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6082366 |
Method and arrangement for determining the position of a marker in an organic cavity
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6077227 |
Method for manufacture and implant of an implantable blood vessel cuff
A method for construction ond delivery of a novel implantable medical device provides for use of a kit having sizeable fixture components for holding a blood vessel and a sensor portion connectable...
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6076007 |
Surgical devices and their location
A surgical device, e.g. a catheter or a prosthesis, is disclosed which is characterised in that it carries, at a predetermined location, a tag formed of a high permeability, low coercivity magnetic...
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6073043 |
Measuring position and orientation using magnetic fields
A method and apparatus for determining the position and orientation of a remote object relative to a reference coordinate frame includes a plurality of field-generating elements for generating...
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6071309 |
Segmental breast expander for use in breast reconstruction
A segmental breast expander apparatus includes an inflatable member defining a lumen and having a least a portion of a wall with a variable elastic limit. The inflatable member is configured for...
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6067991 |
Mechanical food intake restriction device
A food intake restriction device for surgical application in the abdomen of a patient for forming a stoma opening in the stomach or esophagus of the patient comprises an elongated non-inflatable...
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6059733 |
Method of determining a physiological state of a ruminant animal using an ingestible bolus
A method of determining a physiological state of a ruminant animal monitors the core body temperature of the ruminant animal. A bolus including a temperature sensor and a transmitter is placed...
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6051017 |
Implantable microstimulator and systems employing the same
Improved implantable microstimulators covered with a biocompatible polymeric coating in order to provide increased strength to the capsule thereof and to capture fragments of the microstimulator...
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6050267 |
Catheter positioning system
A system for detecting the position of a catheter in a patient includes three sets of excitation electrodes, with one set disposed in each of three intersecting axes. A signal processor measures a...
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6032677 |
Method and apparatus for stimulating the healing of medical implants
A technique to enhance the stability of dental and orthopedic implants (including artificial joints and fractures) by inducing implant micromotion via a permanent magnet coupled to the implant...
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6026818 |
Tag and detection device
A method and device for the detection of unwanted objects in surgical sites, including a medically inert detection tag which is affixed to objects such as medical sponges or other items used in...
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6012415 |
Bolus with animal ID and temperature transponder
A method and apparatus for remotely reading programmed and programmable memories implanted in livestock and particularly, ruminants, for maintaining animal identification, temperature, medial...
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6014580 |
Device and method for specifying magnetic field for surgical applications
A device and method for specifying the orientation of a magnetic field produced in a patient to aid surgical procedures involving an implanted magnet. The device includes a processor, a pointing...
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5979456 |
Apparatus and method for reversibly reshaping a body part
An apparatus and method for reversibly modifying the shape of a selected portion of the body such as the pharynx, to produce a desired result, for example, to overcome obstructive sleep apnea by...
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5970986 |
Apparatus for rejection diagnostics after organ transplants
An apparatus for rejection diagnostics after organ transplantations is provided with an extracorporal base station with a high frequency transmitter and receiver unit, and a telemetric...
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5963132 |
Encapsulated implantable transponder
An EID or RFID transponder having an encapsulant with an open end to allow insertion of the transponder circuitry and a phase changing material such as an epoxy used to both secure the circuitry of...
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5960797 |
Implantable intraosseous device for rapid vascular access
A device and method for rapid access to the bone marrow for the infusion of drugs and other fluids into the bone marrow; sampling the bone marrow; and monitoring the physical properties of the...
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5954058 |
Power supply for implantable device
The invention provides an implantable apparatus which includes a power supply capable of converting non-electrical energy such as mechanical, chemical, thermal, or nuclear energy into electrical...
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5944023 |
Systems and methods for determining the location of an implanted device including a magnet
A passive system for accurately determining the location of a device positioned or implanted within a patient's body is disclosed. The system includes a detectable mechanism mounted at the tip of...
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5941251 |
Systems for locating and guiding operative elements within interior body regions
Systems and methods for locating an operative element within an interior body space use a locating probe, which includes at least one transmitting element to transmit an electric waveform output...
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5904147 |
Intravascular catheter and method of controlling hemorrhage during minimally invasive surgery
A catheter, for example a balloon or treatment catheter, is positioned to prevent hemorrhage during surgery by inserting the catheter in a deflated configuration along a passage such as a blood...
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5901662 |
Transponder holding case as implant in animal breeding and keeping
In order to fulfill the requirements in terms of biological compatibility and mechanical stability, a transponder-holding case is provided as implant in animal breeding and keeping, which case...
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5902238 |
Medical tube and apparatus for locating the same in the body of a patient
A medical tube, apparatus and method for locating the medical tube within the body of a patient. The medical tube has a permanent magnet associated therewith and is capable of being located by a...
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5873368 |
Transcutaneous device and method for electrical connections through the skin
A transcutaneous device includes a base for attachment to a bone. The device includes a temporary stopper and a transcutaneous pillar containing electrical connections complementary to the...
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5868141 |
Endoscopic stomach insert for treating obesity and method for use
An endoscopic stomach insert for treating obesity in humans by reducing the desire for eating, comprising a base-sized for passing through a human mouth and esophagus; a plurality of flexible...
