Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

Raymond Gessler

Douglas Dean Pagoria

Barry Weitzner

Peter L Dayton

James P Rohl

Daniel J Foster

Joel T Eggert

Jeff Gray

Katharine Eckerline

Douglas Pennington

Douglas Melanson

Ryan Hartman

Nicholas Zenner

Andrew L De Kock

Devon N Arnholt

Jeannette C Polkinghorne

Matthew Hein

Serena Scott

Matthew P Jones

Duane T Meyer

Joseph A Cihlar

Katrina Hansen

Erin Kristen Webb

Joseph J Schachtner

Mitchell L Horn-Wyffels

Arienne P Simon

Joseph J Nelsen

Joseph Mayo

Asha D'Cunha

Jeffery T Lersch

Erin K Webb

The present disclosure relates generally to medical devices and procedures for placement of a medical device between adjacent tissue structures. In particular, the present disclosure relates to endoscopic systems and methods for preventing or minimizing movement between tissue walls to facilitate placement of a stent therebetween.

Systems and methods to effect movement of tissue structures

The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an electrosurgical surgical tip that includes a conductive and low-profile cutting surface to provide high current density radiofrequency energy with minimal thermal damage to surrounding tissues. For example, an electrosurgical tip of the present disclosure may include a ring of conductive material sputter-coated around a distal opening of a non-conductive base component and a strip of conductive material sputter-coated along a longitudinal axis of the non-conductive base component.

Electrosurgical tip

Medical devices and method for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example method for treating a blood vessel may include disposing a medical device within the blood vessel at a position adjacent to a lesion. The medical device may include an elongate shaft having a distal end region, a balloon coupled to the distal end region, and a cavitation member disposed within the balloon. The method may also include inflating the balloon to a first pressure, activating the cavitation member, and inflating the balloon to a second pressure greater than the first pressure.

Lithotripsy angioplasty devices and methods

An example method for treating a blood vessel may include disposing a medical device within the blood vessel at a position adjacent to a lesion. The medical device may include an elongate shaft having a distal end region, a balloon coupled to the distal end region, and an iron-containing fluid disposed within the balloon. The method may also include inflating the balloon to a first pressure, delivering a plurality of electromagnetic pulses to the iron-containing fluid, and inflating the balloon to a second pressure greater than the first pressure.

Lead body designs for forming a fluid tight seal between a multilumen tube and other portions of a lead body are provided. One lead body design has a multilumen tube having a first portion defining a first number of lumens and a second reduced dimension portion defining a second number of lumens, the second number of lumens being smaller than the first number of lumens. The reduced dimension portion is attached to a distal tip portion of the lead body, forming a fluid tight passageway through the multilumen tube to the distal tip portion. Also provided are methods for forming such multilumen tubes and incorporating such multilumen tubes into a lead body.

Implantable medical lead having reduced dimension tubing transition

The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to medical electrical leads. More specifically, certain embodiments relate to leads having one or more drug-eluting components that are overmolded or otherwise positioned on the lead. Other embodiments relate to leads having one or more patterned surfaces, including some leads with one or more patterned surfaces over which one or more drug-eluting components are positioned. Further implementations relate to leads having one or more overmolded patterned surfaces, including some embodiments in which the overmolded surfaces contain at least one drug-eluting component.

Overmolded components for implantable medical leads and related methods

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Roberts, WI, United States of America

Raymond Gessler