Abstract: The invention relates a cloud-based health management platform providing personal injury recovery and/or injury prevention plans tailored to individuals. The platform further allows employers and/or care providers associated with such individuals to maintain continuous engagement therewith, either by way of a fully-automated, or semi-automated, or fully personalized communication with the individuals, to ensure that personal attention is provided for any given individual as needed and further adjusting the plans as required, resulting in improved participation and completion of an individuals recovery and/or prevention plan.

Abstract: A bulbous putter grip apparatus for allowing for a more relaxed putting grip to improve feel includes a body having a body top end, a body bottom end, and a body sidewall. The body top end has a shaft aperture extending through the body bottom end. The shaft aperture receives a shaft of a putter. The body sidewall has an upper bulbous portion proximal the body top end and a lower portion extending from the upper bulbous portion to the body bottom end. The upper bulbous portion fits within a user's palm. An outer grip is coupled to the body. The outer grip is coupled to the body sidewall and extends from adjacent the body bottom end to adjacent the body top end.

Abstract: The invention relates a cloud-based health management platform providing personal injury recovery and/or injury prevention plans tailored to individuals. The platform further allows employers and/or care providers associated with such individuals to maintain continuous engagement therewith, either by way of a fully-automated, or semi-automated, or fully personalized communication with the individuals, to ensure that personal attention is provided for any given individual as needed and further adjusting the plans as required, resulting in improved participation and completion of an individuals recovery and/or prevention plan.

Abstract: A medical balloon assembly including an inner balloon nested within an outer balloon. The inner balloon has a first target burst pressure at which the inner balloon bursts and the outer balloon has a second target burst pressure at which the outer balloon bursts. A differential between the first and second target burst pressures is sufficient to allow the outer balloon to remain intact upon inflation of the inner and outer balloons causing the inner balloon to burst.

Abstract: Example articles coated with tissue layers and techniques for forming articles with tissue layers. An example article may include a tubular frame extending along a longitudinal axis. The tubular frame includes a plurality of struts joined at apices to define a plurality of cells including a group of struts. The example article includes a tissue layer coating each strut and extending across each cell. The tissue layer defines a plurality of defects, each cell including a respective defect.

Abstract: A stent may include a stent body defining a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal ends. The stent body may be expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration. In some examples, the stent body may include a plurality of stent segments. The stent segments may include a first end segment and a second end segment on opposite ends of the stent body and at least one intermediate segment disposed between the first end segment and the second end segment. Each stent segment may define a plurality of cells. Each stent segment may define a plurality of peaks and valleys. The plurality of cells defined by the first end segment may alternate about the circumference of the stent between larger cells and smaller cells.

Abstract: A stent includes a stent body defining a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal ends. The stent body is expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration and includes a plurality of stent segments including first and second end segments on opposite ends of the stent body and at least one intermediate segment disposed between the first end segment and the second end segment. Each stent segment defines a plurality of cells. The first end segment defines a plurality of peaks and valleys. The distance between a peak and an adjacent valley of the first end segment is substantially equal to a first length. The at least one intermediate segment defines a plurality of peaks and valleys. The distance between a peak and an adjacent valley of the at least one intermediate segment is substantially equal to a second length that is longer than the second length.

Abstract: Example articles coated with tissue layers and techniques for forming articles with tissue layers. An example article may include a tubular frame extending along a longitudinal axis. The tubular frame includes a plurality of struts joined at apices to define a plurality of cells including a group of struts. The example article includes a tissue layer coating each strut and extending across each cell. The tissue layer defines a plurality of defects, each cell including a respective defect.

Abstract: A stent includes a stent body defining a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal ends and being expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration. The stent body includes a plurality of stent segments. The stent segments include a first end segment and a second end segment on opposite ends of the stent body and at least one intermediate segment disposed between the first end segment and the second end segment. Each stent segment defines a plurality of cells and a plurality of peaks and valleys. The at least one intermediate segment defines only x number of cells. The first end segment defines at least x+1 number of cells. Each of the cells of the first end segment is substantially equal in size. Each of the at least one intermediate segment and the first end segment defines only y number of peaks and valleys.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing guidance and support for physical therapy treatments.

Abstract: A stent may include a stent body defining a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal ends. The stent body may be expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration. In some examples, the stent body may include a plurality of stent segments. The stent segments may include a first end segment and a second end segment on opposite ends of the stent body and at least one intermediate segment disposed between the first end segment and the second end segment. Each stent segment may define a plurality of cells. Each stent segment may define a plurality of peaks and valleys. The plurality of cells defined by the first end segment may alternate about the circumference of the stent between larger cells and smaller cells.

