Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080234658 | Device and Methods for Controlling Blood Perfusion Pressure Using a Retrograde Cannula - Devices and methods are disclosed for the control of blood perfusion pressure within a blood vessel that undergoes arterialization. A cannula is introduced that contains a stenosis that either resorbs or is removed in time, allowing a gradual increase in blood pressure between two blood passages connected at either ends of the cannula. Particular emphasis has been made with the use of the cannula for the vessels in the heart. | 09-25-2008 |
20100010488 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EPICARDIAL NAVIGATION - Systems and methods for navigating a catheter along the epieardial surface of the heart are disclosed. At least some of the embodiments disclosed herein are useful for epieardial ablation, Various embodiments permit ablation of the epieardial surface of the heart using an external ablation catheter in the pericardial space and an internal guide catheter within the heart. Such a configuration allows the clinician to precisely target for ablation specific locations on the cardiac tissue. | 01-14-2010 |
20100030245 | MAGNETIC DEVICES FOR HIATAL HERNIA REMODELING - Devices and methods are disclosed for providing static and dynamic tissue and organ restriction. A magnetic component is used to stabilize an apparatus to provide tissue and organ restriction. Such a device is described with respect to occluding a hernia via a mesh attachment, and, alternatively, with respect to closing or reinforcing the crural closure via a parallel magnetic arrangement. | 02-04-2010 |
20100179376 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DEFORMING A BODY CHANNEL - Devices, system and methods for deforming body channels are disclosed herein. At least some embodiments described may be used to deform a body channel so as to decrease or prevent the normal intrachannel flow of material within the body channel. Such deformation may be used to treat such maladies as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. | 07-15-2010 |
20130218156 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EPICARDIAL NAVIGATION - Devices, systems, and methods for epicardial navigation. In at least one exemplary embodiment of a system for navigating an elongated body on a surface of a tissue of the present disclosure, the system comprises (a) an internal elongated body comprising a distal end and a first element positioned at or near the distal end of the internal elongated body, the internal elongated body devoid of an ablation contact, and (b) an external elongated body comprising a distal end and a second element and an ablation contact positioned at or near the distal end of the external elongated body, the ablation contact being configured to remove or destroy tissue, wherein when a portion of the external elongated body is positioned on or adjacent to a first surface of a tissue and when a portion of the internal elongated body is positioned on or adjacent to an opposing surface of the tissue, manipulation of the internal elongated body directs movement of the external elongated body to a first location to facilitate removal or destruction of tissue at the first surface at a first location. | 08-22-2013 |
20130304201 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REPAIR OF A CARDIAC VALVE - An annuloplasty ring for repairing a cardiac valve includes an expandable support member having oppositely disposed proximal and distal end portions and a main body portion between the end portions. The proximal end portion of the support member includes a plurality of wing members that extend from the main body portion. Each of the wing members includes at least one hook member for embedding into a cardiac wall and the valve annulus to secure the annuloplasty ring in the valve annulus. The annuloplasty ring may be expanded into full contact engagement with the annulus of the cardiac valve by an inflatable balloon. Methods for repairing a cardiac valve using the annuloplasty ring are also provided. | 11-14-2013 |
20140025038 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR TRANSEPTAL ATRIAL PUNCTURE USING AN ENGAGEMENT CATHETER PLATFORM - Multichannel systems for engaging a bodily tissue and methods of using the same. In at least one embodiment of an exemplary multichannel system for engaging a tissue of the present disclosure, the system comprises an engagement catheter comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and defining a first lumen and second lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end, an inducer sheath having a proximal portion and a distal portion, and defining a lumen extending therethrough, the inducer sheath configured for insertion into the second lumen of the engagement catheter, and a dilator defining a first channel and a second channel extending therethrough and a tapered tip at the distal end of the dilator, the dilator sized and shaped for inserted into the lumen of the inducer sheath. | 01-23-2014 |
20150173795 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING A SUBSTANCE WITHIN A MAMMALIAN LUMINAL ORGAN OR AREA ADJACENT THERETO - Devices, systems, and methods for delivering a substance within a mammalian luminal organ or area adjacent thereto. In at least one exemplary embodiment of a system of the present disclosure, the system comprises an inner delivery device, comprising an inner portion configured to receive a substance therein, a pock tip at or near a distal end of the inner delivery device, the pock tip configured to deliver the substance from the inner portion, through a pock tip aperture defined within the pock tip, and into a mammalian tissue and/or luminal organ, and an embolus positioned within the inner portion, the embolus configured so that the substance remains distal to the embolus when the substance is positioned within the inner portion. | 06-25-2015 |