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5671738 Medical environment interface  
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus to facilitate feeding of electric signals, achieved in a defined area of medical electric environment, to and from auxiliary equipment,...
5664582 Method for detecting, distinguishing and counting objects  
A method and apparatus for detecting, distinguishing and counting marked objects and particularly marked surgical objects having a marker made of a selected nonmagnetostrictive, soft magnetic...
5655544 Endoscopic assisted abdominoplasty  
A surgical procedure is an endoscopic assisted abdominoplasty. This procedure eschews the use of abdominal incisions and obtains the desired result with no visible scars on the abdomen of the...
5647379 Correlator based electromagnetic interference responsive control system useful in medical devices  
A system is provided to control operation of an implantable medical device based upon detected EMI (electromagnetic interference). A correlator produces a correlation function indicating the level...
5645061 Process and device for the determination of local dye concentration and of scattering parameters in animal and human tissues  
A device for determining size variations of tissue particles. The device includes a light source and an illuminating light guide capable of irradiating light into a human tissue to produce...
5645081 Method of treating tissue damage and apparatus for same  
The invention disclosed is a method of treating tissue damage comprising applying a negative pressure to a wound sufficient in time and magnitude to promote tissue migration and thus facilitate...
5640977 Apparatus and method for use in surgery  
Apparatus and method for hand-assisted minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery which allows for palpation and biophysical feedback within a sterile environment. A sleeve provides a sealed chamber...
5638830 Process and device for automatic verification of the positioning of a surgical instrument  
Process and device for use in surgery comprising a conducting element capable of shifting from a first medium to a second medium, which can measure an electrical parameter such as conductance and...
5636644 Method and apparatus for endoconduit targeting  
A method for performing a surgical operation on a body conduit includes the step of inserting into the conduit an apparatus having at its distal end an element the location of which is detectable...
5628315 Device for detecting the position of radiation target points  
The present invention pertains to a device for detecting the position of radiation target points with an anchoring means for attachment to a patient reference system, especially to a stereotactic...
5626151 Transportable life support system  
A transportable life support system is for use in a battlefield and mass ualty situations and includes a base, a stretcher and a canopy. The base incorporates medical equipment that includes a...
5622187 Method and apparatus for patient positioning for radiation therapy  
A method and apparatus for positioning a patient upon a treatment table of a linear accelerator includes a camera secured to the gantry of the linear accelerator and a plurality of light emitting...
5622179 Holding plate for medical equipment  
The holding plate for medical equipment, in particular for medical blood pressure measuring, blood withdrawal, infusion and transfusion apparatuses which have a plate-like fixing device with which...
5620407 Active control containment system for limiting occupational exposure to biohazardous materials  
An active control containment system for defending an operator against biohazardous materials for use in medical, forensic and embalming procedures. The containment system has the advantage of...
5609164 Method of forming an earplug containment device  
A method for forming an earplug containment device comprising providing at least one thin-walled, hollow sleeve having an inside diameter less than the diameter of the human ear canal, compressing...
5605150 Electrical interface for a portable electronic physiological instrument having separable components  
A first electrical connector of an interface is provided on a floating plug assembly mounted on one component of a physiological instrument. A second electrical connector of the interface is...
5564437 Method and system for determining the fixation point on the femur of a crossed ligament of the knee  
A method for determining the position of a point F1 of a femur with respect to a point T1 of a tibia such that the distance between F1 and T1 is substantially invariant. The method uses a...
5556424 Lead extractor with bevelled clamp  
An extractor consisting essentially of a guide barrel, a clamping element and a pull wire. The bordering end faces of the guide barrel and clamping element feature each a bevel which is...
5551448 Endoscopic surgical instrument for aspiration and irrigation  
An endoscopic surgical instrument for aspiration and irrigation of a surgical site. The device inclues at least one rotatable trumpet valve to provide for variable oreintation of the device during...
5542436 System for use in treating a patient with FK 506 to prevent an adverse immune response  
A method and system for use in treating a patient with FK 506 to prevent an adverse immune response, either a rejection of a transplanted organ or an attack on the patient's body by its own immune...
5535758 Aiding device for men with sexual dysfunction  
A device is disclosed for aiding men suffering from a sexual dysfunction such as impotency and premature ejaculation. In one embodiment, the device includes an external cylinder and an internal...
5522387 Method to assess anesthesia  
A patient's general state of anesthesia is displayed as a Cartesian plot of two vital signs: heart rate and blood pressure, in a window on a monitor. The heart rate is plotted on the x-axis while...
5507779 Cardiac insulation for defibrillation  
A defibrillation insulating device insulates the heart from the body. This forces current to flow through the heart without passing through surrounding tissues, thus increasing the current density...
5507790 Method of non-invasive reduction of human site-specific subcutaneous fat tissue deposits by accelerated lipolysis metabolism  
Electromedical apparatus is employed together with local topically applied drugs and general medical management program to non-invasively, non-traumatically, reduce in volume without fat cell...
5503164 Device and method for repair of craniomaxillofacial bone defects including burr holes  
An apparatus for the repair of craniomaxillofacial bony defects is described comprising a biocompatible scaffolding with an insert segment positioned at the proximal surface of the bone defect and...
