US Patent No: 8,083,789

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Securement assembly and method for expandable endovascular device

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Abstract

A securement assembly for releasably securing an expandable stent or stent-graft relative to a delivery tube. The securement assembly comprises a belt base configured for securement relative to the delivery tube. The belt base defines a release member passage and a receiving portion. A first end of a belt is fixed relative to the belt base. The opposite end of the belt includes a retainment portion configured to releasably engage the receiving portion of the belt base. A release member is removably positioned through the release member passage and aligned with the belt retainment portion such that the retainment portion is maintained engaged with the receiving portion until the release member is moved to a non-aligned position. A method of releasably securing a portion of an expandable stent or stent-graft relative to a delivery tube is also provided.

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TRIVASCULAR, INC.SANTA ROSA, CA19

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Watson, James R - 22 70

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6,319,276 Endovascular apparatus 38 2000
6,416,536 Method for deployment of a low profile delivery system 32 2001
2003/0050,684 Internal restraint for delivery of self-expanding stents 40 2001
2002/0045,933 Intravascular stent apparatus 36 2001
2002/0045,934 Intravascular stent apparatus 20 2001
2002/0045,935 Intravascular stent apparatus 23 2001
6,692,523 Endovascular apparatus 18 2001
6,652,575 Stent with smooth ends 91 2001
6,645,240 Low profile delivery system for stent and graft deployment and method for deployment 29 2002
6,869,443 Biodegradable drug delivery vascular stent 98 2002
6,773,453 Method and apparatus for intraluminally implanting an endovascular aortic graft 8 2002
6,719,783 PTFE vascular graft and method of manufacture 27 2002
7,056,412 Counter rotational layering of ePTFE to improve mechanical properties of a prosthesis 8 2004
 
BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC. (23)
5,100,422 Blood vessel patch 196 1989
5,104,400 Blood vessel patch 71 1991
5,321,109 Uniformly expanded PTFE film 39 1992
5,466,509 Textured, porous, expanded PTFE 62 1993
5,609,624 Reinforced vascular graft and method of making same 97 1993
6,124,523 Encapsulated stent 158 1995
5,667,523 Dual supported intraluminal graft 287 1995
5,628,786 Radially expandable vascular graft with resistance to longitudinal compression and method of making same 200 1995
5,749,880 Endoluminal encapsulated stent and methods of manufacture and endoluminal delivery 260 1995
6,620,190 Radially expandable polytetrafluoroethylene 8 1996
6,203,735 Method of making expanded polytetrafluoroethylene products 63 1997
6,451,047 Encapsulated intraluminal stent-graft and methods of making same 57 1997
6,264,684 Helically supported graft 53 1997
6,053,943 Endoluminal graft with integral structural support and method for making same 75 1998
6,358,276 Fluid containing endoluminal stent 38 1999
6,398,803 Partial encapsulation of stents 89 1999
6,312,462 Prosthesis for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair 101 1999
6,558,414 Partial encapsulation of stents using strips and bands 32 1999
6,355,063 Expanded PTFE drug delivery graft 78 2000
6,383,214 Encapsulated stent 110 2000
6,547,814 Selective adherence of stent-graft coverings 37 2001
6,770,087 Partial encapsulation of stents 13 2001
6,758,858 Diametrically adaptable encapsulated stent and methods for deployment thereof 28 2001
 
