Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Boston Scientific Corporation

Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

Other

Stryker Corporation

Stryker European Holdings I LLC

Vascular Solutions, Inc.

Texas Petrodet, Inc.

Catheter Dynamics, Inc.

Yem Chin

Paul Scopton

Michael S Chu

Michael S H Chu

John A Griego

John B Golden

John O McWeeney

Mark L Adams

Samuel Zhong

Jozef Slanda

Oscar R Carrillo, Jr

Benjamin E Morris

Brian Keith Wells

Todd A Hall

David W Robertson

David I Freed

Jesse Leonard Farris, Iii

Richard Hudson

Louis J Barbato

Anthony R Tremaglio

James F Schuermann

Gary B McAlister

Robert B Devries

Liem Vu

Charles H Pugsley, Jr

Alyssa J Dassa

David W Hoffman

Jennifer J McCrory

Jeffrey Michael Wendlandt

George T Roberts

Sepideh H Nott

Lee Guterman

Sheng-Ping Zhong

Kathleen L Hess

Jennifer Jandak

Bryan Dale Knodel

Barry N Gellman

Stephen A Griffin

William Lucas Churchill

Brent C Gerberding

Thomas F Janecek

Anthony Scott Hollars

Clifford M Liu

Stephen J Perry

William L Gould

Paul S Teirstein

Otto E Anderhub

Andrew M Cragg

John E Hutchins

Robert B DeVries

Donald C Hovey

Benjamin J Bottcher

Michele B Carter

Anthony R Tremaglio, Jr

William B Atkinson

David R Conti

Peter Crowley

Sheng-Ping (Samuel) Zhong

Kinh-Luan (Lenny) D Dao

Carleton E Yee

John B Adams

Kshitij Mohan

James F Schuerman

Robert F Carmichael, Jr

Ulf Harry Stanford

Oscar R Carrillo

Andrew H Cragg

Robert J Crowley

James M Anderson

James S Bates

Michael S Banik

Justin M Crank

Mark Alan Hamm

Jeffrey H Vogel

James C Wang

James G Hansen

Thomas R Johnson

William H Stahley

Mark Steven Smith

The Thomas Trinh Tran

Horng-Ban Lin

Kinh-Luan D Dao

Demetrius H Bagley, Jr

James B Daigle

Fozan O El-Nounou

Narin Anderson

Osama Amine

(Lenny) Kinh-Luan D Dao

(Samuel) Sheng-Ping Zhong

John C Golden

Christopher G Fishbein

George G Brusard

David K Young

Lee R Guterman

Shen-Ping Zhong

John O Mcweeney

Several embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to medical visualization systems that comprise combinations of disposable and reusable components, such as catheters, functional handles, hubs, optical devices, etc. Other embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to features and aspects of an in-vivo visualization system that comprises an endoscope having a working channel through which a catheter having viewing capabilities is routed. the catheter may obtain viewing capabilities by being constructed as a vision catheter or by having a fiberscope or other viewing device selectively routed through one of its channels. The catheter is preferably of the steerable type so that the distal end of the catheter may be steered from its proximal end as it is advanced with the body. A suitable use for the in-vivo visualization system includes but is not limited to diagnosis and/or treatment of the duodenum, and particularly the biliary tree.

In-vivo visualization system

A medical device such as a catheter or endoscope device includes an illumination light source having one or more organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The OLEDs are energized to produce illumination light that is received by an image sensor or camera to produce images of tissue within a patient's body. A heat conductive polymer conducts heat away from the illumination light source.

Medical device with OLED illumination light source

Vivo visualization system

Various embodiments of bulking or cushioning agents or material and related medical devices and methods are disclosed. For example, a method of performing a medical procedure in a tract of a body may include injecting a material in a liquid phase proximate a target site between a first tissue layer and a second tissue layer, allowing the material to transition from the liquid phase to the gel phase in response to a raise in temperature of the material to approximately at or above the predetermined temperature, and performing a surgical procedure on the target site. The material may have the liquid phase at temperatures below a predetermined temperature and a gel phase at temperature approximately at or above the predetermined temperature.

Devices and methods and agent-assisted medical procedures

Several embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to medical visualization systems that comprise combinations of disposable and resuable components, such as catheters, functional handles, hubs, optical devices, etc. Other embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to features and aspects of an in-vivo visualization system that comprises an endoscope having a working channel through which a catheter having viewing capabilities is routed. the catheter may obtain viewing capabilities by being constructed as a vision catheter or by having a fiberscope or other viewing device selectively routed through one of its channels. The catheter is preferably of the steerable type so that the distal end of the catheter may be steered from its proximal end as it is advanced with the body. A suitable use for the in-vivo visualization system includes but is not limited to diagnosis and/or treatment of the duodenum, and particularly the biliary tree.

Tissue can be removed from a patient with a catheter or other medical device having a cutting member. A source of suction can be coupled to the device for suctioning removed tissue through a lumen in the device and out of the patient's body.

Tissue removing device

Various embodiments of bulking or cushioning agents or material and related medical devices and methods are disclosed. For example, a method of performing a medical procedure in a tract of a body may include injecting a material in a liquid phase proximate a target site between a first tissue layer and a second tissue layer, allowing the material to transition from the liquid phase to the gel phase in response to a raise in temperature of the material to approximately at or above the predetermined temperature, and performing a surgical procedure on the target site. The material may have the liquid phase at temperatures below a predetermined temperature and a gel phase at temperatures approximately at or above the predetermined temperature.

A moldable material shaping system for shaping a moldable material, the system comprising a thermal transfer mold having an internal cavity configured to receive a moldable material, the internal cavity further comprising an internal mold shape, a thermally controlled heat source subsystem configured to heat the thermal transfer mold and the moldable material received in the thermal transfer mold thereby reshaping the moldable material to a deformed moldable material shape conforming to the internal mold shape. Some embodiments further comprise a cooling source subsystem configured to cool the thermal transfer mold and stabilize the moldable material inside the thermal transfer mold to maintain the deformed moldable material shape. Methods of molding a moldable material are also disclosed.

Moldable material shaping systems and methods of use

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a medical device and methods for collecting a tissue sample from a patient's body. The device may include a first tube defining a lumen and an aperture at a distal end of the first tube. A second tube extends within the lumen of the first tube and defines a lumen and slots, where at least some of the slots have sharp edges configured to shear tissue. The second tube is movable relative to the first tube such that the sharp edges cut a plurality of samples from tissue disposed within the aperture.

Flexible biopsy collection device and related methods of use

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Burlington, MA, United States of America

Yem Chin