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Alberto Cantu, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20080221383 | TISSUE EXCISION DEVICES AND METHODS - A tissue excision device comprises a handle. In addition, the tissue excision device comprises an elongate tissue capture member extending from the handle. The tissue capture member has a longitudinal axis and comprises a free end distal the handle. Further, the free end of the tissue capture member includes a tip, a tissue capture recess, and at least one slot extending through the free end in the tissue capture recess. Still further, the tissue excision device comprises an elongate tubular cutting member coupled to the handle. The cutting member slidingly and coaxially receives the tissue capture member. In addition, the cutting member has a free end distal the handle that includes a cutting. | 09-11-2008 |
Alfredo Cantu, Pleasanton, CA US
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| 20110213296 | Blower Instrument, Apparatus and Methods of Using - A surgical blower for providing a directed stream to clear a surgical site, that can be used in multiple different use modes. In one use mode, the surgical blower is handheld by a user during operation. In another mode, a distal end portion of the blower is fixed to a foot of a stabilizer instrument and the handle of the blower is handheld. In another mode, a distal end portion of the blower is fixed to a foot of a stabilizer instrument and the handle of the blower is fixed to a stationary object such as a sternal retractor. In another mode, the distal end of the blower is free and the handle of the blower is fixed to a stationary object. An apparatus including a blower and a stabilizer is provided. Methods of using the blower as well as the apparatus are also provided. | 09-01-2011 |
Alfredo R. Cantu, Pleasanton, CA US
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| 20080275437 | CONNECTOR DEVICE FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROBE - A flexible connector for securing an ablation probe in a looped configuration around the pulmonary veins of a heart includes a flexible base member having first and second apertures dimensioned to receive the ablation probe and wherein the flexible base member is slidable along a length of the ablation probe when the ablation probe is positioned within the first and second apertures. The flexible base member further includes a third aperture dimensioned to receive a looped portion of the ablation probe. The flexible connector is advanced along the length of the ablation probe to form a crossover point with the returning portion of the ablation probe. A tether is secured to the flexible base member and is used to withdraw or remove the flexible connector. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080275479 | ANASTOMOTIC SEAL LOADING TOOL - Described herein are methods and devices for loading an anastomotic seal into a delivery lumen. A loading device can fold the seal into a configuration for insertion into the delivery lumen. For example, the loading device can fold the seal into a prolate spheroidal shape. The delivery lumen can then be inserted into the loading device and mated with the folded seal. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080275501 | MEDICAL DEVICE LOADING AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Described herein are systems and methods for inserting a hemostatic seal into a delivery device. One such system can include a loading tool and a delivery device configured to detachably mate with one another. The loading tool can house a hemostatic seal in its unfolded configuration and can fold the seal for delivery into the delivery device. The delivery device can then be advanced into the loading tool to insert the seal into the delivery device. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090043243 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR LOADING TEMPORARY HEMOSTATIC SEALS - Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for folding a sealing element. A loader can receive a substantially unfolded sealing element, which when moved through the loader is configured for receipt in an insertion instrument. For example, the sealing element can be folded into a substantially prolate spheroidal shape. The folded sealing element can then be inserted into the insertion instrument. In one aspect, the loader is adapted to allow insertion of the folded sealing element into the insertion instrument when the folded sealing element is within a channel of the loader. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090093809 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES - Devices, instruments and tools for minimally invasive surgical procedures. Port devices and methods for hemostatically sealing and providing a port through a tissue wall that interfaces with a fluid containing chamber, by minimally invasive techniques. Assemblies, instruments and methods for minimally invasive access to and through a tissue wall that interfaces with a fluid containing chamber, and for visualizing same. Instruments, assemblies and methods for minimally invasive surgical procedures, including ablation. | 04-09-2009 |
Alfred R. Cantu, Pleasanton, CA US
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| 20090157068 | INTRAOPERATIVE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION MAPPING SYSTEM - A medical probe comprises an elongated body, a first membrane extending laterally from a longitudinal portion of the elongated body, a tissue ablative element carried by the elongated body, and at least one diagnostic electrode disposed on the first membrane. The tissue ablative element is configured for delivering energy along the longitudinal portion of the elongated body to create a linear lesion. The medical probe may further comprise a second membrane extending laterally from the longitudinal portion of the elongated body opposite the first second membrane, and at least another diagnostic electrode disposed on the second membrane. | 06-18-2009 |
Gary R. Cantu, San Carlos, CA US
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| 20090202043 | Polychromic Digital Radiography Detector with Patterned Mask for Single-Exposure Energy-Sensitive X-Ray Imaging - A digital radiography system, having: a pixelated optical detector; and a mask positioned adjacent to the pixelated optical detector, the mask comprising a repeating pattern of first and second portions configured to pass different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation therethrough such that a polychromic X-ray image can be taken using only a single X-ray exposure with a single imaging detector. | 08-13-2009 |