Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Bioconnect Systems, Inc.

Boston Scientific Corporation

Gitanjali V Barry

Roger Farnholtz

Sean McFerran

Kirsten C Armstrong

Ronald Kenichi Yamamoto

Stanley R Conston

Jodi Akin

Kristen C Armstrong

Sean Mcferran

Catheters having a pre-shaped tip configuration are disclosed. A catheter in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention can include an elongated tubular shaft equipped with a distal tip section having a pre-shaped tip configuration that can be used to facilitate tracking of the device through particular locations of the vasculature. The catheter may include a number of features that transition the stiffness and flexibility characteristics of the device and provide a means to radiographically visualize the catheter within the body.

Catheter with a pre-shaped distal tip

The present invention provides implantable devices and associated methods for interconnecting human vessels in a side-to-side or an end-to-side arrangement rapidly, safely and in a minimally invasive manner. The devices comprise a vessel connector and a intravascular support mechanism for establishing fluid communication between two vessels. Certain embodiments further include a sealing member for further sealing the openings in the vessels created for inserting the subject devices.

Devices and methods for interconnecting vessels

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Fremont, CA, United States of America

Gitanjali V Barry