Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080206442 | CONTACT COATING OF PROSTHESES - A method an apparatus for coating prostheses via contact patterning with an applicator. Applicators can include rollers, tampons, and ribbons. Coating materials include a variety of substances including polymers and therapeutic agents. | 08-28-2008 |
20080220174 | IN-FLIGHT DROP LOCATION VERIFICATION SYSTEM - A system measures a location of a drop delivered by, for example, an ink-jet type applicator. An image of the drop is captured from two directions, resulting in two drop images. Only one image capturing apparatus is needed to capture the drop images. The location in three-dimensional space is determined by using the two images but only one image capturing device. The position or location information can then be used to calibrate a coating apparatus. | 09-11-2008 |
20090288597 | Stent Coating Device - The present invention is a method and device, which is suitable for use in an operating theater just prior to implantation, for selectively applying a medical coating to an implantable medical device, for example a stent. Disclosed is a device for use with a stent deployed on a catheter balloon. The device is configured to apply a medical coating of a desired thickness to the surface of a stent only. This is done by use of a drop-on-demand inkjet printing system in association with an optical scanning device. The device is further configured so as to, if necessary, apply a plurality of layered coats, each layered coat being of a different coating material, and if appropriate, different thickness. The section of the housing in which the stent is held during the coating procedure is detachable from the housing base. The detachable housing section may be easily cleaned and re-sterilized or simply disposed or simply disposed of. | 11-26-2009 |
20100238090 | SCREEN SEAMING DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention teaches a method for eliminating the visible gaps between screens in a multi screen video wall. This is done by placing optical bridges over the edges of the individual displays, which direct graphical information from the periphery of the individual displays to fill the gaps between said displays. Preferably, commercially available screens are thus combined to form a seamless video wall. | 09-23-2010 |
20100300356 | Method and System for Coating a Medical Device Using Optical Drop Volume Verification - A method and apparatus for controlling coating material deposition on to a medical device. Images of material drops in flight are captured and an average single drop volume value is calculated by conversion of the captured drop images to a volume measurement. The average single drop volume value is used to calculate a total number of drops necessary to apply a desired amount of coating. Alternately, material is applied and the amount of material deposited is accumulated and adjustments are made to deposit only a desired amount of coating material. A drop volume is determined for either every drop or a sampling of drops as the drops are being applied. Adjustments to the coating process include changing drop size and changing a number of drops to be deposited. | 12-02-2010 |
20110118759 | TISSUE ACCESS SITE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A tissue access site system is provided. In one embodiments, the system includes a tissue cutting element designed for generating a tissue access site through a tissue, the tissue access site being surrounded by tissue edge portions of a predetermined geometry; and a tissue closure device being for attaching at least one closure element to the tissue at a region corresponding to at least one of the tissue edge portions. | 05-19-2011 |
20110190748 | LAPAROSCOPE FOR LOW LASER LEVEL IRRADIATION - A device is provided for illuminating a tissue surface to be treated. The device includes a catheter, a light emitter to emit light from the distal end of the catheter, and a distal cap disposed over the distal end of the catheter. The device includes a handle connected to the proximal end of the catheter. The light emitter can include a light guide extending through an interior channel of the catheter, and an external source of light operatively connected to the light guide. The light emitter can include a light emitting diode in the handle, or the light emitter can include a light emitting diode in the distal end of the catheter. | 08-04-2011 |
20110245859 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIZING OF TISSUE OPENINGS - A device for determining a physical parameter of a tissue opening is provided. The device includes an expandable member which is designed for positioning within a tissue opening such as a valve annulus. The expandable member is capable of expanding while applying an inward radial force indicative of a diameter thereof. When the expandable member is positioned within the tissue opening and expanded, an increase in the inward radial force induced by contact between the expandable member and tissue surrounding the opening can be utilized to derive information relating to the physical parameter of the tissue opening. | 10-06-2011 |
20120253387 | DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TISSUE ACCESS SITE CLOSURE - A system for closure of a vascular access site and a device for closure are provided. The system includes a radially expandable device sized and configured for positioning within a blood vessel and a delivery catheter. The catheter is designed for delivering the radially expandable device through the vascular access site and expanding the radially expandable device in a position that spans the vascular access site, thereby at least partially closing the vascular access site. | 10-04-2012 |
20130131710 | DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESHAPING TISSUE OPENINGS - A device for resizing/reshaping a tissue opening is provided. The device includes a cage structure which is positionable within the tissue opening and is radially expandable therein while enabling flow therethrough while it is fully expanded and biased against a tissue defining the tissue opening. | 05-23-2013 |
20130144263 | BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEM - A balloon catheter system is provided. The catheter includes a first balloon disposed around a second balloon which is movable within the first balloon. | 06-06-2013 |
20130158463 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR BYPASSING AN ANASTOMOSIS SITE - A system for bypassing an anastomosis site in a hollow organ is provided. The system includes a sleeve configured for spanning the anastomosis site at an internal surface of the hollow organ and a band configured for attachment to an external surface of the hollow organ and limiting migration of the sleeve beyond the anastomosis site. | 06-20-2013 |
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 |
20140188029 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR BYPASSING AN ANASTOMOSIS SITE - A system for bypassing an anastomosis site in a hollow organ is provided. The system includes a sleeve configured for spanning the anastomosis site at an internal surface of the hollow organ and a band configured for attachment to an external surface of the hollow organ and limiting migration of the sleeve beyond the anastomosis site. | 07-03-2014 |
20140309675 | FOSSA OVALIS PENETRATION - Apparatus and methods are described, including apparatus for puncturing a fossa ovalis of a heart. The apparatus comprises a catheter shaped to define a catheter lumen. A puncturing element is slidably disposed within the catheter lumen, and is configured to be deployed from a distal portion of the catheter and to puncture the fossa ovalis. One or more flexible longitudinal members are configured to be deployed from the distal portion of the catheter, and upon being deployed, facilitate the puncturing of the fossa ovalis by the puncturing element, by contacting tissue at a perimeter of the fossa ovalis. Other applications are also described. | 10-16-2014 |
20140309678 | FOSSA OVALIS PENETRATION USING BALLOONS - Apparatus and methods are described, including apparatus for puncturing a fossa ovalis of a heart. The apparatus comprises a catheter shaped to define a catheter lumen. A puncturing element is slidably disposed within the catheter lumen and configured to (a) be deployed from a distal portion of the catheter, and (b) puncture the fossa ovalis. A balloon is configured to be deployed from the distal portion of the catheter, be radially expanded, and upon being deployed and expanded, facilitate positioning of the puncturing element, by contacting at least a portion of the fossa ovalis. Other applications are also described. | 10-16-2014 |
20140309679 | FOSSA OVALIS PENETRATION USING PROBING ELEMENTS - Apparatus and methods are described, including apparatus for puncturing a fossa ovalis of a heart. The apparatus includes a catheter shaped to define a catheter lumen. A puncturing element is slidably disposed within the catheter lumen, and is deployed from a distal portion of the catheter and to puncture the fossa ovalis. A probing element is deployed from the distal portion of the catheter. Upon being deployed, the probing element probes tissue near the fossa ovalis, the probing element having a first configuration thereof upon probing the tissue near the fossa ovalis. Upon probing tissue of the fossa ovalis, the probing element facilitates positioning of the puncturing element, by automatically adopting a second configuration thereof that is different from the first configuration. Other applications are also described. | 10-16-2014 |
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20140358246 | BONE STRUCTURAL DEVICE - A bone structural device including a plurality of bone structural segments ( | 12-04-2014 |
20150045715 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR BYPASSING AN ANASTOMOSIS SITE - A system for bypassing an anastomosis site in a hollow organ is provided. The system includes a sleeve configured for spanning the anastomosis site at an internal surface of the hollow organ and a band configured for attachment to an external surface of the hollow organ and limiting migration of the sleeve beyond the anastomosis site. | 02-12-2015 |