Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.

Pacesetter, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

Tc1 LLC

Fujifilm Corporation

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Tendyne Holdings, Inc.

Boston Scientific Corporation

Evalve, Inc.

Boston Scientific Limited, an Irish Company

Tracee E Eidenschink

Jan Weber

Matt Heidner

Yousef F Alkhatib

Karl Alan Jagger

Thomas Blake Eby

Daniel J Gregorich

Theodore Paul Dale

William Joseph Drasler

Michael P Meyer

Daniel Coyle

Brian Joseph Perszyk

Jennifer Heisel

Derek C Sutermeister

Joseph M Thielen

Paul M Paspa

John B Blix

Bradley Charles Knippel

Brett Allen Hillukka

Richard J Olson

Bernhard Arnar

Angela Kornkven Volk

Joseph Ramon Callol

Thomas J Holman

Mark Lynn Jenson

Matthew Charles Heidner

Sounthara Khouengboua

David Panus

John J Allen

Richard Charles Gunderson

Kristopher Henry Vietmeier

Daniel Keith Tomaschko

Adam Jennings

Derek Wise

Alex Bloomquist

Dominick Godin

John Jianhua Chen

Edward E Parsonage

Richard G Cornelius

Steven Paul Mertens

Jin Woo Park

Kristen T Morin

Matt Glimsdale

Jay Reimer

Keith T High

David Elizondo

Charles Alan Brantingham

David James Broman

Roger Noel Hastings

Graig Leonard Kveen

Tamara Colette Baynham

Andrzej M Malewicz

Timothy J Mickley

Ryan Kenneth Buesseler

Melinda Kaye Kovach

Tom Holman

Frank A Musbach

Gene A Bornzin

Charles L Euteneuer

James M Anderson

Gregory R Furnish

Louis G Ellis

Liliana Atanasoska

Michael Francis Wei

Wenbo Hou

Robert Warner

Gregory K Olson

Thomas M Benson

Zoltan Somogyi

Scott M Hanson

Brian Keith Wells

Armando M Cappa

Carl Lance Boling

Christopher R Larson

Gary Erzberger

Jay T Rassat

Mathias Charles Glimsdale

Victor Leo Schoenle

Matthew J Miller

Terry V Brown

Jason Todd Lenz

Tejpal Singh

Alex C Soriano

Douglas A Devens, Jr

Thomas Robert Luhrs

Linda R Lorentzen Cornelius

John Miser

Daniel Goodman

James Lee Shippy, Iii

Raed Rizq

Julien Duhamel

Richard J Traxler

Shawn Sorenson

The Thomas Trinh Tran

John Peckham

Virgil F Voeller

Aditee Kurane

Scott Smith

Brett Allyn Williams

Preston James Huddleston

According to one aspect of the disclosure, a method of advancing a delivery catheter to a heart of a patient includes advancing a guidewire through the vasculature of the patient until the guidewire reaches a target treatment site in or adjacent to the heart. A dilator may be positioned within the delivery catheter so that a distal tip of the dilator extends beyond a distal end of the delivery catheter. The dilator may be advanced through the vasculature of the patient directly over the guidewire while simultaneously advancing the delivery catheter through the vasculature until the distal tip of the dilator reaches the target treatment site. While maintaining the distal tip of the dilator substantially stationary relative to the target treatment site, the delivery catheter may be advanced over the dilator until the distal end of the delivery catheter is positioned at the target treatment site.

Delivery devices and methods for right heart access

A delivery system for an intracorporeal device includes a sheath defining one or more lumens shaped to receive a delivery catheter or shaft and a guidewire. The system may include a delivery shaft having a distal coupling feature adapted to releasably couple with a proximal coupling feature of the intracorporeal device. The delivery system may further include a hub through which the delivery shaft and guidewire are passed. The delivery shaft may be coupled to a feature, such as a knob, that enables manipulation of the delivery shaft to decouple the distal fixation feature from the proximal fixation feature of the intracorporeal device in order to deploy the intracorporeal device within a patient.

Apparatus and method for sensor deployment and fixation

The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of an occlusive medical device including a frame and at least one closure coupled to the frame. The frame includes a distal annular flange having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface, a proximal annular flange having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface, and a waist portion extending between and connecting the distal annular flange to the proximal annular flange. The radially inner surface of the distal annular flange, the waist member, and the radially inner surface of the proximal annular flange define an unobstructed passageway through the frame. The at least one closure is configured to close the passageway to: (i) provide an occlusive effect, and (ii) enable subsequent access through the passageway.

Occluder with access passage and closure thereof

Described herein is a medical device including a frame having proximal and distal ends. The frame includes a proximal disc at the proximal end, a distal disc at the distal end, and a connecting segment extending between the proximal end and the distal end and connecting the proximal and distal discs. Each of the proximal and distal discs includes a respective plurality of lobes. Each lobe is defined by a peripheral strut. The medical device also includes at least one patch. The at least one patch is coupled to at least one of the proximal and distal discs of the frame.

