymer matrix based on hyaluronic acid derivatives and poly-εCaprolactone, the process for preparing this material, a prosthetic device constituted by this biocompatible material and a reinforcing material, the process for preparing the prosthetic device, and its use for the partial or total... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080097606 - Knee joint prosthesis and hyaluronate compositions for treatment of osteoarthritis: A medical device and methods to relieve joint pain and adapted for knee joint repair, replacement and augmentation. The invention discloses joint lubricant, particularly hyaluronate compositions and methods for treatment of osteoarthritis.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080097607 - Pigmentable epidermis equivalent prepared from matrix cells and methods for the production thereof: Epidermis equivalents capable of pigmentation include cells derived from the differentiation of matrix cells; reconstructed skins comprised thereof, optionally containing hair follicles, are useful for evaluating the effect of topical cosmetic, pharmaceutical or dermatological products and may also be used for the preparation of grafts suited to be transplanted on... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080097609 - Facet arthroplasty devices and methods: Devices and surgical methods treat various types of adult spinal pathologies, such as degenerative spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, degenerative lumbar scoliosis, and kyphoscoliosis. Various types of spinal joint replacement prostheses, surgical procedures for performing spinal joint replacements, and surgical instruments are used to perform the surgical procedures.... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20080097612 - Facet arthroplasty devices and methods: Surgically installed prostheses replace either the caudal portion of a natural facet joint, the cephalad portion of a natural facet joint, or both. The prostheses are readily attached to the pedicles of a vertebral body and support at least one element that defines an artificial facet joint structure. The caudal... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20080097613 - Prostheses, systems and methods for replacement of natural facet joints with artificial facet joint surfaces: Cephalad and caudal vertebral facet joint prostheses and methods of use are provided. A pair of fixation elements are adapted to be secured within a vertebra in an orientation that best assures a secure and durable attachment to cortical and/or cancellous bone. Artificial facet joint surfaces are mounted on the... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20080097615 - Posterior stabilized knee prosthesis: A knee joint prosthesis includes a femoral component having an anterior side, a posterior side, a pair of laterally spaced condylar portions, and an intercondylar portion joining the condylar portions and including a recess. A cam surface is located adjacent the intercondylar recess on the anterior side of the femoral... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080097616 - Constrained prosthetic knee with rotating bearing: A constrained prosthetic knee having a modular hinge post and a rotating bearing. A cannulated hinge post is rotatably connected to the femoral component of the knee prosthesis so that a hinge post extension may be anteriorly positioned through the hinge post and into the tibial component of the knee... Agent: Zimmer Technology - Baker & Daniels

20080097617 - Ankle joint endoprosthesis elements: The invention relates to a talus component for a multipart ankle joint prosthesis, which talus component has a bottom side facing the osseous talus after implantation, and is characterized in that the bottom side facing the osseous talus is configured as a concave spherical segment.... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080097619 - Draining bodily fluid: A urethral prosthesis with prostatic and bulbar segments connected by two types of ties allows the prosthesis to assume at least two configurations different with inter-segmental distances adapted to situations where the patient either has or does not have normal control of the external sphincter. This is particularly useful for... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080097620 - Implantable article, method of forming same and method for reducing thrombogenicity: Endothelialization of a bodily fluid or tissue-contacting, particularly blood-contacting, surface may be accomplished to render that surface substantially non-thrombogenic. Thrombosis may also be mitigated or eliminated by providing an eroding layer on the surface that results in the removal of any thrombus formation as the layer erodes. An implantable device... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20080091262 - Drug delivery after biodegradation of the stent scaffolding: Disclosed herein is a stent comprising: a bioabsorbable polymeric scaffolding; and a coating comprising a bioabsorbable material on at least a portion of the scaffolding, wherein the degradation rate of all or substantially all of the bioabsorbable polymer of the scaffolding is faster than the degradation rate of all or... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080091267 - Medical devices including hardened alloys: Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. The endoprostheses comprise a tubular member capable of maintaining patency of a bodily vessel. The tubular member includes a mixture of at least two compositions, where the presence of the second composition gives the mixture a greater... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080091271 - Mobile/fixed prosthetic knee systems: A prosthetic knee system includes a tibial tray, a non-rotating tibial insert, and a rotating tibial insert. The non-rotating tibial insert and the rotating tibial insert are selectively coupleable to the tibial tray such that a fixed or a mobile orthopaedic prosthesis may be configured. In some embodiments, the tibial... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080091273 - Mobile/fixed prosthetic knee systems: A prosthetic knee system includes a tibial tray, a non-rotating tibial insert, and a rotating tibial insert. The non-rotating tibial insert and the rotating tibial insert are selectively couplable to the tibial tray such that a fixed or a mobile orthopaedic prosthesis may be configured. In some embodiments, the tibial... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080091274 - Modular femoral prosthesis with on-axis junction: A modular hip prosthesis includes a femoral stem, a spherical head and a coupling member extending from the head defining a neck whose lower end forms a base which plugs into a socket at the top of the stem to form a tapered neck/stem junction. That junction is aligned with... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080091257 - Devices and methods for controlling and indicating the length of an interventional element: Devices and methods are provided for controlling and indicating the deployed length of an interventional element on an interventional catheter. The interventional element may be a stent or series of stents, a balloon, or any other interventional element for which length control is necessary or desirable. Devices for controlling the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP (client No 021629-000000)

