Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Boston Scientific Corporation

Ronald Sahatjian

Arthur Madenjian

Bill Little

Arthur R Madenjian

Ronald A Sahatjian

Barry N Gellman

Gregory T Sydney

Annette Belovi

Russ Seiber

Jianmin Li

George Bourne

Marcia S Buiser

Doreen Rao

Michael Madden

Weenna Bucay-Couto

Raymond Rackley

Ralph J Barry, Jr

William R Little

Jamie Li

Richard C Tah

Sheng-Ping Zhong

Fernando A De Toledo

Richard M DeMello

Samuel Anthony Thompson

Brett Nowlin

Douglas E Godshall

James Wagner

John M Ronan

Enxin Ma

Sheng Ping Zhong

Raymon Rackley

The invention relates to bulking agents and apparatus and methods for using the disclosed bulking agents. The bulking agents can be used to treat such conditions as urinary and fecal incontinence, gastro-esophageal reflux, aneurismal blockages, and cosmetic deformities. The invention also relates to an injection method that reduces the injection pressure required to place the bulking agents.

Bulking agents

The invention relates to bulking agents and apparatus and methods for using the disclosed bulking agents. The bulking agents can be used to treat such conditions as urinary and fecal incontinence, gastro-esophageal reflux, ancurismal blockages, and cosmetic deformities. The invention also relates to an injection method that reduces the injection pressure required to place the bulking agents.

Stabilizing an object in the body of a patient involves the injection of a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) material or other flowable material into the body of the patient so that the material contacts the object. The LCST material or other flowable material then forms a gel in the body such that the object is contained at least partially within the gel and thereby stabilized by the gel such that the object can then be easily fragmented within the body and/or retrieved from the body.

Immobilizing objects in the body

The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to systems and methods for adjusting support to an anatomical location using an expandable chamber.

Adjustable surgical sling

An injectable or insertable dosage form comprising a biodisintegrable binder and an ablation agent in a concentration effective to cause tissue necrosis. The injectable dosage form is a solid or semi-solid dosage form. Due to the solid or semi-solid nature of the dosage form, retention at the site of injection or insertion is improved, thereby improving delivery efficiency of the ablation agents within the dosage form and/or reducing the nonspecific tissue damage associated with the dosage form.

Solid or semi-solid therapeutic formulations

Medical devices can be positioned within a patient by use of apparatus and methods according to the invention. The apparatus and methods permit insertion of the medical devices into various locations of the patient's body without requiring removal and reinsertion of already-inserted medical devices. The apparatus and methods are typically used to place medical devices into a male patient's urinary system to treat a disease or condition. The medical devices can be cryoablation probes that are inserted into the prostate gland to treat prostate cancer, for example.

Detachable grid

A predetermined arrangement of differentially lubricious areas on a balloon catheter for controlling against unexpected movement of a stent carried thereon when in situ in the body.

Selective coating of a balloon catheter with lubricious material for stent deployment

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Winchester, MA, United States of America

Arthur R Madenjian