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7610100 Methods and systems for treating osteoarthritis  
Methods of treating osteoarthritis include applying at least one stimulus to a stimulation site within a patient with an implanted system control unit in accordance with one or more stimulation...
7567843 System method and apparatus for localized heating of tissue  
System method and apparatus for accurately carrying out the in situ heating of a targeted tissue. Small implants are employed with the targeted tissue which exhibit an abrupt change of magnetic...
7566296 Reducing effect of magnetic and electromagnetic fields on an implant's magnet and/or electronics  
An implantable magnet that can freely turn in response to an external magnetic field, thus avoiding torque and demagnetization on the implantable magnet. The implantable magnet can be combined with...
7557685 Mineral supplement cow magnet  
A cow magnet is provided having minerals that have been found useful for good health. A cow magnet of Ferrous Oxide (FeO) and stable Strontium (Sr) is discovered to be healthy. Stable Strontium...
7351194 Arrangement for influencing magnetic particles  
An arrangement for influencing magnetic particles in a region of action with the help of an arrangement for generating magnetic fields, by which there is generated a spatially inhomogeneous...
7344587 Magnetic ink tissue markings  
The invention provides tissue markings (such as tattoos) comprising magnetic particles, e.g., magnetite, and methods for making and altering, e.g., removing them.
7300452 Method for local heating by means of magnetic particles  
The invention relates to a method as well as to a system for the local heating of a target region of an object by varying the magnetization of magnetic or magnetizable substances. A magnetic field...
7289011 Animal pill magnet having single polarity  
An improved animal pill or cow magnet that is inserted into the stomach of a bovine animal to attract and hold tramp metal ingested by the animal so as to prevent the adverse condition commonly...
7223227 Spinal disc therapy system  
Spinal disc therapy systems in accordance with the present invention generally include an implant element structured to have a therapeutic effect on a human or animal body when implanted into an...
7175589 Methods and devices for luminal and sphincter augmentation  
Devices and methods for augmenting or otherwise enhancing closure of body lumens comprise magnetic or magnetizable components or particles which are implanted in the wall of the lumen. The magnet...
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...
7161164 Device and method for attenuating radiation from in vivo electrical devices  
A garment and method for reducing electromagnetic radiation produced by a transmitting device typically located inside a body. The garment may include material to prevent or lower electromagnetic...
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...
7048756 System, method and apparatus for evaluating tissue temperature  
Method, system and apparatus for monitoring target tissue temperatures wherein temperature sensors are configured as passive resonant circuits each, with a unique resonating signature at monitoring...
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...
6955172 Systems and methods for moving and/or restraining the tongue in the oral cavity  
Systems and related methods treat snoring and other sleep related disorders by stabilizing the position of a tongue in an oral cavity. The systems and methods employ an operative element sized and...
6895282 Induction heating for the delivery of thermal therapy  
An induction heating apparatus includes a first interventional device and a second interventional device. The first interventional device includes an electrically conductive material. The first...
6730014 Medical treatment method and device utilizing magnetic particles  
In a medical treatment method, magnetic elements are injected into organic tissues of a patient. The magnetic elements are disposed, upon injection, on opposite sides of tissues or a hole to be...
6673104 Magnetic stent  
An implantable medical device for intra lumenal support of a body lumen wherein at least a portion of the implantable medical device comprises at least one magnetic material.
6626819 Permanent magnetic and electromagnetic apparatus for embolizing an aneurysm with magnetically controllable embolic and method  
A magnetic embolization apparatus for embolizing an aneurysm of a blood vessel includes a catheter with a distal portion, and a permanent magnet and an electromagnet carried by the distal portion...
6603994 Apparatus and method for internally inducing a magnetic field in an aneurysm to embolize aneurysm with magnetically-controllable substance  
The present invention involves a magnetic embolization apparatus for embolizing an aneurysm of a blood vessel. The apparatus includes a coiled element adapted for insertion within an aneurysm of a...
6599234 Heating of magnetic material by hysteresis effects  
A magnetic material having a magnetic heating efficiency of at least 4.5×10 −8 J.m/A.g in a cyclic magnetic field where the product of the amplitude and frequency of the applied field is less...
6558961 Immunodiagnostics using particle delivery methods  
Methods for assessing immunocompetence, cellular or humoral immunity, antigen exposure, or allergic conditions in an individual by accelerating diagnostic particles into a target skin site in the...
6547714 Magnetized scleral buckle for use with silicone magnetic fluids in the treatment of retinal diseases  
The basic principle in repairing retinal detachments is closing the retinal break. An internal tamponade is a material suitable for intraocular use which is used to directly close a retinal break....
6544163 Apparatus and method for controlling a magnetically controllable embolic in the embolization of an aneurysm  
The present invention involves a magnetic embolization apparatus and method for embolizing an aneurysm of a blood vessel. The magnetic embolization apparatus includes a catheter having a distal...
