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WO/2008/096512A1 |
It is intended to provide a stent which can be surely inserted into a deep part of an obstructed or contracted tubular organ and exerts a dilation force therein while sustaining its flexibility. A stent (1) having a plurality of circular...
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WO/2008/097665A1 |
A curvilinear spinal access device for performing a procedure on a spine of a patient is disclosed. The device includes a working portal configured to be advanced toward a surgical site located at the spine of the patient. The working po...
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WO/2008/098166A1 |
An apparatus (120) according to an embodiment of the invention includes an elongate body (126) disposable within a body lumen of a patient. An expandable member (128) is coupled to the elongate body. The expandable member has a collapsed...
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WO/2008/091537A2 |
An adjustable band or clamp or non-adjustable clamp is placed about the greater curvature of the stomach in a vertical orientation. The band or clamp completely compartmentalizes the stomach between a small vertical pouch and the fundus ...
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WO/2008/089516A1 |
A device for enlarging a canal of a human or animal subject includes an elongate member having a first lumen extending therein and an inflatable body toward a distal end of the elongate member. The inflatable body is deliverable, in an u...
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WO/2008/088920A2 |
The present invention provides an obstruction removing device and a method for making the obstruction removing device. The method includes two mandrels with an elongate element being wound around the first mandrel and then wrapped around...
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WO/2008/088766A1 |
A balloon catheter or stent delivery system for medical treatment of a patient has a proximal hub, a balloon, and an improved shaft design The catheter shaft has a rapid-exchange configuration, and a tubular outer body that includes a hy...
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WO/2008/089199A1 |
A rectal balloon apparatus (10) has a shaft (12) with a fluid passageway extending therethrough. A balloon (14) is affixed over an end of the shaft (12) such that the fluid passageway communicates with an interior of the balloon (14). Th...
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WO/2008/088062A1 |
It is intended to provide an apparatus for dilating the vascular wall with the use of a high-intensity pulsed light. A vasodilator with the use of high-intensity pulsed light irradiation comprising a high-intensity pulsed light irradiati...
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WO/2008/089424A2 |
Dilators configured to be used over the top of conventional endoscopes are disclosed. Dilator 100 includes a dilating surface 340 and an endoscope outlet 342 at its distal end, the inner diameter of which is chosen to closely approximate...
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WO/2008/081417A1 |
A device for dilating a body lumen, the device comprising a flexible cartridge comprising a sealed single envelope, said flexible cartridge including at least two portions: i) an expandable portion configured for insertion into a body lu...
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WO/2008/081870A1 |
A self-expansion stent (1) has a plurality of wavy-line annular bodies (2) in the axial direction. Each wavy-line annular body (2) of the stent (1) other than those at one and the other ends has a first shared linear portion (A1) and a s...
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WO/2008/076847A2 |
The present invention relates to the regional delivery of therapeutic agents for the treatment of vascular diseases wherein regional delivery refers to delivery of a therapeutically effective amount of the therapeutic agent to an area of...
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WO/2008/076970A1 |
An embolus filter introducer system has a symmetric introducer sheath with a filter inside. The introducer sheath can be attached at either end to a deployment actuator. The deployment actuator can thereby be used to push the filter out ...
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WO/2008/076992A2 |
A medical balloon with a variable diameter that is reinforced with continuous fibers woven to form a fabric with a varying number of layers and fiber densities. Portions of the balloon having a relatively smaller diameter are reinforced ...
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WO/2008/073964A2 |
A device (180) for preventing stroke due to embolic material in the bloodstream of a patient, the patient having an aorta (20) with an ascending portion (20a) and a descending portion (20c), and one or more arch vessels (22, 24, 26) comm...
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WO/2008/072243A2 |
Improved catheters are provided to remove a plaque deposited on a vessel' inner wall. The plaque from the inner wall of the vessel is removed by physical means such as adhering or rinsing. The plaque is then being eliminated from the ves...
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WO/2008/073971A1 |
A recoverable embolus filter has a symmetrical design with two corollas with radially extending extensions that are mutually interconnected to permit them to slide with respect to each other. The corollas collapse by pulling them apart, ...
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WO/2008/068106A1 |
A surgical device (1) for transanally accessing the rectum of a patient comprises a circular anal dilator (2) having a cylindrical ring wall (6) adapted to be transanally inserted into the rectum in order to provide a transanal access op...
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WO/2008/066625A1 |
Systems and methods for ablation of the gall bladder and appendix through a natural orifice.
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WO/2008/066881A1 |
An embolic protection device for use in a patient's blood vessel, such as the aorta, has an approximately cylindrical outer structure made of a filter mesh material and an approximately conical inner structure also made of a filter mesh ...
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WO/2008/060877A2 |
This disclosure relates to medical devices and related methods. In some embodiments, the methods include applying a material to the balloon and then removing the material from one or more regions of the balloon.
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WO/2008/060750A2 |
Medical balloons are energetically treated to form regions that facilitate deflation to a desirable configuration.
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WO/2008/060396A2 |
A catheter includes a catheter body with a compliant balloon secured at a distal end of the catheter body, the balloon including a proximal end and a distal end, a first lumen in fluid communication with the balloon, a second lumen in fl...
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WO/2008/058367A1 |
A nasal dilation device comprises a pair of dilating frames for insertion into respective nasal passages. An external abutment member is joined between the pair of dilating frames to abut an external nasal valve. Each dilating frame comp...
