Covidien LP

Cook Medical Technologies LLC

Cook Biotech, Inc.

Scr Inc.

Lanark Medical Products

Kurt Dierking

Andrew M Miesse

Simon M Furnish

Greg R Furnish

Mark Griffin

Ben Morris

John Miser

Cory Celestino

Alex Nadein

David C Racenet

Paul A Spence

Landon H Tompkins

Christopher M Meehan

Erica J Wells

Daniel R Bachman

Sean Warren

Jarin A Kratzberg

David Eric Orr

Alan R Leewood

David Douglas Grewe

James D Purdy

Jichao Sun

Lal Ninan

Jason S Bowe

Carl Agnew

Andrew Miesse

A gastrectomy device includes an elongated member defining a centerline that extends through proximal and distal ends thereof. A shape modification member coupled to the elongated member is movable relative to the centerline of the elongated member. The shape modification member is movable between a first state, adjacent to the elongated member, and a second state, spaced from the elongated member. The shape modification member conforms to a portion of a patient's stomach in the second state.

Devices and methods facilitating sleeve gastrectomy procedures

A gastrectomy device includes an elongated member and a tube. The elongated member has a proximal end and a distal end and defines a longitudinal side window disposed adjacent the distal end. The elongated member defines a first longitudinal channel, a second longitudinal channel, and a plurality of side apertures. The first longitudinal channel is in communication with the longitudinal side window and the plurality of side apertures is in communication with the second longitudinal channel. The tube extends through the first longitudinal channel. An array of lights is associated with the tube to provide illumination. The tube is movable through the elongated member between a first state, in which the tube is disposed within the first longitudinal channel of the elongated member, and a second state, in which a portion of the tube extends through the longitudinal side window of the elongated member.

Devices and methods for facilitating sleeve gastrectomy procedures

A system for ablating internal heart tissue in an ablation pattern on a surface of the tissue within the heart. The system includes an ablation catheter with a distal end having an ablating tip portion operative to allow selective ablation of tissue. A guiding device is engageable with the ablation catheter and includes a tissue anchoring portion operable to engage with tissue proximate to the tissue to be ablated so as to temporarily anchor the guiding device relative to the tissue. Engagement of the guiding device with the ablation catheter operates to assist with guiding the ablating tip portion in moving along the pattern. Various devices and methods of use are further disclosed.

Systems and methods for treating the heart with ablation

An endoluminal prosthesis is described and comprises a stent (), At least one barb () secured to the stent, and a degradable barb guard () covering at least a portion of the barb and protecting the distal tip when the stent is in a compressed configuration. The barb guard () comprises a degradable structure that degrades to expose the distal tip of the barb when the stent is placed in a vessel. An endoluminal prosthesis deployment system comprising a sheath having a lumen and a prostesis within the sheath lumen is also described.

Stent with protected barbs

This invention is directed to graft materials for implanting, transplanting, replacing, or repairing a part of a patient and to methods of making the graft materials. The present invention is also directed to stent grafts and endoluminal prostheses formed of the graft materials. More specifically, the present invention is a graft material which includes porous polymeric sheet, extracellular matrix material (ECM) disposed on at least a portion of the porous polymeric sheet and at least one polymer layer disposed on at least a portion of the ECM. The ECM may be in a gel form. The polymeric sheet and the polymer layer may be made from foam material and may comprise a polyurethane urea and a surface modifying agent such as siloxane.

Graft material, stent graft and method

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Kurt Dierking