Abstract: Magnetic vascular grafts and methods for their use are provided herein.

Abstract: Magnetic vascular grafts and methods for their use are provided herein.

Abstract: Materials and methods for generating conformable stents at sites of stenosis in bodily vessels (e.g., blood vessels) are provided herein.

Abstract: Magnetic vascular grafts and methods for their use are provided herein.

Abstract: Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. The endoprostheses comprise a tubular member capable of maintaining patency of a bodily vessel. The tubular member includes a duplex stainless steel (e.g., 2205 stainless steel), which may be magnetized.

Abstract: Materials and methods for making conformable stents. The stents can be generated by, for example, injecting a fluid into a scaffold on the outer surface of an angioplasty balloon inflated at the site of a stenosis, and allowing the fluid to harden or set, thus generating a stent that can remain in the vessel at the site of stenosis.

Abstract: Materials and methods for making conformable stents. The stents can be generated by, for example, injecting a fluid into a scaffold on the outer surface of an angioplasty balloon inflated at the site of a stenosis, and allowing the fluid to harden or set, thus generating a stent that can remain in the vessel at the site of stenosis.

Abstract: This document provides materials and methods related to tissue scaffolds for use in replacing or augmenting various tissues in the body. For example, flexible tissue scaffolds with controlled pore geometry and methods of enhancing solute transport using rhythmic compression (e.g., 1.

Abstract: A fetal heart rate monitoring system includes an ultrasonic transducer for transmitting a signal to a patient and for receiving a reflected heart beat monitoring signal. A monitoring system coupled to the ultrasonic transducer processes the heart beat monitoring signal and produces heart beat information representative of the monitored heart rate. A mechanical or electronic steering system coupled to the ultrasonic transducer controls the location of the signal transmitted to the patent and/or the location of the received heart beat monitoring signal. A control system coupled to the monitor and steering system controls the steering system as a function of the heart beat monitoring signal to optimize the quality of the heart beat information in the received heart beat monitoring signals.

Abstract: A method for reliability estimation of repairable systems comprising receiving a plurality of discrete time intervals including a current time interval and at least one previous time interval, and associated reliability data. A failure rate of original parts in the repairable system at the end of the current time interval is computed in response to original part reliability during the current time interval and the number of original parts in the repairable system at the beginning of the current time interval. A failure rate of replacement parts in the repairable system at the end of the current time interval is computed in response to replacement part reliability during each of the previous time intervals and the number of replacement parts in the repairable system at the beginning of each of the previous time intervals.