Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to electrophysiology catheters for tissue ablation within a cardiac muscle. In particular, the instant disclosure relates to an electrophysiology catheter that conforms to a shape of a pulmonary vein receiving ablation therapy for a cardiac arrhythmia and produces a consistent tissue ablation line along a length and circumference of the pulmonary venous tissue.

Abstract: Braided occluding devices having an access passage and methods including the same are described herein. The occluding device includes a braided frame. The braided frame includes an annular distal disc portion, a waist member, and an annular proximal disc portion defining a passageway through the braided frame. The braided frame is formed with a closed end braid.

Abstract: A head up display arrangement is for a motor vehicle having a human driver. The arrangement includes a camera positioned and configured to capture images of a space in front of the vehicle. At least a portion of the space is blocked from view of the driver by a part of the vehicle. A head up display module produces virtual images that are visible to the driver. The virtual images are based on the images captured by the camera.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve may include a collapsible and expandable frame that includes an atrial anchor, a ventricular anchor, and a center waist extending therebetween. The frame may include a plurality of commissure attachment features (“CAFs”) that include struts that extend from the center waist. A plurality of prosthetic leaflets may be mounted to the plurality of CAFs. A sealing fabric may be coupled to an outer surface of the frame. When the valve is expanded, the atrial and ventricular anchors each flare outwardly from the center waist, which defines a waist diameter of the frame. When expanded, each of the CAFs may be spaced from each other so that gaps in the frame are present therebetween. When expanded, the CAFs may be positioned along an imaginary circle having a diameter that is smaller than the waist diameter.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to, for example, a high-thermal-sensitivity ablation catheter tip including a thermally-insulative ablation tip insert supporting at least one temperature sensor electrically coupled to a flexible electronic circuit and encapsulated, or essentially encapsulated, by a conductive shell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dry compositions of rhGH polymer prodrug containing a lyoprotectant and, optionally, one or more than one excipient. Such compositions are stable for at least 1 year, when stored at 2-8° C. The invention further relates to methods of manufacturing said compositions, containers comprising such composition as well as a kit of parts.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mounting assembly for attaching medical equipment to a patient table. In one particular embodiment, the present disclosure provides a mounting assembly for attaching a magnetic field generator to a patient table. The mounting assembly allows for the secure attachment of the magnetic field generator to the patient table while also allowing for easy adjustment of the positioning and location of the magnetic field generator, even after the patient is on the table. In many embodiments the mounting assembly is comprised of a mounting apparatus that attaches directly to the patient table and first and second side rails that attach to the magnetic field generator and are configured to slidably attach to the mounting apparatus. In some embodiments, the mounting apparatus and side rails are constructed of a material that provides little or no interference with the magnetic field generator.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The stent includes a plurality of cells, each cell being formed by a plurality of struts, and a plurality of commissure features. The heart valve further includes a valve assembly secured to the stent, including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets, each leaflet being attached to adjacent commissure features and to the stent struts and/or the cuff.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent, a cuff attached to an annulus section of the stent, and leaflets attached to the cuff between a first location and a second location distal to the first location in a flow direction. The stent may include struts shaped to form a plurality of cells connected to one another in annular rows around the stent. The cuff may have top and bottom edges and may occupy a first group of the cells, such that cells above the top edge are open cells at least partially devoid of the cuff. The cuff may have a landing zone extending at least one-third of a length of the stent in the flow direction between the bottom edge of the cuff and a proximal end of a most proximal cell of the open cells when the stent is in an expanded use condition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for rapid depth-scanning in laser imaging. The method comprises masking selected regions of a laser beam incident on a Bessel-beam-forming optical system to generate line foci with controllable depths and lengths. The use of a digital micromirror device (DMD) as the masking device enables rapid (multi kHz rate) modification of the input mask, and thereby rapidly varying the length and axial location of a subsection of typical Bessel beam region in a sample.

Abstract: An offset drive link assembly for transmission and multiplication of torque from a power tool for tightening or loosening a threaded fastener includes: a drive force input assembly having a drive force input engagement to receive a first turning force from the device acting in a first direction; a drive force output assembly, operatively engageable with the drive force input engagement, having a drive force output engagement to transfer the first turning force to the fastener; a reaction force assembly having a reaction force input engagement to receive a second turning force from the device in a second direction and a reaction force output engagement including: a recess to transfer the second turning force to a stationary object formed as a washer under the threaded fastener nonrotatably engageable with the recess; and a removably and rotatably engagable reaction force transfer fixture formed as a reaction arm.