5487751 Mechanical connector for securing compatible medical instruments together  
A mechanical connector (10) for securing together an electrocardiogram monitor (12) and a defibrillator (14). The connector includes a tongue (16) disposed on a side surface (18) of the ECG monitor...
5476107 Method and apparatus for disinfecting electronic surgical probes  
Apparatus for disinfecting electronic probes used in surgical procedures comprises a housing for containing a disinfecting fluid and including a dummy connector for forming a sealed connection to...
5474088 Device for measuring motion characteristics of a human joint  
A device is disclosed which measures motion characteristics of a human joint. The device includes a patient-worn brace mechanism having two pivotally-connected arms, the pivot point being provided...
5453270 Pharmaceutical composition and method for hypermetabolic weight loss  
There is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition and method for metabolic consumption of calories and weight loss. The pharmaceutical composition is a culture of brown adipose cells, preferably...
5445166 System for advising a surgeon  
The system is for assisting a surgeon in positioning an article relative to a target position. The system includes a computer for determining a surgical plan, sensors for sensing execution of the...
5443082 Controlling articles of equipment during surgery  
Articles of equipment such as swabs and surgical instruments are provided with a machine readable information source such as a bar code, and are monitored during surger by means of a system which...
5443077 Method of monitoring the position of a sensor  
When performing the method a sensor (1) is used with a coil (15) integrated in a coil circuit. In the coil circuit a magnetic field is generated so that mutual induction can develop between the...
5437287 Sterilization of tissue implants using iodine  
The present invention provides an iodine-based solution, and a method of using that solution, which sterilizes tissue implants without denaturing the proteins in the implant and without inducing...
5435324 Apparatus for measuring psychotherapy outcomes  
A method and apparatus for measuring a patient's psychotherapy progress is provided. Initial patient mental health is measured by administering a questionnaire measuring three psychological...
5430434 Portable surgical early warning device  
A portable early warning device for use in detection of breaches in protective garments such as gloves, during surgical procedures and the like. The device embodies a central process and source...
5429143 Device and method for determining hole integrity in surgical applications  
Liquid material is directed under pressure into a hole, such as a hole formed in a bone. The vessel from which the liquid is directed, such as a syringe or squeeze bulb tube, provides a seal at the...
5416878 Surgical methods and apparatus using a bent-tip side-firing laser fiber  
An improved side-firing laser fiber assembly is provided in which the output end terminates in a substantially flat face having an arcuate edge around the circumference thereof. The presently...
5415620 Breast augmentation apparatus  
A breast augmentation apparatus includes a rigid cup-like hollow body having an expanded open end for receiving therein a breast with a resilient gasket member mounted thereto for providing air...
5409484 Cautery with smoke removal apparatus  
A cautery, for performing surgical operations through the application of heat to soft tissue, is provided with a smoke removal apparatus to remove smoke and vapors from the immediate area of an...
5394892 CPR prompting apparatus  
An apparatus for prompting an operator in the performance of cardio pulmonary resuscitation. The apparatus comprises a casing housing, a keypad with input switches, a display with light emitting...
5387177 Adjustable pediatric incubator nest  
An adjustable pediatric incubator nest includes multiple pieces which may be selectively arranged by a caregiver to protectively partially enclose a pediatric patient on an upper support surface...
5373860 Apparatus for and method of contouring plates for bone fixation  
A method of contouring bone plates or other bone fixation element is set forth comprising the steps of making a molded impression of the surface of the area to which the bone plate is to be fixed,...
5363843 Special instrument covers  
In an area where deadly diseases such as AIDs and similar diseases are common, the need for cleanness is obvious. This application provides covers made from latex and methods of using them that...
5357981 Apparatus and method for the prevention of snoring  
A protrusion which is removably attachable to an exterior ventral surface of an article of clothing worn by a subject and which causes mild discomfort but no injury to a subject when the subject...
5348026 Osteoinductive bone screw  
A bone screw and its method of manufacturing provides a low modulus osteoinductive bone screw with a high resistance to insertion torquing. The method includes the steps of pre-torquing a plurality...
5343877 Orthopedic implant and method  
A process of orthopedic implantation of prosthetic devices such as hip and knee joints. The prepared bed of the bone cavity is lined with a pre-coating mixture of bone cement and resorbable...
5333624 Surgical attaching apparatus  
An apparatus is disclosed for engaging surgical implants to facilitate the endoscopic application of the plant in laparoscopic surgery. The apparatus includes an attachment portion having an...
5325872 Tinnitus masker  
The invention relates to a tinnitus masker with one or more signal generators, a controllable amplifier (2), one or two electroacoustic transducers (3) for conversion of electrical signals into...
5323788 Overlapping split ring device for corneal curvature adjustment  
The intrastromal corneal ring (ICR) of the invention has a flexible, preferably circular body sized and configured such that it can be inserted into a human eye and comprised of a material which is...
5324282 Surgical instrument with input power transducer  
A surgical instrument in the form of, for example, a two mm needle has an open distal aspiration port for holding tissue to be fractured. An optical fiber extends along the length of the needle and...
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