Cardiac valve procedure methods and devices

Devices and methods for performing intravascular procedures without cardiac bypass include embodiments of temporary filter devices, temporary valves, and prosthetic valves. The temporary filter devices have a cannula which provides acces...

WE Cohn，GH Lambrecht，JR Liddicoat，...

Tibial component

A tibial knee joint prosthesis for attachment to a suitably prepared tibial bone, providing bearing portions in the lateral and medial compartments. The lateral and medial bearing surfaces of the component are inclined at different angle...

JJ O'Connor，JW Goodfellow，D Murray - US

Cardiac valve annulus compressor system

A tibial knee joint prosthesis for attachment to a suitably prepared tibial bone, providing bearing portions in the lateral and medial compartments. The lateral and medial bearing surfaces of the component are inclined at different angle...

Method and system for mammalian joint resurfacing

A method and system for the creation or modification of the wear surface of orthopedic joints, involving the preparation and use of one or more partially or fully preformed and procured components, adapted for insertion and placement int...

JC Felt，MA Rydell，PJ Buscemi，... - US

ENDOSCOPIC ANEURYSM REPAIR

Provided are a method and apparatus for installing an endograft stent in an aorta, including placing the endograft stent in an aneurysm sac of the aorta with a long limb of the endograft stent in a first iliac artery of the aorta; insert...

VN Pamoukian - US

HYPOTUBES FOR INTRAVASCULAR DRUG DELIVERY

An implantable device capable of delivering drugs is disclosed. An example of the device is a stent (10) that comprises at least one hypotube (22b) having a lumen and one or more pores (42b). The lumen of the hypotube is configured to re...

OZDIL Feridun，BERGLUND Joseph

Insertion tool for use with intervertebral spacers

An instrument for holding an intervertebral spacer, the instrument comprising a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end forming a handle and the distal end forming a spacer engaging subassembly, the spacer engaging...

JD Ralph，S Tatar，TJ Errico - US

Method and instruments to treat spondylolisthesis by an anterior minimally invasive approach of the spine

Published without an Abstract

A Gfeller，R Amherd，T Stoll - US

Minimally Invasive Procedure for Implanting an Annuloplasty Device

A method for modifying a heart valve annulus includes placing a purse string suture at a puncture site adjacent a heart valve, inserting at least one deliv...

N Rafiee，N Douk，E Bloom，...

Reusable breast cover and nipple prosthesis

The present invention is a covering for the nipple/areola area of the human breast. In one embodiment, the invention is a cover for the nipple and areola. In a second embodiment, the covering is a nipple prosthesis including an artificia...

LA Vinas - US