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Maquet Cardiovascular LLC

Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Heartport, Inc.

Nellix, Inc.

Skydio, Inc.

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Origin Medsystems, Inc.

Etak, Inc.

Hwe, Inc.

Unisurge, Incorporated

Eoplex Technologies, Inc.

Maguet Cardiovascular LLC

Maquet Cardiovasculer, LLC

Endologix, Inc.

Charles S Taylor

Dwight P Morejohn

Ivan Sepetka

Federico J Benetti

Eugene Edward Reis

William N Aldrich

John J Frantzen

Brent Ford Regan

Amr Salahieh

Robert G Matheny

Richard S Ginn

Gary B Weller

William Friederich Witt

Benjamin Sherman

Robert C Glines

Michael V Morejohn

Richard M Ferrari

Joshua K Wallin

Albert K Chin

Timothy R Machold

David J Paul

Harry Leonard Green, Ii

Thomas J Fogarty

Robert Adam Geshlider

John W Davis

Valavanur A Subramanian

Steven B Choi

Alain F Carpentier

Son M Gia

Peter K Johansson

Brian S Donlon

Edward Dale Steakley

Geoffrey H Willis

James T McKinley

Thomas A Howell

John W Gaiser

Michael A Evans

Robert M Abrams

Michael D Hooven

Craig E Mar

Amy Catherine Lee

Steven Lawrence Herbowy

Thomas H Howell

Hani Shennib

Alfredo R Cantu

Hilary J Hampton

Harry L Green

Caralin R Adair

Lawrence W Hu

Brian J Bennett

Christian Skieller

Thomas L Baughman

Michael J Billig

Kushal P Vepa

Edward A Pineda

Paul Cherkas

Christopher Zarins

Morejohn P Dwight

Jason De La Cruz

Brad Mandala

Jeff A Krolic

Alan C Phillips

K T Venkateswara Rao

Leonard Nanis

Terence J O'Brien

Jeffrey L Kraus

Harry Ino

Jack W Lasersohn

Sherwin Llamido

Susan W Vican

Ronald Devore

Raj P Ganpath

Linda T Guthrie

Bhupendra Shah

Beverly A Huss

William B Tiffany

Kirsten L Messner

Federico J Bennetti

Craig Rosenberg

Bhupendra O Shah

Jonathan J Leichtling

Jodi J Akin

Sue W Vican

Edwarda Pineda

Eric Reeser

Kt Venkateswara Rao

Harry Leonard Ii Green

William F Witt

Brent Regan

Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for fleet management of unmanned aerial vehicles, including flight authorization. One of the methods includes maintaining one or more rules associated with authorizing UAVs to implement flight plans. A request to generate a flight plan associated with a job is received, the request including information indicating a flight pattern comprising, at least, one or more waypoints associated with geospatial references. The flight plan is generated based on the request, and an initial authorization check is determined based on the maintained rules and the generated flight plan. Upon a positive determination, access to the generated flight plan is provided by a ground control system, and the flight plan is implemented.

Fleet management of unmanned aerial vehicles and flight authorization system

Forming a proximal anastomosis on an aortic wall includes method and instrumentation and apparatus for forming an aortic puncture and inserting into the vessel through the puncture a fluid-impervious sealing element with a protruding retainer. An anastomosis of a graft vessel over the puncture is partially completed with the retainer of the sealing element protruding through the partial anastomosis. The retainer facilitates removal of the sealing element from the partial anastomosis prior to completion of the procedure.

Temporary anastomotic seal and method

A positioning anchor is provided for a stent-graft for implantation to treat a damaged body lumen. The positioning anchor is generally tubular surrounding a primary fluid conduit. Arms extend laterally from the generally tubular structure of the anchor surrounding lateral fluid conduits. The form of these arms is preferably custom configured to match a particular patient's luminal geometry. The anchor thus fits within the luminal geometry to remain in a desired fixed position for implantation of the anchor and any stent-graft coupled to the anchor. The anchor is most preferably formed with two walls having a void therebetween which can be filled with fixation media to further secure the anchor at the desired implantation site. A lumen shaper balloon and delivery catheter are also disclosed for proper delivery, expansion and inflation of the positioning anchor and stent-graft elements according to this invention.

Stent-graft with positioning anchor

Surgical devices for stabilizing the heart are disclosed which facilitate anastomosis under beating heart conditions. Various instruments or devices may be maneuvered and secured on a retractor device to provide stabilization of the heart. An instrument mount is provided which is preferably configured to accept a surgical instrument, such as a tissue stabilizer, and to allow the instrument to be easily maneuvered to a desired position and subsequently locked into position with a simple operation of a single locking actuator. Further disclosed are stabilizer devices each having at least one surface for contacting the heart and each being adapted to be mounted to the retractor while having the ability to be positioned in the desired location against the heart.

