Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

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Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Tyler Douglas Smith

Travis Zenyo Oba

Manouchehr A Miraki

Michael C Murad

Raffaele Mazzei

Anthony Peter Carcia

Fabian Daniel Schroeder

Christopher Walden

Daniel Calvert Canfield

Virginia Higley

Steven Joseph Frankovich

Suture clip deployment devices for applying suture clips to sutures are described. Some embodiments can include a generally tubular main body and a vacuum port located at the distal end, a hollow inner body longitudinally slidable within the main body and extending from the main body at its distal end, and a suture recess located in the generally tubular main body. At least one suture clip configured to frictionally fit on an outer surface of the inner body is deployed during use. Clip deployment can occur after a vacuum source is applied to the device so as to draw the suture into the device. The suture lines can be retrieved through the suture recess, and the device can be actuated so as to deliver the suture clip off the delivery device and onto the suture, locking the suture in place.

Suture clip deployment devices

A cardio-pulmonary compression device includes a motor () having a rotating portion, and a ball nut () mounted on the rotating portion and configured to rotate with the rotating portion. A ball screw () is received in the ball nut such that rotation on the ball nut advances and/or retracts the ball screw in accordance with a direction of the motor. A pad assembly () is coupled to an end portion of the ball screw such that longitudinal motion of the ball screw imparts a compression cycle to a patient.

Compact electro-mechanical chest compression drive

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Corvallis, OR, United States of America

Tyler Douglas Smith