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7621867 Insertion device  
An insertion device comprises a long-sized insertion portion to be inserted into a subject, a propulsion force generating portion provided on the outer peripheral face of the insertion portion, a...
7615005 Medical apparatus for use with an endoscope  
A guide system for use with an endoscope, and a method of use is disclosed. The guide system can include a track, in the form of a rail, and a mating member for engaging the rail. The guide system...
7615002 Endoscope  
In an endoscope having a proximal end area, a distal end area introducible into the body of a human being, a shaft extending in a longitudinal direction, and an optical device extending through the...
7611458 Rotating operating anoscope  
An anoscope includes a first hollow body open at opposite ends and a second hollow body open at opposite ends shapingly coupled with the first hollow body and arranged to coaxially rotate inside...
7603905 Magnetic navigation and imaging system  
A system for imaging and magnetically navigating a medical device within an operating region in a subject's body includes a first C-arm and a second C-arm. The system includes an imaging beam...
7597661 Medical instrument having a catheter and method for using a catheter  
A medical instrument includes a catheter having a distal end insertable within a body lumen and having longitudinally spaced apart and circumferentially-protruding first and second pods. The first...
7591781 Endoscope system with insertion direction changing guides  
An endoscope system includes an endoscope and an insertion unit guide member. The endoscope has an elongated insertion unit whose bending section adjoins a distal section thereof. The insertion...
7560667 Heating element for liquid warming device  
This disclosure provides examples of innovations for a heating pad to be used with heating removable basins or drapes containing sterile fluid. When used with a sterile basin, it is desirable for...
7559887 Tool insertion device for use in minimally invasive surgery  
An insertion tool is provided for use in minimally invasive procedures for inserting surgical instruments, and in particular, camera assemblies, into patient cavities. Also provided is an anchor to...
7553287 Guidewire having an embedded matrix polymer  
A guidewire having an embedded matrix polymer construction and methods of making and using the same. The guidewire may include a core wire or member having a proximal region and distal region, a...
7553278 Protective cap for arthroscopic instruments  
A protective cap for use on arthroscopic instruments and sheaths disposed over arthroscopic instruments. The cap protects the distal end of the instrument from accidental damage caused by other...
7551196 Endoscope apparatus  
A drive signal from an SSG drives a CCD through a delay circuit and the like. An imaging signal from the CCD is converted to a video signal in a CDS circuit, which is driven by a sample hold signal...
7537562 Endoscope apparatus  
An endoscope apparatus, comprising: an endoscope with a balloon attached to a tip end part of an insertion section, and an insertion assisting tool into which the insertion section of the...
7531810 Integrated half-beam profile measurement and polar profile for circular radiation field symmetry assessment  
A method for routine monitoring and quality assurance of field asymmetry of high energy circular radiation beam producing equipment. The quality assurance process of field symmetry for devices such...
7511733 Capsule-type medical apparatus  
A battery self-containing body, which self-contains a battery or a battery accommodating body, which accommodates a battery removably is attached to a capsule body including a drive circuit for...
7510524 Optical waveguide sheath  
The illumination system is a cannula comprising a transparent or semitransparent material capable of carrying light from the proximal end of the cannula to the distal end of the cannula, thereby...
7505802 Capsule endoscope  
A capsule endoscope is disclosed that includes a capsule and a transparent cover having a central axis and that is located in front of an objective optical system within the capsule. The objective...
7503893 Anti-extravasation sheath and method  
The methods shown provide for the minimization of extravasation during arthroscopic surgery. Use of an anti-extravasation sheath having at least one drainage aperture allows a surgeon to drain...
7500947 Atraumatic arthroscopic instrument sheath  
An arthroscopic inflow and outflow sheath providing an improved inflow and outflow system reducing the diameter of a continuous flow system while providing fluid management during arthroscopy. The...
7492116 Robot for surgical applications  
The present invention provides a robot for use inside an open abdominal cavity during minimally-invasive surgery. The robot may include various sensors, imaging devices or manipulators.
7491165 Surgical system  
A surgical system according to the present invention comprises: a surgical instrument for medical treatment of an affected portion in the body cavity; an observation device for observing tissue in...
7485092 Vessel harvesting apparatus and method  
Apparatus and method for harvesting selected vessels in the body of a patient include manual manipulation of a rigid dissecting endoscope and the reconfiguration thereof to facilitate tissue...
7481764 Self-advancing device  
A device ( 1 ) which includes an elongate body ( 2 ) with a movable mass ( 3 ) arranged for sliding movement within the body ( 2 ), the element ( 4 ) being arranged to decelerate toward an end of...
7473219 Flexible fiber optic bronchoscope one-way valve  
A flexible fiber optic bronchoscope with one-way valve is provided in which a unidirectional flow control valve is inserted between the bronchoscopic manifold port and the sealing cap. A...
7448993 Gastrointestinal tract examining apparatus  
A gastrointestinal tract examining apparatus includes a capsular endoscope which examines the gastrointestinal tract, a flexible tube member, a flexible string member which is inserted in the tube...
