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US20100030330 |
Device and method for mitral valve repair
Devices and methods for reshaping a mitral valve annulus are provided. One device according to the invention is configured for deployment in the right atrium and is shaped to apply a force along...
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US20080268064 |
METHOD FOR TREATING CARTILAGE DEFECTS
Methods for treating a cartilage defect comprising fractioning blood to produce a blood component, shaping the cartilage defect to expose subchondral bone, microfracturing the subchondral bone, and...
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US20090182420 |
Extraocular muscle prosthesis
A prosthetic device and method to restore extraocular muscle function. The device includes a housing; a biasing component disposed in the housing; a proximal connector operatively connected to a...
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US20090221913 |
INTRALUMINAL TISSUE MARKERS
Methods and devices are provided for marking tissue to be subsequently located for removal from a body or for other examination. In general, a marker is provided that can be delivered adjacent to...
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US20090164000 |
Prosthetic Flow Modifying Device
An implantable flow modifying device and a method of modifying flow through a lumen are provided. The flow modifying device includes a flexible member configured for permitting fluid flow through...
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US20090138070 |
Stent Apparatuses for Treatment Via Body Lumens and Methods of Use
An enhanced stent apparatus, comprising: a support element, wherein the support element is constructed to be positioned in a body lumen; and, a porous structure, the porous structure located on a...
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US20080017202 |
Methods for inhibiting reperfusion injury
A method that includes introducing a catheter assembly to an obstructed region of a blood vessel lumen and recanalizing the obstructed region with the catheter assembly is disclosed. Prior to or...
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US20090069812 |
RIB FIXATION WITH AN INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL
Systems, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for fixing rib bones with a fixation device including an intramedullary nail connected to a generally U-shaped plate.
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US20080215083 |
Method for treating obstructed paranasal maxillary sinuses
A set of sinus balloon catheters are provided for treating a patient's paranasal sinus system, including dilating prepared openings, and natural ostia and ducts and excising sinus cavities. These...
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US20090024165 |
METHODS OF ANNULUS AND LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION USING FLEXIBLE DEVICES
Methods for providing a flexible spinal stabilization system operative to prevent lateral bending, extension, and rotation across two or more adjacent vertebrae are described. Broadly, the...
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US20100063571 |
PRE-CRIMP BALLOON INFLATION
A method of crimping a stent onto a balloon of a stent delivery catheter is disclosed. The method includes pressurizing the balloon while the stent is being radially compressed onto the balloon...
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US20060122469 |
Remote medical monitoring system
A medical monitoring system that brings the hospital-campus telemetry experience to the patient home. This system is designed to enable effective step-down patient care in the home setting while...
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US20090287069 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REPEATED ISCHEMIC CONDITIONING TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS
Methods for ischemic conditioning treatments of a chronic medical condition are provided. Baseline disease-related parameters of a patient with a chronic medical condition are measured. Ischemia is...
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US20060191543 |
System and method for interjecting bilateral brain activation into routine activity
A method and apparatus are disclosed that automatically interject brain activations into video imaging activities or other activities of daily living. During a video game, for example, an interrupt...
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US20050096498 |
Sizing and shaping device for treating congestive heart failure
A kit and method are described for treating congestive heart failure. The kit may comprise multiple components including a shaping device, deployment tool, patch, and suture. The method may utilize...
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US20060157067 |
Attenuation of environmental parameters on a gastric lumen
The attenuation or isolation of environmental parameters on a gastric lumen is described herein. Once tissue plications are formed into a gastric lumen or sleeve within a stomach, the newly formed...
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US20090292354 |
OPTIMIZED INTRAOCULAR LENS
An optimized aspheric lens has improved optics when implanted into a patient having a curved retina. Light entering the optimized aspheric lens on-axis or at an angle to the optical axis is...
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US20060237021 |
Methods and devices for rejuvenating skin
Methods and devices are provided for rejuvenating the skin of a subject, e.g., a human. The methods include moving a blade across a skin region of the subject. The skin region, for example, can...
