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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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7604626 |
Multiple ratio fluid dispenser
A double syringe delivery system is disclosed for holding a pair of syringes in a manner so as to accommodate the simultaneous activation of the plunger of each syringe in order to effect...
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7601128 |
Apparatus for treating subcutaneous tissues
An assembly for treating subcutaneous tissues using acoustic waves in the range of low acoustic pressure ultrasound waves is disclosed. The assembly comprises an acoustic wave generator and...
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7588559 |
Injection systems
An intraosseous injection device includes a tool having a distal portion, a proximal portion, and a solution dispensing opening. The distal portion has one or more cutting surfaces. The tool can be...
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7585287 |
Device and method for insertion of a cannula of an infusion device
A device for inserting a subcutaneous infusion device into skin of a patient. The device can include a housing, a needle hub including a needle, a sleeve, and a spring engaging the needle hub. The...
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7569044 |
Safety needle with positive flush
A needle assembly including a positive flush mechanism for use with a vascular access port. The needle assembly is configured to supply fluid to the port and to provide a positive flush to overcome...
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7559924 |
Intra-ventricular substance delivery catheter system
A guide catheter and a needle catheter are disclosed. The guide catheter construction provides for maximum articulation of the deflectable tip and maximum torque response during rotation. The...
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7559923 |
Method of interventional surgery
A method of interventional surgery is described. The method may include inserting an actuator within a body of a vascularized organism and positioning the actuator adjacent a target region within a...
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7544192 |
Sinus delivery of sustained release therapeutics
The invention provides biodegradable implants for treating sinusitis. The biodegradable implants have a size, shape, density, viscosity, and/or mucoadhesiveness that prevents them from being...
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7544178 |
Method for controlling fluid flow to and from an eye during ophthalmic surgery
A method and apparatus provided for controlling fluid control to and from an eye or a phacoemulsification handpiece. The handpiece includes an ultrasonically driven, hollow, sleeved needle and the...
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7537588 |
Lateral needle injection apparatus and method
A device and method for delivering and injecting fluid into heart tissue utilizing a laterally directed needle to increase injectate (fluid) retention in the heart tissue. The device may comprise a...
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7520867 |
Subcutaneous infusion set
A subcutaneous infusion set. The subcutaneous infusion set may include a base for providing an infusion path; a cannula connected to and extending away from the base; a connector removably...
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7510549 |
Method of inserting an object under the skin
A device for inserting implantable objects beneath the skin of a patient includes a handle for grasping the device and a base connected to the handle. The base comprises a post, a cannula, and a...
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7500970 |
Catheter drug delivery system and method for use
A catheter system for injecting therapeutic agents including large molecules into the body. The catheter includes a distensible penetrating element with a distally locating expansion coil and a...
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7485113 |
Method for drug delivery through the vitreous humor
Devices and devices for the treatment of the eye are disclosed. Preferred devices of the invention include a piercing member that is inserted into the eye to create a pathway for a cannula. The...
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7479134 |
Method of delivering a medication
A needleless microprotrusion method for infusion of a medicament into a patient includes disposing a substrate plurality of microprotrusions onto a patients' palm. A chemodenervating agent is...
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7462177 |
Anesthesia conduction catheter
The present invention provides a catheter which combines the benefits of improved drug dispersion, increased accuracy of placement and kink and collapse resistance. The catheter comprises a...
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7458962 |
Retractable needle medical device for injecting fluid from a pre-filled cartridge
A device for injecting fluid from a pre-filled cartridge is provided. The device includes a needle for piercing a patient. After an injection, the needle can be retracted to prevent inadvertent...
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7455666 |
Methods and apparatuses for navigating the subarachnoid space
Disclosed is a method of navigating a spinal subarchnoid space in a living being, that includes percutaneously introducing a device into the spinal subarachnoid space at an entry location. The...
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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...
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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...
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7351231 |
Illumination assembly for a cannula/hub assembly
An illumination assembly for use with a cannula/hub assembly that withdraws fluids from and/or injects fluids into a body. In the preferred embodiment, the illumination assembly comprises a housing...
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7338478 |
Tubular apparatus for drainage of the colon and method and guidewire for colonic intubation
Method for draining and decompressing a colon in which a drainage tube is inserted through the anus into the colon to extend through the entire colon. The drainage tube is fixed in position and...
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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...
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7331947 |
Method for delivering ablation fluid to treat lesions
A surgical apparatus for delivering fluid to treat a lesion comprising an elongated member having a distal tip and a plurality of slots formed in a sidewall proximal of the distal tip, a plurality...
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7316676 |
Treatment of retinal detachment
An apparatus and minimally invasive method for removing fluid from a subretinal space to allow a detached retina to flatten. An apparatus, comprising a fluid withdrawal device and a guide for...
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7276055 |
Oval-shaped cardiac cannula
A method of performing minimally invasive cardiac surgery includes the step of creating an access aperture into a patient's chest cavity, the access aperture being considerably smaller than a...
