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7618409 |
Computer controlled drug delivery system with dynamic pressure sensing
An apparatus and method for a controlled injection of a drug into a selected tissue of a subject by a practitioner, uses a drive unit for supplying the drug and a handpiece to be held and guided by...
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7611483 |
Indicator metrics for infection monitoring
A method for monitoring an infection in proximity to an implantable medical device includes monitoring an indicator of infection in proximity to an implanted medical device; determining whether the...
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7354429 |
Device and method for detecting and treating chemical and biological agents
A device and method capable of sensing the presence of biochem agents, and preferably also capable of delivering precise amounts of one or more antidotes to treat a victim exposed to the agents....
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7320676 |
Pressure sensing in implantable medical devices
An implantable medical device for delivering a therapeutic substance to a delivery site in a patient. A reservoir holds a supply of the fluid therapeutic substance. A catheter has a proximal end, a...
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7318819 |
Automatic locking valve for medication injection
An automatic locking valve for safely administering a dose of medication is disclosed. The automatic locking valve comprises a valve housing defined with a space and formed with input and output...
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7302289 |
Readable probe array for in-vivo use
A disposable high density optically readable polydeoxynucleotide array with integral fluorescence excitation and fluorescence emission channels is described. The compact array size allows...
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7232435 |
Delivery of a sympatholytic cardiovascular agent to the central nervous system to counter heart failure and pathologies associated with heart failure
A sympatholytic cardiovascular agent delivered by a drug delivery pump to a central nervous system site to alleviate symptoms and otherwise treat heart failure (HF) and pathologies associated with...
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7113821 |
Tissue electroperforation for enhanced drug delivery
The present invention relates to a method and a device for transporting a molecule through a mammalian barrier membrane of at least one layer of cells comprising the steps of: ablating the membrane...
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7043295 |
Methods and apparatus for delivering a drug influencing appetite for treatment of eating disorders
Methods and systems for treating patients suffering from eating disorders, e.g. obesity, through the dispensation of a drug by an implantable infusion pump (IIP) delivering drug into the cerebral...
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7001372 |
Apparatus and method for treating body tissues with electricity or medicaments
A therapeutic device and therapeutic method for delivering electrical energy or a medicament to a body tissue or organ utilizing ultrasonic vibration to cause a device implanted in the body tissue...
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6973346 |
Instrument and method for delivery of anaesthetic drug
A needle and catheter system, including components, is provided such that the position of an epidural needle may be identified after insertion into the body of a patient by electrically stimulating...
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6969382 |
Method and apparatus for treating bodily tissues with medicinal substance
A therapeutic device and therapeutic method for delivering electrical energy to a polymer containing a medicament that allows release of the medicament to a body tissue or organ. The device and...
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RE38879 |
Extravasation detection technique
The technique for detecting extravasation during the injection of fluid into a patient involves the establishment of a baseline representing impedance at the zone of the injection prior to the...
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6862479 |
Spinal cord stimulation as a therapy for sexual dysfunction
One or more implantable system control units (SCU) apply one or more stimulating drugs and/or electrical pulses to a spinal section responsible for innervating the male reproductive organs. The SCU...
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6824538 |
System for preventing sudden cardiac death by nerve sprouting from right stellate ganglion
A system or apparatus is described for reducing the likelihood of the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmia in the heart of a patient having a myocardial infarction and an atrioventricular block,...
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6821263 |
Method and apparatus for venous drainage and retrograde coronary perfusion
A system is disclosed for cannulating the vena cava of a patient during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures. Such cannulation is necessary for drainage of venous blood from the patient so that it may...
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6768920 |
System for delivering pain-reduction medication
Methods, apparatuses and systems relating to the objective measurement of the subjective perception of pain in a subject are disclosed. In one aspect, a system for objectively measuring a...
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6746408 |
Method of blood flow measurement in arterio-venous hemodialysis shunts by indicator dilution
The present invention provides a method for measuring the blood flow rate within an A-V shunt via indicator dilution techniques. Unknown flow resistance within the A-V shunt are addressed by...
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6645532 |
Compositions and method for relieving discomfort in the ears
Generally, the method for preventing or relieving discomfort in the ears arising from congestion and/or obstruction of in the eustachian tubes comprising or changes in middle ear pressure relative...
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6638241 |
Apparatus for treating bruxism
Apparatus for the treatment of bruxism, including a biosensor adapted to sense a phenomenon associated with a bruxing event, and a relaxation stimulator in communication with the biosensor and...
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6623470 |
Method and apparatus for controlling blood volume and hydration and for indicating resuscitation status of a patient using peripheral venous pressure as a hemodynamic parameter
An apparatus for controlling fluid volume in a patient includes a fluid source ( 16 ) and a fluid conduit ( 32, 34, 36 ) for carrying fluid from the fluid source to the patient ( 12 ). A...
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6592519 |
Smart microfluidic device with universal coating
A medical device comprising a medical device component, the medical device component having an outer surface and an inner surface, a universal coating applied to at least the outer surface or the...
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6520950 |
Method of electroporation-enhanced delivery of active agents
Methods are provided for introducing a biologically active agent into cells of a subject by injecting the agent with a needle-free injector and applying a pulsed electric field to the region of...
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6465000 |
Method for penile augmentation with autogenous dermal cell culture
The present invention relates to a penile augmentation method comprising culturing autodermal cells in a laboratory and inserting this into penis by using scaffold. This method has advantage of...
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6447474 |
Automatic fever abatement system
A machine-driven automatic fever abatement system treats or prevents fever in hospital patients by administering medication, coolant, or other antipyretic means. The system includes a path, a flow...
