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7601127 |
Therapeutic stimulation of genital tissue or reproductive organ of an infertility or impotence diagnosed patient
The method of stimulation for a genital tissue or reproductive organ of an infertility or impotence diagnosed patient is disclosed. The stimulation has the steps of activating an acoustic shock...
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7578796 |
Method of shockwave treating fish and shellfish
The method of stimulating an aquatic life form is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating a pressure pulse or an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit pressure pulse or acoustic...
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7470274 |
Single-blow shockwave generation device
The invention relates to a single-blow mechanical shockwave generation device used in urological surgery for disintegration of urinary duct stones, comprising a striking device which strikes a...
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7377925 |
Fragmentation and extraction basket
A surgical instrument for fragmenting and extracting stones includes an outer sheath having a proximal end and a distal end and an inner core longitudinally extending through the core and...
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7374551 |
Minimally invasive fat cavitation method
A method of fat cavitation including infiltrating adipose tissue with a liquid, creating a puncture in a patient's skin, providing a wire, the wire being generally uniform in diameter and having a...
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7282055 |
Medical retrieval instrument
A medical retrieval instrument of the present invention includes a plurality of filaments for holding an object and a hollow section through which a first end of each of said plurality of filaments...
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7229455 |
Ultrasonic calculus treatment apparatus
An ultrasonic calculus treatment apparatus includes a longitudinal-vibration piezoelectric oscillator for vibrating in the axial direction of an ultrasonic transmitting member and a...
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7137966 |
Immobilizing objects in the body
Stabilizing an object in the body of a patient involves the injection of a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) material or other flowable material into the body of the patient so that the...
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7108693 |
Electromagnetic energy distributions for electromagnetically induced mechanical cutting
Output optical energy pulses including relatively high energy magnitudes at the beginning of each pulse are disclosed. As a result of the relatively high energy magnitudes which lead each pulse,...
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7041108 |
Grasper mechanism with biased fixed flexure elements
An expansible and retractable mechanism of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,924,175 and/or a medical grasper of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,906,622 in which (1) the fixed flexure...
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6945977 |
Systems and methods for clot disruption and retrieval
Thrombectomy and other treatments are achieved using a catheter having a positioning cage and a macerator within the positioning cage. The catheter is introduced to a target body lumen, typically a...
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6939353 |
Variable composite sheath with interrupted sections
A medical device includes a handle, a sheath, and an object-engaging unit. The distal end portion of the sheath is strong enough to resist being deformed by the object-engaging unit, yet another...
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6814740 |
Retrieval device made of precursor alloy cable
A medical retrieval device for retrieving foreign objects from a patient and the method of constructing the device are disclosed. The device incorporates a wire cable composed of a precursor alloy...
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6773446 |
Delivery apparatus for a self-expanding stent
A delivery apparatus for a self-expanding stent is disclosed. The apparatus has an outer sheath forming an elongated tubular member having distal and proximal ends and an inside and outside...
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6757582 |
Methods and systems to control a shaping tool
A method and system for providing control that include providing a workpiece that includes a target shape, providing a cutting tool, providing a 3-D image associated with the workpiece, identifying...
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6755853 |
Methods and kits for the inhibition of hyperplasia in vascular fistulas and grafts
A method for inhibiting hyperplasia at an anastomotic junction of a vascular fistula or vascular graft comprises exposing the anastomotic junction to vibrational energy at a mechanical index and...
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6755779 |
Apparatus and method for delivery of cardiac constraint jacket
A cardiac constraint jacket is formed of flexible material defining a volume between an open upper end and a lower end. The jacket is dimensioned for an apex of a patient's heart to be inserted...
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6752801 |
Metal probe for intracorporeal calculi crushing
A metal probe for intracorporeal calculi crushing has a point at its distal end with one or several lateral notches next to the probe end. These notches secure a calculus laterally against an...
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6736784 |
Medical instrument for treating biological tissue and method for transmitting pressure waves
A medical instrument for treating biological tissue comprises a housing ( 2 ), a pressure wave generation means ( 4 ) and a transmission means ( 8 ) for coupling the unfocused pressure waves into...
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6695834 |
Apparatus and method for stone removal from a body
A device for treating material in a body of a patient includes an expandable basket having a projection for securing material within the basket. The projection has a distal end joined to a distal...
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6689086 |
Method of using a catheter for delivery of ultrasonic energy and medicament
An ultrasound delivery catheter equipped and configured for concurrent delivery of drugs or therapeutic agents. The catheter comprises an elongate pliable catheter body having an ultrasound...
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6673080 |
Retrieval basket with releasable tip
A medical retrieval device is used to retrieve and/or fragment stones (and/or other objects) from the body of a patient. The device has a retrieval basket with a releasable tip. The tip release is...
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6663594 |
Immobilizing objects in the body
Stabilizing an object in the body of a patient involves the injection of a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) material or other flowable material into the body of the patient so that the...
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6660013 |
Apparatus for removing plaque from blood vessels using ultrasonic energy
A method and apparatus for removing plaque, fatty deposits, and other occlusions from blood vessels using ultrasonic energy. The method and apparatus has particular application in removing plaque...
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6620172 |
Entraining biological calculi
A medical device for entraining biological stones during medical procedures for the fragmentation of urinary, biliary, pancreatic, and other biological calculi and safely removing them from the...
