Ams Research Corporation

Schneider (USA) Inc.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Other

Medivators Inc.

Cogentix Medical, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Zimmer Spine, Inc.

Astora Women's Health Holdings, LLC

Ams Research Foundation

Suranjan Roychowdhury

Sidney F Hauschild

Vincent G Copa

Robert L Rykhus

Kevin R Arnal

Kory P Hamel

Katherine M Prindle

Justin M Crank

Peter Alan Jacobs

Carey J Becker

Leonard Pinchuk

Robert E Lund

Eugen Hofmann

Jennifer E Raeder-Devens

Mona J Inman

Christian Gozzi

Peter Rehder

Susanne Hankh

Michael G O'Connor

Jeffrey A Lechner-Riehle

David W Vancelette

Jeannine B Baden

Daniel J Klima

John Schreiner

Kyle Eastenson

Matthew J Monarski

Rich L Goodin

Eric S Watschke

Kevin R Amal

Sidney F Hauschil

Jay Soderberg

A device that uses an anatomic landmark or fiduciary point to establish a point of origin for device orientation in space is provided. The device controls the direction and depth of delivery of a needle, wire, trocar or cannula utilized for diagnostic or therapeutic intervention. The device guides the percutaneous delivery of a needle, wire, trocar or cannula to a target spatial location on or within tissue.

Method and device for controlled delivery of medical devices

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A needleless fluid delivery system for delivering therapeutic fluids to treatment sites within a patient. The fluid delivery system can include an automated injector source and a needleless access device. The access device can include a delivery scope and a treatment specific applicator. The automated injector source, delivery scope and applicator can be operably coupled with quick-connect style fittings so as to allow for quick replacement and maintenance of used or damaged components. The automated injector source can include a hands-free input mechanism allowing a medical professional to use both hands in manipulating the delivery scope and needleless applicator at the same time an injection is desired. The delivery scope and needleless applicator can comprise flexible or rigid lengths of tubing based on the accessibility of the treatment site. The needleless delivery system can include an imaging system for precisely position the applicator with respect to the treatment location.

Systems, apparatus and associated methods for needleless delivery of therapeutic fluids

A needleless fluid injection device including a flexible shaft with a proximal end, a distal end, an injection lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the shaft, and at least one injection orifice extending through a wall of the injection lumen at the distal end of the shaft. The injection lumen can include a depth-limiting system () at its distal end for controlling the depth of insertion of the injection lumen relative to a target tissue of a patient. The injection lumen can alternatively or additionally include at least one guidance feature. The injection lumen can alternatively or additionally include at least one flow-modifying protrusion extending from the inner tubular wall of the injection lumen and toward a longitudinal axis of the injection lumen.

Devices, systems, and methods for delivering fluid to tissue

Surgical procedures, kits and implants for alleviating human incontinence, and particularly providing improved methods and apparatus to secure a urethral sling () to pubic bone () to support the urethra and alleviate incontinence are disclosed. Bone anchors () are driven into pubic bones with elongated bone anchor sutures () configured to be passed through openings of a urethral sling. Suture retainers are applied to the sutures to apply retentive force to the urethral sling to maintain the fixation of the urethral sling proximate to the pubic bone.

Surgical kit for securing an implantable sling in a pubic region

Described are surgical implants that include a central support portion adapted to be positioned to support pelvic tissue, between mesh end portions adapted to be passed through body tissue, wherein edges of the end portions exhibit extensions that are resistant to deformation.

Pelvic implants and related methods

Surgical procedures, kits and implants for alleviating human incontinence, and particularly providing improved methods and apparatus to secure a urethral sling to pubic bone in a sub-urethral location to support the urethra and alleviate incontinence are disclosed. Bone anchors, e.g., bone screws, are driven into pubic bones with exposed bone anchor heads and necks configured to receive and support a urethral sling applied to the bone anchors with and without retainers applied against the urethral sling to retain portions of the urethral sling between the bone anchor heads and the pubic bones.

Methods and apparatus for securing a urethral sling to a pubic bone

A surgical tool including an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, first and second sets of tissue approximating structures having deployed and retracted positions relative to the elongated body, an actuating mechanism at the proximal end of the elongated body for independently deploying and retracting each of the first and second sets of tissue approximating structures, and a drainage lumen extending from a drainage aperture at the distal end of the elongated body to the proximal end. The tool further includes a main balloon adjacent to the distal end of the elongated body, and a second balloon spaced from the main balloon toward the proximal end of the elongated body, wherein the second balloon has an expanded condition in which it diverts one of the set of tissue approximating structures away from the main balloon.

Anastomosis device approximating structure configurations

A surgical tool which comprises an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, first and second sets of tissue approximating structures having deployed and retracted positions relative to the elongated body, an actuating mechanism extending from the proximal end of the elongated body for independently deploying and retracting each of the first and second sets of tissue approximating structures, a drainage lumen extending from a drainage aperture at the distal end of the elongated body to the proximal end, a main balloon adjacent to the distal end of the elongated body, and a strap connector extending from the elongated body that is connectable with a stabilization strap.

Anastomosis device configurations and methods

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Plymouth, MN, United States of America

Suranjan Roychowdhury