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6494859 |
Methods using pressure to obtain 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...
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6491715 |
Device for treating growing, dilated or malformed blood vessels and method for treating biological material
In a device for treating blood vessels with a laser, the laser provides a beam in a wavelength range from 750 to 850 nm, preferably 805 nm. The device has a measuring unit which measures the...
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6482170 |
Apparatus and method for relieving gastric pressure during enteral feeding
A gastric pressure relief apparatus for incorporation within an enteral feeding system, including an enteral feeding container, an administrative tube and an enteral feeding tube. The apparatus...
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6481439 |
Methods and systems for treating ischemia
Methods for treating total and partial occlusions employ a perfusion conduit which is penetrated through the occlusive material. Oxygenated blood or other medium is then perfused through the...
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6482220 |
Method and apparatus for creation of drug delivery and/or stimulation pockets in myocardium
An apparatus and method for creating drug-filled pockets within muscle tissue, such as myocardium of the heart for increasing angiogenesis. More particularly, the apparatus has an excising assembly...
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6479232 |
Human xenografts for microbicide testing and anatomical modeling
A method for screening candidate antimicrobial compounds is described that utilizes a human vaginal xenograft engrafted in a non-human host. The method may be performed by using pathogen inoculated...
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6476069 |
Compositions for creating embolic agents and uses thereof
A composition useful as an embolic agent that selectively creates an embolic blockage in the lumen of a blood vessel, duct, fistula or other like body passageways by combining a monomer component...
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6436633 |
Human xenografts for microbicide testing and anatomical modeling
A method for screening candidate antimicrobial compounds is described that utilizes a human vaginal xenograft engrafted in a non-human host. The method may be performed by using pathogen inoculated...
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6413245 |
Sub-tenon drug delivery
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for delivering a drug formulation to a human eye. The method includes the steps of inserting the apparatus below the Tenon's capsule and above the sclera at a...
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6387378 |
Device for storage and mucosal delivery of biological or pharmaceutical materials to animals
Disclosed herein is a device for storing and/or delivering an effective amount of biological or pharmaceutical material to an animal comprising a tube disposed to contain said biological or...
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6375970 |
Methods and materials for preterm birth prevention
Materials and methods for reducing the incidence of preterm birth involving the use of polymeric compositions are provided.
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6371937 |
Manometer infusion apparatus
A manometer for measuring the hydrodynamic pressure of fluids parenterally administered to a patient is disclosed. The manometer includes a transparent housing that has a passage that accommodates...
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6364855 |
Multilumen urethral catheter for transperineal brachytherapy
A urethral catheter adapted to facilitate transperineal brachytherapy, comprising, a sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end and at least one lumen filled with a masma comprising a plurality of...
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6299593 |
Double and multiple lumen chest drainage tube
A double-lumen chest drainage tube is employed to remove a mixture of air, blood and fluids from a pleural cavity following lung surgery. The drainage tube is constructed of a polymeric inner tube...
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6296632 |
Ball-shaped fiber implant, and method and device for inserting the implant
In the method proposed, the implant material in the form of a fibre is unwound from a bobbin (10) with the aid of a stream of air (24) and injected through a tube (19) into the body (22). In front...
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6290672 |
Exploratory tubular sonogenic catheter
An improved catheter for delivery of a saline solution to a fallopian tube to be examined by ultrasonic energy and for filling the uterus with a saline solution simultaneously in a sealed position....
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6206270 |
Method of assembling needles for eyebrow makeup
A method of assembling needles for eyebrow makeup comprises the steps of inserting short needles into holes, wrapping a thermoplastic tube onto distal ends of short needles, inserting a long needle...
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6200288 |
Everting toroid device for insertion into a body cavity
An everting toroid for use in delivering a powdered, fluid, or aerosolized pharmaceutical composition, or other composition, to an internal body cavity, such as the urethra, or other cavity, is...
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6199554 |
Method and apparatus for combining injury-mediated therapy and drug delivery
A method of enhancing injury-induced revascularization of a tissue as treatment of a disease, such as coronary artery disease, is described. The method involves (i) creating injury in a tissue...
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6186982 |
Subcutaneous drug delivery device with improved filling system
A subcutaneous drug delivery device having a housing having an internal reservoir in communication with a drug delivery needle via a fluid path. An expandable chamber disposed adjacent to the...
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6159174 |
Method of using lectins for therapy of diseases transmittable by sexual contact
In order to prevent conception and/or the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STD's) one or more lectins capable of binding sperm and/or the pathogenic microorganisms responsible for STD's are...
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6156017 |
Cleaning device
A cleaning device is a device directly connected with a bath shower head. It is primary used in the individual hygiene. The structure thereof includes a joint directly connected a general used...
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6156003 |
Surgical visualization and moisturizing device
A surgical visualization and moisturizing device providing improved visualization and moisturizing of a surgical site such as an anastomosis. The device of the present invention is provided with a...
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6077916 |
Biodegradable mixtures of polyphoshazene and other polymers
Biodegradable polymeric compositions are provided, wherein biodegradable polyphosphazenes are combined with at least one other polymer, either in the form of a blend, a semi-interpenetrating...
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6022340 |
Ballon/delivery catheter assembly with adjustable balloOn positioning
This is a catheter assembly having an expandable balloon adjustably positionable over a polymeric delivery catheter shaft.