6540657 Apparatus and method for internally inducing a magnetic field in an aneurysm to embolize aneurysm with magnetically-controllable substance  
The present invention involves a magnetic detachable embolization apparatus and method for embolizing an aneurysm of a blood vessel. The apparatus includes an element adapted to be detachably...
6537196 Magnet assembly with variable field directions and methods of magnetically navigating medical objects  
An adjustable field magnet assembly comprising at least two magnets rotatably mounted so that the rotation of at least one of the at least two rotatably mounted magnets changes the magnetic field...
6524303 Variable stiffness magnetic catheter  
A steerable magnetic catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The catheter has regions of different flexibility along its length. There is a magnetic body adjacent...
6507751 Method and apparatus using shaped field of repositionable magnet to guide implant  
Methods and apparatuses for displaying and using a shaped field of a repositionable magnet to move, guide, and/or steer a magnetic seed or catheter in living tissue for medicinal purposes. A...
6470220 Diagnosis and treatment of cancers using in vivo magnetic domains  
A method of detecting and treating tumors within a subject is disclosed together with a process for the non-invasive measurement of tissue temperature within a subject.
6423056 Injectable thermal balls for tumor ablation  
A method of tumor ablation using injectable thermal-sensing balls. A catheter system ( 115 ) is used to inject a slurry ( 134 ) of thermal-sensing balls ( 136 ) into a tumor ( 122 ) located in, for...
6375606 Methods of and apparatus for treating vascular defects  
A method of and apparatus for treating vascular defects. A catheter having a selectively energizeable coil on its distal end. The catheter is particularly adapted for the delivery of magnetic...
6364823 Methods of and compositions for treating vascular defects  
Embolic compositions for treating vascular defects such as aneurysms include a mixture of a biocompatible polymer material, a biocompatible solvent, and preferably also an adhesive. The...
6358196 Magnetic retraction system for laparoscopic surgery and method of use thereof  
A novel magnetic retraction system is provided herein. The magnetic retraction system includes magnetic means for applying a magnetic field around a defined area of the magnetic retraction system....
6348070 Magnetic-interference-free surgical prostheses  
Interference-free coil systems are coil systems having at least two coils which are identical in terms of inductance. These coils are arranged such that their magnetic fields are antiparallel to...
6326177 Method and apparatus for intracellular electro-manipulation  
A method for intracellular electro-manipulation is provided. The method includes applying at least one ultrashort electric field pulse to target cells. The ultrashort electric field pulse has...
6315709 Magnetic vascular defect treatment system  
Device and method for treating vascular defects by filling the defect with magnetically controlled devices. Vascular defects include aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), particularly...
6306075 Non-contact magnetoresonant implant system and techniques for periodic corneal re-shaping  
A system and technique called magnetoresonant induction of an intrastromal implant that is adapted for corneal re-shaping. The technique is utilized to correct mild to high hyperopia and presbyopia...
6203487 Use of magnetic particles in the focal delivery of cells  
A method for focal delivery of cells to a target tissue in an animal is provided wherein magnetic particles are inserted into cells and then administered into an animal. Focal delivery is...
6186940 Energized trace elements  
A way to supplement the electrical component of all living organisms has been discovered, and is disclosed herein. This is accomplished by passing electrical currents through elements and/or...
6173715 Magnetic anatomical marker and method of use  
An anatomical marker uses a permanent magnet to indicate a selected location within a patient. The magnet is enclosed within a non-degradable envelope and is coupled to a retention member that is...
6159145 Appetite adjusting tool  
6148236 Cancer treatment system employing supplemented thermal therapy  
A system for treatment of a target volume of cancerous tissue comprises a probe carrying a microwave antenna positioned in a body cavity proximate the target volume. At least one energy-emitting...
6126647 Magnetically guided catheter with sensor  
A traction position indicator for a feeding tube catheter provides a permanent magnet and a sensor, both in the distal end portion of the catheter, wherein the sensor is responsive to the presence...
6099460 Electromagnetic heart assist technique and apparatus  
A heart can be artificially contracted to pump blood by separate electromagnets to the exterior surface of the heart and implanting another electromagnet inside a heart chamber. Electric currents...
6050969 Pressure indicator  
A shunt valve system includes an implantable shunt valve and a device for obtaining pressure setting information from the shunt valve after it is implanted under the scalp of a patient. The device...
6030334 Method and apparatus for treating and preventing arteriosclerosis  
A method and apparatus for treating and preventing arteriosclerosis includes a magnet located inside the human body adjacent an artery. The magnet generates magnetic flux through the artery. At...
6015387 Implantation devices for monitoring and regulating blood flow  
The present invention provides a blood flow measurement device for implantation either within or around a blood vessel. The invention blood flow measurement device comprises a hollow tubular body,...
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...
5895404 Apparatus and methods for percutaneously forming a passageway between adjacent vessels or portions of a vessel  
Apparatus and methods for percutaneously forming a passageway between adjacent vessels, a vessel and an organ, or different regions of an organ are provided comprising first and second catheters...
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