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US20090088803 |
FLEXIBLE MEMBERS FOR CORRECTING SPINAL DEFORMITIES
The present application is directed to devices and methods for correcting a spinal deformity. The devices may include a member attached to one or more vertebral members of a deformed spine. The...
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US20090255544 |
DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE ENDOLUMENAL TREATMENT OF OBESITY
Devices and methods for forming and securing tissue folds and elongated invaginations in stomach tissue are used as a treatment for obesity. In a first embodiment, a plurality of tissue folds is...
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US20050257795 |
Method and apparatus for locating superficial veins or specific structures with a LED light source
A light source locating and visualization apparatus comprises one or more than one LEDs capable to radiate a red light source with a wavelength of 600˜650 nm to locate superficial veins or ...
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US20050203333 |
Magnetized scleral buckle, polymerizing magnetic polymers, and other magnetic manipulations in living tissue
A magnetic polymer may be polymerized in living tissue. Retinal detachment may now be repaired without needing suturing, by using a magnetic fluid with a magnetic scleral buckle. The magnetic...
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US20100145246 |
Total Contact Windowed Slipper with a Lid
Nearly normal mobility and quality of life, during the treatment of severe surface wounds are supported by the addition of a unique combination of common medical treatment materials with a locally...
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US20070005049 |
Apparatus and Method of Treating Urinary Incontinence by Heating Urethra
A method for treating urinary in continence, especially in women, is provided. The method involves reshaping the urethral lumen to improve coaptation, attenuating or dissipating stress-induced...
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US20100106242 |
STENT AND METHOD FOR MAKING A STENT
A stent includes a body, a layer of therapeutic agent over at least a section of the body, and a sealant layer over the layer of therapeutic agent. The sealant layer includes a through hole that...
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US20090112207 |
SKELETAL MANIPULATION METHOD
A method of treating scoliosis in a subject includes securing a scoliosis treatment device to first and second locations on the subject's skeletal system, the scoliosis treatment device including a...
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US20090105835 |
Vertebral Body Replacement and Method for Spanning a Space Formed upon Removal of a Vertebral Body
A vertebral body replacement includes first and second end plates, and a compliant connector section between the end plates having one or more helical cuts to provide limited compliance between the...
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US20090012532 |
HAPTIC GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD
A surgical planning method is provided. A height of a cartilage surface above a bone is detected. A representation of the bone and a representation of the height of the cartilage surface is...
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US20080288078 |
PERCUTANEOUS SPINAL IMPLANTS AND METHODS
Medical devices and related methods for the treatment of spinal conditions are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes disposing at least a portion of an implant in a space between...
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US20090198339 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPINAL FUSION
An implantable intervertebral fusion cage including a removable means for retaining material inside of the cage during implantation. Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward an...
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US20100258138 |
RADIOLABELED 1-ACETATE PET IMAGING FOR RADIOTHERAPY IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER
The present invention provides methods of using optimal PET tracers for diagnosing head and neck cancer. Methods for in vivo imaging uses of the PET tracers that are suitable for uses in radiation...
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US20080103412 |
Removing Tissue
Tissue can be removed from a patient with a catheter or other medical device having a cutting member. A source of suction can be coupled to the device for suctioning removed tissue through a lumen...
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US20090099458 |
Diagnostic Methods for Osteoporosis
Methods of diagnosing bone disease such as osteoporosis are provided. The methods comprise detecting changes in the physical or chemical structure of a keratinized tissue as correlates of disease....
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US20070032737 |
Method for assessing brain function and portable automatic brain function assessment apparatus
A method and apparatus for performing rapid brain assessment may provide emergency triage to head trauma patients by analyzing a combination of spontaneous and evoked brain potentials. The...
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US20090112328 |
SHOULDER OR HIP PROSTHESIS AND METHOD FOR SETTING SAME
A prosthesis and method for a ball and socket joint. The prosthesis includes a first component including an anchoring shank and a metaphyseal portion. The metaphyseal portion includes a first...
