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6923802 System for generating ablation profiles for laser refractive eye surgery  
A laser eye surgery system and method include a laser for producing a laser beam capable of making refractive corrections, an optical system for shaping and conditioning the laser beam, a digital...
6923817 Total knee arthroplasty systems and processes  
Systems and processes for tracking anatomy, instrumentation, trial implants, implants, and references, and rendering images and data related to them in connection with surgical operations, for...
6921413 Methods and devices for optical stimulation of neural tissues  
The present invention provides methods of directly stimulating neural tissue with optical energy. By stimulating neural tissue at wavelengths, laser pulses, and spot sizes disclosed herein, nerve...
6920884 Method of providing cosmetic/medical therapy  
A method for providing medical therapy treatment includes steps for preparing an electrically activated substance, and for using and applying the electrically activated substance internally to a...
6920883 Methods and apparatus for skin treatment  
Methods and apparatus for electrosurgically treating human skin. The skin may be treated by applying thermal energy to the dermis to shrink the skin following liposuction, or to induce collagen...
6920882 Medical grafting methods and apparatus  
Methods and apparatus for delivering and installing a new length of tubing between two sections of a patient's existing body organ tubing and at least partly outside of that existing structure. For...
6918871 Method for accessing cavity  
The present invention is a method for accessing the abdominal cavity of a patient in order to perform a medical procedure therein. The method can include the steps of introducing a medical device...
6920347 Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation systems  
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for use within an image-guided surgical navigation system for the storage and measurement of trajectories for surgical instruments. An icon representing the...
6918935 Method for radical removal of parasagittal meningioma  
The present invention relates to medicine and more particularly to neurosurgery, and can be used in the operative treatment of patients with parasagittal meningiomas. The present invention is...
6918922 Ischemia laser treatment  
Apparatus for treatment of an ischemic region of brain cells in a cranium, comprising a skull covering adapted to cover at least part of the cranium, at least one guide attached to the skull...
6918396 Method for vocal cord reconstruction  
A method for surgical repair of damaged or diseased head and neck tissues is described. In one aspect of the invention tissue graft constructs comprising vertebrate submucosa or vertebrate basement...
6915806 Method for harvesting graft vessel  
The present invention provides systems, apparatus and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to body tissue in order to incise, dissect, harvest or transect tissues or an organ of a...
6917826 Automatic and quantitative assessment of image quality in SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging  
A system and method for automatic quantitative assessment of myocardial image quality includes a liver-heart artifact quantification unit for providing a sequence of images, detecting the heart...
6913021 Method for revascularizing a coronary vessel  
A method for revascularizing a coronary vessel with a conduit through the heart wall having a diameter transition in the myocardial leg, wherein blood flow is in the direction of transition from...
6913601 Method for delivering a fluid to the coronary ostia  
A catheter system is provided for accessing the coronary ostia transluminally from a peripheral arterial access site, such as the femoral artery, and for inducing cardioplegic arrest by direct...
6913615 Chemiluminescent treatment of acne  
The present invention provides the ability to treat acne with a device that can be worn by a patient for extended time periods. The device can, for example, enable the delivery of light for time...
6911047 Apparatus and method for securing a cementless glenoid component to a glenoid surface of a scapula  
A glenoid component for securement to a glenoid surface of a scapula so as to provide a bearing surface for a head portion of a humerus includes a body portion having a first surface configured to...
6908462 Apparatus and method for cryogenic inhibition of hyperplasia  
Post-angioplasty hyperplasia in blood vessels is treated using a cryosurgical balloon catheter. The balloon catheter is positioned at a target region within the blood vessel, and the balloon...
6907884 Method of straddling an intraosseous nerve  
This invention relates to a method of straddling an intraosseous nerve with an energy transmitting device to improve the therapeutic treatment of the nerve.
6908477 Methods of implanting covered stents with side branch  
A method of implanting first and second stents with associated grafts within first and second vessel regions extending at an angle with respect to each other comprising inserting a first guidewire...
6907282 Intensity map resampling for multi-leaf collimator compatibility  
A method for converting a source intensity map into a target intensity map having a geometry compatible with a desired multi-leaf collimator configuration. The source intensity map and the target...
6902563 Irradiation device for therapeutic treatment of skin and other ailments  
The invention relates to an irradiation device and method for the treatment of totally or partially cell-mediated inflammations of the skin, the connective tissue and the viscera, viral and other...
6899877 Process for generating plasmin in the vitreous of the eye and inducing separation of the posterior hyaloid from the retina  
A process for inhibiting vascular proliferation separately introduces components into the eye to generate plasmin in the eye in amounts to induce complete posterior vitreous detachment where the...
6899106 Apparatus for producing a hematoma  
An apparatus for producing a hematoma for encouraging the increased production of hemoglobin. The apparatus for producing a hematoma includes a pressure bell having a wall defining an interior...
6899716 Method and apparatus for spinal augmentation  
Disclosed are methods and devices for accessing and treating the spine, while minimizing trauma to surrounding tissue. A device is introduced through tissue, to an access point on the spine. The...
