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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...
7390298 Expandable surgical retractor for internal body spaces approached with minimally invasive incisions or through existing orifices  
An expandable surgical retractor for use in minimal incision surgery is disclosed. The retractor consists of a fiber optic central rod surrounded by flexible wires designed to create an open space...
7090688 Dilation systems and related methods  
Devices and methods permit dilation of a track of a body to any of a plurality of diameters using a single integrated device that can reach any of a plurality of expanded diameters upon actuation...
7037321 Medical device with slotted memory metal tube  
A series of medical instruments can be made with the use of shape memory tube with a transformation temperature that is above or below the ambient temperature. In the first case, the material...
6793668 Emboli capturing device  
A balloon angioplasty or stenting apparatus includes a guide wire, a balloon catheter ensleeving the guide wire, and a guide catheter ensleeving the balloon catheter. The balloon catheter has slots...
6780175 Medical instrument with slotted memory metal tube  
A series of medical instruments can be made with the use of shape memory tube with a transformation temperature that is above or below the ambient temperature. In the first case, the material...
6701180 Catheter for media injection  
An improved endocardial catheter includes a plurality of longitudinally extending openings adjacent intermediate portions at its distal end. The catheter is actuable from a retracted or collapsed...
6623448 Steerable drug delivery device  
A medical apparatus used to deliver a therapeutic substance. The medical apparatus provides a catheter assembly, which includes a translating body assembly and a fixed body assembly mated together...
6579261 Double lumen-type catheter  
A double lumen-type catheter design which prevents damage to a child catheter and loosening of a stud valve of the double lumen-type catheter. A child catheter is housed inside a parent catheter so...
6562018 Pelvic floor muscle exerciser  
An apparatus for exercising pelvic floor muscles is provided that allows the user to adjust the force against which she must act so as to maximize the effect of the exercise. The apparatus of the...
6527737 Indwelling urethra catheter  
An indwelling catheter comprising a flexible malecot tube having a plurality of slits elongating toward the longitudinal direction in the vicinity of the tip of the catheter, a flexible core wire...
6468245 Irrigation device  
The present invention relates to a device ( 1 ) for irrigation of externally debouching, natural or artificial body canals of animals or human beings. The device comprises a catheter ( 2 ), and...
6461296 Method and apparatus for delivery of genes, enzymes and biological agents to tissue cells  
A method and apparatus for delivery of genes, enzymes and biological agents to tissue cells, including a method and apparatus wherein treatment fluids, including genes, enzymes and biological...
6350252 Methods and devices for occluding the ascending aorta and maintaining circulation of oxygenated blood in the patient when the patient's heart is arrested  
A device and method for occluding a patient's ascending aorta, maintaining circulation of oxygenated blood in the patient and delivering cardioplegic fluid to arrest the patient's heart. An aortic...
6322538 Gastro-intestinal tube placement device  
A gastro-intestinal tube placement device for percutaneously placing gastro-intestinal tubes into the gastric cavity. The gastro-intestinal tube placement device of the present invention includes a...
6283940 Catheter  
A catheter for insertion into a cavity, duct, or vessel to permit injection or withdrawal of fluids or to establish patency of a passageway comprises an elongated tubular catheter body having a...
6270490 Venous drainage catheter and method of use  
A venous drainage catheter comprising a cannula and a lumen, wherein the proximal end is adapted for attachment to a bypass machine and the distal end has a drainage port in fluid communication...
6228068 Expandable endoscopic portal and methods therefor  
An expandable endoscopic portal for providing a passage through a body cavity wall includes a cannula comprising an absorbent member having a distal end for positioning in the body cavity, a...
6080142 Catheter with grooved wall  
A urethral catheter which irrigates the urethra of the male patient with his own urine to prevent rising urethral infections, wherein the urine flows in groves in the catheter wall between the...
6033397 Method and apparatus for treating esophageal varices  
A catheter delivers an electrode within a vein for a minimally invasive treatment of esophageal varices using RF energy. The catheter is introduced into and positioned within the section of the...
6027518 Seizing instrument  
This invention is an instrument for seizing walls of a body cavity including a first portion (22) and a second portion (30), the second portion being insertable into the cavity and being reversibly...
5882345 Expandable endoscopic portal  
An expandable endoscopic portal for providing a passage through a body cavity wall includes a cannula comprising an absorbent member having a distal end for positioning in the body cavity, a...
5873854 Method for percutaneous insertion of catheters  
A device for facilitating the insertion of balloon catheters and other devices into blood vessels, for example, the femoral artery, while presenting the minimal amount of obstruction to the flow of...
5855563 Method and apparatus for sequentially performing multiple intraluminal procedures  
Sleeve catheters having an interactive device near their distal ends are provided for introduction while disposed over conventional interventional and imaging catheters. Exemplary interactive...
5749883 Medical instrument  
A medical instrument has an elastic tubular portion formed as a weaving portion, and an actuating element arranged so that by its displacement it acts on the tubular portion so that the tubular...
