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US20090312783 DISSECTING CANNULA AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF  
Methods and devices described herein facilitate improved access of locations within the body by providing a variety of dissection modes on a single access device.
US20090306699 Blunt Dissector for Separating Blood Vessels from Surrounding Tissue  
A blunt dissector for separating a blood vessel from surrounding tissues in a body comprises a longitudinal rod having a proximal end, a distal end, and an internal passage for conducting...
US20090299377 Tunnelling Instrument for Subcutaneously Placing an Article, and Method of Use of Said Instrument  
An improved tip and handle for a tunnelling instrument are provided along with an improved tunnelling instrument. The tip is configured for attachment to a tunnelling instrument and includes a...
US20090234379 Apparatuses for the performance of a minimally invasive ventral hernia repair  
An Apparatus for the performance of a minimally invasive ventral hernia repair. The apparatus including a mechanical blunt dissector, fascial graspers, and a midline fascial stapling device. The...
US20090209994 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR THE TREATMENT OF URINARY INCONTINENCE  
Methods and devices for treating female stress urinary incontinence are disclosed. The methods include transvaginally accessing the pelvic cavity and introducing a suburethral sling into the...
US20090177220 Surgical Tool for Implantation of a Device with a Convex Element  
A surgical tool lifts an overlying layer of skin away from underlying bone to prepare the bone to accommodate a convex element of an implantable device. The tool includes a lifting shell for...
US20090157076 DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES  
A system for minimally invasive medical procedures includes an elongate tubular access cannula comprising an elongate tubular member having a rigid proximal portion and an articulating portion. The...
US20090157114 Method for selectively elevating and separating tissue layers and surgical instrument for performing the method  
A method for the selective elevation and separation of tissues comprised of multiple layers and a surgical instrument for performing the method. The method may be performed without the requirement...
US20090105744 METHODS FOR FORMING TRACTS IN TISSUE  
Described here are methods for forming one or more tracts in tissue. The tracts may be formed in any suitable or desirable tissue, and may seal relatively quickly without the need for a...
US20090093835 TWO-MODE BLADELESS TROCAR ASSEMBLY  
An obturator assembly for penetrating tissue and being at least partially positionable within a cannula assembly includes an obturator housing, an obturator shaft connected to the obturator housing...
US20090076466 Sutureless venous access port  
Disclosed is a compact, low profile venous access port to be implanted below the skin of a patient and coupled to a (e.g., subclavian) vein by a Seldinger technique, or the like, so that a supply...
US20090069835 Balloon catheter for endoscopic mucosectomy  
The balloon is fixed to a catheter close to its distal portion; the catheter has two ducts passing through within in; one duct can be used for a guide wire, while the other is used to pump air in...
US20090048623 Medical Implement Particularly Useful in Arthroscopic Surgical Procedures  
A medical implement for separating tissue at a surgical site includes an elongated rod carrying an inflatable balloon of triangular configuration having first and second apices defining a base for...
US20090048614 VESSEL-LOOP AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME  
A vessel-loop having an elastic tube and a needle attached to one end thereof for use in various surgical procedures, and a method for forming same. The method includes the steps of positioning a...
US20090048622 Apparatus and methods for performing brain surgery  
Less invasive surgical techniques for performing brain surgery are disclosed in which a dilating obturator and cannula assembly is inserted into brain tissue until the obturator tip and cannula are...
US20090030444 Surgical tool  
A tunneling device for creating a pathway in subcutaneous tissue of a person's body. The tunneling device includes a member having two ends, where each of the ends defines an insertion surface that...
US20090023986 Vessel Harvesting  
Apparatus and method for harvesting selected vessels in the body of a patient include manual manipulation of a rigid dissecting endoscope and the reconfiguration thereof to facilitate tissue...
US20090018602 Methods And Systems For Performing Submucosal Medical Procedures  
Instruments, systems and methods are provided for performing submucosal medical procedures in a desired area of the digestive tract using endoscopy. Instruments include a safe access needle...
US20090018604 Methods And Systems for Submucosal Implantation of a Device For Diagnosis and Treatment with a Therapeutic Agent  
Instruments, systems, implants, and methods are provided for performing submucosal medical procedures in a desired area of the digestive tract using endoscopy. Instruments include a safe access...
US20080312677 SOFT TISSUE TUNNELING DEVICE  
A tissue tunneling device is configured to be delivered within the body. The tunneling device includes a shaft with a blunt distal end to prevent coring or other damage to tissue during the...
US20080269793 Surgical Stapling Device with Dissecting Tip  
A dissecting tip is provided for use with a surgical stapler or instrument. In one embodiment, the dissecting tip is secured to the end effector of a surgical stapler, e.g., to the anvil assembly...
US20080255600 Endoscopic Dissector  
A dissection device comprising an elongate cannula having proximal and distal ends and a central axis and arranged to receive at least a remote viewing device therein, a handle arranged to be...
US20080249556 DISSECTION APPARATUS AND DISSECTION METHOD  
A dissection apparatus includes a main body portion which extends from a proximal end side to a distal end side, and a dissecting portion which is provided to a distal end of the main body portion...
US20080243164 Tissue Moving Surgical Device  
Devices and methods for moving tissue and/or moving the devices relative to the tissue during a surgical procedure are disclosed. The devices and methods disclosed herein can be used in...
US20080161846 Sinus membrane lifting and lateral separation instrument  
A sinus membrane lifting instrument comprising a longitudinally extending handle portion, an angled neck extending longitudinally from a handle portion and a disc-shaped tip extending from the...
