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6811565 |
System and method for light activation of healing mechanisms
A system and method for the light activation of healing processes uses a light source that is directed onto the body of a subject. The light source may generate monochromatic light and/or coherent...
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6808528 |
Apparatus and method for securing a graft ligament in a bone tunnel
Apparatus and method are disclosed for reconstructing a ligament. The method includes the steps of forming a first bone tunnel and a second bone tunnel transverse to, and intersecting one another;...
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6808530 |
Medical device for treatment of a gap or defect in the central nerve system
A medical device ( 1 ) of a biocompatible material for use in the treatment of a gap or defect in the central nervous system, which device has a proximal end ( 5 ) and a distal end ( 6 ) comprising...
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6805131 |
Medical device with three dimensional collapsible basket structure
An electrode support structure has a slotted hub and an integral body with a mid-section and opposed pair of spline elements that extend from the mid-section. The mid-section is captured within the...
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6805694 |
Laser system for corneal grafting
A laser system serves for corneal grafting by photodisruptive laser cutting. To this end, short laser pulses within the range from 1 fs to 10 ns are positioned and guided in the cornea in such a...
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6805701 |
Method of enhancing immune response
The present invention generally relates to a method for the site specific enhancement of cytokine release (through chemotaxis) namely beta chemokines and enhance healing via an enhanced overall...
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6805129 |
Apparatus and method for ablating tissue
A control system alters one or more characteristics of an ablating element to ablate tissue. In one aspect, the control system delivers energy nearer to the surface of the tissue by changing the...
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6805130 |
Methods for electrosurgical tendon vascularization
Systems, apparatus, and methods are provided for promoting blood flow to a target tissue. In one aspect, the invention involves canalizing or boring channels, divots, trenches or holes through an...
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6800086 |
Reduced fluence rate PDT
The invention relates to the use of reduced fluence rate PDT to treat neovasculature, particularly choroidal neovasculature (CNV). Reduced fluence rate PDT decreases the likelihood of molecular...
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6793654 |
Optical feedback system for vision correction
The invention provides laser eye surgery devices, systems, and methods which measure the refractive error in the eye before, during, and/or after vision correction surgery. The invention allows...
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6789544 |
Modified penetrating keratoplasty method
A method of performing a penetrating keratoplasty in a living eye positions a full-thickness corneal graft obtained from a corneal donor in a full-thickness open bed in the recipient's cornea. The...
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6789545 |
Method and system for cryoablating fibroadenomas
A cryosurgical system adapted for treatment of fibroadenomas within the breast of a patient. The system includes cryoprobes and a control system which operates the cryoprobes to accomplish freezing...
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6786902 |
Method and apparatus for cryosurgery
The present invention pertains to an apparatus for cryosurgery. The apparatus comprises a cryoneedle having a diameter less than 3.2 mm. The apparatus is also comprised of a thermal insulation...
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6787135 |
Modification of vitreal matrix metalloproteinase activity
Methods of modifying total MMP activity levels in the vitreous of an eye are provided. In a preferred embodiment, the method results in reduced MMP activity and comprises introducing plasmin into...
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6786929 |
Flexible vascular inducing implants and methods
Implants and associated delivery systems for promoting angiogenesis in ischemic tissue are provided. The implants may be delivered percutaneously, thoracically or surgically and are particularly...
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6786896 |
Robotic apparatus
A robotic apparatus has eight actuators (M 0 -M 7 ) and a linkage (LINK 0 -LINK 5 ) that actuates an end effector. Three serial macro freedoms have large ranges of motion and inertias. Four...
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6783541 |
Methods for inhibiting or suppressing stenosis of arteriovenous access fistulas and grafts
A method for inhibiting or suppressing stenosis associated with an arteriovenous access. A dosage of photosensitive compound is introduced into the artery or vein. An anastomotic area of the artery...
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6783499 |
Anchoring mechanism for implantable telemetric medical sensor
An implantable medical device comprises a housing having a proximal end and a distal end and a longitudinal axis. A first set of anchoring members are operatively connected to the proximal end of...
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6780190 |
Method and apparatus for resecting a greater tubercle from a humerus of a patient during performance of a shoulder replacement procedure
A surgical assembly for resecting a greater tubercle from a humerus of a patient during performance of a shoulder replacement procedure. The surgical assembly includes a cutting tool for resecting...
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6780840 |
Method for making a 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...
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6782288 |
Method and apparatus for positioning a device in a body
There is disclosed a method of positioning an interventional device in a body using a guide pivoting about a pivot point, performed by locating the spatial coordinates of a target and the pivot...
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6777623 |
System and method of tracking surgical sponges
The apparatus and method is provided that employs a “radiopaque” object to count and account for surgical sponges in an operating room. A radiopaque object is embedded in surgical sponges so...
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6776754 |
Method for closing off lower portion of heart ventricle
A cardiac insert or implant is deployed in a patient's heart so as to reduce ventricular volume, thereby improving cardiac function. The insert or implant may be a compressive device such as a...
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6776991 |
Methods for treating priapism
A method for treating priapism in a mammal by administration of a botulinum toxin.
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6773441 |
Methods and devices for tissue reconfiguration
Methods and devices are provided for reconfiguring a tissue within a hollow body organ using an entirely endoscopic approach in order to effectively reduce flow of fluid contents into a second...
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6772766 |
Cryogenic method and apparatus for promoting angiogenesis
A method of promoting blood vessel growth includes the steps of providing a cryocatheter having a thermally transmission region; placing the cryocatheter proximate an area of tissue to be treated;...
