Patents Assigned to Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited
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Patent number: 8337544Abstract: The present invention relates to an endoprosthesis for delivery in a body lumen that includes a plurality of web rings coupled one to the other by flexible connectors, which are structured to absorb at least some of the axial and torsional stresses applied to the endoprosthesis and to improve resistance of the endoprosthesis to clinical fatigue. The connectors are each composed of struts sequentially adjoined one to the other, with foot-shaped extensions protruding at the intersections of pairs of the struts.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventors: Karim S. Osman, Richard R. Newhauser
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Patent number: 8337480Abstract: A method of producing a balloon of a balloon catheter includes the following method steps: providing a balloon body coupled to a proximal sleeve and a distal sleeve by transitional sections extending between the balloon body and the sleeves; creating folds in at least the distal sleeve; and stabilizing at least a distal section of the folds of the distal sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventors: Tanja Dlugos, Judith Hartwig, Silke Pschibl
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Publication number: 20120316585Abstract: Apparatus for enhancing pushability and minimizing kinking of a balloon catheter is provided, wherein a catheter comprises inner and outer tubes, and a balloon that is proximally affixed to the outer tube and distally affixed to the inner tube. The catheter of the present invention further comprises a tubular member imposed on the inner tube which is configured to form a reversible mechanical linkage between inner tube and outer tube while an axially compressive load is applied to the catheter tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2010Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventors: Andrew Jeffrey, John P. Lacken
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Publication number: 20120310180Abstract: The present invention refers to medical devices comprising a non-metallic micro tube containing FRP (fiber reinforced polymer), especially to respective tubings, used for constructing catheters like balloon dilation catheters, stent delivery catheters, guiding catheters and diagnostic catheters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventors: Axel Grandt, Andrew Jeffrey
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Patent number: 8323432Abstract: A catheter basically has a catheter shaft in which a catheter tip of which is provided with a joint made of a material which is more flexible than the material of the catheter shaft. The joint is disposed between the distal end of the catheter shaft and the distal end of the catheter tip. The front end consists of a material being the same or more rigid than that of the catheter shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventor: Bodo Quint
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Patent number: 8323311Abstract: The apparatus is provided for sealing a vascular puncture tract by forming the autologous plug within the puncture tract, and extruding that plug into the puncture tract. The apparatus of the present invention forms an autologous blood plug by drawing blood into the apparatus from a vessel, mixing a blood congealing agent with the drawn blood, and ejecting a plug formed from the clotted blood within the puncture tract. Also provided are various closure elements to isolate the drawn blood from the vessel during mixture with the blood congealing agent, and to facilitate placement of the apparatus relative to the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventor: Kenneth J. Michlitsch
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Patent number: 8303645Abstract: The present invention provides a stent comprising a tubular flexible body having a wall with a web structure that is expandable from a contracted delivery configuration to deployed configuration. The web structure comprises a plurality of neighboring web patterns, where each web patterns is composed of adjoining webs, and the web patterns are interconnected. Each adjoining web comprises a central section interposed between two lateral sections to form concave or convex configurations.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventors: Randolf Von Oepen, Gerd Seibold
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Patent number: 8304498Abstract: The present invention refers to medical devices comprising a modified polyamide or to modified polyamides or modified polyamide elastomers with the polyamides having high flexibility and high stress resistance, especially tensile strength or tear resistance, in addition to the good physical characteristics of the known polyamide elastomers.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventors: Günter Lorenz, Tina Schackmann, Andreas Greiner
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Publication number: 20120215167Abstract: The present invention relates to a catheter comprising an outer tube; an inner tube; and a balloon fixed at its proximal sleeve to the outer tube and at its distal sleeve to the inner tube, wherein the inner tube comprises an elastic segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventors: Christine Pagel, Doreen Seeger, Andrew Jeffrey, Boris Warnack, Stefan Leuthold, Michael Jetter, Günter Lorenz
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Patent number: 8246674Abstract: The present invention relates to an endoprosthesis having a plurality of web rings coupled by connectors, which include two or more essentially parallel struts and a foot extension protruding from one of the struts. An endoprosthesis constructed according to the principles of the present invention provides an elevated degree of scaffolding to a body lumen while retaining an acceptable degree of flexibility.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventor: Brendan Casey
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Publication number: 20120203172Abstract: The present invention relates to a catheter for POBA or stent delivery applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to a balloon catheter having a soft distal tip member and methods for manufacturing the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventors: Andrew Jeffrey, Louise Corcoran, Lorcan Coffey, Arik Zucker, Kay Unzicker, Zdravkica Dzakula