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US20100004743 |
Talar implants and methods of use
Implant devices, and method of using the same, are provided. The implant devices have a head and a stem. The head has an upper surface, an anterior surface, a posterior surface, a lateral surface...
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US20100137908 |
Dynamic Stabilization System Components Including Readily Visualized Polymeric Compositions
The disclosure is directed to vertebral stabilization systems including polymeric components having improved selective visualization means, methods of improving the selective visualization of...
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US20090062804 |
Devices and methods for dynamic boring procedure reconfiguration
Various embodiments are directed to a method of switching horizontal directional drilling procedures during bore path turning. Such methods can include identifying a hierarchal arrangement of a...
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US20090125032 |
Rod removal instrument
A rod removal instrument for removing a rod from the seat of a vertebral anchor is disclosed. The rod removal instrument comprises an outer shaft connected to an inner shaft. The outer shaft has a...
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US20090099639 |
METHOD FOR EXPANSION AND DEPLOYMENT OF POLYMERIC STRUCTURES INCLUDING STENTS
The invention is to methods of deploying polymeric biodegradable or non biodegradable stents by use of stepwise creases in the pressure placed upon the inner diameter of the stent to slowly...
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US20080000486 |
STRAPS FOR RESTRAINING A PATIENT'S ARMS
An arm restraint device and method for use by EMS workers to restrain the arms of a patient lying on a backboard, gurney, or similar immobilizing transport device. A strap having two outer loops...
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US20050279369 |
Method and apparatus for the treatment of presbyopia and glaucoma by ciliary body ablation
Laser and non-laser means to remove a portion of the ciliary body tissue for the treatment of presbyopia and glaucoma are disclosed. Mechanisms based on elasticity increase the sclera-ciliary-body...
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US20060231107 |
Antibody-targeted photodynamic therapy
Disclosed are photosensitizer-antibody conjugates and methods for making such conjugates. Also disclosed are methods for using photosensitizer-antibody conjugates in photodynamic therapy to treat...
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US20100076422 |
Thermal Treatment of Nucleus Pulposus
A method for relieving pain associated with an intervertebral disc having a disc nucleus pulposus is provided. The method includes the initial step of: providing an elongated probe member having...
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US20090118758 |
PYLORIC VALVE OBSTRUCTING DEVICES AND METHODS
Methods, devices and systems facilitate intermittent and/or partial obstruction of a pyloric valve. Devices generally include a support portion for preventing the device from passing through the...
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US20100049322 |
OSTEOCHONDRAL REPAIR IMPLANTS AND METHODS
An osteochondral repair implant is provided, comprising a tissue scaffold configured to allow growth of at least bone and/or cartilage and to fit within at least a portion of an osteochondral hole,...
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US20090012431 |
METHOD AND MEMBER FOR MEASURING STRESS DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL BONE, SYNTHETIC BONE, OR MEMBER ATTACHED TO THEM
When visualizing the stress distribution of natural bone, synthetic bone, or a member attached to either thereof without omitted points, in order to measure accurately in a variety of modes using...
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US20080312660 |
DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MEASURING THE SPACE AROUND A NERVE ROOT
Described herein are method, systems and devices for measuring the region adjacent to or around a nerve root, such as the space within an intervertebral foramen before, during and/or after a spinal...
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US20100241185 |
STEERABLE EPICARDIAL PACING CATHETER SYSTEM PLACED VIA THE SUBXIPHOID PROCESS
The epicardial pacing system and related method includes an epicardial catheter configured to be disposed in the middle mediastinum of the thorax of a subject for use in electrical pacing of the...
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US20060021623 |
Methods and compositions for treating ocular glaucoma
The invention provides a photodynamic therapy-based method for treating ocular glaucoma. A photosensitizer, for example, a benzoporphyrin derivative photosensitizer, is administered to a mammal...
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