Abstract: An apparatus for securing an object to bone comprises an anchor comprising a body having a distal end, a proximal end and a passageway extending at least partially between the distal end and the proximal end, wherein the body comprises a generally cylindrical outer surface having a recess, and further wherein the passageway of the body is off-center from the cylindrical outer surface of the body at the recess; and a movable element movably disposed in the passageway of the body, wherein when the anchor is disposed in a bone, and an object is secured to a suture extending through the passageway of the body, proximal movement of the movable element binds the suture to the anchor, whereby to secure the object to the bone.

Abstract: The invention provides a device for generating shock waves. The device may comprise an elongated tube and a conductive sheath circumferentially mounted around the elongated tube. The device may further comprise first and second insulated wires extending along the outer surface of the elongated tube. A portion of the first insulated wire is removed to form a first inner electrode, which is adjacent to a first side edge of the conductive sheath. A portion of the second insulated wire is removed to form a second inner electrode, which is adjacent to a second side edge of the conductive sheath. Responsive to a high voltage being applied across the first inner electrode and the second inner electrode, a first shock wave is created across the first side edge and the first inner electrode, and a second shock wave is created across the second side edge and the second inner electrode.

Abstract: Neurovascular flow diverter and delivery systems, and methods of using the same are described herein. The systems can include a customizing member including an introducer sheath, a catheter, a deployable flow diverter that can be contained in the introducer sheath or in the catheter, a core wire, and one or several deployment features coupled to the core wire and engaging the flow diverter. The customizing member includes a tubing extending along and around a distal portion of the introducer sheath. This tubing is cuttable and contains a distal end of the flow diverter. The length of the flow diverter can be customized by cutting through the tubing and the therein contained flow diverter.

Abstract: A device for performing tricuspid regurgitation operation is proposed. The device for performing tricuspid regurgitation operation is easily inserted through the inferior vena cava, the tricuspid valve, and the pulmonary artery in sequence in order to treat tricuspid regurgitation (TR) which is a disease where blood from the right ventricle flows back into the right atrium through an empty space (i.e., orifice) formed by incomplete closing of the tricuspid valve (TV) which is positioned between the right atrium and the right ventricle of the heart. The device includes: a fixing member for pulmonary artery installed in the pulmonary artery; a fixing member for inferior vena cava installed in the inferior vena cava; a connecting tube connecting the fixing member for the pulmonary artery and the fixing member for the inferior vena cava to each other; and a blocking part passing obliquely through the tricuspid valve.

Abstract: Delivery devices and methods for delivering a stented prosthesis to a target site are disclosed. Disclosed delivery devices include a handle assembly including an actuator, an inner shaft assembly interconnected to the handle assembly, and are configured to releasably retain the stented prosthesis to the delivery device with at least one elongate tension member. The delivery devices further include a tension management device that is configured to limit the amount of tension that can be applied via the actuator to the at least one tension member. Certain embodiments are configured to apply different tension limits to different tension members that are controlled by a one or more actuators. Other various embodiments include one or more tension adjustors to selectively adjust one or more tension limits.

Abstract: A system for use with a balloon disposed at a distal end of an intrabody probe includes an output device, configured to produce an output indicating whether the balloon is elongated, and a processor. The processor is configured to calculate, based on respective locations of multiple elements disposed on a surface of the balloon, multiple values, over an interval, of a parameter indicative of a radius of the balloon. The processor is further configured to modify a state of the output based on at least one of the values. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: A vascular plug comprises a superstructure expandable from a collapsed percutaneous insertion configuration to an expanded deployment or use configuration. The superstructure is comprised of both primary and secondary three-dimensional shapes allowing for the occlusion of a wide range of vessel sizes from small to large through a disproportionately small delivery catheter. The plug includes a shape memory element for the generation of radial force and the creation of the larger secondary three-dimensional twisting or helical superstructure as is needed for target vessel occlusion.

Abstract: A medical device includes an end effector at a distal end of the medical device, an actuator coupled to a proximal end of the end effector, a pivot arm pivotally coupled to the end effector distal of the proximal end of the end effector, where actuation of the actuator pivots the end effector relative to the pivot arm, and a lock on the end effector and the pivot arm, where the lock has a first state permitting the end effector to pivot relative to the pivot arm and a second state restricting the end effector from pivoting relative to the pivot arm.

