Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Sean P Fleury

Paul J Smith

Dane Seddon

Ryan V Wales

Scott E Brechbiel

Jason Weiner

Gary Kappel

Mark D Wood

Peter L Dayton

Gary Leanna

Laura Elizabeth Christakis

Brandon Zalewski

Paul Smith

Jeff Gray

Man Minh Nguyen

Laura Elizabeth Firstenberg

Danny S Lee

Burns P Doran

Jialiang Wang

Samuel Raybin

Norman C May

Christopher R Deuel

Stan Robert Gilbert

John B Golden

Naroun Suon

Martyn G Folan

Colby Harris

Robert B Devries

Barry Weitzner

Claude O Clerc

Nicholas Lee Tassoni

Javier Palomar-Moreno

Anthony F Tassoni, Jr

Brian J Hanson

Gregory R Lee

Katharine Eckerline

Jose A Meregotte

John Allen Hingston

James Weldon

Michael E Zupkofska

Shaun Dennis Comee

Steven E Walak

Kevin L Bagley

William Bertolino

Kevin Windheuser

Mingxiang Xu

Jeffrey Steven Fuller

Laurie Soderbom

Daniel Ross

Seamus F O'Shaughnessy

Kevin John Wilcox

Fergal Horgan

Matthew B Hollyer

Austin G Johnson

Thinh Nguyen

Michael G Hayes

Bernard Barrosse Schwartz

Dylan Murphy

Priya Khanchandani

Douglas Garrity

Eric Wespi

Louis Del Ponte

Darren Curran

Alexander Joseph Burnham

Tara A Jarobski

Gerard Duignan

Kenneth R Keene

Claire M McLeod

Shannon Taylor

Liam K P M Rolle

Patricia Kelly

Liam Rolle

Rachael Campion

Kevin James McELWEE

Christopher K Oto

Nicholas J Mazzola

Ryan Desmond Lynch

James Quinn

Gary J Leanna

Laurie A Soderbom

Nolan Hobart

Jan Seppala

Laurie Soderborn

Jeffrey Adam Hammerstrom

Bryan Joseph Plunger

Monica Ortiz Serrano

Dane T Seddon

Victoria Szlag

Claire M Mcleod

Kevin Mcelwee

Gary S Kappel

An endoprosthesis has an expanded state and an unexpanded state, the endoprosthesis includes a stent, wherein the stent has a first end, a second end, an inner surface defining a lumen, an outer surface, and a thickness defined between the inner surface and the outer surface; and a stent end covering disposed at one of the first and second ends, the stent end covering including a polymeric coating that includes a base and a plurality of protrusions, the base including a first major surface facing the outer surface of the stent, the base further including a second major surface from which each of the plurality of protrusions extends outwardly, the first major surface opposing the second major surface, wherein the protrusions are arranged in a micropattern. Methods of making and using an endoprosthesis are provided.

Anti-migration micropatterned stent coating

The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and establishing fluid communication between body lumens. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods for placing the muscularis layers of first and second body lumens in contact to establish a long term or permanent open flow or access passage therebetween.

Systems and methods for creating permanent drainage fistula

Devices, systems, and methods for drawing tissue walls together using a first tissue anchoring element and a second tissue anchoring element spaced apart from each other. The first tissue anchoring element is thinner than the second tissue anchoring element. The first tissue anchoring element may be a suture, optionally including a suture anchor. The second tissue anchoring element may be an expandable tissue anchoring element, such as a stent, expandable from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration. The second tissue anchoring element may have a passage therethrough allowing passage of materials through the tissue walls, and creating an anastomosis therebetween.

Devices, systems, and methods for anchoring tissue

Medical devices for applying a cinch to one or more suture and cutting the suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongated shaft, a connection sleeve, a cinch sleeve coupled to the connection sleeve, and a cinch member. An elongated inner shaft may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the elongated shaft, connection sleeve, cinch sleeve, and cinch member.

Suture cinching and cutting device

The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. In particular, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for real-time visualization of a target tissue, and which allows the location/orientation of the biopsy needle to be determined prior to its first actuation.

Systems and methods for real-time biopsy needle and target tissue visualization

The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for real-time visualization and sampling of target tissue within body passages. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a system that provides real-time visualization of eccentric pulmonary nodules, and which allows the location/orientation of a biopsy needle to be determined prior to its first actuation.

Systems and methods for eccentric nodule tissue acquisition

A mesh element having a mesh gauge selected to control flow of materials therethrough. The mesh element is implantable into an anatomical structure upstream of a body passage or within a body passage to control flow of materials through the body passage. The mesh element may be coupled to a support structure to facilitate anchoring of the mesh element in place relative to the body passage. The support structure may have a lumen defined therethrough to allow flow of materials through the body passage, with the mesh element regulating the flow of materials into the lumen. The mesh element alternatively may be directly coupled to an anatomical structure upstream of a body passage to regulate or determine flow of materials through the body passage.

Stent and associated systems and methods

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for enhanced navigation and visualization of body passages. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure provide enhanced navigation through the pulmonary peripheries, and enhanced visualization within larger pulmonary passages.

Systems and methods for body passage navigation and visualization

The present disclosure relates to the field of tissue dissection. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to medical devices that lift and retract tissue during a dissection procedure to improve visualization of the target tissue and mitigate obstructions for dissection tools. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices that transition from a constrained to an unconstrained bowed configuration to immobilize and retract the dissected portion of target tissue during a dissection procedure.

Devices and methods for tissue retraction

The present disclosure relates generally to apparatus, devices, and methods for increasing force distribution at a suture-tissue interface. In some embodiments, a tissue suturing device may include a deployment device and a plurality of tissue supports deployable from the deployment device towards a target tissue. The plurality of tissue supports may each include a central opening for receiving a suture during deployment.

Apparatus, device, and method for increasing force distribution at suture-tissue interface

Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and systems for attaching an articulation section. In an embodiment, a medical instrument includes a first tubular member including a first end. The medical instrument also includes a second tubular member including a first end. The second tubular member includes a plurality of layers including an inner layer and a first layer including a fluorinated material. The inner layer includes a first section disposed under the first layer and a second section extending out from under the first layer. A portion of the first tubular member overlaps and is bonded to at least a portion of the second section of the inner layer of the second tubular member.

Methods and systems for attaching medical device sections

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, systems, and methods for tissue resection in a body lumen of a patient, and may include an endoscope and a backstop delivery device extendable through the endoscope. The backstop delivery device may deliver a backstop to a location of selected tissue for resection. A backstop may include a covering being deployable in a patient. The covering may have one or more anchoring mechanisms disposed on an edge of the covering. A tissue resecting device may be extendable through the endoscope for resecting the selected tissue for resection. The covering may be deployable to an outer surface of the body lumen, such that the anchoring mechanism may secure the covering to the outer surface of the body lumen and the covering may expand to cover the selected tissue for resection.

Devices, systems, and methods for tissue resection

A medical device including an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The medical device may further include an end-effector disposed at the distal end of the elongate member. The end-effector may include a plurality of arms pivotally connected to one another, wherein each arm includes a tissue-contacting surface, a first portion of the tissue-contacting surface including a plurality of ridges configured to grasp tissue. Further, the tissue-contacting surface may include a channel oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the medical device.

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Sean P Fleury