Abstract: Devices and methods for creating radial-linear lesions in pulmonary vein antral tissue are disclosed. In an embodiment, a device includes an elongate shaft structure with a distal tip ablation region including a spline and an ablation element slidably coupled to the spline. The ablation element includes at least one of an ultrasound emitter, a high frequency ultrasound emitter, a laser, a radiofrequency electrode, a virtual radiofrequency electrode, or a cryogenic source. A backing balloon may be configured to push or pull the spline and the ablation element toward or against the pulmonary vein antral tissue. In an embodiment, the distal tip ablation region includes a splineless cryoballoon with at least one thermally conductive region.

Abstract: The present teachings provide a bicycle rack comprising: one or more cradles that receive a bicycle, the one or more cradles extending along a cradle plane; one or more light assemblies that provide light along a light plane; wherein the light plane and the cradle plane are at an angle relative to one another so that the light plane extends under the cradle plane.

Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to example systems and methods for operating a see-through display for a vehicle. An example system includes a video camera positioned to capture video related to a vehicle structure that blocks a view of the driver. The system also includes a see-through display disposed inside the vehicle between the vehicle structure and the driver. The system also includes a processor configured to determine an eye position of the driver and process the captured video based on the eye position to determine a portion of the captured video to be displayed. The processor is to render the portion of the captured video to create a see-through effect relative to the vehicle structure. To determine the eye position, the processor receives user input for adjusting the portion of the captured video to create a match between the rendered portion and an unobstructed view of the external environment.

Abstract: A recording system for a motor vehicle includes a communication interface receiving an audio feed from a telephone. A voice recognition module is communicatively coupled to the communication interface and responds to a command from a human user by converting at least a portion of the audio feed from the telephone into text data, and storing the text data in a memory device.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve may include an expandable frame with an anchoring section and a valve support section. The anchoring section may form a row of cells, two adjacent cells being joined together by a runner extending in a longitudinal direction. The anchoring section may include a plurality of commissure attachment features (“CAFs”), a first one of the CAFs features being axially aligned with the runner. Prosthetic leaflets may be mounted within the frame. A first pair of the plurality of prosthetic leaflets may be coupled together to form a first prosthetic commissure attached to the first one of the CAFs. A radiopaque marker may have a longitudinal section extending between a first end section and a second end section, and be coupled to the runner so that the longitudinal section is axially aligned with both the runner and the first one of the plurality of commissure attachment features.

Abstract: A catheter includes an elongate shaft, an electrode assembly, a connective stem, a coupler, a first magnetic position sensor, and a second magnetic position sensor. The electrode assembly includes microelectrodes. The connective stem includes a first connective stem member and a second connective stem member. The connective stem defines a first sensor receptacle and a second sensor receptacle in an exterior surface of the connective stem. The coupler is configured for coupling with the connective stem. The first magnetic position sensor is disposed in the first sensor receptacle and elongated along a first sensor longitudinal axis. The second magnetic position sensor disposed in the second sensor receptacle and elongated along a second sensor longitudinal axis that is not parallel to the first sensor longitudinal axis.

Abstract: In some examples, an introducer sheath extends from a proximal end to a distal end, and includes a hub disposed at the proximal end, and a body coupled to the hub and extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the body defining a lumen and having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition, the body having a braided material and an elastomeric material covering the braided material, the body having a flared distal end.

Abstract: A system and method for assessing effective delivery of ablation therapy to a tissue in a body is provided. A three-dimensional anatomical map of the tissue is generated and displayed with the map defining a corresponding volume. An index is generated corresponding to a location within the volume with the index indicative of a state of ablation therapy at the location. The index may be derived from one or more factors such as the duration an ablation electrode is present at the location, the amount of energy provided, the degree of electrical coupling between an ablation electrode and the tissue at the location and temperature. A visual characteristic (e.g., color intensity) of a portion of the anatomical map corresponding to the location is then altered responsive to the index.

Abstract: A method for determining a predicted lesion size formed in a tissue by receiving or calculating a measure of contact force between the electrode and the tissue, determining a tissue characterization, and calculating the predicted lesion size using both the measure of contact force and the tissue characterization. A system comprising an electronic control unit configured to receive or determine a measure of contact force between the electrode and the tissue, characterize the tissue based on both the measure of impedance and the measure of contact force, and cause the tissue characterization to be either (a) presented to a user, or (b) applied to calculate a metric and cause the metric to be presented to the user.