Ams Research Corporation

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

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Atritech, Inc.

Boston Scientific Corporation

American Medical Systems, Inc.

Astora Women's Health, LLC

Apex Medical Technologies, Inc.

Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

I-flow Corporation Inc.

Brian P Watschke

Kimberly A Anderson

Johann J Neisz

Robert E Lund

John W Westrum, Jr

Georges Mellier

Kevin R Arnal

Karen Pilney Montpetit

Steven Siegel

Timothy A Bachman

Thomas Charles Hasenberg

Guangjian Wang

Wen-Jui Ray Chia

Rongwei Jason Xuan

James Edgar Cox

Niraj Prasad Rauniyar

Timothy Paul Harrah

Randy Lee Morningstar

Johannes N Gaston

Steven Yihlih Peng

Douglas Lawrence Evans

Michael S H Chu

John Fritz Otte

Kevin M Anderson

Gary A Rocheleau

Douglas J VanOrnum

Jason Westrum Ogdahl

Mark S Bouchier

John Jason Buysman

S Robert Kovac

David R Staskin

Vicki R Vandersloot

Chris Quinn

Mona J Inman

Matthew Lee Nelson

Steve Zaver

Ashley Taylor

Robert S Runman

Kevin Cowden

Jozef Slanda

Peter J Pereira

James Ryan Mujwid

James A Alexander

Eric V Schmid

Karl Alan Jagger

Paul F Chouinard

Justin M Crank

Kyle Harish Srivastava

Richard C Tah

Brandon Wesley Craft

Jessica Elizabeth Felton

Jian James Zhang

Subodh Morey

Chad Schneider

Kimberly DeGraaf

Mark W McGlothlin

Sacha Tang

Kenneth P Reever

Hyun Wook Kang

Nathan K Brown

Rajivkumar Singh

Mayur Kiran Patel

Paul John Gindele

Arun Adhikarath Balan

Eric Wong

Thomas Andrew Albrecht

James A Gohman

William Stanhope

Daragh Nolan

Shiva P Moosai

Avshalom Shenhav

Christopher P Gauvin

Jason Kilvington

Noel Smith

Christopher Piere

Douglas J Van Ornum

John Christian Kulaga

Kyle Pickett

William Furniss

Aditi Ray

David Booth

Steven Brncic

Yosi Hazan

Douglas J VanOmum

Douglas L Evans

Robert S Kovac

Johannes J Neisz

John W Westrum

Paul J Gindele

Jason A Kilvington

Mark W Mcglothlin

An optical device including an optical fiber having a longitudinal axis and an optical fiber core with a distal end having a distal terminating end configured to discharge a first laser energy in a first direction and a second laser energy in a second direction. The optical device also includes a fiber cap having an interior cavity and an opening to the interior cavity, where the distal end of the optical fiber core is received within the interior cavity through the opening. A cladding is included on the distal end of the optical fiber core between the optical fiber core and the fiber cap.

Surgical laser system and laser fiber

A handle assembly includes a drive wire coupled to an expandable end effector, the wire having a diameter of no more than 3 French and a handle cannula receiving the wire therethrough, rotation of the handle cannula transferring torque to rotate the wire. The assembly also includes a shaft receiving the handle cannula, rotation of the shaft transferring torque to rotate the handle cannula. The assembly further includes an actuation assembly receiving the shaft, the actuation assembly coupled to a sheath sized to receive the wire and end effector therethrough, the actuation assembly moveable between a proximal configuration in which the sheath is moved proximally to expand the end effector and a distal configuration in which the sheath is moved distally to retract the end effector, the actuation assembly including a rotation mechanism transferring torque to the shaft to rotate the shaft.

Medical device handle and method of use

Example ultrasound medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device includes a support member having a proximal end region and a distal end region and a sensing member having a proximal end region and a distal end region, the distal end region of the sensing member coupled to the distal end region of the support member. The medical device also includes one or more ultrasound sensors disposed along the sensing member and a support shaft having a first end coupled to the sensing member and a second end coupled to the support member. Additionally, the sensing member is configured to shift from a first configuration in which the sensing member is adjacent to the support member to a second configuration in which at least a portion of the sensing member extends away from the support member.