Abstract: A stent includes a stent body defining a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal ends. The stent body is expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration and includes a plurality of stent segments including first and second end segments on opposite ends of the stent body and at least one intermediate segment disposed between the first end segment and the second end segment. Each stent segment defines a plurality of cells. The first end segment defines a plurality of peaks and valleys. The distance between a peak and an adjacent valley of the first end segment is substantially equal to a first length. The at least one intermediate segment defines a plurality of peaks and valleys. The distance between a peak and an adjacent valley of the at least one intermediate segment is substantially equal to a second length that is longer than the second length.

Abstract: A stent includes a stent body defining a longitudinal axis and proximal and distal ends and being expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration. The stent body includes a plurality of stent segments. The stent segments include a first end segment and a second end segment on opposite ends of the stent body and at least one intermediate segment disposed between the first end segment and the second end segment. Each stent segment defines a plurality of cells and a plurality of peaks and valleys. The at least one intermediate segment defines only x number of cells. The first end segment defines at least x+1 number of cells. Each of the cells of the first end segment is substantially equal in size. Each of the at least one intermediate segment and the first end segment defines only y number of peaks and valleys.

Abstract: Catheters having spiral electrodes and methods for their use in neuromodulation therapy. A therapeutic assembly is disposed at a distal portion of a neuromodulation catheter and is adapted to be located at a target location within a target blood vessel of a human patient. The therapeutic assembly can include at least two shape-memory metallic elements that extend in parallel along the distal portion, each metallic element having an exposed surface to serve as an electrode. The shape memory of the metallic elements transforms the therapeutic assembly between a low-profile delivery configuration and a deployed radially-expanded spiral configuration. A dielectric material attaches the metallic elements to each other while maintaining physical separation and electrical isolation from each other along at least the distal portion.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques for monitoring vascular disease of a user are disclosed. In some examples, a wearable device for monitoring chronic venous insufficiency of a user may include a band configured to couple the wearable device to a leg of a user, a strain sensor configured to generate strain information indicative of changes in circumference of at least a portion of the leg, an activity sensor configured to generate activity information indicative of one or more of an orientation or a movement of the leg, and a processor configured to output user information indicative of the strain information and the activity information.

Abstract: Anchoring mechanisms for releasably securing an intravascular device along an elongated member such as a guidewire or catheter. The anchoring mechanism may include an object that can be actuated between an unlocked position and a locked position. In the unlocked position, the anchoring mechanism is slidably and rotationally disposed about the elongated member. In the locked position, the anchoring mechanism is releasably secured to the elongated member, preventing movement thereon. A placement mechanism such as a tubular member can be utilized to actuate the anchoring mechanism between the unlocked and locked positions.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to perfusion catheters and distal protection devices. According to an embodiment, the present invention includes a distal protection filter comprising an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a distal protection device disposed at the distal end, a coupling member that couples the elongate shaft to the distal protection device, and a first space between the coupling member and the elongate shaft. A method of filtering debris from a blood vessel is also disclosed.

Abstract: Distal protection filter frame and method for using and manufacturing the same. A distal protection filter frame may include one or more struts, a mouth, and a filter coupled to the mouth.

Abstract: Methods and devices for retrieving a filter fixed to a guidewire disposed within a blood vessel are disclosed. A catheter for retrieving a filter fixed to a guidewire disposed within a blood vessel in accordance with the present invention includes an elongate shaft and a housing fixed to the elongate shaft proximate a distal end thereof. A tip member is slidingly disposed within a cavity defined by the housing. In a preferred embodiment, the tip member is configured such that the housing is substantially centered about the guidewire. In another preferred embodiment, the tip member is slidingly disposed within the housing, and the tip member may be moved between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: A data processing system and method for generating a representation of an electronic document, for indexing the electronic document, for navigating the electronic document using its representation and for displaying the electronic document on an output device. The system and method are used with electronic documents having descriptive markup which describes the content or meaning of the document rather than its appearance. Such documents may be represented by a tree. Each markup element defines a node or element in a tree. The tree is represented by providing a unique identifier for each element and for accessing a descriptor of the element. An element descriptor preferably includes indications of the parent, first child, last child, left sibling, right sibling, type name and text location for the element. The document representation is used to facilitate navigation of the text for constructing navigational aids such as table of contents and full text indexing.