20080091260 - Expandable stent having removable slat members: A medical device having at least one expandable stent, and least three removable slat members carried by the stent The removable slat members provide a substantially continuous cover for the medical device, and thus impede the flow of blood through the peripheral walls of the medical device. When deployed within... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080091259 - Selectively light curable support members for medical devices: Methods of forming support layers for use in catheters using having a support layer included, and stents incorporating coatings of photosensitive polymerizable resins and stents including fibers coated with photosensitive polymerizable resins. A fiber is coated with a PPC resin and incorporated into a support structure for a catheter. Portions... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20080091258 - Stent fabrication method: A stent and a method for fabricating the stent are disclosed. The stent has an originally flat pattern and connection points where the sides of the flat pattern are joined. The method includes the steps of a) cutting a stent pattern into a flat piece of metal thereby to produce... Agent: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

20080091261 - Implantable valve prosthesis: An implantable valve prosthesis (10) having a deformable body (12) defining an upstream opening in fluid communication with a downstream opening wherein the deformable body (12) has a first configuration that permits fluid flow in one direction only and a second configuration that prevents retrograde fluid flow in the opposite... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20080091263 - Apparatus and methods for preventing or treating failure of hemodialysis vascular access and other vascular grafts: This invention is a prosthetic device generally placed on the outside surface of the vessel or graft which then elutes antiproliferative drugs or agents from a drug-eluting matrix material. Methods of perivascular antiproliferative drug administration also are disclosed.... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c.

20080091264 - Devices, systems, and methods for reshaping a heart valve annulus, including the use of magnetic tools: Implants or systems of implants and methods apply a selected force vector or a selected combination of force vectors within or across the left atrium, which allow mitral valve leaflets to better coapt. The implants or systems of implants and methods make possible rapid deployment, facile endovascular delivery, and full... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080091265 - Device for axially conveying fluids: A device for axially conveying fluids, wherein the conveyor part thereof is entirely magnetically borne and the radial bearing thereof is provided with sufficient rigidity and efficiently dampened, whereby problems encountered when passing through critical speeds and the disadvantageous effects of hydrodynamic and mechanical imbalance of the rotor are avoided.... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080091266 - Device for axially conveying fluids: One example scleral prosthesis includes a first free end and a second free end, each wider than a middle portion of the scleral prosthesis. Multiple first portions form the first end of the scleral prosthesis. The first portions are separated along at least half of a length of the scleral... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080091268 - Facet arthroplasty devices and methods: Devices and surgical methods treat various types of adult spinal pathologies, such as degenerative spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, degenerative lumbar scoliosis, and kypho-scoliosis. Various types of spinal joint replacement prostheses, surgical procedures for performing spinal joint replacements, and surgical instruments are used to perform the surgical procedures.... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20080091269 - Minimally invasive apparatus to manipulate and revitalize spinal column disc: A method and apparatus are provided to manipulate and revitalize a spinal column disc while minimizing or preventing the removal of material comprising the disc. The method allows a device to be inserted in the disc either through a pre-existing rupture or through an opening formed in the front, back,... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20080091270 - Expandable osteoimplant: An osteoimplant comprising an expandable, biocompatible material. The expandable material may be demineralized bone particles such as demineralized cancelous chips or demineralized cortical fibers or may be another material such as a polymer. The osteoimplant has a first state and a second expanded state. The osteoimplant may be used with... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080091272 - Mobile/fixed prosthetic knee systems: A prosthetic knee system includes a tibial tray, a non-rotating tibial insert, and a rotating tibial insert. The non-rotating tibial insert and the rotating tibial insert are selectively couplable to the tibial tray such that a fixed or a mobile orthopaedic prosthesis may be configured. In some embodiments, the tibial... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080091275 - Nonexpandable stent: Disclosed herein is a nonexpandable stent and a method of making and deploying the stent. The stent includes a tubular body having a distal portion, a proximal portion, a central longitudinal portion between the distal and proximal portions, and a substantially nonexpandable diameter. The stent includes at least one securing... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080091276 - Surgical prosthesis having biodegradable and nonbiodegradable regions: A prosthesis for repairing a hernia includes an adhesion-resistant biodegradable region and an opposing tissue-ingrowth biodegradable region. When the prosthesis is implanted into the patient, the adhesion-resistant biodegradable region covers a fascial defect of the hernia, and the tissue-ingrowth biodegradable region is located above the adhesion-resistant biodegradable region while being... Agent: Kenton R. Mullins Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins, LLP

