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Pilling Weck Incorporated

Pilling Co.

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Richard G Jones

Benjamin Schlechter

Jeffrey A Miner

Jeff Miner

Medical devices and methods are provided for a minimally-invasive mastoplasty procedure. In the procedure, barbed sutures are used to accomplish a nipple-lift by deploying the sutures cranially from the nipple-areolar complex to stable anatomical features higher on the chest. Additional barbed sutures may be used to accomplish a breast-lift and/or breast contouring by deploying the sutures caudally from stable anatomical features into the breast tissue.

Minimally-invasive nipple-lift procedure and apparatus

A wire-guided esophageal bougie comprises a PTFE-lined, silicone rubber tube with a tapered, silicone rubber dilator on its distal end, the dilator being more flexible than the PTFE-lined tube. Radiopaque material throughout the length of the tube renders it fluoroscopically visible in the esophagus while a radiopaque ring in the dilator fluoroscopically locates the position of the dilator relative to a stricture.

Wire-guided esophagael bougie

An esophageal dilator comprises a hollow, flexible tube filled with a dispersion of Tungsten particles in a fluid silicone material for treating cardiospasm, esophagitis, stenosis and other esophageal diseases.

Esophageal dilation bougie

A sawbuck is constructed of short lengths of lumber, and comprises a horizontal rail member disposed between and interconnecting a pair of end supports. The end supports are made up of metal brackets, which provide angularly disposed sockets for arms and legs and an additional socket for an end of the rail member. The brackets are fabricated from sheet metal, preferably joined by rivets or the like.

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West Chester, PA, United States of America

Richard G Jones