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7618397 Fluid delivery system with pump cassette  
The fluid delivery system includes a control console adapted to control delivery of fluid to a patient and a pump cassette disposed in a pump cassette socket in the control console and operatively...
7618393 Needle-less injector and method of fluid delivery  
A needle-less injector device for delivering a dose of fluid intradermally, subcutaneously or intramuscularly to an animal or human. The device includes an inner housing having opposed ends. A...
7605249 Treatment of neurodegenerative disease through intracranial delivery of siRNA  
The present invention provides devices, small interfering RNA, and methods for treating a neurodegenerative disorder comprising the steps of surgically implanting a catheter so that a discharge...
7597692 Microscission processes and procedures  
The present invention relates to microscission methods and devices used for the manipulation or modification of the body tissue by the formation of microconduits in a tissue. The term...
7594909 Apparatus and method for adjustment of the length of an infusion tubing  
The invention relates to an apparatus for adjustment of the length of an infusion tubing including a housing with cylinder part having a center axis, the housing further including at least one...
7572251 Systems and methods for electrosurgical tissue treatment  
Systems and methods are provided for applying a high frequency voltage in the presence of an electrically conductive fluid to create a relatively low-temperature plasma for ablation of tissue...
7553304 Medical device for injecting liquids  
The invention relates to a device for injecting liquid, comprising a piece of tubing on which there is situated at least a first liquid occlusion system. According to the invention, a regulation...
7549996 Tunneling needle design having an on-demand removable hub  
The present invention provides a medical needle assembly which has a removable at will needle hub for a spinal needle, which can be used to access the epidural or subarachnoid space of the spinal...
7549983 Method of closing an opening in a wall of the heart  
Disclosed is a closure catheter, for closing a tissue opening such as an atrial septal defect, patent foreman ovale, or the left atrial appendage of the heart. The closure catheter carries a...
7547317 Methods of performing procedures in the spine  
Disclosed are methods of accessing and treating the spine, while minimizing trauma to surrounding tissue. A device is introduced through tissue, to an access point on the spine. The device is...
7534239 Automatic liquid injection system and method  
A power assisted method and injector device for controllably delivering to patients a dispersion medicament or diagnostically active agent, the homogeneity of which is preserved throughout...
7534229 Needle protection device for an injection unit  
A needle protecting device including: a sleeve-shaped base body which may be connected to a casing of the injection device or is formed by a casing of the injection device, a needle protecting...
7530976 Fluid exchange system for controlled and localized irrigation and aspiration  
The control of fluid introduction into and out of body conduits such as vessels, is of great concern in medicine. As the development of more particular treatments to vessels and organs continues it...
7530975 Measuring properties of an anatomical body  
A medical device includes a sensor that is configured to measure a property of an outer layer of an anatomical body surface. The sensor includes a source probe configured to stimulate a local...
7522955 Method and apparatus for the ultrasonic cleaning of biofilm coated surfaces  
To treat body surfaces, such as the sinuses, which are coated with biofilms, the surface is irrigated and suctioned with a fluid which may contain a biocide or other chemical agent for disrupting...
7452351 Spinal diagnostic methods and apparatus  
Methods, devices and systems facilitate diagnosis, and in some cases treatment, of back pain originating in intervertebral discs. Methods generally involve introducing one or more substances into...
7452344 Platelet concentration syringe kit  
A single-use system for separating blood and producing platelet concentrates includes an elongated container for receiving blood from a patient. The container has a movable plunger mounted within...
7449200 Nanoparticles for protein/peptide delivery and delivery means  
The invention discloses the biodegradable nanoparticle for use in nanoparticle projectile bombardment as a carrier for administering proteins or peptides to an animal subject. The nanoparticles are...
7431709 Glaucoma implant device  
A surgical implant device for treating glaucoma includes an elongate duct structure formed from a material comprising polyisobutylene and a glassy segment. The material of the elongate duct...
7427279 Method of closing an opening in a wall of a heart  
Disclosed is a closure catheter, for closing a body cavity such as a vessel, or the left atrial appendage of the heart. The closure catheter includes a plurality of deployable tissue anchors, which...
7419482 Systems and methods for delivering agents into targeted tissue of a living being  
A method of vascularizing cardiac tissue using an instrument through the vascular system to an entry situs located at or adjacent the cardiac tissue is provided including providing a flowable agent...
7419481 Apparatus and method for piercing skin with microprotrusions  
A method and device are described for applying a microprotrusion member ( 44 ) including a plurality of microprotrusions ( 90 ) to the stratum corneum with impact. The method and device are used to...
7416546 Tissue patches and related delivery systems and methods  
Endoluminally delivered tissue patches and related systems and methods for delivering the tissue patches for treating lesions of the alimentary tract are disclosed. A tissue patch includes a...
7413559 Gas flow trocar arrangement  
A trocar assembly for use in surgery in a patient, comprising an elongated outer tubular member having a first or proximal end and a second or distal end. The proximal end has a housing enclosing a...
7413556 Sheath for use with an ultrasound element  
A system for delivering ultrasound energy to a treatment section in a vessel is disclosed. The system includes a sheath with a utility lumen and an energy delivery section at least partially...
