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Maquet Cardiovascular LLC

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Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

Foundry Innovation & Research 1, Ltd.

Peter Tachi Callas

Robert M Pearson

Michael C Stewart

Albert K Chin

Liming Lau

Evan Anderson

Mark S Juravic

Pierluca Lombardi

Joe Lamberti

Tammy Wang

David P Warden

James G Lovewell

Mark Ortiz

Bradley C Stribling

Dave Warden

Wesley Chung Joe

Rafael V Davalos

Paulo A Garcia

Robert E Neal, Ii

Hanson S Gifford, Iii

Bruce Alan Tockman

John P Lunsford

Douglas S Sutton

Ryan Charles Abbott

Michael Francis Wei

Jason Alan Shiroff

Arnold M Escano

Arthur M Lin

Juan I Perez

Jerry Jarrard

Kenny L Dang

Benjamin Sherman

Peter T Kelley

Fiachra M Sweeney

Kristopher J Yee

Joseph N Lamberti

John S Greenland

Amit Agarwal

Gary Hague

Justin Williams

Amar Kendale

Theodore J Schulte

Sam Ho

David B Yingling

Fred Villagomez

Frederick Barrigar

Alfredo Cantu R

Xuance Zhou

Edward McKenna

Brian Wilfley

Danyang Fan

Jesse Mcquiston

The present invention relates to medical devices and methods for treating a lesion such as a vascular stenosis using non-thermal irreversible electroporation (NTIRE). Embodiments of the present invention provide a balloon catheter type NTIRE device for treating a target lesion comprising a plurality of electrodes positioned along the balloon that are electrically independent from each other so as to be individually selectable in order to more precisely treat an asymmetrical lesion in which the lesion extends only partially around the vessel.

Device and method for electroporation based treatment

A method for treating Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or chronic bronchitis to alleviate the discomforts of breathing by using non-thermal electroporation energy to ablate diseased portions of the lung including the bronchus, airways and alveoli which, in effect, opens the restrictive diseased portions thereby maximizing the overall surface area thereof causing improved airflow and uninhibited breathing.

Congestive obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD)

System for increasing a target zone for electrical ablation includes a treatment control module executable by a processor. The control module directs a pulse generator to apply pre-conditioning pulses to subject tissue cells in a pre-conditioning zone to electroporation, the pre-conditioning zone being smaller than a target ablation zone. After the pre-conditioning pulses have been applied, the control module directs the pulse generator to apply treatment pulses to electrically ablate the tissue cells in the target ablation zone. The pre-conditioning pulses cause the pre-conditioning zone to have a much higher conductivity so that the zone acts as a larger electrode area when the treatment pulses are applied, which results in a much larger target ablation zone than otherwise possible.

System and method for increasing a target zone for electrical ablation

System for electrically ablating tissue of a patient through a plurality of electrodes includes a memory, a processor and a treatment control module stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The treatment control module generates an estimated treatment region based on the number of electrical pulses to be applied.

System and method for electrically ablating tissue of a patient

An implantable sensor for implantation in a vessel, comprising a plurality of electrodes for placement on, in or adjacent a vessel wall, means for providing a drive signal to the electrodes, means for measuring at least one of impedance and capacitance between at least two of the plurality of electrodes, and means for wirelessly communicating data from the sensor and a blood vessel monitoring system comprising same.

Implantable sensors for vascular monitoring

A system for synchronizing application of treatment signals with a cardiac rhythm is provided. The system includes a memory that receives and stores a synchronization signal indicating that a predetermined phase such as R-wave of a cardiac rhythm of a patient has started. A synchronization module analyzes whether the stored synchronization signal is erroneous and if so, prevents a medical treatment device from applying a treatment energy signal such as an IRE pulse to a patient to take into account an irregular heart beat and noise in the synchronization signal in order to maximize safety of the patient.

System and method for synchronizing energy delivery to the cardiac rhythm

An epicardial clip for reshaping the annulus of the mitral valve of a heart includes a curved member having an anterior segment configured to be positioned in the transverse sinus of the heart, a posterior segment configured to be positioned on the posterior side of the heart, such as on or inferior to the atrioventricular groove, and a lateral segment extending between the anterior segment and the posterior segment. The lateral segment includes a curve such that the first end of the member is positioned at or above the plane of the mitral valve and the second end of the member is positioned at or below the plane of the mitral valve.

Epicardial clip

Device and method for electroporation based treatment of stenosis of a tubular body part

System for increasing a target zone for electrical ablation includes a treatment control module executable by a processor. The control module directs a pulse generator to apply pre-conditioning pulses to subject tissue cells in a pre-conditioning zone to electroporation, the pre-conditioning zone being smaller than a target ablation zone. After the pre-conditioning pulses have been applied, the control module directs the pulse generator to apply treatment pulses to electrically ablate the tissue cells in the target ablation zone. The pre-conditioning pulses cause the pre-conditioning zone to have a much higher conductivity so that the zone acts as a larger electrode area when the treatment pulses are applied, which result in a much larger target ablation zone than otherwise possible.

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Castro Valley, CA, United States of America

Peter Tachi Callas