Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090093877 | ACTIVE HOLDER FOR ANNULOPLASTY RING DELIVERY - An active annuloplasty ring holder having a template that can be folded or pivoted to the side allowing the template to align longitudinally with the handle and enter the patient's chest through a small incision. The holder may include a mechanism to remotely detach sutures fastening the ring to the holder, thereby detaching the ring while avoiding the risk associated with introducing a scalpel into the operating field. A detachment mechanism may include a movable pin actuated by a pull wire that releases a plurality of holding sutures, or a hot wire, knives, or pull wire that severs the sutures. The holder may have a built-in light source for better visualization of the ring inside the heart. The holder may also have an optical means of visualizing the inside of the heart from the proximal end of the handle. | 04-09-2009 |
20110172491 | DETACHABLE BALLOON CATHETER - The disclosure relates to a device and method such as for treatment of a gastrointestinal perforation and a gastrointestinal bleeding. The device can be a balloon catheter that controls bleeding by pressing on a bleeding area or/and prevents the gastrointestinal contents trespassing outside a gastrointestinal lumen into a body cavity by blocking an opening in the luminal wall or blocking the colon distal or proximal to the perforation. The preferred device is inserted using an endoscope and allows to partially or completely withdraw an endoscope while leaving the balloon at the target area. The device and method can facilitate ceasing a colonic bleeding and blocking colonic perforation. | 07-14-2011 |
20110224494 | ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR EFFECTING AN ENDOLUMINAL ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE - Exemplary embodiments of devices and method for affecting at least one anatomical tissue can be provided. A configuration can be provided that includes a structure which is expandable (i) having and/or (ii) forming at least one opening or a working space through which the anatomical tissue(s) is placed in the structure. For example, the structure, prior to being expanding, can have at least one partially rigid portion. In addition, or as an alternative, upon a partial or complete expansion thereof, the structure can be controllable to have a plurality of shapes. Further, the structure can be controllable to provide the working space with multiple shapes and/or multiple sizes. | 09-15-2011 |
20120101331 | APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OF AUTONOMOUS IN-VIVO CAPSULES - A guide for an endoscope capsule includes a hollow sleeve. The distal end of the sleeve has attached an invertible member for fitting the capsule within. The invertible member may be inverted via hydraulic or pneumatic pressure to expel the capsule from the guide and into a desired location within a patient's body lumen. The guide may be attached to an actuator which contains a fluid and an actuating member. The actuating member pressurizes the fluid distally through the hollow sleeve thereby inverting the invertible member and expelling the capsule into the body lumen. The guide may be used with an endoscope or may be a stand-alone device. | 04-26-2012 |
20120265233 | INVERTED BALLOON NECK ON CATHETER - A method for thermal bonding of an inverted balloon neck on a catheter, including placing an inverted balloon neck ( | 10-18-2012 |
20130030522 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HEART TREATMENTS - A method and device for treating a heart by assisting one or more heart chambers to expand during diastole. The method comprises providing a plurality of anchoring members; providing an elongate member and a release mechanism connected to the elongate member, the release mechanism being configured to releasably engage with each of the plurality of anchoring members; the elongate member being configured to store energy exerted by a heart chamber during systole, and release the stored energy during diastole to assist the heart chamber to return to an uncompressed state; selecting one of the plurality of anchoring members; positioning the elongate member transverse a chamber of the heart; and engaging the release mechanism with the selected anchoring member so as to releasably attach the elongate member to the selected anchoring member. | 01-31-2013 |
20130066339 | SURGICAL FASTENING DEVICE WITH MESH RETAINING MEANS - The invention provides a surgical fastening or suturing device. The device of the invention has a slender shaft and an actuating mechanism configured to eject a surgical fastener from the distal end of the shaft or configured to perform suturing at the distal end of the shaft. The device also has an attachment arrangement for attaching a piece of surgical mesh material onto an external lateral surface of the shaft and around the distal end of the shaft. | 03-14-2013 |
20130150955 | ACTIVE HOLDER FOR ANNULOPLASTY RING DELIVERY - An active annuloplasty ring holder having a template that can be folded or pivoted to the side allowing the template to align longitudinally with the handle and enter the patient's chest through a small incision. The holder may include a mechanism to remotely detach sutures fastening the ring to the holder, thereby detaching the ring while avoiding the risk associated with introducing a scalpel into the operating field. A detachment mechanism may include a movable pin actuated by a pull wire that releases a plurality of holding sutures, or a hot wire, knives, or pull wire that severs the sutures. The holder may have a built-in light source for better visualization of the ring inside the heart. The holder may also have an optical means of visualizing the inside of the heart from the proximal end of the handle. | 06-13-2013 |
20130197559 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES - Apparatus and methods are described including a trocar ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130197571 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES - Apparatus and methods are described including a trocar ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130226288 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES - Apparatus and methods are described including a trocar ( | 08-29-2013 |
20140371789 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES - Apparatus and methods are provided for use with a hole closure device that is configured to be deployed by expanding inside a subject's body. An insertion device includes an outer tube and an inner pushing element. The outer tube constrains the hole closure device from expanding, during insertion of the hole closure device into the subject's body. The pushing element causes at least a portion of the hole closure device to self expand by pushing the portion out of a distal end of the outer tube, by the pushing element being advanced distally with respect to the outer tube. A safety element is couplable to the pushing element and is configured to prevent the hole closure device from expanding, by preventing distal advancement of the pushing element with respect to the outer tube, when the safety element is coupled to the pushing element. Other applications are also described. | 12-18-2014 |