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6772765 |
Surgical instrument constructed by electric discharge machining
A microsurgical instrument is constructed to an extremely small scale with serrations formed on opposed operative microsurgical surfaces of the instrument by electric discharge machining.
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6773452 |
Manometry apparatus for measuring esophageal sphincter compliance
An apparatus and method for measuring the compliance of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), the apparatus including a catheter having a plurality of extendable members for both measuring the...
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6773431 |
Method for epidermal tissue ablation
A system and method for surface tissue ablation on the patient's outer skin, such as the epidermis or the underlying dermis. An electrosurgical probe 130 ) comprises a shaft 132 ) having an array...
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6769433 |
Expandable vein ligator catheter having multiple electrode leads, and method
A catheter includes a plurality of primary leads to deliver energy for ligating a hollow anatomical structure. Each of the primary leads includes an electrode located at the working end of the...
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6770069 |
Laser applicator
An applicator is configured with an optical window formed from a first and a second lens section. The applicator is configured for modulating the temperature of a working surface while...
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6769434 |
Method and apparatus for performing a procedure on a cardiac valve
A method for deploying an aortic valve prosthesis includes the steps of: making a first opening leading to the left atrium; passing the valve prosthesis through the opening and into a cardiac...
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6770047 |
Method of using a neck brace
A method of using a neck brace to move a neck of a person or stabilize the neck includes connecting a vest of the neck brace to a torso of a person. A support member of the neck brace is connected...
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6767345 |
Partial aortic occlusion devices and methods for renal and coronary perfusion augmentation
A method for increasing renal and/or coronary blood flow. A catheter is inserted into the descending aorta. An expandable member on a distal region of the catheter is positioned in the aorta...
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6767354 |
Method and apparatus for harvesting and implanting bone plugs
A system for transplanting a bone plug from a donor site to a recipient site extracts the bone plug from the donor site, and then places a bone plug delivery device having a tip which is at least...
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6763837 |
Arrangement for mounting a counter-pressure plate for a shaft-like surgical suturing device
In arrangement for supporting a counter pressure plate of a shaft-like surgical clamp suturing instrument for establishing a circular seam, a shaft-like clamp suturing instrument having at its...
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6766202 |
Systems and methods for intradermal collagen stimulation
The present invention provides systems, apparatus and methods for selective applying energy to a patient's dermis tissue to generate the growth of new collagen in this tissue, while minimizing the...
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6761715 |
Method and device for neurocryo analgesia and anesthesia
A catheter system and method for selectively cooling or freezing target neuronal tissue to induce lesions along the neuroaxis and produce cryoanalgesia by impairing nerve conduction of the targeted...
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6758219 |
Sapala-woodSM micropouch
The present invention is an improved gastric bypass, a surgical method to treat clinically significant obesity, in which the likelihood of post-surgical complications is reduced.
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6758845 |
Automatic firing apparatus and methods for laser skin treatment over large areas
Laser skin treatment apparatus includes a handpiece for delivering laser-radiation pulses from a laser to an area of skin being treated. The area being treated is larger than an area treatable in a...
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6755779 |
Apparatus and method for delivery of cardiac constraint jacket
A cardiac constraint jacket is formed of flexible material defining a volume between an open upper end and a lower end. The jacket is dimensioned for an apex of a patient's heart to be inserted...
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6755818 |
Method and system for laser treatment of refractive errors using offset imaging
An ophthalmological surgery system and method for performing ablative photodecomposition of the corneal surface by offset image scanning. The image of a variable aperture, such as a variable width...
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6755824 |
Platelet inhibitor eluting ablation catheter
An ablation catheter stores a platelet inhibitor substance within a plurality of pockets or recesses of its shaft. The substance is adapted to elute upon contact with biological fluid. In the...
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6755199 |
Magnetic sensing probe assembly and method
A sensing probe assembly and method for locating a magnetic field emitted by an implanted medical device. The assembly has a housing containing a magnetic field sensor circuit having an indicator...
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6748834 |
Super finishing of polymeric implant components
A method for preparing a contact surface of an implantable bone, joint or similar prosthetic component subject to contact or motion includes the steps of mounting the prosthetic component on a...
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6748950 |
Compositions and medical procedure to treat snoring
A method of treating snoring, includes injecting least one of a monomer composition, a polymer solution and a microparticle solution into a patient's soft palate, optionally with a least one of an...
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6748953 |
Method for thermal treatment of type II endoleaks in arterial aneurysms
A method and apparatus that facilitates the prevention of type II endoleaks in stent-graft treated arterial aneurysmal sacs comprising a catheter having an elongate tubular body with a balloon or...
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6749602 |
Method and apparatus for the double output treatment of pigmented lesions and tattoos
A method and apparatus for treating lesions and tattoos sites. The method includes the steps of irradiating said lesion by a first single pulse Q-Switched laser beam directed onto the site; and...
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6751506 |
Electrical stimulation to reduce free radical levels
The endogenous enhancement of antioxidants in a human being has the ability to reduce free radicals. Free radicals are linked to cell damage associated with aging and a wide variety of diseases....
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6745775 |
Methods and apparatus for presbyopia treatment using a scanning laser system
Presbyopia is treated by a method which uses various lasers to remove a portion of the scleral tissue and increase the accommodation of the presbyopic patient's eye. Stable accommodation is...
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