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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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