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Publication number: 20120165921Abstract: The present invention concerns a stent with a highly flexible structure that is configured to provide an elevated degree of vessel scaffolding and to absorb torque applied on the stent. In one embodiment, the stent of the present invention includes an essentially tubular body formed by a web structure that is composed of a plurality of longitudinally adjacent web rings, each including a plurality of web elements that are disposed circumferentially around the longitudinal axis of the stent and that are adjoined one to the other by a junction bend. Each junction bend in a first web ring is coupled to another junction bend in a neighboring ring by a connector having a step-wise configuration, in which a central segment of the connector is disposed essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stent and may become twisted to absorb torque imposed on the stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventor: Brendan J. Casey
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Publication number: 20120150108Abstract: A catheter is configured to prevent kinking of a catheter during handling or mounting of a pressure device. The catheter has a proximal end of its catheter shaft that is provided with a bending section having a flexibility greater than that of the section of the catheter shaft joining the proximal end.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventors: Ralph Schneider, Judith Hartwig, Stevan Nielsen
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Publication number: 20120143089Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical catheter, and more particularly, a balloon catheter having an auxiliary lumen configured to permit the advancement of a functional measurement wire to a treatment site. The auxiliary lumen communicates with a working lumen that is configured to permit the advancement of a guidewire and the functional measurement wire, so that the guidewire and functional measurement wire may selectively be advanced to the treatment site during a surgical procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventors: Ib Erling Joergensen, Randolf Von Oepen
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Patent number: 8187320Abstract: Implants and methods of making same are provided for treatment or prophylaxis of coronary or peripheral vascular constrictions or vascular occlusions, and particularly, stenoses or restenoses, that comprise FK506 in chemically covalently bound, non-covalently bound or physically immobilized form.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2003Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignees: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises Limited, Astellas Pharma Inc.Inventors: Stephan Wnendt, Randolf Von Oepen, Bernd Kuttler, Gerhard Lang, Guenter Lorenz, Axel Grandt
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Publication number: 20120110809Abstract: A system for crimping a prosthesis is disclosed, comprising a plurality of wheels. Each wheel has an outer circumferential surface configured to be placed in contact with the prosthesis. When in contact with the prosthesis, each wheel is configured to be rotated, thereby to apply a radially inward force on the prosthesis so as to reduce the diameter of the prosthesis. More than one set of wheels may be provided, so that the prosthesis is crimped first by one set of wheels, then by a subsequent set of wheels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventor: CLAUS VOELKL
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Publication number: 20120102708Abstract: The present invention relates a vascular prosthesis and related assembly methods that includes a plurality of modular segments inter-engaged by flexible, and preferably lockable, inter-engageable elements forming joints or other connector areas. The segments may have a number of different mechanical properties and may be assembled by the clinician, through mechanical or chemical joining, to customize the prosthesis for a specific patient or application.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventors: David P. Strauss, Michael R. Bialas, Duane DeMore, Robert Barbier, Rainer Bregulla
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Patent number: 8147513Abstract: Apparatus is provided for sealing a puncture within a vessel or tissue to provide hemostasis, comprising a first disk coupled to either a second disk or a spring, and sealingly engaged to the vessel or tissue surrounding the puncture. At least the first disk is preferably configured to substantially conform to the profile of the vessel or tissue when deployed. In one embodiment, the disks may be released from engagement with the vessel or tissue to reposition the disks after deployment.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventors: Gerd Seibold, Kenneth J. Michlitsch, Randolf Von Oepen, Bodo Quint, Ib Erling Joergensen, Stevan Nielsen, Tommy Conzelmann
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Patent number: 8128679Abstract: Disclosed is a stent with a highly flexible structure that is configured to provide an elevated degree of vessel scaffolding and to absorb torque applied on the stent. The stent may include an essentially tubular body formed by a web structure that is composed of a plurality of longitudinally adjacent web rings, each including a plurality of web elements that are disposed circumferentially around the longitudinal axis of the stent and that are adjoined one to the other by a junction bend. Each junction bend in a first web ring is coupled to another junction bend in a neighboring ring by a connector having a step-wise configuration, in which a central segment of the connector is disposed essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stent and may become twisted to absorb torque imposed on the stent.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventor: Brendan J. Casey
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Patent number: 8118833Abstract: Apparatus is provided for sealing a puncture within a vessel or tissue to provide hemostasis, comprising a first disk coupled to either a second disk or a spring, and sealingly engaged to the vessel or tissue surrounding the puncture. At least the first disk is preferably configured to substantially conform to the profile of the vessel or tissue when deployed. In one embodiment, the disks may be released from engagement with the vessel or tissue to reposition the disks after deployment.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2003Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Abbott Laboratories Vascular Enterprises LimitedInventors: Gerd Seibold, Kenneth J. Michlitsch, Randolf Von Oepen, Bodo Quint, Ib Erling Joergensen, Stevan Nielsen, Tommy Conzelmann