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7155279 |
Treatment of movement disorders with drug therapy
Introducing one or more stimulating drugs to the vagus nerve and/or one or more branches of the vagus nerve to treat movement disorders uses at least one implantable system control unit (SCU) with...
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7153314 |
Tissue reconfiguration
An apparatus includes an elongated member configured for transoral placement into a stomach, and a distal end effector including first and second members configured to engage stomach tissue, e.g.,...
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7146983 |
Iris recognition and tracking for optical treatment
A system and method are provided in which an iris or eye image is taken during a refractive diagnostic analysis. The image is employed for aligning data from the analysis with data from other...
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7147651 |
Stiff tipped suture
A multi-stranded suture having a stiff portion adjacent to at least one end of the suture to facilitate advancement of the suture through a cannulated surgical suturing instrument. The suture...
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7144425 |
Method for inserting improved bone tendon bone assembly with allograft bone block
The invention is directed toward a bone block, a bone-tendon-bone assembly and method of tendon reconstruction in which at least one tendon replacement is extended between two bone blocks and fixed...
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7143769 |
Controlling pulse energy of an optical amplifier by controlling pump diode current
The present invention includes the method of using optically-pumped optical amplifiers to remove material from a body by optical-ablation through time-compressing the amplified pulse and...
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7144394 |
Selective delivery of cryogenic energy to intervertebral disc tissue and related methods of intradiscal hypothermia therapy
The present invention relates to devices and methods for altering the tissue in and around an intervertebral disc through localized hypothermia therapy to restore function of the disc and reduce...
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7144976 |
Coumarin endcapped absorbable polymers
The present invention includes photocurable, liquid polymers incorporating coumarin ester endgroups into their molecular structure, which polymers are crosslinked upon irradiation with ultraviolet...
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7140371 |
Surface topography method for determining effects of a botulinum toxin upon a muscle and for comparing botulinum toxins
Skin topographical methods for quantifying pharmacodynamic parameters of a paralytic effect of a Clostridial toxin, such as a botulinum toxin upon a muscle, such as a frontalis muscle. The...
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7137395 |
Circumferential pulmonary vein ablation using a laser and fiberoptic balloon catheter
A balloon catheter device that provides radial delivery of visible or near-infrared radiation. The radial delivery of visible or near-infrared radiation to the pulmonary vein is particularly...
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7134437 |
Method for utilizing human tissue
Percutaneous tissue removal apparatus comprises a flexible drill shaft, a cutting tip mounted on the shaft for placement adjacent a tissue mass for cutting the tissue, means for transmitting motion...
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7134438 |
Methods and apparatus for bypassing arterial obstructions and/or performing other transvascular procedures
Methods, devices, and systems for a) revascularization and/or b) performing other medical procedures at vascular or non-vascular intracorporeal locations within a mammalian body. The methods...
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7136697 |
Methods for determining illness, progression to death, and/or timing of death of biological entity
A method for determining illness of a biological entity, progression to non-acute death of the biological entity, and/or timing of non-acute death of the biological entity. A comparison of measured...
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7131447 |
Methods and systems for performing thoracoscopic coronary bypass and other procedures
A method for closed-chest cardiac surgical intervention relies on viewing the cardiac region through a thoracoscope or other viewing scope and endovascularly partitioning the patient's arterial...
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7131446 |
Light-triggered tattoo process
A light-triggered tattoo process. A strong absorber of light energy and tattoo material are sandwiched under pressure between a skin region and a transparent window. Short pulses of light, at...
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7132410 |
Di(uridine 5′-)tetraphosphate and salts thereof
The present invention are directed to P 1 , P 4 -di(uridine 5′-)tetraphosphate, tetra-alkali metal salts such as tetrasodium, tetralithium, tetrapotassium, and mixed tetra-alkali metal cations...
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7131969 |
Systems and methods for electrosurgical treatment of obstructive sleep disorders
The present invention provides systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within the head and neck of a patient's body, particularly including tissue in the...
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7131727 |
Simultaneous vision emulation for fitting of corrective multifocal contact lenses
An emulator including a beam splitter for splitting incoming light energy into a first component directed along a first optical path, and a second component directed along a second optical path...
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7131990 |
Phototherapy system and device
A phototherapy system and device is disclosed, including an array of light sources arranged so as to achieve substantially uniform distribution of light on a subject. The light sources can be...
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7131978 |
Surgical suturing instrument and method of use
A device is disclosed for introducing a flexible elongated element through at least two portions of a subject. In an embodiment, the device includes a proximal end and a distal end, as well as an...
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7131445 |
Electrosurgical method and apparatus
An electrosurgical method and apparatus comprises a probe, at least one temperature sensor, and a controller for generating and controlling electromagnetic energy supplied to the probe. The...
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7128740 |
Method for interrupting conduction paths within the heart
A method for making transmural lesions in one or more walls of the atria of the heart in open-heart surgery. The lesion blocks electrical impulses in a direction crosswise to the lesion. The method...
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7128749 |
Sutureless closure and deployment system for connecting blood vessels
An anastomosis device is a one piece device for connecting a graft vessel to a target vessel without the use of conventional sutures. The anastomosis device includes an expandable tube configured...
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7124761 |
Deployment devices and methods for vertebral disc augmentation
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...
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7124762 |
Dovetail meniscal allograft technique and system
A meniscal allograft with a bone block having a trapezoidal shape in cross-section and a technique for using a meniscus allograft having a trapezoidal shaped bone block are disclosed. A groove is...
