WESLEY S MOORE, MD
Radiology at Ucla Medical Plz, Los Angeles, CA

7694866, Apr 13, 2010

Feb 23, 2005

10/593758

Edward G. Shifrin - Raanana 43565, IL
Mark A. Umansky - Haifa, IL
Mordehy D. Shvartsman - Haifa, IL
Gennady S. Nickelshpur - Haifa, IL
Wesley S. Moore - Los Angeles CA, US

A61B 17/115

2271791, 227 19

Medical methods and apparatus for locating and securing intravascular devices, substantially grafts or stents-grafts, via a laparoscopic duct created by a surgical procedure to approach a blood vessel lumen. A stapler including a tubular body having at its distal end a head with a die and die lid and at is proximal end a control mechanism with a retaining handle and a control lever pivotally thereto. The lever is operatively connected via a spring-loaded pressure rod with a fastener located in the die. The movement of lever is transformed into radial forces necessary for punching through the wall of the intravascular device and the surrounding blood vessel wall with a fastener and simultaneously bending ends of the fastener apart. Securing the ends of the intravascular device to the wall of a blood vessel is performed via a set of at least two staplers, each having several simultaneously deliverable fasteners.

7125412, Oct 24, 2006

Jan 23, 2003

10/349611

Edward Shifrin - Raanana, IL
Mark Umansky - Haifa, IL
Mordehy Shvartsman - Haifa, IL
Gennady Nickelshpur - Haifa, IL
Wesley Moore - Los Angeles CA, US

Ruby Hill Ltd. - Raanana

A61B 17/10

606142

The present invention rerlates to medical techniques, in particular, to methods and apparatus applied in minimally invasive vascular surgery to eliminate occlusion of blood vessel, using grafts and to prevent rupture of abdominal aorta using grafts or stent-grafts. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus for locating and securing intravascular devices, substantially grafts, through a duct specially created by the surgeon to approach the blood vessel lumen. There is suggested a new and improved method for fixating an intravascular device to a blood vessel wall in combination with a new and improved stapler design based on this method. The stapler comprises a hollow body at the proximal end whereof there are mounted a guiding head and a die, and at the distal end, at a certain angle to the latter, a holding handle and a control lever, pivotally connected to this handle, and this control lever is operatively connected, via a movable pressure member, to a tip located inside the body, head and die. In the die there are disposed fastener means. The movement of control lever is converted into radial forces necessary for punching the wall of an intravascular device and surrounding blood vessel wall, location and fixation of fastener means, with simaltaneous bending of their ends.

2009022, Sep 10, 2009

Nov 17, 2005

12/094083

Edward G. Shifrin - Raanana, IL
Wesley S. Moore - Los Angeles CA, US

A61F 2/06

623 136, 623 123

The present invention relates to medical techniques, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for delivery of endovasular devices, such as grafts or stent-grafts, and their oversew fixation to the walls of blood vessels in direction from inside these vessels to their outer surface. There is proposed an apparatus for delivery and oversew fixation of grafts or stent-grafts. the apparatus comprises a tubular body with an expandable working head at the free end having eight cartridges, each of them being provided by one basic and at least one standby fastener means, substantially U-shaped staples, a control mechanism, as well as first and second connecting means. The apparatus is also provided with means for positioning inside a blood vessel. Besides, there is proposed a method for delivery and fixation of a graft or stent-graft to the wall of a blood vessel, substantially the aorta, from inside the latter.

2009013, May 21, 2009

Jan 1, 2006

12/159662

Edward G. Shifrin - Raanana, IL
Gennady S. Nickelshpur - Haifa, IL
Arkady S. Nickelshpur - Herzeliya, IL
Wesley S. Moore - Los Angeles CA, US

A61F 2/06, A61B 19/00

623 111, 128898

The present invention relates to medical techniques, more particularly to methods and apparatus for delivery and double-ended fixation of vascular prosthesis—grafts or stent-grafts to blood vessel walls in direction from inside these vessels to their outer surface. The apparatus comprises a tubular body with two expandable working heads at the free end, means for securing thereon the prosthesis end. The heads have eight cartridges each, and each of these cartridges is provided with one basic and one standby fastener means, substantially U-shaped staples. A control mechanism is provided consisting of two control modules joined together. The apparatus is also provided with means for positioning inside a blood vessel. There is further proposed a method for delivery and double-ended fixation of an endovascular prosthesis to a blood vessel wall.

7776082, Aug 17, 2010

Feb 28, 2003

10/545938

Edward Shifrin - Raanana, IL
Gennady S. Nichelshpur - Haifa, IL
Andrew Nicolaides - Nicosia, CY
Wesley S. Moore - Los Angeles CA, US

Valcor Ltd. - Raanana

A61F 2/06

623 124, 606151, 606153

A method and device for repairing incompetent venous valves and more specifically relates to repair method and an implantable support device—extravenous corrector (), which is positionable about a dilated veins of the Sapheno-Femoral Junction (SFJ) () with the aim to apply an external compression force on the insufficient veins of SFJ and especially in the area of the venous valves. There are proposed several embodiments of a extravenous corrector for external correction of insufficient valves in venous junctions. The corrector is adapted to be placed immediately around the junction with venous valves, in abutting contact with its external area. The extravenous corrector comprises a central support member () and at least three band lengths (), connected to the member, adapted for placement around at least two veins of the venous junction in area of location of their insufficient valves, these band lengths possessing different rigidity and compressing force in direction from their proximal end to the distal end.