Covidien LP

Tyco Healthcare Group LP

Joshua Benjamin Stopek

Timothy Sargeant

Amin Elachchabi

Daniel Broom

Saumya Banerjee

Garrett P Ebersole

Ahmad Robert Hadba

Arpan Desai

Steven L Bennett

Brian Joseph Cuevas

Matthew D Cohen

Walter Skalla

Nathaniel Mast

Kevin Lavigne

Joseph Hotter

Atu Agawu

William J Dickhans

William Sanford Krimsky

Nadya Belcheva

Frank R Schiretz

Gerald N Hodgkinson

Gregory W Fischvogt

Nicholas P Maiorino

Ryan Witherell

Timothy Flavin

Garrett Ebersole

Frank J Viola

Joseph D Brannan

Darion R Peterson

Michael J Bettuchi

Casey M Ladtkow

Michael A Soltz

David Kirsch

Jacqueline Jones

Steve Tsai

Mark S Roby

Lev Abramovich Koyrakh

Brian F Nentwick

John J Kennedy

David J Serdar

Jon D Schell

David M Costello

Thomas Casasanta, Jr

Keith E Jasperson

Seth Gleiman

Jonathan D Thomas

David Miel

Thomas P Crowley

Megan L Prommersberger

Jennifer Broom

Jon T Reinprecht

William T Denman

Robert Ahmad Hadba

Wojciech Kisiel

Michael Minette

Tim Sargeant

Ali Irfan

Steven Tsai

David J Miel

Frank Richard Schiretz

Arp An Desai

A surgical system includes a bronchoscope, an extended working channel defining an elongated passageway and adapted to extend through the bronchoscope, and a valve in fluid communication with the passageway of the extended working channel. The surgical system further includes an elongated surgical instrument configured and dimensioned to be inserted through the extended working channel. During operation, a fluid is able to flow from the valve and through the extended working channel such that the fluid travels within an annular area surrounding the elongated surgical instrument positioned within the extended working channel.

Rail system for use with a bronchoscope

Surgical system having a guide catheter including a fluid passageway

Systems and methods for treating a lung disease including capturing a first set of images of at least a portion of a lung displaying symptoms of a lung disease, generating a three dimensional model from the first set of images, locating a target nerve proximate the portion of the lung, generating a treatment plan, and non-invasively denervating the target nerve based on the treatment plan such that the function of the portion of the lung is affected.

System and method for lung denervation

Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for using sensor sleeves with surgical tools. In an aspect of the present disclosure, a sensor sleeve includes a tubular body defining a central longitudinal axis and having a lumen defined therethrough, the tubular body being configured to receive a tool, a plurality sensors attached to the tubular body, a cabling extending distally from the tubular body, and an interface connector coupled to the cabling and configured to interface with a navigation system.

Devices and systems for providing sensors in parallel with medical tools

A surgical portal apparatus includes a sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end that extends along a longitudinal axis, and a surgical tape. The sleeve includes an inner wall defining an internal longitudinal passageway dimensioned for permitting passage of a surgical object therethrough and an outer wall configured for positioning against tissue. The inner and outer walls define at least a partial annular space therebetween, the annular space being in fluid communication with an opening in the outer wall. The surgical tape includes a body portion retained within the annular space of the sleeve and a leading tab extendable through the opening in the outer wall of the sleeve. The surgical tape has a first surface and a second surface, each of the first and second surfaces having at least one of tissue reactive functional groups and self-reactive functional groups.

Closure tape dispenser

Provided in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure is a coupling device configured to receive first and second devices. The coupling device may define a first passageway having an inner surface with a first coefficient of friction and defining a first axis. The coupling device may define a second passageway having an inner surface with a second coefficient of friction and defining a second axis, wherein at least a portion of the second axis is at an angle relative to the first axis.

Bronchoscopy coupling devices

A surgical instrument for minimally invasive surgical procedures having a handle portion, an elongated body portion extending distally from the handle portion, an end effector movable between a first position and a second position, and an elongated tissue probe movably positioned within the elongated portion. The probe is movable between a retracted position and an advanced position, wherein movement of the probe moves the end effector from the first position to the second position.

Surgical grasper with integrated probe

Oral dosage forms for the delivery of therapeutic agents include mechanical fasteners for engaging tissue of the gastrointestinal tract.

Oral dosage forms for delivery of therapeutic agents

A wound closure device for repairing perforations and tissue wall defects is disclosed herein. The wound closure device has a barbed elongate body and a plug member. The wound closure device may further include a foam structure. The wound closure device may also include an inner member which may be a tissue scaffold. A method for closing tissue is also disclosed.

Medical device for wound closure and method of use

A surgical instrument for treating tissue during use of a diagnostic scanning device. The surgical instrument includes a housing, an actuating mechanism and an end effector assembly. The actuating mechanism is configured to activate the end effector assembly to treat tissue. At least a portion of the end effector is made of a material that is compatible with the diagnostic scanning device and allows a user to insert and activate the end effector to treat tissue at a surgical site within a patient while the surgical site is monitored during diagnostic scanning device.

Surgical instruments for use with diagnostic scanning devices

A tissue fixation device includes an elongated body extending between a proximal portion and a distal portion including a plurality of barbed loops. The elongated body, proximal portion, and distal portion are provided in a variety of configurations depending upon the performance requirements desired of the tissue fixation device for the envisaged application of use.

Tissue fixation device

A system for light based interrogation of a lung includes a memory, an electromagnetic (EM) board, an extended working channel (EWC), an EM sensor, a light source, a light receptor and a processor. The memory stores a 3D model and a pathway plan of a luminal network and the EM board generates an EM field. The EWC navigates a luminal network of a patient toward a target in accordance with the pathway plan and the EM sensor extends distally from a distal end of the EWC and is configured to sense the EM field. The light source is located at or around the EWC and emits light, and the light receptor is located at or around the EWC and is configured to sense reflected light from airway of the luminal network. The processor converts the reflected light into light based data and identifies a type or density of tissue.

System and method for light based lung visualization

A system for light based interrogation of a lung includes a memory, an electromagnetic (EM) board, an extended working channel (EWC), an EM sensor, a light source, a light receptor and a processor. The memory stores a 3D model and a pathway plan of a luminal network and the EM board generates an EM field. The EWC navigates a luminal network of a patient toward a target in accordance with the pathway plan and the EM sensor extends distally from a distal end of the EWC and is configured to sense the EM field. The light source is located at or around the EWC and is configured to emit light, and the light receptor is located at or around the EWC and is configured to sense reflected light from airway of the luminal network. The processor converts the reflected light into light based data and identifies a type of tissue.

A medical instrument includes a printed sensor, a surface, at least one non-conductive material, and at least one pair of contacts. The sensor has at least one coil formed on a conductive material. The surface is suitable for receiving the printed sensor and can be placed in an EM field. The at least one non-conductive material covers the at least one coil of the sensor. The medical instrument contains multiple conductive and nonconductive layers. The at least one pair of contacts are electrically connected to the at least one coil and connectable to the conductive layer, the conductive layer coupled to a measurement device, which senses an induced electrical signal based on a magnetic flux change of the EM field. The location of the medical instrument in a coordinate system of the EM filed is identified based on the induced electrical signal in the sensor.

Medical instrument with sensor for use in a system and method for electromagnetic navigation

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Guilford, CT, United States of America

Joshua Benjamin Stopek