Abstract: An anchor and suture assembly is provided for use with an endoscopic suturing device with a needle holder arm. The anchor assembly includes an anchor tip and an anchor body. The anchor tip has a blunt end that may be rounded or beaded, a capture groove, a tab groove and a plug portion positioned between the capture groove and the tab groove. The anchor body has first and second ends, tip tabs, retainers for removably retaining the anchor body relative to the needle holder arm, and a suture opening. The anchor tip is fixed relative to the anchor body by plastic deformation of the tip tabs into the tab groove. A suture extends into the suture opening of the anchor body and is fixed therein.

Abstract: A method for removing an eye and ocular structures through a supraorbital fossa in a camel is disclosed herein, the method comprising: making a U-shaped incision along a supraorbital fossa of the camel; dissecting one or more tissues surrounding the supraorbital nerve in the camel; and removing eye globe and surrounding tissues through the supraorbital fossa.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are described herein to provide improved steerability for delivering a prosthesis to a body location, for example, for delivering a replacement mitral valve to a native mitral valve location. A delivery component can have a plurality of slots that provide for desired bending of the delivery component, particularly compound bending of the delivery component that can facilitate steering of the delivery component in three dimensions.

Abstract: Absorbable composite medical devices such as surgical meshes and braided sutures, which display two or more absorption/biodegradation and breaking strength retention profiles and exhibit unique properties in different clinical settings, are made using combinations of at least two types of yarns having distinctly different physicochemical and biological properties and incorporate in the subject construct special designs to provide a range of unique properties as clinically useful implants.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a placement tool for an apparatus to be fastened to a cranium with a fastener around a burr hole formed through the cranium are disclosed. The placement tool includes a receptacle adapted to hold the fastener, where the receptacle includes a channel extending between an upper opening of the receptacle and a lower opening of the receptacle along a channel axis. The placement tool further includes a retainer disposed within the channel of the receptacle, where the retainer includes a recess or a protrusion adapted to restrain the fastener against movement. The fastener opening of the apparatus is configured to align with the channel axis of the channel of the receptacle when the placement tool is engaged with the apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tip for injecting a tattoo dye can inject a dye at high pressure without a needle, and thus can relieve pain of a person being tattooed, and has the effect of allowing tattooing to be hygienically performed.

Abstract: A method for inflating an inflatable balloon of a catheter for a bowel irrigation system includes initiating an inflation process in response to inputs provided by a user including inflating the inflatable balloon with a predefined volume of the liquid, assessing a static pressure inside the inflatable balloon, generating an output from the processor based on the static pressure, and controlling a feedback loop based on a difference between two consecutively assessed static pressures.

Abstract: An adaptive flow rate control system for a surgical device, whereby the control system includes one or more nonintrusive sensors configured to be positioned on an aspiration conduit extending downstream from a handheld surgical device to measure flow and reduce clogging within the aspiration conduit is disclosed. The nonintrusive sensor may provide data to a controller of a handheld surgical device system to enable it to control operation of the handheld surgical device based at least in part on the data from the adaptive flow rate control system to prevent clogging of the aspiration system. The adaptive flow rate control system may also include a clog tracking module and a clog prediction module. The adaptive flow rate control system may include a wireless communication system configured to communicate with other components of a surgical device system and may communicate with a external network and resources on the internet.

Abstract: An electromechanical surgical device includes an end effector configured to perform at least one function, the end effector including an input drive axle projecting therefrom; and a shaft assembly. The shaft assembly includes a rotatable drive shaft; a proximal neck housing supported at a distal end of an outer tube; a distal neck housing pivotally connected to the proximal neck housing; a pivot pin interconnecting the proximal neck housing and the distal neck housing; and a gear train supported in the proximal neck housing, on the pivot pin, and in the distal neck housing. The gear train includes a proximal gear; an intermediate gear; a distal gear; and a pair of output gears, wherein each output gear defines a coupling socket each configured to selectively receive the drive axle of the end effector.

Abstract: This invention relates to the design of tissue covering elements for use in vacuum assisted tissue apposition systems, wherein the geometry of the covering elements favours the application of contractile forces over compressive or extensive forces at the tissue interface.

Abstract: A burr hole plug includes a base member shaped and dimensioned for position withing an aperture defined by a burr hole and a cover member shaped and dimensioned for placement over the base member to fully close the bur hole and retain a stimulation lead passing through the burr hole in place.

Abstract: A surgical device for cutting a lens within a capsular bag of an eye. Related methods, systems, and devices are also provided.