Sri International

Leland Stanford Junior University

Trivascular, Inc.

Sarah Young

Pablo E Garcia

Sanjeev Dutta

Karen Frances Shakespear

Janus A J Haagensen

Michael V Chobotov

Patrick J Stephens

Robert G Whirley

Jose P Joseph

Cheng Li

Lorenza Moro

Chunyuan Qiu

William B Bedwell

Eric A Arons

Osita Onugha

Elliot Krane

Radhamangalam J Ramamurthi

Karen F Shakespear

Janus Aj Haagensen

Janus AJ Haagensen

Li Cheng

Stent-grafts for treating thoracic aortic aneurysms and abdominal aortic aneurysms include graft portions having inflatable channels and graft extensions. The graft extensions include an undulating wire stent and porous, but substantially fluid impermeable, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft materials.

Advanced kink-resistant stent graft

Advanced kink resistant stent graft

An implantable catheter is provided that may be disinfected without removal from the body of a patient, using an electrochemical method to generate an electric field on the catheter surface and thus destroy microorganisms in a biofilm that is present or forming. A catheter system includes the implantable catheter and a voltage source that is operably connected to electrodes on or embedded in the exterior and optionally the interior catheter surface. Methods are also provided for disinfecting the implantable catheter in vivo and for detecting or confirming the presence of a pathogenic biofilm thereon.

Electrochemical disinfection of implanted catheters

An implantable catheter is provided that may be disinfected without removal from the body of a patient, using a photocatalytic method to activate a reaction on the catheter surface that generates oxidizing agents in the form of Reactive Oxygen Species ('ROS') and thus destroy microorganisms in a biofilm that is present or forming. A catheter system includes the implantable catheter, a light source, and a source of power operably connected to the light source. Methods are also provided for disinfecting the implantable catheter in vivo.

Photocatalytic disinfection of implanted catheters

A nerve block catheter system employs an indwelling, flexible catheter comprising a tissue lock to retain the catheter tip in pharmacologically proximity to a target nerve and optionally, a decoupler that insulates the tip of the catheter from proximal tissue movement.

Indwelling nerve block catheters

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Menlo Park, CA, United States of America

Sarah Young