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5797870 |
Pericardial delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic agents
A method for treating a patient's heart which comprising delivering a gene therapy agent into the pericardial sac around the patient's heart. The agent is introduced surgically or by transvascular...
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5797872 |
Method of treating domestic animals such as cows for mastitis and apparatus for injecting ozone into breasts
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for use in the method for treating cow's mastitis by means of quite a different novel chemotherapy without relying on drugs such as existing antibiotics. In...
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5797873 |
Process for the preparation of bone cements comprising active compounds
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of bone cements comprising active compounds and bone replacement materials or implantable drug depots produced therefrom. The bone cement is...
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5787900 |
Method for loading and reloading a therapeutical device in a vascularized implantable containment apparatus
This invention relates generally to a method of loading and reloading a therapeutical device in a vascularized implantable containment apparatus made of selectively permeable material. Suitable...
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5782798 |
Techniques for treating eating disorders by brain stimulation and drug infusion
Techniques using one or more drugs and/or electrical stimulation for treating an eating disorder by means of an implantable signal generator and electrode and/or an implantable pump and catheter. A...
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5779649 |
Surgical suction wand with filter
A surgical suction wand comprising a generally tubular body with a hollow tip at one end thereof, a cap releasably closing the other end of the tubular body, and a filter member within the body and...
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5779671 |
Longitudinally collapsible and exchangeable catheter
A balloon dilatation catheter is disclosed which incorporates a longitudinally collapsible shaft section including a longitudinally collapsible guide wire lumen. The longitudinally collapsible...
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5776097 |
Method and device for treating intracranial vascular aneurysms
A device and method for the therapeutic management of intracranial vascular aneurysms are provided involving the use of intravascular balloon catheters that can directly image the aneurysm and that...
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5772637 |
Intravenous-line flow-control system
An intravenous-line flow-control system for receiving a disposable cassette disposed in the intravenous line. The system prevents the free flow of intravenous fluid through the cassette when the...
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5772642 |
Closed end catheter
A method and apparatus for a closed end catheter system comprising a catheter body defining a tool lumen sized to receive an elongated tool. The distal end of the tool lumen has a plug therein. A...
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5769817 |
Coextruded balloon and method of making same
An expander member for a balloon catheter to be used in stent delivery applications comprises a double-walled tubular member that is adapted for attachment to a distal end portion of an elongated,...
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5762925 |
Preventing opiate tolerance by cellular implantation
The use of CNS transplants, in particular adrenal medullary transplants, in reducing and/or preventing tolerance to opiates.
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5743872 |
Limited backflow reflux valve and method
A limited backflow reflux valve for connection between a syringe, catheter, and bulk container of injection fluid. The reflux valve permits injection of fluid from the syringe through the catheter...
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5741227 |
Method of sterile preparation of IV pump syringe
In the method of replacing a filled syringe for an emptied syringe in the same syringe pump, the use of a snap-on disc strategically located on the tubing set of the filled syringe which so...
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5730721 |
Medical applicator and method
A medical applicator and method of use includes in one embodiment, a flexible envelope containing medicinal fluid which is delivered to the patient via apertures in the envelope. The envelope is...
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5730726 |
Apparatus and method for removing fecal impaction
An apparatus for removing a fecal impaction from a patient's rectum is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a shaft which is inserted into the patient's rectum. Coupled to the shaft is a plurality of...
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5727570 |
Method of treating hyperlipidemia in humans
A method of treatment of humans suffering from hyperlipidemia which comprises administering, by a pharmaceutically effective mode, a drug composition selected from the group consisting of opiate...
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5720721 |
Method for monitoring viscosity and occlusions in an enteral feeding pump delivery
A pressure monitoring enteral feeding system and method are disclosed including a housing having a pair of channels for receiving a pump tubing segment which connects an intake line and an output...
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5720720 |
Convection-enhanced drug delivery
A method of high-flow microinfusion which provides convection-enhanced delivery of agents into the brain and other solid tissue structures. The method involves positioning the tip of an infusion...
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5709653 |
Photodynamic therapy balloon catheter with microporous membrane
A photodynamic therapy balloon catheter with microporous membrane is provided which has an elongated optical fiber, an inner tubular member, a porous balloon member surrounding the inner tubular...
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5707359 |
Expanding trocar assembly
An expandable trocar assembly including a trocar hilt secured to an inner sheath, wherein the inner sheath has an expandable distal end. The assembly further includes an outer sheath slidable...
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5702361 |
Method for embolizing blood vessels
Disclosed are methods useful for treating vascular lesions wherein a non-particulate agent such as a metal coil is introduced into a vascular site (e.g., an aneurysm cavity) in conjunction with an...
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5700252 |
Lumen-seeking nasogastric tube and method
Disclosed is an improved nasogastric tube having a coupled or integrally formed flexible tip which facilitates insertion and advancement of the tube through a nasopharynx and into a stomach of a...
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5688237 |
Implantable catheter and method of use
An implantable catheter comprises a flexible elongated catheter body having an inflatable balloon positioned near its distal end. At least one distal delivery port is located distal of the balloon...
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5685842 |
Drug delivery system and method
A fluid delivery set for delivering fluid from a primary container to a patient. The set includes a conduit defining a fluid flow path. A first connector constructed to be fluidly connected to a...
