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Peter Trexler Keith

Thomas V Ressemann

John R Drontle

Theodore O Truitt

Todd J Mortier

Cyril J Schweich, Jr

Robert M Vidlund

Charles L Euteneuer

Robert S Kieval

Dennis W Wahr

David J Blaeser

Thomas M Paulson

Anthony J Hanson

David J Serdar

Bruce J Persson

Robert E Atkinson

David A Kusz

Chad John Kugler

Denise R Barbut

Daniel O Adams

Jon St Germain

Steven S Hackett

Steven Wayne Berhow

Michael Berman

Martin A Rossing

Thomas R Hektner

Thomas K Heiland

Louis G Ellis

Eric D Irwin

Stephen L Bolea

Paul M Sand

Matthew Jonathan Olson

John Avi Roop

Richard Carlton Mattison

Paul Lesch

Hans G Mische

Jason W Lettmann

Reuben C Setliff, Iii

Aaron Piddie

Richard F Schroeder

Scott A Olson

Joel R Munsinger

Scott P Thome

Jason E Kalgreen

Joshua J Baltzell

Marc Simmon

Joel D Phillips

Mark R Christianson

Edwin J Hlavka

Matthew M Burns

Andrew Joseph Dusbabek

Patrick M McCarthy

Jerome Kent Grudem, Jr

Steven Nicholas Willard

Michael J Kallok

William F Kratoska

Sew-Wah Tay

Eric Whitbrook

David A VandenEinde

Matthew J Olson

Kevin C Willard

David S Utley

Thomas F Janecek

David Bryan Robinson

Kent David Harrison

Timothy B Petrick

William H Penny

Shannon M Rush

Timothy M Stivland

Donald F Palme, Ii

Gerald G Voegele

Peter J Ness

Dale F Schmaltz

Jack Denton Utley

Kyle Thunstrom

Andrew G Richardson

Bradley C Linden

Thomas V Reesemann

Trevor Lofthouse

Nick Mourlas

Eric Stainbrook

Gina L Hansen

Christian L Mazzola

Chuck Horrell

Janita Burmeister

Chad W Trembath

Theodore O Truit

Bruce J Perrson

Robert Emmett Atkinson

Inventive embodiments disclosed herein include a catheter for dilating a sinus cavity lumen. The catheter includes a guide tube, having a proximal end and a distal end, that terminates in a distal tip; a sleeve member annularly positioned over the guide tube, wherein the sleeve member is movable relative to the guide tube and is capable of being advanced over the guide tube; and a balloon coupled to the sleeve member, wherein the balloon can be extendable and inflated at or beyond the end of the guide tube.

Sinus balloon dilation catheters and sinus surgery tools

A system for manipulating a guide catheter within a patient's nasal passages or sinus cavities includes a guide catheter formed from an elongate flexible member having a lumen passing there through. A wire guide is slidably disposed within the lumen of the guide catheter. The system further includes a steering member fixedly secured to a proximal end of the wire guide and a proximal hub secured to a proximal end of the guide catheter. The system further includes a recessed handle having a first recess for fixedly receiving the proximal hub of the guide catheter and a second recess for receiving the steering member, the second recess being dimensioned to permit axial and rotational movement of the steering member while disposed in the second recess.

Guide catheter and method of use

The invention describes a sinus balloon catheter and methods of use. Specifically a sinus balloon catheter for dilating a sinus cavity lumen is provided with a tip that can be extended. The catheter comprises a guide tube with a proximal and distal end, a sleeve member, a balloon disposed upon the sleeve member and a rounded tip arranged at the distal end and extendable along with the extension of the sleeve member.

Methods and devices for treating sinusitis

Described herein are methods and devices for delivering a drug to the frontal sinus system. An inflatable implant is positioned within the frontal sinus system using an anchoring means secured within the frontal sinus cavity. A drug-containing fluid is released directly into the frontal sinus drainage system.

Methods and devices for paranasal sinus drug delivery

A method for treating OAB in a female patient includes positioning a visualization scope in the patent's vagina; advancing a guide wire through a working channel of a visualization scope, until a tissue penetrating distal tip of the guide wire advances out of the working channel and penetrates a wall of the superior portion of the vagina; continuing to advance the guidewire tip submucosally through the wall of the vagina, until it is positioned within tissue of the bladder trigone; advancing a balloon dilation catheter over the guidewire until a balloon carried on a distal end portion of the balloon dilation catheter is positioned proximate the distal tip of the guidewire within the bladder trigone tissue; and inflating said balloon to form a first dissection plane between separated layers of tissue within the bladder trigone.

Devices and methods for treating conditions caused by afferent nerve signals

Methods and devices for paranasal sinus delivery

Devices and methods for treating conditions, such as overactive bladder, caused by afferent nerve signals involving the creation of dissection planes that interrupt the afferent nerve signals.

Devices and methods for treating conditions caused by affarent nerve signals

Methods are provided for partial aortic obstruction for cerebral perfusion augmentation in patients suffering from global or focal cerebral ischemia. Alternatively, the methods can be used to partially obstruct aortic blood flow to condition the spinal cord to secrete neuroprotective agents prior to abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Partial obstruction of a vessel can be accomplished by a device comprising an elongate catheter and a distally mounted expandable member. The expandable member may comprise one or two balloons. Other medical devices, such as an angioplasty, stent, or atherectomy catheter, can be inserted distal the expandable member to provide therapeutic intervention.

Partial aortic occlusion devices and methods for cerebral perfusion augmentation

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Peter Trexler Keith