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Randall James Beyreis

Michael F Hoey

Mark Schrom

Stephanos Paulos

Brady Hatcher

Garrett Robert Prahl

Daryl Edmiston

Andrew Sennett

Lee A Core

Brett Allyn Williams

Tyler Nordmann

William Russell Kanz

Edward J Anderson

Marc R Helmick

Mark R Bilitz

Travis M White

Raymond Michael Wolniewicz, Iii

Laura Elyn Ortega

Brent Twain Nistal

Ross Paulson

Michael Kuehn

Jonathan Merlo

Quyhn Pham

Anthony Prostrollo

Danielle Peterson

Michele Chouinard

Eric Charles Whittaker

Karl Alan Jagger

Robert Burgermeister

Steven Wayne Berhow

Stanley A Nordin

Max Bock-Aronson

Tristan Tieso

Elliot Y K Hong

Todd Rowe

Trevor A McCaw

Graham Garvin

Emily E Rusk

Dan Johnson

Daniel Nygaard

Jon Livingston

Linda S Christenson

Mathew Krever

Joe Lesser

Travis Richard White

Andy Freeman

Ryan Um

Fernando De Caprio

Paul Ferrara

Ricci Dayle Smelser

Stanley Nordin

Raymond M Wolniewicz

Garret Prahl

Brady Jon Hatcher

Fernando Di Caprio

An anchor assembly is configured to implant a cardiac anchor into a heart wall of a patient to anchor a suture configured to extend from a valve leaflet of the heart as an artificial chordae. The anchor assembly can include an anchor hub defining an open interior and a helical coil extending distally from the anchor hub and having a sharpened tip configured to embed the helical coil into the heart wall upon rotation of the helical coil. A spring can be disposed within the open interior of the anchor hub. Compressing the spring distally can create an open space within the open interior of the anchor hub for a suture extending through the anchor hub to slide freely and releasing compression on the spring can cause the spring to expand in a proximal direction to clamp the suture within the open interior of the anchor hub.

Helical cardiac anchors for minimally invasive heart valve repair

Disclosed herein are various embodiments of cardiac anchors configured to be inserted into a heart wall of a patient to anchor a suture as an artificial chordae under an appropriate tension for proper valve function. Such cardiac anchors are particularly suitable for use in intravascular, transcatheter procedures.

Transverse helical cardiac anchor for minimally invasive heart valve repair

A first tubular body having a first longitudinal axis extending centrally through the tubular body includes at least one delivery port extending through a wall of the first tubular body. A second tubular body having a second longitudinal axis extends through the second tubular body, the first and second longitudinal axes being displaced from each other such that an asymmetrical longitudinally extending gap is formed between an outer surface of the second tubular body and an interior surface of the first tubular body. A temperature sensor forming a thermocouple extending longitudinally within the gap between the first tubular body and the second tubular body. An inner core is positioned within the second tubular body. The inner core includes least one ultrasound element.

Ultrasound catheter

A vapor delivery needle is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply condensable vapor energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the vapor delivery needle can be advanced a predetermined distance into the prostate by an actuation mechanism. The actuation mechanism can comprise, for example, a spring, or at least one magnet. Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered.

Systems and methods for prostate treatment

This disclosure describes, inter alia, materials, devices, kits and methods that may be used for loading scaffolds into delivery devices and delivery of scaffolds into the body of a patient, including delivery of scaffolds to the sinuses for the treatment of chronic sinusitis, among other purposes.

Scaffold loading and delivery systems

Methods of creating a curvilinear cavity within a vertebral body or other bony structure and devices that may be used to perform the steps to create the curvilinear cavity. In one embodiment, a method of forming a curvilinear void in bony structure may include the steps of accessing a bony structure with a cannula, inserting a distal end of a drill device through the cannula and into the bony structure, manipulating the distal end of the drill device to create a curvilinear void in the bony structure, enlarging the void by expansion of a balloon element mounted to the drill device, and deflating the balloon element and removing the drill device from the cannula.

Devices and methods for fracture reduction

A vapor delivery needle is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply condensable vapor energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the vapor delivery needle can be advanced a pre-determined distance into the prostate by an actuation mechanism. The actuation mechanism can comprise, for example, a spring, or at least one magnet. Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered.

Delivery systems for polymeric tubular implants, kits that include such delivery systems, and methods of treating patients by implanting tubular implants using the delivery systems. The delivery systems include an inner shaft, an expandable member slidably disposed about the inner shaft and configured to receive the tubular implant, and a tubular outer shaft disposed about the inner shaft.

Stent delivery system

Device and methods for fracture reduction

A vapor delivery needle is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply condensable vapor energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the needle can ablate a continuous lobe region in the prostate parallel to the urethral wall. Another feature of the vapor delivery needle is that it can introduce a cooling fluid into the urethra during treatment. Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered.

The invention relates to a method of creating a curvilinear cavity within a vertebral body or other bony structure. The invention also relates to devices that may be used to perform the steps to create the curvilinear cavity. In one embodiment, a method of forming a curvilinear void in bony structure may include the steps of accessing a bony structure with a cannula, inserting a distal end of a drill device through the cannula and into the bony structure, manipulating the distal end of the drill device to create a curvilinear void in the bony structure, enlarging the void by expansion of a balloon element mounted to the drill device, and deflating the balloon element and removing the drill device from the cannula.

A suture lock including a first bore, a first restriction member extending into the first bore for restricting the movement of a suture element within the first bore, an optional second bore, and a second restriction member extending into the second bore for restricting the movement of a suture element. The suture lock may be provided in a system including a suture element. Methods of using the suture locks are also described.

Suture locks and suture lock systems

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Corcoran, MN, United States of America

Randall James Beyreis