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7101384 |
Light processing of selected body components
Method and system for illuminating a selected body component with light to encourage selected beneficial reactions of the body component as a result of such exposure and to provide phototherapy....
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7101386 |
Patient temperature regulation method and apparatus
A device and method for providing body cooling. The cooling device applies cooling to blood flowing in a vena cavae that is then distributed throughout the body. The cooling can be assisted by use...
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7101385 |
Method for administering phototherapy as a cellulite firming treatment
A method for firming and removing cellulite comprising: exfoliating an area of a body for treatment of the cellulite; applying an anti-cellulite/firming agent to the area of a body for treatment of...
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7100614 |
Method of Forming a Lesion in Heart Tissue
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for accessing the interior of the heart and performing procedures therein while the heart is beating. In one embodiment, a tubular access device having an...
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7097639 |
Dual filter multiple pulse photo-dermatological device with pre/post optical heating, quasi-logarithmic spacing, and laser rod spectrum infusion
Method and apparatus to treat unwanted dermatological conditions on a specific area of the body. The area of treatment is exposed to a specific pattern of multi-wavelength light which may have an...
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7097622 |
Non-invasive, quantitative somatosensory apparatus for the evaluation of erectile dysfunction
A non-invasive quantitative somatosensory apparatus is provided for evaluating erectile dysfunctions and involves the applications to the glans penis of two different temperatures. If the patient...
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7097643 |
Electrical block positioning devices and methods of use therefor
The present invention provides positioning mechanisms for devices that cause conduction blocks or ablation in desired areas of tissue. The positioning mechanisms allow for variable geometry of the...
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7097613 |
Cardiac harness
A cardiac harness for treating or preventing congestive heart failure is configured to be placed about at least a portion of a patient's heart so as to apply a mild compressive force on the heart....
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7097617 |
Method for diagnosis of pain relief probability through medical treatment
The present invention pertains to a method of diagnosing patients having chronic pain as medically unexplained symptoms, or somatization, in order to assess a probability of relief of such pain...
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7097655 |
Electric heat therapy technique and instrument
An electric heat therapy instrument has an electric ampere controller 1 connected by two outside electric wires 2 to a 110-v electric outlet. The handle tube 3 is joined in its inferior...
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7094258 |
Methods of reinforcing an annulus fibrosis
Methods of reinforcing annulus fibrosis tissue within an intervertebral disc include the implantation of a support member also functioning as a barrier to resist damage to the tissue or herniation...
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7096063 |
Method and apparatus for delivering multi-directional defibrillation waveforms
A method and device for delivering a pulse waveform to a target site of a patient that includes an energy storage device storing electrical energy, and a plurality of electrodes electrically...
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7096070 |
Medical implant device for electrostimulation using discrete micro-electrodes
An improved medical implant device is provided which has a plurality of micro-electrodes. The use of a plurality of micro-electrodes allows a clinically effective electrical stimulation pathway to...
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7094286 |
Inorganic bone adhesion agent and its use in human hard tissue repair
The present invention discloses an inorganic bone adhesive and its use in human hard tissue repairs. The inorganic bone adhesive comprises basic compound, phosphate, calcium phosphate bone cement...
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7094244 |
Sequential heart valve leaflet repair device and method of use
A heart valve and tissue repair device for independently, selectively and sequentially grasping heart valve leaflets and independently, selectively and sequentially applying one or more fasteners...
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7093601 |
Therapeutic prostatic thermotherapy
The present invention provides a method of treating a prostate in a patient in need thereof and a heating catheter, or an electromagnetic radiation applicator, system suitable for effecting the...
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7092755 |
System and method of cardiac pacing during sleep apnea
An exemplary method for treating sleep apnea is described that includes determining parameters for a cardiac pacing pulse based, at least in part, on information characteristic of sleep apnea,...
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7090691 |
Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of hair loss
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is used to stimulate and/or restore hair growth in areas of hair loss. Methods and compositions relating to PDT treatment for alopecia are disclosed. In light of PDT use...
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7090672 |
Method for treating obstructive sleep disorder includes removing tissue from the base of tongue
A method for treating obstructive sleep disorders includes accessing the interior of the tongue through an incision made in the skin in the vicinity of the jaw of a patient; advancing an instrument...
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7090695 |
Method for treatment of mitral insufficiency
A method for treatment of mitral annulus dilatation comprises reducing the circumference of the mitral valve annulus. The method further comprises inserting an elongate body into the coronary sinus...
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7090669 |
Apparatus and procedure for ultraviolet laser ablation
Apparatus for performing ultraviolet laser ablation of a surface, eg. an eye surface, including a laser delivery system ( 7 ) having a laser source ( 1 ) for generating a laser beam ( 2 ) and...
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7090659 |
Apparatus and methods for entering cavities of the body
Systems and methods for providing cardiac support provide a cannula body having an inlet and an outlet. The cannula includes a preformed bend sized and configured to extend within the heart chamber...
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7090670 |
Multi-spot laser surgical apparatus and method
An array of light beams is swept along a main scan direction and dithered in a sub-scan direction to generate a treatment pattern of spots. The array is elongated along the sub-scan direction and...
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7087087 |
Implants formed of coupled bone
The present invention relates to an implant comprising two or more bone fragments that are combined to form a single unit. Cancellous bone or cortical bone is removed from a source and fashioned...
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7087084 |
Method for replacing a natural facet joint with a prosthesis having an artificial facet joint structure
A prosthesis replaces all or a portion of a natural facet joint on a vertebral body. The prosthesis has a prosthesis body that accommodates fixation to the vertebral body at or near a pedicle and...
