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7211073 |
Methods and devices for retrieval of a medical agent from a physiological efferent fluid collection site
Methods and devices for selectively removing an agent from a physiological efferent fluid collection site are provided. A feature of the invention is that a non-occlusive aspiration device is...
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7211051 |
Reminder system for personal medical sampling or treatment procedures
A method for reminding an individual to collect a urine specimen includes the steps of providing a pad or clip having a reminder area of a size such that the individual touches and discovers the...
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7210485 |
Method for spinal surgery
Spinal surgery is carried out under direct visualization through a relatively small opening formed in a patient's skin. Intervening tissue between the opening and the surgical site is displaced so...
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7211077 |
Methods for removing epithelial cells prior to performing corneal ablation
Methods for removing certain of the cells of the epithelium prior to performing corneal ablation, comprising, ablating certain of the cells of the epithelium in an area above the cornea to form an...
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7211040 |
Vein harvesting system and method
A system and a method for harvesting a section of a blood vessel from a patient's body for further use. The system includes an expandable hood that creates a workspace for the dissection and...
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7208007 |
System and method utilizing guided fluorescence for high intensity applications
A fluorescence concentrator system that provides for high brightness light source. The system can include a host doped with fluorescent material, which is optically pumped by an adjacent...
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7209776 |
Method of determining the position of the articular point of a joint
A non-invasive method for determining the articular point of a joint is disclosed. The method uses a surgical navigation system having a stereoscopic cameras which tracks the positions of infrared...
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7207336 |
Device for helping a baby latch onto a breast for use in breastfeeding
A compression device for use in helping a woman breastfeed an infant. The device has opposed fingers which are movable towards and apart from each other. Just prior to nursing, compression device...
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7208003 |
Reattachable introducer for a medical device deployment system
A reattachable introducer and method of using such introducer is disclosed for inserting an embolic coil deployment system into the tortuous vasculature of the human brain for placing an embolic...
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7207984 |
Methods for projection of energy
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The...
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7207989 |
Method for ablating with needle electrode
A method for ablating tissue in or around the heart to create an enhanced lesion is provided. The distal end of a catheter including a needle electrode at its distal end is introduced into the...
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7201764 |
Apparatus and method for stimulating hair growth
A hand-held laser device that stimulates hair growth. The device provides distributed laser light to the scalp while simultaneously parting the individual's hair to ensure that the laser light...
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7201765 |
Method and apparatus for acne treatment
Disclosed is a system and method for treatment of skin disorders. More particularly, the disclosed invention is directed toward the treatment of acne and acne scarring by treating sebaceous oil...
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7203550 |
Implantable medical device with a current generated for infection control
In a cardiac stimulating device, an infection control current is generated and applied to a subject in whom a medical device is implanted by completing a circuit including an entirely electrically...
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7201757 |
Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) treatment method and apparatus
The method of the invention includes accessing a juncture of an esophagus and a stomach of the patient on a distal side of a diaphragm. The esophagus and a fundus of the stomach intersect at a...
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7201766 |
Methods and apparatus for light therapy
In a first aspect, a therapy device is provided. The therapy device includes (1) a hyperbaric chamber adapted to expose at least a target tissue area of a patient to a hyperbaric environment; and...
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7198047 |
Anchored anulus method
Systems for minimally invasive disc augmentation include an anulus augmentation component and a nucleus augmentation component. Both are suited for minimally invasive deployment. The nucleus...
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7198633 |
Light/electric probe system and method
A stimulation probe system includes a light integrating chamber with a reflecting inner surface. A plurality of LEDs is mounted to introduce emitted light into the light integrating chamber. Each...
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7198634 |
Phototherapeutic treatment of skin conditions
A method for treating an inflammation in skin of a patient includes irradiating the skin with infrared (IR) radiation in a first wavelength band and with violet/blue light in a second wavelength band.
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7195630 |
Converting cutting and coagulating electrosurgical device and method
A bipolar electrosurgical instrument and method for use is provided. The instrument includes a handle at a proximal end, active and return electrodes at a distal end that are electrically insulated...
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RE39533 |
Process for intra-uterine fertilization in mammals and device for implementation thereof
The A fertilization process comprises includes the following steps: a) a container ( 15 ) which can be introduced into, and lodged in, the uterine cavity of the mammal is provided; b) the...
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7194295 |
Medical navigation and/or pre-operative treatment planning with the assistance of generic patient data
The invention relates to a method for computer-assisted medical navigation and/or pre-operative treatment planning, wherein the current position of a patient or a part of a patient's body and the...
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7189224 |
System and method for improved material processing using a laser beam
A method and system for improved material processing using a laser beam. The method and system includes directing a laser beam above, at or below the surface of the material in one or more...
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7188626 |
Instruments and methods for stabilization of bony structures
The present invention relates to methods and instruments for placing a brace or connecting element into an animal subject for engagement with anchors secured in the animal subject. The installation...
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7186233 |
Dry eye treatment
A dry-eye treatment method includes collecting fluid from the inside of the eye and transporting the collected fluid into the eyelid fornix, where it accumulates. At each blink, accumulated fluid...
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7187973 |
Congestive heart failure pacing optimization method and device
Conduction volumetry is used to determine the hemo-dynamic performance of the heart under various pacing protocols to optimize cardiac output as a function of the pacing protocol.
