Cook Medical Technologies LLC

Cook Biotech, Inc.

P Arun Mohan

Patrick C Melder

Joseph F Obermiller

Ryan Bernstein

Christine Bronikowski

Darin Gene Schaeffer

F Joseph Obermiller

Mark Duncan

Andrew J Kaucher

Kevin D Parish

Derick C Miller

Joseph Obermiller

Tissue adjustment implants useful for adjusting a position of tissue in a patient are described. In an embodiment, a tissue adjustment implant includes a main body having a series of outwardly-extending projections. The tissue adjustment implants can be used in a variety of treatments, such as in the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and snoring.

Tissue adjustment implant

Described are graft devices useful for treating surgical defects, delivery implements for delivery of the graft devices, combinations thereof, and methods for the preparation and use thereof. In certain aspects a tonsillectomy graft can include convexly curved outer edges, where the graft is sized and configured such that these outer edges reside proximate and along tonsillar pillars bounding a surgical tonsillectomy defect. The graft can include one or more pull tethers laced to the graft and functional to draw these outer edges toward one another when tensioned. The graft can be combined with a delivery implement having a delivery head and attached handle, where the delivery head is sized for receipt onto the tonsillectomy defect to deliver the graft. Additional product features, as well as associated methods, are also described.

Methods for delivering surgical grafts to a resected tonsil

Described, in certain respects, are unique methods and systems for treating fistulae and other passageways and openings in the body. In some embodiments, treatment will be performed on fistulae that include a passage extending through a subcutaneous wall or wall-like structure. Illustratively, such a passage can extend through a subcutaneous tissue wall that includes, at a minimum, portions of an intestinal wall, and in this regard, such a wall can have a first side that is provided by the luminal side of the intestines and a second subcutaneous side that is provided, for example, by the abluminal side of the intestines and/or by other subcutaneous tissues adhered to this abluminal side. Some inventive products and methods involve sealing off the passage from both sides of the wall, for example, where a sealing element is placed on each side of the wall over an opening to the passage.

Methods and systems for treating complex fistulae

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West Lafayette, IN, United States of America

P Arun Mohan