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7083617 |
Methods and apparatus for the treatment of gastric ulcers
A surgical tool attaches to the distal end of an endoscope and provides a rotatable treating element. According to one embodiment of the invention, the treating element is a pair of jaws provided...
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7083630 |
Devices and methods for fastening tissue layers
Endoscopic devices and methods used for fastening multiple tissue layers, such as, for example, an endoscopic fundoplication procedure, are disclosed. The device may include, for example, an...
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7083611 |
Method and apparatus for providing facial rejuvenation treatments
An apparatus provides automatically controlled facial rejuvenation treatments and is comprised of a scanner for scanning a patient's face, a treatment robot, including a plurality of dermatological...
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7081114 |
Electrophysiology/ablation catheter having lariat configuration of variable radius
A remotely deflectable electrophysiology/ablation catheter of the type intended for placing into an interior passage of the heart is disclosed. The distal end of this elongated tubular catheter has...
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7081125 |
Universal introducer
A device for introducing a catheter into a vessel through a puncture in a vessel and for sealing the puncture. The device includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end sized to...
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7081366 |
Uniform bead dosing from a stable dispersion
A primary antibody bead suspension for an enzyme-linked immunoassay (“ELISA”) procedure is formed of a quantity of primary antibody coated magnetic beads ( 3 ) uniformly dispersed and held in...
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7077842 |
Over-the-wire high frequency electrode
A device for ablation of target tissue in the living body such as a tumor comprises an elongate member that can be guided over a guide element into the target tissue. The elongated element has an...
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7077863 |
Transverse fixation technique for ACL reconstruction using bone-tendon-bone graft with loop at end
A surgical method for transosseous fixation of a bone-tendon-bone (BTB) graft into a joint is disclosed. A longitudinal tunnel formed in a bone is intersected by a transverse pin. A flexible strand...
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7079883 |
Nerve surveillance cannulae systems
An expandable tip cannula system, comprising: a hollow cannula shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; and an expandable tip mounted at the distal end of the hollow cannula shaft, the...
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7077839 |
Methods for tissue welding using laser-activated protein solders
Various tissue glues have drawback such as toxicity, causing inflammatory reactions or insufficient bonding strength. The present invention is directed to methods of form tissue adhesion by...
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7077815 |
Method for treating body tissue disease with acoustic waves
A method for treating inflammatory musculoskeletal connective tissue disorders by exposing the sufferer to acoustic waves from a transducer immersed in liquid. The person is preferably placed...
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7077143 |
Method and apparatus to treat conditions of the naso-pharyngeal area
A patient's upper airway condition such as snoring and sleep apnea is treated by selecting a particulate material selected for limited migration within tissue and for encouraging a fibrotic...
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7073511 |
Apparatus for imparting physician-determined shapes to implantable tubular devices
A tubular sleeve is provided for enabling a physician to impart a preselected shape in an implantable tubular device, such as a cardiac lead, a catheter or some other tubular structure. The sleeve...
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7073510 |
Photochemical tissue bonding
Photochemical tissue bonding methods include the application of a photosensitizer to a tissue and/or tissue graft, followed by irradiation with electromagnetic energy to produce a tissue seal. The...
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7073512 |
Adhesion prevention and an endoscopic insufflation system therefor
A method of treating or preventing adhesion formation during or following a surgical procedure comprising administering to a patient in need thereof at least one medicament selected from the group...
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7074217 |
Radio-frequency generator for powering an ablation device
An apparatus and method for use in performing ablation of organs and other tissues includes a radio frequency generator which provides a radio frequency signal to ablation electrodes. The power...
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7069634 |
Method for manufacturing a catheter
An intraparenchymal infusion catheter system for delivering drugs or other agents to selected sites in an organism, such as a human, includes a pump that may be implanted or disposed outside the...
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7070619 |
Ophthalmological surgery colorant and delivery system
Improved ophthalmological surgical methods, systems and devices, employing a colorant.
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7066932 |
Biologically enhanced irrigants
Compositions, systems and methods utilizing engineered surgical irrigants providing delivery of components with therapeutic or other secondary benefits. Engineered irrigants provide targeted...
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7066930 |
Arrangement for the treatment of barrett's esophagus
A method for the treatment of Barrett's Esophagus of a patient having endothelial esophageal complications. The treatment comprises connecting a wavelength specific light source to an elongated...
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7066941 |
Apparatus for skin treatment
Aging or damaged skin is treated by irradiating affected skin areas with an effective amount of visible light emanating from an optical apparatus and having a wavelength of about 400 nm to about...
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7063696 |
Epicardial myocardial revascularization and denervation methods and apparatus
Electrophysiological methods and apparatus are disclosed. An exemplary myocardial treatment method includes the steps of positioning an electrode on the epicardial surface of a ventricle and...
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7063694 |
Method and system for photoselective vaporization for gynecological treatments
A method for photoselective vaporization of uterine tissue includes delivering laser radiation to the treatment area on the tissue, via an optical fiber for example, wherein the laser radiation has...
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7063089 |
Airway stiffening implant
A method and apparatus for treating snoring of a patient includes providing an implant for altering a dynamic response of a soft palate of the patient to airflow past the soft palate. The implant...
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7060021 |
Method and device for improving cardiac function
In a method for improving cardiac function, a compressive device is inserted into an intrapericardial space about a lower end portion of a heart. Thereafter the compressive device is operated to...
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