Atritech, Inc.

Ev3 Sunnyvale, Inc.

Appriva Medical, Inc.

Ev3 Endovascular, Inc.

Other

Covidien LP

Ev3 Inc.

Artritech, Inc.

Andrew G C Frazier

Erik Van Der Burg

Chad C Roue

Michael D Lesh

Alexander K Khairkhahan

Alan Klenk

Marc S Kreidler

Stewart M Kume

Darrell H Ogi

Dino De Cicco

Marc S Kriedler

Alex K Khairkahan

Dino DeCicco

Alex Khairkhahan

Erik J Van Der Burg

Alan R Klenk

Alex K Khairkhahan

Lighter case

Container

Apparatus for protecting sensitive equipment from impact, dust, dirt, moisture, smoke, and flame has a container that attaches to load bearing equipment used by military, law enforcement and related professions. Apparatus for an attachable protective case capable isolating sensitive equipment from electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus can include an attachment component pivotably associated with the container. A distal end of the attachment component can include a locking feature releasably engageable with a corresponding locking feature disposed on a portion of the container such that the attachment component captures a portion of material of a separate device between the attachment component and the container.

Attachable portable protective containers

Disclosed is an adjustable occlusion device for use in a body lumen such as the left atrial appendage. The occlusion device is removably carried by a deployment catheter. The device may be enlarged or reduced to facilitate optimal placement or removal. Methods are also disclosed.

Method of implanting an adjustable occlusion device

Disclosed is a closure catheter, for closing a tissue opening such as an atrial septal defect, patent foreman ovale, or the left atrial appendage of the heart. The closure catheter carries a plurality of tissue anchors, which may be deployed into tissue surrounding the opening, and used to draw the opening closed. Methods are also disclosed.

Method of closing an opening in a wall of the heart

Disclosed is a method of preventing atrial appendage thrombus from entering the blood stream in which an occlusion device placed within the left atrial appendage inhibits compression of the left atrial appendage and facilitates tissue in-growth onto the occlusion member. The occlusion device includes an occlusion member, a plurality of supports and a plurality of barbs associated with the plurality of supports.

Method for left atrial appendage occlusion

Disclosed is an apparatus for facilitating access to the left atrium, and specifically the left atrial appendage. The apparatus may comprise a sheath with first and second curved sections that facilitate location of the fossa ovalis and left atrial appendage. The apparatus may further comprise tissue piercing and dilating structures. Methods are also disclosed.

Method and apparatus for accessing the left atrial appendage

In some embodiments, a flashlight may include a tubular body and a finger rotation feature disposed on the tubular body. In other embodiments, a flashlight accessory may include a flashlight connector to removably attach to a flashlight, a finger rotation feature, and a finger trigger to activate the flashlight.

Tactical flashlight and accessory

A device and method for obliterating or occluding a body cavity or passageway, in particular, the left atrial appendage of a patient's heart. The procedure can be carried out intraoperatively, but is preferably carried out percutaneously by use of a delivery catheter to position an occluding device adjacent a patient's left atrial appendage. The occluding device may prevent the passage of embolic or other material to or from the left atrial appendage by volumetrically filling the appendage, closing the opening of the appendage with an occluding member, or pulling the tissue around the opening of the appendage together and fixing it in a closed state.

Method and device for left atrial appendage occlusion

A device for containing emboli within a left atrial appendage of a patient includes a frame that is expandable from a reduced cross section to an enlarged cross section and a slider assembly. There is provided in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention methods of preventing retention anchors from projecting outside of the native diameter of the frame, thus facilitating recapture of the device.

System and method for delivering a left atrial appendage containment device

Disclosed is an occlusion device for use in a body lumen such as the left atrial appendage. The occlusion device includes a pumpable injectable material and a retention member having a tissue penetrating shaft which extends from a proximal end of the device to a distal end of the device.

An implantable device for containing emboli within an atrial appendage may include an expandable frame having a plurality of supports projecting distally from a proximal hub, a mesh barrier provided on proximal sections of the supports, and a plurality of tissue anchors provided on the supports for engaging tissue when the device is positioned in an atrial appendage.

Growing community of inventors

Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Andrew G C Frazier