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5957884 |
System for morselating and removing tissue from a patient
A method for morselating and removing the morselated tissue through a small incision comprising in general inserting a tissue container into the body cavity of a patient through an incision,...
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5954687 |
Burr hole ring with catheter for use as an injection port
A burr hole ring with a catheter for use as an injection port comprises a modified burr hole ring adapted to engage the skull at a burr hole drilled therein. The interior of the burr hole ring...
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5954742 |
Dilatation catheter
A balloon-free dilatation catheter has an elongated flexible sheath which is insertable into an animal body so that its distal end is located at or within a selected portion of an internal passage,...
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5954688 |
Everting toroid device for delivering a drug into a body cavity
An everting toroid for use in delivering a powdered or liquid or aerosolized drug to an internal body cavity, such as the urethra, is described. The drug may be distributed on the surface of the...
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5951521 |
Subcutaneous implantable sensor set having the capability to remove deliver fluids to an insertion site
An implantable subcutaneous set for mounting onto a skin of a user and contacting a subcutaneous placement site beneath the skin includes a base, a cannula, an insertion device and an externally...
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5906589 |
Method and apparatus for occlusion monitoring using pressure waveform analysis
A method and apparatus for occlusion monitoring in a flow circuit using pressure waveform analysis. The flow circuit includes a first conduit and a second conduit which fluidly interconnects a...
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5906597 |
Patient-controlled drug administration device
A PCA device includes a fluid conduit having an upstream portion and a downstream portion, a first flow-restricting orifice in the upstream portion, a second flow-restricting orifice in the...
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5899878 |
Nasal irrigation system
There is disclosed a nasal irrigation system having an applicator or irrigating member through which a pressurized stream of irrigating fluid is passed through to the nasal passage. The applicator...
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5897527 |
Portable analgesic system
A portable analgesic system comprises a liquid medicine supply unit which stores a given amount of liquid medicine temporarily and then discharges the liquid medicine automatically, a first...
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5847010 |
Treatment of multiple sclerosis
The present invention is a method of preventing or ameliorating the episodic recurrence of MS, comprising administering an effective amount of selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors of Type IV,...
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5843091 |
Extension regulator for catheter carried medical instruments
An extension regulator for catheter carried medical instruments which extend from the distal end of the catheter or a point adjacent thereto, includes a regulator which is disposed on a hand-held...
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5833644 |
Method for emboli containment
A multi-catheter emboli containment system is disclosed in which a treatment chamber within a blood vessel is formed by at least two occlusion balloons on opposite sides of a stenotic lesion,...
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5830152 |
Pencil-grip fine needle aspiration syringe holder
A pencil-grip fine needle aspiration syringe holder for accurately placing a needle into a region using a single hand disposed close to the needle tip in a position of natural function, useable...
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5823991 |
Penile erection assist device and method
A penile erection assist method and apparatus treats male impotence by providing physiologically active vasodilating drugs to the penile erectile tissues in a manner which minimizes pain therein....
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5817124 |
Anal dilator with self-expanding element
An anal dilator for treating anal disorders, such as fissure-in-ano, having a self-expanding means for slowly dilating the anal muscles to cause a relaxation of anal muscles thereby promoting...
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5800408 |
Infusion device for distributing infusate along an elongated infusion segment
An infusion device for use in delivering an infusate from an elongated infusion segment along an elongated section of a body vessel with either a relatively symmetric infusate distribution profile...
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5780044 |
Liquid delivery compositions
Improved biocompatible liquid delivery compositions, which are useful for the formation of sustained release delivery systems for active agents, are provided. The compositions include liquid...
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5752930 |
Implantable techniques for infusing equal volumes of agents to spaced sites
An implantable catheter defining a plurality of fluid exits responsive to a first range of pressure on a fluid agent for delivering substantially the same flow rate of the agent through each of the...
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5722950 |
Method for remote delivery of an aerosolized liquid
The invention provides an apparatus for remote delivery of an aerosolized liquid by laparoscopic technique, a method of delivering an aerosolized liquid into the body of an animal by means of the...
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5720734 |
Gastrostomy feeding ports
Gastrostomy ports are disclosed for reliably providing enteral feeding to a patient over long periods of time. Gastrostomy ports shown herein provide one-way valves which include a resilient valve...
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5716347 |
Gastrostomy feeding ports with positively sealing entrance valves
Gastrostomy feeding ports are disclosed which remain positively sealed after repeated and extensive use. In one embodiment, a valve housing defines an inner passageway to provide fluid...
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5702362 |
Nasal applicator
Nasal applicators are an important aid for introducing powdery, pharmacologically active medicaments into the nasopharyngeal space of a patient. The present nasal applicator is based on a manually...
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5645531 |
Constant pressure blood mixture delivery system and method
A system and method for blood mixture fluid delivery to a patient includes fluid delivery conduits connected to the patient for delivering blood mixture fluid, a pump for controlled pumping of...
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5624393 |
Irrigation system for surgical instruments
The present invention provides a retrofitted attachment to an existing bone sagittal saw or drill to cool bone during the cutting and/or drilling phase of surgery. The irrigation apparatus...
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5605545 |
Tubing system for delivering fluid to a surgical site
A tubing set and method for use with a system for providing pressurized fluid from a fluid source to a surgical site. The system includes a fluid source, a length of flexible tubing having one end...
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