DR. STEVEN SUKHO KIM, M.D.
Osteopathic Medicine at Harrison Ct, Sunnyvale, CA

2008018, Aug 7, 2008

Jul 31, 2006

11/496830

Sascha Zarins - San Jose CA, US
Steven Kim - San Jose CA, US

A61B 10/02

600567

A method for marking a biopsy cavity using a delivery device is provided. The delivery device may include a tube having a lumen and a side exit port communicating with the lumen, a rod slideably located in the lumen of the tube, and a tissue marker removably located at the distal end of the tube. The tissue marker may include a bioabsorbable material and a radiopaque marker. The radiopaque marker may be a metal band, a metal wire, or identified with a number, letter, symbol, or combination thereof.

6843803, Jan 18, 2005

Apr 28, 2003

10/423905

Timothy J. Ryan - Los Gatos CA, US
Michael A. Evans - Palo Alto CA, US
Jay A. Lenker - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Kirsten Freislinger - Menlo Park CA, US
Steven W. Kim - Sunnyvale CA, US
Allan R. Will - Atherton CA, US

Medtronic Vascular, Inc. - Santa Rosa CA

A61F 206

623 135, 623 127

The present invention provides modular bifurcated intraluminal tubular prostheses, particularly stents and stent-grafts, for the treatment of disease conditions, particularly aneurysms. Modular sections of the prostheses, or “prosthetic modules,” may be selectively assembled to form a prosthesis having characteristics which are tailored to the specific requirements of the patient, including branch angle and branch lumen sizes which match the patients vascular geometry. A Y-connector prosthetic module structure provides support and separation for each of the adjacent branching lumens. Radiopaque markers on the prostheses promote alignment between prosthetic modules and with the body lumen system.

6613081, Sep 2, 2003

Aug 20, 2001

09/933295

Steven W. Kim - San Jose CA
Joshua Makower - Los Altos CA
J. Christopher Flaherty - Los Altos CA

Transvascular, Inc. - Menlo Park CA

A61F 206

623 115

A plastically deformable stent for implantation within a body passage includes a plurality of cylindrical segments, and a plurality of connectors extending between adjacent segments. Each segment has an alternating pattern of curvilinear elements extending about its circumference, including first and second sets of curvilinear elements having different resistances to expansion, and preferably defining “U” shapes with alternating lengths that are connected to one another to define a substantially sinusoidal pattern. The connectors define a sinusoidal shape adapted to extend and compress axially substantially evenly when the adjacent segments are subjected to bending. The stent may be delivered on a device including an elongate member with a nose cone, an expandable member, and a proximal shoulder thereon, and an outer sheath for slidably receiving the elongate member therein. The outer sheath and/or nose cone may have perfusion holes for allowing continued perfusion of fluid during stent delivery. The device may be used in a method for implanting a stent within a curved region of a body passage, particularly for creating and/or maintaining a channel connecting a vein to an adjacent artery, preferably in the coronary system.

2004008, May 6, 2004

Oct 27, 2003

10/694334

Steven Kim - San Jose CA, US
J. Flaherty - Los Altos CA, US
Jason Whitt - San Francisco CA, US
Theodore Lamson - Pleasanton CA, US
Joshua Makower - Los Altos CA, US

TransVascular, Inc.

A61F002/06

623/001160, 604/008000, 623/001360

Implantable connector devices which are useable to maintain fluidic connection between, or approximation of, openings formed in adjacent natural or prosthetic anatomical conduits (or adjacent openings formed in a single anatomical conduits). These connector devices generally comprise a plurality of radially expandable annular members having one or more elongate strut members extending therebetween. Initially, the device is mountable on or within a delivery catheter while in a radially compact configuration. After the delivery catheter has been inserted into the body, the device is caused to transition to a radially expanded configuration whereby it becomed implanted within the body so as to maintain the desired fluidic connection between, or the desired approximation of, the anatomical conduit(s).

6270524, Aug 7, 2001

Aug 14, 1998

9/134494

Steven W. Kim - Sunnyvale CA

Medtronic, Inc. - Minneapolis MN

A61F 206, A61M 2900

623 115

The present invention provides methods and apparatus for deploying luminal prostheses, such as stents, grafts, or stent-grafts, to luminal walls at a target site within an anatomical lumen. In one aspect of the invention, luminal prostheses are designed to negotiate curves, bends and other irregularities in body passageways so as to facilitate deployment of the stents and to minimize injury to the luminal walls. In addition, the luminal prostheses of the present invention have sufficient flexibility to bend and articulate so as to substantially conform to a tortuous body lumen at the target site, which enhances the post-deployment performance of the stent. In another aspect of the invention, methods and apparatus are provided for securing luminal prostheses to the luminal walls at a target site within an anatomical lumen. These methods and apparatus provide an effective frictional lock between the stent and the luminal wall to inhibit migration and/or failure of the stent.