5730726 Apparatus and method for removing fecal impaction  
An apparatus for removing a fecal impaction from a patient's rectum is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a shaft which is inserted into the patient's rectum. Coupled to the shaft is a plurality of...
5713863 Catheter with fluid medication injectors  
A device for injecting medication into a vessel wall includes a plurality of flexible tubes mounted between a multi-lumen catheter and a grommet. A push-pull wire is connected to the grommet and...
5702365 Daul-lumen catheter  
A dual-lumen blood-treatment catheter has inner and outer lumina open towards the patient end. The catheter has expandable portions in the outer lumen located near the patient end for...
5681280 Catheter control system  
A steerable catheter comprising a resilient deflectable body member having an expandable electrode array at the distal end thereof, and a manipulation handle attached to the proximal end of the...
5662676 Instrument set for laparoscopic hysterectomy  
The invention relates to an instrument set for laparoscopic vaginal hysterectomy which comprises a uterine rotator comprising a rod with a uterine end for insertion into the uterus and a control...
5613950 Multifunctional manipulating instrument for various surgical procedures  
Apparatus are provided for manipulating various internal tissue and organ structures of a patient incident to a variety of medical procedures. Organ or tissue manipulation is obtained through the...
5562622 Self-cleansing bladder drainage device  
An urethral drain having deep external drainage channels, a low-profiled bladder retention segment, and a reversibly detachable collection segment, facilitates the draining of urine and fluids from...
5549595 Gear activated trocar assembly  
A trocar assembly is disclosed for use in inserting a laparoscopic instrument into the abdominal cavity during surgery and includes a cylindrical member activated by intermeshing gears to expand a...
5514156 Collapsible endoscopic forceps  
An endoscopic gripper consists of a guide tube with an operating device arranged at the proximal end and a pair of gripper jaws located at the distal end, which pair of gripper jaws are connected...
5500011 Catheter for mapping and ablation and method therefor  
A multipolar electrode catheter includes a central and four side electrodes at its distal end. The catheter is actuable from a retracted or collapsed mode wherein the side electrodes are arranged...
5454790 Method and apparatus for catheterization access  
An apparatus and method for percutaneous placement of access tubes, such as feeding and drainage tubes, vascular catheters, and the like, comprises an elastic access tube in an internal stylet. The...
5443449 Cholangiography catheter  
An occlusion catheter includes a catheter body and an expansion section disposed at the distal end of the catheter body. This section is operable between a low profile state which facilitates...
5415637 Temporary stenting catheter with drug delivery capabilities  
An intravascular catheter having an expandable region formed of hypotubes mounted on the distal end of a tubular member that is capable of delivering a drug to the artery and radial expansion and...
5356382 Percutaneous tract measuring and forming device  
A surgical tool for use in initial placement of a gastrostomy device in a patient includes an obturator, a cannula and an outer flexible tubular member. A pointed end of the obturator and an...
5344439 Catheter with retractable anchor mechanism  
A catheter with a retractable anchor mechanism for providing drugs and/or electrical stimulation to the human body. The catheter has a flexible tubular casing consisting of a outer member and an...
5339803 Self-hinging disposable retractor instrument for endoscopic surgery  
An endoscopic surgical retractor instrument is presented which has a laterally collapsible and expandable self-hinging truss support platform carried by a sleeve and extension member. The sleeve is...
5338302 Vaginal stabilizer cannula  
A cannula having a sleeve with a body having proximal and distal ends and defining a through passageway. First structure is provided on the body to define a first shoulder to abut a tissue wall...
5330501 Tissue gripping device for use with a cannula and a cannula incorporating the device  
A tissue gripping device for use with a cannula. The device includes a housing member which has a generally cylindrical shape and is provided with a plurality of slots about its circumference. A...
5279565 Intravascular treatment apparatus and method  
An intravascular treatment apparatus provides means for infusing a treatment site with an agent and means for positioning the delivery interface against the treatment site which operate...
5275610 Surgical retractors and method of use  
An improved laparoscopic medical retractor for separating body parts during a surgical procedure to thereby create or maintain a surgical cavity. The retractor comprises an interior rod having a...
5257975 Cannula retention device  
The invention relates to a cannula with a fixation mechanism actuable to secure the cannula above and below the body wall in a single operation. The preferred embodiment involves spiral slit tubing...
5248302 Percutaneous obturatable internal anchoring device  
An internal anchoring device to which a tubular member is attached for introduction/removal of fluids/gases into and out of viscera of a patient. The internal anchoring device is a discontinuous...
5203773 Tissue gripping apparatus for use with a cannula or trocar assembly  
A tissue gripping apparatus including a cylindrical member positioned about a tubular body portion or cannula. The cylindrical member includes a plurality of articulated arms that are movable...
5197971 Arthroscopic retractor and method of using the same  
A retractor for use in arthroscopic surgery. The retractor has a mechanical expanding portion for expanding against sub-surface tissues when the retractor is in use. The retractor also has a...
5193533 High-pressure jet ventilation catheter  
A hollow flexible catheter designed for high pressure jet ventilation of the upper or lower larynx or trachea. The flexible catheter has a distal end and a proximal end, and houses a hollow...
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