Abstract: An adjustable loop stripper for stretching an arterial wall outwardly as plaque is excavated inwardly.

Abstract: An adjustable loop stripper for stretching an arterial wall outwardly as plaque is excavated inwardly.

Abstract: An adjustable loop ring stripper for stretching an arterial wall outwardly as plaque is excavated inwardly.

Abstract: An adjustable loop stripper for stretching an arterial wall outwardly as plaque is excavated inwardly.

Abstract: An adjustable loop stripper for stretching an arterial wall outwardly as plaque is excavated inwardly.

Abstract: An adjustable loop stripper for stretching an arterial wall outwardly as plaque is excavated inwardly.

Abstract: An adjustable loop ring stripper for stretching an arterial wall outwardly as plaque is excavated inwardly.

Abstract: Technology by which, collectively, deposits of stemotic and restenotic plaque are more efficiently and more effectively removed from arteries is disclosed, including kit and method techniques by which arterial plaque is sequentially treated through a surgically-created arterial opening, followed by sequential arterial insertion and removal of medical instruments and appliances by which a bond at the interface between the plaque and the arterial well is first disunified and destrengthened with the arterial wall materially stretched away from the plaque, after which plaque is excavated and removed and, in some instances, a novel tubular graft and encased proximal stent adheringly installed.

Abstract: Plaque treating instruments and related methodology, are disclosed, the instruments comprising at least one barb by which plaque in an artery may be disunified, excavated and removed from the artery.

Abstract: Treatments of atherosclerotic plaque, particularly comprising restonotic plaques, are disclosed including disunification of a bond between a plaque deposit and an arterial and permanently lining the remaining excavated arterial using a novel tubular stent/graft.

Abstract: Multi-procedural technology by which, collectively, deposits of plaque are more efficiently and more effectively removed from arteries is disclosed, including kit and method techniques by which arterial plaque is sequentially treated through a single surgically-created arterial opening, followed by sequential arterial insertion and removal of medical instruments and appliances by which a bond at the interface between the plaque and the arterial well is first disunified and destrengthened after which plaque is excavated and removed and, in some instances, a novel tubular graft and encased proximal stent adheringly installed.

Abstract: Novel apparatus and related methods are disclosed by which plaque is connected to the head of a removal instrument for removal of a unitary segment of plaque from an artery intact to increase blood flow through the artery.

Abstract: Novel apparatus and related methods are disclosed by which plaque is connected to the head of a removal instrument for removal of a unitary segment of plaque from an artery intact to increase blood flow through the artery.

Abstract: A cardiovascular outdwelling, normally closed, pressure-responsive slit valve liquid flow control and related methods wherein a diaphragm having a slit therein is flexed distally by hydrostatic pressure and proximally by negative pressure at different points in time to selectively open the slit and accommodate the flow of IV solution to a medical patient through a cannula and blood sampling from the cardiovascular system of the patient through the cannula in such a way as to prevent bleed-back and clotting of blood within the cannula.

Abstract: A novel cardiovascular outdwelling, normally closed, pressure-responsive slit valve liquid flow control and related methods wherein a diaphragm having a slit therein is flexed distally by hydrostatic pressure and proximally by negative pressure at different points in time to selectively open the slit and accommodate the flow of IV solution to a medical patient through a cannula and blood sampling from the cardiovascular system of the patient through the cannula in such a way as to prevent bleed-back and clotting of blood within the cannula.

Abstract: A cardiovascular outdwelling, normally closed, pressure-responsive bi-directional slit valve liquid flow control and related methods wherein a diaphragm having a slit therein is flexed distally by hydrostatic pressure and proximally by negative pressure at different points in time to selectively open the slit and accomodate the flow of IV solution to a medical patient through a cannula and blood sampling from the cardiovascular system of the patient through the cannula in such a way as to prevent bleed-back and clotting of blood within the cannula.

Abstract: A port/catheter tube assembly which insures a stable essentially inseparable connection between the hollow male outlet stem of the port and the proximal end of the catheter tube, thereby insuring a continual supply of medication to the desired patient site while preventing inadvertent harm caused by unintended leakage of such medication into improper tissue sites due to separation of the catheter tube from the port or due to kinking.

Abstract: A port/catheter tube assembly which insures a stable essentially inseparable connection between the hollow male outlet stem of the port and the proximal end of the catheter tube, thereby insuring a continual supply of medication to the desired patient site while preventing inadvertent harm caused by unintended leakage of such medication into improper tissue sites due to separation of the catheter tube from the port or due to kinking.