Medtronic, Inc.

Cvrx, Inc.

Mardil, Inc.

St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.

Acorn Cardiovascular, Inc.

Aga Medical Corporation

Paul A Pignato

Mark D Breyen

Anthony W Rorvick

Scott Eric Jahns

Joseph F Lessar

Thomas P Miltich

Adam W Cates

Karen Pilney Montpetit

Robert G Walsh

Christopher P Olig

Gary W Guenst

Loren Murney

Brian D Soltis

Eric G Lovett

Aaron J Hjelle

Thomas Daigle

Kip Ludwig

Kurt J Casby

Douglas H Gubbin

William L Johnson

Anthony R Rorvick

Ann Margaret Thomas

Katherine S Jolly

James R Keogh

Vance Kesler

Raymond W Usher

Bart Carey

Luis Miguel Rodriguez

Andrew Michael Jacobs

Norma K Bullock

Greg Sundberg

Joe DuPay

John Daniel Norton

Philip Jon Haarstad

Cynthia T Clague

William E Cohn

Hani Naief Sabbah

Matt Heidner

Matt Glimsdale

Robert E Kraska

William G O'Neill

Michael A Colson

Jenn-Feng Yan

Michael E Clarke

Noreen Walen Thompson

Andrew J Ries

Christopher M Hobot

Paul T Rothstein

Daniel O Adams

Matthew David Bonner

Michael J Girard

Richard Carlton Mattison

Jack Goodman

Randall V Sparer

Edward Di Domenico

Peter James Meinz

Louis Labrousse

Eric W Laveen

Steven G Rockow

Holly J Hicks

Caleb Ole Vainikka

William Thomas Hartsig

James Anderson Smith

Seth Wilks

James E Johnson

Holly J Hermeling

Matt C Glimsdale

Matt C Heidner

Gregory Sundberg

Jams R Keogh

Devices and methods of use for introduction and implantation of an electrode as part of a minimally invasive technique. An implantable baroreflex activation system includes a control system having an implantable housing, an electrical lead, attachable to the control system, and an electrode structure. The electrode structure is near one end of the electrical lead, and includes a monopolar electrode, a backing material having an effective surface area larger than the electrode, and a releasable pivotable interface to mate with an implant tool. The electrode is configured for implantation on an outer surface of a blood vessel and the control system is programmed to deliver a baroreflex therapy via the monopolar electrode to a baroreceptor within a wall of the blood vessel.

Implant tool and improved electrode design for minimally invasive procedure

Devices and methods of use for introduction and implantation of an electrode as part of a minimally invasive technique. A system includes an introducer tool including a dilator portion, a carrier portion and a release mechanism, the dilator portion selectively engageable with the carrier portion. The system further includes a lead including a lead body and an electrode structure, the electrode structure including an active side with an electrode disposed thereon, and an inactive side with an element disposed thereon. The introducer tool is configured to be temporarily inserted into a patient over a guidewire, and a portion of the release mechanism is selectively engageable with the element of the electrode structure to retain the electrode structure to the introducer tool.

Devices and methods for percutaneous electrode implant

Embodiments of the present invention generally pertain to devices and methods for use in conjunction with implanting a baroreflex therapy system which includes an implantable pulse generator and associated circuitry contained within a hermetically sealed housing, an elongate flexible electrical lead connectable to the housing, and a monopolar electrode structure coupled with the electrical lead. More specifically, the devices and methods of the present invention allow for a mapping procedure to be conducted as part of the implant procedure prior to fully implanting the baroreflex therapy system.

Adapter for connection to pulse generator

A cardiac support device includes a jacket and elastic attachment structure for self-securing the jacket to a heart. The attachment structures can include undulating metal and polymer elements, a silicone band and elastomeric filaments on a base end of the jacket.

Self-adjusting attachment structure for a cardiac support device

In some embodiments, a medical device may include one or more of the following features: (a) a metal fabric formed of braided metal strands, (b) the medical device having a collapsed configuration for delivery through a channel in a patient's body and having a generally dumbbell-shaped expanded configuration with two expanded diameter portions, separated by a reduced diameter portion formed between opposed ends of the device and unsecured metal strand ends at the opposed ends, and (d) a thrombogenic agent located on the metal fabric.

Braided vascular devices having no end clamps

A vascular occlusion, flow restriction, shunt or filter device is disclosed comprising the assembly of at least two, of a number of selectable discrete interconnectable, interchangeable components, at least one component being of the type fabricated from metal strands braided into a tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated, collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and the device shaped to create an occlusion, flow restriction or shunt when placed in an opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to the expanded preset configuration when unconstrained.

Multi-component vascular device

A device for temporarily sealing an opening in a blood vessel is provided. The device comprises a cutting mechanism for creating an opening in a blood vessel and a seal for sealing the opening in the blood vessel. The seal is delivered through an inner lumen of a tool body coupled to the cutting mechanism. Methods for using the device to construct an anastomosis between two vessels are also provided.

Vessel sealing devices

A cardiac support device including a jacket and elastic attachment structure for self-securing the jacket to a heart. The attachment structures can include undulating metal and polymer elements, a silicone band and elastomeric filaments on a base end of the jacket.

A vascular occlusion, flow restriction, shunt or filter device is disclosed comprising the assembly of at least two, of a number of selectable discrete interconnectable, interchangeable components, at least one component being of the type fabricated from metal strands braided into a tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated, collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and the device shaped to create an occlusion, flow restriction or shunt when placed in an opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained.

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Paul A Pignato