Abbott Laboratories Corporation

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Other

Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited

Abbott Vascular, Inc.

Celonova Stent, Inc.

Accelent Inc.

Accellent Inc.

Travis Richard Yribarren

Randolf Von Oepen

Richard Roy Newhauser, Jr

Lorcan James Coffey

William E Webler, Jr

Thomas Rieth

Kevin Joe Ehrenreich

Arik Zucker

Rommel Lumauig

Binh T Nguyen

Boris Warnack

Judith Hartwig

Silke Pschibl

Sung Woo Min

Wouter Erik Roorda

Li Fu Chen

James M Jacobs

Jesus Magana

Pamela A Kramer-Brown

Barbara E Stamberg

David Trask

Gregory Waimong Chan

Mark C Johnson

Brenna Hearn Lord

Annie Liu

Erik Eli

Jason Phillips

Marc L Speck

Jeremy B Beer

Eugene Young

Steve Saville

Russ Borg

David C Gale

John Arthur Simpson

John Joseph Stankus

Anton G Clifford

Paul M Consigny

David H Burkett

Keif M Fitzgerald

Wayne E Cornish

Marc Gianotti

Florian Ludwig

Sanjay Shrivastava

Boris Anukhin

Bernhard Uihlein

Emmanuel C Biagtan

Fozan El-Nounou

Kelly Justin McCrystle

Rainer Bregulla

David A Mackiewicz

Petrus Antonius Besselink

Karim Said Osman

Jeffrey M Farina

Ian J Clark

Larry G Baughman

Pablito Buan

Richard J Yribarren

Yu-Chun Ku

Carl P Frick

John J Nelson, Iii

Neil Burkhart

Randolph Von Oepen

Jessica M Saenz

Randolpf Von Oepen

Alex D Alviar

Duane M DeMorre

Gregory W Johnson

James Young

John Thomas

Frank Moloney

Arthur R Tyre

Michelle E Alexander

Robert J Peralta

Z C Lin

Borg Russ

Trask David

A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body.

Sheaths used with polymer scaffolds

Devices and methods for percutaneously treating and removing aneurysms or other anomalous tissue associated with vascular, intestinal, or other body tissue.

Percutaneous aneurysm inversion and ligation

A tissue closure device including a hub and first and second flanges extending therefrom. The hub extends along a central longitudinal axis between a proximal surface and an opposing distal surface. The first flange is frameless and extends from the hub adjacent the proximal surface thereof. The second flange extends from the hub adjacent the distal surface thereof. The first and second flanges are moveable between: a closed position, in which the first and second flanges extend radially away from the hub and are substantially orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis; and an open position, in which the first and second flanges extend longitudinally away from the hub in opposite directions from each other and are substantially parallel with the central longitudinal axis.

Tissue closure device

Devices for delivering drugs or other treatment agents locally to the vasculature of a mammal are disclosed. These devices have several related structures and are designed to deliver the drugs to facilitate rapid mixing with the blood flowing past the devices.

Method and apparatus for delivering an agent to a kidney

A vascular endoprosthesis () includes a radially-expandable first segment and a radially expandable second segment. The vascular endoprosthesis further includes first and second coupling elements. The first coupling element extends from the proximal end of the first segment toward the distal end of the second segment, and the second coupling element extends from the distal end of the second segment toward the proximal end of the first segment. The first and second coupling elements cooperate one with another to couple the first and second segments together when the vascular endoprosthesis is in a delivery configuration and to decouple the first and second segments when the vascular endoprosthesis is in a deployed configuration.

Stent with independent stent rings and transitional attachments

A dilatation balloon is fabricated according to a process that forms cavities and indentations in the balloon and/or catheter sections. A length of tubing is axially elongated and radially expanded in a form to provide the requisite biaxial orientation and strength. Then, an excimer laser or another type of laser or mechanical material removal tool is used to remove the polymeric material, virtually without thermal effects. Cavities in the sleeve sections of the balloon are defined and if desired, indentations in the cone sections are defined. Material removal, particularly near the balloon sleeves enables a thinner, more flexible bonding area between the catheter shaft and the balloon. Further, the indentations along the cone sections enables tighter wrapping of the balloon for a reduced delivery profile. Rigidity near the sleeves is reduced for better maneuverability of the catheter in tortuous passageways.

Method of reducing rigidity of angioplasty balloon sections

Endoprosthesis for delivery in a body lumen is provided. The endoprosthesis includes an annular element defined by a set of interconnected strut members, each strut member including a first end and a second end. The first end of selected pairs of circumferentially-adjacent strut members of the annular element are interconnected to define apices proximate a first longitudinal side of the annular element and the second end of selected pairs circumferentially-adjacent strut members are interconnected to define apices proximate a second longitudinal side of the annular element. At least one of the selected pairs of circumferentially-adjacent strut members has a modulator disposed proximate the apex defined there between, the modulator having a first mode to allow expansion of the annular element from an unexpanded configuration toward an expanded configuration and a second mode to resist contraction of the annular element from the expanded configuration toward the unexpanded configuration.

Endoprosthesis having foot extensions

Device shields for packaging and protecting medical devices during storage and deployment. A device shield includes a housing configured to maintain a medical device and at least a portion of a medical device delivery apparatus within the housing, and a limit element having a first constraining position and a second open position.

Medical device shield and methods for delivering a medical device

Systems and methods for improving the cutting efficiency and cut profile of stent strut is provided. A means for altering the energy distribution of a laser beam is provided, along with various ways of controlling a laser to provide for improved strut configurations are provided. A method for improved cutting speeds using a combination of laser sources is also provided.

Laser cutting process for forming stents

Sheaths used with polymer scaffold

Methods for making devices include providing a tubular member to be formed into a device, placing a removable sacrificial block material in the lumen of the tubular member and laser cutting the tubular member. A tubular member made from nickel-titanium alloy can be tightly adhered to a sacrificial sleeve utilizing the phase changes associated with nickel-titanium. A mandrel which includes an enlarged diameter section causes the workpiece to expand slightly within its elastic deformation range to dislodge islands from the workpiece. Such a mandrel could be formed from a tubular member which has a central lumen that can be used to deliver a pressurized medium to 'blast' islands from the workpiece.

Methods for laser cutting tubing to make medical devices

The present invention relates to balloon catheters for treating a luminal system of a patient. Specifically, the invention relates to catheters having a flexible membrane positioned at a distal portion of the catheter, the flexible membrane retained in a substantially unexposed conformation prior to deployment. Preferably the flexible membrane is capable of delivering a therapeutic agent to a localized environment when deployed to an exposed conformation.

Drug coated balloon catheter

A scaffold is provided for managing access through tissue. The scaffold can support the tissue during medical procedures. The scaffold is placed around or proximate an opening in tissue. The scaffold can expand when medical devices are introduced through the scaffold and through the opening and retract when the medical devices are removed. When the medical devices are removed, the scaffold closes automatically to substantially close the opening.

Scaffold device for preventing tissue trauma

Expandable biodegradable devices formed of bistable and multistable unit cells for use in devices, such as stents and graft systems, are provided, in which the device has two or more stable configurations, including a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, the contracted stable configuration having a smaller diameter than the expanded configuration.

Device comprising biodegradable bistable or multistable cells and methods of use

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San Mateo, CA, United States of America

Travis Richard Yribarren