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5693067 Intravascular device  
A multi-element occlusion device (10, 20, 30, 40) provides an improvement over existing systems by increasing the occupation of a vascular lumen. The device (10, 20, 30) comprises an anchoring...
5690671 Embolic elements and methods and apparatus for their delivery  
An embolic element comprises a filament composed of a shape memory material having an unexpanded coil configuration and an expanded random matrix configuration. The embolic element may be delivered...
RE35653 In vivo delivery of neurotransmitters by implanted, encapsulated cells  
Methods and devices are disclosed for the delivery of a neurotransmitter from an implanted, neurotransmitter-secreting cell culture to a target region in a subject. The cell culture is maintained...
5681260 Guiding apparatus for guiding an insertable body within an inspected object  
A guiding apparatus for guiding an insertable body within an inspected object is provided with an insertable body to be inserted into an inspected object, a guided part provided in at least a part...
5678572 Cavity expanding device for laparoscopic surgery  
An auxiliary cavity expanding device for an operation which may prop up a body portion for laparoscopic surgery in order to make space for the performance of the operation includes a plurality of...
5676162 Reciprocating pump and linear motor arrangement  
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...
5664582 Method for detecting, distinguishing and counting objects  
A method and apparatus for detecting, distinguishing and counting marked objects and particularly marked surgical objects having a marker made of a selected nonmagnetostrictive, soft magnetic...
5658303 Universal automated keratectomy apparatus and method  
A surgical device for altering the curvature of an eye includes a base which carries a transparent insert, a drive device, a knife edge coupled to the drive device and movable to a plane...
5653751 Systems and methods for projecting an image onto a retina  
Apparatus and methods are described that project images onto the retina of an eye. The apparatus can include an image memory element for storing an image signal representative of a visual image, a...
5645065 Catheter depth, position and orientation location system  
A system for externally locating a sensor in tissue, comprising an external probe including at least first and second electromagnetic output coils with non-parallel longitudinal axes; and output...
5643246 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...
5638832 Programmable subcutaneous visible implant  
A subcutaneous implant for displaying various re-programmable information or decorative patterns beneath the surface of the skin of a person or an animal. A biologically inert subcutaneous implant...
5636644 Method and apparatus for endoconduit targeting  
A method for performing a surgical operation on a body conduit includes the step of inserting into the conduit an apparatus having at its distal end an element the location of which is detectable...
5634432 Apparatus for producing electrical energy within the body of a ruminant  
The need to positively identify ownership of cattle is well recognized and understood and has given rise to the practice of hot iron branding. This method, however, has proven less than...
5622169 Apparatus and method for locating a medical tube in the body of a patient  
There is disclosed an apparatus and method for locating a medical tube within the body of a patient. The medical tube is located by a detection apparatus which senses the static magnetic field...
5617857 Imaging system having interactive medical instruments and methods  
The invention provides an improved imaging system and method. The imaging system is of the type having a medical instrument including a source for emitting detectable energy and an instrument body...
5603720 Surgical method for use with transluminal dilation catheter  
A surgical device for facilitating an intraluminal treatment of a stenosis in an anatomic vessel. The device comprises a spirally-configured constraint defining a spiral gap between convolutions...
5601835 Polymeric device for controlled drug delivery to the CNS  
Disclosed is a polymeric drug delivery system for delivery of any substance to the central nervous system. The delivery system is preferably implanted in the central nervous system for delivery of...
5601094 Ophthalmic shunt  
The invention is directed to an ophthalmic shunt implantable in a human eye. The shunt includes a central portion, an anterior tab extending from one end of the central portion and a posterior tab...
5599300 Method for electrosurgically obtaining access to the biliary tree with an adjustably positionable needle-knife  
A method of electrosurgically obtaining access to the biliary tree of a patient and visualizing a duct thereof using a catheter having at least a first lumen and a second lumen defined...
5595563 Method and apparatus for maintaining the position of body parts  
A method for maintaining the normal position of body parts includes attaching a positioning device to opposite sides of body parts abnormally approaching each other too closely. The positioning...
5593959 Mutations in the gene encoding the alpha chain of platelet glycoprotein Ib  
The subject invention provides purified polypeptides encoded by naturally-occurring wild-type platelet glycoprotein Ib alpha having a mutation which renders the polypeptide more reactive with von...
5592939 Method and system for navigating a catheter probe  
A system for navigating a catheter probe through a body cavity includes a sensing coil affixed to a distal end of the probe. Magnetic fields are projected into the body cavity to induce voltage...
5578003 Safety device for a blood-, wound secretion-or infusion supplying conduit, and blood-wound secretion- or infusion supply system provided therewith  
A safety device for blood-, wound secretion- and infusion supplying conduit which leads to a vessel inlet, the safety device comprises a magnet mountable on a conduit, a Reed-relay fixed...
5573528 Implanting devices for the focal release of neuroinhibitory compounds  
Methods are disclosed for the alleviation of movement disorders via the implantation of static devices which focally release neuroinhibitory compounds to preselected brain areas. Pathological...
