Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Other

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Hexacath

Boston Scientific Corporation

James M Anderson

Derek C Sutermeister

Jan Weber

David Raab

Cass Alexander Hanson

Joshua Mark Inouye

Timothy A Ostroot

John M Edgell

Adam David Grovender

Huisun Wang

Jeffrey S Lindquist

Karl Alan Jagger

Martin R Willard

Daniel James Horn

Patrick A Haverkost

Benjamin Y Arcand

Steven R Larsen

Jay T Rassat

Takashi Harry Ino

Roger W McGowan

Ross Arlen Olson

Paul James Miller

Jeffrey H Vogel

Randy S Gamarra

Daniel T Quillin

Brian R Reynolds

Kent David Harrison

Zaya Tun

Dennis A Peiffer

Raj Subramaniam

Tracee E Eidenschink

Yem Chin

Hong Cao

Michael Scott Williams

Aiden Flanagan

Daniel J Gregorich

Michael Wayne Davis

Michael P Meyer

Robert T Chang

Clifford Teoh

Justin M Crank

Thomas E Broome

Peter G Edelman

Timothy Samuel Girton

Joel N Groff

Joel M Wasdyke

Sheng-Ping Zhong

Gregory Edwin Mirigian

Joel R Munsinger

Nicholas Lee Tassoni

David John Onushko

Jose A Meregotte

Graham Krumpelmann

Benjamin Philip Gundale

Mark Steven Smith

Jeffrey Steven Fuller

Uchenna Junior Agu

Eric Michael Petersen

Floriza Q Escalona

Mimi Trinh Fitterer

Lloyd Radman

John E Uschold

Steven J Koch

Frederick J Serrahsu

Robert Squire

Adam Joseph Royer

Peter Hoffman

Richard R Miller

Robert L Cassell

James G Hansen

Ajay Gupta

Gary John Pederson, Jr

Bradley Frank Slaker

Daniel H VanCamp

Raed Rizq

John M K Daniel

Michele L Zoromski

Anthony F Tassoni, Jr

Joseph Alan Kronstedt

Timothy Lawrence Rubesch

Brian T Berg

Horng-Ban Lin

Sanjay Agarwal

The Thomas Trinh Tran

Thomas P Jancaric

Shawn Michael Wignall

Kinh-Luan D Dao

William M Anderson

Ari Ryan

Kirsten Carroll

Paul Goll

Kenny Dwight Bruner

Louis Warner Stefanich

Katherine Stryker Brodeen Routh

Bernard De Bruyne

Justin Plessel

Ben Arcand

Mathew L Gilk

Gregory Dyer

Erik Joseph Haun

Example medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device includes an elongate shaft having a distal end region and a balloon coupled to the distal end region, the balloon including a wall, a distal waist, a proximal waist and body portion positioned between the distal waist and the proximal waist. The medical device also includes a first reinforced region positioned along the body portion, the first reinforced region including a first plurality of filaments and a second reinforced region positioned along the body portion, the second reinforced region including a second plurality of filaments. Further, the first reinforced region is circumferentially spaced from the second reinforced region such that the balloon wall extending between the first and the second reinforced regions is devoid of a filament.

Reinforced medical balloon

An implant includes a pair of anchors and a pair of anchor housing assemblies, wherein an anchor housing assembly includes an anchoring component configured to translate the anchor proximally-distally through the anchor housing assembly and a cinch component configured to control a space between the pair of anchor housing assemblies.

Simplified coaxial shaft design delivery system and implant for mitral valve annulus reduction

Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to the distal end of the proximal member, the collar member comprising a base portion and one or more ribs connected to the base portion and extending distally away from the base portion. In still some additional embodiments, the guide extension catheter may further include a distal sheath member attached to the collar member, the distal sheath member having a distal diameter larger than the proximal diameter.

Guide extension catheter

An example occlusive implant is disclosed. The example occlusive implant includes an expandable framework configured to shift between a first configuration and an expanded configuration and a fixation member disposed along the expandable framework. The fixation member includes a first engagement portion and an anchor portion. Further, the first engagement portion is designed to be secured to the expandable framework and the anchor portion extends away from an outer surface of the expandable framework.

Occlusive medical device

A patch for interposing between an implantable device and a treatment site, such as to inhibit migration (e.g., lateral shifting) of the implantable device with respect to the treatment site without interfering with contact of the implantable device with the treatment site, and/or to reduce (and preferably inhibit or prevent) damage to tissue at the treatment site and/or movement of the anchor element (used to anchor the implantable device) with respect to the treatment site. The patch may extend continuously around the perimeter of the device, or discontinuously as more than one patch. The patch may be delivered on the implantable device to the treatment site, or separately delivered and deployed before the implantable device is delivered and deployed, the implantable device being implanted over the patch and the treatment site.

