A surgical medical device includes a rod portion and a support portion extending from the rod portion. The support portion has a first stretch segment, a second stretch segment, and a third stretch segment disposed between the first stretch segment and the second stretch segment. The surgical medical device has a control mechanism. The surgical medical device stretches or contracts the first stretch segment, the third stretch segment and the second stretch segment by the control mechanism.

A surgical device includes a substrate and a first coating that covers at least a portion of the substrate. The first coating includes a first polymer. The first coating having antibiotics dispersed in the first polymer such that the first polymer releases the antibiotics as the first polymer degrades. A second coating covers at least a portion of the first coating. The second coating includes a second polymer. The second coating has ellagic acid dispersed in the second polymer such that the second polymer releases the ellagic acid as the second polymer degrades. In some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed.

An implantable device for penile construction can comprise an anchor plate and at least one attachment member. The anchor plate can be configured to engage with a first portion of a pelvic bone of a patient. The anchor plate can comprise a prosthesis attachment interface configured to be coupled to a penile prosthesis, and at least one attachment member configured to attach to the anchor plate. The at least one attachment member can be configured to engage with a second portion of the pelvic bone of the patient. The engagement of the anchor plate with the first portion of the pelvic bone and the engagement of the attachment member with the second portion of the pelvic bone can couple the pelvic bone between the anchor plate and the at least one attachment member.

A prosthetic mitral valve system that comprises a valve dock and a prosthetic mitral valve is disclosed. The valve dock comprises clamp jaws that sandwich the native mitral valve leaflets and the native mitral valve annulus between them anchoring the prosthetic mitral valve system at or adjacent to the native mitral valve annulus. Further, a prosthetic mitral valve comprising atrial and ventricular clamp jaws and which can be implanted at or adjacent to the native mitral valve annulus without a valve dock system is disclosed. Novel methods and systems for treating mitral valve disease or malfunction by percutaneous replacement of the mitral valve (or the tricuspid valve) are disclosed.

The invention relates to a glenoid (shoulder socket) implant prosthesis, a humeral implant prosthesis, devices for implanting glenoid and humeral implant prostheses, and less invasive methods of their use for the treatment of an injured or damaged shoulder.

An exemplary valve repair device for repairing a native valve of a patient includes a coaption element, a pair of paddles, and barb portions. The barb portions extend directly from at least one of the coaption element and the pair of paddles.

Medical device for breast reconstruction for containing or integrating a breast implant, the device being designed for placement between the skin and the pectoralis major muscle and is configured to be sutured to the pectoralis major muscle. The device includes a container body having a half shell and a flat appendage joined continuously to a portion of the base of the half shell.

A knotless suture fastener installation system for securing medical devices such as cardiac implants. The knotless suture fasteners may be spring-biased so as to grip onto sutures passed therethrough. The system includes a fastener deployment tool with a proximal handle and a distal shaft to which a fastener cartridge attaches. A plurality of disposable cartridges are sequentially attached to the end of the deployment tool and used to secure the medical implant one fastener at a time. The deployment tool may also cut the sutures being fastened.

An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a longitudinal axis, the elongated tubular member comprising at least one knitted filament forming a plurality of twisted knit stitches with intermediate rung portions extending circumferentially between radially adjacent twisted knit stitches. Each twisted knit stitch may be interconnected with a longitudinally adjacent twisted knit stitch forming a series of linked stitches. The elongated tubular member may be configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein in the collapsed configuration the series of linked stitches form longitudinal columns and in the expanded configuration the series of linked stitches extend helically around the elongated tubular member.

The present invention provides a method of loading a prosthetic heart valve (1) into a catheter or delivery capsule. The prosthetic heart valve (1) includes an inner frame (2) having a tubular shape, a braided wire mesh (1000) arranged outside of the inner frame (2) and which defines a circumferential flange (4) around the inner frame (2). The method comprising the steps of: providing a tubular catheter or delivery capsule having a lumen defined by a capsule wall (31) and a distal aperture (40), the lumen having a diameter that is less than that of the inner frame (2) and braided wire mesh (1000); providing the heart valve (1) in a radially uncompressed condition; positioning the prosthetic heart valve (1) such that the inner frame (2) is received through the distal aperture (40) and into the lumen; moving the prosthetic heart valve (1) fully into the lumen such that the inner frame (2) and braided wire mesh (1000) are radially compressed; wherein the step of moving the braided wire mesh (1000) into the lumen of the catheter or delivery capsule includes inverting the circumferential flange (4).