General Surgical Innovations, Inc.

Zoll Circulation, Incorporated

Other

Revivant Corporation

Starion Instruments Corporation

Columbia University

Tyco Healthcare Group LP

Emergency Medical Systems, Inc.

Covidien LP

Medtronic, Inc.

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Microline Surgical, Inc.

Vital Insite, Inc.

Archimedes Surgical, Inc.

Thomas J. Fogarty, M.d.

Kenneth H Mollenauer

Michelle Y Monfort

Thomas A Howell

George D Hermann

Darren R Sherman

Maciej J Kieturakis

Thomas J Fogarty

James E Jervis

Jan M Echeverry

Helmut L Kayan

Steven R Bystrom

Allan R Will

Theodore R Kucklick

Roger A De La Torre

James Stephen Scott

Fred H Co

Michael R Treat

Cameron Shea Miner

Janine C Robinson

Roderick A Young

Shigeru Tanaka

Timothy J Ryan

Maciej K Kieturakis

Albert K Chin

Karl Van Dyk

Thomas Fogarty

Jeffrey M Moser

William J Kaspari

Kenneth C Kitlas

Donald Q Dong

Ian M Echevery

Lawrence W Brendlen, Jr

Martin O'Sullivan

Hee Jung Wescoat

James E Jerivs

George D Herman

Helmuth L Kayan

Jan M Echevery

A resuscitation device for automatic compression of victim's chest using a compression belt which exerts force evenly over the entire thoracic cavity. The belt is constricted and relaxed through a motorized spool assembly which repeatedly tightens the belt and relaxes the belt to provide repeated and rapid chest compression. An assembly includes various resuscitation devices including chest compression devices, defibrillation devices, and airway management devices, along with communications devices and senses with initiate communications with emergency medical personnel automatically upon use of the device.

Resuscitation device with expert system

A system for performing chest compression for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. The system includes a motor, drive spool and associated couplings which allow for controlling and limiting the movement of the compressing mechanism and includes a control system for controlling the operation and interaction of the various components to provide for optimal automatic operation of the system.

CPR assist device

The present invention provides balloon dissection apparatus and methods of use in which an elongate balloon is utilized to dissect along a region that follows a naturally existing path alongside a vessel or structure, such as an artery, a vein, a lymphatic vessel, the trachea, the esophagus, or even a nerve bundle.

Extraluminal balloon dissection

A medical device for simultaneously cutting tissue with a heating element, cauterizing the tissue with sealing elements, and stapling the tissue together. The heating elements comprise bipolar RF electrodes.

Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device

A resuscitation device for automatic compression of a victim's chest using a compression belt operably attached to a platform upon which a patient rests. In use, the compression belt is wrapped around the patient and at least one spindle operably attached to the platform.

CPR assist device adapted for anterior/posterior compressions

A skin seal or trocar stabilizer with an inflatable balloon in the shape of a dumbbell, where the balloon may be stored within a cannula for easy placement in an incision and inflated to deploy the balloon inside the body, and a portion of the balloon expands inside the cannula, whereby medical instruments may be passed through the skin seal into a laparoscopic workspace while the balloon is inflated, thereby allowing the use of normal short surgical instruments during laparoscopic procedures and during insufflation.

Skin seal with inflatable membrane

An expansible tunneling apparatus and associated methods for creating an anatomic working space for a surgical procedure. Various apparatus permitting observation during tunneling and balloon dissection are disclosed. In one embodiment, a tubular member has a bore extending therethrough and an open distal end. A lip is formed in the distal end of the tubular member to capture the distal tip of a laparoscope inserted into the tubular member to permit observation of the procedure during tunneling to a desired location and balloon inflation. An elongated neck of the balloon is secured to the tunneling member, and permits the tubular member to be withdrawn slightly from the balloon after inflation to facilitate observation. After the balloon has been advanced to the desired location in the body it is inflated to dissect tissue and create an operating space. Various balloon constructions and a reusable design are also disclosed.

Apparatus and method for dissecting tissue layers

An apparatus for creating an anatomic space in tissue in a body comprises an introducer and a sheath. The tubular sheath may surround the introducer, and may have a weakened region along its longitudinal axis. A handle may be provided on the sheath. The handle may be adapted to be pulled proximally to separate the weakened region and allow the sheath to be removed from the introducer. The sheath may be secured to the introducer via detents or latches on the handle.

Apparatus and method for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic hernia repair and patch for use therewith

A laparoscopic apparatus for tunneling dissection including a hollow tunneling member and an inflatable balloon disposed at the distal end of the tunneling member to form together a blunt tipped obturator. The tunneling member has a bore sized allow the insertion of a conventional laparoscope therein to provide observation during surgical procedures. The laparoscope provides direct observation of dissection through the open distal end of the tunneling member. Observation is provided both when the device is used to tunnel between tissue layer to a region of interest within the body of a patient, and during subsequent balloon inflation when the tissue layers are dissected to cause separation of the tissue layers and the creature of an anatomical working space. After the anatomic space has been created, the device and laparoscope are withdrawn through the incision. If needed, a trocar can be inserted into the incision to provide access back to the previously created space where the surgical procedure is to be performed. The anatomic working space may be insufflated with an insufflation gas if required for the particular procedure. The apparatus is prepared for use by inserting the tunneling member into the interior of the balloon forming the balloon into a generally cylindrical roll about the tunneling member, and preferably, through the use of an integral balloon cover, securing the balloon roll to the tunneling member to form a semi-rigid blunt tipped obturator.

Apparatus and method for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic procedures with laparoscopic visualization

Resuscitation device and method

Methods and devices for harvesting veins from the body. The methods and devices allow vein harvesting using laparoscopic procedures. A working space is created over the vein using standard laparoscopic procedures and a side-hooked wire is inserted into the working space and twisted to insert the side-hook under the vein. The wire is then pulled or drawn along the vein to separate the vein from the surrounding tissue. In an alternative embodiment, vein separation is accomplished by threading a soft rubber tube under the vein, grasping the ends of the tube so as to surround the vein, and then pulling the tube along the vein. In other embodiments, the working space is created with everting balloons.

Methods and devices for blood vessel harvesting

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Kenneth H Mollenauer