7445595 Endoscopic bone debridement  
The invention described includes an osteoendoscopic cylinder for tamponading bleeding along a longitudinal canal surface of an osteocentral canal of a femoral neck so as to allow endoscopic...
7442166 Disposable two-step endoscope  
A disposable two-step endoscope for examining human organs includes an image capturing and transmission device and a cable that may be disconnected. The image capturing and transmission device...
7431693 Method for adjustably supporting an endoscope  
An apparatus ( 100 ) supports an endoscope ( 99 ) for viewing a surgical site in a patient during surgery on the patient. The apparatus ( 100 ) includes a base ( 110 ), a first part ( 200 ), a...
7387606 Colonoscope apparatus and method  
This invention relates to an improved colonoscope and method of removing or adding non-distal fluid from the colon during colonoscopy using a colonoscope, the colonoscope having at least a distal...
7384794 Micro-devices and analytical procedures for investigation of biological systems  
Fibres with an extraction phase coated thereon in combination with a positioning device are described to perform adsorption of components of interest from an animal or animal tissue for the...
7384401 Apparatus and method of use for identifying and monitoring women at risk of developing ovarian surface epithelium derived carcinomas  
An apparatus and method of use thereof for identifying and monitoring women at risk of developing OSE-derived carcinomas is provided. The apparatus includes an introducer needle configured to be...
7371210 Flexible instrument  
A remote control flexible instrument system, employing a shaft which supports a tool, is described in which the has proximal and distal ends with at least a portion thereof extending through a...
7366561 Robotic trajectory guide  
A surgical alignment device is shown that is controlled remotely through the use of an actuator, where the actuator in turn controls at least one local adjustment device. The alignment device is...
7365768 Endoscope apparatus and function adjusting circuit for endoscope  
An endoscope includes an insert section, a CCD is mounted at the end of the insert section, and a CCU for producing a video signal is arranged in a control unit connected to a proximal end of the...
7358987 Endoscope system  
An endoscope system is provided with an endoscope processor that processes an image signal output by an electronic endoscope, an endoscope controlling system connected to the endoscope processor to...
7354397 Capsule-type medical apparatus and a communication method for the capsule-type medical apparatus  
When a capsule is manufactured, a unique number such as a serial number is stored in non-volatile memory in the capsule. If the capsule is used with an external apparatus, the unique number is sent...
7351202 Medical device with track and method of use  
A medical device for performing medical procedures inside a lumen (such as the GI tract) of a patient is provided. The device includes an elongate flexible member which can be advanced along a...
7341554 Endoscopic treatment system  
An endoscopic treatment system is designed to suture or resect a lesion while ensuring the ease of insertion into a deep region in the large intestine. The endoscopic treatment system comprises an...
7322990 Needle guide for stereotactic biopsy  
In a biopsy system having a biopsy needle guide secured to a needle guide support bracket, a biopsy needle guide is provided that includes a body having a periphery that defines an edge of the...
7322934 Endoscope  
An endoscope comprises an inserting unit main body, and a head unit that is freely detachably attached to the distal end of the inserting unit main body and that includes an image pickup device...
7322933 Optical trocar  
The present invention relates to an optical obturator which includes a sleeve having a longitudinal bore between a proximal end and a distal end. The longitudinal bore of the sleeve is configured...
7320688 Methods and instruments for endoscopic interbody surgical techniques  
This invention relates to methods and instruments for performing a surgical procedure in a disc space between adjacent vertebrae. A cannula is inserted to create a working channel through the skin...
7309342 Heatless blood vessel harvesting device  
A method and device are disclosed directed at harvesting of vessels, such as arteries and veins, especially as required in vessel grafting procedures. The device and method discloses a cannula-like...
7295226 Method for activating an image collecting process  
The present invention is a method for activating an image collecting process (step 34), comprising the steps of releasing the power source of a component essential to the image collecting process...
7277833 Modeling of the workspace and active pending behavior of an endscope using filter functions  
A method is provided for simulating a flexible tube in an environment. The method comprises determining a model of the flexible tube according to a plurality of internal constraints of the flexible...
7273468 Steerable fiberoptic epidural balloon catheter and scope  
Devices for and methods of treating afflictions occurring in a body cavity, such as the epidural space. The methods and devices provide for fluoroscopic assisted placement of a fiber optic...
7226410 Locally-propelled, intraluminal device with cable loop track and method of use  
A medical device for performing medical procedures inside a lumen (such as the GI tract) of a patient is provided comprising a capsule, a cable, and a propulsion means. The cable can have one end...
7217241 Device for orthodontic interventions  
A direct view rigid video-endoscope ( 11 ) supported by an articulated and compensated arm ( 2 ), equipped with a grip ( 3 ) crossed by an air flow ( 92 ) originating from a generator ( 93 )...
7198598 Devices and methods for percutaneous surgery  
Methods and devices for performing surgery in a patient are provided. A cannula provides a working channel for access to a location in the patient. A clamp assembly is removably engaged to the...
7182089 Magnetically navigable device with associated magnetic element  
A magnetically navigable device has a magnet element with a greater extent in one direction than at right angles thereto. The magnet element is arranged asymmetrically with respect to a central...
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