Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Todd Sloan

James A Teague

James W Riley

Jon T McIntyre

Isaac Ostrovsky

A device for occluding a blood vessel, comprises a blunt dissection needle and a first occlusion clip releasably mounted to a distal end of the blunt dissection needle, the first occlusion clip being biased to assume a clamped configuration in combination with a retaining element which, in a first configuration, retains the first occlusion clip in an insertion position against an outer surface of the blunt dissection needle and, in a second configuration, releases the first occlusion clip to assume the clamped configuration.

Blunt needles with means for locating and occluding vessels

A medical device can be used to entrain biological or foreign material during a medical procedure for the fragmentation of the material. The device also can be used to remove the material safely from the body. The device has a core element with a first portion extending substantially longitudinally and a second portion wound to form at least a helical coil in the shape of cone. A flat wire can substantially wrap the first and second portions of the core element, or a wire can substantially wrap the first portion and a sheath can substantially cover the second portion.

Treatment and removal of objects in anatomical lumens

A tissue ablation system comprises a first electrode assembly adapted for insertion into a target tissue mass within a body, the first electrode assembly including a first electrode coupled to a source of RF energy in combination with an ultrasound imaging probe movably coupled to the first electrode assembly for insertion with the first electrode assembly to a desired location relative to the target tissue mass, the probe being movable relative to the first electrode assembly between an insertion configuration in which a distal end of the probe covers a distal end of the first electrode assembly and a deployed configuration in which the distal end of the first electrode assembly is uncovered. A method of ablating target tissue within a body comprises placing a distal dome of an ultrasound imaging probe in overlying alignment with a first cannula of an RF ablation device and inserting the probe and the RF ablation device through a lumen of an insertion device to a desired location adjacent to a target tissue mass in combination with moving the distal dome away from a distal end of the first cannula to expose a distal end thereof, inserting the distal end of the first cannula into the target tissue mass to position a first electrode of the RF ablation device at a first desired location within the target tissue mass, obtaining an image of the target tissue mass and the first electrode via the probe and applying RF energy to the target tissue mass via the first electrode.

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Medway, MA, United States of America

Todd Sloan