Depuy Products, Inc.

Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.

Cordis Neurovascular, Inc.

Mamdouh Elsakka

Roberto Diaz

Boris Shkolnik

John R Pepper

Paul Cooper

Joel Mohrman

An apparatus and method for introducing a medical device deployment system into the vasculature of a human body and then using the deployment system for placing a medical device at a preselected position within a vessel, and an apparatus and method for introducing a medical device deployment system into the vasculature of a human body and then subsequently retrieving the deployment system, where the apparatus and method include an introducer having a detachable and reattachable sheath disposed about a deployment catheter.

Embolic coil introducer system

An external foot/ankle fixation device has a one-piece frame component and a positionable cross bar that allows the attachment of generally anterior/posterior directed fixation wires or rods emanating from the foot/ankle of a patient. The external fixation device provides a stable fixation platform both in-plane and out-of-plane of the object of fixation (e.g. foot or ankle). The fixation device through the cross bar also provides various degrees of angulation of anterior/posterior directed wires in two planes. Posterior angulation components may be provided to the posterior portion of the frame component that provide additional fixation wire/rod angulation variations. Compression rails may also be provided. An optional elevator component may be attached to the bottom of the frame component that does not obstruct access to the soft tissues on the bottom of the foot. The elevator component protects the bottom of the foot from contaminated surfaces.

External bone/joint fixation device

An apparatus system () and method for introducing and retrieving a medical device deployment system () into the vasculature of a human body at a preselected position within a vessel. The apparatus () includes an introducer () having a detachable and re-attachable sheath () disposed about a deployment catheter ().

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Warsaw, IN, United States of America

Mamdouh Elsakka