Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

James A Klos

James P Rohl

Benn Horrisberger

Joel T Eggert

Sarah Melissa Gruba

Lance Adam Freeseman

Samuel J Asirvatham

Mark D Wood

Douglas Dean Pagoria

James K Cawthra, Jr

Danielle Frankson

Paul Daniel Aquilino

Todd College

Douglas Pennington

Kenneth L Gunter

David R Wulfman

David R Holmes, Iii

Roger W McGowan

Arjun D Sharma

Eric Michael Petersen

Adeniyi O Aremu

Suraj Kapa

David J Lehse

Katherine Lorraine Baldwin

Joseph Edward Adriaens

Sandra L Weeda

Joseph B Fitzgerald

A medical system includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a balloon attached to the distal end of the shaft, the balloon movable between an expanded state and a deflated state where a maximum diameter of the balloon is greater in the expanded state than in the deflated state, and an electrode is attached to the shaft where a portion of the balloon includes a plurality of apertures fluidly connecting an interior of the balloon to an exterior of the balloon.

Expandable electroporation devices and methods of use

A visualization catheter includes an elongate shaft, a cap portion, and an offset balloon coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The elongate shaft includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a central axis defined therebetween. The cap portion is coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The cap portion also includes a visualization element and defines an aperture. The offset balloon is coupled to the distal end of the shaft and encapsulates the cap portion. The offset balloon defines a center point offset relative to the central axis of the shaft.

Radially-directed balloon visualization device

According to one aspect, a visualization device may include an image sensor, a lens for focusing light onto the image sensor, a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a lateral wall surface extending between the first end and the second end, and a coating on the lateral wall surface. The coating may include at least one of an electrically-insulating layer and a light-blocking layer, and may be deposited on the lateral wall surface using, for example, physical vapor deposition (PVD).

Visualization device and related systems and methods

A vascular introducer hub has a body that includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen defined therethrough. The hub includes first and second seals disposed within the body. The first seal includes a first polymeric material and the second seal includes a second polymeric material. The hub is characterized by the first and second polymeric materials having different durometers.

Vascular introducer hubs for reducing blood leakage

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for crossing a tissue region may include a catheter and a tip section arranged therewith. The tip section may be configured to puncture the tissue region and create an opening therein, dilate the opening in the tissue region, and pass through the opening.

Hydraulic auto crossing balloon/catheter

Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for applying ablation therapy to a tissue region. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may include a balloon structure and one or more electrodes arranged on or within the balloon structure and configured to deliver energy to the tissue region.

Stenosis prevention and ablation delivery system

Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems and methods that include a porous coating on a medical device. The porous coating may be formed by forming a scaffold along an exterior surface of the medical device to support the porous coating during application thereof and electrospinning a polymer to apply the porous coating on the scaffold.

Degradable scaffolding for electrospinning

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James A Klos