Abstract: A system for delivering a puncture system to puncture through a wall of a patient's blood vessel includes: a proximal catheter including a proximal lumen configured to accommodate both a primary navigation guide wire and the puncture system; a puncture system exit port in communication with the proximal lumen, wherein the puncture system exit port is configured to receive the puncture system, such that a portion of the puncture system passes through the puncture system exit port and exits the system; and a distal catheter including a distal lumen in communication with the proximal lumen, wherein the distal lumen is configured to accept the primary navigation guide wire and reject the puncture system, such that the primary navigation guide wire is able to enter the distal lumen and the puncture system is not able to enter the distal lumen.

Abstract: A system for delivering a puncture system to puncture through a wall of a patient's blood vessel includes: a proximal catheter including a proximal lumen configured to accommodate both a primary navigation guide wire and the puncture system; a puncture system exit port in communication with the proximal lumen, wherein the puncture system exit port is configured to receive the puncture system, such that a portion of the puncture system passes through the puncture system exit port and exits the system; and a distal catheter including a distal lumen in communication with the proximal lumen, wherein the distal lumen is configured to accept the primary navigation guide wire and reject the puncture system, such that the primary navigation guide wire is able to enter the distal lumen and the puncture system is not able to enter the distal lumen.

Abstract: According to embodiments, a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt includes: an inlet configured to receive CSF from a spinal intradural space in a patient; a shunt body with a sidewall and a lumen within the sidewall, wherein the shunt body is configured to extend through an interstitial space and a vein wall, wherein the lumen is in fluid communication with the inlet; and a regulator outside of the lumen, wherein the regulator is configured to regulate a flow of the CSF from the inlet by passing a regulated portion of the CSF from the lumen and into a venous system of the patient.

Abstract: A shunt delivery system includes: a stylet configured to puncture a vein wall, interstitial tissue, and a dura; a dilator including a transverse hollow interior region extending to an aperture in a distal region, the dilator configured to receive the stylet in the hollow interior region and out through the aperture in the distal region, the dilator configured to pass through tissues punctured by the stylet, including the vein wall, the interstitial tissue, and the dura; and a transdural catheter including a hollow interior region configured to receive the stylet, the transdural catheter configured to traverse the tissues dilated by the dilator, including the vein wall, the interstitial tissue, and the dura, such that a distal tip of the transdural catheter is configured to be located in a thecal sac of the patient.

Abstract: A shunt delivery system includes: a stylet configured to puncture a vein wall, interstitial tissue, and a dura; a dilator including a transverse hollow interior region extending to an aperture in a distal region, the dilator configured to receive the stylet in the hollow interior region and out through the aperture in the distal region, the dilator configured to pass through tissues punctured by the stylet, including the vein wall, the interstitial tissue, and the dura; and a transdural catheter including a hollow interior region configured to receive the stylet, the transdural catheter configured to traverse the tissues dilated by the dilator, including the vein wall, the interstitial tissue, and the dura, such that a distal tip of the transdural catheter is configured to be located in a thecal sac of the patient.

Abstract: According to embodiments, a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt includes: an inlet configured to receive CSF from a spinal intradural space in a patient; a shunt body with a sidewall and a lumen within the sidewall, wherein the shunt body is configured to extend through an interstitial space and a vein wall, wherein the lumen is in fluid communication with the inlet; and a regulator outside of the lumen, wherein the regulator is configured to regulate a flow of the CSF from the inlet by passing a regulated portion of the CSF from the lumen and into a venous system of the patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for the delivery of an annuloplasty device for restoring a heart valve annulus from a dysfunctional configuration to a working configuration, wherein the annuloplasty device is configured to expand from a pre-set configuration corresponding to the working configuration of the valve annulus, the system comprising a delivery device configured to be detachably coupled to the annuloplasty device, wherein the delivery device comprises a structure configured to expand from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein the dimensions of the second configuration are substantially the same or greater than the dimensions of the pre-set configuration of the annuloplasty device.

Abstract: An implantable medical device comprising a first frame component. The first frame component including a first set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The implantable medical device also comprising a second frame component including a second set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The first frame component and the second frame component being discrete and separate from one another. The implantable medical device also comprising a conduit portion arranged between the first frame component and the second frame component. The conduit portion including a membrane connecting the first frame component and the second frame component.

Abstract: A method for facilitating a viewer-directed motion picture screening event includes: enrolling viewers and at least one motion picture screening facility in a viewer-directed motion picture screening service; sending a request for screening a given motion picture, initiated by at least one of the viewers; receiving, by the at least one viewer, notification regarding a status of the request; when the request has been granted, determining whether the motion picture screening facility is located within a prescribed distance of a subset of viewers who have indicated an intent to screen the given motion picture; dispatching a mobile motion picture screening unit to a given location that is within the prescribed distance of the subset of viewers when the motion picture screening facility is located outside the prescribed distance; and sending information to the subset of viewers indicating at least a date, time and/or location of the motion picture screening event.

Abstract: A method for facilitating a viewer-directed motion picture screening event includes: enrolling viewers and at least one motion picture screening facility in a viewer-directed motion picture screening service; sending a request for screening a given motion picture, initiated by at least one of the viewers; receiving, by the at least one viewer, notification regarding a status of the request; when the request has been granted, determining whether the motion picture screening facility is located within a prescribed distance of a subset of viewers who have indicated an intent to screen the given motion picture; dispatching a mobile motion picture screening unit to a given location that is within the prescribed distance of the subset of viewers when the motion picture screening facility is located outside the prescribed distance; and sending information to the subset of viewers indicating at least a date, time and/or location of the motion picture screening event.

Abstract: A method for facilitating a viewer-directed motion picture screening event includes: enrolling a plurality of viewers and at least one motion picture screening facility in a viewer-directed motion picture screening service, via a management module executing on at least one hardware processor; sending a request for screening a given motion picture, initiated by at least one of the plurality of viewers, to the management module; receiving, by the at least one viewer, notification from the management module regarding a status of the request for screening the given motion picture; and when the notification from the management module indicates that the request for screening the given motion picture has been granted, sending information by the management module to the at least one viewer regarding at least one of a date, time and location of the viewer-directed motion picture screening event established for viewing the given motion picture.

Abstract: A method of curating an audience for a viewer-directed motion picture screening event includes: providing a management module executing on at least one hardware processor, the management module being configured to coordinate a motion picture screening event initiated in response to at least one viewer request; enrolling users and at least one motion picture screening facility in a user-directed motion picture screening service; executing a gaming application on the hardware processor, the gaming application being configured to track a number of attendees in the audience for the event invited to join the motion picture screening event by each of the users enrolled with the motion picture screening service; and designating at least a given one of the users as a winner of the gaming application as a function of the given one of the users having invited a highest number of attendees in the audience for the event.