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Hemodynamics, Inc.

Pilot Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Unlimited Range Electric Car Systems Company

Temp-stik Corporation

Pilot Cardiovascular System, Inc.

Pilot Cariovascular Systems, Inc.

Julius G Hammerslag

Gary R Hammerslag

Richard K Myler

Vincent Divino

Disclosed are methods of spinal fixation involving application of a liquid medium which cures, hardens, polymerizes or otherwise serves to bind adjacent vertebrae together. The fixation which results from this binding may be temporary or essentially permanent in duration, and may be used to treat conditions or disease of the spine, such as inflammation, instability or fracture. In a preferred embodiment, the liquid medium comprises a low viscosity cyanoacrylate-based adhesive.

Method of spinal fixation using adhesive media

Disclosed are methods and compositions for closing and sealing a wound, laceration, incision, or other percutaneous opening using an adhesive. In one preferred embodiment, the sides of the percutaneous opening are brought together in apposition and the adhesive is applied to the opening and the skin immediately adjacent thereto. Adhesives used in the methods of the present invention exhibit sufficient viscosity to substantially prevent flow of the adhesive into the percutaneous opening. In a preferred embodiment, the adhesive is a sealing medium comprising an adhesive component and a microparticulate component. Preferred sealing media comprise cyanoacrylates combined with fumed silica. In such embodiments, said viscosity enhancing component is present in an amount sufficient to substantially prevent the medium from flowing into the opening at normal skin temperature.

Controlled viscosity dermal adhesive

Disclosed is a device for delivering tissue adhesives and/or sealant patches to a surface which covers or surrounds a perforation in a lumen, cavity or organ, or potential lumen or cavity, within a human or other animal. Also disclosed is a method of delivering tissue adhesives and/or sealant patches to a surface which covers or surrounds a lumen, cavity or organ, or potential lumen or cavity. The method is particularly suited to sealing perforations in vascular walls, such as after arterial access for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA), Percutaneous Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Atherectomy and other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Method of catheterization and inhibition of arterial bleeding

Methods and compositions for closing and sealing a wound, laceration, incision, or other percutaneous opening using an adhesive. In one preferred embodiment, the sides of the percutaneous opening are brought together in apposition and the adhesive is applied to the opening and the skin immediately adjacent thereto. Adhesives used in the methods exhibit sufficient viscosity to substantially prevent flow of the adhesive into the percutaneous opening. In a preferred embodiment, the adhesive is a sealing medium comprising an adhesive component and a microparticulate component. Preferred sealing media comprise cyanoacrylates combined with fumed silica. In such embodiments, the fumed silica is present in an amount sufficient to substantially prevent the medium from flowing into the opening at normal skin temperature.

A battery transfer and charging system for electrically powered vehicles includes a conveyor loop for conveying batteries from a battery receiving station to a battery delivery station. A displacement assembly removes spent batteries of electric vehicles by placing charged batteries into position within the vehicles so as to laterally displace spent batteries. Spent batteries displaced from vehicles are received by the receiving station, where the batteries are tested both electrically and by comparing battery status data against predetermined criteria. Batteries which fail the battery test are automatically removed from the conveyor loop by a elevator assembly. Batteries are automatically charged as they pass through the conveyor loop in an assembly-line fashion. Following recharge, batteries are conveyed to the displacement station for installation within later vehicles. In one embodiment of the system, vehicles are processed through the system in sequential order, stopping at a specified location for battery installation/removal.

Battery charging and transfer system for electrically powered vehicles

Disclosed is a removable cardiovascular stent, an apparatus for the retrieval of the stent and a method for removal of the stent. The removable stent includes radially inwardly extending engagement members for contacting an extraction catheter. The extraction catheter includes a tubular body and an axially moveable guidewire, each adapted to grasp the engagement members of the tubular stent. The stent is elongated in an axial direction thereby reducing the cross-sectional area of the stent. The stent can be removed directly, or can fit within the tubular body of the extraction catheter for atraumatic removal from the treatment location.

Cardiovascular stent and retrieval apparatus

Surface opening adhesive sealer

Disclosed is a device for delivering tissue adhesives and/or sealant patches to a surface which covers or surrounds a lumen, cavity or organ, or potential lumen or cavity, within a human or other animal. Also disclosed is a method of delivering tissue adhesives and/or sealant patches to a surface which covers or surrounds a lumen, cavity or organ, or potential lumen or cavity. The method is particularly suited to sealing perforations in vascular walls, such as after arterial access for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA), Percutaneous Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Atherectomy and similar diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Vascular patch applicator

A battery transfer and charging system for electric vehicles includes a conveyor loop for conveying batteries from a battery receiving station to a battery delivery station. A displacement assembly removes spent batteries of electric vehicles by forcing charged batteries into position within the vehicles so as to laterally displace spent batteries. Spent batteries displaced from vehicles are received by the receiving station, where the batteries are tested both electrically and by comparing battery status data against predetermined criteria. Batteries which fail the battery test are automatically removed from the conveyor loop by a elevator assembly. Batteries are automatically charged as they pass through the conveyor loop in an assembly-line fashion. Following recharge, batteries are conveyed to the displacement station for installation within later vehicles. In one embodiment of the system, vehicles drive through the system in sequential order, stopping at a specified location for battery installation/removal.

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San Juan Capistrano, CA, United States of America

Julius G Hammerslag