Ultrasound device

A fluid management system includes a pump configured to pump fluid through the system at a fluid flow rate. The system includes a processor including a user interface, the user interface allowing a user to input a set of system operating parameters, the processor being configured to control the pump to maintain a target fluid flow rate based on the set of system operating parameters. The system further includes a scope device coupled to the pump to deliver the fluid to a target surgical site, the scope device including an elongated shaft extending from a distal end thereof, the elongated shaft including at least one sensor, the at least one sensor transmitting sensor data relating to the target surgical site to the processor. The processor automatically signals to the pump to adjust the fluid flow rate based on the sensor data.

Automated fluid management system

A medical system includes an insertion device including a handle and a delivery portion, a laser fiber, a conductive wire, and a lock. The laser fiber extends through the insertion device and is coupled to a laser slider to control a position of the laser fiber relative to a distal end of the delivery portion. The conductive wire extends through the insertion device and is coupled to a wire slider to control a position of the laser fiber relative to a distal end of the delivery portion. The lock is positioned within the handle and is movable in order to selectively lock either the movement of the laser slider or lock the movement of the wire slider.

Medical systems, devices, and related methods

According to an aspect, an implantable device for penile construction includes a penile implant having a distal portion and a proximal portion. The distal portion includes a shaft portion configured to be disposed in a neophallus. The proximal portion defines a first strut and a second strut, and the proximal portion is configured to be attached to a pelvis structure.

Penile implant for neophallus

According to a general aspect, an insertion device can include an elongate barrel having an opening defined in a distal end; a lumen defined within the elongate barrel, the lumen being accessible through the opening; and an obturator disposed within the lumen of the elongate barrel. The obturator can be movable within the lumen between a proximal position in the elongate barrel and a distal position in the elongate barrel. The obturator, in its distal position in the elongate barrel, can be configured to receive a needle via the opening. The obturator, in its proximal position in the elongate barrel, can be configured to secure the needle within the elongate barrel.

Furlow insertion device

Aspects of bladder mapping are described herein. According to one aspect, an exemplary method comprises: generating, with an imaging element, a video feed depicting a bladder wall; establishing, with a processor, markers on the bladder wall in the video feed; tracking, with the processor, relative movements between the markers; and/or identifying, with the processor, a location of a contraction of the bladder wall based on the relative movements. Associated devices and systems also are described.

Bladder mapping

Aspects of access devices and methods are disclosed. One aspect of this disclosure is a device. The device may comprise: a needle guide body extending along a central axis between a distal end and a proximal end, a needle guide lumen extending through the distal and proximal ends of the needle guide body along the central axis, and a base monolithically attached to the needle guide body to define a non-variable patient-specific insertion path. Additional devices and methods are disclosed.

Access devices and associated methods

An implant delivery system, comprising: an implantable device comprising a plurality of supports extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the supports being moveable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, a proximal guide tube at the proximal end of the supports extending toward the distal end, and a distal guide tube at the distal end of the supports extending toward the proximal end, wherein the proximal and distal guide tubes are telescoping and become further engaged as the supports move from the collapsed to the expanded configuration.

Apparatus for delivering an implant without bias to a left atrial appendage

A penile prosthesis system including at least one cylinder that has an elongated inner opening, a cylinder spring positioned within the opening and adjacent to a distal end of the inner opening, an activation plunger positioned within a proximal end of the opening of the cylinder, and a plurality of discrete members within the inner opening between the cylinder spring and the plunger. The system further includes a pump comprising a spring and a tube connected to and extending from the cylinder and the pump, wherein the tube is configured for transferring fluid to the at least one cylinder upon activation of the pump.

Implantable penile prostheses

Embodiments of a surgical laser systems may include a laser source configured to generate a laser energy; a laser fiber optically coupled to the laser source to discharge laser energy; a photodetector configured to generate an output signal indicative of an intensity level of electromagnetic energy feedback produced in response to the discharge of the laser energy; and a controller configured to control the laser source based on the output signal. Embodiments of a method of controlling a surgical laser system also are disclosed, wherein laser energy is generated using a laser source and discharged through a laser fiber. Electromagnetic energy feedback produced in response to discharging the laser energy is delivered to a photodetector. An output signal from the photodetector is analyzed using a controller. The laser source is controlled in response to analyzing an output signal using the controller.

Laser ablation with electromagnetic energy feedback

Various surgical tissue anchor retention mechanisms, systems and methods are provided. The mechanisms, systems and methods can include a delivery tool or needle having a flex joint, a snap-fit, a cam and follower, a rotating tip, an expandable lock, a coil, an inverted collet, a tab, a buckling tube, an inflation element or like anchor retention or securement features.

Surgical needle system with anchor retention features

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Brian P Watschke