General Surgical Innovations, Inc.

Lumend, Inc.

Columbia University

Willow Innovations, Inc.

Access Closure, Inc.

Incept, LLC

Devices for Vascular Intervention, Inc.

Exploramed Nc7, Inc.

Ostial Corporation

United States Surgical Corporation

Guidant Corporation

Sanati, Archimedes

Yang, Yi

Co, Fred, H.

Wolenberg, Jake

Fred H Co

George D Hermann

Charles F Milo

John Y Chang

Brian J Mason

Douglas S Sutton

Matthew R Selmon

Ronald G French

Thomas A Howell

Kenneth H Mollenauer

Theodore R Kucklick

Michelle Y Monfort

Michael R Treat

Joshua Makower

Celso J Bagaoisan

Juan Domingo

Richard E Hill

Arash Sabet

Sieu Duong

Mathew Calmer

Farhad Khosravi

Amarpreet S Sawhney

Yi Yang

Suresh Subraya Pai

Steven L Bennett

Scott Robert Sershen

Kevin H Van Bladel

Archimedes Sanati

Mark Campello

Jake Wolenberg

Amiel Aguilar

Gerald L Hansen

Richard S Jaraczewski

Michael T Lonsbury

William Earl Webler

Cheryl Swanson

Erica Keenan

Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure.

Breast pump assembly

Methods are provided for making freeze dried hydrogel and structures therefrom that may be introduced into a patient's body for medical applications. Precursor components are combined to initiate crosslinking. The combined precursor components are placed in a chilled tray, and allowed to crosslink to a desired level of complete crosslinking before and/or after being placed onto the tray. The partially crosslinked hydrogel is frozen and freeze dried. After freeze drying, the hydrogel is conditioned to substantially complete crosslinking, and formed into one or more structures, e.g., plugs, hemostatic, or other medical devices. For example, the hydrogel may be cut, machined, rolled, folded, compressed, and/or cored into that may be loaded into delivery devices that may be introduced into a body to implant or otherwise deliver the structures into the body, e.g., to seal a puncture or other passage through tissue.

Superabsorbent, freeze dried hydrogels for medical applications

Breast pump assembly and methods

Apparatus and methods for sealing a puncture through tissue includes an introducer sheath sized for introduction into a puncture, cartridge sized for insertion into the introducer carrying a sealant, and a locking element for coupling the introducer sheath to the cartridge. When the cartridge is advanced into the introducer sheath, the locking element couples the introducer sheath to the cartridge such that subsequent retraction of the cartridge causes the introducer sheath to retract, thereby deploying the sealant from the cartridge within the puncture beyond the introducer sheath.

Apparatus and methods for sealing a vascular puncture

Inflation devices and methods for using them are provided for selectively inflating and deflating multiple balloons on a catheter. For example, the inflation device may include a first valve including a plurality of first valve ports and a first valve member movable between multiple positions for opening and closing fluid paths between the first valve ports, a second valve including a plurality of second valve ports and a second valve member movable between multiple positions for opening and closing fluid paths between the second valve ports, and an actuator coupled to the first and second valve members for directing the first and second valve members between multiple positions, e.g., to selectively pull vacuum and sequentially inflate the balloons.

Inflation devices and systems for balloon catheters and methods for use

Breast pump system with collection container

Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container assembly.

Breast pump containers and methods

Apparatus and methods are provided for flaring a stent deployed within a branch vessel including an ostium communicating with a main vessel, a first end of the stent extending at least partially from the branch. A catheter is provided that includes a balloon having a reinforced region adjacent an unreinforced region. When the balloon is positioned at a desired location, e.g., within a stent, prosthetic valve, or other tubular prosthesis, the balloon may be inflated to a first pressure causing the reinforced and unreinforced regions to expand substantially simultaneously. Upon inflation of the balloon beyond the first pressure, the reinforced region of the balloon remains at the first diameter and the unreinforced region continues to expand, e.g., to flare one or more ends of the prosthesis.

Balloon catheters and methods for use

Container assembly for a breast pump

Breast pump assembly with remote interface

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