7407489 Methods for compensating for pressure differences across valves in IV pumps  
A pump used to infuse a fluid into a patient is controlled in accordance with an algorithm that enables a microprocessor to monitor and adjust each pump cycle to compensate for a differential...
7390322 Dialysis catheter and methods of insertion  
A method of inserting a dialysis catheter into a patient comprising the steps of inserting a guidewire into the jugular vein of the patient through the superior vena cava and into the inferior vena...
7357794 Devices, systems and methods for acute or chronic delivery of substances or apparatus to extravascular treatment sites  
Methods and apparatus for delivery of substances or apparatus to target sites located outside blood vessels within the body of a human or animal patient. A vessel wall penetrating catheter is...
7357789 Specially designed syringes for dispensing granular or powdered solids  
An apparatus and method for delivering a granular or powdered material, e.g., a bone growth promoting material. The inventive syringe apparatus includes a syringe barrel having a proximal and...
7354428 Guiding catheter shaft with improved radiopacity on the wire braid  
An intracorporeal catheter, such as a guiding catheter, employed for intraluminal procedures is disclosed. The catheter generally has an elongated catheter shaft including a polymeric inner layer...
7348021 Immunostimulating coating for surgical devices  
The present invention discloses an immunostimulating agent that may be applied to various surgical devices to promote rapid healing and the ready acceptance and integration of the surgical devices...
7347851 Needleless hypodermic jet injector apparatus and method  
In the present invention, the impedance between patient's body and the jet injection drug delivery device is measured through the liquid jet during the drug delivery process. The liquid jet...
7347850 Adhesion barriers applicable by minimally invasive surgery and methods of use thereof  
Biocompatible crosslinked polymers, and methods for their preparation and use with minimally invasive surgery applicators are disclosed. The disclosure includes compositions and methods for in situ...
7338473 Pneumoseal trocar arrangement  
A cannula assembly for the maintenance of an operative pneumoperitoneum in a patient comprising an elongated cannula having a proximal end and a distal end. A removable valve is securely arranged...
7329247 Method for toxin removal from a mammal's breast via lactation and lifelike lactation-inducing baby mannequin breast pump  
A method for inducing lactation for the purpose of removing harmful toxins from a woman's body is provided. Specifically, the present invention includes, among other methods, using a baby...
7309333 Medication delivery system having selective automated or manual discharge  
A portable medication delivery system enables a patient to elect slow continuous auto-administration or rapid bolus self-administration of a fluid medication. The medication delivery system has an...
7309325 Helical needle apparatus for creating a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue  
A surgical apparatus for delivering a conductive fluid to a target site for subsequent formation of a virtual electrode to ablate bodily tissue at the target site by applying a current to the...
7306584 Method and arrangements in aseptic preparation  
A first aspect of the invention relates to a method for aseptic preparation with an injection syringe. The syringe comprises a container for injection agent and an immovable connection nozzle...
7300428 Tissue volume reduction  
Devices, compositions, and methods for achieving non-surgical lung volume reduction (e.g., bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR)) are described. BLVR can be carried out by collapsing a region...
7297141 Method for accessing an operative space  
The invention provides, in one embodiment, a method for accessing an operative space within a patient. The method can employ a multifunctional, multi-piece medical device, such as for use with a...
7291131 Infusion syringe  
A syringe configured for communication with a tubular member insertable into the body of a subject includes a pressure transducer integrally mounted in the plunger thereof, under a tip of the...
7278984 System and method for controlling rate of heat exchange with patient  
A patient control system uses a patient-implanted catheter in thermal communication with a fluid bath via a circulating fluid circuit. A controller automatically controls the temperature of the...
7273477 Syringe interfaces and syringe adapters for use with medical injectors  
A syringe interface or adapter includes a first retaining member that pivots about an axis generally perpendicular to and offset from the axis of an injector piston when the syringe interface is...
7264822 Conjugated drug-polymer coated stent  
One aspect of the invention is a system for treating vascular conditions, including a catheter, a stent coupled to the catheter, and a polymeric coating on the stent comprising at least one...
7258681 Angiographic fluid control system  
An automated fluid control system for controlling fluid flow between a catheter, a saline supply, a contrast supply and an injector is disclosed. Pinch valves are provided in the saline input and...
7255689 Syringe with anti-rotation for luer lock  
A needle guard for a syringe including tabs and preferably springboards disposed on the needle guard configured to engage a luer lock to prevent rotation of the luer lock during needle exchange....
7255684 Medical injection system  
A method and apparatus for the storage and transfer of medical material includes a syringe having a rodless piston magnetically coupled to an actuator that is positioned along the syringe...
7255683 System for detecting the status of a vent associated with a fluid supply upstream of an infusion pump  
A system and method for determining whether the pressure in a fluid line upstream of an infusion pump is becoming lower as pumping draws fluid from the fluid line and fluid container due to a lack...
7247154 Method for drug delivery in association with medical or surgical procedures  
Disclosed are methods for facilitating medical and/or procedures that are performed without “general anesthesia,” which is also described in the specification as the state of patient...
7244249 Needle-free medical connector with expandable valve mechanism and method of fluid flow control  
A needle-free medical connector includes a housing with a first port and a second port. The connector also includes a piston element defining a fluid passageway between the first and second ports....