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8170657 |
Delivery catheters for light activated agents
A delivery catheter for delivery, then photo-activation of photo sensitive material has a photo-sensitive substance-delivery part and an activation part. The catheter delivers substances such as...
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8160693 |
Irrigation probe for ablation during open heart surgery
An irrigation ablation probe comprises a generally rigid probe body and a handle mounted to the proximal end of the probe body. The generally rigid probe body comprises an ablation electrode at its...
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8152792 |
Subcutaneous drain for a body cavity
A subcutaneous drain, preferably for implantation into the skull of a patient comprises a basically hollow cap and a stem with an inside, central passageway passing from top of the cap through the...
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8142412 |
Method and apparatus for delivering oxygen and/or other gases to tissue
A system comprising: a hollow tube having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between the distal end and the proximal end; at least a portion of the tube comprising a porous...
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8137326 |
Hub for triple lumen catheter assembly
A hub (14) for a triple lumen catheter (12) especially for use with a catheter assembly (10) such as for hemodialysis. The hub (14) has a body (40) with one distal opening (58) for insertion...
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8135475 |
Method and device for collagen growth stimulation
The invention provides an applicator for skin treatment having one or more RF electrodes. An article is located between the electrodes, such as a roller or flexible belt containing one or more...
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8123716 |
Pericardial delivery of treatment
An implantable cardiac therapeutic device having at least one implantable sensor arranged to sense at least one physiologic characteristic of a patient, an implantable therapeutic agent delivery...
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8108040 |
Method and apparatus for delivery of therapeutic agents
Method and apparatus for the reproducible, consistent and efficacious delivery of a therapeutic agent to a patient. The invention comprises means for the controlled administration of the...
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8103339 |
Nerve stimulator with suction capability
A device for use in a removing fluids and debris from a surgical wound and for location of nerves adjacent to the surgical wound comprises a hollow electrically conductive tube which has a lumen...
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8092433 |
Dysphagia recovery by electrical stimulation
A device for assisting recovery from dysphagia, and a method of preventing and/or treating dysphagia. The device includes a catheter suitable for insertion into the body of a patient, for the...
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8095214 |
Perivascular leak repair system
The perivascular leak repair system, and method of using the same, of the present invention provides a sealant reservoir 102 with a repair catheter 104 operably attached; a flow control device 106...
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8075548 |
Device for storing and administering active ingredients, and method for administering active ingredients by means of such device
In an apparatus for storing and administering active substances, at least one transfer mechanism is provided, and a first reservoir that contains an active substance in dissolved form is also...
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8034015 |
Anti-clotting apparatus and methods for fluid handling system
A method for maintaining clear passageways in an extracorporeal blood flow system. The method comprises intermittently providing one or more anti-clotting agents to a passageway of the...
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8005537 |
Robotically controlled intravascular tissue injection system
A robotic catheter system includes a controller including a master input device and instrument driver in communication with the controller. An elongate flexible guide instrument is operatively...
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8005538 |
Stimulating catheter
An apparatus for delivery of a substance to an anatomical region in a body can include a catheter comprising a catheter body, and one or more electrically conductive elements supported by the...
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7996078 |
Systems and methods of photodynamic-based cardiac ablation via the esophagus
Systems and methods for photodynamic ablation of cardiac tissue via an esophagus are disclosed. An exemplary system includes an ablation catheter having an expandable distal end for securing the...
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7955365 |
Closed loop catheter photopolymerization system and method of treating a vascular condition
A photopolymerization system includes a catheter having a proximal inflatable member, a distal inflatable member, a fluid delivery lumen, and a fluid drainage lumen. The fluid delivery lumen...
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7955330 |
Multi-port side-fire coagulator
An electrosurgical apparatus for coagulating tissue used in combination with an endoscope which includes an elongated flexible tube having a plurality of side-ports located therethrough. The tube...
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7938824 |
Apparatus and method for reducing subcutaneous fat deposits, virtual face lift and body sculpturing by electroporation
An apparatus and method for performing non-invasive treatment of the human face and body by electroporation in lieu of cosmetic surgery is provided. The apparatus comprises a high voltage pulse...
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7937143 |
Methods and apparatus for inducing controlled renal neuromodulation
Methods and apparatus are provided for inducing, monitoring and controlling renal neuromodulation using a pulsed electric field to effectuate electroporation or electrofusion. In some embodiments,...
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7931640 |
Method for muscle delivery of drugs, nucleic acids and other compounds
A method is disclosed for delivering molecules such as pharmaceutical drugs and nucleic acids into skeletal muscle in vivo. The molecule is first injected into the muscle at one or multiple sites....
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7925341 |
Irrigation probe for ablation during open heart surgery
An irrigation ablation probe comprises a generally rigid probe body and a handle mounted to the proximal end of the probe body. The generally rigid probe body comprises an ablation electrode at its...
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7912539 |
Catheter-based, dual balloon photopolymerization system
A system for applying a polymer (hydrogel) to the inner surface of a vessel by photopolymerization includes a catheter having a first inflatable member and a guidewire having a second inflatable...
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7904172 |
Programmable apparatus and method for optimizing and real time monitoring of gene transfection based on user configured arbitrary waveform pulsing train
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for generating and applying an electric field according to a user configured arbitrary waveform pulsing train. A control module allows the...
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7846121 |
Device for extracorporeal irradiation of a liquid containing bilirubin, and method therefor
The invention concerns a device for the extracorporeal irradiation of a patient's (P) bodily fluid containing bilirubin, comprising a first (10) and a second (12) line which can be connected to the...
