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6187000 Cannula for receiving surgical instruments  
A cannula (10) receives surgical instruments (120) for performing a surgical procedure on a body (130). The cannula (10) comprises a tube structure (12) defining a passage (16) through which the...
6183467 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...
6182660 Non-invasive sinus pain relieving assembly  
A lightweight, portable non-invasive device specifically designed to regulate and effectively equalize the pressure between the sinus cavities and middle ear, and the nasal cavity and nasopharynx....
6179857 Stretch resistant embolic coil with variable stiffness  
An embolic coil which may be placed at a preselected location within a vessel comprising a helically wound coil in which various combinations of adjacent turns are spot welded together to create a...
6179829 Foot controller for microsurgical system  
A foot control assembly for a microsurgical system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as...
6176853 Foot switch to proportionally control a medical cutting device  
A medical system that includes a foot pedal which can be used to actuate a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument may be coupled to an actuator assembly and inserted into a cornea. The...
6171300 Tubing cassette and method for cooling a surgical handpiece  
A tubing cassette and method for use in cooling a surgical handpiece. The handpiece is provided with a drive motor which is received within a cooling chamber adapted to circulate cooling fluid...
6171299 Method of providing surgical access through an incision  
An active cannula or sleeve which does more than merely maintain a channel or passage is usable to create and/or enlarge a channel or passage, to position a scope or instrument, to move or locate...
6167605 Collet type crimping tool  
A sterile tool for crimping a stent onto a balloon catheter is disclosed. The stent crimping tool includes two major components, a cylindrical body having external threads and a rotating collar...
6165198 Embolic elements and methods and apparatus for their delivery  
An embolic element comprises a filament composed of a shape memory material having an unexpanded coil configuration and an expanded random matrix configuration. The embolic element may be delivered...
6165178 Fast detaching electrically isolated implant  
This is an implant for placement in the human body and an assembly for so placing that implant. Most desirably, it is an implant for use in the vasculature of the human body and is used to occlude...
6165169 Systems and methods for identifying the physical, mechanical, and functional attributes of multiple electrode arrays  
Systems and methods identify the physical, mechanical, and functional attributes of multiple electrode arrays. The systems and methods provide a structure adapted for contact with tissue in an...
6162209 Multi-function surgical instrument tool actuator assembly  
A tool actuating assembly for a multi-function surgical instrument is disclosed. The tool actuating assembly of the present invention can be utilized in a variety of differently configured...
6162208 Articulating endoscopic implant rotator surgical apparatus and method for using same  
A surgical instrument is provided for use in endoscopic and open surgical procedures, e.g., prosthetic implant replacement surgery. The instrument includes a handle portion, an endoscopic tube...
6162207 Operating unit for endoscopic treatment tool  
An operating unit for an endoscopic treatment tool, which facilitates smooth operation of a medical or surgical treatment mechanism protruded from an end of an endoscope. A motion converting...
6159201 Device for regional immobilization of a compliant body  
The present invention is directed to a device and methods for immobilizing a localized region of a compliant body. A device of the invention includes at least two arms, an elbow region between the...
6159200 Systems, methods, and instruments for minimally invasive surgery  
Systems, methods, and miniature instruments are disclosed for minimally invasive surgical procedures. A miniature surgical instrument can be inserted directly into a body cavity through a cannula...
6159199 Device for the manipulation of cytotechnical instruments  
A device for handling instruments used in technical cytological examinations has a holder base with at least two separate and moveable holders each carrying one instrument and each being coupled...
6156435 Chemical vapor deposition of fluorocarbon polymer thin films  
Provided are methods for forming a fluorocarbon polymer thin film on the surface of a structure. In one method, a monomer gas is exposed to a source of heat having a temperature sufficient to...
6152916 Bicanalicular probe for the treatment of the lachrymation of the eye  
A bicanalicular probe for the treatment of eye lachrymation including a filiform silicone element having free ends, each of which includes an anchor with flexible legs for retention of the filiform...
6149642 Surgical instrument and method for use in hand-assisted laparoscopy  
A surgical instrument and the method for delivering and withdrawing surgical tools through a cannula in an abdominal cavity during hand-assisted minimally invasive surgery. A tube slidably extends...
6142999 Folding device and method for an intraocular lens  
A folding device for holding and folding an IOL and adapted to allow a surgeon to select between loading the IOL into a removably attached IOL injector and between holding the IOL in a folded state...
6141855 Stent crimping tool and method of use  
A stent crimping tool for firmly and uniformly crimping a stent onto a balloon catheter. The stent crimping tool is constructed by curving and overlapping the ends of a flexible Mylar sheet and...
6139541 Guide for transmyocardial implant  
An apparatus controls a direction of formation of a hole through a myocardium for subsequent placement into the hole of a myocardial portion of a transmyocardial implant. The implant also includes...
