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7037314 Multiple band ligator and anoscope system and method for using same  
A hemorrhoidal ligator and anoscope system used to facilitate ligation of internal hemorrhoids. The ligating device consists of head, shaft and firing handle assemblies and is capable of storing...
7018402 Intravascular device and method for axially stretching blood vessels  
Intravascular devices and methods are provided for forming a vascular graft by axially distending a blood vessel to induce growth. These devices advantageously can be implanted via a catheter,...
7014638 Stapler handle  
An ergonomic and proprioceptive handle design for instruments is disclosed. The handle can be used with a wide variety of medical instruments, such as a rongeur, as well as other instruments, such...
7014650 Pin for forming a hole for inserting an indwelling needle  
A pin for forming a hole for inserting an indwelling needle 1 which includes a columnar inserting member 11 and an insertion stopping member 12 provided on a proximal end of the inserting...
7008362 Tool holder arrangement  
A tool identification system has a tool holder allowing removable attachment thereto of any one of a plurality of tools; a sensor arrangement operable to sense features present on a tool attached...
7008373 System and method for robot targeting under fluoroscopy based on image servoing  
A system and method for image guided instrument targeting including a robot unit coupled with an instrument, an imaging unit, and a first control unit, which is coupled with the robot unit and...
7006895 Computed pivotal center surgical robotic system and method  
A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers ( 72 R and 72 L) for control of right and left manipulators ( 24 R and 24 L) through use of a...
6999852 Flexible robotic surgery system and method  
A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers ( 72 R and 72 L) for control of right and left manipulators ( 24 R and 24 L) through use of a...
6994704 Graphical user interface for monitoring and controlling use of medical devices  
A device for treating a tissue region is supplied with a separate usage key card. The usage key card comprises a storage medium, which is formatted to contain an identification code unique to the...
6991628 Device and method for creating a vascular graft in vitro  
Methods and apparatus are provided for forming a vascular graft in vitro by axially distending a blood vessel to induce growth. The apparatus comprises a chamber containing a tissue culture medium,...
6986780 Surgical element delivery system and method  
A surgical element carrier and method for use is provided, wherein the surgical element carrier includes a housing dimensioned to contain therein a plurality of surgical elements, and dimensioned...
6985767 Living body information measuring apparatus, living body information measuring method, body fat measuring apparatus, body fat measuring method, and program recording medium  
A body fat measuring apparatus is provided with a light emitting device 1 for projecting light rays to a subject's tissue, light receiving devices 3 and 4 for detecting a transmitted light...
6981945 Colonoscope handgrip with force and torque monitor  
A handgrip for a colonoscope shaft capable of measuring and presenting to the operator of radial and longitudinal forces applied by the operator during the manipulation with the colonoscope. The...
6974449 Friction compensation in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus  
Devices, systems, and methods for compensate for friction within powered automatic systems, particularly for telesurgery and other telepresence applications. Dynamic friction compensation may...
6969373 Syringe system  
A medical device is provided having a needle or a catheter, insertable into a living body, which defines a plurality of holes in fluid communication with a central lumen. The holes may be of...
6969384 Surgical devices and methods of use thereof for enhanced tactile perception  
Featured are surgical devices that provide enhanced perceptual feedback to a medical practitioner in the form of e.g. tactile sensations or auditory feedback, and methods of use of the devices. The...
6969385 Wrist with decoupled motion transmission  
The present invention is a wrist mechanism and a method for making robotic devices in which the transmission of motion, force and/or torque around a revolute joint can be accomplished without...
6966924 Annuloplasty ring holder  
An annuloplasty ring holder includes a first member and a second member. The first and second members are configured to provide relative movement therebetween to engage an annuloplasty ring.
6962581 Foot controller for microsurgical system  
An improved foot controller of a microsurgical system, and a method of operating the foot controller, are disclosed. The method involves using a computer to modulate a detent of the foot controller...
6962582 Surgical instrument with near-axial geometry  
A surgical instrument with near-axial geometry includes a linearly elongated handle portion having a handle axis defined along its length. The handle portion is joined to a linearly elongated...
6960200 Package for removable device tips  
A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring...
6955671 Remote surgery support system  
A first signal transmission apparatus installed in an operating room and a second signal transmission apparatus installed in a remote control room in a remote place are linked by a public line....
6951535 Tele-medicine system that transmits an entire state of a subsystem  
A tele-medicine system that includes an input device which can control a medical system. The input device may be the handle of a surgeon console. The medical system may include a robotically...
6945979 Surgical device having a handle adapted to impart tensile and compressive forces to elements at a distal end of the device  
A flexible clip applier includes a flat wire wound tubular coil, a pair of jaws at the end of the coil, end effector wires extending through the coil and coupled to the jaws, and a clip-advancing...
