Ams Research Corporation

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.

Richard C Kaleta

John Fritz Otte

Chaouki A Khamis

Karen Pilney Montpetit

Kelly Ann Chapman

Jason Westrum Ogdahl

Jessica Lynn Roll

Kimberly A Anderson

Robert E Lund

Gary A Rocheleau

David J Kupiecki

Keith T High

Jeffrey M O'Hern

Jelica D Wold

Gregory L Koeller

Jeffrey Michael O'Hern

James A Kazmierkoski

Mona N Dahdah

Steven J Wolfe

Steven James Wolfe

Mona D Dahdah

Jessica L Roll Hoye

Karen Pilney Monpetit

A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent extending in a longitudinal direction and having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The stent includes a plurality of struts forming cells and a plurality of commissure attachment features spaced apart in an annular direction of the stent and extending in a medial direction of the stent. A valve assembly is secured to the commissure attachment features, the valve assembly including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets, each of the leaflets having a free edge and being capable of alternating between an open position and a closed position. A method of manufacturing the prosthetic heart valve is also provided.

Alternate stent CAF design for TAVR

A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent with a valve assembly disposed therein. A first cuff is positioned on the lumenal or ablumenal surface of the stent. A second cuff is positioned radially outward of the stent and the first cuff. The second cuff may include apertures that allow blood to pass through the second cuff into the spaces between the first and second cuffs. The second cuff may include a proximal edge with a plurality of notches that may be closed to create puckered areas in the second cuff to facilitate the movement of blood in the spaces between the first and second cuffs. The stent may include struts adjacent the second cuff that bow radially inwardly to create additional space for blood to flow in the spaces between the first and second cuffs.

Prosthetic heart valve with paravalvular leak mitigation features

A holder for a prosthetic heart valve may include a hub having an outer surface extending about a longitudinal axis, a commissure support extending downward from the hub, and a plurality of legs extending outward from the hub in radial directions, each leg having a foot extending in a longitudinal direction. Each foot may have two channels on its outer surface, each channel extending from a closed end at a spaced distance from the bottom of the foot to an open end at the bottom of the foot, and two suture holes each spaced apart from the bottom of the foot and extending between the inner surface and the outer surface of the foot.

Heart valve holder

Described are pelvic implants and methods of surgically placing pelvic implants, that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders by support of the levator.

Surgical articles and methods for treating pelvic conditions

Described are pelvic implants (e.g., urinary incontinence sling, hammock, etc.) and method of implanting a pelvic implant that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders such as incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, prolapse (e.g., cystocele, enterocele, rectocele, vault prolapse), fecal incontinence, and the like, wherein the implant and methods involve various features, such as the ability to adjust dimensions of an implant before, during, or after implantation.

Surgical implants, tools, and methods for treating pelvic conditions

Described are pelvic implants (e.g., urinary incontinence sling, hammock, etc.) and method of inserting a pelvic implant that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders such as incontinence or stress urinary incontinence.

Described are implants, tools, and methods useful for treating pelvic conditions such as prolapse, by placing an implant to support pelvic tissue, the implants, tools, and methods involving one or more of adjusting engagements, specific implants and pieces of implants, placement of implants at locations within the pelvic region, and insertion, adjusting, and grommet management tools.

Pelvic floor treatments and related tools and implants

A pelvic implant assembly () comprising a support portion () and an extension portion (), a self-fixating tip () connected to the extension portion, the self-fixating tip comprising a base () comprising a proximal base end () and a distal base end (), the proximal base end being connected to the extension portion, the base comprising an internal channel () extending from the proximal base end and at least partially along a length of the base toward the distal base end, a fixed lateral extension () extending from the base.

Described are pelvic implants and methods of surgically placing pelvic implants, that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders by support of the levator. A pelvic implant () may comprise a tissue support portion () to be placed in contact with tissue to be supported, extension portions () that extend from the tissue support portion to provide additional support, and tissue fasteners () to attach extension portions to supportive tissue.

Described are pelvic implants (e.g., urinary incontinence sling, hammock, etc.) that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders such as incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, prolapse (e.g., cystocele, enterocele, rectocele, vault prolapse), fecal incontinence, and the like, wherein the implant involves the ability to adjust dimensions of an implant before, during, or after implantation. In a preferred embodiment the implant () comprises a support portion piece () and an extension portion piece () adjustably connected to the support portion piece through a frictional adjusting element () comprising an aperture through which a segment of extension portion extends.

Improved methods and devices for treatment of rectal prolapse are provided. A suturing console for suturing the rectal fascia at, to, or about the sacral vertebral fascia is disclosed. A method of repairing prolapsed rectum via a vaginal incision or perineal incision is also disclosed.

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Minnetonka, MN, United States of America

Richard C Kaleta