Cornell University

Lumendi Ltd.

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Saranas, Inc.

Matthew DeNardo

Tuan Anh Nguyen

Jeremy A Van Hill

Gabriel Greeley

Rahul Sathe

Christopher Dillon

Jeffrey Milsom

Sameer Sharma

Ashley Lauren Whitney

Anthony Z Assal

John Frederick Cornhill

Stephen C Evans

Timothy Robinson

Serge Cyril Roux

Richard Yazbeck

Audrey R Bell

Alan Fortunate

Phal Kun Chan

Brian David Chouinard

William Rebh

Edward Emil Shaw

Mehdi Razavi

Howard Riina

J Frederick Cornhill

Rainuka Gupta

Kevin Thomas Smith

Brandon C Short

Merrill J Birdno

Alireza Mashal

Arun Venkatasubramanian

Linda Marie Donoghue

Christopher Alexander Arevalos

Joe Bailey

Jeffery Milsom

Darren Schneider

Leslie Johnston

Mike A Schmieder

Franck J Rubiconi

Phala Chan

Apparatus comprising: a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; a proximal balloon secured to the sleeve; an inflation/deflation tube carried by the sleeve and in fluid communication with the interior of the proximal balloon; a push tube slidably mounted to the sleeve; and a distal balloon secured to the distal end of the push tube, the interior of the distal balloon being in fluid communication with the push tube, wherein the distal balloon is capable of assuming a deflated condition and an inflated condition, and further wherein when the distal balloon is in its deflated condition, an axial opening extends therethrough, the axial opening being sized to receive the endoscope therein, and when the distal balloon is in its inflated condition, the axial opening is closed down.

Method and apparatus for manipulating the side wall of a body lumen or body cavity so as to provide increased visualization of the same and/or increased access to the same, and/or for stabilizing instruments relative to the same

This disclosure relates generally to treatment programs utilizing expansion elements, such as those associated with occlusion and therapeutic agent delivery devices, systems, and methods. In some more specific examples, treatment programs include expansion-contraction cycles at a pre-selected frequency profile configured to treat a particular condition, such as calcification of an arterial conduit, for example.

Cyclic expansion tissue treatment programs and associated systems

Apparatus comprising: a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; an aft balloon secured to the sleeve; an inflation/deflation tube carried by the sleeve and in fluid communication with the interior of the aft balloon; a pair of hollow push tubes slidably mounted to the sleeve, the pair of hollow push tubes being connected to one another at their distal ends with a raised push tube bridge, the raised push tube bridge being configured to nest an endoscope therein; and a fore balloon secured to the distal ends of the pair of hollow push tubes, the interior of the fore balloon being in fluid communication with the interiors of the pair of hollow push tubes, wherein the fore balloon is capable of assuming a deflated condition and an inflated condition, and further wherein (i) when the fore balloon is in its deflated condition, an axial opening extends therethrough, the axial opening being sized to receive the endoscope therein, and (ii) when the fore balloon is in its inflated condition, the axial opening is closed down.

A introducer is disclosed that includes an introducer sheath for introducing a catheter into a blood vessel at an insertion point, a plurality of electrodes on the introducer sheath, a flush line coupled to the introducer sheath including a proximal end and a distal end. In addition, the introducer includes an impedance assessment unit coupled to the flush line between the proximal end and the distal end and electrically coupled to the electrodes. The impedance assessment unit is configured to inject a predetermined current or voltage into a first of the plurality of electrodes and measure a resulting voltage or current, respectively, from a second of the plurality of electrodes.

Introducer sheath with electrodes

A device comprising a single closed loop of elastic filament configurable between (i) a first configuration for movement along a blood vessel; and (ii) a second configuration for lodging within a blood vessel, the second configuration providing a single flow-restricting face sized and configured to cover the mouth of the aneurysm and obstruct blood flow to the aneurysm while permitting substantially normal blood flow through the blood vessel, with the degree of obstruction at the mouth of the aneurysm being such that the aneurysm thromboses when the face is positioned over the aneurysm, the flow-restricting face comprising a plurality of lengths of the closed loop of filament disposed in close proximity to one another in a switchback configuration, and at least one leg for holding the flow-restricting face adjacent the mouth of the aneurysm, the leg configured so as to maintain substantially normal blood flow through the blood vessel.

Method and apparatus for restricting flow through an opening in the side wall

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Melrose, MA, United States of America

Matthew DeNardo