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7615032 |
Vascular guidewire control apparatus
A controller for use with a guidewire, such as a vascular guidewire, provides a mechanism for gripping and applying a torque to the guidewire without the need to thread the guidewire axially...
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7595082 |
Wire guide
A wire guide includes a mandrel that has a proximal portion and a distal portion. A first coating with a low coefficient of friction is disposed on the proximal portion of the mandrel. A second...
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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...
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7534223 |
Catheter with formed guide wire ramp
A rapid exchange catheter comprises a guide wire lumen including a substantially sealed portion in which a lumen wall extends around an entire periphery thereof and a channel portion including a...
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7520863 |
Guidewire with deflectable tip having improved torque characteristics
A bi-directional steerable guidewire having a deflectable distal tip which comprises a longitudinal hypotube and an interlocking spring coil attached to the distal end of the hypotube and also...
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7503914 |
Dual-function catheter handle
A dual function catheter handle is provided for simultaneous movement of two control wires. The catheter handle has a handle housing having proximal and distal ends and a generally hollow interior....
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7503904 |
Dual balloon telescoping guiding catheter
A guiding catheter includes an inner guide movably disposed within an outer guide. Both inner and outer guides include inner and outer balloons, respectively, located at the distal tip of the...
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7493156 |
Steerable guide catheter with pre-shaped rotatable shaft
A guide catheter employs a retractable inner sheath movably disposed within an open lumen of an outer sheath. The inner sheath includes a pre-formed distal end and an open lumen adapted to receive...
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7452331 |
Vascular adjustable multi-gauge tilt-out method and apparatus for guiding needles
An apparatus and method for guiding a needle in conjunction with a biopsy using a medical imaging device, where an open-ended needle guide with an adjustable pivoting multi-gauge needle stop is...
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7438717 |
Anesthesia intubating forceps
Forceps with a pair of scissor-like arms that are pivotally connected to each other and that continue past the pivot to form a catheter guide. At least two and preferably three bends are disposed...
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7351214 |
Steerable balloon catheter
A steerable balloon catheter including a balloon catheter supported by a steerable guidewire having a deflectable distal tip. The guidewire comprises a longitudinal hypotube and a spring coil...
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7343195 |
Method and apparatus for real time quantitative three-dimensional image reconstruction of a moving organ and intra-body navigation
Medical imaging and navigation system including a processor, a medical positioning system (MPS), a two-dimensional imaging system and an inspected organ monitor interface, the MPS including an...
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7336988 |
Multi-photon endoscopy
An apparatus includes an optical element, a GRIN lens, and a detector. The optical element has a first optical aperture. The GRIN lens has first and second ends. The first end of the GRIN lens is...
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7302289 |
Readable probe array for in-vivo use
A disposable high density optically readable polydeoxynucleotide array with integral fluorescence excitation and fluorescence emission channels is described. The compact array size allows...
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7280863 |
System and method for radar-assisted catheter guidance and control
A Catheter Guidance Control and Imaging (CGCI) system whereby a magnetic tip attached to a surgical tool is detected, displayed and influenced positionally so as to allow diagnostic and therapeutic...
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7205768 |
Connection lead for an electrical accessory device of an MRI system
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is provided with one or more electrical accessory devices, for example, catheters ( 10 ) or RF body coils ( 6 ), which are intended for use during the...
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7194297 |
Impedance-matching apparatus and construction for intravascular device
Intravascular device for matching impedances of portions of an intravascular circuit and limiting RF signal-induced heating of intravascular conductors. An intravascular device includes alternating...
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7190819 |
Image-based medical device localization
A method of identifying an elongate medical device in a two-dimensional image of an operating region includes filtering pixels meeting a predetermined intensity requirement for linear scaling,...
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7176467 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for determining deviation of an x-ray field, a light field and a primary receptor
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which, in some embodiments, an electronic sensor is positioned in the field of projection of an X-ray source, and the electronic sensor measures...
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7169166 |
Active arterial embolization filter
Apparatus for collecting emboli flowing in a lumen. A motor has a longitudinal bore, a friction area within the longitudinal bore, and a guide wire disposed within the longitudinal bore. The guide...
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7166080 |
***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Wire convertible from over-the-wire length to rapid exchange length
Apparatus for use in deploying medical devices. The apparatus includes a wire having a diameter such that the wire can appropriately be used with either a corresponding over-the-wire configured...
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7094209 |
Method for introducer replacement
The invention provides a method for replacing a first introducer, whose distal end is inside a vessel and whose proximal end is outside the skin of a patient, with a second introducer. The method...
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7083577 |
Guide wire
A guide wire having an elongated core wire provided with a tabular distal end portion, and a coiled wire provided on an outer circumference of the core wire, wherein the distal end portion of the...
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7076285 |
Guide wire insertion and re-insertion tools and methods of use
An insertion tool for use in inserting a guide wire into a guide wire lumen of a catheter for use in a lumen of an endoscope. The insertion tool includes a main body having a main lumen and a...
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7074197 |
Composite guidewire
Alternative designs, materials and manufacturing methods for guidewires. Some embodiments pertain to a composite guidewire having proximal and distal section, and a connector adapted and configured...