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WO/2008/057887A2 |
Apparatus and methods for minimally invasive stabilization, manipulation and/or removal of body cavities or organs in the body through the skin or natural body orifices. A magnet is delivered into an organ, the position of the organ is s...
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WO/2008/057564A2 |
In one embodiment, an apparatus for cervical manipulation includes an inner tubular member manufactured from a bendable, semi-rigid material having an inflatable balloon disposed at the distal end and a flexible wire coupled to the wall ...
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WO/2008/058157A2 |
Systems are disclosed, for performing therapeutic or diagnostic procedures at a remote site. According to one embodiment, the system includes an introducer designed for transcervical insertion into the uterus. The introducer is construct...
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WO/2008/051672A2 |
A system for isolating a volume of a lumen includes first and second balloons each including a sealable valve, wherein the balloons are configured to inflate on either side of and to seal the lumen, wherein at least one of the balloons i...
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WO/2008/041692A1 |
Provided are a capillary working apparatus and a working method using a femto-second laser. The working method comprises splitting one laser beam of a femto-second into a plurality of beams by beam splitting means, changing the direction...
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WO/2008/043038A2 |
An elongated cannula with an inner tube that is designed to cooperate with a corresponding outer tube. The cannula includes a cam mechanism/ a plurality of flexible members designed to expand and deploy when the inner and outer tubes mov...
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WO/2008/039846A1 |
Disclosed is a balloon catheter that can comprise an elongate support member, an inflation tube, a guidewire tube and a balloon. The guidewire tube can define a guidewire port at its proximal end, and can extend from the port through an ...
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WO/2008/038830A1 |
A stent (1) to be implanted in a living body is formed substantially as a tube which has a form in which a plurality of wavy annular members (2) is arranged adjacently to each other in an axial direction of the stent (1) with the adjacen...
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WO/2008/036900A2 |
A device for interventional surgical or medical procedures is presented. The device is generally in the form of a balloon and is used to position itself or other working elements up against or through lumen walls in the body. The balloon...
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WO/2008/036156A1 |
Novel cerebral vasculature devices are disclosed, including thrombectomy removal devices that include a continuous braided structure, a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a first expandable portion located between the proximal porti...
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WO/2008/036149A2 |
Devices for visually confirming the positioning of a distal end portion of an illuminating device placed within a patient, include inserting a distal end portion of an illuminating device internally into a patient, emitting light from th...
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WO/2008/036148A2 |
Medical devices, systems and methods that are useable to facilitate transnasal insertion and positioning of guidewires and various other devices and instruments at desired locations within the ear, nose, throat, paranasal sinuses or cran...
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WO/2008/033179A2 |
Medical devices, systems and methods that are useable to facilitate transnasal insertion and positioning of guidewires and various other devices and instruments at desired locations within the ear, nose, throat, paranasal sinuses or cran...
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WO/2008/033845A2 |
There is disclosed a porous emboli deflector for preventing cerebral emboli while maintaining cerebral blood flow during an endovascular or open surgical procedure. The device prevents the entrance of emboli of a size able to cause strok...
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WO/2008/031033A2 |
A system for directing ultrasonic energy through blood flow in the aorta (20) of a patient proximate the origins of the great vessels (12, 14, 16) to the head of the patient to divert material in the blood flow from the origins of the gr...
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WO/2008/028037A2 |
A gastrointestinal implant device is positioned in a patient's small intestine or rectum and produces an outward force that itself produces a distension signal which is a therapeutically useful neural or humoral signal that evokes satiog...
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WO/2008/028088A2 |
A method of modifying the stiffness properties of a material by imparting grooves or cross sectional shapes to a surface or multiple surfaces of the material is described. Materials made by this method, and products made with the materia...
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WO/2008/022710A1 |
A device for reducing or removing stenosis present in a blood vessel by means of a working catheter (7) is described. The working catheter comprises a lumen (8) forming a first working channel (9), extending from the distal end (11) to t...
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WO/2008/024883A2 |
Tissue dilation tools and methods of use are disclosed that provide gradual and controlled stretching of the tissue surrounding a surgical incision. The tools utilize a plurality of operably connected, coaxial sleeves or members of diffe...
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WO/2008/024911A2 |
An apparatus includes a support member and a knob, each having an engagement portion. The support member is coupled to a shaft of a catheter assembly. The knob is configured to engage a stylet of the catheter assembly. The knob is config...
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WO/2008/021011A2 |
The application provides devices that can be used to deliver a therapeutic agent to a treatment site within the vessel of a patient at increased pressure, while limiting the contact with and pressure placed on the vessel walls. Devices a...
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WO/2008/021003A1 |
A catheter balloon with integral non-distending regions having a plurality of layers which wind around the balloon material and overlap to form an angle of between 45 and 90 degrees relative to each other upon inflation, and methods of m...
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WO/2008/021018A1 |
An inflatable toroidal-shaped balloon (1) for medical use is provided with a central opening (7) traversing the balloon in an inflated state. The balloon is useful to achieve larger outer diameters than conventional balloons.
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WO/2008/020980A1 |
Reinforced angioplasty balloon having an external elastic sheath (28). The elastic sheath (40) maintains, along its length, a substantially uniform circular cross- section during balloon (38) inflation and forces a deflated balloon (38) ...
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WO/2008/021898A2 |
A cervical tenaculum (10) is provided having an applicator member (12) with a longitudinal lumen (22) and a tubular member (14) dimensioned to reciprocate within the lumen (22). The applicator (12) and tubular member (14) are first conne...
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