Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Other

Conceptus, Inc.

Mitral Interventions

Medtronic, Inc.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Bayer Healthcare LLC

Endovascular Technologies, Inc.

Ams Research Corporation

Bayer Essure Inc.

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Zoll Circulation, Incorporated

Radiant Medical, Inc.

Medtronics, Inc.

Astora Women's Health, LLC

William Stephen Tremulis

Jeffrey P Callister

Kyle Thomas Deg

Michael John Deg

James Ryan Mujwid

James A Alexander

Chaouki A Khamis

Mahmood K Razavi

Thomas O Viker

Larry J Voss

John R Frigstad

Justin H Huelman

Wilfred J Samson

Erin McGurk

Denise S Harges

Alex T Roth

Karl Alan Jagger

Daryush Mirzaee

Brett Allen Follmer

Betsy Swann

Olin J Palmer

Ronald Dieck

David E Hancock

Paul M Stull

Saypin Phonthalasa

Micah D Thorson

Amy L Hammack

Jeff P Callister

Gary A Walker

Ketan P Muni

Robert M Abrams

Kevin R Arnal

Benjamin Y Arcand

Robert C Grant

James C Peacock, Iii

Jose W Jimenez

Jose' W Jimenez

Ray R Beitelia

Celso S Bagaoisan

Elizabeth N Hammack

Denis S Harges

A Thomas Doyle

Colleen L McQueen

John P Shanahan

Karl A Jagger

Jose'W Jimenez

A pre-molded or moldable shaft grip includes a pre-configured or moldable section disposed within a substantially circular outer grip layer. A pre-configured or moldable section substantially conforms to a player's grip, facilitating consistent finger placement. The pre-configured section may comprise the shaft, a separate section, or multiple sections of varying durometer. The moldable section may include a layer of moldable material, or a cavity disposed between the outer grip layer and the shaft containing a moldable substance. Overall grip durometer can be adjusted by varying the pressure within the cavity.

Golf club grip

Described are various embodiments of surgical procedures, systems, implants, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to tissue.

Implants, tools, and methods for treatments of pelvic conditions

Described are various embodiments of surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions such as vaginal prolapse and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools being useful for transvaginally accessing a posterior region of pelvic anatomy, and related methods.

Systems, implants, tools, and methods for treatments of pelvic conditions

An adjusting and cutting tool including a distal end engageable with an elongate portion of an implantable article to facilitate manipulation of the elongate portion relative to a support portion of the implantable article and to facilitate cutting of the elongate portion. Also included is method of treating vaginal prolapse, the method including the steps of providing a multi-piece implantable article having at least one extension portion piece and a support portion piece, placing the support portion piece in contact with vaginal tissue, placing at least one extension portion piece in contact with tissue of a component of sacral anatomy, adjusting a position of the at least one extension portion piece relative to the support portion piece using a adjusting and cutting tool, and cutting the at least one extension portion with the adjusting and cutting tool.

Implants, tools, and methods for treatment of pelvic conditions

An device for occluding a body lumen such as a reproductive lumen which includes an occluding component having an impervious barrier to provide initial occlusion of the body lumen and a permeable body to facilitate tissue ingrowth which provides long term occlusion of the body lumen. The device and the method of using the device is particularly suitable for contraception.

Contraceptive with permeable and impermeable components

An occlusion device is described and depicted for occluding a body lumen. The device can comprise an occluding body member and one or more protruding portions or members disposed on the body member such that the protruding portion is provided with spacing, or surface area, to allow for tissue in-growth. The device can also comprise an expandable plug. The expandable plug may be twisted or otherwise formed into a shape, e.g., helical, in its initial deployment configuration, and untwist upon deployment.

Body lumen occlusion device and method

Contraceptive and/or sterilization methods and devices are disclosed which may improve the speed of tubal occlusion and mechanisms for anchoring for a contraceptive device. In accordance with some embodiments, improvements may be made to the delivery catheter to induce trauma and create faster tubal occlusion, improvements may be made to the occlusion device to prevent migration and induce trauma, and improvements may be made to the occlusion device to reduce the total volume of in-growth required compared to conventional expansive occlusion devices.

Occlusion implant

A catheter system for controlling the body temperature of a patient by modifying the temperature of blood flowing within a blood vessel of the patient. The catheter system comprises a catheter body having a heat exchange region in contact with the blood; and a temperature probe having a distal end that extends from the catheter body, thereby monitoring the temperature of blood flowing within the blood vessel.

Catheter system with on-board temperature probe

A device and method of using the device for contraception or sterilization and particularly for reversible contraception by occluding a reproductive lumen to prevent the passage of reproductive cells through the lumen for a desired period of time until the patient wishes to become fertile again and then be reopened. The occluding member preferably comprises a tubular framework formed from a shape memory material configured to be implanted in a reproductive lumen. The occluding member is implanted within a body lumen, secured to the wall of the reproductive lumen and then collapsed to collapse the wall and occlude the lumen. Alternatively, the occluding member may be collapsed upon a solid plug. The closure of the reproductive lumen may be reversed by introducing a balloon catheter and by a series of inflations of the balloon reexpanding the collapsed occluding member or by removing the plug. The occluding member and the plug may be configured to facilitate endothelialization, to provoke an inflammatory responses or to deliver a drug.

Contraceptive system and method of use

A system and method of occluding a reproductive body lumen () to prevent the passage of reproductive cells through body lumen is disclosed. The system can include a catheter delivery system () having a handle device (), a catheter () operatively coupled with the handle device (), and an occluding device adapted for deployment within the body lumen. The handle device can include a damper device adapted to reduce the vibration on the handle device from deployment of the occluding device from the catheter. Further, the handle device can include an indexing member operatively coupled with the catheter to provide indexing of the catheter.

Occlusion device and system for occluding a reproductive body lumen

A tissue connecting device is provided. The device comprise an elongate delivery device having a lumen, a proximal end, and a distal end. The distal end is configured to engage tissue and advance the device into tissue. At least one anchor deliverable through a lumen of the elongate delivery device. The distal end of the device may be designed to engage tissue upon rotation of the device about its longitudinal axis.

Method and apparatus for tissue connection

Systems and methods of visibly marking a reproductive tract, e.g., at least one ostium of the Fallopian tubes accessed transvaginally and transcervically, to indicate delivery of an occlusion device into the corresponding at least one Fallopian tube to effect contraception are disclosed. Marking is effected by delivery of a dye that stains the ostium and/or extension of the marking member from the delivered occlusion device into view in the uterine cavity or ostium. A catheter (or catheters) preferably introduced through a hysteroscope that illuminates and provides visualization of the uterine cavity and the ostia of the Fallopian tubes is employed to insert each contracted, stent-like, occluding device into each Fallopian tube and to mechanically expand or release to self-expand the occluding device.

Methods and apparatus for occluding reproductive tracts to effect contraception

Expandable emboli filter and thrombectomy devices adapted for use with microcatheters to remove debris from blood vessels. The devices embody expanded profiles that span the entirety of various sized target vessels and thus are particularly effective in the engagement of debris found in vessels.

Expandable emboli filter and thrombectomy device

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Redwood City, CA, United States of America

William Stephen Tremulis