20080091277 - Surgical prosthesis having biodegradable and nonbiodegradable regions: A prosthesis for repairing a hernia includes an adhesion-resistant biodegradable region and an opposing tissue-ingrowth biodegradable region. When the prosthesis is implanted into the patient, the adhesion-resistant biodegradable region covers a fascial defect of the hernia, and the tissue-ingrowth biodegradable region is located above the adhesion-resistant biodegradable region while being... Agent: Kenton R. Mullins Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins, LLP

20080086191 - Bifurcation catheter and method: A catheter assembly for treatment of a vessel bifurcation. The catheter assembly is adapted for use with a single guidewire, wherein the guidewire is used to both position the catheter assembly within a main vessel of the vessel bifurcated and then be advanced into a branch vessel of the vessel... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080086190 - Intravascular stent: An expandable stent for implanting in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, peripheral artery, or other body lumen. In one aspect, the stent includes a butterfly pattern to which connecting links are attached. In another aspect, the stent embodies a non-directional structure.... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080086192 - Stent protector design: A catheter assembly comprises a catheter having a distal end and a longitudinal axis, a stent disposed about the distal end of the catheter, and a stent protector. The stent protector has a stent covering portion disposed about the stent and a catheter engagement portion that removably engages the stent... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080086194 - Intravascular stent: A stent design reduces the likelihood of contact among structural members when the stent diameter is reduced before insertion into the body. In one approach, an undulating link has a J-shaped profile or has an angled portion on one side at the peak of the link, in order to reduce... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080086195 - Polymer-free coatings for medical devices formed by plasma electrolytic deposition: Methods for the application of a polymer-free coating onto a medical device using plasma electrolytic deposition, comprising: (i) optionally applying a metal precoating onto a medical device; (ii) placing the medical device in an electrolyte solution comprising an electrolyte; and (iii) establishing an electric potential under plasma electrolytic deposition conditions... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080086197 - Bifurcated stent with entire circumferential petal: A stent has a main body, which has a circumference that defines a primary lumen and longitudinal axis, which extends therethrough. A first region of the main body comprises at least one band disposed circumferentially about the longitudinal axis. A second region of the main body comprises a plurality of... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080086199 - Bioabsorbable device having composite structure for accelerating degradation: A medical device has a structure made of a first biodegradable and/or bioabsorbable material and a second biodegradable and/or bioabsorbable material. The first biodegradable and/or bioabsorbable material has a degradation rate that is faster than a degradation rate of the second biodegradable and/or bioabsorbable material. And, the structure experiences a... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080086202 - Mechanical heart valve: An improved trileaflet mechanical heart valve 100 can include an improved leaflet 110. The valve 100 and leaflet 110 provide improved flow characteristics, minimize blood clotting behind the leaflets, and provide more natural opening and closing times. The valve can include a valve housing 105 which contains pivot/hinge mechanism (130,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080086203 - Mitral and tricuspid annuloplasty rings: A mitral annuloplasty ring with an inner core and an outer band located therearound is disclosed. The ring has an anterior region, a posterior region opposite the anterior region, and two side regions therebetween. A cross-sectional width dimension of the outer band is greater in the posterior region of the... Agent: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

