Joshua Makower - Los Altos CA, US Brian K. Shui - Sunnyvale CA, US Pablo G. Acosta - Newark CA, US Robert M. George - San Jose CA, US Lisa Serventi - Los Altos Hills CA, US Ed Orbeta - San Mateo CA, US Scott Early - Campbell CA, US Earl A. Bright - Los Altos CA, US Timothy A. Limon - Cupertino CA, US
Assignee:
VIBRYNT, INC. - Redwood City CA
International Classification:
A61B 17/00
US Classification:
600 37
Abstract:
Methods, instruments and systems are provided for separating opposite walls of the stomach by extragastric application of suction. Plication of the stomach can be performed between the separated walls after which the separate walls are brought back toward one another. In another aspect, methods, instruments, devices and systems are provided for reducing the effective volume of a stomach by performing one or more extragastric plications of the stomach.
System And Method For Treatment Of Non-Ventilating Middle Ear By Providing A Gas Pathway Through The Nasopharynx
Joshua Makower - Los Altos CA, US John Y. Chang - Los Altos CA, US John H. Morriss - San Francisco CA, US Earl A. Bright - Los Altos CA, US Eric Goldfarb - Belmont CA, US Julia D. Vrany - Los Altos CA, US Ketan P. Muni - San Jose CA, US William E. Bolger - Bethesda MD, US Joseph Roberson - Palo Alto CA, US
International Classification:
A61F 11/00
US Classification:
604 8
Abstract:
Methods and devices for providing a gas pathway between the nasopharynx and the Eustachian tube are provided. One device may include a lumen with a valve. A portion of the valve may be tethered to adjacent muscle. Another portion of the valve may be tethered to adjacent cartilage. When the muscle contracts the valve may open through movement of the tethers, and provide a gas pathway between the nasopharynx and the Eustachian tube.
Nianjiong Bei - Foster City CA, US Earl Bright - San Jose CA, US Andy Denison - Temecula CA, US Gregory Fung - San Mateo CA, US William Harrison - Signal Mountain TN, US Daniel Heilbrunn - Vancouver, CA Danielle Laflash - San Mateo CA, US Jeffrey Lew - Murrieta CA, US Joanna Lubas - Fremont CA, US Paul Muller - San Carlos CA, US Alexander Nikanorov - Palo Alto CA, US John Papp - Temecula CA, US
International Classification:
A61M 29/00
US Classification:
606200000
Abstract:
An embolic protection recovery catheter assembly configured for retrieval of medical devices from vasculature. The catheter includes a distal end portion adapted for effectively retrieving devices. In one aspect, the distal end portion is collapsible and in another aspect it is expandable. In other aspects, the catheter includes sub-structure supporting the distal tip or a tear-away tip configured to aid in the recovery process.
Continuous Indentation Lateral Lobe Apparatus And Method
- Pleasanton CA, US Floria Cheng - San Francisco CA, US Theodore C. Lamson - Pleasanton CA, US Joseph Catanese, III - San Leandro CA, US Ling-Kang Tong - Fremont CA, US Michael Gearhart - Fremont CA, US Kevin McDermott - Pleasanton CA, US Ben Thomas - San Carlos CA, US Earl A. Bright - Los Altos CA, US
International Classification:
A61F 2/04
US Classification:
623 2366
Abstract:
A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device configured to deploy and implant anchor devices for creating continuous defects or indentations in lobes of a prostate.
Earl Bright (1961-1965), Shari Brandt (1977-1981), Susan Nouse (1984-1988), Stephen Rehrer (1991-1995), Matthew Stokes (2004-2007), Kelly Rusinko (1990-1994)