An intraocular device that includes a fluid lens is provided. The fluid lens has an anterior side and posterior side that can be coupled together to form a closed cavity therebetween that can be filled with a liquid material. A channel can be formed in the posterior side that is configured to receive a joining substance that bonds the anterior side to the posterior side and inhibit the unintended spread of the joining substance. A syringe can be extended through a port in the fluid lens to flow liquid material into the closed cavity. Subsequently, a plug can be inserted into the port to prevent the escape of the liquid material.

An endograft (102) includes a stent structure. An optical shape sensing (OSS) system (104) is associated with the endograft and is configured to measure shape, position and/or orientation of the stent structure. The OSS system (104) is connected to the stent structure and removable in a plurality of ways. Methods for deployment and removal of the OSS system are also provided.

Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for stent delivery and positioning for transluminal application. The method may include positioning the stent in an undeployed configuration through an access site in a wall of a first body lumen. In some cases, the method may include retracting an outer sheath proximally and past an anchoring component disposed at a distal portion of an inner tubular member based on positioning the stent. A distal portion of the stent may be disposed between the anchoring component and the outer sheath while the stent is in the undeployed configuration. The method may further include deploying the distal portion of the stent from the outer sheath and within the first body lumen and expanding a proximal portion of the stent from within the outer sheath such that upon fully exiting the outer sheath, the proximal portion expands to a deployed configuration within a second body lumen.

Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for stent delivery and positioning for transluminal application. The system may include a stent that is disposed coaxially onto an inner tubular member. In some cases, the system may include an outer sheath disposed coaxially along at least a portion of the inner tubular member. The system may include a distal cutting element coupled with a distal end of the inner tubular member and an anchoring component disposed at a distal portion of the inner tubular member. The anchoring component may be configured to retain a distal portion of the stent in place along the inner tubular member as the outer sheath is retracted proximally to deploy the stent, wherein upon retraction of the outer sheath, the stent releases from the anchoring component and expands into a deployed configuration within the body lumen.

The present invention provides, in various embodiments, a breast implant which can have a shell with an opening. A patch can cover the opening. A silicone gel can be disposed within the shell and an RFID transponder can be embedded within the silicone gel, so that the implant can be conveniently identified while inside the human body.

A universal implantable integrated circuit medical device platform having integral and monolithic circuit traces. The platform allows for implanting into a mammalian body single and multi-functional interface devices for sensing, monitoring stimulating and/or modulating physiological conditions within the body. Microelectronic circuitry may be integrated onto the platform or may be joined as modular components to the platform.

Kit includes coaptation aid and fixation system for repair of leaflets of a heart valve. Coaptation aid includes coaptation catheter having an expandable member at a distal end thereof adapted to be introduced to a left ventricular outflow tract of a heart via a retrograde approach. Expandable member has a delivery configuration with a reduced cross-dimension and a deployed configuration with an expanded cross-dimension adapted to contact a ventricular side of a first leaflet of a heart valve and position the first leaflet generally proximate a coapting configuration with a second leaflet. Fixation system includes a delivery catheter having a distal end, and a fixation device removably coupled to the distal end of the delivery catheter and is adapted to couple the first leaflet to the second leaflet of the heart valve. Methods for fixation of native leaflets of a heart valve using a coaptation aid also disclosed.

Improvements to devices, systems, and methods for delivering and/or deploying an implantable medical device are described. An implantable medical device may include an annuloplasty ring for implantation on a valve of a patient. Systems and methods may be configured to present graphical user interfaces with device images to implement efficient and accurate implantation of the implantable medical device. The device images may be based on sensor information obtained via sensors associated with the implantable medical device, such as a camera device, a diagnostic imaging device, position sensors, and/or the like. In other aspects, systems and methods may determine optimized configurations for the implantable medical device based on device characteristics including, without limitation, a shape formed by components of the implantable medical device and/or component coordinate information. Systems and methods may operate to facilitate deployment of the implantable medical device to correspond with the optimized configuration. Other embodiments are described.

A spacer for creating a docking station for a transcatheter heart valve is provided. The spacer changes an effective diameter and/or a shape of an implanted bioprosthetic structure such as a bioprosthetic heart valve or annuloplasty ring, providing a supporting structure into which the transcatheter valve expands without over expanding. The spacer may be deployed through an interventional technique either through transseptal access, transfemoral access, or transapical access and is typically deployed at least in part on an inflow portion of the implanted bioprosthetic structure.

One or more sensors are incorporated onto one or more of an implantable device and a surgical tool used for placement and/or adjustment of the implantable device. The implantable device includes an adjustable membrane element for controllable coaptation of a body lumen, such as coaptation of a urethra as treatment for urinary incontinence. In various embodiments, the one or more sensors can be configured to detect information indicative of at least one of a shape of the adjustable membrane element, a position of the adjustable membrane element relative to the body lumen, or a shape of the body lumen.