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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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US20080125791 |
Devices for minimally invasive pelvic surgery
The invention, in various embodiments, provides systems, devices, and methods for treating urinary incontinence.
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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