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General Surgical Innovations, Inc.

Medtronic, Inc.

Covidien LP

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Cardiothoracic Systems, Inc.

Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha

Tyco Healthcare Group LP

Medtronic Vascular, Inc.

Ventritex, Inc.

Sony Corporation

Medtronic Ave, Inc.

Vivant Medical, Inc.

Medtronics, Inc.

Devicor Medical Products, Inc.

Thomas J Fogarty

George D Hermann

Thomas A Howell

Kenneth H Mollenauer

Michael J Drews

D Bruce Modesitt

Neil D Holmgren

David B Willis

Timothy J Ryan

Allan R Will

Michelle Y Monfort

Eric Johnson

Jay Alan Lenker

Jan M Echeverry

Jonathan M Olson

Richard A Lotti

Martin Seery

Jeff Elkins

Frank Arko

Salvatore G Mangano

Kirsten Freislinger

Terrence J Buelna

Brian J Cox

Kirti P Kamdar

Katherine J Klumb

Steven W Kim

David E Willis

Bradley B Hill

Mani N Prakash

Francesca Rossetto

Brian Kinting Shiu

Sascha Zarins

Joshua S Whittemore

Fred H Burbank

Michael A Evans

Brendan M Donohoe

Mark Andrew Ritchart

Todd A Pelman

Peter K Johansson

Wayne E Manska

Steven Weinberg

Elias A Zerhouni

Albert K Chin

Amr Salahieh

Dwight P Morejohn

Ivan Sepetka

Richard S Ginn

Charles S Taylor

Peter M Wilson

John J Frantzen

William N Aldrich

Gary B Weller

Adam C Gold

Federico J Benetti

Eugene Edward Reis

Valavanur A Subramanian

Gilbert S Laroya

Benjamin Sherman

Robert C Glines

William Friederich Witt

Brent Ford Regan

Brian J Bennett

Harry L Green

James K Wall

Christian Skieller

Sylvester Lucatero

Thomas L Baughman

Conrad Salinas

Michael J Billig

Roman Turovskiy

Eric Steven Fain

Masakatsu Kawaura

Ernest Lane

Shuji Uemura

Phillip Pesta

Elizabeth M Bush

Neil Bruce Holmgren

Nao Mandai

Nobuo Takahashi

Peter Carlotto

Robert W Horst

Douglas S Sutton

Denise M Demarais

Richard O Murphy

James R Gannoe

Brian A Glynn

Thomas H Howell

M Elizabeth Bush

Stephen A Sosnowski

Kern S Bhugra

Edward V Kinney

Christopher K Zarins

Federico Gutierrez

Anthony J Comerota

Russell J Anderson

Federico Guiterrez

George D Herman

An electrosurgical energy channel splitter apparatus includes a channel input a plurality of channel outputs, and a controller. The channel input is configured to receive electrosurgical energy from an electrosurgical energy source. Each channel output is configured to couple to a respective electrosurgical device. The controller is coupled to the channel input and the plurality of channel outputs. The controller is configured to selectively direct the electrosurgical energy from the channel input to one of the plurality of channel outputs.

Electrosurgical energy channel splitters and systems for delivering electrosurgical energy

An intravascular implant and methods of using the implant within the vasculature of the body, for example near a vascular aneurysm, are disclosed. A method of treating an aneurysm includes positioning a vascular graft comprising a tubular channel having a first end and a second end in a blood vessel, securing the vascular graft in place with an expandable anchoring member, and filling a seal cuff on the vascular graft, wherein the seal cuff extends radially outward beyond an exterior surface of the vascular graft, wherein the seal cuff comprises a first seal portion and a second seal portion and wherein the first seal portion is separated from the second seal portion by a first gap and a second gap along a circumference of the seal cuff.

Intravascular implants and methods of using the same

Non-expandable space-occupying devices for treating voids within the body are disclosed. The devices can have multiple non-expandable space-occupying elements connected to a flexible leader. Methods of making and using the devices are also disclosed.

Embolization device and a method of using the same

Systems, devices and methods for providing active and/or passive compression therapy to a body part can include a compression device worn over a compression stocking. The compression device can have a pulley based drive train that is driven by a motor to tighten and loosen compression elements, such as compression straps, in a precise, rapid, and balanced manner. Sensors can be used in the compression device and/or compression stockings to provide feedback to modulate the compression treatment parameters.

Adaptive compression therapy systems and methods

A vaginal insertion portion is disclosed, the vaginal insertion portion including a base portion, a proximal holding portion located on a proximal side of the base portion, and a suction portion located on distal side of the proximal holding portion.

Puncture apparatus

A heart valve assembly comprises a first prosthesis configured to expand from an unexpanded state to an expanded state at which the first annular prosthesis contacts native tissue of a body lumen. The heart valve assembly also comprises a second prosthesis comprising a valve, and a connection adapter that secures the second prosthesis to the first prosthesis, the connection adapter having a multi-lobed circumference.

Heart valve assemblies

A puncture apparatus is disclosed, which can include an insertion portion that is insertable into a living body, the insertion portion including an urethral insertion portion and a vaginal insertion portion, the urethral insertion portion and the vaginal insertion portion each having at least two sensors; a puncture needle that punctures living body tissues near the insertion portion in a state in which the insertion portion is inserted into the living body, the puncture needle having at least one sensor on a distal portion of the puncture needle; and a monitor configured to receive information relating to a positional relationship between a distal portion of the puncture needle and the insertion portion.

An antenna guide assembly including a guide body having a proximal end defining at least one proximal entry, a distal end defining at least one distal port, and at least one guide passage extending between the proximal and distal ends. The at least one guide passage is configured to receive at least a portion of an antenna therethrough via the at least one proximal entry such that a distal portion of the antenna extends through and distally from the at least one distal port for insertion into tissue. A locking assembly disposed at the distal end of the guide body is configured to receive the distal portion of the antenna therethrough. The locking assembly is configured to selectively engage the distal portion of the antenna to prevent translation of the antenna within the at least one guide passage.

Microwave antenna guide assembly

A method of filling an aneurysm space within the abdominal aorta is disclosed. The method involves placing a prosthesis in the abdominal aorta; delivering a fillable bladder in a deflated state into the aneurysm space using a catheter; placing a filler tube in fluid communication with an inflow port of the fillable bladder. The fillable bladder comprises a bladder seal surrounding the fillable bladder and the bladder seal has a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side. The first side is symmetric with the second side with respect to a first axis of the fillable bladder and the third side is symmetric with the fourth side with respect to a second axis of the fillable bladder. The first axis is perpendicular to the second axis. The method further involves filling the fillable bladder with a filling agent and removing the filler tube.

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Portola Valley, CA, United States of America

Thomas J Fogarty