6939296 Laparoscopic illumination apparatus and method  
An access device particularly adapted for use in laparoscopic surgery facilitates access with instruments, such as the hand of the surgeon, across a body wall and into a body cavity. The device can...
6936042 Surgical tools for use in minimally invasive telesurgical applications  
This invention provides surgical tools or instruments for use in minimally invasive telesurgical applications. The instruments typically include a base whereby the instrument is removably mountable...
6926709 Fully automatic, robot-assisted camera guidance system employing position sensors for laparoscopic interventions  
In a method and operating system for conducting a surgical intervention, respective position sensors are mounted at a laparoscope and a surgical instrument used to conduct the intervention, and a...
6928490 Networking infrastructure for an operating room  
A networking infrastructure for an operating room, comprising a plurality of medical devices, each device of which is connected through a single communication channel to the network, wherein each...
6923801 Ablation device placement spacer  
An ablation device placement spacer for use with a patient undergoing a targeted ablation procedure utilizing elongated ablation devices insertable into treatment zones of the patient. The ablation...
6918908 Methods and apparatus for accessing and stabilizing an area of the heart  
A tubular suction tool for accessing an anatomic surface or anatomic space and particularly the pericardium to access pericardial space and the epicardial surface of the heart to implant cardiac...
6916314 Medical instrument with removable tool  
A medical instrument has a shaft and a tool which is mounted on a distal end of the shaft in such a way as to be removable therefrom. The shaft has an inner shaft and a tubular shaft which...
6899704 Devices and methods for intracardiac procedures  
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...
6890330 Intracardiovascular access (ICVATM) system  
Apparatus is disclosed for providing access to a functioning vascular system of a patient, the apparatus comprising: a main body having sidewalls defining an interior region and an exterior region,...
6884240 Protection system for surgical instruments  
A protection system for surgical instruments having a body with an instrument at one end. A movable guard is provided that moves between locked open and locked closed positions. The guard includes...
6869427 LED fixation device for topical anesthesia eye surgery  
An LED fixation device that is secured to a patient's face and covers the patient's fellow eye during eye surgery to provide a lighted fixation target. The fixation device includes an eye shield, a...
6861954 Tracking medical products with integrated circuits  
A system and method of tracking medical products provides for associating a group of medical products with a group location based on a group radio frequency identification (RF ID) device signal,...
6860878 Interchangeable instrument  
A system and associated method for delivering to an internal body site a selected one of a plurality of instruments including fluid-dispensing instruments. An instrument storage chamber is...
6860877 Heart stabilizer support arm  
A support arm for a heart stabilizer that can be used to stabilize a heart during a beating heart coronary artery bypass graft procedure. The support arm may have an arm that is coupled to a table...
6858003 Performing cardiac surgery without cardioplegia  
A surgical system or assembly for performing cardiac surgery includes a surgical instrument; a servo-mechanical system engaged to the surgical instrument for operating the surgical instrument; and...
6850817 Surgical system  
A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers ( 72 R and 72 L) for control of right and left manipulators ( 24 R and 24 L) through use of a...
6849081 Implant delivery assembly with expandable coupling/decoupling mechanism  
An occlusive implant delivery assembly includes a rapid response decoupling or detachment mechanism that does not effect significant migration of the implant during release. The assembly includes...
6845297 Method and system for remote control of mobile robot  
A system for tele-operating a robot in an environment includes a user interface for controlling the tele-operation of the robot, an imaging device associated with the robot for providing image...
6840951 Laparoscopic 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....
6839612 Microwrist system for surgical procedures  
A medical robotic system with a handle assembly that is used to control a medical instrument. The handle assembly and medical instrument have five degrees of freedom. Five degrees of freedom may...
6837883 Arm cart for telerobotic surgical system  
Improved robotic surgical systems, devices, and methods often include a first assembly with a surgical end effector supported and manipulated relative to a first base by a first robotic linkage,...
6835180 System and method for biopsy management  
A medical specimen carrier, and a method for using the same, is provided wherein the specimen carrier includes a housing having a plurality of compartments therein each capable of holding a tissue...
6827712 Robotic arm DLUs for performing surgical tasks  
Disposable loading units (DLUs) configured for mounting to a robotic arm for performing at least one surgical task are presented. Each DLU includes an attachment platform having at least one...
6824539 Touchscreen controlling medical equipment from multiple manufacturers  
A communication system including a bus, interconnecting first and third party surgical devices, and a touchscreen, operated with the bus and displaying replicas control interfaces of the first and...
6821282 Full thickness resection device control handle  
A control mechanism for a resectioning device, comprises a first actuator coupled to a flexible drive shaft for actuating a first mechanism when operated in a first direction and for actuating,...
6814728 Endoscope having an operation wire  
A tubular treatment tool for an endoscope includes a flexible tubular member. A groove traversing the flexible tubular member in a direction of a diameter thereof is formed on the flexible tubular...