Devices and methods for the treatment of vascular abnormalities

Disclosed herein is a delivery catheter for implanting a leadless biostimulator. The delivery catheter includes a shaft and a tubular body having a lumen and an atraumatic end. The atraumatic end includes at least one of a braided, woven or mesh construction configured to facilitate the atraumatic end changing diameter. When a distal portion of the shaft is coupled to a proximal region of the leadless biostimulator, at least one of distally displacing the tubular body relative to the shaft or proximally displacing the shaft relative to the tubular body causes the leadless biostimulator to be received in the volume of the atraumatic end and the atraumatic end to encompass the leadless biostimulator. Conversely, at least one of proximally displacing the tubular body relative to the shaft or distally displacing the shaft relative to the tubular body causes the leadless biostimulator to exit the volume of the atraumatic end.

Delivery catheter systems and methods

A prosthetic heart valve may include an expandable stent, a cuff attached to an annulus section of the stent, and a plurality of leaflets disposed within an interior region of the stent and attached to at least one of the cuff or the stent. The stent may have a plurality of cells connected to one another in a plurality of annular rows around the stent. The leaflets together may have a coapted position occluding the interior region of the stent and an open position in which the interior region is not occluded. Each leaflet may include a primary leaflet material, as well as features that reinforce specific regions of the leaflet.

Collapsible leaflets for prosthetic heart valves

A medical tool includes a rotation mechanism that further includes a warning feature. The warning feature provides an indication when the rotation mechanism has achieved a number of rotations.

Medical tool employing a warning mechanism notifying that a rotational limit has been reached

A patent foramen ovale (PFO) tunnel filler medical device including device anchors coupled to and extending outwardly from a filler portion of a device frame that has a generally planar shape configured to fill a PFO tunnel, and a delivery system including the same are described herein. The medical device includes a fabric layer and the device anchors are configured to extend outwardly from the device frame.

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) tunnel filler

A catheter pump includes a cannula having an inlet, an outlet, and a blood flow channel extending between the inlet and the outlet along a longitudinal axis. At least one impeller blade is operable to convey blood through the blood flow channel between the inlet to the outlet, wherein the at least one impeller blade is axially movable relative the cannula in a first direction toward the inlet and in a second direction away from the inlet.

Catheter pump with cannula and selectively positionable impeller blade

A catheter pump includes a cannula and an impeller system. The cannula has an inlet zone with a first maximum outer diameter, an outlet zone with a second maximum outer diameter and a blood flow channel extending between the inlet zone and the outlet zone. The first maximum outer diameter is greater than the second maximum outer diameter, and the impeller system has a rotatable impeller body operable to convey blood from the inlet zone to the outlet zone. The impeller body may be axially spaced from the cannula in a separated position.

Catheter pump with separable flared cannula and impeller

Described herein is a medical device including a medical device including a device body and a plurality of extensions. The device body includes a first side, a second side, and a plurality of expandable cells. The plurality of expandable cells have a proximal edge and a distal edge. The plurality of expandable cells extends laterally between and connects the first and second sides. The plurality of extensions extend longitudinally from each of the first and second sides. A first plurality of extensions extend proximally from a proximal end of each side to beyond the proximal edge and a second plurality of extensions extend distally from a distal end of each side to beyond the distal edge. The first and second pluralities of extensions have coiled ends.

Medical device for closure of a vascular abnormality

Systems and methods are provided for implanting an implantable cardiac monitor. An insertion system includes an implantable cardiac monitor (ICM). An insertion housing comprises a passage extending from a first end of the insertion housing to a second end of the insertion housing. The passage configured to receive the obturator and a receptacle in communication with the passage and an external environment. The receptacle configured to receive the ICM. An obturator is configured to move within the passage when the obturator is moved relative to the insertion housing. The obturator has a channel forming section at a distal end thereof and a motion limiter is provided on at least one of the shaft and the insertion housing.

Systems and methods for implanting an implantable cardiac monitor

According to one aspect of the disclosure, a delivery device may include a handle, a catheter sheath extending distally from the handle, and a hemostasis valve positioned within the handle. The hemostasis valve may be located proximal the catheter sheath and distal to a proximal end of the handle. The delivery device may also include a hemostasis bypass assembly coupled to the handle. The hemostasis bypass assembly may include a bypass tube coupled to an actuator. The actuator may be configured to be transitioned between a first condition in which a distal end of the bypass tube is positioned proximal to the hemostasis valve and the hemostasis valve is closed, and a second condition in which the distal end of the bypass tube traverses the hemostasis valve and the hemostasis valve is opened.

Integrated hemostasis bypass valve

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Wayzata, MN, United States of America

Tracee E Eidenschink