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Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, Or Aids And Accessories Therefor > Arterial Prosthesis (i.e., Blood Vessel) > Having Plural Layers Having Plural LayersHaving Plural Layers patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.12/07/06 - 20060276886 - Ten-thousandths scale metal reinforced stent delivery guide sheath or restraint A high-strength thin-walled tubular material having a lubricious polymer inner layer is disclosed. The tubing may be used in constructing delivery systems for radially expanding prostheses for use in the treatment of atherosclerosis in stenting procedures or a variety of other procedures. ... 11/16/06 - 20060259131 - Medical devices including metallic films and methods for making same Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. The medical device can include a composite cover formed of a deposited metallic film and one or more polymer layers. The polymer layers contribute to mechanical or biological properties of the endoprosthesis. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253190 - Removeable stents There is disclosed novel removable stent grafts and methods for removing stent grafts. There is also disclosed new diseases and disorders that can now be treated with removable stents. ... 10/12/06 - 20060229714 - Covered stent with encapsulated ends A covered stent including a stent covered on a first surface by a continuous covering and on a second surface by a discontinuous covering, the discontinuous covering bonded to the continuous covering, the discontinuous covering including first and second rings of material spaced apart such that a region of the ... 09/28/06 - 20060217799 - Stent The present invention relates to an aneurysm stent for implantation into a living body, in particular for treatment of aneurysms, in order to implant the stent in the compressed state in a vessel and expand the stent after positioning it in the vessel, having a grid or mesh structure and ... 08/17/06 - 20060184237 - Method of incorporating a drug-eluting external body in a medical appliance and a self-expanding stent including a drug-eluting external body A medical appliance is provided that includes a self-expanding stent; a sheath adapted to enclose the self-expanding stent in an interior space during deployment; and an external body comprising a bioactive agent attached to the self-expanding stent and adapted to lie outside the interior space of the sheath when the ... 07/27/06 - 20060167540 - Encapsulated or coated stent systems The present invention comprises a stent system comprising zero or more inner stents inserted into an outer stent. The inner stents and outer stent are separated and/or encapulated by a protein-based material of a protein matrix and/or a set biocoacervate, each comprising one or more biocompatible proteins and one or ... 07/20/06 - 20060161247 - Tubular prosthesis for external agent delivery A tubular prosthesis, which may be an endovascular prothesis, is provided which includes a tubular member (stent or stent/graft combination) and an outer covering having portions sealed to the tubular member. The tubular member is impervious to a pre-determined fluid, particularly an occluding fluid, while the outer cover is pervious ... 07/20/06 - 20060161246 - Stent for high frequency thermotherapy The object of this invention is to provide a stent for high frequency thermotherapy, which is fabricated by knitting first superlastic shape-memory alloy wires as a way to allow the first supereleastic shape-memory alloy wires to cross each other at different positions to make hollow cylindrical stent body having a ... 07/06/06 - 20060149364 - Low profile vascular graft The low profile vascular graft of the present invention includes a tube structure having outer and inner surfaces, and a support structure having a chamber structure secured to the outer or inner surface. The support structure includes a core structure contained within the chamber structure. The core structure is transformable ... 06/29/06 - 20060142852 - Low profile, durable, reinforced eptfe composite graft A composite graft having a first seamless tubular layer comprising biocompatible first polymeric material and having a luminal surface and an exterior surface; a biocompatible reinforcing member arranged in a pattern to define a second tubular layer, the second tubular layer being disposed over the exterior surface of the first ... 06/29/06 - 20060142851 - Medical devices including metallic films and methods for making same An endoprosthesis for deployment within a body passage includes an external tubular framework disposed about a tubular member, e.g., a metallic film having a thickness of about 50 μm or less. The tubular member may be sandwiched between the external tubular framework and an internal tubular framework located internally of ... 06/01/06 - 20060116755 - Medical devices and methods of making the same Medical devices, for example, implantable devices such as endoprostheses, include a composite material having a polymer. ... 05/11/06 - 20060100696 - Medical devices and methods of making the same Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are described. In some embodiments, the invention features a medical device including one or more magnetic clusters, such as polyoxometalates. The clusters can enhance the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatibility of the device. ... 05/04/06 - 20060095120 - Anti-thrombogenic and anti-restenotic vascular medical devices A medical device is provided which is adapted for implantation or insertion into the vasculature. The medical device comprises the following: (a) a medical device substrate; (b) a lower polymeric layer, provided over the substrate, which comprises a nitric oxide donor and a polymer; and (c) an upper polymeric layer, ... 04/27/06 - 20060089709 - Medical implant with average surface charge density A medical device for implantation into a host organism is disclosed. The device comprises a surface adapted for contact with body tissue of the host organism and an electrode disposed on at least a portion of the surface. Also the device comprises a power source in direct or indirect electrical ... 04/20/06 - 20060085065 - Stent with auxiliary treatment structure A medical device for treatment of a stenosed body lumen, includes an open-ended cylindrical body carried on a distal end of a catheter for insertion of the device into the body lumen and placement at the stenosed site. The cylindrical body is movable between a collapsed position for insertion into ... 04/06/06 - 20060074482 - Intraluminal stent graft A method of making an tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the ... 