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7122029 |
Thermal quenching of tissue
The present invention provides a system for achieving erythema and/or mild edema in an upper layer of skin, without causing blisters, and without the risk of high fluence levels or critical need...
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7121283 |
Satiation devices and methods
A device for inducing weight loss in a patient includes a tubular prosthesis self-expandable from a collapsed position in which the prosthesis has a first diameter to an expanded position in which...
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7122032 |
Operation system and mounting device for external device for use in the operation system
An operation system and a connecting adapter are provided. The operation system includes an operation microscope, an external device connectable to the operation microscope, and a connecting...
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7122047 |
Controlled heat transfer with mammalian bodies
Methods, computer programming and devices for transferring heat to and/or from a body portion of a mammal are provided. One approach includes directly determining a state of vasoconstriction or...
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7118562 |
Laser system and method for treatment of biologic targets
A long pulse alexandrite laser for treating dermatological specimens is disclosed. The use of alexandrite allows operation in the near-infrared, specifically in a 50 nm range surrounding 755....
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7117870 |
Lacrimal insert having reservoir with controlled release of medication and method of manufacturing the same
A lacrimal insert includes a body defining a reservoir, and a head provided at an end of the body and closing the reservoir. The body is made from a material impermeable to the medication while the...
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7115127 |
Methods and apparatus for hemostasis following arterial catheterization
A method for accelerating hemostasis of an artery having a puncture after arterial catheterization, the catheterization using a catheter introducer, the method including the steps of inserting into...
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7115122 |
Composite structures and methods for ablating tissue to form complex lesion patterns in the treatment of cardiac conditions and the like
A method of ablating tissue in the heart to treat atrial fibrillation introduces into a selected atrium an energy emitting element. The method exposes the element to a region of the atrial wall and...
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7115139 |
Fluid-assisted medical devices, fluid delivery systems and controllers for such devices, and methods
Medical devices, methods and systems for treating tissue are provided. An exemplary system comprises a fluid from a fluid source, a surgical device which provides energy and the fluid to the tissue...
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7115136 |
Anastomotic device
The present invention is directed to gastrointestinal or enteric (including biliary) anastomosis and the like. The anastomotic device of the invention is a three dimensional woven tube of wire. The...
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7112195 |
Esophageal lesion treatment method
Apparatus for the treatment of Barrett's esophagus, including: an inflatable balloon for insertion into the esophagus, an endoscope for passing inside the balloon on a distal end thereof, a laser...
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7112207 |
Minimally invasive mitral valve repair method and apparatus
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for the stabilization and fastening of two pieces of tissue. A single device may be used to both stabilize and fasten the two pieces of...
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7111627 |
Satiation devices and methods
A device for inducing weight loss in a patient includes a tubular prosthesis self-expandable from a collapsed position in which the prosthesis has a first diameter to an expanded position in which...
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RE39301 |
Method for resecting the knee using a resection guide and provisional prosthetic component
A method and apparatus for knee replacement surgery wherein a femoral provisional component is provided which corresponds to a permanent component to be implanted in a human and which includes...
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7108705 |
Cannula for receiving surgical instruments
A cannula ( 10 ) receives surgical instruments ( 120 ) for performing a surgical procedure on a body ( 130 ). The cannula ( 10 ) comprises a tube structure ( 12 ) defining a passage ( 16 ) through...
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7107996 |
Apparatus and method for treating atherosclerotic vascular disease through light sterilization
A method and apparatus for treating gum disease includes a light producing dental appliance that is accessible exteriorly of the body for placement within the mouth of the patient to expose the...
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7107997 |
Method and apparatus for increasing angiogenic, growth factor in heart muscle
The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for use in revascularization of damaged areas of myocardium through application of one or more radiation type treatment modalities.
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7105629 |
Coumarin endcapped absorbable polymers
The present invention includes photocurable, liquid polymers incorporating coumarin ester endgroups into their molecular structure, which polymers are crosslinked upon irradiation with ultraviolet...
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7105001 |
Surgical method and composition utilizing submucosal tissue to prevent incisional hernias
A small intestine submucosa mesh is adapted for use in surgical abdominal closure routines. The submucosa mesh is incorporated into the normal surgical protocol for abdominal closure procedures....
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7104986 |
Intervertebral disc replacement method
The present invention provides systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within a patient's body, particularly including tissue in the spine. The present...
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7104985 |
Apparatus and method for causing selective necrosis of abnormal cells
A method and apparatus adapted to utilize means for controlling a plurality of energy pulses to repetitively increase and decrease the temperature of a target tissue with a prescribed timing for...
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7105031 |
Balloon-tipped, multi-lumen catheter for endoluminal repair of endoluminal leaks in aortic or aorto-iliac endoluminal grafts
An endoluminal graft repair device includes a multi-lumen catheter with a balloon coupled to a distal end portion of the catheter. A portion of the outer surface of the balloon is designed and...
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7100615 |
Low level laser therapy system
A low level laser therapy (LLLT) system. The laser therapy apparatus comprises a laser head and a detachable battery section. When the laser head is mounted to the battery section the apparatus...
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7100617 |
Bypass grafting method
Minimally invasive techniques utilized in bypass grafting are disclosed. For instance, a method of implanting an end portion of a graft in the body of a patient during a bypass grafting procedure...
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7100616 |
Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction method
A method of minimally invasively reducing a volume of a hyper-inflated target section of diseased lung comprising the steps of introducing a bronchoscope into a patient's airway to a position...
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