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Furnish, NY
Simon Furnish, New York City, NY US
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| 20100312233 | Radio-frequency treatment of skin tissue with shock-free handpiece - RF energy for skin conditioning with a non-ablative electrode is applied with a handpiece incorporating means to prevent electrical shock to the patient when the energized electrode surface makes or breaks contact with the skin. In a preferred embodiment, switch means are incorporated in the handpiece and configured such that the active electrode surface is not energized until it is in actual contact with the patient's skin, and remains energized only while the active electrode surface remains in contact with the patient's skin, so that no voltage is present on the electrode, when an air gap whose dielectric breakdown can cause an electrical shock to the patient arises, immediately before or immediately after skin contact during a skin conditioning procedure. In another preferred embodiment, the electrode to skin impedance change as the electrode touches the skin is used to activate a switch that transfers RF to the electrode. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110004287 | Bifurcated Stent and Delivery System - Systems for delivering a bifurcated stent to a bifurcation site comprise catheters and/or bifurcated stents delivered therefrom. | 01-06-2011 |
Simon Furnish, New York, NY US
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| 20100022891 | INTRALUMINAL SPECTROSCOPE WITH WALL CONTACTING PROBE - A spectroscope for detecting vulnerable plaque within a lumen defined by an intraluminal wall includes a probe through which an optical fiber extends. An coupler in optical communication with the fiber is configured to atraumatically contact the intraluminal wall. A light source provides light to the fiber for illuminating the wall and a detector coupled to the fiber receives light from within the wall. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100160792 | Spectroscope With Modified Field-of-View - A spectroscope for detecting vulnerable plaques includes an optical fiber extending through a catheter. The optical fiber has a field-of-view that is modified to preferentially collect light scattered from deep within the wall of a blood vessel. Obstructions or curved optical surfaces can be used to modify the field of view. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100217131 | MULTI-CHANNEL CATHETER TIP - A tip assembly for a catheter includes a housing having a recess that receives an optical bench. The optical bench accommodates adjacent fibers, one of which is in optical communication with a first beam re-director. The first beam re-director is oriented to cause a beam incident thereon to travel in a direction away from the optical bench. An engaging structure coupled to the optical bench provides torque coupling between the housing and an end of a torque cable extending axially along the catheter. | 08-26-2010 |
Simon M. Furnish, New York, NY US
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| 20090076445 | Sterile catheter pullback mechanism assemblies - One aspect of the invention provides catheter pullback apparatuses in which a reusable drive component is enclosed in a sterile disposable barrier enclosure, such as a polymeric sheath/bag. In one embodiment, the reusable drive component includes a pullback carriage that is magnetically coupled, through the sterile barrier, to a slideable catheter shuttle adapted to retain a catheter hub of a catheter. In another embodiment, a sterile barrier-enclosed drive component is inserted into a housing, in which process a piercing tip provided on the catheter shuttle pierces the enclosure and mechanically mates the slideable catheter shuttle and pullback carriage. In this manner, non-sterility of the operating environment is minimized. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090099652 | Composite Vascular Prosthesis - A novel treatment for atherosclerotic vascular disease is described utilizing the implantation of a thin, conformable biocompatible prosthesis constructed from a composite of various structural and therapeutic scaffolds in combination with one or more bioactive agents. This prosthesis can be delivered into position over a lesion in order to passivate atherosclerotic plaques with minimal remodeling of the artery, or alternatively can be applied with a balloon to passivate the remodeled site. The composite prosthesis itself provides mild structural reinforcement of the vessel wall and an evenly distributed platform for the introduction of bioactive therapeutic agents. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090216309 | CONFORMABLE VASCULAR PROSTHESIS DELIVERY SYSTEM - Novel approaches for a conformable vascular prosthesis delivery system are provided which overcome the limitations of existing high pressure balloons for delivering intravascular prostheses to the site of high-risk plaques. One embodiment involves a short balloon segment which is inflated at one end of the prosthesis and then pulled to traverse the length of the prosthesis, dilating the surrounding prosthesis and securing it to the vessel wall as it traverses the length of the prosthesis. The short balloon segment causes less local trauma to the vessel relative to a full length balloon. Another embodiment involves use of a self-expandable mesh to expand the surrounding prosthesis and secure it to the vessel wall. The self expandable mesh is less traumatic than a typical angioplasty balloon because of the lower radial forces applied and the relatively higher transverse flexibility of the mesh. | 08-27-2009 |