| William Cook Europe ApS Patent applications |
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| 20110288558 | DEPLOYMENT HANDLE FOR AN INTRODUCER - A handle for an implant deployment device converts rotational movement into longitudinal movement in order to provide controlled release of one or more trigger wires. The handle also allows the trigger wire to be withdrawn into the device so that it does not need to be separately removed. A preferred handle includes a rotatable portion ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110276119 | APPARATUS FOR CURVING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE IN A LUMEN - An introducer assembly ( | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110160834 | RAPID EXCHANGE CATHETER - A rapid exchange catheter includes a stiff proximal tube and a relatively flexible tapered distal tube, a guide wire tube being provided in the distal tube, with an aperture for access to the guide wire lumen being provided at the junction between the distal tube and the proximal tube, the tubes being bonded together at their junction. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110160756 | Cutting or Scoring Balloon, System and Method of Making a Cutting or Scoring Balloon - A cutting or scoring balloon ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110152994 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE - An intracranial stent formed from Nitinol has variable flexibility. The stent ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110144735 | INTRODUCER - A stent graft introducer ( | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110130719 | BALLOON CATHETER - An introducer assembly ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110125249 | Stent Graft and Introducer Assembly - A stent graft ( | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125133 | Catheter Components and Assembly - A catheter assembly is provided with a stress relief collar for relieving stress due to differences in rigidities of a catheter and coupled fitting. The stress relief collar is provided with an integral clip of the same or a similar soft material. The catheter can be coiled and held in the clip, the flexibility of the latter making it easy to fit and remove coils therefrom with little risk of damage to the catheter. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110118816 | Stent Graft and Introducer Assembly - A stent graft ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110060275 | Drug Eluting Balloon - There is disclosed a drug eluting balloon catheter assembly provided with a balloon formed of an inner balloon member of non-compliant material and an outer balloon member of a compliant material and which is provided with holes therein for eluting a drug or other fluid. In use, the outer balloon member is biased by contraction onto the inner balloon member thereby keeping the holes therein normally sealed closed and minimizing dead space in the device. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110054512 | OCCLUSION DEVICE - An occlusion device ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110046611 | IMPLANT RELEASE MECHANISM - A delivery assembly ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110040369 | Implantable Medical Device - A stent graft ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040368 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | 02-17-2011 |
| 20100312321 | Embolization coil and delivery system - A detachable embolization coil is screw threaded at the proximal end for releasable attachment to a delivery member within a delivery catheter. The coil has a proximal fibred portion and a distal non-fibred portion, the axial length of the non-fibred portion being as great or greater than the axial length of the non-fibred portion. The fibred portion carries a plurality of fibres of thrombogenic fibrous material. In this way, a partially delivered coil may be retracted into a delivery catheter for repositioning, substantially without hindrance from clotting. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100292765 | Apparatus and Method for Cooling the Brain Using a Liquid - Apparatus for cooling the brain comprises a pernasal intubation tube for insertion through one of the nostrils of a patient requiring brain cooling; an inflatable occluder provided the tube for inflation to occlude the nasopharynx of the patient behind the soft palate of the patient thereby to prevent passage of liquid between the nasal cavities and the mouth of the patient; a nostril closure arranged to cooperate with the pernasal intubation tube; an orifice for introduction of a liquid coolant into the nasal cavities; and a liquid vent for insertion in the other nostril of the patient for controlling venting of liquid coolant from the nasal cavities. Also described herein is a method of cooling the brain of a patient in danger of suffering brain damage comprising occluding the air passage leading from the nasal cavities to the mouth cavity of the patient behind the soft palate of the patient and irrigating the nasal cavities of the patient with a coolant liquid. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100292726 | THROMBUS RETRIEVAL DEVICE - A thrombus retrieval device has one or more thrombus engaging elements that are movable between a retracted configuration in which they are stowed within the device and a deployed configuration in which they project from the device to snare an adjacent thrombus for removal from a blood vessel. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100286757 | STENT GRAFT - A stent graft | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100274341 | Introducer Assembly and Method of Manufacturing an Introducer Assembly - An introducer assembly ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274226 | Deployment Catheter - A catheter for use in an endoluminal delivery assembly includes a device holding region or element on which there is provided a plurality of flexible fingers extending outwardly therefrom. The fingers act to maintain a device to be deployed in the correct position on the catheter and act to resist deformation of the device during deployment. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100268244 | STENT INTRODUCER APPARATUS - A dilator element | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100241215 | CONFORMABLE STENT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100222862 | Stent, Stent Graft and Other Implantable Assemblies - A stent or other implantable medical device is provided with one or more gripping shoulders which are able, when the stent is compressed onto a delivery cannula to frictionally mechanically engage the outer surface of the catheter so as to grip thereon and maintatin the position of the stent relative to the cannula during withdrawal of the covering sheath. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100160956 | REMOVABLE VENA CAVA FILTER FOR REDUCED TRAUMA IN COLLAPSED CONFIGURATION - The present invention provides a method of capturing thrombi in a blood vessel, which includes delivering a removable filter in a collapsed state within the blood vessel and deploying the filter to an expanded state within the blood vessel. The filter includes a plurality of primary struts and a plurality of secondary struts emanating from a hub and extending arcuately along a longitudinal axis and linearly radially. Each primary strut has an arcuate segment including first and second curved portions. Each secondary strut includes first and second arcs. The primary struts terminate with an anchoring hook. Each primary strut crosses another primary strut along the longitudinal axis in the collapsed state such that the arcuate segments occupy a first diameter and the anchoring hooks occupy a second diameter, the first diameter being greater than the second diameter for filter retrieval or delivery. In the expanded state, the secondary struts centralize the filter in the blood vessel and the anchoring hooks engage with the blood vessel. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100114294 | Stent Member - A rotationally-symmetric stent graft for deploying in a curved vessel has identical spaced stents along its length, with the stents being further apart in the region of the greatest curvature. The ends of the stents are parallel to each other and to the ends of the graft. The inter-stent spacing may vary along the entire length of the graft or only adjacent one end. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114291 | Introducer for Deploying a Stent Graft in a Curved Lumen and Stent Graft Therefor - A stent graft ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114290 | Introducer for Deploying a Stent Graft in a Curved Lumen - An introducer ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100094401 | Curvable stent-graft and apparatus and fitting method - A stent-graft ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100004606 | Deployment assembly and introducer - A deployment assembly ( | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090259291 | Stent-graft and apparatus and fitting method - A stent-graft ( | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090254170 | Branch stent graft deployment and method - A deployment system for introducing stent grafts which have a side arm or into which a side arm can be deployed. For instance the stent graft can be deployed into the thoracic arch of a patient. The deployment system including an introducer ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090254168 | DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICE - A system for delivery of a medical device to a target site within the body of a patient includes an introducer sheath, and a delivery assembly receivable within a passageway of the sheath. The delivery assembly comprises an inner tubular and an outer tubular member. At least a distal portion of the inner tubular member has a diameter such that the medical device is receivable thereover. The outer tubular member is generally coaxial with the inner tubular member, and has a length such that the outer tubular member distal end terminates proximal to the inner tubular member distal portion. The outer tubular member has a first outer diameter at the proximal end and extends for a length of the outer tubular member to a first diameter boundary point. The outer tubular member has a gradual inward taper in the distal direction from the boundary point to a second outer diameter, and has an abrupt outward taper in the distal direction from the second diameter to the first diameter. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090209941 | Implant deployment catheter - A rapid exchange implant deployment catheter includes a relatively stiff hypotube ( | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090204199 | Apparatus for and method of fitting a stent-graft or similar device - A fitting device ( | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090204198 | Introducer for endovascular grafts and stents - An introducer assembly for introducing a stent-graft ( | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090187208 | Introduction catheter set for a self-expandable implant - The present invention relates to an introduction catheter set for a collapsible self-expandable implant into a blood vessel of a patient. Without being limited thereto the invention is concerned in particular with the introduction of collapsible self-expandable stents or filters of the type comprising a number of diverging legs to secure correct positioning of the implant when arranged in the blood vessel. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090177260 | Deployment catheter - An inner catheter ( | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090171428 | Deployment handle for an implant deployment device - A deployment handle ( | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090171300 | DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICE - A system for delivery of a medical device to a target site within the body of a patient includes an introducer sheath, and a delivery assembly receivable within a passageway of the sheath. The delivery assembly comprises an inner tubular and an outer tubular member. At least a distal portion of the inner tubular member has a diameter such that the medical device is receivable thereover. The outer tubular member is generally coaxial with the inner tubular member, and has a length such that the outer tubular member distal end terminates proximal to the inner tubular member distal portion. The outer tubular member has a first outer diameter at the proximal end and extends for a length of the outer tubular member to a first diameter boundary point. The outer tubular member has a gradual inward taper in the distal direction from the boundary point to a second outer diameter, and has an abrupt outward taper in the distal direction from the second diameter to the first diameter. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090157014 | Device for enabling repeated access to a vessel - An implantable prosthesis with at least one fenestration in a side wall of that prosthesis is disclosed. The fenestration provides an access port through which a medical device (such as a needle or a cannula) can be directed to enable access to the lumen of the blood vessel which the prosthesis is supporting. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090149808 | Rapid Exchange Balloon Catheter and Method for Making Same - A rapid exchange balloon catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, said catheter comprising: a tubular metal shaft body extending from the proximal end along a majority of the total length and having an inflation lumen arranged therein, a plastics distal end portion bonded to the metal body in extension thereof, said distal end portion being provided with an inflation lumen in communication with a balloon, and a guide wire lumen, said guide wire lumen extending from a proximal side port to a distal end opening. To reduce the resistance to kinking, the metal body comprises a transitional region having reduced stiffness at the position of bonding to the plastics distal end portion compared to a more proximal position along the metal body. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090143738 | Method and apparatus for introducing intraluminal prostheses - An introducer for use in the implantation and retrieval of a device in a patient includes a catheter ( | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090125103 | Haemostatic valve - There is disclosed a tri-leaflet valve ( | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090125093 | Method and apparatus for introducing expandable intraluminal prosthesis - A stent introducer has a delivery sheath positioned to restrain a self expandable stent. A pull wire is connected with the delivery sheath and extends through a pull wire lumen to enable remote retraction of the delivery sheath. The distal end of the pull wire lumen is associated with a region of weakness in the structure such that the region of weakness is torn on retraction of the delivery sheath. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090118760 | Vascular filter retrieval device - A vascular filter retrieval device comprising a catheter and a loop for engaging a filter is described. The loop is extendable from a proximal end of the catheter and comprises a resilient wire. The wire may be a metal alloy such as an ELGILOY® alloy. The loop is typically radiopaque and may have a platinum or palladium wire coiled around at least a part thereof. Also described is a method of retrieving a vascular filter from a patient using the device. The catheter is introduced into the vena cava of a patient adjacent the filter. The loop is advanced so that it extends from the proximal end of the catheter and surrounds the filter. The loop is then engaged with a hook on the filter and the device and filter removed from the patient. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090118681 | Haemostatic valve - The haemostatic valve assembly ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090118645 | Guide wire for catheter - A guide wire ( | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090105801 | Indwelling catheter arrangement - A stent graft delivery device ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090105713 | Deployment handle for an implant deployment device - A deployment handle for an implant deployment device ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090088771 | Implant deployment device - An implant deployment device ( | 04-02-2009 |
| 20080281403 | Stent and Stent Retrieval System and a Method of Pulling a Stent Into a Tubular Member - A stent has an engagement member ( | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080255542 | Locking device for sheath or catheter - There is disclosed a locking unit ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080215131 | METHOD FOR LOADING A MEDICAL DEVICE INTO A DELIVERY SYSTEM - A process to load a medical device comprising a shape memory material into a delivery system is described herein. According to one aspect, the method includes applying a force to the medical device to obtain a delivery configuration thereof, where the device is at a first temperature within an R-phase temperature range of the shape memory material during application of the force. The medical device is cooled in the delivery configuration to a second temperature at or below a martensite finish temperature of the shape memory material. The force is then removed from the medical device, and the device is loaded into a delivery system. Preferably, the medical device substantially maintains the delivery configuration during the loading process. | 09-04-2008 |