Surgical instruments for accessing and stabilizing a localized portion of a beating heart

Methods for deploying a positioning anchor with a stent-graft

A system for treating an aneurysm comprises at least a first double-walled filling structure having an outer wall and an inner wall and the filling structure is adapted to be filled with a hardenable fluid filling medium so that the outer wall conforms to the inside surface of the aneurysm and the inner surface forms a generally tubular lumen to provide blood flow. The first filling structure comprises a sealing feature which forms a fluid seal between the filling structure and the aneurysm or an adjacent endograft when the filling structure is filled with the hardenable fluid filling medium, thereby minimizing or preventing blood flow downstream of the seal.

Sealing apparatus and methods of use

The invention is devices and techniques which use a negative (suction) pressure or vacuum, applied through a surgical instrument, to fix the position of a portion of the surface of a beating heart so that a surgical procedure can be more easily performed. The devices apply a negative pressure at several points on the outer surface of the heart such that a portion of the heart is fixed in place by the suction imposed through the surgical instrument. Because the instrument fixes the position of the tissue, and because the instruments remain at a constant distance from the particular portion of the heart where the surgery is being performed, the device may also serve as a support or platform so that other surgical instruments or devices can be advantageously used at the site. In certain preferred embodiments, the devices described herein have structures to facilitate the use of additional surgical instruments such that the placement of negative pressure device permit the surgeon to advantageously manipulate the other instruments during surgery. The negative pressure is preferably imposed through a plurality of ports which may be disposed in a substantially planar surface of the instrument which contacts the cardiac tissue.

Surgical devices for imposing a negative pressure to stabilize the cardiac tissue during surgery

The invention is methods and devices which a surgeon may use to stabilize the beating heart during a surgical procedure on the heart. Pursuant to the invention, a stabilizing device is introduced through an opening in the chest and brought into contact with the beating heart. By contacting the heart with the device and by exerting a stabilizing force on the device, the motion of the heart caused by the contraction of the heart muscles is effectively eliminated such that the heart is stabilized and the site of the surgery moves only minimally if at all. Typically, in separate steps, the surgeon contacts the heart with the stabilizing means, assesses the degree of movement of the anastomosis site, and exerts a force on the stabilizing means such that the contraction of the beating heart causes orgy minimal excess motion at the surgery site. By fixing the position of the stabilizing means in a configuration where the motion of the beating heart is effectively eliminated, the surgeon is able to stabilize the beating heart for the duration of the procedure. The stabilizing means may be attached to a rigid support or may be attached to a semi-rigid support which is rendered motionless mechanically, chemically, or by human intervention. In certain preferred embodiments, the stabilizing means is affixed to a semi-rigid support which is caused to become rigid, by any of a variety of techniques, such that the position of the stabilizing means becomes fixed by the support, and the heart remains substantially motionless for the duration of the procedure.

Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft

An access platform having a first and a second blade interconnected to a spreader member that laterally drives the blades apart or together and a sternal pad interconnected to a blade. The superior blade is preferably pivotally coupled to the spreader member such that it naturally rises as the blades are separated. Alternatively, a vertical displacement member is operably interconnected to a blade and the spreader member and is used to vertically displace the interconnected superior blade and, thus, increase a surgeon's working space and visual access for the dissection of an internal mammary artery. A tissue retractor is interconnected to the blades to draw the soft tissue around an incision away from the surgeon's working area.

Access platform for internal mammary dissection

An access platform having a first and a second blade interconnected to a spreader member that laterally drives the blades apart or together and a sternal pad interconnected to a blade. The superior blade is pivotally coupled to the spreader member such that it naturally rises as the blades are separated. Alternatively, a vertical displacement member is operably interconnected to a blade and the spreader member and is used to vertically displace the interconnected superior blade and, thus, increase a surgeon's working space and visual access for the dissection of an internal mammary artery. A tissue retractor is interconnected to the blades to draw the soft tissue around an incision away from the surgeon's working area.

Methods and devices which a surgeon may use to stabilize the beating heart during a surgical procedure on the heart. A stabilizing device may be introduced through an opening in the chest and brought into contact with the beating heart. By contacting the heart with the device and by exerting a stabilizing force on the device, the motion of the heart caused by the contraction of the heart muscles in a vicinity of a site of surgery to be performed, is effectively eliminated. A surgeon may contact the heart with the stabilizing means, assess the degree of movement of the anastomosis site, and exert a force on the stabilizing means such that the contraction of the beating heart causes only minimal excess motion at the surgery site. The stabilizing means may be attached to a rigid support or may be attached to a semi-rigid support which is rendered motionless mechanically, chemically, or by human intervention.

Surgical instruments and procedures for stabilizing the beating heart during coronary artery bypass graft surgery

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Charles S Taylor