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6323459 Selectively activated shape memory device  
A shape memory device includes a shape memory alloy member configured to have at least a portion of the shape memory alloy member be selectively activated. A heating device is coupled to the member...
6319222 Method and apparatus for lenticular liquefaction and aspiration  
A technique is described for liquefying, or gelifying, a hardened, cataractous lens nucleus and aspirating the same. Heat or heated solution is delivered to the lens nucleus in vivo so that the...
6319221 System for fluid retention management  
The present invention provides a fluid retention management system that records and displays fluid retention of a patient based on the weight of fluid entering and exiting the patient's body....
6315755 Method of controlling a liquefracture handpiece  
A control system for a Liquefracture handpiece that uses output from a surgical console to generate a control signal for an RF amplifier. The output from the RF amplifier is used to drive the...
6309380 Drug delivery via conformal film  
A drug delivery conformal film system according to the present invention is adapted to be compounded and applied, by medical personnel at the point of use, to a medical device such as a...
6299589 Flow-through treatment method  
A flow-through blood treatment device such as a hemodialyzer comprises a housing, a blood inlet, a blood outlet, and at least one membrane in the housing defining a blood flow path between the...
6261283 Liquid venting surgical system and cassette  
A surgical system having a cassette with an aspirant collection chamber and an aspiration vent line that draws fluid from the aspirant collection chamber. The pressure within the collection chamber...
6251394 Method and a system for enhanced in vivo clearance of diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents by extracorporeal depletion, and the use of said agents for said purpose  
A method and a system is described for reducing non-target levels of specific molecules intended for diagnostic and/or therapeutic applications to vertebrate hosts, wherein said molecules are...
6241943 Use of a solution comprising glucose for peritoneal dialysis having reduced formation of age products  
Use of a solution comprising glucose for peritoneal dialysis, in which the glucose portion is sterilised separately from the remaining components at a high glucose concentration above about 20% and...
6241652 Fluid circulator for nonlinear compliant circuits  
Flow in nonlinearly compliant leaky fluid circuits is controlled by alteration of control variables in fluid pathways external to the leaky circuits. In analogous practical applications, blood flow...
6221622 Method and kit for obtaining fluids and cellular material from breast ducts  
Methods, kits, and apparatus for obtaining cellular, chemical, and other materials from breast ducts are described. A single milk duct is accessed and washed with a washing fluid to obtain marker...
6217544 Filtration valve cap with reflux clearing feature and related method of use thereof  
A progressive filtration system for a chest drainage unit during continuous autotransfusion that allows the user to clear the fluid pathway of blood clots and trapped air that form after filtration...
6219584 Method and system for determining an effective amount of light energy to delivery to fluids having targets for the light energy  
Systems and methods for determining an effective amount of light energy to deliver to fluids, particularly fluids having target and non-target materials. The systems and methods specifically relate...
6213971 Power assisted liposuction device  
A method and apparatus is described for performing a liposuction procedure by means of a power-assisted liposuction device. The apparatus comprises a hand-holdable handle assembly (enclosing a gas...
6210358 Ear irrigation device  
An earpiece for cleaning wax or other foreign material from the ear canal of a patient or delivering a therapeutic agent into the ear canal. The device has a fluid outlet that directs the fluid...
6210357 Apparatus for performing surgery inside the human retina using fluidic internal limiting membrane (ILM) separation (films)  
A method and apparatus for performing surgery inside the human retina using fluidic internal limiting membrane separation (FILMS) to remove the internal limiting retinal layer from the neural...
6203520 Apparatus and method for the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract  
A method and apparatus for the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract. In one form of the present invention an irrigation tube is positioned through the patient's mouth, esophagus and into the...
6193683 Closed loop temperature controlled phacoemulsification system to prevent corneal burns  
Phacoemulsification apparatus includes a handpiece having a needle and electrical apparatus for ultrasonically vibrating the needle. A power source provides electrical power to the handpiece...
6185453 Iontophoretic delivery of integrin inhibitors  
This invention relates to novel methods and devices for iontophoretically administering therapeutic doses of integrin receptor antagonists in a controlled manner through the skin. Such integrin...
6179824 System and methods for electrosurgical restenosis of body lumens  
The present invention comprises apparatus and methods for maintaining patency in body passages subject to occlusion by invasive tissue growth. The apparatus and methods of the present invention may...
6146354 Asymmetrical multi-lumen apheresis catheter with balanced flow rates  
A multi-lumen intravenous catheter for use in treating a patient's blood comprising an elongated cylindrical tube with at least first, second and third lumens formed inside. The first lumen is...
6113570 Method of removing thrombosis in fistulae  
Apparatus and methods are provided for utilizing a combination of ultrasonic energy and an echo contrast agent containing microbubbles, for substantially dissolving blood clots or other fistula...
6102888 Method of irrigating and draining urinary tract  
A urinary tract irrigating assembly for flushing a TURP-treated prostate gland having a surgically created central cavity. The assembly includes an elongated catheter having a drain port for...
6096019 Cerebral edema solute catheter and method of draining cerebral edema  
Catheters for removing interstitial fluid from a cerebral edema that comprises an edema drainage section terminating in a proximal tip linked to a fluid transport section terminating in a distal...
6090094 Ball valves and uses thereof including endoscopic surgical instruments  
An on-off valve for medical procedures and laboratory devices, that has particular use with endoscopic medical procedures. Also featured are endoscopic devices that comprise such valves. The valve...
6090062 Programmable antisiphon shunt system  
A surgically implantable shunt system 20 is provided for controlling fluid flow from a relatively high pressure region to a low pressure region. The system 20 includes a rigid housing 22 defining a...
