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6872204 Tissue cutting catheter and RF cutting method  
A tissue cutting device includes a catheter with a window at its distal tip for admitting tissue into a catheter compartment. A cylindrical cartridge in the compartment has a cutting edge that...
6869444 Low invasive implantable cardiac prosthesis and method for helping improve operation of a heart valve  
An apparatus for helping improve operation of a heart valve includes a generally arcuate base and a buttress extending generally from at least a portion of the base. The apparatus can be deformable...
6869428 Ophthalmologic photocoagulator and photocoagulation method thereof  
An ophthalmologic photocoagulator and photoagulation method thereof in which visibility of sighting laser beam which is projected onto the eye fundus of an eye to be examined is improved and a loss...
6868854 Method and article for treatment of fibromyalgia  
A method of treatment of symptoms of fibromyalgia, is disclosed. The affected patient is gowned with a radiation-shielding textile for an extended period of time, either by fashioning a garment...
6866678 Phototherapeutic treatment methods and apparatus  
A thin film electroluminescent (TFEL) phototherapy device based on high field electroluminescence (HFEL) or from organic light emitting devices (OLED), consistent with certain embodiments of the...
6866044 Method of insertion and implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator canisters  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of inserting an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator within a patient, the method including the steps of providing a...
6863073 Laminar cribosa puncture device, methods related to use of such a device and methods for treating central retinal vein occulsions  
Featured is a device for puncturing tissue of a body, such as the lamina cribosa and methods for treating a CVRO with such a puncturing device. The puncturing device includes a puncture member...
6863673 Methods for adjustable bone fusion implants  
A method for fusing two adjacent bones or pieces of bone includes positioning an adjustable fusion implant between two adjacent bones or pieces of bone, the fusion implant having a first plate and...
6862480 Pelvic disorder treatment device  
A device for treating a medical condition is provided, and a surgical procedure for implanting the device is disclosed. The device includes a sensor, which is adapted to generate a signal...
6860896 Therapeutic method and apparatus  
An energy therapy device is provided that utilizes an array of energy-emitting elements to stimulate Qi energy flow along acupuncture meridians. Energy-emitting elements are activated and...
6860891 Arrangement and method for vascular anastomosis  
A method for implementing vascular anastomosis in the attachment of a graft vessel to a target vessel such as a coronary artery, and subsequently creating a passageway between the vessels in order...
6858028 Tissue sealing electrosurgery device and methods of sealing tissue  
An electrosurgery medical device is enhanced with unique solution-assistance, and comprises, in combination, co-operating device jaws including jaw portions for manipulating tissue, and a plurality...
6854467 Methods and devices for delivering a ventricular stent  
A method, and related tools for performing the method, of delivering a stent or other like device to the heart to connect the left ventricle to the coronary artery to thereby supply blood directly...
6855139 Automated tissue welding system and method  
An automated energy irradiator guidance system is disclosed which reduces the potential for human error and improves the consistency and repeatability of tissue welding techniques. The system...
6854468 Treatment of subnormal bone mineral density  
A method of treating an individual to increase the individual's bone mineral density (BMD) is disclosed. The method includes co-administering a calcitonin-like agent and a DHEA-like agent. Also...
6855140 Method of tissue lesion removal  
An excisional biopsy method is disclosed. The method can include rotating an arcuate shaped electrode around a tissue specimen, and drawing a sheath around the tissue specimen as the specimen is...
6855117 Method of treating the skin of a subject  
The present invention relates to a method of treating the skin of a subject, the method including the steps of: (a) accessing a sample of interstitial fluid from the skin of the subject; (b)...
6855142 Electrosurgical device for treating body tissue with high-frequency power  
An electrosurgical device for treating a body tissue with a high-frequency power includes an electrode for exposing the body tissue to the high-frequency power for treatment, and a high-frequency...
6851626 Methods and devices for nebulizing fluids  
Devices and methods for nebulizing a fluid are described. A replaceable fluid assembly may include a reservoir and a fluid cartridge. The reservoir may be detachable from the fluid cartridge and...
6851430 Method and apparatus for endoscopic spinal surgery  
A method of performing percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic lumbar surgery on a patient, includes the steps of creating an opening in the patient's skin, passing at least one tubular cannula...
6848448 Devices and methods for cerebral perfusion augmentation  
Methods are provided for cerebral perfusion augmentation in patients suffering from global or focal cerebral ischemia. Methods include partial or complete obstruction of the femoral or iliac...
6849087 Device and method for staged implantation of a graft for vascular repair  
A graft for repairing defects in arteries is formed from a flexible graft and at least one attachment system. A device and method is disclosed for implanting a graft within the vasculature of a...
6846311 Method and apparatus for in VIVO treatment of mammary ducts by light induced fluorescence  
The invention is directed toward a micro-endoscope assembly for the treatment of diseased tissue in breast ducts comprising a cylindrical guide tube with a distal end defining an internal...
6843778 Dermatological method and device  
A flexible surgical plaster and an associated dermatological method of use for promoting healing of skin injuries and scars includes a flexible base layer having a window. The base layer is...
6843254 Sensor controlled analysis and therapeutic delivery system  
A method and apparatus for non-invasively withdrawing and accurately evaluating analytes quickly, painlessly and reliably from a biological subject automatically and controlling subsequent...
6843788 Method for using a masking agent during laser ablation  
A method of treating a surface by laser ablation to modify selected regions of the surface, while other regions of the surface not to be substantially ablated are protected from the laser beam by a...