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7185657 |
Method and device for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease
Disclosed is a delivery device for controllably delivering a prosthetic bulking device below a tissue surface such as below the mucosa to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease. The delivery device...
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7182744 |
Method and apparatus for aneurismal treatment
An irritant or polymer is dispensed to the inner surface area of an aneurysm to exert a contractile force on the inner surface area of the aneurysm, thereby shrinking the aneurysm. As a result, the...
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7179282 |
Device and method for modifying the shape of a body organ
An intravascular support device includes a support or reshaper wire, a proximal anchor and a distal anchor. The support wire engages a vessel wall to change the shape of tissue adjacent the vessel...
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7179253 |
Method of tattoo removal
A method for removing tattoos is disclosed. Generally, the method includes administering an IRM compound to the tattooed region. In some cases, the method also includes treating a tattooed area...
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7178530 |
Method of ameliorating vision-inhibiting effects of cataracts and the like
A technique and apparatus for ameliorating, at least temporarily, vision-inhibiting effects of cataracts and the like within the lens of an eye, wherein MHz high-frequency ultrasound of relatively...
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7175589 |
Methods and devices for luminal and sphincter augmentation
Devices and methods for augmenting or otherwise enhancing closure of body lumens comprise magnetic or magnetizable components or particles which are implanted in the wall of the lumen. The magnet...
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7174896 |
Method and apparatus for supporting a heart
A method and apparatus for treating heart failure includes applying a bioabsorbable material around at least a portion of a patient's heart. The bioabsorbable material can be applied in conjunction...
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7177701 |
System for permanent electrode placement utilizing microelectrode recording methods
A lead stimulation/recording system is provided, which is a combination of a permanent DBS stimulating lead and a recording microelectrode. The DBS lead has a lumen extending from the proximal to...
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7172625 |
Suturing rings for implantable heart valve prostheses
Suturing rings and methods of use thereof facilitating initial implantation of new and replacement of dysfunctional tissue or mechanical heart valve mechanisms supported by the suturing ring are...
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7169180 |
System and method for breast augmentation
A system for breast augmentation includes a plurality of microballoons. An injector can be provided for injecting microballoons into a breast through an incision in the breast. The microballoons...
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7167752 |
Electronic electrical and electro-magnetic health enhancement and stimulation device
An electronic acupressure aide and stimulating device implemented using a hand-held or palm-held electronic computing device or another computing device which may be a designated unit. The...
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7166120 |
Catheter with occluding cuff
A device, method, and system of deploying an embolic protection device at a location distal to a treatment site in a vessel of a patient. A delivery catheter is encircled by a sealing member which...
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7165552 |
Methods and apparatus for treatment of patent foramen ovale
Methods and apparatus for treatment of patent foramen ovale (PFO) generally involve use of a catheter having at least one closure device at its distal end. In some embodiments, the catheter also...
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7166121 |
Systems and methods using expandable bodies to push apart cortical bone surfaces
Systems and methods insert an expandable body in a collapsed configuration into a space defined between cortical bone surfaces. The space can, e.g., comprise a fracture or an intervertebral space....
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7165551 |
Apparatus to detect and treat aberrant myoelectric activity
An apparatus to treat a sphincter has a support member. A sphincter electropotential mapping device includes a mapping electrode. The sphincter electropotential mapping device is coupled to the...
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7166103 |
High efficiency electrosurgical ablator with electrode subjected to oscillatory or other repetitive motion
A high efficiency electrosurgical ablator which is subjected to a combined oscillatory and mechanical debridement motion during resection of tissue is disclosed. The electrosurgical ablator is...
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7162850 |
Method of packaging a bone allograft intended for a spinal fusion procedure
A system and method of packaging a bone allograft for use in a future medical procedure in which the bone allograft is stored in a saturated saline solution in an airtight container. The saline...
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7159593 |
Methods for reduction of pressure effects of cardiac tricuspid valve regurgitation
A method of protecting an upper body and a lower body of a patient from high venous pressures comprising implanting a first stented valve at the superior vena cava and a second stented valve at the...
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7160328 |
Method for securing a glenoid component to a scapula
A medical procedure includes providing a prosthesis which includes (i) a body portion having a rear surface and a bearing surface, and (ii) an anchor peg including a shaft extending from the rear...
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7160299 |
Method of fusing biomaterials with radiofrequency energy
A method of fusing biomaterial and tissue using radiofrequency energy includes the steps of: providing a vessel sealing instrument having opposing jaw members which are movable relative to one...
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7160289 |
Vascular occlusion systems and methods
A blood vessel occlusion system and method includes a handheld probe including a power source, the probe being adapted to transmit energy from the power source through a body surface and into a...
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7160316 |
Methods and apparatus for adjusting body core temperature
A method and apparatus for adjusting body core temperature are provided. The apparatus comprises an appendage chamber that is adapted to be disassembled from a heat exchange element. In one aspect,...
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7159592 |
Methods and apparatus for transmyocardial direct coronary revascularization
Methods and apparatus for direct coronary revascularization wherein a transmyocardial passageway is formed between a chamber of the heart and a coronary blood vessel to permit blood to flow...
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7160320 |
Reed valve for implantation into mammalian blood vessels and heart with optional temporary or permanent support
A multi-leaflet valve adapted to serve as a prosthesis for diseased native valve of a mammal is constructed of biologic membrane or of biocompatible synthetic membrane. The valve has the shape of a...
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