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6093184 |
Flexible valve rotator
A heart valve prosthesis rotator having a flexible drive for flexibly turning a heart valve. One embodiment has a shaft constructed from elastically deformable metal alloy such as super elastic...
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6092273 |
Method and apparatus for a stent crimping device
A stent crimping tool for firmly and uniformly crimping a stent onto a balloon catheter is constructed from a stationary plate and a sliding platform connected to the stationary plate and slidable...
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6090138 |
Universal heart valve holder
A prosthetic heart valve holder includes a valve holder selectively attachable with a handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a handle end, a flexible, medial segment, and a coupling member....
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6090120 |
Articulating ultrasonic surgical instrument
A therapeutic ultrasound instrument is described for cutting, dissecting, or cauterizing tissue. Ultrasonic vibrations, when transmitted to organic tissue at suitable energy levels and using a...
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6086578 |
Method for skin rejuvenation
A rejuvenation method includes subcutaneous implanting an inert material at the rejuvenation area. Golden threads are used as the inert material. The golden threads are implanted in subdermal space...
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6086577 |
Detachable aneurysm neck bridge (III)
This is a device for bridging the neck of either a wide-necked or narrow-necked aneurysm in the vasculature. In general, it is a device used to stabilize the presence of vaso-occlusive devices...
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6086576 |
Automatically switching the termination of a communications bus
A system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as a surgeon in performing ophthalmic...
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6083192 |
Pulsed ultrasound method for fragmenting/emulsifying and removing cataractous lenses
A method and apparatus for removing cataracts in which a flexible line preferably is inserted through an incision into the anterior chamber until its end is adjacent the cataract. Ultrasonic...
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6079681 |
MR compatible neurosurgical positioning apparatus
An apparatus (1) for supporting a surgical instrument in the operative environment of an imaging device comprises components all made of a material compatible for use in the operative environment...
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6074388 |
Electrically operated medical apparatus
The invention relates to an electrically operated medical apparatus, such as an electro-surgical apparatus comprising an electrical instrument which can be handled by a person and which is...
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6074383 |
Laser lancet tip
A laser lancet tip and method for controlling laser incisions for the purpose of taking blood samples from patients in a variety of body locations and age groups. A removable tip on a laser is used...
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6074381 |
Cylindrical roller stent crimper apparatus with radiation shield
A stent loading apparatus for loading a deformable stent onto a deployment device. The stent loading apparatus includes an elastic member defining a passage therein formed for longitudinal receipt...
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6074380 |
Device and method for transcutaneous surgery
This invention relates to a device and method for use in transcutaneous surgical procedures, such as transcutaneous catheterization and surgical biopsy. To provide that the operative parts of...
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6068624 |
Endoscopic instrument with overload protection
A stemmed endoscopic instrument has a distal operational tool, a proximal drive unit and a stem containing a force transmitting element extending through and displaceably received in the stem. A...
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6067990 |
Method for esophageal retraction
An instrument and method for retracting or repositioning a distal anatomic structure (organ) having a lumen (cavity) by remote manipulation. The method includes advancing the distal end of a...
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6063102 |
Stent crimping device and method of use
A device and method for enabling substantially uniform and tight crimping of an intravascular stent onto a balloon catheter assembly. The device has a base portion having an intermediate portion...
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6063070 |
Detachable aneurysm neck bridge (II)
This is a device for bridging the neck of either a wide-necked or narrow-necked aneurysm in the vasculature and stabilizing the presence of vaso-occlusive devices (such as helically wound coils) in...
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6059719 |
Endoscope system
An endoscope system in accordance with the present invention comprises a plurality of endoscope modules having different treatment instruments mounted therein, an endoscope to which the endoscope...
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6056761 |
***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
System for detaching an occlusive device within a body using a solderless, electrolytically severable joint
A solderless sacrificial link between a detachable member which is placed at and is intended to remain at a desired site within the mammalian body and the core wire used to introduce the detachable...
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6056737 |
Skin-marking devices and their use
A single use pen-like marking device is disclosed which is useful for marking skin to form marks which persist for a least a week and which are invisible under ambient light but fluoresce under...
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6056736 |
Device and method for loading hair grafts into a cartridge
A device and method are provided for loading harvested hair grafts into a cartridge which includes a fixture to hold the cartridge receiving the grafts. A vacuum source imposes a differential...
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6056735 |
Ultrasound treatment system
An ultrasound treatment system in accordance with the present invention comprises: ultrasonic transducers for generating ultrasonic vibrations; a handpiece including the ultrasonic transducers and...
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6053908 |
Ratchet assembly for surgical instrument
A ratchet assembly for a surgical instrument includes a bar having teeth; a pawl having a member for engaging the teeth, the bar being movable relative to the pawl in two directions along an axis,...
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6053907 |
Surgical instruments with flexible drive shaft
A drive shaft (16) for a surgical instrument (10) has a rigid drive shaft section (30) having an end portion (32). A flexible drive shaft section (40) comprises a bendable spring having an outer...
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6053906 |
Ultrasonic operation apparatus
A control unit comprises a load state detector for detecting a load state of a load acting on a treatment section when the treatment section is put in contact with a living tissue, and a bar-graph...
