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8172788 |
Adhesion prevention and an intra-abdominal cooling and insufflation assembly therefor
By present invention it has been found that hypothermia decreases adhesion formation more specifically pneumoperitoneum-enhanced adhesion formation. A cooling system has been designed to reduce the...
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8172787 |
Method and apparatus to detect biocontamination in an insufflator for use in endoscopy
An apparatus to provide a regulated pressurized gas for introduction into the body of a patient during a medical procedure comprises an internal flow path through which to convey the pressurized...
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8147442 |
Method and apparatus for delivering an agent to the abdomen
A method and apparatus for treating gas for delivery into a body cavity, body space or body surface of an animal. The apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber having an entry port and an...
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8133196 |
Insufflation gas warmer and humidifier
An insufflation gas warmer and humidifier apparatus and methods are provided. Insufflation gas is received from a bulky insufflation tubing. Insufflation gas received travels through, in one...
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8105267 |
System and method for delivering a substance to a body cavity
A system and method for creating a medicated atmosphere in an organ, or body cavity is disclosed. The system includes a flexible aerosolization catheter that can be manipulated during use, a device...
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8096968 |
Methods and apparatus for the enhanced delivery of physiologic agents to tissue surfaces
Apparatus and methods deliver vasoconstrictive agents simultaneously with capnic gases. The capnic gases can enhance the effectiveness of the vasoconstrictive agent, lower the dosage of drug or...
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8079368 |
Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction method
A method of minimally invasively reducing a volume of a hyper-inflated target section of diseased lung comprising the steps of introducing a bronchoscope into a patient's airway to a position...
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8070730 |
Integral insufflation valve
A trocar assembly includes a trocar valve body defining a cavity. The assembly includes a rotatable valve handle that is elongated and has a first end and a second end. The first end is sized and...
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8066695 |
Implantable apparatus for administering a therapeutic agent into tissue
An apparatus for administering a therapeutic agent is provided. The apparatus, in an embodiment, includes an ozone generator connected to a scavenger and an ozone administrator via network of...
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7993298 |
Hose set
The invention relates to a hose set for a device (1) for insufflation of gas into a human or animal body, comprising a first hose portion (2) including a first port (3) and a second port (4), said...
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7981072 |
Method and apparatus for supplying predetermined gas into body cavities of a patient
A gas supply apparatus measures a first pressure inside a first body cavity of a patient and a second pressure inside a second body cavity of the patient. The gas supply apparatus regulates a...
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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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7938793 |
Mixed-gas insufflation system
A mixed-gas insufflation system for mixing insufflation gases includes a gas supply providing at least two sources of insufflation gas and a mixer system. The mixer system includes a chamber having...
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7918816 |
Method and apparatus for delivering an agent to the abdomen
A method and apparatus for treating gas for delivery into a body cavity, body space or body surface of an animal. The apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber having an entry port and an...
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7854724 |
Trocar assembly with pneumatic sealing
A trocar for use in a minimally invasive surgical procedure includes an elongated body, nozzle means and means for delivering a pressurized flow of fluid to the nozzle means. The elongated body has...
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7811253 |
Insufflation gas warmer and humidifier
An insufflation gas warmer and humidifier apparatus and methods are provided. Insufflation gas is received from a bulky insufflation tubing. Insufflation gas received travels through, in one...
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7806850 |
Insufflating system, method, and computer program product for controlling the supply of a distending media to an endoscopic device
The present invention is directed to a system, method, and computer program product for controlling the supply of a distending media (such as an insufflating gas) from a distending media source to...
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7776032 |
Device for improved visualization of operative sites during surgery
This invention provides a novel surgical device well suited to use in laparoscopic or other (e.g. open surgical) procedures. In certain embodiments, the device comprises a surgical probe, including...
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7766858 |
Portable hand-operable device for applying pneumatic pressure pulses to an ear canal
A hand-held device (10) for creating a pressure change in a person's ear canal. It has an interior space forming an air chamber (50), a plunger (58) and a valve means (52) frictionally engaged with...
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7753871 |
Apparatus for injecting steam into a human or animal
Apparatus intended for the injection of pulsed steam into a human or animal vessel comprising an injection unit sending pulses of cold water into a handpiece,a handpiece temporarily attached to an...
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7731704 |
Method and apparatus for delivering an agent to the abdomen
A method and apparatus for treating gas for delivery into a body cavity, body space or body surface of an animal. The apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber having an entry port and an...
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7722559 |
Method and apparatus for supplying predetermined gas into body cavities of a patient
A gas supply apparatus measures a first pressure inside a first body cavity of a specimen and a second pressure inside a second body cavity of the specimen. The gas supply apparatus regulates a...
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7722558 |
Trocar sleeve for jet stream condition
A trocar sleeve that isolates the surgical device or movement thereof to inhibit or prevent an established non-jet streaming condition from becoming a jet streaming condition and a method of...
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7704223 |
System and method for delivering a substance to a body cavity
A system and method for creating a medicated atmosphere in an organ, or body cavity is disclosed. The system includes a flexible aerosolization catheter, a device for introducing of the...
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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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7654975 |
Mixed-gas insufflation system
A mixed-gas insufflation system for mixing insufflation gases includes a gas supply providing at least two sources of insufflation gas and a mixer system. The mixer system includes a chamber having...