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7072707 |
Method and apparatus for collecting and processing physical space data for use while performing image-guided surgery
A method and apparatus for collecting and processing physical space data used while performing image-guided surgery is disclosed. Physical space data is collected by probing physical surface points...
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7041097 |
System and method for accessing the coronary sinus
The invention is generally directed to an accessing system for a patient's coronary sinus which includes a tubular support member with a distal extremity extending into the right atrium of the...
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7033325 |
Guidewire with multiple radiopaque marker sections
An over-the-wire balloon catheter has a radiopaque marker thereon at a known distance from a distal end of the catheter. An elongated flexible guide wire has a plurality of longitudinally spaced...
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7029468 |
Catheter assembly with side wall exit lumen and method therefor
A catheter assembly includes a catheter body that extends from a distal end to a proximal end. The catheter body includes a delivery lumen, and an actuator lumen, where the actuator lumen extends...
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7025758 |
Endovascular medical device with plurality of wires
An endovascular device ( 1, 100, 200, 300 ) having a distal end ( 2 ), a proximal end ( 4 ) and a body portion ( 3 ) therebetween. The body portion is made of a multiple filament helically wound...
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7020512 |
Method of localizing medical devices
A method of localizing a medical device inside a patient's body, the method comprising: transmitting ac magnetic signals between a plurality of points of known location outside of the patient's...
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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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6951554 |
Deflecting catheter
A catheter includes a distal end, a proximal end, an outer tube extending from the distal end to the proximal end, and an inner tube extending through the outer tube. The distal end including a...
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6949104 |
Guide wire steering handle
A guidewire steering device includes a gripping member and a compression member. The gripping member includes opposed first and second gripping surfaces positioned for selective engagement of a...
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6947787 |
System and methods for imaging within a body lumen
Systems, methods and apparatus for acquiring an image from within a body lumen are provided. Systems embodying features of the invention include an intracorporeal imaging component for acquiring...
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6939361 |
Guidewire for a free standing intervascular device having an integral stop mechanism
An elongate guidewire for use with a free, unsecured, intervascular device having an elongate, enclosed, open ended channel for receiving the guidewire. The guidewire includes an elongate, flexible...
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6929635 |
Reinforced multi-lumen medical shaft
A medical shaft or tubing includes an elongate tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft also includes a tubular wall extending between the proximal and distal ends to define...
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6920347 |
Trajectory storage apparatus and method for surgical navigation systems
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for use within an image-guided surgical navigation system for the storage and measurement of trajectories for surgical instruments. An icon representing the...
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6908468 |
Devices for nuclear spin tomography magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
The subject invention relates to a material for magnetic resonance imaging, and apparatus incorporating such material. The subject material can comprise cobalt, nickel, and chromium and can be used...
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6879854 |
Guide wire insertion and re-insertion tools and methods of use
An insertion tool and method for easily inserting a guide wire into a guide wire lumen of a catheter, particularly a rapid exchange catheter, for use in an endoscope. The insertion tool includes a...
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6811958 |
Medical long object and method for producing the same
A medical long object of the present invention has a part made of a polymeric material containing a laser color developing agent at least in a part of the surface thereof, and a light developing...
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6796948 |
Guide wire installation device for catheter
A guide wire installation device for a catheter includes a pair of elongated main sections arranged to face each other. Each main section includes a gripping portion at one side, and a holding...
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6786875 |
Medical device with shield having a retractable needle
Needle-bearing medical devices are provided for fluid infusion, fluid transfusion, and inserting a guide wire. After use the needle is shielded to render the contaminated needle safe to prevent...
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6772001 |
Medical examination and/or treatment system
A medical examination and/or treatment system has an X-ray image exposure system with a radiation source, a radiation receiver as well as a control and processing device that controls them, a...
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6702780 |
Steering configuration for catheter with rigid distal device
A steering configuration for facilitating steering of a catheter or the like provided with a rigid distal device employs a flexible support element to which a rigid device is attached at its distal...
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6695771 |
Self-propelled colonoscope
The self-propelled colonoscope ( 1 ) is self-inserted into a colon by driving endless belts ( 17 ) mounted on the outside of the bending section ( 15 ) of the insertion tube ( 9 ). The cross...
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6669652 |
Guidewire with tapered distal coil
A guidewire having a flexible coil with a tapered distal tip. Preferably, the flexible coil has a polymer coating at least at its tapered distal portion. The polymer coating may comprise...
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6652471 |
Pressure-sensing guidewire having improved torque
A pressure-sensing guidewire assembly with improved stiffness and torquability is disclosed. The guidewire assembly includes an elongated tubular member having a lumen extending therethrough. The...
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6636758 |
Marker wire and process for using it
This is a medical device, specifically used in surgery. It is a wire having distal radio-opaque markers and may be used, for instance, in endovascular procedures as a marker wire for estimating or...
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6632184 |
Method and device for deflecting a probe
A probe deflection device includes an outer tube and an inner tube. The outer tube is fabricated from an magnetic resonance (MR) compatible material. The inner tube is fabricated from a resilient...
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