US20080154296 Tissue Separating Systems and Methods  
Systems and methods for separating an object such as a pacing lead from a patient tissue involve a flexible and torqueable shaft having an internal lumen sized to receive the object, and a hard...
US20080154298 Instrument fingers  
The instrument has a pair of instrument arms, an angled instrument finger is attached to each arm, and the respective bottom surfaces of the distal ends of the angled instrument fingers are...
US20080154297 Endoscopic tissue dissector  
An endoscopic tissue dissector is disclosed. The endoscopic tissue dissector includes a head for incising and entering tissue, a body including an endoscope passage part coupled to the head and one...
US20080147109 Endoscopic balloon tissue dissector and retractor  
An instrument for endoscopic surgery comprises a retractor having independently spreadable retractor blades mounted at the distal end of a tube, through which a balloon dissector can be passed. The...
US20080125803 MUCOSA SEPARATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MUCOSA SEPARATION  
This mucosa separation apparatus includes a first insertion portion inserted to the interior of a subject, an expansion portion disposed on a head portion of the first insertion portion, and which...
US20080125791 Devices for minimally invasive pelvic surgery  
The invention, in various embodiments, provides systems, devices, and methods for treating urinary incontinence.
US20080114352 TISSUE DISSECTOR AND/OR COAGULATOR  
Various devices and methods for dissecting and/or coagulating tissue are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical device is provided that includes an elongate member having proximal and distal ends,...
US20080108875 Portal Device  
A portal device maintains an opening in the skin of a patient to allow for the passage of surgical device therethrough. Tabs disposed at one end of the portal device may be used to resist removal...
US20080109026 Apparatus and Methods for Performing Brain Surgery  
Less invasive surgical techniques for performing brain surgery are disclosed in which a dilating obturator and cannula assembly is inserted into brain tissue until the obturator tip and cannula are...
US20080097506 Balloon dissector with cannula  
There are disclosed various embodiments of a balloon dissector and balloon tip cannula assembly which are provided to facilitate forming an anatomical space within the body, such as, for example,...
US20080097507 Extraluminal balloon dissection  
The present invention provides balloon dissection apparatus and methods of use in which an elongate balloon is utilized to dissect along a region that follows a naturally existing path alongside a...
US20080091227 SURGICAL PROBE AND METHOD OF MAKING  
A method for making a probe for placing a guidewire between two tissues in a patient's body may involve forming at least one bend in a thin, rigid tube having a proximal end and a distal end,...
US20080091188 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SURGICAL POCKET CREATION AND DISSECTION  
A surgical instrument for creation of tissue dissection and creation of space is disclosed. The instrument may be used any place in the body where a physician could or would use finger or...
US20080091228 DOPPLER ENABLED SOFT TISSUE DISSECTOR  
A system for soft tissue dissection, the system comprising: an elongate handle, a Doppler crystal, a wire, partially disposed within the elongate handle, for transmitting signals to the Doppler...
US20080086162 SOFT TISSUE DISSECTOR  
A system for soft tissue dissection, the system comprising: an elongate handle and a synthetic, non-absorbent, tip disposed on said handle.
US20080086161 SOFT TISSUE TUNNELING DEVICE  
A tissue tunneling device is configured to be delivered within the body. The tunneling device includes a shaft with a blunt distal end to prevent coring or other damage to tissue during the...
US20080077171 RETRACTOR  
A retractor for use in surgical operations comprises a pair of blade assemblies which are adapted to open about a set of axes that are not parallel to a third spatial axis. The retractor further...
US20080071304 Varicose Vein Dissector and Removal Apparatus  
A varicose vein dissector and removal apparatus includes a handle having a first end and a second end, a dissector extending from the first end of the handle and a hook extending from the second...
US20080065135 Nerve surveillance cannulae systems  
Systems and method for accessing a spinal target site involving a plurality of tissue displacement members configured to be advanced to a spinal target site and moved relative to one another to...
US20080058853 Apparatus and method for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic hernia repair and patch for use therewith  
An apparatus for creating an anatomic space in tissue in a body comprises an introducer and a sheath. The tubular sheath may surround the introducer, and may have a weakened region along its...
US20080045993 Devices, Systems, Methods and Kits for Performing Selective Dissection of Lung Tissue  
This invention relates to device, systems, kits and methods that enable selective dissection of lung tissue to remove diseased tissue from healthy tissue without damaging blood vessels or airways....
US20080045994 Apparatus for use in fascial cleft surgery for opening an anatomic space  
An apparatus for use in fascial cleft surgery adapted to perform blunt dissection between two layers of anatomically named fascia. The dissection performed by the apparatus extends to the limits of...
US20080033474 Blunt Dissection and Tissue Elevation Instrument  
A handheld medical instrument designed for efficient, atraumatic blunt tissue dissection and/or elevation during surgery. The instrument generally comprises an elongated shaft having a cottonoid or...
US20080033471 Device System And Method For Tissue Displacement Or Separation  
A tissue displacement/separation device is provided. The device includes a bladder which is expandable between a first tissue and a second tissue of a body. The bladder has an expanded shape which...
US20080033473 Blunt Dissection and Tissue Elevation Instrument  
A handheld medical instrument designed for efficient, atraumatic blunt tissue dissection and/or elevation during surgery. The instrument generally comprises an elongated rigid shaft having a...
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