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7641853 |
Intravenous oxygenator
An intravenous oxygenator for enriching blood with oxygen, said oxygenator having a bundle of fibers, said fibers being each connected to a gas supply means through a first connection and to a gas...
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7641628 |
System and method for high pressure delivery of gas-supersaturated fluids
A system and method for generating a gas-supersaturated fluid and delivering the fluid at high delivery pressures to thereby prevent bubble nucleation is disclosed. The system comprises a housing...
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7585281 |
Vacuum-actuated tissue perforation device for establishing pneumoperitoneum
A tissue perforation device and method. The device preferably includes a housing having a housing pass-through, a penetrator securely and sealably positioned so that the penetrator device passes...
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7585290 |
Medical device for providing access
The invention provides, in one embodiment, a multifunctional, multi-piece medical device and related method for providing access to an internal body cavity, such as for use with a vacuum lift...
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7507209 |
Method of establishing pneumoperitoneum
A tissue perforation device and method. The device preferably includes a housing having a housing pass-through, a penetrator device securely and sealably positioned so that the penetrator device...
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7484531 |
Middle ear pressure equalizing device with improved pressure control
An apparatus for equalizing pressure in a middle ear includes a hand-held air source for providing a continuous flow of air at a predetermined rate and a tapered sealing nostril plug adapted to be...
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7476213 |
Method and system for supplying gas into a body
In a gas supply system, a selection unit is configured to send an instruction to select any one of first gas and second gas. In the gas supply system, a controller is operative to control at least...
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7455653 |
Method and apparatus for treating gas for use in endoscopic surgery
An apparatus for conditioning gas for use in a medical procedure, such as endoscopy, the gas being received into the apparatus from a gas source. The apparatus comprises a housing defining a...
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7449007 |
Method and apparatus for conditioning gas for medical procedures
An apparatus for conditioning gas for use in a medical procedure comprises a housing defining a chamber having an entry port and an exit port. The housing contains at least a humidification means...
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7413559 |
Gas flow trocar arrangement
A trocar assembly for use in surgery in a patient, comprising an elongated outer tubular member having a first or proximal end and a second or distal end. The proximal end has a housing enclosing a...
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7359601 |
Device and method for delivery of long wavelength laser energy to a tissue site
A laser energy delivery device is provided that is suitable for irradiating a body tissue with relatively long wavelength laser energy in the presence of an aqueous liquid without significant...
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7338473 |
Pneumoseal trocar arrangement
A cannula assembly for the maintenance of an operative pneumoperitoneum in a patient comprising an elongated cannula having a proximal end and a distal end. A removable valve is securely arranged...
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7335181 |
Nitric oxide decontamination of the upper respiratory tract
A method of topically treating the respiratory tract of a mammal with nitric oxide exposure includes the steps of providing a source of nitric oxide containing gas and delivering the nitric oxide...
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7329233 |
Surgical system for laparoscopic surgery
An insufflation apparatus includes an elongated sleeve defining a longitudinal axis and having a proximal end and a distal end with a sharpened tip, an insufflation housing connected to the...
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7294116 |
Surgical smoke plume evacuation system
Smoke evacuation apparatus designed to provide safe and efficient filtration and evacuation of smoke plume generated by laser-surgical, electrosurgical, radiosurgical, and electrocautery devices. A...
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7250035 |
Method and apparatus for treating gas for delivery to an animal
A method and apparatus for treating gas for delivery into a body cavity, body space or body surface of an animal. The apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber having an entry port and an...
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7147813 |
Neovascularization promoting membrane for bioimplants
A method of addressing a condition of a living body comprising the steps of using an energy beam to form a set of pores in a work piece biocompatible membrane. The pores should have a mean area of...
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7122027 |
Implantable medical device with controllable gaseous agent release system
The present invention generally relates to medical devices. Specifically, the invention pertains to implantable medical devices that produces gaseous agents from precursors and releases them into...
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7070586 |
Surgical access apparatus and method
A trocar system for providing access across a body wall includes a trocar and an anchor provided in the form of a first helix. The anchor is adapted for placement in an operative position wherein...
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6994685 |
Method and a device for creating a protecting atmosphere
The invention refers to a method for creating a protecting atmosphere in a volume, including the steps of: providing a device, which is arranged to permit the supply of a gas and which includes at...
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6959708 |
Method for co-application of gases and drugs to potentiate their action in relieving headaches, angina and other ailments
Apparatus, methods and kits for treating symptoms associated with common ailments such as headaches, rhinitis, asthma, epilepsy, nervous disorders and the like, are provided. The apparatus includes...
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6866142 |
Pre-filled package containing unit dose of medical gas and method of making the same
A unit dose, gas-filled syringe is provided which is filled with gas and packaged in a gas barrier material prior to use to increase shelf-life, that is, to minimize gas leakage and dilution of the...
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6814713 |
Systems for performing minimally invasive cardiac medical procedures
Systems and methods for creating space within the chest cavity to more easily perform minimally invasive cardiac procedures.
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6746504 |
Filter for use in medical procedures
A gas filler device for use in medical procedures such as laparoscopy is disclosed. Preferably, the gas filter device includes a housing having a first side wall and a second side wall, and a gas...
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