6083214 Medicant dispersing method  
A treatment of using pressure-driven blood infused with an antibiotic, analgesic or like pharmacological agent from a site of delivery to the patient to a site of pain or ache, in which...
6077256 Delivery of a composition to the lung  
In general, the invention features methods for delivering a composition to the lung in a non-surgical, percutaneous approach by utilizing the pulmonary vasculature (i.e., the pulmonary arteries and...
6059748 Catheters with enhanced exchange capability  
An exchange catheter facilitates the replacement of an existing guiding catheter with a larger guiding catheter during catheterization procedures such as percutaneous transluminal coronary...
6055985 Methods for injecting a contrast medium to generate prolonged uniform vascular enhancement  
A contrast medium injector for injecting a patient with contrast medium for a CT scan is programmed to provide an injection protocol that is a representation of an ideally defined exponential curve...
6050970 Method and apparatus for inserting a glaucoma implant in an anterior and posterior segment of the eye  
A method of treating glaucoma in an eye utilizing an implant is disclosed. The implant comprises an elastomeric plate having first and second surfaces and an non-valved elastomeric drainage tube....
6045528 Inner ear fluid transfer and diagnostic system  
An apparatus for transferring fluids into and out of the inner ear through the round window membrane. The apparatus includes a cover member sized for placement over the round window niche. Fluid...
6024719 Method and apparatus for performing surgery inside the human retina using fluidic internal limiting membrane (ILM) seperation (FILMS)  
A method and apparatus for performing surgery inside the human retina using fluidic internal limiting membrane separation (FILMS) to remove the internal limiting retinal layer from the neural...
6020196 Devices for harvesting and homogenizing adipose tissue containing autologous endothelial cells  
Disclosed herein are methods for harvesting adipose tissue so as to preserve an increased population of viable microvascular endothelial cells. Adipose tissue containing microvascular endothelial...
6001078 Selective positioning drainage catheter  
A drainage catheter for selective positioning within the human vasculature which includes a catheter body defining separate pressure and discharge lumens. A connector means at a proximal end of the...
5989213 Long-term dialysis catheter system and associated method  
A long-term dialysis catheter system for use in a body of a patient includes a guide catheter having a guide lumen defined therein, wherein the guide lumen defines a distal guide orifice. The...
5961458 Minimally invasive surgical probe for tissue identification and retrieval and method of use  
A probe for detecting and removing radioactively tagged tissue, e.g., a sentinel lymph node, within the body of a living being. The probe is arranged to be inserted through a small percutaneous...
5950631 Device and method for equalizing the pressure in the middle ear  
A method and device useful in assisting an individual in voluntarily inflating the middle ear is described, the device comprising (a) a body having a mouth portion and outer and inner surfaces...
5944754 Tissue re-surfacing with hydrogel-cell compositions  
The invention provides compositions and methods for generating new tissue on a surface, e.g., a surface of damaged or lost tissue, of a structure or organ in a mammal, The methods involve applying...
5944684 Wearable peritoneum-based system for continuous renal function replacement and other biomedical applications  
A wearable peritoneal dialysis device providing continuous removal of waste metabolites from the blood using a small volume (250-1000 mls) of protein-containing dialysate having an overall flow...
5931808 Cassette for endoscope  
An apparatus for performing endoscopic surgical procedures within an internal body cavity. The apparatus includes an imaging unit for viewing the internal body cavity. In addition, the apparatus...
5916193 Endovascular cardiac venting catheter and method  
A venting catheter, system and method are provided for withdrawing blood and other fluids from a patient's heart to facilitate decompressing the heart during cardioplegic arrest and cardiopulmonary...
5913842 Retrograde delivery catheter and method for inducing cardioplegic arrest  
retrograde delivery catheter includes at its distal end a balloon configured to occlude the coronary sinus of a patient's heart, and has a length and flexibility which allow the distal end to be...
5902336 Implantable device and method for removing fluids from the blood of a patient method for implanting such a device and method for treating a patient experiencing renal failure  
An implantable ultrafiltration device for removing low to medium molecular weight solutes and fluids from the blood of a patient experiencing renal failure, the device including: a pump having an...
5891083 Suction lipolysis  
A compound, solution of carrier and the compound and a medical procedure is provided for suction lipolysis. The compound is preferably either one or more enzymes and/or emulsifying agents and/or...
5868701 Medical suctioning bacteria valve and related method  
A valve and method for preventing backflow of bacteria and other unhealthy substances in a medical suctioning apparatus. The valve defines a chamber and has an outlet and an opposed inlet. The...
5868695 Systems and methods for eradicating contaminants using photoactive materials in fluids like blood using discrete sources of radiation  
A system and method for treating a fluid carrying a contaminant to which a photoactive material has been bound include a treatment device that defines a flow passage with a gap. The system and...
5865184 Combined spinal and epidural anesthesia  
A method of combined spinal and epidural anesthesia includes (a) inserting a catheter into an epidural space in a patient; (b) performing a spinal anesthesia for the patient; (c) monitoring an...
5860426 Cholecystoscopic cannula and cholecystoscopic gallbladder laser-sclerosis procedure  
A cholecystoscopic laser-sclerosis surgical procedure for the elimination of a human gallbladder in a single session using a local anesthesia, which utilizes a specially-designed cholecystoscopic...
5858400 Method of suppressing a rise in LDL concentrations after administration of an agent having small acceptors  
The present invention provides compositions for, a method of suppressing the rise in plasma concentrations of atherogenic lipoproteins after administration of an agent having small acceptors of...
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