20080086204 - Intra-annular mounting frame for aortic valve repair: An intra-annular mounting frame useful for, inter alia, restoring the geometry of a valve to achieve proper coaptation.... Agent: Waddey&pattersonp.c. Roundabout Plaza

20080086208 - Foldable intraocular lens with adaptable haptics: A foldable low-compression intraocular lens configured for installation into the anterior chamber of a phakic, pseudophakic or aphakic eye, or a combination thereof. The lens is preferably rolled for insertion through a small corneal incision. Preferably, the implant comprises a resiliently flexible haptic body (100) an optical lens (102) and... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080086211 - Titanium implant and a process for the preparation thereof: A process for preparing said titanium implant, wherein an implant is prepared in a per se known manner, and then the oxide layer formed on the surface of the implant, is removed to expose the metallic titanium. The exposed implant is then treated with a phosphate solution in the absence... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080086216 - Apparatus and method for limiting surgical adhesions: A composite prosthesis and method for limiting the incidence of postoperative adhesions. The composite includes a non-inflammatory or coated mesh and a barrier material which prevents exposure of tissue elsewhere in the body to tissue covered by the composite prosthesis. The barrier material is absorbable which allows tissue through-growth and... Agent: John J. Brooks, Iii

20080086217 - Stretch resistant coil device: A coil device is provided with a stretch resistant feature. The device includes a wound coil defining a lumen and a stretch resistant member at least partially received within the lumen. A restrictor member is also at least partially received within the lumen and defines an aperture adapted to movably... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080086218 - Vacuum chamber socket system: A vacuum chamber socket system having a shell which defines a receiving portion for receiving a residuum. The receiving portion is connected via a vacuum transfer port to a vacuum reservoir chamber. A one-way or non-return valve is provided within the vacuum transfer port for allowing air to pass from... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080086193 - Methods for placement of vascular stents and vascular stents: The present invention provides a vascular stent graft. The vascular stent graft comprises a main vessel stent graft and a bypass stent graft to bypass a portion of vascular anatomy, connecting branch stent graft to provide flow to branch vessels to remove a portion of the vascular anatomy from circulation.... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080086196 - Polymer matrix devices for treatment of vascular malformations: A system for treating a wide-neck aneurysm comprising a mesh-like sleeve fabricated from a class of polymer filaments that carry conductive particles therein to provide the filaments with a specified resistivity. The releasable mesh-like sleeve is introduced to the site of a targeted vascular malformation by the working end of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080086198 - Nanoporous stents with enhanced cellular adhesion and reduced neointimal formation: The present invention relates generally to medical devices containing nanoporous surfaces and methods for making same. More specifically, the invention relates to implantable vascular stents or other biomedical devices having at least one nanoporous layer that promotes improved cellular adhesion properties that promote healing and long term biocompatibility. In the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080086200 - Injectable implants for tissue augmentation and restoration: The method and device improves the functioning of dilated body parts and organs by supporting the parts and organs with an injectable and/or implantable biocompatible substance.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080086201 - Magnetized bioerodible endoprosthesis: Endoprostheses (e.g., stents) having a magnetized portion and a bioerodible portion are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080086205 - Bioprosthetic heart valve with polyphosphazene: This disclosure encompasses a bioprosthetic heart valve having a polyphosphazene polymer such as poly[bis(trifluoroethoxy)phosphazene], which exhibits improved antithrombogenic, biocompatibility, and hemocompatibility properties. A method of manufacturing a bioprosthetic heart valve having a polyphosphazene polymer is also described.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080086206 - Intraocular camera for retinal prostheses: An intraocular camera for retinal prostheses may include an optical imaging system comprising a set of optical elements for forming an image of the external world on an image sensor array, wherein the optical elements and the image sensor array may be enclosed in an implantable biocompatible housing that may... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080086207 - Light adjustable multifocal lenses: The invention relates to novel intraocular lenses. The lenses are capable of post-operative adjustment of their optical properties, including conversion from single focal lenses to multifocal lenses.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080086209 - Breast augmentation procedure: A medical procedure for the placement and inflation of an implant such as a breast implant. Once an implant site has been identified, a cavity is created and a sheath is inserted thereinto. The sheath contains a pre-sterilized and pre-packaged inflatable implant. The implant is property oriented and then the... Agent: Mark E. Ogram Ste 203

