The invention provides an implantable system for managing urinary incontinence. The system includes a sling with an elongate body member having a proximal portion, a distal portion and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion is configured to be positioned underneath urethra of a subject for providing an adequate support to prevent leakage of urine during a stress event. The system may include a pressure sensor communicatively coupled with the elongated body member and configured to be positioned in an abdominal cavity and adapted to sense an increase in intra-abdominal pressure. The pressure sensor generates a first signal that is indicative of a change in the intra-abdominal pressure upon occurrence of the stress event. The system includes a processing circuit to process the first signal sensed by the pressure sensor. The processing circuit is configured to generate a second signal causing an adjustment of tensioning force in the elongate body member thereby changing magnitude of a supporting force to the urethra.

The present invention relates to a stent implant for treating glaucoma by means of intraocular fluid drainage from the anterior chamber, preferably in the suprachoroidal space. The stent implant according to the invention is designed to bring about a change in shape after being inserted into the eye, during which change the width and/or thickness or the flow cross-section is increased by more than 20%, preferably more than 200%, and particularly preferably by more than 400%, at at least one point of the stent implant. In the case of intraocular fluid drainage from the anterior chamber into the suprachoroidal space, a cyclodialysis cleft which may open can therefore be at least largely or completely closed. The proposed stent implant is provided in particular for intraocular fluid drainage into the suprachoroidal space. With appropriate adjustments, the stent implant can also be applied in trabecular, uveoscleral, uveolymphatic and subconjunctival applications for intraocular fluid drainage from the anterior chamber. Said implant can even be used for direct intraocular fluid discharge from the anterior chamber onto the surface of the eye.

An implantable medical device for transcatheter delivery, which includes an anchor unit (100) configured to be anchored at an annulus of a cardiac valve of a patient, at least one coupling unit (200) that extends along a first length radially from said anchor unit (100) towards a coaptation line of said valve and including an extension unit (400) extending along a second length. The extension unit (400) is configured to cross between the leaflets of the cardiac valve in order to fill out for an insufficient closing of the valve leaflets of said cardiac valve.

A compliant scaffold incorporates a plurality of elongated apertures that form a geometric pattern enabling biaxial expansion or contraction. An elongated aperture has a pair of nodes located on opposing sides of the aperture and between a pair of antinodes located on the extended and opposing ends of the elongated aperture. A geometric pattern may have various geometric shapes, or tiles, between the plurality of apertures. The geometric tiles have a bounded perimeter formed by the plurality of elongated apertures. A substantial portion of the elongated apertures may be configured with the antinodes proximal to one of said pair of nodes of a separate elongated aperture; wherein the antinodes are closer to one of the pair of nodes than to any other antinode. This unique arrangement of the elongated apertures may be formed in biological material in vivo or ex vivo.

A medical implant for treating a shoulder joint. The implant includes a humeral head attachment region configured to be attached to a humeral head of the shoulder joint, a glenoid attachment region configured to be attached to a glenoid of the shoulder joint, and a rotator cuff tendon attachment region configured to be attached to a rotator cuff tendon of the shoulder joint.

Systems and methods for deploying one or more stents within a bifurcated vessel are disclosed. A bifurcation-stent can include a main-branch portion and first and second side-branch portions each mechanically attached to the main-branch portion. The first and second side-branch portions are mechanically attached together at a branch point proximate the distal end of the main-branch portion. The bifurcation-stent can be disposed on two balloon catheters for deployment to a bifurcation. The bifurcation-stent is advanced within a main branch until it reaches the carina of the bifurcation, such as when the branch point abuts the carina. The bifurcation-stent can be deployed by inflating the balloon catheters such that the main-branch portion is disposed in the main vessel and the first and second side-branch portions are disposed in separate, respective side branches of the bifurcation.

A method of treating prolapse of a vagina includes supporting the vagina by implanting a sacrocolpopexy support and locating an exterior surface of the vagina between leg portions of a vaginal cuff section of the support, and securing a head section of the support to a ligament or a sacrum while isolating the head section from contact with tissue of the vagina.

A bronchial stent includes a first branch configured to widen, open, and/or mechanically support a first airway; an obstructive portion that, when the stent is deployed in the first airway, obstructs a second airway, the second airway forming a branching connection with the first airway; and a feature proximal to the obstructive portion, the feature configured to facilitate opening of the obstructive portion.

A cardiac valve prosthesis including an armature for anchorage of the valve prosthesis at an implantation site. The armature defining a lumen for the passage of the blood flow and having a longitudinal axis, and a set of prosthetic valve leaflets supported by said armature and configured to move, under the action of blood flow, in a radially divaricated condition to enable the flow of blood through said lumen in a first direction, and in a radially contracted condition, in which said valve leaflets co-operate with one another and block the flow of blood through the prosthesis in the direction opposite said first direction. The armature including an annular part and a pattern of arched struts carried by said annular part, said pattern of arched struts having proximal ends connected to said annular part, and distal ends spaced axially from the proximal ends and opposite said annular part, a plurality of sets of anchoring formations configured to protrude radially outwardly of said annular part, each set being supported by at least one of said annular part and a corresponding arched strut, and a plurality of support posts, each support post being supported by adjacent arched struts, wherein the sets of anchoring formations alternate with the support posts around said longitudinal axis.

A lubricated tubular graft is implanted in the inferior vena cava and the superior vena cava in order to control the inflow of blood to the right atrium. A bifurcated leg with a non-collapsing stent extends across the tricuspid valve. A bioprosthetic valve is positioned proximal of the stent in the bifurcated leg in order to regulate flow through the tricuspid valve and to eliminate tricuspid regurgitation.