Interventional Therapies

C. R. Bard, Inc.

Lisa D Futato

Stanislaw Kostrzewski

Augustus Felix

Kevin J Ranucci

Kenneth E Toso

Samuel F Liprie

Karen E Kullas

Sam F Liprie

James Correia

Gregory F Toso

Adam P Angell

Dan Hass

A suction limiting device with variable control for use in a surgical system includes a main vent body having a fluid carrying bore extending therethrough and a variable vent mechanism having a main vent opening in selective fluid communication with the fluid carrying bore so as to permit introduction of atmospheric air into the fluid carrying bore. The vent mechanism being adjustable so that the degree of airflow into the fluid carrying bore is variable between a fully open position to a fully closed position where atmospheric air is prevented from entering the fluid carrying bore. The suction limiting device also includes a valve disposed within the main vent body and positionable between an open position when negative pressure and a closed position when positive pressure exists in the main vent body.

Suction limiting device with variable control

A source wire for radiation treatment of diseases is provided, comprising a relatively long elongate flexible wire having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the wire having a wire end face substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the wire; a relatively short flexible tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the tube being sealed, the tube having a tube end face at the proximal end and substantially perpendicular to the distal wire end face of the wire, the tube having an inner diameter defining a cavity; and a core capable of being irradiated to form at least one radioactive source positioned within the cavity.

Source wire for radiation treatment

A catheter ( ), and a method for performing radiation treatment at a site where angio-plasty was performed, are disclosed. The catheter ( ) includes a hollow, cylindrical member ( ) constructed from a fairly flexible material. The catheter is maneuvered within the body by traveling over a guide wire which was initially maneuvered in the blood vessel to a position beyond the actual site of a stenosis. Stand-off structure ( ) having a stand-off balloon ( ) surrounds a portion ( ) of the outer surface of the catheter ( ). The distal end ( ) of the catheter ( ) includes an inner lumen plug ( ), and a distal mandrel ( ) extending through the inner lumen plug ( ). The distal mandrel ( ) is manufactured from shape memory alloy to stiffen, and reinforce the catheter when the catheter is introduced within the blood vessel.

Catheter with stand-off structure

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Milford, CT, United States of America

Lisa D Futato