Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Genzyme Corporation

St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Adaptivendo LLC

Snowden Pencer, Inc.

The William Getgey Company, Inc.

Medventure Technology Corp

Other

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Scion Cardio-Vascular, Inc.

Teleflex-Ct Devices Incorporated

Snowden Pencer/genzyme Corporation

Boston Scientific Corporation

Gregory R Furnish

Michael S H Chu

William C Mers Kelly

Russell Francis Durgin

Brian Keith Wells

Lance Alan Wolf

Benjamin E Morris

Vasiliy Paul Abramov

Mark Griffin

Eric E Bielefeld

Vasily P Abramov

Dmitri Menn

Christopher S Looney

W Michael Hipps

Gary Jordan

Simon M Furnish

Michael W Goldenbogen

Gregory G Brucker

Valerie J Glazier

David A Rahdert

Bradley Charles Knippel

Todd A Hall

Ralph Joseph Thomas

Matthew Pease

Brandon G Walsh

Thomas Banks

John Miser

Khoi A Le

Gerald M Hubbs

Hacene Bouadi

Russ J Redmond

John Conrad Muskivitch

Theodore Paul Dale

Adam L Cohen

William F Getgey

Claude A Vidal

Melinda Kaye Kovach

Tracee E Eidenschink

John B Golden

Yem Chin

Paul G Allen

Mark L Adams

Galen R Powers

Oscar R Carrillo, Jr

Michael S Chu

David I Freed

Russell F Durgin, Jr

Wayne Johnson

Indaka Gunasekara

William A Reuss, Jr

Travis Rowe

Enrique Malaret

David Byrd

Josh Barber

Sava A Chernomordik

Gregory M Ruhf

B Keith Wells

Carl R Andry

William R Mayfield

Michael W Wilson

Valerie Futral

Allison M Kidder

John Lee Horning

Lewis Ray Dyson

Edward J Kramer

Wayne Allen Johnson

Bryan R Ogle

David Y Phelps

Michael Goldenbogen

Christopher Bethards

Asela Indaka D Gunasekara

Cory Celestino

Bruce Weir

Hershel E Fancher

Susan E Clegg

Benjamin Morris

Indi Gunasekara

Wayne A Johnson

Michael W Hipps

Jeffrey Clarke

Trevor E Powers

Valerie Futral Maron

Michael A Wilson

Oscar R Carrillo

William C Mers-Kelly

Mark A Griffin

Dimitri Menn

Asela Gunasekara

Valeri J Glazier

Russel F Durgin

Melinda K Kovach

Bruce R Weir

Endoscope handle

A tissue clipping apparatus, comprises a flexible, elongate member, a proximal end of which remains external to the body accessible to a user while a distal end of the flexible member is inserted into the body to a location adjacent to target tissue to be clipped and a control wire extending through the flexible member in combination with a capsule releasably coupled to a distal end of the flexible member and a clip a proximal portion of which is received within the capsule. A joint releasably coupling the clip to the control wire, includes a yoke extending around a proximal end of the clip and a frangible link which fails when subject to a predetermined force to separate the clip from the control wire.

Hemostatic clipping devices and methods

An apparatus for deployment of a hemostatic clip includes a handle assembly, a shaft connected to a distal portion thereof and a clip assembly releasably coupled to a distal portion of the shaft. The clip assembly includes clip arms and a capsule cooperating with the clip arms to provide a first user feedback indicating a decision configuration of the clip assembly. In addition, the apparatus includes a control wire including a ball connector, the control wire extending from the handle assembly and coupled to the clip assembly by the ball connector to maintain the clip assembly coupled to the shaft, wherein the ball connector is detachable from the clip assembly to provide a second user feedback indicating separation of the clip assembly.

Through the scope tension member release clip

An introducer with a steerable distal tip section is disclosed. The steerable distal tip section may comprise an articulation support member comprising a laser-cut pattern of symmetrical elongated apertures in which the shape of each aperture is defined by at least three radii, a central radii being the largest and two end radii being smaller. This pattern of apertures can minimize ovaling of the cross-sectional shape of introducer shaft over the length of the deflectable section. The introducer can articulate in multiple planes. A tension pull wire can allow the introducer to resist directional bias.

Introducer with steerable distal tip section

A hemostatic clip assembly for mounting on a delivery device comprises a capsule and a clip slidably mounted within the capsule so that, when the clip is drawn proximally into the capsule, arms of the clip are drawn together to a closed position, an abutting surface of at least one of the arms contacting a corresponding surface of the capsule when the clip is drawn to a predetermined position within the capsule to provide a first user feedback indicating closure of the clip in combination with a tension member connected to the clip arms and biasing the clip arms toward an open, tissue receiving configuration and a yoke slidably received within the capsule and releasably coupled to the tension member, the yoke including a ball cavity for receiving a ball connector of a control element of the delivery device to maintain the clip assembly coupled to the delivery device, wherein the control element is frangible to detach the yoke from the delivery device and to provide a second user feedback and, wherein release of the yoke from the tension member provides a third user feedback.

An apparatus for deployment of a hemostatic clip includes a clip assembly releasably coupled to a distal portion of a shaft, wherein the clip assembly includes a capsule releasably coupled to the shaft, clip arms slidably received within the capsule and cooperating with the capsule to provide a first user feedback indicating a decision configuration of the clip assembly and a yoke slidably received within the capsule, the yoke including proximal and distal portions releasably and rotatably connected to one another via a first control wire, a distal end of the distal portion being connected to proximal ends of the clip arms. A second control wire extends from the handle assembly and is coupled to a proximal end of the second portion to move the clip assembly between open and closed configurations.

A delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes an operating handle and a catheter assembly. The operating handle may include a housing defining a movement space therein, a carriage assembly moveable in a longitudinal direction within the movement space, a deployment actuator coupled to the housing and rotatable relative to the housing, and a coupling assembly rotationally fixed to the deployment actuator. The catheter assembly may include a first shaft around which a compartment is defined and a distal sheath operatively connected to the carriage assembly. Movement of the carriage assembly in the longitudinal direction in the movement space may move the distal sheath between the closed condition and the open condition. The coupling assembly may have an engaged position in which rotation of the deployment actuator moves the carriage assembly, and a disengaged position in which rotation of the deployment actuator does not move the carriage assembly.

Devices and methods for transcatheter heart valve delivery

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Gregory R Furnish