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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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7169104 |
Magnetic anchor remote guidance system
A magnetic anchor remote guidance system includes an engagement member which engages with a body portion in a patient's body; a magnetic anchor made of a magnetic material, connected to the...
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7156049 |
Release mechanism to interact with biota, in particular fauna that may outgrow available habitat
A device for interacting with biota either on a pre-specified schedule or via actuation by remote signal. Preferably, the biota are fauna and more particularly fish. In selected embodiments, it...
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7152608 |
Surgical communication and power system
An apparatus for determining the position of a wireless catheter probe being used during a surgical procedure. Magnetic fields are projected into an anatomical body to induce voltage signals in a...
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7150742 |
Graft grasping device
A graft grasping device includes a graft grasping member including a soft tubular grasping portion having a substantially C-shaped cross section and a suction tube which communicates with a lumen...
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7149563 |
Basket catheter with multiple location sensors
An improved basket catheter is provided that is particularly useful for mapping the heart. The catheter comprises an elongated catheter body having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen...
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7144400 |
Gastric band introduction device
A surgical tool for safely introducing a gastric band into a patient's abdomen is provided. The instrument includes an inner rod slidably and coaxially disposed within a support tube. The inner rod...
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7126303 |
Robot for surgical applications
The present invention provides a micro-robot for use inside the body during minimally-invasive surgery. The micro-robot includes an imaging devices, a manipulator, and in some embodiments a sensor.
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7114502 |
Battery-powered patient implantable device
A device configured for implanting beneath a patient's skin for the purpose of tissue, e.g., nerve or muscle, stimulation and/or parameter monitoring and/or data communication. Devices in...
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7107992 |
System and method for preventing closure of passageways
A system for treating sleep-related breathing disorders. In one embodiment, the system includes a first magnetically susceptible material attached to a left lateral pharyngeal wall and a second...
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7089045 |
Catheter and method for mapping Purkinje fibers
An improved catheter is provided that is particularly useful for mapping the Purkinje fibers for potential diagnosis of ventricular fibrillation. The catheter comprises an elongated catheter body...
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7081094 |
Imaging transducer assembly
The present invention is generally directed towards an imaging transducer assembly. Generally, the imaging transducer assembly is combined with a sensor of a medical positioning system. In one...
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7073513 |
Superconducting magnetic control system for manipulation of particulate matter and magnetic probes in medical and industrial applications
A system and method of controlling movement of magnetic material with at least first and second high temperature superconductors at spaced locations. A plurality of solenoids are associated with...
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7052473 |
Body insert configuring device having tip portion with expandable joints
A device for configuring a body insert, such as an electrode lead for a stimulation device, has a wire arrangement adapted to be inserted into the interior of the body insert for stiffening and...
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7042184 |
Microrobot for surgical applications
The present invention provides a micro-robot for use inside the body during minimally-invasive surgery. The micro-robot may include various sensors, imaging devices or manipulators.
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7032600 |
Method and system for measuring a position, position measuring device, and an in vivo radio device
A system for measuring the position of an in vivo radio device is disclosed. The system comprises the in vivo radio device administered into a living organism, a plurality of ex vivo radio devices...
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7029432 |
Treatment of afflictions, ailments and diseases
A method and apparatus for alleviating or curing human afflictions, ailments and diseases holistically by application of magnetism. A north pole surface of a magnet is applied to a portion of the...
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7026927 |
Receiver used in marker localization sensing system and having dithering in excitation pulses
A receiver for determining the location of a marker that is excited with an exciting waveform. A sensing array having coils is used to sense magnetic flux from the resonating marker. The coils...
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7026941 |
System and method for measuring a plurality of physical variables from a remote location
The present invention 10 provides a system and method of monitoring and tracking a plurality of physical variables from a remote location. The invention 10 utilizes a plurality of radio...
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7017584 |
Magnetic medical devices with changeable magnetic moments and method of navigating magnetic medical devices with changeable magnetic moments
A method of navigating a medical device having a changeable magnetic moment within an operating region within a patient, the method includes applying a navigating magnetic field to the operating...
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7017583 |
Food intake restriction with controlled wireless energy supply
A food intake restriction apparatus and method includes and uses an operable restriction device implanted in a patient and engaging the stomach or esophagus to form an upper pouch and a restricted...
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7019610 |
Magnetic navigation system
A system for magnetically navigating a medical device in an operating region within the body of a patient. The system includes a magnet having a front field projecting from the front of the magnet...
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7010338 |
Device for locating magnetic implant by source field
An apparatus and method for locating a magnetic implant in a surgical application using the field of a source magnet for the implant guiding field. The source magnet is an electromagnet having a...
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7008373 |
System and method for robot targeting under fluoroscopy based on image servoing
A system and method for image guided instrument targeting including a robot unit coupled with an instrument, an imaging unit, and a first control unit, which is coupled with the robot unit and...