6139519 Method and apparatus for detecting tube occlusion  
A method and apparatus detect occlusion in a tube to a passage into a body cavity. An argon gas supply output received by plural selectable flow orifices so one or more of the orifices delivers...
6136017 One handed instrument for spreading a heart valve  
An instrument for spreading the anterior leaflet of a mitral valve. The surgical instrument is designed to allow a surgeon to grip an instrument with one hand during sizing of the anterior leaflet...
6132368 Multi-component telepresence system and method  
The present invention provides systems and methods for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient. In particular, a three-component surgical system is provided that includes a...
6131579 Wire based temperature sensing electrode  
Systems and methods are described for a wire based temperature sensing electrode for surgical procedures. A temperature sensing energy delivery device includes an elongated member having a groove...
6126674 Surgical sliding shaft instrument  
The systems described herein include a surgical instrument having an elongate shaft member, a slide mounted thereon, a handle with two legs, a disengagement mechanism permitting the mounted slide...
6126652 Catheter balloon refolding tool and method of use  
A refolding tool, tool system, and method of use for refolding the flaps of the inflatable balloon of a medical balloon catheter, particularly a dilatation balloon catheter for use in a...
6126651 Motorized motion-canceling suture tool holder  
An apparatus for open-heart surgery includes a suture-needle holding tip (10) or a stapler and a handle (100). The tip is driven to oscillate relative to the handle in the same motion as the...
6125523 Stent crimping tool and method of use  
A hand held tool for crimping a stent onto a balloon of a catheter is disclosed. The stent crimping tool is operated in one hand by squeezing two plates together while simultaneously displacing the...
6124037 Articles coated with in vivo polymerizable ophthalmic compositions  
Coatings for surgical instruments which comprise substituted fluoroalkyl or perfluoroalkyl monomers having anionic, cationic, and/or nonionic surface active functionality in the unsaturated...
6123714 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...
6120496 Surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body and coupling device for use with same  
A surgical apparatus including an energy transmission probe, having a flexible support member and at least one energy transmission device, and a coupling device including a base member adapted to...
6117157 Helical embolization coil  
A conically helically shaped embolization coil (10) for occluding a blood vessel, aneurysm, and the like. The embolization coil includes a continuous platinum-tungsten alloy wire strand (11) wound...
6117127 Medical system work station  
A medical system work station for open or minimally invasive surgery, has a holder tray and at least one terminal unit for handheld instruments of one or more medical devices, at least one...
6117126 Surgical module with independent microprocessor-based communication  
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...
6113586 Joint mechanism for endoscopic treatment instrument, and endoscopic treatment system using that mechanism  
A joint mechanism for connection between a sheath and a manipulating section of an endoscopic treatment instrument is provided. A joint includes a leading end portion connected to said sheath, and...
6113585 Hair removal system  
A new hair removal system for removing hair from the body. The inventive device includes a housing having a perimeter side wall and a top surface. Extending from the top surface of the housing is a...
6112750 Method and system for assessing risks and prognoses of a given course of medical treatment  
A method and system for providing artificial intelligence for assessing a course of medical treatment. The method and system achieve their objects related to assessing a course of medical treatment...
RE36844 Cellular attachment to trans-epithelial appliances  
A trans-epithelial appliance having a hemidesmosome formation-inducing protein composition derived from rat bladder carcinoma cells deposited thereon. This composition stimulates cell attachment...
6110182 Target socket  
A target socket for frameless stereotactic surgery has a ring with an arcuate band that captures a target ball therein. The ring defines a pair of spaced apart channels which provide the ring with...
6106512 Numeric keypad simulated on touchscreen  
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...
6106511 Methods and devices for positioning a surgical instrument at a surgical site  
For positioning a surgical instrument at a surgical site, an elongate tubular structure is coupled to the distal portion of a robotic arm. This structure is adapted to be inserted in the body...
6102932 Intravascular device push wire delivery system  
The endoluminal device delivery assembly and method for release and deployment of an endoluminal therapeutic device at a desired location for treatment within the vasculature of a patient utilizes...
6096027 Bag enclosed stent loading apparatus  
An apparatus for loading a stent onto or into a catheter. A flexible sterile sleeve is provided to encase the stent as it is pulled through a loading device. The loading device is a simple design...
6096026 Surgical instruments for minimally invasive surgical procedures  
A group or kit of surgical instruments (FIG. 26) for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures. In one embodiment the invention is an instrument (10) with a generally central longitudinal axis...
6096025 Mobile surgical support apparatus  
A surgical support apparatus includes a mobile support station configured to receive medical equipment thereon. The mobile support station includes at least one gas outlet and at least one...
6093197 Spiral nerve cuff electrode implantation tool  
A tool for implanting spiral nerve cuff electrodes about a nerve which can be maneuvered into difficult-to-access areas within the body of a mammal. The tool consists of a handle/control device...