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United States Surgical Corporation

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Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Vessix Vascular, Inc.

Implicitcare, LLC

Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

K2m, Inc.

Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

Misonix, Inc.

Osteomed LLC

K Spine, Inc.

Xlumena, Inc.

Covidien LP

Tyco Healthcare Group LP

Corbett W Stone

Brian S Kelleher

James F Marino

Michael F Hoey

Raphael Marie Michel

Arthur Gerald Blanck

Jeffrey J Blewett

Stephen W Zlock

Troy K Christopher

Tom A Steinke

Rolfe Tyson Gustus

David A Nicholas

H Jonathan Tovey

Robin H Vaughn

Mike Perry

Dominick L Mastri

Gregory Paul Mueller

Jeffrey H Owens

David M Farascioni

Kenneth F Binmoeller

Dan Sachs

Donald Koenig

Kabir Gambhir

Stephen O Ross

James T McKinley

Richard N Granger

Bret Herscher

Marlene Kay Truesdale

Kevin Thomas Foley

Paul A Scirica

T Wade Fallin

Andrew R Fauth

Benjamin Arnold

Ronald R Manna

Scott Isola

Douglas M Lorang

Ephraim Akyuz

Thomas A Steinke

Philip Richardson

Bryan Patrick Howard

Ronda Elizabeth Schreiber

Randal Haworth

Margaret Pamela Richardson

Stuart Goble

Brian D Conn

Robert J Bishop

Len Briggs

David G Matsuura

Walter Dean Gillespie

Dan K Ahlgren

Christopher W Maurer

Thomas D Guy

Meital Mazor

Robert H Brady

Brian Scott Bowman

James R Pratt

Linas R Kunstmanas

John Webster

Ernie Aranvi

Nicolei R King

Paul D Molina

Robin Vaughan

Robert S Lynch

Michael L Jones

Ernie Aranyi

Stephan A DeFonzo

Ross R Muth

Thomas W Alesi, Jr

Donald S Kaplan

Michael Perry

Nagabhushanam Totakura

Paul S Maguire

Stephen Heiman

Stefan M Lemperle

Farhan Taghizadeh

Dustin M Harvey

Darren E Zinner

Paul Nolan

Timothy Anderson

Brian Conn

Gregory S Gardner

Jeffrey H Owen

David Lipsitz

Christopher J Maurer

Stephan A Defonzo

Ronald Manna

Jonathan H Tovey

A catheter and catheter system can use energy tailored for remodeling and/or removal of target material along a body lumen, often of atherosclerotic material of a blood vessel of a patient. An elongate flexible catheter body with a radially expandable structure may have a plurality of electrodes or other electrosurgical energy delivery surfaces to radially engage atherosclerotic material when the structure expands. An atherosclerotic material detector system may measure and/or characterize the atherosclerotic material and its location, optionally using impedance monitoring.

Tuned RF energy and electrical tissue characterization for selective treatment of target tissues

The present invention relates to a device for endoscopy or endosonography-guided transluminal interventions whereby two luminal structures in the body may be drawn toward each other and a fluid conduit formed in between. The device may have a hollow central member to which is coupled a distal retention member and in one embodiment a proximal retention member. The retention members may each be positioned inside one of the luminal structures and expanded from a first condition to an expanded second condition having an increased radius. The length of the central member may be shortened and its diameter expanded to approximate the two retention members and thereby the luminal structures.

Luminal structure anchoring devices and methods

A system for correcting a spinal deformity includes an implant fixed to one side of a vertebra and a rod extending along an axis of the spine on a second side of the vertebra. An adjustment member, which may include a reel, is coupled to the rod. A force directing member, such as a cable, extends between the rod and the adjustment member. The force directing member is retractable toward and extendible from the adjustment member. A method of correcting spinal deformity includes providing an implant, a rod, an adjustment member coupled to the rod, and a force directing member extending between the rod and the adjustment member. The adjustment member can be retractable toward and extendible from the adjustment member.

Medical device and method to correct deformity

A catheter and catheter system may be used to treat disease tissue by gentle heating in combination with gentle or standard dilation. An elongate flexible catheter body with a radially expandable balloon having a plurality of electrodes engage tissue including diseased tissue when the structure expands.

System for inducing desirable temperature effects on body tissue

A minimally invasive dilation device includes a plurality of rigid arms radially arrayed about a center and a dilating member positioned between the arms. A stylus may occupy the center. An outer flexible sleeve may be circumferentially secured to the arms, lying within or without the plurality of arms. An inner mesh may surround the stylus and dilating member. The device may be introduced into tissue toward a targeted area, while in a closed configuration. The dilating member may be a balloon, wherein upon inflation of the balloon, the arms are pushed radially outward, expanding the device and dilating the surrounding tissue. The dilating member may be a tube, wherein upon insertion of the tube, the arms are pushed radially outward. A cannula may be inserted inside the plurality of arms to keep the arms in an open configuration, and the dilating member may be withdrawn, providing an open passageway through the device to the targeted area. The device may be used with a neural monitoring system.

Lateral access system for the lumbar spine

A catheter and catheter system for treatment of a blood vessel of a patient include an elongate flexible catheter body with a radially expandable structure. A plurality of electrodes or other electrosurgical energy delivery surfaces can radially engage material to be treated when the structure expands. A material detector near the distal end of the catheter body may measure circumferential material distribution, and a power source selectively energizes the electrodes to eccentrically treat of a body lumen.

Selectable eccentric remodeling and/or ablation

A tissue retraction system includes a dilator and a first retractor member and a retraction assembly. The dilator is configured to be inserted into a tissue body and also includes at least one engagement member. The first retractor member includes a body and at least one engagement member that is configured to attach to the at least one engagement member of the dilator so as to removably attach the retractor member to the dilator body. The retraction assembly includes a retractor body and at least a second retractor member that is movably supported by the retractor body. The retractor body is configured to be attached to the first retractor member. The tissue protection system may also include a neuromonitoring member configured to determine a characteristics of the tissue.

Detachable dilator blade

An intraoperative neuromonitoring system for evaluating nerve function via a plurality of neural monitoring modalities includes an invasive medical instrument, a plurality of stimulating electrodes, a plurality of peripheral sensors, a patient module, and a control unit in communication with the patient module. The control unit is configured to maintain a range of acceptable values for each of a plurality of different neural monitoring modalities, determine, for each of the plurality of different neural monitoring modalities, whether the respective modality is within the range of acceptable values for that respective modality based on the indication of neuromuscular activity from one or more of the plurality of peripheral sensors, and provide an indication on a common screen displayed via the display, whether each respective neural monitoring modality is inside or outside of the range of acceptable values for that modality.

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring system

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