Tva Medical, Inc.

Medtronic, Inc.

Medical Cv, Inc.

Cloc Medical Inc.

Damian A Jelich

Adam L Berman

Dana R Mester

William Ettlinger Cohn

Gary Henry Miller

Philip Mark Tetzlaff

Jason L Quill

William E Cohn

Thomas Diffley Pate

Ana Menk

Gilbert Tang

Timothy G Laske

Paul T Rothstein

Cynthia T Clague

Michael M Green

Rany Huynh

Eric Meyer

Jesus M Rios

Dheeraj K Rajan

Mark T Stewart

Andrew Frazier

Jeffrey D Sandstrom

John R Liddicoat

Nareak Douk

Gregory G Brucker

Paul Anthony Iaizzo

Morgan House

Asha Shrinivas Nayak

Sarah E Ahlberg

Chris M Coppin

Mark W Torrianni

Lynn Warren Hamrick

Aashiish Agnihotri

Jeff Argentine

Dana Ray Mester

Robert W Clapp

Martin J Clements

Jeff Sandstrom

Eric A Meyer

Michael Green

Trevor Laughlin

Asha S Nayak

Sara Simma

James E Deaton

Martin Clements

Described here are methods of treating a patient having hypertension comprising advancing a catheter into a deep ulnar vein or an artery, wherein the catheter comprises an electrode. The methods further comprise forming a fistula between the deep ulnar vein and the artery with the electrode to reduce a blood pressure of the patient.

Methods for treating hypertension and reducing blood pressure with formation of fistula

A suture fastener delivery device includes a handle, a fastener delivery end comprising a suture fastener and crimping jaws, and a shaft extending between the handle and the fastener delivery end. The shaft comprises a rail, a plurality of reserve suture fasteners, a side suture slot positioned on a side of the shaft to allow the suture ends to exit the delivery device, and a suture cutting blade adjacent to the rail. The suture fastener delivery device can capture a suture within a side slot of the suture device, and upon activation of a trigger on the handle, crimp and bend the suture fastener to secure the fastener, and cut the excess suture ends via the cutting blade. A slider on the handle can then be used to reload a reserve suture fastener, such that additional fasteners can be deployed without removal of the delivery device from the surgical site.

Suture fastener and delivery device

A delivery system for delivery of a radially expandable device to an implantation site in a patient, the delivery system including an elongated tubular member comprising a distal tip and an outer surface, first and second balloon portions spaced proximally from each other and the distal tip along a length of the tubular member, an annular space between the first and second balloon portions, a plurality of clip deployment tubes extendably moveable relative to the outer surface of the tubular member, and a plurality of clips, wherein each clip is moveable within a length of one of the clip deployment tubes between a retracted position and a deployed position.

Method and device for percutaneous valve annuloplasty

Described here are devices, systems and methods for forming a fistula between two blood vessels. Generally, the systems may comprise a first catheter which may comprise a fistula-forming element. The fistula-forming element may comprise one or more electrodes, mechanical cutting elements, laser sources, or combinations thereof, and may be used to assist in fistula formation. In some instances, a system may comprise a second catheter, which may comprise a fistula-forming element. One or more of the catheters may comprise one or more markers, magnetic alignment elements, and/or one shape-changing elements.

Devices and methods for forming a fistula

Described here are devices and methods for treating hypertension by forming a fistula between two blood vessels to reduce blood pressure of a patient. The fistula may be formed using a catheter having an electrode that is placed in a first blood vessel. In some instances, a desired amount of blood pressure is determined. In other instances, the hypertension is drug resistant hypertension.

Described here are devices and methods for forming a fistula between two vessels. In some instances, the fistula may be formed between a proximal ulnar artery and a deep ulnar vein. The fistula may be formed using an electrode, and may be formed with a first catheter placed in a first blood vessel and a second catheter placed in a second blood vessel. In some instances, access to the proximal ulnar artery may be achieved through a brachial artery, and access to the deep ulnar vein may be achieved through a brachial vein.

Devices and methods for fistula formation

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Damian A Jelich