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7844328 |
Liquid injector for controlling injection of liquid in real-time according to injection graph
A liquid injector displays a plotting chart image whose vertical axis represents liquid injection rates and horizontal axis represents liquid injection times. When an injection graph which...
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7840260 |
Iontophoretic intra-tympanic drug delivery system
A system, method, and apparatus for iontophoretically delivering medically-active ions beyond the tympanic membrane, into a middle ear portion of a patient, and to an area or structure of the...
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7805188 |
Anesthesia conduction catheter for delivery of electrical stimulus
A catheter is comprised of a flexible cylindrical tube defining a proximal portion and a distal portion terminating in a distal tip. The tube has a plurality of openings formed therethrough to form...
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7783346 |
Illuminated infusion cannula
A transparent illuminated infusion cannula is provided for illuminating an area during eye surgery. An optical fiber may be spaced a certain distance away from the cannula such that fluid flow...
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7781195 |
Electroporation device
A device for manipulating a molecule in vivo relative to a target tissue includes at least one elongated member having at least two discrete and separately activatable electrodes separated by an...
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7771372 |
Ultrasonic catheter with axial energy field
A catheter system for delivering ultrasonic energy to a treatment site within a body lumen comprises a tubular body. The tubular body has a proximal end, a distal end and an energy delivery section...
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7762980 |
Hemodialysis access with on-off functionality
A treatment assembly is positioned along an AV-fistula and couples therapeutic energy to an adjacent area due to a material response to an applied energy field from a remotely located energy...
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7764994 |
Irrigation probe for ablation during open heart surgery
An irrigation probe useful for ablation during open heart surgery is provided. The irrigation probe comprises a generally rigid probe body and a handle mounted to the proximal end of the probe...
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7761148 |
Irrigation probe for ablation during open heart surgery
An irrigation probe useful for ablation during open heart surgery is provided. The irrigation probe comprises a generally rigid probe body and a handle mounted to the proximal end of the probe...
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7756583 |
Methods and apparatus for intravascularly-induced neuromodulation
Methods and apparatus are provided for intravascularly-induced neuromodulation using a pulsed electric field, e.g., to effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or...
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7729738 |
Stabilized tissue penetrating catheters
A tissue penetrating catheter that is usable to advance a tissue penetrator from within a blood vessel, through the wall of the blood vessel to a target location. The catheter includes at least one...
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7720533 |
Apparatus and method for delivering a biocompatible material to a surgical site
A device for delivering a biocompatible material to a surgical site includes a cannula having proximal and distal portions and at least a first interior lumen disposed therebetween through which...
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7713257 |
System and method of delivering local anesthesia
A catheter and introducer needle assembly is provided including a catheter adapter at its proximal end. The catheter adapter includes a side port in fluid communication with the catheter and a...
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7697257 |
Methods, systems and apparatuses for chemical compound generation, dispersion and delivery utilizing desorption electrospray ionization
Apparatuses, systems and methods for generating, dispersing and delivering chemical compounds utilizing desorption electrospray ionization. Embodiments include an airflow channel into which an...
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7680542 |
Radiofrequency ablation epiphysiodesis
The present invention is directed to a method of treating bone length discrepancies and angular deformities in a patient in need thereof, where the method involves radiofrequency ablation...
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7664545 |
Electrode assembly for constant-current electroporation and use
The present invention relates to a modular electrode system, and its use, for facilitating the introduction of a macromolecule into cells of a selected tissue in a body or plant. The modular...
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7651486 |
Surgical device for removing tissue cells from a biological structure
The invention allows an increase in scope of application of a surgical device wherein the operational handpiece is embodied in the form of two parts, one of which includes a handpiece with an...
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7653426 |
Endoscopic image pickup method and magnetic resonance imaging device using the same
An endoscope-like image taking method includes providing at least one peculiar index, which can be discriminated from other portions on an MR image, at the tip of a catheter, previously inserting a...
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7588551 |
Hemodialysis access with on-off functionality
A treatment assembly is positioned along an AV-fistula and couples therapeutic energy to an adjacent area due to a material response to an applied energy field from a remotely located energy...
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7588554 |
Method and apparatus for treating ischemic tissue
The invention described herein provides for methods and devices for treating tissues, and in particular, ischemic heart tissue. Preferred devices includes tools integrating both injury and...
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7577477 |
Perivascular leak repair system
The perivascular leak repair system, and method of using the same, of the present invention provides a sealant reservoir with a repair catheter operably attached; a flow control device disposed...
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7570992 |
Electrical field therapy with reduced histopathological change in muscle
In vivo methods are provided for using an electric field to delivery therapeutic treatment to a subject while reducing inducement of histopathological change in the target muscle tissue, such as is...
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7549424 |
Method and apparatus for tissue treatment with laser and electromagnetic radiation
A method and apparatus wherein an application of energy is limited to a specific diseased portion of body tissue (target tissue) for the purpose of localizing the treatment to the target tissue and...
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7515957 |
Catheter-based, dual balloon photopolymerization system
A system for applying a polymer (hydrogel) to the inner surface of a vessel by photopolymerization includes a catheter having a first inflatable member and a guidewire having a second inflatable...
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7497840 |
System for performing fluid administration
The invention concerns a system and a method of use of said system for performing fluid administration on a patient, the system comprising: a liquid pump (1),a liquid distribution system (2)...
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