20080086210 - Meniscus prosthetic device: A prosthetic device that may be utilized as an artificial meniscus is disclosed. The prosthetic device can restore shock absorption, stability, and function to the knee after the damaged natural meniscus is removed and replaced with the prosthetic device. In some embodiments, the meniscus includes an integral fixation anchor and... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080086213 - Facet arthroplasty devices and methods: Devices and surgical methods treat various types of adult spinal pathologies, such as degenerative spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, degenerative lumbar scoliosis, and kypho-scoliosis. Various types of spinal joint replacement prostheses, surgical procedures for performing spinal joint replacements, and surgical instruments are used to perform the surgical procedures.... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20080086212 - Spine distraction implant: A spine distraction implant alleviates pain associated with spinal stenosis and facet arthropathy by expanding the volume in the spine canal and/or neural foramen. The implant provides a spinal extension stop while allowing freedom of spinal flexion. An interspinous process implant with a selectably expandable spacer can be placed between... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella (medtronic)

20080086215 - Medical stent and related methods: A medical stent is sized for placement in a ureter. The stent includes a first section which includes a first material, defines a lumen, and includes a first coil completing at least one revolution. A second section of the stent includes a second material, defines a lumen, and includes a... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080086214 - Medical device having a sleeve valve with bioactive agent: Medical devices for implantation in a body vessel are provided. A medical device can be configured as a drainage stent adapted for placement in a bodily passageway. The drainage stent preferably includes a drainage lumen extending longitudinally through the drainage stent, and a sleeve defining a collapsible lumen in fluid... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/indy/cook

20080082157 - Multi-portion endoluminal prosthesis: An endoluminal prosthesis for occluding a dissection of an aorta has a tube with a first portion and a second portion. The second portion of the tube comprises a bioaborbable material. The prosthesis also comprises a stent coupled to the tube. The prosthesis is configured for endoluminal placement in the... Agent: Cook Group Patent Office

20080082161 - Synthetic blood vessel grafts: A synthetic blood vessel graft (e.g., for use with a prosthetic heart valve) includes a mounting cuff adjacent at least one end for facilitating attachment of the graft to another structure (e.g., a sewing cuff of a heart valve). The mounting cuff may be sized and shaped to provide good... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/361

20080082163 - Prosthetic heart valves: A prosthetic heart valve includes a hydrogel material in its sewing cuff. The hydrogel material may be accompanied by an anticoagulant. If the hydrogel (and/or any included anticoagulant) might react with a packaging solution in which the valve is stored after inclusion of the hydrogel (and any anticoagulant), the hydrogel... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/361

20080082165 - Delivery tool for percutaneous delivery of a prosthesis: An expandable delivery tool for aiding the deployment of a prosthesis device within a patient. The delivery tool has a generally elongated shape with a selectively expandable distal end region that flares outward in diameter. Once advanced percutaneously within a patient's vessel, the delivery device can help locate a target... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20080082164 - Sutureless heart valve attachment: A prosthetic heart valve having an anchoring sleeve that changes shape when the valve is implanted and contacts the surrounding annulus to prevent migration of the valve. The heart valve may be non-expandable and the anchoring sleeve may provide the primary anchoring structure of the valve. Alternatively, the valve may... Agent: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

20080082166 - Implant which is intended to be placed in a blood vessel: p

20080082168 - Surgical scaffold to enhance fibrous tissue response: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an implantable device for the closure and/or repair of a spinal defect (e.g., posterior annular defects) and/or preventing recurring herniation. An implantable medical device, in some embodiments, may be coated or impregnated with a releasable pharmaceutical compound. Accordingly, some embodiments of the... Agent: Robert Deberardine Abbott Laboratories

20080082170 - Apparatus and methods for surgical repair: A mesh implant repairs annular defects in a spine. The mesh might include natural or synthetic or biocompatible materials. The mesh implant may be placed using peri-annular or intra-annular techniques. In one embodiment, the mesh has tails configured to thread through perforations made in the endplates of vertebral bodies above... Agent: Robert Deberardine Abbott Laboratories