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5685843 |
Apparatus for performing broncho-alveolar lavage and method of using
Apparatus for performing broncho-alveolar lavage and method of using the apparatus using relatively low known pressures which may avoid damage, such as overexpansion and rupture of airways and...
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5682906 |
Methods of performing intracardiac procedures on an arrested heart
The invention provides devices and methods for performing less-invasive surgical procedures within an organ or vessel. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention provides a method of closed-chest...
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5674198 |
Tandem balloon catheter
A balloon catheter comprises a catheter shaft and a plurality of lumens, having a pair of spaced, inflatable balloons carried on the shaft to define an interballoon space between the balloons. Each...
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5658234 |
Method for treating tumors
This invention relates generally to a method for treating a tumor comprising the steps of selecting a target substance which has at least one component with an atomic or molecular resonance...
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5653692 |
Method and system for direct heating of fluid solution in a hollow body organ
The invention provides improved methods and devices for heating a thermally conductive fluid within an internal body organ to thermally ablate or necrose the body organ. In an exemplary embodiment,...
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5649904 |
Method of treating cancer with a fully myeloablative regimen of chemotherapy, radiation or both
The use, in sequence, of a cytotoxic, but stem cell sparing, agent and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor as a means to harvest very high numbers of multipotential haemopoietic...
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5637085 |
Method of cancer tumor treatment by slow release delivery of 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxides to tumor site
Disclosed are a method and composition for intralesional therapy of solid cancer tumors, and especially brain tumors, comprising, delivering a compound of a 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxide contained in a...
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5624413 |
Method for inserting a multiple catheter assembly
A method is provided for inserting a multiple catheter assembly into an area of a body to be catheterized through a single incision. Two independent catheters which are independently movable with...
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5622725 |
Wound disinfection and repair
Methods for preventing and treating microbial wound infections, especially of peritoneal cavity wounds including those having indwelling catheters, and enhancing wound repair while minimizing...
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5620416 |
Methods of using topical agents with systemically administered active agents
The present invention relates to the simultaneous administration of topical agents and systemic active agents to treat diseases of the skin and surrounding tissues, wherein the topical drug is...
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5609629 |
Coated implantable medical device
A coated implantable medical device 10 includes a structure 12 adapted for introduction into the vascular system, esophagus, trachea, colon, biliary tract, or urinary tract; at least one layer 18...
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5603694 |
Infusion coil apparatus and method for delivering fluid-based agents intravascularly
An infusion coil apparatus and method for delivering fluid-based diagnostic and therapeutic agents intravascularly in which an infusion coil is placed in an artery or other vessel at a diseased...
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5593384 |
Controlled infusion administration of pharmaceuticals
A method for administering a pharmaceutical to an animal includes imbibing a plurality of carriers with the pharmaceutical, placing a barrier into the animal, defining a first zone and a second...
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5575779 |
Liquid regulator and method of use
An automatic flow regulator for use in a liquid management system is provided, as well as a method for its use. More particularly, a flow regulator and a method for its use are provided which can...
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5575767 |
Method and apparatus for high pressure one-way fluid valving in angiography
A method and apparatus is provided for high pressure one-way fluid valving in angiography. The method includes inhibiting the flow of a sterile saline solution through a catheter lumen using the...
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5574019 |
Method of perfusing a primate
The present invention relates to the field of compositions of matter, disclosing compositions of matter which as aqueous solutions, may be used to perfuse a living or non-living subject in need of...
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5574075 |
Material as a starting material for the preparation of bone cement, process for its preparation and process for the preparation of bone cement
The invention relates to a material in the form of a three-dimensional conglomerate of polymer particles which is used as a starting material for the preparation of bone cement. The conglomerate is...
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5569183 |
Method for performing surgery around a viewing space in the interior of the body
A surgical dissector and method for facilitating fiberoptic viewing when developing a minimally invasive accessway to a surgical objective in the interior of the body. The dissector or guide is...
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5558635 |
Exchangeable guide system
A system for exchanging a smaller guide catheter with a larger guide catheter without removal of the coronary guide wire during angioplasty. An extender guide catheter is connected to the end of...
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5554150 |
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor solution delivery method
Methods and devices for delivery of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor to a patient are disclosed. The method comprises continuous subcutaneous delivery of a solution comprising...
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5536247 |
Method of treating cardiac conduction defects
A method of treating cardiac conduction defects and/or congestive heart disease. The method involves identifying the branch arteries that feed blood to the specialized cardiac conduction cells of...
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5516505 |
Method for using cryogenic agents for treating skin lesions
A method for cryogenically treating skin lesions employing a device for applying cryogenic refrigerant in a liquid pool contacting the area of the skin lesion at a temperature and for a time such...
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5484401 |
Treatment method for pleural effusion
A method for treating a pleural effusion condition by establishing fluid communication with a pleural space, using a catheter attached to a valve that is normally closed but openable by the...
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5468224 |
Methods of color coding injectable medications
Injectable medications are color coded by adding harmless coloring materials to the medications themselves. In one embodiment of the invention, each medication is assigned a color. In another...
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5468222 |
Process for determining drug taper schedules
Process for calculating decreasing doses of a drug a patient needs to take to be able to finally stop taking the drug algorithm. The process is based on an exponential drug taper. This is...
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