ENDOLOGIX, INC. (22)
5,665,117 Endovascular prosthesis with improved sealing means for aneurysmal arterial disease and method of use 138 1996
6,090,128 Bifurcated vascular graft deployment device 67 1997
6,077,296 Endoluminal vascular prosthesis 85 1998
6,156,063 Method of deploying bifurcated vascular graft 38 1998
6,187,036 Endoluminal vascular prosthesis 65 1998
6,022,359 Stent delivery system featuring a flexible balloon 70 1999
6,187,034 Segmented stent for flexible stent delivery system 80 1999
6,197,049 Articulating bifurcation graft 59 1999
6,261,316 Single puncture bifurcation graft deployment system 124 1999
6,331,190 Endoluminal vascular prosthesis 60 2000
6,210,422 Bifurcated vascular graft deployment device 18 2000
6,500,202 Bifurcation graft deployment catheter 24 2000
6,695,833 Vascular stent-graft apparatus and forming method 42 2000
6,660,030 Bifurcation graft deployment catheter 33 2000
6,663,665 Single puncture bifurcation graft deployment system 37 2001
7,520,895 Self expanding bifurcated endovascular prosthesis 12 2002
2004/0116,997 Stent-graft with positioning anchor 22 2003
7,530,988 Methods and systems for endovascular aneurysm treatment 13 2005
2006/0212,112 Graft systems having filling structures supported by scaffolds and methods for their use 15 2006
2007/0162,106 System and methods for endovascular aneurysm treatment 6 2006
2007/0276,477 MATERIAL FOR CREATING MULTI-LAYERED FILMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME 9 2007
2009/0198,267 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM TREATMENT 8 2009
 
MEDTRONIC, INC. (22)
4,665,906 Medical devices incorporating sim alloy elements 1140 1986
5,133,732 Intravascular stent 654 1989
5,163,955 Rapid assembly, concentric mating stent, tissue heart valve with enhanced clamping and tissue alignment 154 1991
5,104,404 Articulated stent 637 1991
5,282,823 Intravascular radially expandable stent 432 1992
5,282,847 Prosthetic vascular grafts with a pleated structure 148 1992
5,597,378 Medical devices incorporating SIM alloy elements 403 1992
5,653,745 Prosthetic vascular graft with a pleated structure 47 1995
6,004,346 Intralumenal drug eluting prosthesis 46 1995
5,612,885 Method for constructing a heart valve stent 31 1995
6,306,141 Medical devices incorporating SIM alloy elements 185 1995
6,036,640 Device and method for repositioning the heart during surgery 11 1996
5,799,384 Intravascular radially expandable stent 52 1996
5,833,651 Therapeutic intraluminal stents 175 1996
6,533,807 Radially-expandable stent and delivery system 40 1998
6,491,719 Tubular endoluminar prosthesis having oblique ends 32 1998
6,287,336 Variable flexibility stent 67 1999
6,540,780 Porous synthetic vascular grafts with oriented ingrowth channels 24 1999
6,428,570 Medical stents, apparatus and method for making same 66 2000
6,517,558 Methods and devices for forming vascular anastomoses 126 2001
6,790,230 Vascular implant 108 2002
7,022,135 Film with highly porous vascular graft prostheses 5 2002
 
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (18)
5,314,472 Vascular stent 436 1991
5,282,824 Percutaneous stent assembly 590 1992
5,443,498 Vascular stent and method of making and implanting a vacsular stent 406 1993
6,325,819 Endovascular prosthetic device, an endovascular graft prothesis with such a device, and a method for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm 65 1996
5,843,175 Enhanced flexibility surgical stent 167 1997
6,042,606 Radially expandable non-axially contracting surgical stent 160 1997
6,293,966 Surgical stent featuring radiopaque markers 132 1998
6,537,202 Method for polishing surgical stents 15 1998
6,589,275 Stent device 32 2000
6,827,735 Endovascular device having a stent 36 2001
6,508,833 Multiple-sided intraluminal medical device 216 2001
6,464,720 Radially expandable stent 179 2001
6,773,457 Aortic graft device 24 2002
7,160,318 Modular stent graft assembly and use thereof 35 2002
7,550,005 Coated implantable medical device 10 2002
7,081,132 Flexible barb for anchoring a prosthesis 45 2003
2005/0177,222 Interconnected leg extensions for an endoluminal prosthesis 9 2004
2007/0016,281 Introducer for self-expandable medical device 5 2006
 