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6051023 |
Corneal curvature adjustment ring and apparatus for making a cornea
Surgical apparatus for inserting a plastic, split end, adjusting ring into the stroma of the cornea of the eye wherein the adjusting ring includes, as a part thereof, a dissecting head to part the...
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6050999 |
Corneal implant introducer and method of use
A device for introducing a corneal implant into a cornea of a human eye. The device includes a body, a member coupled thereto, and a guide portion. The body has a distal end and a proximal end. The...
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6050989 |
Angularly adjustable powered surgical handpiece
An adjustable collet mechanism for a surgical handpiece which enables the surgical tool driven by the handpiece to be oriented at selected angular positions relative to the handpiece axis. The...
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6045564 |
Multi-purpose surgical tool system
A surgical tool system (20) with replaceable surgical cutting accessories (26) and attachments (34) for holding the tools. This system includes a handpiece (22) to which the cutting accessory and...
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6044847 |
Tuck and fold fascia shortening for incontinence
Improved devices, methods, and systems for the surgical treatment of urinary incontinence generally enhance the support provided by the natural tissues of the pelvic floor without directly applying...
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6039725 |
Apparatus and method for securing a medical instrument to a cannula of a trocar assembly
An apparatus for securing a medical instrument to a cannula of a trocar assembly includes a first retainer portion. The apparatus also includes a second retainer portion. The apparatus also...
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6033359 |
Endoscopic length-measuring tool
An endoscopic length-measuring tool for measuring the size of a diseased part within patient's body cavity. A plurality of splits are formed in a front end portion of a flexible tube of the tool so...
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6027508 |
Stent retrieval device
A device and method for retrieving partially deployed balloon expandable stents. The device addresses, inter alia, the problem of retrieving stents that have become dislodged from the desired...
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6024737 |
Stent crimping device
A slidably-engageable device for enabling effective crimping of an intravascular stent onto a balloon catheter assembly. The stent crimping device includes at least one compressible and releasable...
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6024736 |
Laparascopic access port for surgical instruments or the hand
A flexible, fluid-tight envelope provides access for a hand and surgical instruments through a body tissue incision while maintaining insufflation pressure or a pneumoperitoneum within the body....
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6022369 |
Wire device with detachable end
Apparatus and method are disclosed by which a distal end portion of a wire may be deposited at selected sites in body passageways. The apparatus includes an elongate wire having a distal end...
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6015416 |
Surgical anastomosis instrument
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a surgical device for attaching a first hollow organ to a second hollow organ and creating a passageway therebetween. The device includes...
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6013070 |
Apparatus using laser pump source for sterilization
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6010495 |
Instrumentation for endoscopic surgical insertion and application of liquid, gel and like material
A method and apparatus for endoscopic surgical insertion and application of a liquid, gel or like medicinal material enables a surgeon to utilize various delivery tubes with differing spray...
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6009614 |
Stent crimping tool and method of use
A tool and method for enabling substantially uniform and tight crimping of an intravascular stent onto a balloon catheter assembly. The crimping tool is constructed from a rigid cylindrical chassis...
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6007530 |
Angioplasty catheter for expanding and/or opening up blood vessels
The invention pertains to an angioplasty catheter for expanding and/or opening up morbidly constricted or obstructed blood vessels, comprising at least one rotor (3) that is rotatively mounted in a...
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6004335 |
Ultrasonic hemostatic and cutting instrument
A therapeutic ultrasonic instrument is provided for hemostatic cutting and/or cauterizing of tissue. A preferred embodiment provides an end effector which grasps tissue while a cutting element...
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6004329 |
Shape-adjustable surgical implement handle
A multi-purpose surgical implement handle has proximal and distal ends. A gripping section is located toward the proximal end, and an attachment section is located toward the distal end. An...
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6001092 |
Complex coils having fibered centers
A vasoocclusive device in the form of a coil for placement in the vasculature of an animal to form thrombus in a selected site such as an aneurysm or AVM. The device involves a primary coil form...
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6001091 |
Revascularization with heart pacing
An apparatus for treating a heart by stimulating revascularization of the heart or creating channels in the heart, the apparatus comprising an artificial energy source for causing a first created...
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5997528 |
Surgical system providing automatic reconfiguration
A system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as a surgeon in performing ophthalmic...
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5993470 |
Universal handle for medical instruments
A universal handle for medical instruments includes a first member movably disposed within a housing for detachably mounting a first medical instrument, a bias member for moving the first member...
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5989278 |
Method and apparatus for mechanical transmyocardial revascularization of the heart
An apparatus for creating revascularization channels in tissue, such as the myocardium of the heart, mechanically cuts the channels using a hand piece with easily removable cutting tip assemblies...
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5989243 |
Excimer laser angioplasty system
A fiber-optic waveguide, used for ablating lesions in blood vessels, is mounted within and guided by a catheter having multiple lumens extending therethrough and parallel to each other. The...
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5989242 |
Therapeutic appliance releasing device
This invention is a device (10) for releasing a therapeutic appliance, such as an embolic coil (12) inside an aneurysm (16). The device includes a coupling (24) of a shape memory alloy which is...
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