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6613056 |
Ultrasonic probe with low-friction bushings
An ultrasonic probe assembly is provided. The probe assembly includes a cannula and an ultrasonic probe disposed within the cannula. The probe assembly further includes a low-friction bushing...
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6589253 |
Ultrasonic angioplasty transmission wire
The ultrasonic angioplasty transmission wire for use in an ultrasonic angioplasty device comprises an inner layer of a first ultrasound transmitting material, and at least one outer coaxial shell...
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6582440 |
Non-clogging catheter for lithotrity
An improved rigid catheter is provided for lithotripsy. The catheter includes a rigid tube adapted to engage a lithotripsy transducer and power supply, with a restriction in an internal diameter of...
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6558397 |
Device for removal of calculi
A device for removing calculi by using an intracorporeal lithotripter comprises a single metallic probe or sonotrode which for the fragmentation of calculi is connected with an electrically...
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6558366 |
Thrombectomy method
A method of and apparatus for removing a thrombus deposit from the cardiovascular system of a patient without the need to surgically access the location of the thrombus deposit via a cut-down or...
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6547779 |
Flexible flow apparatus and method for the disruption of occlusions
Methods and apparatus for creating fluid flow from one location to another are disclosed. The fluid flow is created via the absorption of repetitive pulses of radiation in a fluid to generate...
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6533792 |
Device for removal of calculi
A device for removing calculi by using an intracorporeal lithotripter comprises a single metallic probe or sonotrode which for the fragmentation of calculi is connected with an electrically...
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6494887 |
Surgical instrument
The invention provides a surgical instrument for inserting an elongate element into a human patient. In the preferred form of the invention the instrument has a curved hollow shaft defining an arc...
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6491685 |
Laser and acoustic lens for lithotripsy
An acoustic focusing device whose acoustic waves are generated by laser radiation through an optical fiber. The acoustic energy is capable of efficient destruction of renal and biliary calculi and...
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6440123 |
Metal probe for use in intracorporeal lithotripsy
A metal probe for intracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy has a point at its distal end with one or several lateral notches next to the probe end, These notches secure a calculus laterally against an...
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6398792 |
Angioplasty catheter with transducer using balloon for focusing of ultrasonic energy and method for use
A catheter for insertion into an artery having deposits of plaque and/or thrombus includes, at its distal end an ultrasonic transducer and a dilatation balloon surrounding the transducer such that...
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6382215 |
Method of suppression and prevention of the gag reflex
A method for suppression and prevention of the gag reflex, particularly during dental procedures, utilizing a non-invasive nerve stimulation device applied to the wrist.
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6325807 |
Variable strength sheath
A medical device includes a handle, a sheath, and an object-engaging unit. The distal end portion of the sheath is strong enough to resist being deformed by the object-engaging unit, yet another...
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6312434 |
Device for producing a shock wave to impact an object
The present invention is directed to a device for producing a shock wave to impact an object that includes a transfer member. The device has a voice coil assembly including a permanent magnet and a...
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6264664 |
Surgical basket devices
Surgical basket instruments according to the invention generally include a sheath (catheter), a shaft extending through and axially movable relative to the sheath, a basket assembly coupled to a...
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6261298 |
Device for concrement destruction or crushing
A device for concrement destruction or crushing is disclosed which comprises an elongate probe adapted to be introduced into the human body, a drive unit that accelerates an impact body and a lever...
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6248113 |
Device for the electrolytic dissolution of urinary stones and related method of treatment of urinary calculosis
A device for the electrolytic dissolution of urinary calculi in patients affected by urinary calculosis, the particularity whereof consists of the fact that it has: a tubular sleeve which is meant...
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6217588 |
Flexible probe for use in lithotripsy
A metallic flexible probe for use in shock wave lithotripsy is provided next to its head portion and approximately at a transition to an adjoining initial length of the probe with a rated break...
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6214017 |
Ultrasonic surgical apparatus
An improved ultrasonic surgical apparatus includes an ultrasonic handpiece. An ultrasonic fragmenting tool is mountable within the handpiece, the tool having a vibratable tip adapted for...
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6203537 |
Laser-driven acoustic ablation catheter
An acoustic ablation catheter includes a mass cap mounted by a spring at the distal end of the catheter, to thereby form a structure capable of axial motion with a resonant frequency. The mass cap...
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6203516 |
Phacoemulsification device and method for using dual loop frequency and power control
The invention is an improved phacoemulsification probe drive circuit for supplying electrical power to an ultrasonic transducer. The drive circuit has a power control loop and a frequency control...
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6193730 |
Surgical extractor
The surgical extractor has three distinct portions respectively called "body", "gripper" and "pusher". The body is rigid and rectilinear and has a first end from which an handle integrally projects...
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RE37024 |
Endoscopic lithotripsy system
An endoscopic lithotriptor including an elongated, flexible stone impacting member in the form of a wire whose distal end is brought against a stone to be broken and whose proximal end is adapted...
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6149656 |
Electrodynamic lithotriptor
An apparatus to introduce impact pulses into the human body has an impact transmitter (8) displaceable in an axial direction and an electromagnetic impact generator (2, 6; 26, 24; 36, 34) driven by...
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6113558 |
Pulsed mode lysis method
An apparatus and method for the application of ultrasound to a location within the body is provided. The apparatus can advantageously operate at a pulse duration below about 100 milliseconds and in...
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