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7226439 |
Microneedle drug delivery device
Simple microneedle devices for delivery of drugs across or into biological tissue are provided, which permit drug delivery at clinically relevant rates across or into skin or other tissue barriers,...
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7217275 |
Tunnel port apparatus with serial gas-check assembly
Provided herein is a port apparatus and method for inserting a tube device, in particular peritoneal dialysis catheters, into an organism. Access to the peritoneal cavity for dialysis is...
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7214228 |
Tunnel port apparatus
Provided herein is a port apparatus and method for inserting a tube device, in particular peritoneal dialysis catheters, into an organism. Access to the peritoneal cavity for dialysis is...
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7198617 |
Passively guarded, fillable injection syringe
A passively guarded, fillable injection syringe includes an adapter for holding the proximal end of a hollow needle. An inverted plunger is slidingly mounted on the adapter to establish a...
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7189222 |
Therapeutic method of treatment of alzheimer's disease
A method and apparatus for treating Alzheimer's disease is disclosed. The method comprises delivering indomethacin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents having cyclooxygenase inhibitor action...
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7184826 |
Device and method for enhancing transdermal flux of agents being delivered or sampled
A percutaneous agent delivery or sampling device comprising a sheet having a plurality of microblades for piercing and anchoring to the skin for increasing transdermal flux of an agent and for...
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7182752 |
Continuous gas flow trocar assembly
A trocar assembly for providing a pressurized insufflation fluid into a patient cavity and for providing sealable access to the patient cavity by a surgical instrument. The assembly comprises an...
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7179249 |
Directional needle injection drug delivery device and method of use
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for imaging and mapping various structures located at a target area within a patient's lumen using conventional IVUS technology. The mapped images...
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7151099 |
Use of taurolidine and/or taurultam for treatment of abdominal cancer and/or for the prevention of metastases
Taurolidine and/or taurultam is administered during and after surgical removal of a cancerous tumor to treat abdominal cancer.
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7150737 |
Methods and apparatuses for navigating the subarachnoid space
Disclosed are methods and devices for navigating a subarachnoid space in a vertebrate organism including percutaneously introducing a device into the spinal subarachnoid space at an entry location....
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7144388 |
Selectively passive shieldable medical needle device
A pivotable shielding needle device for shielding used needle cannulas. The device generally includes a hub with a needle, and a shield pivotable between a first position exposing the needle and a...
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7144386 |
Catheter introducer having an expandable tip
A catheter includes a body having an outer surface defining a lumen and an expandable tip on a distal end thereof. The tip includes an opening axially extending therethrough. Upon insertion of a...
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7122541 |
Methods of inhibiting metastases
The invention relates to methods for preventing and treating disseminating cancers. Inhibition metastases of a primary tumor to a liver tissue is carried out by directly contacting a liver tissue...
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7103418 |
Active fluid delivery catheter
A medical system incorporating fluid delivery and lead delivery lumens dispense fluid into a volume of tissue. The fluid comprises or contains a pharmacologic, genetic, or biologic agent. The fluid...
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7083607 |
Injection device and method for injecting capsules
The invention relates to an injection device containing a hollow needle ( 1 ), a cutting needle that can be inserted into the hollow needle and that has a cutting tip projecting from the front end...
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7070586 |
Surgical access apparatus and method
A trocar system for providing access across a body wall includes a trocar and an anchor provided in the form of a first helix. The anchor is adapted for placement in an operative position wherein...
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7069634 |
Method for manufacturing a catheter
An intraparenchymal infusion catheter system for delivering drugs or other agents to selected sites in an organism, such as a human, includes a pump that may be implanted or disposed outside the...
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7056315 |
Liposuction apparatus with pressurized liquid spray and liposuction method using the apparatus
The liposuction apparatus ( 1 ) comprises in combination a tubular canula ( 3 ) having at its distal extremity ( 18 ) one or more suction orifices ( 24 ) and connected at its proximate extremity (...
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7025757 |
Syringe loading devices for use with syringes and medical injectors
A syringe loading/filling device (or “syringe loader”) includes a syringe mounting mechanism adapted to cooperate with an attachment mechanism of a syringe to attach the syringe to the syringe...
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7025746 |
Vascular access device
A vascular access system comprises a needle having a distal tip and a proximal fitting section and a dilator having a solid distal section connected to a solid proximal section and an annular...
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7022109 |
Pain abatement catheter system
A pain abatement catheter system particularly suited for treatment within the epidural space of a patient which includes an epidural introducer assembly, an epidural catheter and a steerable...
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7008411 |
Method and apparatus for treating vulnerable plaque
An apparatus and method to treat vulnerable plaque. In one embodiment, the apparatus has an elongated catheter body adapted for insertion in a body lumen, with a drug delivery device attached near...
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7004933 |
Ultrasound enhancement of percutaneous drug absorption
A system for enhancing and improving the transcutaneous or transdermal delivery of topical chemicals or drugs. A disposable container contains a substantially sterile unit dose of an active agent...
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