Cardica, Inc.

Vibrynt, Inc.

Neotract, Inc.

Teleflex Life Sciences Pte. Ltd.

Willow Innovations, Inc.

Dextera Surgical Inc.

Sleepy, Inc.

Vascular Innovations, Inc.

Exploramed Development, LLC

Exploramed Nc7, Inc.

Theodore M Bender

Brendan M Donohoe

Bernard A Hausen

Jaime Salvador Vargas

Stephen A Yencho

Bryan Dale Knodel

James T Nielsen

Joshua Makower

Michael J Hendricksen

David L Bombard

Robert George

Pablo Acosta

Brian R DuBois

Brian Kinting Shiu

Philipe Roget Manoux

Nathan H White

Scott O Chamness

Tenny Chang

Shuji Uemura

Crystine M Lee

Scott Clinton Anderson

Matthew B Newell

Joseph Catanese, Iii

Zachary Warder-Gabaldon

Timothy A Limon

Jolene Cutts

Josef L Friedmann

Earl A Bright, Ii

Russell C Mead, Jr

Ling-Kang Tong

Heather L Klaubert

Jose Remberto Carranza

Luke W Clauson

Matthew McLean

Floria Cheng

Brian Y Tachibana

Michael Gearhart

Gregory B Arcenio

Ben Thompson

James Niederjohn

John Y Chang

Theodore Charles Lamson

Jamey Nielsen

Pankaj Rathi

Narvel M Brooks, Iii

Beverly Huss

Dane A Johnson

Lisa Serventi

Ed Orbeta

Scott Early

Marlo Dreissigacker

Andrew Frazier

Imraan Aziz

Daniel Merrick

Benjamin Sherman

Christopher Paul Zaler

Kevin Alexander Lessard

Maheshwara Rao

Curtis Yarra

Kathleen Hannon Davies

Ailee Pham

Jennifer Kiyoi

Philip E Oyer

Eric A Goldfarb

Michael Jurgen Strasser

Clinton Neal Slone

William M Facteau

Kyle L Lamson

Thomas Edward King

Jason Hegener

Dan M Pomeroy

Douglas Todd Ellison

Joshua M O Newth

Phillipe R Manoux

Ravinder D Pamnani

Brian K Shui

Aziz Imraan

Pablo G Acosta

Joseph Iii Catanese

Robert M George

A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device and a plurality of anchor assemblies. The delivery system is configured to deliver a first anchor using loaded energy and reload the energy required to deliver an addition anchor.

Anchor delivery system

A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes an expandable structure for enhancing engagement with median lobe prostate tissue.

Expandable tissue engagement apparatus and method

Systems and methods for assessing milk volume changes within a breast are described. Also described are systems and methods for assessing volume changes in the stomach of an infant.

Systems, devices and methods for assessing milk volume expressed from a breast

Methods and devices for relieving stenoses in, or otherwise improving blood flow through, body lumens. Although applicable in a variety of different body lumens, the methods and devices of this invention are specifically useable for relieving stenoses in, or otherwise improving blood flow through, veins which drain blood from the brain for treatment of multiple sclerosis or other neurodegenerative disorders that are caused, triggered or exacerbated by venous occlusion or venous insufficiency.

Methods, systems and devices for treatment of cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and multiple sclerosis

A system for treating a prostate includes a cartridge, a handle configured to receive the cartridge, and an anchor assembly. The cartridge includes the anchor assembly and the handle includes an actuator and a spring mechanism loaded with mechanical energy. The cartridge and handle mate via pivoting and are aligned via alignment features.

System for delivering an anchor

A surgical tool for performing anastomosis may include a handle and a tissue effector connected by a shaft, at least party of which may be flexible. The tissue effector may include a staple holder connected to an anvil.

Anastomosis system with flexible shaft

A device for receipt in a user's mouth includes a tongue engagement element having a front region, a rear region, and side regions that define an opening for receiving a user's tongue, means for retaining the user's tongue in a forward position, and means for changing the size of the opening. The tongue engagement element is shaped such that when placed in a user's mouth, the rear region extends over the user's tongue and the front region extends under the user's tongue. A method of securing a tongue engagement element in a user's mouth includes moving an expanded tongue engagement element under a front region of a tongue and over a rear region of the tongue, and allowing the tongue engagement element to return toward a non-expanded state. The tongue engagement element acts to resist rearward motion of the tongue.

Adjustable tongue retaining oral appliance

Methods, instruments and systems are provided for separating opposite walls of the stomach by extragastric application of suction. Plication of the stomach can be performed between the separated walls after which the separate walls are brought back toward one another. In another aspect, methods, instruments, devices and systems are provided for reducing the effective volume of a stomach by performing one or more extragastric plications of the stomach.

Methods, instruments and devices for extragastric reduction of stomach volume

Methods, instruments and devices for extragastic reduction of stomach volume

A system for connecting the end of a graft vessel to the side of a target vessel may include an anvil configured to enter the target vessel through an anvil entry hole in the wall of the target vessel; a holder movable relative to the anvil, where that holder may deploy at least one connector through the graft vessel and into the target vessel at a location spaced apart from the anvil entry hole; and at least one sealer that may be detachably connected to the anvil and/or said holder; where at least one sealer may be configured to substantially close the anvil entry hole in the target vessel. A method for performing anastomosis between a graft vessel and a target vessel may include inserting an anvil through the wall of the target vessel into the lumen of the target vessel from outside of the target vessel through an anvil entry hole; connecting an end of the graft vessel to the side of the target vessel with a plurality of connectors at a location spaced apart from the anvil entry hole; creating an opening in the side of the target vessel, where the opening is located within a perimeter defined by the connectors and spaced apart from the anvil entry hole; withdrawing the anvil through the anvil entry hole; and substantially sealing the anvil entry hole.

Anastomosis system with anvil entry hole sealer

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Theodore M Bender