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6396583 |
Optical fluid sensor
A fluid sensor for determining the presence of fluid in a light-transmissive conduit includes a light emitter and a light detector positioned proximate to the conduit. The light detector is...
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6317719 |
Providing patient-specific drug information
Systems and methods for processing data relating to use of a drug by a patient that receive patient information and determine a dosage of the drug on the basis of the patient information. The...
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6283937 |
Irrigation/aspiration apparatus
An irrigation/aspiration apparatus for aspirating and discharging drainage from a surgical site by a surgical device to which an aspiration tube is being connected, the apparatus comprising, a...
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6261280 |
Method of obtaining a measure of blood glucose
There is provided an implantable system and method for monitoring pancreatic beta cell electrical activity in a patient in order to obtain a measure of a patient's insulin demand and blood glucose...
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6261297 |
Thermal mode phaco apparatus and method
Control apparatus for an ultrasonic phacoemulsification handpiece utilizes flow rates and temperature measurements as well as power provided to a handpiece for calculating an energy balance over a...
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6238693 |
Transdermal administration of fenoldopam
Transdermal administration of fenoldopam, both the racemic mixture and the active R-fenoldopam enantiomer, is described. Also described are transdermal patches for therapeutically effective...
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6228048 |
Colonic irrigation apparatus and method
A colonic irrigation apparatus for cleaning bodily orifices such as the large intestine, which converts pressurized water from a building's water supply into a gravity flow and which provides...
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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...
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6168578 |
Portable kidney dialysis system
A portable kidney dialysis system device is provided including a belt with a drain bag mounted thereon. A pump is also mounted on the belt and coupled between a user and the drain bag. The pump is...
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6162194 |
Surgical irrigation apparatus and methods for use
A surgical irrigation apparatus includes a disposable assembly and a reusable assembly. The disposable assembly includes an irrigation fluid pump and a handpiece having a supply passage for...
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6159175 |
Phacoemulsification handpiece, sleeve, and tip
A phacoemulsification instrument that significantly reduces infusion fluid leakage by providing a silicone sleeve with a built in reinforcing member. Also, the sleeve has only a single infusion...
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6129699 |
Portable persistaltic pump for peritoneal dialysis
A pump assembly for ambulatory peritoneal dialysis transfer procedures includes a portable power supply geared to drive a high-volume peristaltic pump. A cassette of the pump comprises an...
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6110153 |
Infusion device with optical sensor
An infusion device with a disposable administration set which is inexpensive to manufacture. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention the disposable administration set has a plurality...
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6090048 |
Method and arrangement for detecting the condition of a blood vessel access
Methods for detecting the condition of a catheter providing access to a patient's blood vessel are disclosed in which the blood is supplied to an extracorporeal blood flow circuit. The method...
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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...
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5921953 |
Device for the rinsing of body cavities
The invention relates to an apparatus for irrigating body cavities with a fluid, comprising a reservoir containing the irrigating fluid, a pumping unit which pumps the irrigating fluid from the...
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5866015 |
Method for determining hemodynamic parameters during an extracorporeal hemotherapy and related device
A method and a device for determining hemodynamic parameters during an extracorporeal hemotherapy, in which the blood arrives via the arterial branch (20) of the extracorporeal circuit (9) of the...
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5851184 |
Electrocardiograph control of fluid injection
An electrocardiograph controlled injection continues until a programmed amount of contrast media has been injected, rather than until a predetermined number of heart cycles has been experienced. As...
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5830176 |
Maintenance of pressure within a surgical site during a surgical procedure
Varying flow rate and/or the fluid pressure head through a surgical instrument by selecting which of a plurality of fluid lines will supply fluid through the infusion line of the instrument. The...
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5814012 |
Method and apparatus for relieving excess insufflation pressure
A method and apparatus for relieving insufflation pressure in a body cavity (18) in excess of a predetermined value are provided. A conduit assembly (24) extends from the body cavity (18) through...
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5810765 |
Irrigation/aspiration apparatus
A irrigation/aspiration apparatus to be used in a cataractal operation comprises an irrigation fluid supply means for supplying an irrigation fluid contained in an irrigation bottle to the...
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5791880 |
Infusion pump having power-saving modes
An infusion apparatus includes a pump powered by a source of battery power and capable of operating in a plurality of infusion modes and operating in a power savings mode. The infusion apparatus...
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5766146 |
Method of infusion control during phacoemulsification surgery
A method for minimizing excess intraocular pressure during a phacoemulsification procedure in which eye tissue is fragmented and aspirated from the eye through a needle with irrigation fluid...
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5764159 |
Apparatus for remotely monitoring controllable devices
The invention relates to an installation for remote monitoring of a plurality of controllable equipment, in particular hospital equipment. Each of the equipment includes control means activated in...
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5755968 |
Dialysis system and method for removing toxic matter from the serum of the large intestine
A dialysis system and method for removing toxic matter from the large intestine comprises an input tube, an output tube concentric with the input tube, both of which tubes are to be inserted in the...
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5733256 |
Integrated phacoemulsification system
Surgical system for phacoemulsification providing infusion fluid apparatus and aspiration or evacuation apparatus to supplement the action of ultrasound vibrational energy applied to the surgical...
