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Son M Gia

Ivan Sepetka

Maria G Aboytes

Ryan Pierce

Hong Doan

Martin S Dieck

David J Kupiecki

John Miller

Tiffany Tran Ngo

Erik T Engelson

Joseph Charles Eder

Clifford Teoh

Mehran Bashiri

Nikolai Aljuri

Uriel Hiram Chee

Pete Phong Pham

Ajit Nair

Roger Farhnoltz

U Hiram Chee

Michael J Mariant

Christopher G Ken

Emily Vu

Dan Nguyen

Hanson S Gifford, Iii

Amr Salahieh

Robert G Matheny

Charles S Taylor

Thomas J Palermo

Kim D Nguyen

Liem Ho

Nga Thi Van

Gregory E Mirigian

Hanh Doan

Alfredo R Cantu

Jeff A Krolic

Dwight P Morejohn

Gene L Samson

Marc-Alan Levine

Hoang Viet Nguyen

Like Que

Andrew Huffmaster

Roger Farnholtz

George Surjan

Ajitkumar B Nair

Christopher Ken

Tina Patel

Alan H Rappe

Jeffrey J Lee

Virgil B Graves

Jeffrey Lee

Lung conditions are diagnosed and optionally treated using a functional assessment catheter or a functional lung assessment and treatment catheter. A flow restrictive component is initially placed in a bronchus or lung passageway upstream from a diseased lung region. The isolated lung region is then functionally assessed through the catheter, while the flow restrictive component remains in place. If the patient is a good candidate for treatment by occlusive or restrictive treatment techniques, the flow resistive component may be left in place. If the patient is not suitable for such treatment, the flow resistive component may be removed.

Functional assessment and treatment catheters and methods for their use in the lung

Devices and methods for removing an obstruction from a blood vessel are described. The devices are deployed in a collapsed condition and are then expanded within the body. The devices are then manipulated to engage and remove the obstruction.

Systems, methods and devices for removing obstructions from a blood vessel

A method of filling an aneurysm is described which includes the step of advancing a device through a patient's vascular system to an aneurysm and positioning the device within the aneurysm. The device has a closed mesh structure forming by a plurality of flexible filaments. The device also has a proximal collar and a distal collar with the flexible filaments extending therebetween. The closed mesh structure is movable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration.

Devices and methods for treating vascular malformations

Devices for loading a collapsible implant onto a delivery catheter. In one aspect, a loading device comprises an outer tubular structure and an inner tubular structure. The outer tubular structure comprises a narrowing passage configured to receive a catheter at one end and a collapsible implant at another end. The inner tubular structure is configured to move slidably and co-axially within the outer tubular structure. The inner tubular structure comprises a carrier pin configured to move within the narrowing passage as the inner tubular structure slides into the outer tubular structure. The sliding of the inner tubular structure into the outer tubular structure causes an implant mounted on the carrier pin to collapse as the implant moves through the narrowing passage and into the distal end of a catheter. In an optional aspect, the outer tubular structure further comprises a grasper to stabilize the catheter for receipt of the collapsible implant, and the internal diameter of the inner tubular structure varies to cause the grasper to first contract and stabilize the catheter, and then expand and release the catheter, as the grasper moves into the inner tubular structure.

Loading device for a pulmonary implant

A device for delivering an occlusion element, or other medical device, which includes a fluid dissolvable bond. The occlusion element is coupled to the delivery element with the fluid dissolvable bond. The bond may be dissolved by delivering a fluid through the delivery element either through the delivery element itself or through a tube positioned in the delivery element.

Methods and devices for delivering occlusion elements

A system for removing an obstruction from a blood vessel includes an obstruction engaging element and an expandable capture element. The capture element preferably has a flexible cover and an expandable support structure. The engaging element engages the obstruction and moves the obstruction into the capture element. The capture element protects the obstruction when the obstruction is moved into the catheter.

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Son M Gia