6840935 Gynecological ablation procedure and system using an ablation needle  
A method for treating pelvic tumors, such as uterine leiomyomata, includes inserting an ablation apparatus into a pelvic region and positioning the ablation apparatus either proximate or into a...
6840244 Condom with an erectogenic composition  
A condom has an erectogenic compound immobilised on the interior surface and substantially at the head end thereof. The compound may be applied as a component of a composition comprising the...
6840246 Apparatuses and methods for performing minimally invasive diagnostic and surgical procedures inside of a beating heart  
Diagnostic and surgical procedures may be performed on a beating heart using an assembly which includes a port and a fluid transport device. The port has a housing for insertion through a wall of...
6837904 Method of surgically treating scoliosis  
A surgical treatment for restoring a proper anatomical spacing and alignment to vertebral bones of a scoliosis patient, the treatment including determining an angular misalignment associated with...
6837247 Method of using ventricular restoration patch  
A ventricular patch to restore the ventricular architecture of the heart includes a sheet of biocompatible material having a generally oval configuration, and a continuous ring fixed to the sheet....
6835175 Medical devices for contemporaneous decision support in metabolic control  
The invention addresses hardware and software products capable to make contemporaneous accurate predictions regarding how a person's biological system will respond to a serious of stimuli. The...
6835202 Apparatus and method for high energy photodynamic therapy of acne vulgaris and seborrhea  
An apparatus and method for the phototherapy of different skin conditions, particularly acne vulgaris and seborrhea. The invention consists of a combined treatment with violet/blue light source...
6830567 Method and device for non-invasive regulation of temperature with radiation, especially laser radiation of biological tissue  
A method and a system for the non-invasive temperature determination on biological tissue, particularly at the fundus of the eye, treated by a treatment radiation, particularly laser radiation,...
6827086 Device and method of isolating deleterious body tissue located within healthy body tissue  
The invention provides for treating deleterious body tissue located within healthy body tissue by isolating the deleterious tissue from blood, air, and fluid communication. The device includes two...
6827718 Method of and apparatus for positioning and maintaining the position of endoscopic instruments  
The present invention provides an apparatus for, and a method of, accurate positioning of endoscopic instruments. Accurate positioning of the instruments is accomplished through the inclusion of a...
6823871 Allograft bone or synthetic wedges for osteotomy  
Methods of performing opening wedge osteotomies are disclosed in which healing of the osteotomy defect is enhanced by packing the opening with pre-packaged, wedge-shaped bone grafts. The bone...
6824541 Method of corneal sculpting using a laser  
A non Q-switched erbium laser operating on the I 11/2 →I 13/2 transition produces laser output pulses characterized by a single spike containing approximately 90% of the energy, rather than a...
6824513 Device, method and use of an odor detection unit for examining and/or recording  
The invention relates to a device and method for examining and/or recording medical disorders, physical conditions and/or physiological processes of a test person or patient. The inventive device...
6824555 Combustion needle for medical applications  
A device is disclosed for generating a high intensity localized heat. The device comprises a conduit defining a channel with a catalyst disposed near the end of the channel. The channel carries a...
6824542 Temporary hair removal method  
A hand held device generates a predetermined number of pulses of light having a predetermined electromagnetic spectrum, a predetermined duration, a predetermined inter-pulse interval, and a...
6824540 Apparatus and methods for the treatment of presbyopia using fiber-coupled-lasers  
Systems and surgical techniques for presbyopia correction by laser removal of the sclera tissue are disclosed. The disclosed preferred embodiments of the system consists of a beam spot controller,...
6821289 Efficacy and safety of photodynamic therapy by multiple application protocols with photosensitizers that show extended tumor retention  
A safer, improved method of photodynamic therapy is provided for treating diseased, hyperproliferative tissue, including cancer, psoriasis, and arthritis, using multiple, sequential administrations...
6821249 Temperature monitoring of congestive heart failure patients as an indicator of worsening condition  
Indication of worsening health condition in patients with congestive heart failure using the analysis of the speed and pattern of temperature change in a way that is individualized toward patient's...
6817985 Intravascular spinal perfusion and cooling for use during aortic surgery  
Cooled and oxygenated blood is shunted from the proximal aorta into the open ends of intercostal arteries severed during thoracoabdominal aortic surgery to prevent or minimize the effects of spinal...
6818629 Pharmaceutical formulation comprising P1-(2'-deoxycytidine 5'-)P4-(uridine 5'-) tetraphosphate  
The present invention provides a method of treating edematous retinal disorders. The method comprises administration of a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a hydrolysis-resistant P2Y receptor...
6818000 Electrode arrangement for electrothermal treatment of human or animal bodies  
An electrode arrangement is provided having at least one electrode for insertion into a human or animal body for electrothermal treatment of the body. The electrode is situated on an electrode...
6814737 Spinal implant insertion instrument for spinal interbody prostheses  
A spinal implant insertion instrument for intervertebral implant surgery formed from a hollow first element of various external diameters, including a channel to accommodate and incorporate a...
6814733 Radio frequency pulmonary vein isolation  
A catheter introduction apparatus provides a radially expandable helical coil as a radiofrequency emitter. In one application the emitter is introduced percutaneously, and transseptally advanced to...
6811562 Procedures for photodynamic cardiac ablation therapy and devices for those procedures  
This relates to procedures and to devices for treating cardiac tissue by forming lesions in that tissue using photodynamic therapy techniques. In particular, the procedure is valuable for...