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8182443 Drug administration controller  
A drug administration controller has a sensor that generates a sensor signal to a physiological measurement device, which measures a physiological parameter in response. A control output responsive...
8152786 Collection catheter and kit  
A catheter for collecting fluid such as blood from a vessel such as a coronary sinus of a patient has an elongated, flexible tubular portion and an annular sealing member spaced from a distal end...
8147443 Indirect fluid flow measurement  
A method for ablating tissue comprising controlling a heating element using a variable phase angle control to heat an ablation fluid to a desired temperature and determining a heating percentage...
8109897 Method for selective thermal treatment  
Methods for selective cooling or heating of a target site in the human body include a catheter having a supply elongated element and a delivery elongated element, with inlet and exit ports. Blood...
8105310 Infiltration cannula  
An infiltration cannula and method of using the infiltration cannula during a tumescent infiltration procedure are disclosed herein. The infiltration cannula may have an outwardly flaring hub which...
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...
8075511 System for treating ocular disorders and methods thereof  
Systems and methods for treating ocular disorders are disclosed. One system has an implant and a delivery device. The implant has inlet and outlet portions, a lumen extending therebetween and...
8066658 Method and composition for removing uremic toxins in dialysis processes  
Methods and devices for providing dialysis treatment are provided. The device includes a resin bed including zirconium phosphate, zirconium oxide, and urease.
8062285 Systems and methods for removing ingested material from a stomach  
When a patient is fitted with an external gastrostomy connection to the stomach, ingested food can be removed through the gastrostomy connection using a pump-based or siphon-based system to achieve...
8048310 Method and device for the removal of partially protein bound substances  
A method and a device to increase the efficiency of dialysis for the removal from blood of substances that are more or less tightly bound to carriers such as albumin. According to the invention...
8034017 Method and apparatus for home dialysis  
A system, process, and method for home hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis to be carried out by the patient or other non-professional users based upon re-circulation of dialysate from small...
8029491 Method and apparatus for preventing air embolisms  
Method and apparatus for preventing air embolisms during surgical procedures which involves providing a fluid source in communication with an aperture extending into an anatomical cavity such that...
8025656 Methods, systems and devices for performing gynecological procedures  
Methods, systems and devices for performing gynecological procedures. According to one embodiment, there is provided a device for accessing the peritoneal cavity of a patient by inserting the...
8021346 Wound irrigation device and method  
A device for wound irrigation which has a compressible reservoir housing with a sterile wound irrigation solution and a plurality of ports to facilitate producing a pressurized dispersed stream of...
8012139 Devices and methods for delivering medical agents  
Described are novel methods for delivering a medical agent to a plurality of locations within a patient tissue volume such as the interior space of a spinal disc, and also for removing material...
8002732 Medical suction and irrigation device  
Embodiments of the invention provide a suction evacuation system, or smoke evacuation system, for incorporation into hand-held surgical devices. In particular, the system according to embodiments...
7993531 Biological fluid filtration systems and methods  
Biological fluid filtration methods are provided for the treatment of gas within a biological fluid filtration system. A quantity of biological fluid is flowed under the force of gravity through a...
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...
7981073 Method and device for irrigation of body cavities  
A pressure and a vision regulation method and device for irrigation of a body cavity (1), in which an inflow liquid pump (2) pressurizes the irrigation liquid in a feed line (13) and an outflow...
7975690 Nasal devices  
The present invention relates to a nasal delivery device for and a method of delivering a substance, in particular one of a liquid, as a suspension or solution, or a powder containing a medicament,...
7967776 High performance cannulas  
A cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends is provided. The diameter of the lumen of the cannula can be varied to take into account...
7963941 Intra-abdominal medical method and associated device  
In a surgical method, a hollow needle is inserted into a hollow internal organ of a patient through a natural body opening. A wireless scanning apparatus is operated externally of the patient to...
7959597 Irrigation and aspiration device and method  
An irrigation and aspiration system is disclosed. The system can be configured to aspirate and irrigate alone, sequentially or concurrently. The system can be configured to aspirate and irrigate...
7955290 Method and composition for removing uremic toxins in dialysis processes  
Methods and devices for providing dialysis treatment are provided. The device includes a resin bed including zirconium phosphate, zirconium oxide, and urease.
RE42354 Hemo-aide  
An apparatus and method for modifying viruses and bacteria in a closed loop system that irradiates the fluid multiple times through the same channel. The apparatus consists of a cuvette, an...
7922686 Systems and methods for performing peritoneal dialysis  
Systems and methods for providing multiple pass continuous flow dialysis therapy are provided. The present invention includes a fluid circuit connected to a patient via a catheter thereby defining...
