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Brett Follmer, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20090187203 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MATERIAL CAPTURE AND REMOVAL - Catheters, kits, and methods are provided for removing material from a body lumen. The catheters and methods may be used in a variety of body lumens, including but not limited to coronary and other arteries. In general, the catheter has a cutting element that cuts material while the material is engaged by a material capture device on the catheter body. Preferably, the material capture device tensions the material during cutting, which reduces the amount of cutting force required. The material capture device typically follows a path that draws material into the catheter body. Preferably, but not necessarily, the material capture device may be arranged on the catheter body to advance along a path outwardly from the catheter body into the material and then inwardly towards the catheter body to tension the material. The cutting element on the catheter body moves between a first position and a second position to cut the material while in tension. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090299393 | RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF - The devices and methods described herein relate to improved structures for removing obstructions from body lumens. Such devices have applicability in through-out the body, including clearing of blockages within the vasculature, by addressing the frictional resistance on the obstruction prior to attempting to translate and/or mobilize the obstruction within the body lumen | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100198240 | DEBULKING CATHETERS AND METHODS - A method of removing material from a blood flow lumen includes providing a device having a cutting element and an opening, the cutting element being movable relative to the opening. The method then includes advancing the device through a patient's vascular system to the blood flow lumen. Finally, the method involves moving the cutting element and the opening relative to the blood flow lumen so that a continuous piece of material is severed by the cutting element and directed into the opening as the cutting element and opening move through the blood flow lumen, the continuous piece of severed material being directed into the device for removal from the patient. The method may include providing a device having a rotatable cutter that, in some embodiments, is not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device, is movable, has retracted and deployed positions, or any combination thereof. The method may further include forcing the opening toward the wall of the vascular site after the advancing step and before the moving step. | 08-05-2010 |
Brett A. Follmer, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20110152738 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DRESSING APPLICATORS - Devices, kits and methods described herein may be for wound healing, including the treatment, amelioration, or prevention of scars and/or keloids by applying and/or maintaining a pre-determined strain in an elastic skin treatment device that is then affixed to the skin surface using skin adhesives to transfer a generally planar force from the bandage to the skin surface. Applicators are used to apply and/or maintain the strains, and some of the applicators are further configured to provide at least some mechanical advantage to the user when exerting loads onto the skin treatment device. | 06-23-2011 |
Edward L. Follmer, Del Mar, CA US
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| 20080203551 | MULTI-CHIP MODULE AND SINGLE-CHIP MODULE FOR CHIPS AND PROXIMITY CONNECTORS - A single-chip module is described. The module includes a first semiconductor die having a first surface and a second surface. The first semiconductor die is configured to communicate by capacitive coupling using one or more of a plurality of proximity connectors coupled to the first semiconductor die. A cable coupled to the first semiconductor die is configured to couple power signals to the first semiconductor die. A flexibility compliance of at least one section of the cable is greater than a threshold value thereby allowing the module to be positioned in a mounting structure. | 08-28-2008 |
Marialulu Follmer, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20080319444 | Methods and devices for treating bone after high velocity and/or trauma fracture - Devices and methods treat bone after high velocity and/or trauma fracture, using various devices, including cavity-forming devices. | 12-25-2008 |
Todd W. Follmer, Park City, UT US
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| 20100207751 | System and method for viewing and correcting data in a street mapping database - A system and method for detecting use of a wireless device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system and method for using street map data broadcasts a warning to a driver, wherein the warning is triggered when a vehicle operating parameter does not comply with a limitation for a current street in a street mapping database. The limitation for the current street is also broadcast to the driver. An indication that the limitation for the current street is incorrect is received from the driver. The warning to the driver may be an audible warning and/or a visual warning to the driver. Broadcasting a limitation for the current street may include displaying the limitation to the driver or playing a spoken message to the driver. The limitation may be a posted speed limit or a traffic direction, for example. | 08-19-2010 |