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7007699 |
Surgical sensor
An integrated surgical anchor/localization sensor is disclosed. The anchor is adapted to be secured to an anatomical structure and contains a sensor housing. A receiver is located within the sensor...
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6994712 |
Bioabsorbable marker having external anchoring means
A clip and a bioabsorbable marker are employed to mark a biopsy site. The former provides a permanent marker that is clamped onto tissue and that cannot migrate from the site over time. The latter...
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6994094 |
Method and device for transseptal facilitation based on injury patterns
A method for performing a procedure at the fossa ovalis in the septal wall of the heart includes the steps of providing a sheath having a body wherein the body has a lumen extending therethrough...
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6978176 |
Treatment for patient with congestive heart failure
Two minimally invasive therapeutic procedures, particularly for patients with congestive heart failure, may be performed separately or together. One procedure involves providing a valved passageway...
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6973339 |
Lasso for pulmonary vein mapping and ablation
A method is provided for electrical mapping of a pulmonary vein of a heart, including introducing into the heart a catheter having a curved section and a base section, the base section having a...
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6968846 |
Method and apparatus for refinably accurate localization of devices and instruments in scattering environments
A method of localizing a device, medical or otherwise, within a three dimensional environment, the method comprising: (a) transmitting time varying magnetic fields from at least three transmitters,...
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6970741 |
Monitoring, preventing, and treating rejection of transplanted organs
An implantable system control unit (SCU) includes means for measuring tissue impedance or other condition to determine allograft health, in order to predict or detect allograft rejection. The SCU...
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6966322 |
Enhanced chronic lead removal
An implantable medical device, perhaps a pacemaker lead, has a medical unit and a casing at least partially enclosing the medical unit. The casing is formed of a base polymer having surface...
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6961608 |
Interventional MR imaging with detection and display of device position
A magnetic resonance imaging system for interventional MR imaging involves operations to insert a device such as a catheter into an object. According to the system, a tip position of the catheter...
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6943787 |
System and method for displaying implantable medical device data
A system and method for displaying implantable medical device data that includes translating means for translating data written in a first predetermined format that is not compatible with...
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6911026 |
Magnetically guided atherectomy
Atherectomy devices are guided by and manipulated by externally applied magnetic fields to treat total or partial occlusions of a patient's vasculature.
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6895973 |
Prevention of decubital ulcers using implanted magnet
A permanent magnet housed in a porous metal container is implanted in the pelvis of a subject and a second permanent magnet is attached to a supporting structure, such as the seat of a wheelchair....
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6898456 |
Method for determining a current lung filling extent and method for assisting radiation therapy during respiratory shifting of the radiation target
The invention concerns a method for determining the filling of a lung, wherein the movement of an anatomical structure which moves with breathing, or one or more points on the moving anatomical...
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6856840 |
Ionically conductive polymeric composition
An ionically conductive polymeric composition is disclosed. The composition is especially useful for coating an implantable hot can defibrillator electrode. The polymeric composition, for example,...
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6817364 |
Magnetically navigated pacing leads, and methods for delivering medical devices
A method of placing a pacing lead in the heart includes introducing a distal end of a delivery catheter into the patient's vasculature; magnetically navigating the distal end of the delivery...
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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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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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6776165 |
Magnetic navigation system for diagnosis, biopsy and drug delivery vehicles
This invention discloses such a convenient navigation system and navigatable capsules which are useful for remote-controlled imaging, biopsy and programmable drug release within the body of an...
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6757557 |
Position location system
Methods and apparatus are provided for locating the position, preferably in three dimensions, of a sensor by generating magnetic fields which are detected at the sensor. The magnetic fields are...
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6755791 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic method
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes one transmitting coil arranged in the longitudinal direction of an endoscope inserting portion in an ultrasonic endoscope, and another transmitting coil...
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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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6752155 |
Tactile feedback for indicating validity of communication link with an implantable medical device
Implantable medical device telemetry is provided between an implantable medical device and an external communication device. The implantable medical device includes a device transmitter and/or a...
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6748954 |
Drug release from polymer matrices through mechanical stimulation
A method for drug delivery and polymer matrix suited to the method are disclosed. The polymer matrix has reversibly bound thereto a drug or combination of drugs, and is capable of releasing the...
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6747539 |
Patient-shielding and coil system
A patient-shielding and coil system, including a coil wire electrically coupled to a source of electrical current, an electrically conductive surface, insulation material situated between the coil...
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6748258 |
Method and devices for heart treatment
Various methods and devices for treating a patient who has lost, or is at risk of losing cardiac function by cardiac ischemia are disclosed. Treatment includes first imaging a patient's heart, or a...
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6739342 |
Device for therapeutic purposes on human tissue, for influencing injected magnetic particles with an alternating electro-magnetic gradient field
A new device for therapeutic influence, change, decomposition of various biological structures in vivo or in vitro by means of an externally applied alternating magnetic gradient field is described.
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