Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Designwise Medical, Inc.

University of Minnesota

Cnicus, LLC

Bradley Frank Slaker

Thomas E Broome

Brian J Lowe

Robert L Cassell

John M Daniel

John E Arnold, Jr

Daniel M Lafontaine

Ann Gettys

Benjamin Olson Valley

Ahmed Nazmul Jaffer

Jacob Richard Maida

Fushcia-Ann Elizabeth Hoover

James M Anderson

David Allan White

Paul F Chouinard

Justin M Crank

William Martin Belef

Jaydeep Yeshwant Kokate

Jeffrey H Vogel

Andrew D Bicek

Umang Anand

John M K Daniel

Eric M DoBrava

Scott Larson

Matthew L Hawk

Jonathan C Sell

Ahmed Selim

Verivada (Chandru) Chandrasekaran

Joseph D Farrell

Jennifer Ann Seward

Jennifer Anne Seward

Steven D Reinitz

Kathryn A M Waitzman

Teresa Herriage

Mary C Hooke

Adam J Black

Larry Goss

A method for treating a patient may include establishing an anastomosis between a pulmonary artery and an aorta; and pumping blood from the pulmonary artery to the aorta when the pulmonary artery has a pressure lower than or equal to a pressure of the aorta.

Pulmonary-systemic shunt devices and related methods

A feeding tube assembly comprising a feeding tube body and an optical system. The feeding tube body includes an administration lumen and an optical lumen. The optical lumen is isolated relative to the administration lumen, with the distal end opening corresponding to the distal opening of the administration lumen. The optical system includes an optical element and an end dispersion element. The optical element is positioned within the optical lumen and the first end of the optical element is attachable to a fiber optic line. The end dispersion element is positioned at the second end of the optical element and is structurally configured to disperse light transmitted through the optical element.

Feeding tube assembly with a light element attachable thereto

An intravenous line lifter system for supporting one or more IV lines that extend between a patient and patient care equipment is disclosed. The system can include a first elongated support member couplable to a support for the patient care equipment, a second elongated support member coupled to the first elongated support member, a first line retention device coupled to the first elongated support member, and a second line retention device coupled to the second elongated support member proximate the second end of the second elongated support member.

Intravenous line lifter devices, systems and methods

A filter disposed at the distal end of an elongate guidewire. Catheters are provided for delivering the filter to, and retrieving the filter from, a treatment site. The catheters can be over-the-wire or single operator exchange. The catheters include a housing for receiving the filter therein. The housing has an atraumatic distal end.

Intravascular filter and method

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for delivery of oxygen or other treatment gases to a patient without requiring physical contact or enclosure of the patient. Embodiments can include a delivery hood, sensing components, and a gas distribution system including one or more gas delivery ports. Gas delivery ports may be individually controlled based on input from the sensing components to alter the volume and orientation of treatment gas flow directed at a patient. Sensing components can include cameras or other sensors that detect the position of a patient's head, and gas delivery ports may then be controlled to direct treatment gas flow in the direction of the patient's head. Embodiments and methods described thereby allow for efficient oxygen or other gas delivery to a patient without requiring contact or enclosure of the patient.

Respiratory treatment delivery system

Distal protection filter frame and method for using and manufacturing the same. A distal protection filter frame may include one or more struts, a mouth, and a filter coupled to the mouth.

Distal protection filter and method of manufacture

A catheter shaft assembly is disclosed. A catheter shaft in accordance with the present invention comprises a first elongate shaft having an inner surface defining a lumen, a second elongate shaft slidingly disposed within the lumen of the first elongate shaft, at least one interstitial member disposed between the inner surface of the first elongate shaft and the outer surface of the second elongate shaft.

Catheter shaft assembly

Methods and devices for separating plaque from vessel walls using everting membranes. Everting tubes disposed on catheters are used in one embodiment of the invention to separate plaque from blood vessel walls. One embodiment of the invention utilizes a single everting membrane including a fixed portion, a leading edge, and an advancing portion. The everting tube can have an interior which can be pressurized to propel the everting tube distal edge distally onward, so as to separate the plaque from the vessel inner wall. One device has double everting membranes fixedly attached to a tubular member and having facing advancing membrane portions which may be proximally fixed relative to one another, but are preferably both free to travel distally. The outermost tube can be laid down over the vessel inner wall and the innermost tube laid down over the plaque, with the advancing surfaces of each everting membrane facing each other. Fluid can be supplied under pressure to fill the interior of the everting tubes and thereby distally advance the tube leading edges. The present invention may be used in conjunction with distal emboli capturing filter or distal occlusion devices.

Percutaneous endarterectomy

Devices and methods for percutaneous translumenal minimally invasive coronary surgery, particularly bypass surgery involving the following basic steps: determining a proper location for treatment, navigating a suitable device to the treatment site, creating an extravascular opening and pathway, guiding and/or monitoring the progress of creating the opening and pathway, and maintaining the extravascular opening and pathway. One or more extravascular openings and/or pathways may be created to define a fluid path or bypass around the vascular restriction. For example, an intravascular catheter for creating an extravascular opening in a vessel wall includes an elongate shaft adapted for intravascular navigation, an anchoring mechanism disposed on the distal end of the shaft, and a tissue penetrating member having a proximal end slidably disposed in the shaft and a distal end including a tissue penetrating mechanism.

Percutaneous bypass apparatus and method

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Greenfield, MN, United States of America

Bradley Frank Slaker