7322360, Jan 29, 2008

Mar 10, 2004

10/798776

Thomas J. Fogarty - Portola Valley CA, US
David Willis - Palo Alto CA, US
Thomas A. Howell - Palo Alto CA, US
George D. Hermann - Portola Valley CA, US
Peter M. Wilson - Foster City CA, US
Elizabeth M. Bush - Fremont CA, US
Steven W. Kim - San Jose CA, US
Roman Turovskiy - San Francisco CA, US

A61B 19/00

128899

This invention is an improved tissue localizing device for fixedly yet removably marking a volume of tissue containing a suspect region for excision. This invention also encompasses methods for deployment of the localizing device and its excision along with the marked tissue volume. At least one locator element is deployed into tissue and assumes a predetermined curvilinear shape to define a tissue border containing a suspect tissue region along a path. The locator element path preferably encompasses the distalmost portion of the tissue volume without penetrating that volume. Multiple locator elements may be deployed to further define the tissue volume along additional paths defining the tissue volume border that do not penetrate the volume. Other localization wire embodiments of the invention are disclosed in which the tissue volume may be penetrated by a portion of the device. Polar and tangential deployment configurations as well as a locator element that may be cold-formed by a die in the distal portion of the deployment tube into a permanent arcuate shape are also disclosed.

7527623, May 5, 2009

Jul 26, 2006

11/493392

Mani Prakash - Campbell CA, US
Francesca Rossetto - San Francisco CA, US
Anthony Lee - Mountain View CA, US
Steven Kim - San Jose CA, US
Ted Su - San Diego CA, US
Jonathan Glassman - Indianapolis IN, US

Vivant Medical, Inc. - Boulder CO

A61B 18/18

606 33, 606 41, 343790

Various high-strength microwave antenna assemblies are described herein. The microwave antenna has a radiating portion connected by a feedline to a power generating source, e. g. , a generator. The antenna is a dipole antenna with the distal end of the radiating portion being tapered and terminating at a tip to allow for direct insertion into tissue. Antenna rigidity comes from placing distal and proximal radiating portions in a pre-stressed state, assembling them via threaded or overlapping joints, or fixedly attaching an inner conductor to the distal portion. The inner conductor is affixed to the distal portion by, e. g. , welding, brazing, soldering, or by adhesives. A junction member made from a hard dielectric material, e. g. , ceramic, can be placed between the two portions and can have uniform or non-uniform shapes to accommodate varying antenna designs. Electrical chokes may also be used to contain returning currents to the distal end of the antenna.

2002002, Mar 7, 2002

Jul 24, 2001

09/911975

Steven Kim - San Jose CA, US
J. Flaherty - Los Altos CA, US
Jason Whitt - San Francisco CA, US
Theodore Lamson - Pleasanton CA, US
Joshua Makower - Los Altos CA, US

TransVascular, Inc.

A61F002/06, A61M029/00

623/001250, 623/001180, 606/198000

Implantable connector devices which are useable to maintain fluidic connection between, or approximation of, openings formed in adjacent natural or prosthetic anatomical conduits (or adjacent openings formed in a single anatomical conduits). These connector devices generally comprise a plurality of radially expandable annular members having one or more elongate strut members extending therebetween. Initially, the device is mountable on or within a delivery catheter while in a radially compact configuration. After the delivery catheter has been inserted into the body, the device is caused to transition to a radially expanded configuration whereby it becomed implanted within the body so as to maintain the desired fluidic connection between, or the desired approximation of, the anatomical conduit(s).

6024763, Feb 15, 2000

May 22, 1997

8/862085

Jay A. Lenker - Los Altos Hills CA
Michael A. Evans - Palo Alto CA
Steven W. Kim - Sunnyvale CA
Brian Glynn - Sunnyvale CA
Gwendolyn A. Watanabe - Mountain View CA

Medtronic, Inc. - Minneapolis MN

A61F 206

623 1

A delivery catheter for a radially compressible tubular prosthesis comprises an elongate shaft slidably received within a tubular cover. The prosthesis is carried within a plurality of elongate, relatively hard runners, and is restrained in a radially compressed configuration by the cover. After introducing the catheter to a desired target location within a body lumen, the prosthesis may be released by proximally retracting the cover. The runners may optionally remain disposed about the prosthesis to be retracted separately, or, alternatively, the runners retract proximally with the cover as the prosthesis slides over the hard runner surfaces.