Predisposed annulus patch for valve repair implant

An implant for occluding a left atrial appendage may include an expandable framework configured to shift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the expandable framework includes an attachment point configured to secure the expandable framework to a delivery device, and an occlusive element disposed on a proximal portion of the expandable framework, wherein the occlusive element covers the attachment point.

Left atrial appendage implant with continuous covering

An example introducer is disclosed. An example introducer includes an inner liner including a lumen, a distal region and at least one folded portion extending along the distal region. The introducer also includes a reinforcing member having a length and including at least one spine extending along the length of the reinforcing member. The introducer also includes a sheath disposed along at least a portion of the introducer, wherein the sheath includes at least one perforation, wherein material adjacent to the at least one folded portion is removed from a distal portion of the introducer to form a tip region. The introducer also includes a tip member disposed along the tip region.

Introducer with expandable capabilities

An example medical device for occluding the left atrial appendage includes an expandable member having a first end region, a second end region and an inflation cavity. The medical device also includes a plurality of spine members coupled to the expandable member, the plurality of spine members spaced circumferentially around an outer surface of the expandable member. Additionally, the medical device includes a valve member extending at least partially into the inflation cavity, wherein the plurality of spine members are configured to position the medical device within an opening of the left atrial appendage and wherein the expandable member is configured to expand and seal the opening of the left atrial appendage.

Occlusive device with expandable member

An example medical device for occluding the left atrial appendage is disclosed. The example medical device for occluding the left atrial appendage includes an expandable member having a first end region, a second end region and an inflation cavity. The example medical device includes at least one fixation member having a first end and a second end coupled to the expandable member. The at least one fixation member is configured to move from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration in response to an expansion of the expandable member. Additionally, the example medical device includes a valve member extending at least partially into the inflation cavity and the expandable member is configured to expand and seal the opening of the left atrial appendage.

Occlusive device with actuatable fixation members

A valve annulus repair system joins anchors at one or both of their proximal and distal ends to construct an implant to reshape the annulus. A removable frame may be used to position the anchors proximate to the annulus and to adjust the shape of the annulus. The frame may support the anchors during deployment of the system, release the anchors during construction of the implant, adjust the shape of the implant (and concomitantly the shape of the reconstructed valve) during an adjustment/cinching process, retain the adjusted shape of the valve annulus while relative anchor positions are secured, and release the anchors to enable the frame to be removed from the deployment site following implant construction. With such a system, a low-profile, flexile annular valve implant with reduced the risks of migration, fracture, embolism and thrombus may be provided.

System, device and method for reshaping a valve annulus

A direct visualization catheter includes a handle, a balloon, an elongate shaft, and a camera assembly. The elongate shaft has a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end. The proximal end is coupled to the handle. The distal end is coupled to the balloon and defines a longitudinal axis. The camera assembly is coupled to the distal end of the elongate shaft and is disposed within the balloon. The camera assembly includes a camera and an adjustment mechanism for varying a configuration of the camera relative to the distal end of the elongate shaft between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration. The camera faces primarily in a radial direction in the delivery configuration and the camera faces primarily in an axial direction in the deployed configuration.

Direct visualization catheter and system

An actuator sleeve includes resiliency features that may reduce chronic strain on valve annulus implants. The resiliency features may relate to one or more of a material, a manufacture, a dimension, and/or design attribute of the sleeve. In one aspect the resiliency features may allow deformation of the sleeve at frame interfaces to distribute forces to reduce the frame fatigue.

Strain-relieving sleeve for cardiovascular devices

Anchoring assemblies that increase the surface area and/or amount of anchored tissue include a barb anchor, translatably disposed within the opening of an anchor housing, the barb anchor comprising a barb arm, the barb arm including a linear configuration wherein the barb arm is aligned with an axis of the opening and a deflected configuration wherein at least a portion the barb arm is deflected away from a central axis of the opening of the anchor housing.

Coil and barb anchors for heart valve repair devices

An example occlusive implant is disclosed. The example occlusive implant includes an expandable framework configured to shift between a first configuration and a second expanded configuration, an occlusive member disposed along at least a portion of an outer surface of the expandable framework and a resilient member coupled to the occlusive member. Further, the resilient member is configured to keep the occlusive member taut against an outer surface of the expandable member in both the first configuration and the second configuration.

Medical device with occlusive member

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Corcoran, MN, United States of America

James M Anderson