20080082171 - Crossbar spinal prosthesis having a modular design and systems for treating spinal pathologies: An adaptable spinal facet joint prosthesis, including a pedicle fixation element; a laminar fixation element; and a facet joint bearing surface having a location adaptable with respect at least one of the pedicle fixation element and the laminar fixation element. The invention also includes a method of implanting an adaptable... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20080082172 - Interspinous process spacer: An interbody or intervertebral spacer device for placement in an interspinous space between a pair of adjacent interspinous processes includes arcuate opposed abutment surfaces sized and shaped for engaging adjacent spinal processes. A curved through channel is disposed between the opposed abutment surfaces. A pair of bands is receivable in... Agent: John C. Mcmahon

20080082169 - Tool systems for implanting prosthetic intervertebral discs: This description provides for various tools and tool systems that may be used for introducing a prosthetic intervertebral disc as a replacement for a natural disc in a spine.... Agent: Wheelock Chan LLP

20080082174 - Method of protecting a knee prosthesis during intra-operative implantation: A total knee arthorplasty in accordance with the teachings of the present invention is accomplished by surgically removing the meniscus and adjacent joint end portions of the femur and tibia and then replacing the first one of the removed joint end portions with a first prosthetic component. Thereafter a flexible... Agent: Floyd B. Carothers Carothers And Carothers

20080082175 - Oseotomy protective cover: A cover for use in protecting a resected surface of a long bone for use in joint arthroplasty is provided. The cover includes a generally planar portion having opposed generally parallel first and second surfaces defining a periphery extending from the first surface and the second surface. The cover also... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20080082176 - Embolic coil delivery system with mechanical release mechanism: A medical device for placing an embolic device at a predetermined site within a vessel of the body including a delivery catheter and a flexible pusher member having a lumen therethrough and being slidably disposed within the lumen of the catheter. An embolic coil is retained within the delivery catheter... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080082177 - Device for tissue reinforcement having microporous and macroporous structures: A device for tissue reinforcement. The device has a macroporous structure. At least a section of the macroporous structure is coated with a microporous coating. The microporous and macroporous morphologies allow both cell in-growth and tissue integration.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080082155 - Means and method for the accurate placement of a stent at the ostium of an artery: Disclosed is an ostial stent positioner that has the form of a wire for most of its length and having a short cylinder with a longitudinal slit and expandable legs situated at the positioner's distal end. The slit cylinder with its attached wire acts as an introducer sheath to introduce... Agent: Robert E. Fischell

20080082154 - Stent graft delivery system for accurate deployment: A delivery system for deploying a stent graft at a lesion site is provided. The delivery system comprises a wire lumen and a support stent slidably positioned about the wire lumen. The support stent is expandable from a compressed delivery configuration to an expanded configuration. An inner sheath is retractably... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080082156 - Controlled release endoprosthetic device: The invention relates to improved drug-delivery endoprosthetic device for insertion at a vascular site via catheter placement at the site, comprising: (a) a structural member into the upper and/or lower surface of which one or more micro-deepenings are engraved and/or on which a polymer member is carried, for co-expansion with... Agent: Michael P. Morris Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation

20080082158 - Method for deployment of a stent graft: The method includes providing a delivery device. The delivery device comprises a support stent, an inner sheath, and an outer sheath. The support stent is slidably positioned about a wire lumen. The support stent has a proximal end and a distal end, and is expandable from a compressed delivery configuration... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080082159 - Stent for endovascular procedures: A stent graft for deploying a stent graft at a lesion site is provided. The stent graft comprises a tubular graft and a support stent, at least a portion of which lies within the tubular graft. The graft has a proximal end and a distal end. The support stent has... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20080082160 - Rapid-prototyped custom-fitted blood vessel sleeve: Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that include a rapid-prototyped blood vessel sleeve that is custom-fitted for a blood vessel at least partly based on anatomical blood vessel data from an individual.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080082162 - Bioerodible endoprostheses and methods of making the same: A bioerodible endoprosthesis erodes to a desirable geometry that can provide, e.g., improved mechanical properties or degradation characteristics.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080082167 - Percutaneous spinal implants and methods: An apparatus includes a guide shaft, an expansion member coupled to the guide shaft, and an actuator. The expansion member is configured to impart a force from within an interior of an implant to deform the implant. The actuator is coupled to the expansion member, the actuator is configured to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella (medtronic)

20080082173 - Allograft intervertebral implant and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention is directed to an allograft intervertebral implant sized and configured for insertion between adjacent vertebral bodies in a spinal fusion surgery. The implant is preferably manufactured from two or more pieces of allograft bone joined together by a joint, more preferably a dovetail joint. The dovetail joint... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP