Titan Medical Inc.

Poseydon Medical, LLC

Skeletal Dynamics, LLC

Neuvt Limited

Emba Medical Limited

Covidien LP

Lary Research & Development, LLC

Evoendo, Inc.

Perfuze Limited

Embolic Acceleration, LLC

Alejandro Espinosa

Perry Arthur Genova

Aki Hannu Einari Laakso

Eduardo A Ampuero

Hans Christian Pflaumer

Allan Katz

John B Logan

Andrew H Cragg

Brett E Naglreiter

Scott R Arp

Nicholas A Green

Victor M Gamez

Eduardo Ampuero

Duane Couri

Jorge L Orbay

Sachin A Sankholkar

Daniel Hoffman

Robert C Farnan

Randal B Chinnock

Ronald G Litke

Thomas H Norman

Andrew M Cragg

Liam Mullins

Carlos Alberto Valencia

Paul John Grata

Dara Finneran

Lisandro Rivera

Norman Thomas

Jorge A Machado

Ronald G Litke, Jr

Brett Naglreiter

Daniel Espinosa

Randall Chinock

Jorge Machado

Aki Hannu Laakso

Andrew Cragg

Carlos Valencia

Norman H Thomas

The present invention relates to methods, devices and systems for performing the removal of thrombus from a vessel lumen. More particularly the present invention relates to a thrombectomy system that includes an elongate catheter and a disposable aspiration pump and methods of performing medical procedures to remove clots, thrombus and emboli to re-establish the normal intravascular flow of blood.

Aspiration systems, devices and methods for treating ischemic stroke

Systems and methods are disclosed for an endoscope for use in a surgical procedure, e.g., a pediatric trans-nasal endoscopy procedure. The endoscope may include a handle for gripping by a user, and a shaft extending from the handle. The shaft may have a working channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a distal region configured to be inserted into a patient. The distal region of the shaft may include a printed circuit board with a perpendicular portion having an illumination source mounted thereon so as to face distally. The printed circuit board may also have an imaging device mounted thereon, and the imaging device and the illumination source may be located at the same longitudinal position of the endoscope shaft, e.g., flush-mounted. The endoscope may also include, on the handle, an electronic control module having first and second buttons that are mapped to a menu of functions, e.g., white balancing and/or image capture functions, in an external video control unit.

Endoscopy device having an electrical control system

An insertion device for a single port robotic surgery apparatus can include an insertion section with first and second camera channels and an instrument channel, the first camera channel configured to facilitate insertion and removal of a primary camera, the second camera channel configured to enclose a secondary camera, and the instrument channel configured to permit insertion and removal of a surgical instrument from the insertion section, The insertion device can include a housing attached to the insertion section, the housing including a passage configured to permit at least a portion of the primary camera to pass through the housing into the first camera channel and exit the first camera channel. The secondary camera can be configured to provide image data of a surgical site to facilitate insertion into the surgical site of at least one of the surgical instrument or the primary camera.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for capturing images during a medical procedure

A visualization device for a robotic surgery apparatus includes a housing configured to be removably attached to a mounting interface of the apparatus and be positioned adjacent an insertion device of the apparatus. The housing includes first and second openings positioned on an exterior of the housing. The housing includes a substantially flexible camera tube with a first end attached to the housing and a second end including at least one camera. The second end is inserted through the first opening in the housing, pass through interior of the housing, and exit the housing through the second opening in the housing. The second end extends away from the housing toward a region of interest outside the housing or retract away from the region of interest and back toward the housing. The camera tube forms a loop around a portion of the housing.

Camera positioning system, method, and apparatus for capturing images during a medical procedure

In some embodiments, an insertion device for a single port robotic surgery apparatus includes a plurality of instrument channels positioned in an interior of a housing and extending along substantially an entire length of the housing, the plurality of instrument channels configured to removably house a plurality of surgical instruments, a plurality of openings in a rear exterior surface of the housing, the plurality of openings providing access to the plurality of instrument channels and configured to facilitate insertion of the plurality of surgical instruments into the plurality of instrument channels, and an illumination device supported at least partially at the rear exterior surface of the housing and positioned proximal to the plurality of openings, the illumination device configured to illuminate the openings to facilitate insertion of the plurality of instruments through the plurality of openings.

Instrument insertion system, method, and apparatus for performing medical procedures

A vascular occlusion device having an expandable frame that carries a membrane. The membrane can include a tubular portion configured to transition between an open configuration in which the tubular portion is configured to receive a guidewire and a closed configuration in which the tubular portion is configured to occlude blood flow.

Endovascular occlusion device with hemodynamically enhanced sealing and anchoring

A catheter has a jacket () defining a lumen and a helical support (). The catheter has a proximal portion () and a distal portion (), the distal portion having for at least some of its length a corrugated outer surface. A transition portion has a flexural stiffness which is less than that of the distal portion and more than that of the proximal portion. The transition portion provides an optimum transition in flexural stiffness by way of features of the jacket including geometry of jacket corrugations (), or overlapping tubular layers (). The distal end of the distal portion may have an extension of liner material folded over () to provide a particularly soft tip. In other examples the liner is terminated () before the distal tip. The catheter is particularly suited to an aspiration device () with a flow restrictor () and the distal portion distal of the flow restrictor. An aspiration system () may employ the catheter with a pump which dynamically applies negative or positive pressure to optimally aspirate a clot.

Catheters and devices and systems incorporating such catheters

In some embodiments, a visualization device for a robotic surgery apparatus can include a housing configured to be removably attached to a mounting interface of the apparatus and be positioned adjacent an insertion device of the apparatus. The housing can include first and second openings positioned on an exterior of the housing. The housing can include a substantially flexible camera tube with a first end attached to the housing and a second end including at least one camera. The second end can be inserted through the first opening in the housing, pass through interior of the housing, and exit the housing through the second opening in the housing. The second end can extend away from the housing toward a region of interest outside the housing or retract away from the region of interest and back toward the housing. The camera tube can form a loop around a portion of the housing.

In some embodiments, an insertion device for a robotic surgery apparatus can include a first portion with a plurality of instrument channels configured to removably house a plurality of surgical instruments and first and second camera channels positioned in an interior of the first portion and extending along substantially the entire length of the first portion. The first camera channel can removably house a primary camera tube, and the second camera channel can include a secondary camera. The device can include a second portion with an insertion channel terminating at a first end with a first opening permitting the primary camera tube to pass through and terminating at a second end opposite the first end with a second opening aligned with the first camera channel of the first portion. The insertion channel can permit the primary camera tube to pass through the insertion channel and enter the first camera channel.

The present disclosure describes an occlusion device and methods of delivering the occlusion device. The occlusion device can include an expandable structure configured to move between an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The expandable structure can be configured to have an expansion ratio of at least about 5:1. Further, the occlusion device can be configured to prevent substantially all fluid from flowing past the occlusion device when the occlusion device is in the expanded configuration in the vessel.

Methods and devices for endovascular embolization

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Miami, FL, United States of America

Alejandro Espinosa