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5868142 |
Implantable device
The invention refers to a solution of the problem to induce alcoholics or other drug abusers to refrain from alcohol or other drug during a longer period of time. Thus it consists of an implantable...
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5861018 |
Ultrasound transdermal communication system and method
A system for communicating through the skin of a patient, the system including an internal communication device implanted inside the body of a patient and an external communication device. The...
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5851840 |
Biotinsilane compounds and a binding matrix containing these compounds
The invention concerns a binding matrix containing a carrier material with an oxidic surface and a solid phase reactant covalently bound thereto via anchor groups which is capable of binding to at...
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5830207 |
Electromagnetically triggered, responsive gel based drug delivery device
A system for remotely inducing a phase transition in a gel is provided. The system includes a gel capable of volume change in response to an environmental stimulus, a seed material in contact with...
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5823198 |
Method and apparatus for intravasculer embolization
Disclosed is a method and apparatus to treat an aneurysm. The method involves the introduction of an embolic material into the aneurysm. The embolic material is adapted to permit tissue ingrowth...
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5823199 |
In vivo mechanical energy source
An in vivo source of mechanical energy is provided in close proximity to its load. In the disclosed embodiments, the mechanical energy source is a miniaturized motor ("micromotor") and the load is...
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5819749 |
Microvalve
Micromachined thin film cantilever actuators having means for individually controlling the deflection of the cantilevers, valve members, and rudders for steering same through blood vessels, or...
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5810874 |
Temporary filter catheter
The invention relates to a filter catheter. This catheter comprises a tube-like basic body with a proximal and a distal end, a filter element arranged at the distal end formed by a number of strips...
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5810735 |
External patient reference sensors
A system for long term monitoring of an internal patient medical parameter having an external reference and means to correct the internal measurements of the parameter via external measurements...
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5775322 |
Tracheal tube and methods related thereto
There is disclosed a tracheal tube for insertion into the trachea of a patient. The tracheal tube includes a tube portion having a distal end, and a signal source associated with the tube portion...
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5762064 |
Medical magnetic positioning system and method for determining the position of a magnetic probe
A medical magnetic positioning system and method for determining the position of a magnetic probe inside a body of an individual in which at least two spaced magnetometers are fastened to an area...
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5758667 |
Device for locating a port on a medical implant
A device for locating a port, facing the exterior of a patient, on a medical implant has at least one magnet and a detector arranged to sense magnetic fields. The magnet is associated with the...
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5758666 |
Reciprocating pump with imperforate piston
In one embodiment described in the specification, a surgically implantable reciprocating pump employs a check valve as the piston, which is driven by a permanent magnet linear electric motor to...
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5752513 |
Method and apparatus for determining position of object
Apparatus for determining the position of a probe in a sensing volume includes a plurality of magnetic field generating sources for generating different magnetic fields in the sensing volume, where...
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5749887 |
Twisted strand localization wire
A device for marking tissue locations is disclosed in which a localization wire comprises multiple strands twisted together. At predetermined spaced intervals along the length of the localization...
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5730129 |
Imaging of interventional devices in a non-stationary subject
A tracking system monitors the position of a device within a subject and superimposes a graphic symbol on a diagnostic image of the subject. Registration of the tracked location with the diagnostic...
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5730722 |
Method and apparatus for supplying a medical treatment composition to a patient
In a therapeutic medical method, a pump and a container are surgically inserted into a patient's abdominal cavity so that the pump is operatively connected to an outlet of the container. The outlet...
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5727552 |
Catheter and electrical lead location system
A system for precisely locating the distal end of a catheter or an electrical stimulation and/or sensing lead, particularly a pacing lead or a defibrillation lead, within a patient's body. In a...
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5728134 |
Method and apparatus for hemostasis
A method for hemostasis of an artery having a puncture after arterial catheterization, the catheterization using an introducer sheath, the method including the steps of inserting a catheter with a...
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5727553 |
Catheter with integral electromagnetic location identification device
Catheters incorporating an electromagnetic field detection device for use in conjunction with a catheter locating apparatus to determine the position of a catheter without the use of X-rays is...
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5728281 |
Implantable medical device including an arrangement for measuring a blood property having a carbon reference electrode
An implantable medical device for in vivo electrochemical measurements of blood properties, such as measurements of, inter alia, oxygen pressure, glucose and pH, avoids the problem with the...
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5722429 |
Connecting arrangement for medical device
In one embodiment described in the specification, a surgically implantable reciprocating pump employs a check valve as the piston, which is driven by a permanent magnet linear electric motor to...
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5718248 |
Muscle energy converter pump and method of pumping fluid of a patient
A muscle energy converter pump. The muscle energy converter is comprised of a piston having an attachment head for connection to a muscle. The muscle energy converter also comprises a cylinder...
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5715822 |
Magnetic resonance devices suitable for both tracking and imaging
A novel RF coil attached to an invasive device, such as a catheter, is used to detect magnetic resonance (MR) signals for monitoring the position of the device within a subject and for the...
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5715837 |
Transcutaneous electromagnetic energy transfer
A method and apparatus for enhancing transcutaneous energy transfer to provide power to a medical device that is disposed within the body of a patient. A magnetic field is created by an external...
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