| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 604970010 | Including means forcing inflation fluid into inflatable means | 27 |
| 20090275889 | Intravascular Catheter Device for Selective Occlusion of Iliac Vasculature - An improved catheter device for selectively isolating and occluding a portion of the iliac vasculature of a patient includes an elongate hollow catheter shaft which is advanceable though the vascular system of the patient. The catheter shaft has a proximal portion that extends out from the patient and a distal portion adapted to be disposed within the iliac vasculature of the patient. A plurality of expandable members are disposed on the distal portion. One expandable member is dimensioned and configured so that when expanded it rests within the bifurcation of the descending aorta to the common iliac arteries (and/or within the bifurcation of the inferior vena cava that leads to the common iliac veins) so as to fixate the catheter within the iliac vasculature of the patient. At least two other expandable members are spaced apart from the fixation member and configured to selectively isolate and occlude blood flow through different portions of the iliac vasculature. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090149806 | Embolism Filter with Self-Deployable Guidewire Stop - An embolism filter adapted to selectively stop an embolism filter along a length of guidewire, including a filter adapted to encircle a guidewire and at least one self-deploying stop attached to the filter and which selectively stops movement of said filter. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20110270174 | REPERFUSION BALLOON INFLATION DEVICE - An ischemic postconditioning system and related method comprising a catheter including a plurality of lumens and at least one expandable member with at least one chamber including a moveable plunger and a return mechanism operatively engaged with the plunger. The moveable plunger divides the at least one chamber into first and second volumes. A first pressure source is provided having a first fluid at a first pressure and is disposed in fluid communication with the first volume of the chamber. Further, a second pressure source is provided having a second fluid at a second pressure and is disposed in fluid communication with the second volume of the chamber. Similarly, the at least one expandable member is disposed in fluid communication with the second volume of the chamber. The first fluid supplied by the first pressure source displaces the plunger in a first direction delivering at least a portion of the second fluid into the at least one expandable member. Also, the return mechanism displaces the plunger in a second direction delivering the second fluid from the second pressure source to the second volume of the chamber. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110196297 | Method and Device for the Intermittent Occlusion of the Coronary Sinus - In a method for intermittently occluding the coronary sinus, in which the coronary sinus is occluded using an occlusion device, the fluid pressure in the occluded coronary sinus is continuously measured and stored, the fluid pressure curve is determined as a function of time, and the occlusion of the coronary sinus is triggered and/or released as a function of at least one characteristic value derived from the measured pressure values. The pressure increase and/or pressure decrease per time unit each occurring at a heart beat are used as characteristic values. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20090171278 | Balloon catheter system for treating vascular occlusions - The present invention provides a balloon catheter comprising: | 07-02-2009 |
| 20080255506 | CLAMPLESS ANASTOMOTIC DEVICE - Described is a medical device and method for allowing fenestration of the aortic wall while maintaining distal perfusion and preventing external bleeding. The device isolates a segment of the aortic wall from the flowing column of blood using a balloon mounted on a metal alloy strut assembly. The strut assembly expands radially from a collapsed, low-profile configuration when uncovered by a constraining outer sheath. Aortic blood flow is allowed through the flow passage thus contained by the strut assembly within the center of the balloon. The balloon is inflated to contact the aortic wall. The balloon contains a pocket shaped to allow aortic fenestration. The balloon contains radiopaque markers to facilitate orientation and positioning of the pocket within the aorta. Other embodiments using spaced balloons are also disclosed. | 10-16-2008 |
| 604970020 | Injector type | 13 |
| 20090209909 | PERCUTANEOUS SINGLE-PHASE SURGICAL PROCEDURE FOR CREATING A PNEUMOSTOMA TO TREAT CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE - A percutaneous single-phase surgical procedure is disclosed for creating a pneumostoma to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A pneumostomy instrument is introduced percutaneously through the thoracic wall, parietal membrane, visceral membrane and into the parenchymal tissue of the lung. The pneumostomy instrument crosses the pleural cavity between the parietal membrane and visceral membrane there being no pleurodesis between the membranes prior to passage of the pneumostomy instrument. A pneumoplasty device at the distal end of the pneumostomy instrument displaces and engages the parenchymal tissue of the lung and the pneumostomy instrument is used to secure the lung and visceral membrane in contact with the parietal membrane and chest wall. The pneumostomy instrument is left in place while a pneumostoma tract heals and pleurodesis occurs between the pleural membranes surrounding the pneumostomy instrument. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090264819 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SYSTEMIC PRESSURE IN CARDIAC OPERATIONS - A method for controlling the systemic pressure at the end of a cardiac operation wherein a double-balloon catheter is brought, along a single path, close to the junction of a right atrium with a superior and inferior venacavae. The distance between a first and a second balloon is then adjusted so that they are placed at an adequate position in the superior and inferior venacavae respectively. The balloons are inflated and one checks whether a balance between the outputs of the two sides of the heart has been restored. The balloons are deflated when a new equilibrium is established and the catheter is removed along the same path. A double balloon occlusion device especially designed to perform said operation is also described. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090254033 | Catheter and catheter kit - A catheter includes an insertion portion at a distal end of an introduction tube that is thinned to an utmost limit, so that the catheter can be easily inserted and operated with patient's pain alleviated, and a catheter kit includes the catheter. An inflatable and deflatable balloon ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100211007 | BALLOON CATHETER INFLATION APPARATUS AND METHODS - An inflation device includes a syringe body containing a bore. The bore holds a fluid that is used to inflate a separate device such as a dilation balloon. A plunger assembly slides within the syringe bore and contains a sealing member that forms a fluid tight seal with the syringe body. A shut-off valve is disposed within the distal end of the syringe body. The distal end of the syringe body has a fluid bypass channel fluidically coupled to the aperture of a connector. The shut-off valve has a spring-biased moveable piston with a bypass lumen contained therein, wherein the bypass lumen forms a fluid path between the bore and the fluid bypass channel when the pressure of the fluid is below a threshold value. The fluid path between the bore and the fluid bypass channel is interrupted when the pressure of the fluid is above the threshold value. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20090105641 | BALLOON DILATATION CATHETER - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a balloon dilatation catheter, in particular for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), provided with a guide wire, a supply tube extending parallel to the guide wire and serving for inflating a dilatation balloon, as well as the dilatation balloon arranged in the distal area of the supply tube, wherein the dilatation balloon has a tubular configuration with a wall structure comprising a plurality of tube segments arranged adjacent to each other of which at least one is connected with the supply tube. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090216186 | FEEDING TUBE - An feeding tube and a kit for installation of a feeding tube includes a balloon anchored gastric tube. A protective sleeve on a dilator protects the toroidal balloon from damage during surgical insertion of the feeding tube. In one example, a jejunal tube is integrated with the kit and the gastric tube serves as a gastric sleeve forming an annular region or channels for fluid flow to and/or from the stomach and to/from the jejunum. An integrated gastro jejunal feeding tube unit may include a jejunal tube outlet port at one end, a jejunal balloon port, a gastric sleeve outlet port, one or more gastric balloon ports, one or more gastric balloons, gastric drainage holes, a jejunal balloon positioned at end of the jejunal tube and sleeve. A black silk loop may affix an end of the jejunal tube at a position in the jejunum, and insertion of the jejunal tube may be monitored continuously using an endoscope. Drainage holes may be provided in the jejunal tube and/or the gastric sleeve. Depending on the clinical state, feeding may be initiated through the gastric sleeve outlet port or via the jejunal tube outlet port and may be altered without surgical intervention, as required. Drainage holes in the gastric sleeve may be used to deflate the stomach, while nutrition is provided by a jejunal tube inserted in the jejunum, simultaneously. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20110054395 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR INFLATING AN INFLATABLE ELEMENT WITH A LIQUID INFLATING MEDIUM AND A BALLOON CATHETER INFLATED BY THE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for inflating a balloon ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20080275392 | SYRINGE SET - A syringe holder which is capable of holding a plurality of types of syringes used for expanding a balloon catheter so as to be capable of being detached and attached is proposed. Preferably, a clearance is provided between the syringe holder and the syringe, so that gas can come into sufficient contact therewith during sterilizing treatment. The syringe holder in this arrangement can be formed, for example, by forming a plurality of grooves which are similar to the shape of the syringe and slightly larger than the syringe on a sheet formed of resilient member. Preferably, the shape is devised to prevent dropping off of the syringe from the syringe holder. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090018498 | INFUSION TREATMENT AGENTS, CATHETERS, FILTER DEVICES, AND OCCLUSION DEVICES, AND USE THEREOF - Embodiments include an infusion-occlusion system having a delivery catheter, a guide catheter adapted to receive the delivery catheter, and a guidewire with an occlusion device adapted to be received within the guide catheter. The guide catheter of the catheter kit may be provided with an occlusion device at the distal end of the guide catheter. The delivery catheter may have an accessory lumen, coaxial or co-linear lumen, a supporting mandrel, or an occlusion device at its distal end. Moreover, according to some embodiments, occlusion devices may be a single material or a composite balloon having an inner liner and an outer layer of different materials, a high compliance low pressure balloon, or a filter device that restricts particles from passing through but does not restrict fluid, such as blood. An inflation device with a large volume and low volume syringe can be used to inflate the balloon. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20080221515 | SYRINGE SET FOR BALLOON CATHETER - A syringe holder which is capable of holding a plurality of types of syringes used for expanding a balloon catheter so as to be capable of being detached and attached is proposed. Preferably, a clearance is provided between the syringe holder and the syringe, so that gas can come into sufficient contact therewith during sterilizing treatment. The syringe holder in this arrangement can be formed, for example, by forming a plurality of grooves which are similar to the shape of the syringe and slightly larger than the syringe on a sheet formed of resilient member. Preferably, the shape is devised to prevent dropping off of the syringe from the syringe holder. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20130123693 | MECHANICALLY ASSISTED INFLATION DEVICE HANDLE AND METHOD OF USE - An inflation device including a handle mechanism configured to selectively engage and disengage threads within the device. In some instances the threads are configured to couple a plunger to a syringe body. The handle mechanism may be configured to (1) provide a mechanical advantage and (2) change the location and direction of the input force, thereby making the device easier to use. | 05-16-2013 |
| 604970030 | Having indicator means | 2 |
| 20090281489 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFLATION SYRINGE WITH IMPROVED DISPLAY - An inflation syringe having an improved display and method of displaying pressurization information. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for providing both numeric and non-numeric indications of an inflation pressurization associated with an inflation syringe. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a progressive non-numeric display is provided for displaying the pressurization of the inflation syringe along with numeric indicators of the pressurization. The progressive display includes a plurality of indicia corresponding to a range of inflation pressurization values. The indicia are actuated to indicate inflation pressurization and to allow the practitioner to not only easily monitor the general intensity of the pressurization but to monitor changes in the pressurization without needing to interpret numerical values. This permits the user to ascertain the relationship between the current pressurization, desired pressurization, and the rate of pressurization. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100217188 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFLATION SYRINGE WITH IMPROVED DISPLAY AND MODULARIZED COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - An inflation syringe having an improved display and modularized component assembly. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for providing both numeric and non-numeric indications of an inflation pressurization associated with an inflation syringe. A modularized component assembly for an inflation syringe allowing independent components to be tested independent of the other components of the inflation syringe. | 08-26-2010 |
| 604980010 | Pressurized inflation means | 8 |
| 20100137796 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS OF USE - An apparatus and method for ejecting fluid from a fluid delivery system. The fluid delivery system has a pneumatic assembly that when triggered injects gas into a hydraulic assembly, which in turn ejects fluid through an external interface. An electronic interface displays various measurements, for example, how much fluid has been ejected and if the hydraulic system is closed the pressure of the system. The pneumatic assembly can also be depressurized such that fluid can reenter the hydraulic assembly through the external interface. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20090149807 | Exhaust-pressure-operated balloon catheter system - An exhaust-pressure-operated balloon catheter system which is a cross stream thrombectomy catheter, such as, but not limited to, an Angiojet® catheter with a flexible and expandable balloon, wherein the balloon is formed from and is continuous with the catheter tube which, in part, forms the cross stream thrombectomy catheter, wherein the balloon is deployable and expandable about the distal region of the cross stream thrombectomy catheter to act as an occluder device, and wherein the balloon is located proximal to the fluid jet emanator and inflow and outflow orifices upstream of ablative cross stream flows. The balloon is expandably deployed by the exhaust or back pressure created by the operation of the cross stream flows as generated by the fluid jets of the operating exhaust-pressure-operated balloon catheter system. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100125244 | BALLOON CATHETER FOR CROSSING A CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION - A balloon catheter is disclosed including a “no-fold” balloon at a distal end thereof that surrounds a distal portion of a guidewire shaft having a compliant shaft or tubular section for selectively gripping a guidewire there within. Upon introduction of inflation fluid at low pressure values, the compliant shaft section of the guidewire shaft is radially compressed to “lock” onto the guidewire while an outer diameter of the no-fold balloon remains unchanged. The simultaneous compression of the compliant shaft section against a guidewire located within the guidewire lumen and the filling of the balloon with inflation fluid without expanding the balloon provides a clinician with a conjoined balloon catheter and guidewire ensemble that together may be pushed through a tight stenosis such as a chronic total occlusion (CTO). | 05-20-2010 |
| 20090177153 | Apparatus and methods for bone, tissue and duct dilatation - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for medical treatment comprising bone, tissue or duct dilatation using inflatable dilatation elements together with apparatus and techniques for tensioning, stretching, folding, and/or wrapping the dilatation elements externally as well as in situ to facilitate insertion, positioning and withdrawal procedures. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100324483 | DEVICES FOR COOLING THE NASAL CAVITY - A cerebral cooling device that uses a pressurized source to deliver a fluid that evaporates in the nasal cavity to provide cooling and has a balloon on the distal end that inflates from some of the pressure from the pressurized source. The device includes a nasal catheter having delivery ports located in the distal region and a balloon on the distal end. The proximal end of the catheter is in fluid communication with a pressurized source of a low boiling point fluid. A manifold located between the pressurized source and the catheter distributes the fluid and pressure from the pressurized source to a first lumen of the catheter to inflate the balloon and to a second lumen of the catheter through the delivery ports to cool the nasal cavity. A check valve in the manifold ensures that the fluid and pressure are first delivered to the balloon. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100121270 | Resector Balloon System - A resector balloon system is disclosed generally comprising a catheter with at least one balloon having an outer wall with a resecting, non-slip surface for resecting unwanted biological material, such as tissues or tumors, and a pump that supplies fluid thereto in pulsed fashion to repeatedly deflate and inflate said balloon. In certain embodiments, the pump includes a processor that controls the pulsed supply of fluid based on an established frequency or change in volume. In some embodiments, the system includes a keyed connector with which the pump identifies the balloon type, and in some cases, the system calculates intra-lumen diameters and densities. In some embodiments, the balloon portion of the catheter includes multiple balloon segments, which in some cases, are inflatable separately from one another. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20120116303 | Kit for Providing an Artificial Stomach Entrance - Kit for providing an artificial stomach entrance, comprising a trocar with a trocar sleeve for penetrating the abdominal wall into the stomach and a PEG tube with a distal extension insertable into the stomach in the form of a balloon made of a flexible material if need be with slight stretchability, which has at least one opening and a proximally connecting tubular area, wherein a feeding channel extends from a proximal feeding opening of the tubular area through the tubular area up to the at least one opening and the balloon is connected with a fill channel, which extends along the tubular area up to the proximal end and has a fill opening with a seal. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20090018499 | Inflation/deflation system for a catheter - According to the present invention there is provided an inflation/deflation system for a dilatation balloon comprising a receptacle, a pressure member, a sensing system and a data processing and display unit. The receptacle is adapted to contain an inflation fluid to be introduced into the balloon during its inflation. The receptacle also has an inlet/outlet port adapted for connection to the dilatation balloon; The pressure member is adapted to be axially displaced within the receptacle to cause the fluid to exit the receptacle via the outlet port. The sensing system comprises a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is associated with the pressure member to sense its axial displacement. The second sensor is associated with the interior of the receptacle to sense in a non-contact manner the pressure P of the inflation fluid within the receptacle, and to provide a corresponding data signal. The data processing and display unit is adapted to process the signal and display at least a scheme of pressure P within the receptacle vs. the volume V of the inflation fluid exiting the receptacle through the inlet/outlet port. The volume is calculated by the axial displacement of the pressure member. The scheme reflects the corresponding P-V conditions within the balloon when the system is in use. | 01-15-2009 |