TRIVASCULAR, INC. (17)
2005/0158,272 Methods, compositions and devices for embolizing body lumens 8 2005
2006/0224,232 Hybrid modular endovascular graft 6 2005
7,338,518 Delivery system and method for expandable intracorporeal device 13 2005
2006/0009,833 Delivery system and method for bifurcated graft 6 2005
2006/0178,732 Advanced endovascular graft 8 2006
2006/0186,143 Constant force material delivery system and method 4 2006
2008/0058,920 Dual chamber cuff structure 2 2006
2007/0012,396 Method and apparatus for manufacturing an endovascular graft section 5 2006
2009/0082,841 APPARATUS FOR SECURING STENT BARBS 6 2007
2009/0082,842 STENT AND DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYMENT THEREOF 4 2007
2009/0082,845 ALIGNMENT STENT APPARATUS AND METHOD 4 2007
2009/0082,846 ASYMMETRIC STENT APPARATUS AND METHOD 5 2007
2009/0082,847 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SECURING STENT BARBS 4 2007
2009/0132,020 SECUREMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR EXPANDABLE ENDOVASCULAR DEVICE 4 2007
2009/0132,026 DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BIFURCATED GRAFT 4 2007
2009/0099,649 MODULAR VASCULAR GRAFT FOR LOW PROFILE PERCUTANEOUS DELIVERY 7 2008
2009/0036,971 PTFE LAYERS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING 4 2008
 
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. (14)
5,292,331 Endovascular support device 369 1989
6,159,229 Stent delivery and deployment method 54 1998
6,878,161 Stent graft loading and deployment device and method 23 2002
7,056,325 Transluminal methods and devices for closing, forming attachments to, and/or forming anastomotic junctions in, luminal anatomical structures 30 2002
6,945,992 Single-piece crown stent 31 2003
2006/0020,319 Device and method for delivering an endovascular stent-graft having a longitudinally unsupported portion 8 2004
2007/0055,347 Endoluminal prosthesis 15 2005
2007/0219,627 Prosthesis Fixation Apparatus and Methods 6 2006
2007/0239,273 Riveted Stent Valve For Percutaneous Use 48 2006
2008/0114,441 Endoluminal Prosthesis 14 2006
2008/0114,442 Delivery System for Stent-Graft With Anchoring Pins 12 2006
2008/0114,443 Stent-Graft With Anchoring Pins 7 2006
2008/0172,119 Prosthesis Deployment Apparatus and Methods 6 2007
2008/0228,255 Positionable Stent-Graft Delivery System and Method 6 2007
 
MEDINOL LTD. (12)
5,449,373 Articulated stent 625 1994
5,733,303 Flexible expandable stent 293 1995
5,836,964 Stent fabrication method 174 1996
5,827,320 Bifurcated stent and method of making same 153 1997
6,461,381 Flexible expandable stent 44 1999
6,508,834 Articulated stent 61 2000
6,406,489 Bifurcated stent and method of making same 33 2000
6,440,165 Bifurcated stent with improved side branch aperture and method of making same 40 2000
6,464,722 Flexible expandable stent 54 2000
6,436,134 Bifurcated stent with improved side branch aperture and method of making same 82 2001
6,989,026 Method of making a bifurcated stent with improved side branch aperture 5 2002
6,796,999 Self articulating stent 30 2002
 
C.R. BARD, INC. (11)
5,733,325 Non-migrating vascular prosthesis and minimally invasive placement system 236 1996
6,004,347 Non-migrating vascular prosthesis and minimally invasive placement system therefor 158 1996
5,843,167 Method and apparatus for recapture of hooked endoprosthesis 169 1997
5,891,193 Non-migrating vascular prosthesis and minimally invasive placement system therefor 85 1997
5,961,546 Method and apparatus for recapture of hooked endoprosthesis 94 1997
5,800,524 Prosthesis with spiral stitching element 31 1997
6,306,164 Short body endoprosthesis 39 1997
6,077,297 Non-migrating vascular prosthesis and minimally invasive placement system therefor 184 1998
6,579,314 Covered stent with encapsulated ends 66 1999
6,447,522 Implant delivery system 80 2001
6,740,115 Covered stent with encapsulated ends 29 2003
 
ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION (10)
5,192,310 Self-sealing implantable vascular graft 83 1991
5,197,976 Manually separable multi-lumen vascular graft 164 1991
5,320,100 Implantable prosthetic device having integral patency diagnostic indicia 69 1993
5,433,909 Method of making controlled porosity expanded polytetrafluoroethylene products 54 1993
5,411,550 Implantable prosthetic device for the delivery of a bioactive material 85 1993
5,474,824 Process for expanding polytetrafluoroethylene and products produced thereby 36 1994
5,782,789 Macrochannel phosthetic/delivery patch 11 1994
6,423,089 Vascular endoprosthesis and method 52 1999
6,395,208 Method of making an expandable fluoropolymer device 43 1999
6,416,537 Multi-stage prosthesis 50 2000
 
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION (9)
5,641,373 Method of manufacturing a radially-enlargeable PTFE tape-reinforced vascular graft 85 1995
5,552,100 Method for manufacturing porous fluoropolymer films 55 1995
5,976,192 Method of forming an externally supported tape reinforced vascular graft 87 1996
5,843,173 Radially-enlargeable PTFE tape-reinforced vascular grafts and their methods of manufacture 54 1997
5,997,573 Stent devices and support/restrictor assemblies for use in conjunction with prosthetic vascular grafts 91 1997
6,267,834 Process of manufacturing a radially expandable PTFE tape-reinforced vascular graft 49 1998
6,344,044 Apparatus and methods for delivery of intraluminal prosthesis 41 2000
6,786,920 Radially expandable stented tubular PTFE grafts 23 2001
6,663,667 Towel graft means for enhancing tissue ingrowth in vascular grafts 43 2001
 
WILLIAM A. COOK AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. (9)
6,524,335 Endoluminal aortic stents 81 2000
6,695,875 Endovascular stent graft 63 2001
7,108,715 Endoluminal graft 9 2002
6,974,471 Prostheses for curved lumens 21 2002
2004/0106,974 Thoracic introducer 11 2003
6,939,370 Thoracic aortic stent graft deployment device 27 2003
7,232,459 Thoracic aortic aneurysm stent graft 11 2003
7,175,652 Stent graft with improved proximal end 24 2003
7,294,147 Composite prosthesis 21 2003
 
MED INSTITUTE, INC. (8)
5,609,629 Coated implantable medical device 576 1995
5,720,776 Barb and expandable transluminal graft prosthesis for repair of aneurysm 223 1995
6,096,070 Coated implantable medical device 672 1996
6,358,284 Tubular grafts from purified submucosa 69 1999
6,565,597 Stent adapted for tangle-free deployment 96 2000
6,918,927 Coated implantable medical device 108 2001
2005/0222,669 Fenestrated intraluminal stent system 8 2005
7,550,004 Endoluminal device with extracellular matrix material and methods 11 2005
 
TERAMED, INC. (8)
5,827,310 Apparatus for forming custom length grafts after endoluminal insertion 35 1997
6,070,589 Methods for deploying bypass graft stents 87 1997
6,129,756 Biluminal endovascular graft system 117 1998
6,224,609 Bifurcated prosthetic graft 64 1998
6,273,909 Endovascular graft system 47 1998
6,280,466 Endovascular graft system 64 1999
6,168,610 Method for endoluminally excluding an aortic aneurysm 66 2000
6,575,994 Method and apparatus concerning bypass grafts 28 2000
 
ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (7)
5,904,713 Invertible bifurcated stent/graft and method of deployment 45 1997
6,306,145 Reduced diameter stent/graft deployment catheter 14 2000
6,454,796 Vascular graft 30 2000
6,652,580 Modular, staged graft and attachment system for endovascular repair 25 2000
6,475,166 Guidewire placement system for delivery of an aneurysm graft limb 31 2000
2002/0049,490 Single-piece endoprosthesis with high expansion ratios 30 2001
6,517,574 System and method for endovascular aneurysm repair in conjunction with vascular stabilization 31 2002
 
MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLC (7)
5,108,424 Collagen-impregnated dacron graft 178 1991
5,370,682 Solid woven tubular prosthesis 36 1993
5,527,353 Implantable tubular prosthesis 79 1993
5,556,426 PTFE implantable tubular prostheses with external coil support 69 1994
5,607,478 Yarn wrapped PTFE tubular prosthesis 74 1996
7,452,374 AV grafts with rapid post-operative self-sealing capabilities 12 2003
6,814,753 Implantable tubular prosthesis 13 2003
 
COOK INCORPORATED (6)
4,580,568 Percutaneous endovascular stent and method for insertion thereof 1072 1984
5,041,126 Endovascular stent and delivery system 454 1988
5,387,235 Expandable transluminal graft prosthesis for repair of aneurysm 563 1992
5,456,713 Expandable transluminal graft prosthesis for repairs of aneurysm and method for implanting 286 1993
5,562,726 Expandable transluminal graft prosthesis for repair of aneurysm and method for implanting 273 1993
5,693,084 Expandable transluminal graft prosthesis for repair of aneurysm 203 1995
 
LEMAITRE ACQUISITION LLC (6)
5,123,917 Expandable intraluminal vascular graft 602 1990
6,098,630 Multiple diameter expandable graft for blood vessel and method for deploying the same 23 1997
6,187,054 Method of making large diameter vascular prosteheses and a vascular prosthesis made by said method 25 1999
6,402,779 Balloon-assisted intraluminal stent graft 51 1999
6,183,481 Delivery system for self-expanding stents and grafts 61 1999
6,443,981 Expandable vascular prosthesis 26 2000
 
MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC. (6)
6,258,114 Hoop stent 66 1998
6,203,779 Methods for treating endoleaks during endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms 16 1999
6,303,100 Methods for inhibiting the formation of potential endoleaks associated with endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms 14 1999
6,475,466 Methods for treating endoleaks during endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms 13 2000
6,569,190 Methods for treating aneurysms 15 2001
7,011,674 Expandable stent apparatus and method 4 2002
 
WORLD MEDICAL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION (6)
4,562,596 Aortic graft, device and method for performing an intraluminal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair 338 1984
5,591,195 Apparatus and method for engrafting a blood vessel 244 1995
5,713,917 Apparatus and method for engrafting a blood vessel 255 1996
6,280,467 Delivery system for deployment and endovascular assembly of a multi-stage stented graft 71 1999
6,287,315 Apparatus for delivering an endoluminal prosthesis 80 1999
6,334,869 Endoluminal prosthesis 53 2000
 
AEROQUIP CORPORATION (5)
5,562,727 Intraluminal graft and method for insertion thereof 85 1994
5,534,024 Intraluminal stenting graft 98 1994
5,507,770 Intraluminal grafting stent and method for implanting same in a blood vessel 42 1994
5,554,180 Intraluminal stenting graft 68 1995
5,697,968 Check valve for intraluminal graft 79 1995
 
B. BRAUN CELSA (5)
6,059,821 Method for controlling circulation of blood in a body 25 1996
5,800,515 Prosthesis implantable in a human or animal duct such as a stent or a prosthesis for aneurism 53 1996
6,302,891 System for repairing an anatomical canal by means of an implant with a progressive opening 49 1998
6,036,723 Surgically anastomosable transcutaneous vascular prothesis and set comprising the same 53 1998
6,248,116 Medical treatment of a diseased anatomical duct 52 1999
 
ENDOTEX INTERVENTIONAL SYSTEMS, INC. (5)
5,728,131 Coupling device and method of use 92 1995
5,769,887 Delivery catheter and graft for aneurysm repair 95 1997
5,800,526 Multi-anchor stent 221 1997
6,168,618 Electrolytic stent delivery system and methods of use 20 1999
6,945,989 Apparatus for delivering endoluminal prostheses and methods of making and using them 35 2000
 
IMPRA, INC. (5)
4,955,899 Longitudinally compliant vascular graft 182 1989
5,152,782 Non-porous coated PTFE graft 128 1989
5,935,667 Dual porosity PTFE tubes 25 1997
6,004,348 Endoluminal encapsulated stent and methods of manufacture and endoluminal delivery 164 1998
6,245,099 Selective adherence of stent-graft coverings, mandrel and method of making stent-graft device 115 1999
 
SULZER INTRA THERAPEUTICS, INC. (5)
6,494,907 Braided stent 21 1998
6,019,779 Multi-filar coil medical stent 98 1998
6,533,808 Stent with dual support structure 11 2000
6,558,415 Stent 59 2001
2002/0120,321 Stent retention mechanism 19 2001
 
TRIVASCULAR2, INC. (5)
6,733,521 Delivery system and method for endovascular graft 55 2001
2004/0220,664 Layered endovascular graft 7 2004
2005/0228,484 Modular endovascular graft 11 2005
2006/0233,990 PTFE layers and methods of manufacturing 10 2005
2006/0233,991 PTFE layers and methods of manufacturing 9 2005
 
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC. (4)
5,514,154 Expandable stents 566 1994
6,423,090 Stent pattern with staged expansion 48 2000
2002/0052,627 Devices configured from heat shaped, strain hardened nickel-titanium 36 2001
2008/0051,705 BIFURCATION STENT DELIVERY CATHETER AND METHOD 5 2007
 
ACACIA RESEARCH GROUP LLC (4)
5,800,512 PTFE vascular graft 96 1996
6,036,724 PTFE vascular graft and method of manufacture 26 1998
6,428,571 Self-sealing PTFE vascular graft and manufacturing methods 52 2000
2007/0244,539 Self-sealing PTFE vascular graft and manufacturing methods 8 2007
 
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION (4)
6,143,021 Stent placement instrument and method of assembly 41 1998
6,368,346 Bioresorbable stent 51 1999
6,471,718 Method and device for loading a stent 30 2000
6,926,732 Stent delivery device and method 29 2001
 
CORVITA CORPORATION (4)
5,019,090 Radially expandable endoprosthesis and the like 664 1988
5,226,913 Method of making a radially expandable prosthesis 318 1992
5,575,818 Endovascular stent with locking ring 298 1995
5,871,538 Luminal graft endoprotheses and manufacture thereof 67 1997
 
HORIZON TECHNOLOGY FUNDING COMPANY LLC (4)
5,984,956 Transmyocardial implant 75 1997
6,196,230 Stent delivery system and method of use 83 1998
6,290,728 Designs for left ventricular conduit 73 1999
6,694,983 Delivery methods for left ventricular conduit 37 2002
 
SCHNEIDER (EUROPE) A.G. (4)
5,919,204 Apparatus for releasing a self-expanding endoprosthesis 36 1994
6,375,787 Methods for applying a covering layer to a stent 26 1996
5,709,703 Stent delivery device and method for manufacturing same 139 1996
2002/0096,252 Stent with a covering layer of elastic material and methods for applying the layer on the stent 15 2002
 
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (4)
4,208,745 Vascular prostheses composed of polytetrafluoroethylene and process for their production 99 1977
4,248,924 Asymmetric porous film materials and process for producing same 45 1977
4,229,838 Vascular prosthesis having a composite structure 80 1978
5,110,527 Polytetrafluoroethylene porous material and process for producing the same 38 1990
 
ANSON MEDICAL LIMITED (3)
6,899,728 Reinforced graft 14 1999
6,706,064 Expandable device 18 2000
7,223,280 Surgical implants and delivery systems therefor 8 2002
 
BOLTON MEDICAL, INC. (3)
5,776,183 Expandable stent 182 1996
6,042,589 Reversible-action endoprosthesis delivery device 96 1998
5,911,754 Flexible stent with effective strut and connector patterns 148 1998
 
COOK BIOTECH INCORPORATED (3)
7,485,138 Tubular graft construct 4 2002
2006/0136,047 Tissue graft prosthesis devices containing juvenile or small diameter submucosa 5 2003
7,597,710 Implantable vascular device 9 2003
 
DIRECT FLOW MEDICAL, INC. (3)
5,554,185 Inflatable prosthetic cardiovascular valve for percutaneous transluminal implantation of same 285 1994
7,556,645 Translumenally implantable heart valve with formed in place support 11 2005
2008/0015,687 METHOD OF IN SITU FORMATION OF TRANSLUMENALLY DEPLOYABLE HEART VALVE SUPPORT 19 2007
 
ENDOSYSTEMS LLC (3)
5,827,321 Non-Foreshortening intraluminal prosthesis 201 1997
6,106,548 Non-foreshortening intraluminal prosthesis 170 1998
6,475,236 Non-foreshortening intraluminal prosthesis 62 2000
 
FEMORALIS, LLC (3)
6,245,101 Intravascular hinge stent 77 1999
6,312,460 Intravascular hinge stent 41 2001
6,475,237 Intravascular hinge stent 48 2001
 
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH B.V. (3)
5,344,444 Expandable ring, cylinder or sleeve which can be made non-deformable 73 1992
5,464,419 Expandable hollow sleeve for the local support and/or reinforcement of a body vessel, and method for the fabrication thereof 51 1994
5,529,653 Expandable hollow sleeve for the local support and/or reinforcement of a body vessel, and method for the fabrication thereof 57 1995
 
INTERVASCULAR, INC. (3)
5,630,829 High hoop strength intraluminal stent 148 1994
5,662,675 Delivery catheter assembly 122 1995
5,707,388 High hoop strength intraluminal stent 50 1997
 
INTRATHERAPEUTICS WEST, INC. (3)
6,371,979 Stent delivery system 43 1997
5,782,838 Cytoscope delivery system 61 1997
5,776,142 Controllable stent delivery system and method 119 1997
 
PRODESCO, INC. (3)
6,494,909 Endovascular valve 154 2000
2002/0042,644 Bifurcated fabric sleeve stent graft with junction region strengthening elements 17 2001
2002/0052,649 Graft having region for biological seal formation 25 2001
 
SORIN BIOMEDICAL INC. (3)
4,550,447 Vascular graft prosthesis 120 1983
4,647,416 Method of preparing a vascular graft prosthesis 141 1985
4,957,669 Method for producing tubing useful as a tapered vascular graft prosthesis 52 1989
 
STRYKER NV OPERATIONS LIMITED (3)
5,749,894 Aneurysm closure method 176 1996
6,280,457 Polymer covered vaso-occlusive devices and methods of producing such devices 121 1999
6,602,269 Embolic devices capable of in-situ reinforcement 76 2001
 
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (3)
5,447,152 Endotracheal tube and the method of manufacturing it 21 1992
6,174,326 Radiopaque, antithrombogenic stent and method for its production 62 1997
6,833,004 Stent 58 2002
 
WILLIAM COOK EUROPE A/S (3)
5,562,724 Endovascular graft prosthesis and an implantation method for such a prosthesis 293 1995
5,562,697 Self-expanding stent assembly and methods for the manufacture thereof 120 1995
6,524,336 Endovascular graft 54 1999
 
ANGIOMED GMBH & CO. MEDIZINTECHNIK KG (2)
5,618,301 Reducing stent, device with reducing stent and use of a reducing stent 85 1996
5,716,393 Stent with an end of greater diameter than its main body 208 1996
 
AVANTEC VASCULAR CORPORATION (2)
5,766,203 Sheath with expandable distal extremity and balloon catheters and stents for use therewith and method 178 1996
7,083,642 Delivery of therapeutic capable agents 43 2002
 
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (2)
6,409,750 Woven bifurcated and trifurcated stents and methods for making the same 169 2000
6,730,119 Percutaneous implantation of partially covered stents in aneurysmally dilated arterial segments with subsequent embolization and obliteration of the aneurysm cavity 33 2000
 
CONCEPTUS, INC. (2)
7,073,504 Contraceptive system and method of use 38 1996
6,096,052 Occluding device and method of use 98 1998
 
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. (2)
5,772,884 Porous polytetrafluoroethylene film and process for preparation thereof 24 1994
6,270,707 Manufacturing method of a highly conductive polytetrafluoroethylene sheet 26 1998
 
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY (2)
5,840,775 Porous polytetraflouroethylene and preparation 11 1997
5,939,198 Porous polytetrafluoro-ethylene and preparation 5 1998
 
E.V.A. CORPORATION (2)
5,207,695 Aortic graft, implantation device, and method for repairing aortic aneurysm 281 1991
5,972,023 Implantation device for an aortic graft method of treating aortic aneurysm 100 1996
 
EMORY UNIVERSITY (2)
5,383,928 Stent sheath for local drug delivery 354 1993
6,355,055 Endovascular support device and method of use 39 1997
 
EVA CORPORATION (2)
5,944,750 Method and apparatus for the surgical repair of aneurysms 81 1997
6,409,757 Method and apparatus for supporting a graft assembly 84 1999
 
EVYSIO MEDICAL DEVICES ULC (2)
6,217,608 Expandable stent and method for delivery of same 126 1999
7,094,255 Expandable stent and method for delivery of same 11 2004
 
FOGARTY, THOMAS J. (2)
5,464,449 Internal graft prosthesis and delivery system 249 1993
2006/0292,206 Devices and methods for treatment of vascular aneurysms 13 2002
 
JOMED IMPLANTATE GMBH (2)
5,916,264 Stent graft 71 1998
6,652,573 Radial expansible stent for implanting in body vessels 27 1999
 
KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP (2)
2002/0007,193 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SURGICAL REPAIR OF ANEURYSMS 20 1998
2002/0193,872 Prosthetic graft assembly and method of use 69 2002
 
LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC. (2)
6,488,700 Endoluminal prosthesis placing method 57 2001
2002/0082,682 Biologically active agent delivery apparatus and method 46 2001
 
M.I.TECH CO., LTD. (2)
6,663,663 Stent 65 2001
6,669,724 Medical stent 84 2001
 
MEADOX MEDICALS, INC. (2)
5,383,892 Stent for transluminal implantation 538 1992
2002/0107,561 Implantable intraluminal prosthesis 29 2001
 
MONTEFIORE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (2)
6,102,918 Collapsible low-profile vascular graft implantation instrument and method for use thereof 20 1998
6,168,620 Reinforced vascular graft 24 2000
 
NFOCUS NEUROMEDICAL, INC. (2)
5,853,419 Stent 158 1997
6,451,050 Stent graft and method 82 2000
 
NUMED, INC. (2)
5,217,483 Intravascular radially expandable stent 222 1992
5,389,106 Impermeable expandable intravascular stent 405 1993
 
ORBUSNEICH MEDICAL, INC. (2)
6,432,132 Expandable intraluminal endoprosthesis 53 2000
6,821,292 Crimpable intraluminal endoprosthesis having helical elements 68 2002
 
PARODI, JAUN C. (2)
6,302,908 Arterial graft device and method of positioning the same 26 1997
6,238,432 Stent graft device for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms 17 1998
 
QUANAM MEDICAL CORPORATION (2)
6,168,619 Intravascular stent having a coaxial polymer member and end sleeves 97 1998
6,530,950 Intraluminal stent having coaxial polymer member 190 2000
 
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5,571,173 Graft to repair a body passageway 218 1995
5,591,229 Aortic graft for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm 161 1995
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6,287,335 Intravascular folded tubular endoprosthesis 74 1999
6,409,749 Aneurism patch including distributed activator for a two-dimensional shape memory alloy 23 1999
6,261,317 Appliance to be implanted, method of collapsing the appliance to be implanted and method of using the appliance to be implanted 18 1999
6,652,554 Instrument for thromboembolic protection 98 2000
6,409,756 Endovascular aortic graft 35 2000
6,319,278 Low profile device for the treatment of vascular abnormalities 44 2000
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6,635,079 Shape memory tubular stent 57 2001
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