Patents
Patents for A61F 2 - Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents (184,391)
12/1998
12/03/1998WO1998039048A3 Hollow medical wires and methods of constructing same
12/03/1998DE19722384A1 Flexible expandierbare Gefäßstütze Flexible expandable stent
12/03/1998CA2291718A1 Fiber-reinforced, porous, biodegradable implant device
12/03/1998CA2291686A1 Self-expanding endoprosthesis
12/03/1998CA2291677A1 Hydroxylapatite gel
12/03/1998CA2291488A1 Collagen gel
12/03/1998CA2289834A1 Biocompatible, optically transparent, ultraviolet light absorbing, polymeric material based upon collagen and method of making
12/02/1998EP0880951A2 Method of producing a prosthesis for the female breast
12/02/1998EP0880950A1 Intervertebral cervical cage
12/02/1998EP0880949A1 Bifurcated stent graft
12/02/1998EP0880948A1 Stent and stent-graft for treating branched vessels
12/02/1998EP0880947A2 Stent
12/02/1998EP0880946A1 Self-expanding endoprostheses
12/02/1998EP0880938A1 Instrumentation for implant insertion
12/02/1998EP0880377A1 Elongated radioactive element to be attached to an end of an elongated wire-shaped element
12/02/1998EP0880376A1 Radioactive source
12/02/1998EP0880374A1 Directional catheter
12/02/1998EP0880369A2 Surface modification of medical implants
12/02/1998EP0880368A1 Moldable, hand-shapable biodegradable implant material
12/02/1998EP0880345A1 Process and apparatus for producing flexible sheets from demineralized, elongate, bone particles
12/02/1998EP0880343A1 Graft anchor
12/02/1998EP0880341A1 Clot capture coil
12/02/1998EP0880340A1 Hip prosthesis positioning instrument
12/02/1998EP0868409A4 Bone graft substitute and its preparation
12/02/1998EP0848602A4 Knee prosthesis
12/02/1998EP0806920A4 Joint prosthesis
12/02/1998EP0782465B1 Needle-less parenteral introduction device
12/02/1998EP0778759B1 Spatula for use in performing gel injection adjustable keratoplasty
12/02/1998EP0776226B1 Non-coextrusion method of making multi-layer angioplasty balloons
12/02/1998EP0756476A4 Stabilized prosthetic knee
12/02/1998EP0682621B1 Method and apparatus for packaging, mixing and delivering bone cement
12/02/1998EP0633756B1 Medial region deployment of radially self-expanding stents
12/02/1998EP0624076B1 Apparatus for advancing catheters
12/02/1998EP0570500B1 Reamer
12/02/1998EP0540682B1 Multifunctional devices for endoscopic surgical procedures
12/02/1998CN1200659A Deformable intraocular lens injecting appaatus with deformable tip plunger
12/02/1998CN1200658A Surgical instrument for treating female urinary incontinence
12/01/1998USRE35974 Method for corneal curvature variations
12/01/1998US5843289 Surface modification of medical implants
12/01/1998US5843244 Shape memory alloy treatment
12/01/1998US5843189 Breast prosthesis
12/01/1998US5843188 Accommodative lens implantation
12/01/1998US5843187 Insertable intraocular lens
12/01/1998US5843186 Intraocular lens with antimicrobial activity
12/01/1998US5843185 To be utilized to enhance a patient's vision
12/01/1998US5843184 Endocapsular tension ring and method of implanting same
12/01/1998US5843183 Trileaflet heart valve
12/01/1998US5843182 Treated tissue for implantation and methods of preparation
12/01/1998US5843179 Suture guard for prosthetic heart valve
12/01/1998US5843178 For implantation proximate a heart valve tissue annulus
12/01/1998US5843177 Apparatus for attaching a handle to an annuloplasty ring implantation device
12/01/1998US5843176 For insertion into and implantation within a living body vessel
12/01/1998US5843175 Enhanced flexibility surgical stent
12/01/1998US5843173 Radially-enlargeable PTFE tape-reinforced vascular grafts and their methods of manufacture
12/01/1998US5843172 Porous medicated stent
12/01/1998US5843171 Method of insitu bypass to hold open venous valves
12/01/1998US5843170 Apparatus and method for performing aneurysm repair
12/01/1998US5843169 Apparatus and method for stapling graft material to a blood vessel wall while preserving the patency of orifices
12/01/1998US5843168 Double wave stent with strut
12/01/1998US5843167 Method and apparatus for recapture of hooked endoprosthesis
12/01/1998US5843166 Composite graft-stent having pockets for accomodating movement
12/01/1998US5843165 Method of restoring lost blood flow capacity
12/01/1998US5843164 Intraluminal stent for attaching a graft
12/01/1998US5843163 For use in maintaining an opening within an artery
12/01/1998US5843162 Appliance to be implanted, method of collapsing the appliance to be implanted and method of using the appliance to be implanted
12/01/1998US5843161 Endoprosthesis assembly for percutaneous deployment and method of deploying same
12/01/1998US5843160 Prostheses for aneurysmal and/or occlusive disease at a bifurcation in a vessel, duct, or lumen
12/01/1998US5843158 Limited expansion endoluminal prostheses and methods for their use
12/01/1998US5843156 Local polymeric gel cellular therapy
12/01/1998US5843127 Fixation device and method for installing same
12/01/1998US5843120 Flexible-expandable stent
12/01/1998US5843119 Apparatus and method for dilatation of a body lumen and delivery of a prothesis therein
12/01/1998US5843118 Fibered micro vaso-occlusive devices
12/01/1998US5843117 Implantable vascular and endoluminal stents and process of fabricating the same
12/01/1998US5843116 Focalized intraluminal balloons
12/01/1998US5843110 Apparatus and method for harvesting a bone-tendon-bone ligament graft
12/01/1998US5843108 For making a skin nick in a patient's skin
12/01/1998US5843105 System for inserting material into corneal stroma
12/01/1998US5843096 Medical suturing material
12/01/1998US5843092 Method of dilating a stenosis
12/01/1998US5843091 Extension regulator for catheter carried medical instruments
12/01/1998US5843090 Stent delivery device
12/01/1998US5843089 Stent lining
12/01/1998US5843088 Tool and method for installation of a ventricular cannulation device
12/01/1998US5843086 Thermal bone cement removal system with tissue protector
12/01/1998US5843077 Minimally invasive apparatus for internal ablation of turbinates with surface cooling
12/01/1998US5843069 Implantable containment apparatus for a therapeutical device and method for loading and reloading the device therein
12/01/1998US5843032 Catheter with multilayer tube
12/01/1998US5843031 Large-diameter introducer sheath having hemostasis valve and removable steering mechanism
12/01/1998US5843028 Method of dilating a duct of a patient
12/01/1998US5843027 Balloon sheath
12/01/1998US5843019 Shaped electrodes and methods for electrosurgical cutting and ablation
12/01/1998US5842969 Method of sexual disharmony correction during the sexual act
12/01/1998US5842968 Soft penile clamp device
12/01/1998US5842785 Orthopedic bone cement mixing device with syringe dispenser
12/01/1998US5842479 Method of treating an artery
12/01/1998US5842478 Method of securing a bone anchor
12/01/1998US5842477 Method for repairing cartilage
12/01/1998CA2152594C Clad composite stent
11/1998
11/30/1998CA2236960A1 Porous prostheses and methods for making the same wherein the prostheses are formed by spraying water soluble and water insoluble fibers onto a rotating mandrel