03/30/06 - 20060069428 - Thin film medical device and delivery system The present invention relates to an intraluminal thin film medical device particularly well suited for occlusion of an aneurysm, vessel side branch or dissection of a body lumen or duct, such as an artery or vein. The medical device has a thin film tube capable of being longitudinally stretched by ... 03/16/06 - 20060058870 - Covered stent with controlled therapeutic agent diffusion A covered stent includes a generally tubular stent body having inner and outer stent body surfaces. A sleeve of porous material encloses the stent body and has inner and outer portions opposed to the inner and outer stent body surfaces. A therapeutic agent is located along the stent body, the ... 03/09/06 - 20060052865 - Stents with metallic covers and methods of making same All metal stent grafts and covered stents having either a single structural supporting stent member with concentrically positioned graft members on the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the stent member or a single graft member with concentrically positioned structural supporting stent members on the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the ... 01/19/06 - 20060015176 - Double layered intraluminal graft Supplemental intraluminal graft extension achieved by cuff-means substantially fortify and enhance endovascularly emplaced systems, particularly for bridging aneurysms. Multiple embodiments based upon overlapping of at least two segments are taught. Cuff-means likewise have applications to restore patency to, or substantially enhance, prior failing emplacements of both home-made and other commercial ... 01/19/06 - 20060015175 - Compliant implantable medical devices and methods of making same Implantable medical grafts fabricated of metallic or pseudometallic films of biocompatible materials having a plurality of microperforations passing through the film in a pattern that imparts fabric-like qualities to the graft or permits the geometric deformation of the graft. The implantable graft is preferably fabricated by vacuum deposition of metallic ... 12/29/05 - 20050288774 - Method and apparatus for coating interior surfaces of medical devices A coating can be applied to an endolumenal wall of a medical device by positioning an optical fiber within the lumen, providing a photo-activated chemical to contact the endolumenal wall, supplying the optical fiber with radiation capable of activating the chemical within the lumen, and withdrawing the optical fiber from ... 12/29/05 - 20050288773 - Radiopaque coating for biomedical devices A medical device has a porous radiopaque coating that can withstand the high strains inherent in the use of such devices without delamination. A coating of Ta is applied to a medical device, such as a stent, by vapor deposition so that the thermomechanical properties of the stent are not ... 12/22/05 - 20050283230 - Heat switch Heat switch. The switch includes a magnetostrictive member and a coil arranged to apply a magnetic field to the magnetostrictive member to cause the member to change from a first state to a second state of elongation. A heat conductive flexible structure is coupled to the magnetostrictive member so as ... 12/15/05 - 20050278021 - Coated medical device A coated medical device (10) including a structure (12) adapted for introduction into a passage or vessel of a patient. The structure is formed of preferably a non-porous base material (14) having a bioactive material layer (18) disposed thereon. The medical device is preferably an implantable stent or balloon (26) ... 12/15/05 - 20050278020 - Medical device An implantable medical device comprised of a lumen. When the device is, at different points in time, exposed to two different radio frequency electromagnetic radiations, one of whose frequencies differs from the other by a factor of at least 1.5, at least 90 percent of each of the radio frequency ... 12/15/05 - 20050278019 - Overlapped stents for scaffolding, flexibility and mri compatibility A tubular insert for a vessel comprises an inner stent and an outer stent. At least a portion of the inner stent is disposed within the outer stent. The outer stent has a longitudinal axis and is constructed to be free of any closed loops which are electrically conductive and ... 12/15/05 - 20050278018 - Multilayer composite vascular access graft A multilayer composite vascular access graft and a method of constructing such a graft are disclosed. The mcVAG has improved performance characteristics, which include desirable handling characteristics such as ease of suturing, kink resistance and the ability to serve as a cannulation route soon after the implant procedure. ... 12/15/05 - 20050278017 - Overlapped stents for scaffolding, flexibility and mri compatibility A tubular insert for a vessel comprises an inner stent and an outer stent. At least a portion of the inner stent is disposed within the outer stent. The outer stent has a longitudinal axis and is constructed to be free of any closed loops which are electrically conductive and ... 12/01/05 - 20050267570 - Endovascular occlusion devices and methods of use An implantable stent-like device for treating and occluding arteriovascular malformations (AVMs), fistulas, varicose veins or the like. More particularly, this invention relates to an implant body that includes an open-cell shape-transformable polymer structure that provides stress-free means for occluding an AVM without applying additional pressures an any distended walls of ... 12/01/05 - 20050267569 - Non-invasive detection of in-stent stenosis and drug elution Devices and methods are described. One apparatus includes a stent including a sensor coupled thereto, the sensor including a material that oscillates when subjected to an applied magnetic field. The material may include at least one material selected from magnetoelastic materials and magnetorestrictive materials. The apparatus may further include a ... 11/24/05 - 20050261763 - Medical device An implantable medical device comprised of a lumen with a volume of from about 1×10−7 cubic meters to 1×10−5 cubic meters wherein, when said device is exposed to radio frequency electromagnetic radiation with a frequency of from 10 megahertz to about 200 megahertz, at least 90 percent of the electromagnetic ... 11/10/05 - 20050251248 - Medical device having radio-opacification and barrier layers A medical device such as a coronary stent is provided that can be visualized in-vivo while further aiding in the prevention of restenosis. The medical device comprises a core having a first layer disposed thereon. The first layer is made from a material that is radio-opaque so that the medical ... 11/10/05 - 20050251247 - Rolled stent with waveform perforation pattern A stent fabricated from a rolled sheet. The sheet is perforated with wave form perforations to provide flexibility during insertion and in the body. ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |