Patents Assigned to Endologix, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130138200Abstract: A method for deploying an endoluminal vascular prosthesis using a deployment catheter that has at least a main graft portion and a first branch graft portion. The deployment catheter preferably comprises an elongate, flexible catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end, and an outer sheath and an inner core that is axially moveable with respect to the outer sheath. The catheter preferably comprises a main graft restraint that has a main graft release mechanism comprising a main graft sheath and a suture threaded through a plurality of the openings in the main graft sheath. The catheter further comprises at least one branch graft restraint comprising at least one branch graft release mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2013Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: ENDOLOGIX, INC.Inventor: Endologix, Inc.
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Patent number: 8377110Abstract: The present invention is related to a low profile endolumenal prosthesis. The prosthesis comprises a radially expandable tubular wire support and an expanded PTFE membrane. The density, wall thickness and intranodal distance of the ePTFE are selected to inhibit the formation and nourishment of a viable neointima on the inner surface of the prosthesis, through the ePTFE membrane.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2004Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Myles S. Douglas, Frank M. Zeng, Brian C. Gray
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Patent number: 8357192Abstract: A method for deploying an endoluminal vascular prosthesis using a deployment catheter that has at least a main graft portion and a first branch graft portion. The deployment catheter preferably comprises an elongate, flexible catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end, and an outer sheath and an inner core that is axially moveable with respect to the outer sheath. The catheter preferably comprises a main graft restraint that has a main graft release mechanism comprising a main graft sheath and a suture threaded through a plurality of the openings in the main graft sheath. The catheter further comprises at least one branch graft restraint comprising at least one branch graft release mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Mayberry, Trinh Pham, Stefan G. Schreck
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Publication number: 20120277846Abstract: An endoluminal prosthesis system deployable in a region of a patient's vasculature having one or more branch vessels, having a main graft body having a first opening in a wall portion of the main graft body and a pre-loaded guidewire positioned inside the main graft body and advanced through the first opening. One or more branch grafts can be attached to the main graft body to cover one or more openings in the main graft body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: ENDOLOGIX, INC.Inventors: Stefan G. Schreck, Joshua Benjamin, Kevin Mayberry
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Publication number: 20120277847Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a catheter system comprising an introducer having a main body, an introducer sheath projecting from the main body, and a first seal supported within the introducer and a catheter having a main body, an outer sheath projecting from the main body, a second seal supported within the catheter, and an inner core configured to be advanced axially through the main body, the second seal, and the outer sheath. The introducer can be configured to be selectively engageable with the catheter so that the catheter can be selectively and removably linked with the introducer in the axial direction. The catheter system can also be configured such that, when the introducer and the catheter are linked, the catheter can be rotatable relative to the introducer. The introducer can be configured to radially restrain an endoluminal prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: ENDOLOGIX, INC.Inventors: Joshua Benjamin, Stefan Schreck
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Publication number: 20120226341Abstract: A modular catheter system including a sheath projecting distally from a delivery catheter having a main body module An inner core module carrying a stent thereon, the inner core being axially movable through the main body of the delivery catheter and the delivery catheter sheath, a handle member supported by the main body of the delivery catheter, the handle member being selectively axially engageable with the inner core such that the handle member and the inner core move together in an axial direction when the handle member is engaged with the inner core; and an adjustment member supported by the main body, the adjustment member being configured such that rotation of the adjustment member causes the adjustment member to move axially along the main body by either axially sliding the handle member relative to the main body or by rotating the adjustment member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: ENDOLOGIX, INC.Inventors: Stefan Schreck, Elbert Tzeng, Todd Abraham, Jonathan Phan, Joshua Benjamin, Jacqueline Macias, Kevin Chu, William L. Gould
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Publication number: 20120203264Abstract: Aneurysms are treated by filling at least one double-walled filling structure with a filling medium within the aneurysm, such as filling structures having a membrane that allows water molecules to permeate across the membrane in response to a water potential differential across the membrane. The transport of fluid across the membrane allows the bag to expand or shrink to accommodate changes in the size or shape of the aneurysm, thereby maintaining a seal between the filling structure against the vessel wall and maintaining apposition of the filling structure against the inside surface of the aneurysm. Transport of water molecules into or out of the filling structure is controlled by adjusting for the osmolarity of the filling fluid medium. The filling structures may be delivered over balloon deployment mechanisms in order to shape occlude the aneurysm and open a tubular lumen for flow of blood through the filling structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Anupama Karwa, Raj P. Ganpath, Clark K. Colton, K.T. Venkateswara Rao
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Patent number: 8236040Abstract: A deployment catheter for deploying an endoluminal vascular prosthesis that has at least a main graft portion and a first branch graft portion. The deployment catheter preferably comprises an elongate, flexible catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end, and an outer sheath and an inner core that is axially moveable with respect to the outer sheath. The catheter preferably comprises a main graft restraint that has a main graft release mechanism comprising a main graft sheath and a suture threaded through a plurality of the openings in the main graft sheath. The catheter further comprises at least one branch graft restraint comprising at least one branch graft release mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Mayberry, Trinh Pham, Stefan G. Schreck
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Publication number: 20120184982Abstract: A system for treating an aneurysm comprises an elongate flexible shaft and a nosecone. An expandable member may be used to expand an expandable endoframe within a double-walled filling structure. The filling structure is adapted to be filled with a hardenable fluid filing medium so that an outer wall conforms to an inside surface of the aneurysm and an inner wall forms a substantially tubular lumen to provide a path for blood flow. In the expanded configuration the endoframe engages the inner wall of the filling structure. One or more tethers releasably couple the filling structure and/or endoframe with the shaft thereby constraining axial movement of the structures relative to each other. The nosecone is constructed to have a series of side ports and a through lumen such that the nosecone can be positioned with a guidewire and simultaneously receive a contrast media for performing angiography through the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Steve Herbowy, Jean-Pierre Dueri, Jason Fox
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Patent number: 8221494Abstract: An endoluminal prosthesis system deployable in a region of a patient's vasculature having one or more branch vessels, having a first main graft body having at least a first and second opening therein and a second main graft body having at least a first and a second opening therein. The first openings can be smaller than the second openings. The second main graft body can be expandable substantially within the first main graft body such that the second openings of each graft body do not substantially cover the first openings of the other graft body. The resulting graft system can have two openings therein, each being defined by the first openings in each of the first and second main graft bodies. One or more branch grafts can be attached to cover the openings in the main graft bodies, and the main graft bodies can have one or more cutouts therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Stefan G. Schreck, Joshua Benjamin, Kevin Mayberry
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Patent number: 8216295Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a catheter system comprising an introducer having a main body, an introducer sheath projecting from the main body, and a first seal supported within the introducer and a catheter having a main body, an outer sheath projecting from the main body, a second seal supported within the catheter, and an inner core configured to be advanced axially through the main body, the second seal, and the outer sheath. The introducer can be configured to be selectively engageable with the catheter so that the catheter can be selectively and removably linked with the introducer in the axial direction. The catheter system can also be configured such that, when the introducer and the catheter are linked, the catheter can be rotatable relative to the introducer. The introducer can be configured to radially restrain an endoluminal prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2009Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Benjamin, Stefan Schreck
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Publication number: 20120165917Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a stent graft comprising a first stent graft having a first and a second stent and a first and a second inner graft supported by the first stent, and an outer graft. The second inner graft can be spaced apart from the first inner graft so that a portion of the first stent is not covered by either the first inner graft or the second inner graft. A first and second portion of the outer graft can be attached to the first stent, the outer graft being unsupported by the stent between the first and second portions so as to form a fillable space between the outer graft, the first inner graft, and the second inner graft. Some embodiments further comprise a second stent graft deployable within the inside of the first stent graft to sealingly cover the uncovered portion of the first stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: ENDOLOGIX, INC.Inventors: Stefan Schreck, Daniel Hawkins
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Patent number: 8182525Abstract: Aneurysms are treated by filling a double-walled filling structure with a curable medium. The structures may be delivered over balloon deployment mechanisms in order to shape and open tubular lumens therethrough. The filling structures are preferably used in pairs for providing flow into the iliac arteries when treating abdominal aortic aneurysm.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Steven L. Herbowy, Matthew R. Hellewell, K. T. Venkateswara Rao, Michael A. Evans, Thomas Howell, Gwendolyn A. Watanabe, Bhupendra Shah, James McKinley
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Publication number: 20120109279Abstract: A fenestrated graft deployment system, with a delivery catheter having a catheter body, An endoluminal prosthesis having a main graft body, the main graft body having a lumen therethrough and a first opening laterally through a wall of the main graft body. A first guidewire prepositioned within the delivery catheter extending through at least a portion of the catheter body into a main lumen of the endoluminal prosthesis and through the first opening in the wall of the prosthesis when the delivery catheter is in a predeployed configuration. A first fenestration alignment device is configured to extend through at least a portion of the delivery catheter and is configured to be axially moveable relative to the first guidewire.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: ENDOLOGIX, INC.Inventors: Kevin Mayberry, Craig Welk, Richard Monetti
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Patent number: 8167925Abstract: The present invention relates to the endoluminal repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms at the aortic and iliac bifurcation. In particular, a deployment system and graft are disclosed for deploying the bifurcated graft within both iliac branches, as well as the aortic trunk, from a single vascular access.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Samuel M. Shaolian, Gilbert Madrid, To Van Pham, Trinh Van Pham, Thanh Van Nguyen
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Patent number: 8147535Abstract: Disclosed is a deployment catheter for deploying a tubular endoluminal vascular prosthesis, useful in treating, for example, an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The deployment catheter includes a proximal tubular section and a distal tubular section which are axially movable in opposite directions to deploy a prosthesis. A central core extends throughout the proximal tubular section and into the distal tubular section. A reinforcing structure is carried by the central core, spanning the junction between the proximal tubular section and distal tubular section, to improve flexibility characteristics of the catheter. In one embodiment, the proximal tubular section and/or distal tubular section are rotationally linked to the central core.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2005Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Samuel M. Shaolian, Gilbert Madrid, Thanh Van Nguyen, Trinh Van Pham
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Patent number: 8133559Abstract: The present invention provides multilayered materials, such as films usable in particular in medical devices in the form of vascular grafts, biocompatible coverings, and/or inflatable bladders, prosthesis for the endoluminal treatment of aneurysms, particularly aortic aneurysms including both abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA's) and thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA's).Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Amy Lee, Michael A. Evans
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Publication number: 20120046684Abstract: Aneurysms are treated by filling at least one double-walled filling structure with a curable medium within the aneurysm. The filling structures may be delivered over balloon deployment mechanisms in order to shape and open tubular lumens therethrough. Scaffolds are placed into the tubular lumens in order to help maintain the shape, anchor the filling structures in place, and provide improved blood flow transition into and out of the tubular lumens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Evans, Gwendolyn A. Watanabe, Amy Lee, Steven L. Herbowy
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Patent number: 8118856Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a stent graft comprising a first stent graft having a first stent, a first inner graft supported by the first stent, a second inner graft supported by the first stent, and an outer graft. The second inner graft can be spaced apart from the first inner graft so that a portion of the first stent is not covered by the first inner graft or the second inner graft. A first and second portion of the outer graft can be attached to the first stent, the outer graft being unsupported by the stent between the first and second portions so as to form a fillable space between the outer graft, the first inner graft, and the second inner graft. Some embodiments further comprise a second stent graft deployable within the inside of the first stent graft to sealingly cover the uncovered portion of the first stent.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Endologix, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Schreck, Daniel Hawkins
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Publication number: 20120029610Abstract: A method for deploying a bifurcated endoluminal prosthesis at the junction of a main vessel and first and second branch vessels, comprising providing a deployment system containing a prosthesis having a main body section and first and second proximally extending branch sections, introducing the deployment system into the first branch vessel at a first access site, advancing the deployment system distally through at least a portion of the first branch vessel and into the main vessel, releasing the second branch section of the prosthesis by proximally retracting an outer sheath of the deployment system, expanding the main body section of the prosthesis from a radially compressed state within the deployment system to a radially expanded state within the main vessel by removing a first peelable sheath from the main branch section, and expanding the second branch section within the second branch vessel by proximally retracting a second branch release wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: ENDOLOGIX, INC.Inventors: Samuel M. Shaolian, Gilbert Madrid, To Van Pham, Trinh Van Pham