Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Iotek, Inc.

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Xiao Kang Zhang

Daniel James Horn

Nao Pao Lee

Daniel Keith Tomaschko

Arnold W Thornton

David W Anderson

Robert E Buuck

Medical balloons and balloon preforms are made by methods which include the step of selectively removing material from the proximal and/or distal ends of a segment. In the case of a thermoplastic material characterized by one or more glass transition temperatures, the segment may optionally be maintained at a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the segment during the material removal step.

Balloon cones and waists thinning methodology

The present invention is directed to a vaginal insert for delivering an agent to a urogenital tract in a patient. The patient has a vagina, and the vagina has a vaginal wall. The vaginal insert comprises a base member sized to fit within the vagina, the base member defines a chamber and a port in fluid communication with the chamber. A membrane is operatively connected to the base member. The membrane defines a reservoir and a pore. The reservoir is in fluid communication with the port. The membrane is sized so that the vaginal wall will exert pressure against the membrane when fluid is in the reservoir, thereby forcing some of the fluid to flow through the pore and to tissue of the urogenital tract.

Compressible vaginal insert and method for treating urogenital disorders

A vaginal insert and method for delivering an agent to a urogenital tract in a patient, the patient having a vagina, the vagina having anterior and posterior walls. The vaginal insert comprises a main portion and first and second portions operably connected to the main portion. The first and second portions each have an end projecting outward from the main portion, at least one of the projecting ends has means for containing the agent. The projecting ends of the first and second portions are configured to engage the anterior vaginal wall while the main portion engages the posterior vaginal wall, thereby positioning the projecting end of the first portion proximal to one side of the urogenital tract and positioning the projecting end of the second portion proximal to an opposite side of the urogenital tract.

Vaginal insert and method for treating urogenital disorders

A vaginal insert for delivering an agent to a urogenital tract in a patient. The patient has a vagina, and the vagina has an anterior wall. The vaginal insert comprises a member sized to fit within the vagina. The member has a surface defining a channel configured to engage the anterior vaginal wall and receive tissue proximal to the urethra. The member defines a chamber for retaining a supply of the agent and a plurality of delivery ports. At least some of the delivery ports are located along the channel. The plurality of delivery ports are in fluid communication with the chamber. The vaginal insert also comprises first and second electrodes. The first electrode is operably connected to the member. The first and second electrodes configured to be operably connected to a power source so that an electrical current can pass between the first and second electrodes and through tissue proximal the urethra.

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Champlin, MN, United States of America

Xiao Kang Zhang