6899706 Isotopic laser for the oral cavity and use of the same  
Method and apparatus for effecting a bloodless incision of soft tissue within the oral cavity. A standard laser is converted into an isotopic laser replacing the gas in the discharge tube of the...
6899107 Osteoinduction of cortical bone allografts by coating with biopolymers seeded with recipient periosteal bone cells  
A method by which immune responses to cortical bone grafts and other substrates (e.g., cement, IPN, etc.) can be minimized and at the same time graft osteoinductive potential can be improved, and...
6899676 Method for determining the stress capacity of a person  
The invention relates to a method for determining the stress capacity of a person taking into consideration the individual anaerobic threshold by measuring lactate concentrations in relation to...
6889695 Method for non-invasive heart treatment  
The invention provides a non-invasive method for treatment of arrhythmia. In a first aspect, a method for treatment of atrial fibrillation in a heart of a patient comprises directing radiation from...
6887236 Multiple-electrode catheter assembly and method of operating such a catheter assembly  
A multiple-electrode catheter assembly includes a hollow catheter having an internal elongated channel and a flexible distal portion. A number of electrodes are spaced along the flexible distal...
6886565 Macula cover and method  
A macula cover having a flexible sheet member and including an contact surface, an outer surface, a perimeter, and an annular stiffener. The sheet member is sized to cover the fovea and the...
6886569 Method for reconstructing a ligament  
A method for reconstructing a ligament. In one form of the invention, there is disclosed a method for securing a graft ligament in a bone tunnel, the method comprising the steps of: (1) forming a...
6886568 Method for fabricating cell-containing implants  
Disclosed is a method of growing cells on biodegradable microcarrier particles and more specifically growing chondrocytes for an extended period of time until they aggregate. These aggregated cells...
6883522 Heart valve and apparatus for replacement thereof  
Apparatus and methods for replacing a heart valve within a vessel. The apparatus includes a replacement heart valve and a plurality of commisure stabilizers connected to the commisures of the heart...
6883521 Method and apparatus for dosing single and multi-agent therapy  
An improved method and apparatus using a newly defined nonlinear technology that more accurately describes the biological process of dose titration to calculate next agent dose(s) in single and...
6884251 Apparatus and method for performing an anastomosis  
An anastomosis is performed using a flexible mounting structure mounted on the outside of at least one vessel. Fasteners extend through the vessel and are bent towards the incision to attach the...
6883520 Methods and apparatus for dynamically stable spinal implant  
Apparatus and methods are directed at stabilizing somatic implants. A site within a body is selected that has a first region having a tight and/or changing curvature bordered by a second region or...
6881196 Symptomatic relief for soft corns  
A system, method and device for the symptomatic relief for soft corns by injecting a medical grade molding substance between the toes between which a corn is located, forming a molded-in-place,...
6880558 Method of lifting an epithelial layer and placing a corrective lens beneath it  
This relates to a lens made of donor corneal tissue suitable for use as a contact lens or an implanted lens, to a method of preparing that lens, and to a technique of placing the lens on the eye....
RE38728 Breath test analyzer  
A breath test analyzer, which analyzes exhaled breadths of a patient for isotope labeled products generated in the patient's body after ingestion by the patient of an isotope labeled substance,...
6881725 Method for treating pain  
The present invention is directed to a method of treating pain. The method comprises administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of a P2X receptor...
6881212 Skin wrinkle reduction using pulsed light  
Wrinkles are cosmetically removed from a superficial area of mammalian skin tissue having an epidermal layer, a basal layer, and a dermal layer, by irradiating the dermal layer through the basal...
6878140 Methods for flow augmentation in patients with occlusive cerebrovascular disease  
The invention provides a method for augmenting circulation in a patient having carotid stenosis. An elongate tubular member is provided having a lumen communicating with a port at a distal end. The...
6878125 Inflatable support shoe for a foot cast  
An inflatable support shoe for enabling an individual with a broken foot encased within a cast to walk without the use of crutches. The support shoe comprises an inflatable footpad having a...
6877514 Mixed chimerism and tolerance  
A method of inducing tolerance without whole body irradiation.
6875165 Method of radiation delivery to the eye  
A surgical device for localized delivery of beta radiation in surgical procedures, particularly ophthalmic procedures. Preferred surgical devices include a cannula with a beta radiotherapy emitting...
6875427 Light energized tissue adhesive  
Consistent with the present invention, tissue adhesive compositions and an associated laser exposure system are provided for bonding or sealing biological tissues. The compositions are comprised of...
6875181 Mentation test method and mentation test apparatus  
A mentation test method that can test mentation of a human such as conjecture of brain's mentation age, discrimination of early stage of dementia and prediction of onset of dementia in addition to...
6872221 Therapeutic low level laser apparatus and method  
Apparatus for therapeutic low level laser treatment has a diode array with sets of laser diodes of three wavelengths, and with light emitting diodes of four wavelengths. The emitted laser and light...
6873872 Adaptive electric field modulation of neural systems  
The present invention relates to devices and methods of modifying the neuronal activity of a neural system comprising neurons, comprising, one or more of the following steps, measuring the neuronal...