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6440118 |
Device and method to sense body substance transition
In a hypodermic needle having an end that attaches to a syringe, an elongated hollow shaft for passing fluid terminated at a sharpened point; the improvement comprising an electrically insulating...
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6425878 |
Method and device for detecting extravasation
A method and device for detecting extravasation employs a non-invasive sensor system deployed on the skin to identify changes in both subcutaneous interstitial fluid pressure and skin temperature....
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6391015 |
Method for measuring the cutaneous electrical resistance of a patient subjected to transdermal administration of medicine
In accordance with the invention, an ionophoresis current (I) assisting administration is temporarily adjusted to a predetermined value (I m ) corresponding to a point on a rectilinear portion (0 A...
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6391005 |
Apparatus and method for penetration with shaft having a sensor for sensing penetration depth
An apparatus having a shaft that can sense the depth of penetration, for penetrating into an object (the substrate). The substrate being penetrated has impedance that varies according to the depth...
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6375624 |
Extravasation detector using microwave radiometry
A microwave antenna senses the temperature of tissue into which a fluid is to be injected. The fluid is injected by a needle or other vascular entry device connected to a fluid injector by a...
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6334859 |
Subcutaneous apparatus and subcutaneous method for treating bodily tissues with electricity or medicaments
A therapeutic device and therapeutic method for delivering electrical energy or a medicament to a body tissue or organ utilizing ultrasonic vibration to cause a device implanted in the body tissue...
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6319241 |
Techniques for positioning therapy delivery elements within a spinal cord or a brain
The present invention addresses the problems associated with lead migration, patient movement or position, histological changes, neural plasticity or disease progression. The present invention...
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6303156 |
Noninvasive method for increasing or decreasing the body temperature of a patient
The present invention is directed to a method for changing the body temperature of a patient by having them hyperventilate a gas mixture containing sulfur hexafluoride and oxygen. The method may be...
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6231560 |
Method and apparatus for automatically controlling the level of medication
A method and apparatus which captures relevant information pertaining to a patient's physiological conditions, automatically adjusts the amount of medication to optimize the treatment of pain and...
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6200301 |
Process and devices for determining the instant of injection and the duration of injection in thermodilution measurements
The present invention relates to a process and devices for determining the instant of injection and the duration of injection in thermodilution measurements in which an injectate fluid at a...
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6086572 |
Electrotransport device and method of setting output
A two-part electrotransport drug delivery device (20) is comprised of a controller (22) which has a plurality of different electronic outputs. The controller (22) is adapted to be mechanically and...
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6042579 |
Techniques for treating neurodegenerative disorders by infusion of nerve growth factors into the brain
Techniques for infusing nerve growth factors into the brain to treat neurodegenerative disorders by means of an implantable pump and catheter. A sensor is used to detect an attribute of the nervous...
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6010492 |
Apparatus for automatic administration of multiple doses of drugs
The apparatus for automatic administration and dosing of one or more drugs comprises a microdelivery device which may be implanted in or otherwise administered to an animal or human. The...
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5993420 |
Cassette for an infusion pump
A cassette which is adapted to be insertable into and removable from an infusion pump. The cassette has a housing, a length of flexible tubing supported by the housing, and a first vertically...
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5978702 |
Techniques of treating epilepsy by brain stimulation and drug infusion
Techniques using one or more drugs and electrical stimulation for treating a neurological disorder, including epilepsy, by means of an implantable signal generator and electrode and an implantable...
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5948272 |
System and method for detecting and neutralizing microorganisms in a fluid using a laser
A system and method is disclosed for detecting and neutralizing disease producing organisms in a body fluid of a patient or in any fluid used for biological experimentation, testing, or production....
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5947910 |
Extravasation detection technique
The technique for detecting extravasation during the injection of fluid into a patient involves the establishment of a baseline representing impedance at the zone of the injection prior to the...
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5882330 |
Drugs and methods for treating diseases
A method for treating a disease and drug units for use in performing such method. The method involves invading and flooding select cells of a living being with a drug or medical material to correct...
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5876378 |
Apparatus and method for injecting liquids into patients
A liquid metering and injecting device has a reservoir (10), a pump means (11) and a delivery tube (13) in fluid communication. A motor (19) of the pump means (11) is controllably operated so that...
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5865184 |
Combined spinal and epidural anesthesia
A method of combined spinal and epidural anesthesia includes (a) inserting a catheter into an epidural space in a patient; (b) performing a spinal anesthesia for the patient; (c) monitoring an...
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5823993 |
Computer controlled drug injection system and method
A system and method are disclosed for internally administering a medicinal agent to a patient under the automatic control of a computer. A diagnostic imaging modality, such as a CAT or MRI scanning...
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5810762 |
Electroporation system with voltage control feedback for clinical applications
An electrode apparatus for the application of electroporation to a portion of the body of a patient, comprising a support member, a pair of electrodes adjustably mounted on the support member for...
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5810759 |
Control system for regulating gas exchange in extracoporeal circulation
A control system for regulating oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations of blood in an ECLS circuit connected to a patient. The control system includes a gas analyzer that determines the...
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5769787 |
Medical scanning and treatment system and method
An apparatus, system and method for scanning select tissue of a living being with penetrating radiation and employing such radiation to perform one or more medical functions such as diagnosis and...
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5672154 |
Method and apparatus for controlled individualized medication
A method and a device for giving patients individualized, situation-dependent medication advice are disclosed. Preferably, the invention is implemented in portable computers. The method is founded...
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