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5718238 |
Fluid collection cassette identification scheme
The invention is a method of identifying whether a particular fluid collection cassette is designated to have a particular use, such as posterior surgery or anterior surgery. A reflux bulb attached...
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5709654 |
Apparatus for cooling living tissue
The invention discloses methods for preserving organs in brain-dead humans or cadavers which allows additional time for the organs to remain viable such that they may be harvested for subsequent...
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5676650 |
Ophthalmologic aspiration and irrigation system, and method of operating same
An aspiration and irrigation system of an ophthalmologic device for performing surgical operations on an eye of a living being, includes an irrigation unit for conducting a fluid under pressure to...
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5658250 |
Systems and methods for operating ambulatory medical devices such as drug delivery devices
The present invention relates to systems and methods for operating ambulatory medical devices, such as drug delivery devices. The pump includes the pump control system for activating a pumping...
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5643201 |
Continuous peritoneal dialysis apparatus
A peritoneal dialysis system is illustrated of the continuous flow type which includes a reverse osmosis unit which prepares sterilized and filtered water for mixing with a sterilized dialysate in...
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5591399 |
System for diagnosing oxygenator failure
A system which provides information necessary to diagnose a failure or malfunction of an oxygenator. The system provides information to differentiate oxygenator failure from other causes of...
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5586973 |
Method and device for controlled irrigation and suctioning of a liquid clarificant during endoscopic surgery
The irrigation circuit of this apparatus comprises a second pressure sensor CP2 forming a flowmeter with a first CP1, as well as a pressure sensor CPA located downstream. The apparatus also...
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5578001 |
Infusion apparatus for IV bags
An infusion apparatus includes a roller assembly adapted to exert pressure on opposed sides of an IV bag to forcibly remove the fluid contents therefrom in an even and controllable manner. A...
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5569188 |
Apparatus for controlling fluid flow through a surgical instrument and the temperature of an ultrasonic instrument
An apparatus essentially consisting of an aspiration conduit, a pump, and a pressure transducer and logic console which senses vacuum level fluctuations in the aspiration conduit. The aspiration...
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5563584 |
Liquid level sensing and monitoring system for medical fluid infusion systems
A liquid level sensing and monitoring system for a medical fluid infusion system has an IV spike with a pressure sensor which contacts fluid in an infusion container such as an IV bag or bottle....
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5556378 |
Device for irrigation of body cavities
A device for the irrigation and suction drainage of body cavities, especially in surgical laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, uroscopy, or arthroscopy. The device comprises two conventional pumps, each...
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5531698 |
Optical reflection systems and methods for cassette identification fordrug pumps
The present invention concerns a pump provided with a control module and an attachable fluid reservoir cassette. The control module includes a pumping mechanism for pumping fluid from the fluid...
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5514088 |
Apparatus, and method for chemical contact dissolution of gallstones
A fully automatic organ pressure sensitive apparatus for dislodging and removing obstructions in bodily cavities or organs by both delivering and removing fluid thereto, operable by high rate...
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5512045 |
Surgical decompression and irrigation apparatus and method
An apparatus (10) and method for surgical decompression and irrigation/lavage of a patient comprising a tube (12) having a distal end (14) which is inserted into the intestine and a proximal end...
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5503626 |
Fluid delivery system for hysteroscopic surgery
An open loop system for delivering fluid during hysteroscopic surgery. The system includes first and second fluid conduits in fluid communication with the uterine cavity of a patient. First and...
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5497787 |
Limb monitoring method and associated apparatus
A medical method comprises the steps of attaching a sensing device to a limb of a patient, automatically operating the sensing device to monitor a circumference of the limb, automatically comparing...
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5496287 |
Pulmonary suction catheter
The disclosure is of a suction catheter having a valve body including a vertical plunger in a vertical bore and two horizontal tubes, one for connection to a source of suction and one for...
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5476448 |
Apparatus for suppressing a vacuum surge in eye surgery
A surge suppresser which has a collapsible flexible wall that accumulates the aspiration fluid of an interocular surgical system. The surge suppresser has an inlet port and an outlet port that are...
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5474683 |
Peritoneal dialysis systems and methods employing pneumatic pressure and temperature-corrected liquid volume measurements
Peritoneal dialysis systems and methods move liquid using a pump chamber that is operated in response to pneumatic pressure variations applied by a pump actuator. The systems and methods...
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5458566 |
Reservoir volume sensing systems for autologous blood recovery
A volume sensor is described for automating an extracorporeal system used for the recovery and concentration of salvaged blood. The system includes a disposable plastic reservoir in which blood is...
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5454784 |
Control valve for a fluid set
An irrigation system contains a safety relief valve and a safety relief valve control valve. The safety relief valve control valve acts to modulate the operation of the safety relief valve when...
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5429596 |
Endoscopic electrosurgical suction-irrigation instrument
An endoscopic electrosurgical suction-irrigation instrument with insertable probes and attachments is disclosed. The instrument has a fluid chamber sealed at its proximal end with a slit valve for...
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5423747 |
Medical pump drive
A medical pump drive for automatically displaying not only the flow rate of circulating blood but also blood flow rate per surface area of the body of a patient in a medical treatment such as...
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5399160 |
Irrigation tubing set having compliant sections
An irrigation system including a pump that regulates the supply of fluid to an endoscopic surgical site, and a tubing set for supplying the fluid. The tubing set comprises an inflow line for...
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