7918825 Interfacing a prefilled syringe with an infusion pump to fill the infusion pump  
A prefilled syringe may be interfaced with and used to fill an infusion pump with therapeutic liquid. The dispensing end of the prefilled syringe may be coupled (either directly or indirectly using...
7905854 Apparatus and method for removing pigments from a pigmented section of skin  
An apparatus for removing a pigmented section of skin, comprises a) a skin puncturing device; b) an array of one or more needles connected to said device for puncturing the skin at said pigmented...
7883472 Method and system of measuring IAP using a naso-enteric tube  
A method and apparatus for measuring the intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) within a patient having a naso-enteric tube. The system senses the IAP of the patient by means of a sensing conduit that is...
7879242 Method and device for the removal of partially protein bound substances  
A method and a device to increase the efficiency of dialysis for the removal from blood of substances that are more or less tightly bound to carriers such as albumin. According to the invention...
7873404 Method for performing angioplasty and angiography with a single catheter  
A combination catheter enables performing an angiogram and an angioplasty (and repetitions of one or both) with the same catheter instrument, without removal from and re-insertion into an artery...
7867192 Ambulatory infusion devices and methods with blockage detection  
Infusion devices with blockage detection capability and methods of monitoring infusion devices.
7854944 Tissue regeneration  
A method including positioning a delivery device at a location in a vessel within a mammalian body, introducing a first treatment agent including a cellular component through the delivery device,...
7850856 Method and device for monitoring the supply of substitution fluid during an extracorporeal blood treatment  
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the supply of substitution liquid during an extracorporeal blood treatment and to an extracorporeal blood treatment unit equipped with a device for...
7846126 System and method for modulated surgical procedure irrigation and aspiration  
A method and apparatus for performing modulated fluid delivery and aspiration during a surgical procedure such as phacoemulsification is provided. The method and apparatus include delivering fluid...
7780645 Method of delivering embolic particles to an aneurysm  
A method of delivering embolic particles to an aneurysm includes inserting a delivery catheter into the vasculature of a patient and directing the distal end of the delivery catheter to a...
7766658 Systems and methods for intra-oral diagnosis  
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting or diagnosing diseases by sampling and testing intra-oral fluids.
7753858 Delivery devices and methods for heart valve repair  
Devices, systems and methods facilitate positioning of a cardiac valve annulus treatment device, thus enhancing treatment of the annulus. Methods generally involve advancing an anchor delivery...
7749185 Method of inserting double-Y-shaped catheter with attachable hubs  
A method for inserting a multi-lumen catheter into a patient is disclosed. The catheter includes an elongated, central, multi-lumen tube portion having a proximal end and a distal end. A distal...
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...
7699056 Medical devices and methods of making and using such devices  
Devices, such as medical devices for inhibiting conception, and methods of using and/or making these devices. In one aspect of the disclosure, a medical device has a delivery system and a first...
7665466 Self-expanding medical occlusion device  
A self-expanding medical occlusion device treats a heart defect in a patient and is inserted into the body in minimally invasive fashion using a catheter system, and includes a braiding of thin...
7662286 Method of purging air from a medical fluid machine  
A medical fluid machine includes a housing providing a first wall and a second wall, the first and second walls at least partially defining a pump chamber. A fluid receptacle is located within the...
7648479 Systems and methods for removing ingested material from a stomach  
When a patient is fitted with an external gastrostomy connection to the stomach, ingested food can be removed through the gastrostomy connection using a pump-based or siphon-based system to achieve...
7618542 Blood purifying device and method of operating the same  
A blood purifying apparatus particularly suitable for continuous blood purification, and a method of controlling the same whereby the weight of body fluid removed from a patient and a feed weight...
7615158 Method and device for the removal of partially protein bound substances  
A method and a device to increase the efficiency of dialysis for the removal from blood of substances that are more or less tightly bound to carriers such as albumin. According to the invention...
RE40913 Multilumen catheter assembly and methods for making and inserting the same  
A multilumen catheter assembly and methods for making and inserting the same are provided. The catheter assembly includes a unitary catheter and at least two distal end tubes which extend distally...
7544178 Method for controlling fluid flow to and from an eye during ophthalmic surgery  
A method and apparatus provided for controlling fluid control to and from an eye or a phacoemulsification handpiece. The handpiece includes an ultrasonically driven, hollow, sleeved needle and the...
7544300 Batch filtration system for preparation of sterile fluid for renal replacement therapy  
A method and device for blood treatments that use fluids such as dialysate and replacement fluid for renal replacement therapy. In an embodiment, fluid is passed either by pump or passively by...
7531098 Integrated automatic blood processing unit  
A system for automatically processing blood components is described. The system includes a console, which contains all motors, pumps, sensors, valves and control circuitry, and a unique disposable...