Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Angiodynamics, Inc.

Other

Cairnsurgical, Inc.

Boston Scientific Corporation

Carefusion 2200, Inc.

George Bourne

Robert F Rioux

Jianmin Li

Marcia S Buiser

Doreen Rao

James P Culhane

Barry N Gellman

Michael S H Chu

Leonard Pinchuk

Like Que

Arthur R Madenjian

Michael Madden

Juli L Curtis

Raymond Rackley

Thomas V Casey, Ii

Anthony R Tremaglio

Janel L Lanphere

Clifford M Liu

Venkataramanan Krishnaswamy

Erin McKenna

Michael Grasso, Iii

Steve Keenan

Douglas Goodshall

Zarouhi Minasian

David Danielsen

Kristian J DiMatteo

Robert J Garabedian

Raymond Lareau

Matthew Dennis Cunningham

James J Mitchell

Eric Houde

Gerhard Andrew Foelsche

Sally C Thornton

Gregory Thomas Hughes

David S Cooke

Art Madenjian

Gregory C Groenke

Glenn Wadleigh

Barbara Bell

Jeffrey Thumm

Kirsten Cleveland

Mike Madden

Raymon Rackley

Victor D Rossin

Todd France

The present disclosure includes customized guidance devices in the form of guidance templates configured to fit over a given area of a patient's body and provide guidance during a tissue treatment or tissue removal procedure of that given area, which may include administration of an agent to a target tissue, target tissue biopsy, target tissue resection, or target tissue ablation. The customized guidance templates are generally constructed via an additive manufacturing process (i.e., three-dimensional (3D) printing) or subtractive manufacturing process (i.e., milling) based on a fabrication instruction file, which may include imaging data of the given area of the patient's body in which targeted tissue treatment is to be performed. The fabrication instruction file may further include additional data, such as the type of procedure to be performed (i.e., biopsy of the tissue abnormality, destruction or resection of the tissue abnormality, etc.).

Devices for guiding tissue treatment and/or tissue removal procedures

A medical device comprises a flexible member that can be adhesively attached to a housing of the medical device, allowing implantation of the medical device into a body through an incision of reduced size. The flexible member can be attached to the housing either before or after implantation into the body. The flexible member comprises suture locations, including a permeable membrane or a suture hole, for suturing the medical device to tissue of the body. The suture holes can be filled with a substance penetrable by a suture needle, to minimize tissue ingrowth before or after suturing.

Implantable medical device for improved placement and adherence in the body

The invention relates to bulking agents and apparatus and methods for using the disclosed bulking agents. The bulking agents can be used to treat such conditions as urinary and fecal incontinence, gastro-esophageal reflux, aneurismal blockages, and cosmetic deformities. The invention also relates to an injection method that reduces the injection pressure required to place the bulking agents.

Bulking agents

The invention relates to bulking agents and apparatus and methods for using the disclosed bulking agents. The bulking agents can be used to treat such conditions as urinary and fecal incontinence, gastro-esophageal reflux, ancurismal blockages, and cosmetic deformities. The invention also relates to an injection method that reduces the injection pressure required to place the bulking agents.

Automated injection system disclosed in this application advantageously provides physicians with a simplified interface for selecting fluid sources, such as saline, contrast, or a mixture of both, to inject at high pressures. The injector system may comprise a multi-use subassembly, a single-use subassembly, a fitting to fluidly connect the multi-use and single-use subassemblies, a hand held controller, a user interface, and an injector housing.

Power injector device and method of use

An implantable port includes a bottom portion having a needle-penetrable region running continuously along a majority of a perimeter of the implantable port. A method for customized suturing of an implantable port also includes creating a port pocket, and advancing a suture needle through the needle-penetrable region. The needle-penetrable region could be a self-sealing elastomer, such as silicone. The method could include the step of determining suture locations after the port pocket is created.

Implantable medical device for improved placement in the body

The invention generally relates to surgically implantable supportive slings. More specifically, in various embodiments, the invention is directed to multilayer mesh slings formed from a tubular mesh material.

Flattened tubular mesh sling and related methods

Bulking agent

A medical device used for retrieving material from within a body includes an engaging assembly in which at least a portion of the engaging assembly is resistant to laser energy-induced damage.

Laser-resistant medical retrieval device

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Southborough, MA, United States of America

George Bourne