5571179 Dimensionally adjustable soft tissue expander and method  
A soft tissue expander includes a dimensionally adjustable base. The shape of the base is optimally adjusted prior to inserting the expander into an incision formed below a layer of skin to be...
5562698 Intravascular treatment system  
A percutaneous release mechanism (57) for use with an intravascular treatment device (11) in an intravascular treatment system (10). The release mechanism includes an inner member (17) having a...
5560356 Diagnostic system and method using an implanted reflective device  
A device and method for testing an animal for the existence of a biomedical disorder or condition, such as the presence or concentration of particular compositions or hyperglycemia/hypoglycemia, is...
5558091 Magnetic determination of position and orientation  
A magnetic position and orientation determining system uses magnetic fields, desirably including uniform fields from Helmholtz coils positioned on opposite sides of a sensing volume and gradient...
5545191 Method for optimally positioning and securing the external unit of a transcutaneous transducer of the skin of a living body  
A transcutaneous coupling device having an implanted unit and an external unit uses VELCRO for attaching the external unit to the skin in a proper location for optimal electromagnetic coupling...
5542437 Eyelid weighting system  
An eyelid weighting system for the treatment of lagophthalmos. The weighting system includes a weight body having a concave first surface with a radius of curvature substantially conforming to the...
5524632 Method for implanting electromyographic sensing electrodes  
A physiologic rate responsive pacer which alters the pacer's escape interval in response to the patient's respiratory minute ventilation derived from the electromyogram of selected respiratory...
5517997 Transillumination of body members for protection during body invasive procedures  
An apparatus and method for protecting a body member from damage during a body intrusive procedure in a region adjacent the body member to be protected includes a source of infrared energy...
5508036 Devices for preventing tissue adhesion  
A device for preventing adhesions or binding of tissue to tissue or of tissue to bone which comprises a composite of a first layer and a second layer, each of which comprises a biodegradable...
5507303 Percutaneous connector  
A connector set for percutaneous connection of an implanted device, such as an intracochlear implant, to an external system is disclosed. The connector set preferably has a base portion (30) which...
5492538 Method for transferring the exit site of a catheter from the mouth to the nose and instrumentation useful therefor  
A technique and instrumentation for transferring the exit site of a catheter, such as a nasal biliary catheter, from the mouth to the nose are described herein. The disclosed instrumentation...
5482008 Electronic animal identification system  
A bolus for administration to a ruminant animal and for retention in the rumen or reticulum of the animal, the bolus having an electronic identification device housed therein with an identification...
5479946 Muscle energy converter  
A muscle energy converter comprised of a piston having an attachment head for connection to a muscle. The muscle energy converter also comprises a cylinder having a chamber in which the piston is...
5474547 Implanting devices for the focal release of neuroinhibitory compounds  
Methods are disclosed for the alleviation of movement disorders via the implantation of static devices which focally release neuroinhibitory compounds to preselected brain areas. Pathological...
5469867 Cast-in place thermoplastic channel occluder  
A method of blocking channels in a mammal which channels normally carry a material from one point to another is carried out by injecting a heated flowable polymer into the channel and allowing the...
5460621 Composite tissue displacement sponge  
A tissue/organ retraction or displacement sponge comprising a rigid dry absorbent shaped sponge body constructed of laminated layers of sponge material with differing pore size density causing...
5456718 Apparatus for detecting surgical objects within the human body  
An apparatus and method detects surgical objects within the human body where the apparatus includes the surgical object utilized in surgical procedures including a marker made of a selected...
5453270 Pharmaceutical composition and method for hypermetabolic weight loss  
There is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition and method for metabolic consumption of calories and weight loss. The pharmaceutical composition is a culture of brown adipose cells, preferably...
5451235 Occluder and method for repair of cardiac and vascular defects  
An occlusion device for percutaneous transluminal correction of intracardiac and vascular septal defects is disclosed. The device comprises a pair of opposed occluders that are connected to one...
5447156 Magnetic resonance (MR) active invasive devices for the generation of selective MR angiograms  
A magnetic resonance (MR) active invasive device system employs a radio-frequency (RF) coil embedded in an invasive device for the purpose of generating MR angiograms of a selected blood vessels. A...
5445150 Invasive system employing a radiofrequency tracking system  
An invasive imaging system employs a self-contained RF transmitter attached to an invasive device which allows tracking of the invasive device within a subject without physical connections to a...
5445144 Apparatus and method for acoustically guiding, positioning, and monitoring a tube within a body  
An apparatus and method is disclosed for acoustically guiding a distal end of a tube within a body. The apparatus and method generates an incident sound pulse in the tube which propagates into the...
5443066 Invasive system employing a radiofrequency tracking system  
An invasive imaging system employs a self-contained RF transmitter attached to an invasive device which allows tracking of the invasive device within a subject without physical connections to a...
5437277 Inductively coupled RF tracking system for use in invasive imaging of a living body  
RF tracking system employs a RF invasive device coupled to surgical tracking equipment for tracking the invasive device. An inductive coupling permits the device to be quickly coupled to, and...
5429132 Probe system  
A probe system for use in carrying out inspections in an enclosed, non-conducting environment, such as an endoscope for use in carrying out internal inspections of a human or animal patient,...
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