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7108700 Surgical repair kit and its method of use  
A suture passer comprises a longitudinally extending hollow cannula having a central passage slidingly receivable of a surgical suture; a manually graspable handle connected to the hollow cannula...
7107124 Roll-pitch-roll wrist methods for minimally invasive robotic surgery  
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...
7105004 One-hand locking and releasing handheld medical instrument  
Locking and releasing apparatus for operating a medical device includes a handle and a lever member coupled to the handle for grasping engagement by an operator. The lever member is moveable in...
7105001 Surgical method and composition utilizing submucosal tissue to prevent incisional hernias  
A small intestine submucosa mesh is adapted for use in surgical abdominal closure routines. The submucosa mesh is incorporated into the normal surgical protocol for abdominal closure procedures....
7094199 Ivs obturator instrument and procedure  
There is disclosed a surgical instrument for inserting material into the body. The surgical instrument generally includes an outer tubular member. The instrument has a longitudinal section and an...
7094246 Suture trimmer  
A suture trimmer having a shaft with a groove formed in the side thereof, a cutting member movably disposed within the shaft, and a suture retainer slidably disposed within the shaft. The suture...
7094245 Device and method for through the scope endoscopic hemostatic clipping  
Medical device used to cause hemostasis of blood vessels using a clip arrangement delivered to a target region through an endoscope. Method for using the device to cause hemostasis of a blood...
7094244 Sequential heart valve leaflet repair device and method of use  
A heart valve and tissue repair device for independently, selectively and sequentially grasping heart valve leaflets and independently, selectively and sequentially applying one or more fasteners...
7090684 Apparatus and method for resectioning gastro-esophageal tissue  
A system for stapling tissue comprises a flexible endoscope and an operative head including a pair of opposed, curved tissue clamping jaws sized to pass through an esophagus, the jaws being...
7090686 Suturing device and method  
A suturing device and method allows a physician to remotely suture biological tissue. The device includes an elongate body, first and second arms operably connected to the elongated body, whereby...
7087064 Apparatuses and methods for heart valve repair  
A medical device for treating a heart having a faulty heart valve is disclosed. The medical device comprises a ligature including a first anchoring member and a second anchoring member is used. The...
7083630 Devices and methods for fastening tissue layers  
Endoscopic devices and methods used for fastening multiple tissue layers, such as, for example, an endoscopic fundoplication procedure, are disclosed. The device may include, for example, an...
7083628 Single catheter mitral valve repair device and method for use  
A single catheter mitral valve repair device for stabilizing a tissue portion and selectively applying a tissue fastener thereto. The single catheter mitral valve repair device of the present...
7081121 Apparatus for ligating living tissues  
A apparatus for ligating living tissues comprises an introducing tube capable of being inserted into a living body cavity, at least two or more manipulating wires movably inserted into the...
7077851 Aneurysm clip  
An aneurysm clip ( 1 ) is provided with two arms ( 2, 3 ) which are resiliently pivotable towards each other and carry at their free end clamping bars ( 12, 13 ) which are resiliently clamped...
7070602 Method of applying surgical clips to tissue  
A flexible clip applier includes a flat wire wound outer 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...
7063715 Endoscopic suture apparatus  
A holding member has an opening portion which opens to an distal end. The opening portion, the distal end of an endoscope and a holding member define a treatment space. A clamping member can...
7063709 Ligating band dispenser with transverse ridge profile  
An improved distal end for a ligating band dispenser having a transverse groove or ridge profile that promotes rolling of the bands. In one embodiment, the ligating bands and the transverse grooves...
7063710 Intracardiac suture device  
An intracardiac suture device comprises a first shaft assembly 1 including a first shaft 11 and a first suture needle-holding device 4 provided at a distal end of the first shaft 11 ; a...
7060077 Suturing instruments and methods of use  
The invention relates to devices and methods for approximation, ligation, and fixation of tissue. The devices and methods are used with both traditional open surgical and endosurgical techniques.
7056330 Method for applying tissue fastener  
A method for applying a surgical fastener including the steps of providing a fastener applier having an elongated shaft with at least one fastener located within the elongated shaft. The fastener...
7052504 Automated-feed surgical clip applier and related methods  
A surgical clip applying apparatus comprises an actuator device, a pair of opposing jaws, and an elongate assembly interposed therebetween. A clip driving device disposed in the elongate assembly...
7048747 Device and method for performing end-to-side anastomosis  
Devices, methods, and kits are provided for suturing an end of a first body duct to a hole in the side of a second body duct. The present devices and methods are used to simplify the suturing...
7048748 Automatic surgical suturing instrument and method  
A surgical instrument that automatically ties simple interrupted sutures is described. The user adjusts the tension in the suture loop. The instrument can use any of the currently used suture...
7037334 Method and apparatus for catheter-based annuloplasty using local plications  
The present invention relates to a minimally invasive method of performing annuloplasty. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for performing annuloplasty includes accessing a...
7033370 Suturing instruments and methods of use  
A method and device for the placement of sutures and for the purpose of approximating tissue. The invention relates to devices for approximation, ligation and fixation of tissue using a suture, to...
7029480 Device and method for suturing of internal puncture sites  
A suture applying device comprises a shaft having a nose piece attached at its distal end. The shaft and the nose piece are separated by a transition region, and a needle entry lumen in the shaft...
7011667 Apparatus for ligating living tissues  
The present invention has an introducing tube capable of being inserted into a living body cavity, a manipulating wire movably inserted into this introducing tube, at least two or more clips, and a...
7008435 Surgical stapling device and method  
A surgical stapling device is provided having an elongate housing and a surgical staple slidable longitudinally within the housing towards a free forward end thereof, the staple having a back and...
7001398 Closure device and methods for making and using them  
A method for closing an opening in a wall of a body lumen wherein an elongate member is advanced into the body lumen and a distal portion of an obturator is positioned distally beyond the distal...
6997931 System for endoscopic suturing  
A system for endoscopic suturing is provided having an endoscope, such as a gastroscope, with a distal end locatable in the body of a patient and a flexible shaft extending to the distal end, a...
6997932 Suture passer  
A device for the placement of sutures and for the purpose of approximating tissue includes an elongate body member, a suture deployment system, and a catch. Methods of placing sutures include...
6991636 Nitinol loop suture passer  
A suture shuttle in the form of a loop of flexible metallic material, such as nitinol wire, is disclosed. The flattened loop of nitinol wire is long enough to extend into an arthroscopic portal and...
6988985 Tissue piercing device for an endoscope  
A tissue-piercing device is provided for use with a flexible endoscope for suturing or ligating tissues in body cavities. Two flexible sleeves are provided side by side along the endoscope such...
6986776 Suturing apparatus, method and system  
An apparatus used with a helical suture device has a first end and a second end. The first end includes a spatulate member having a length along a first axis. The second end includes a guide shaped...
6986775 Devices and methods for heart valve repair  
Methods and devices provide constriction of a heart valve annulus to treat cardiac valve regurgitation and other conditions. Embodiments typically include a device for attaching a cinching or...
6986737 Endoscopic method for forming an artificial valve  
The holding device of the endoscope allows suspension of the tissue while it is held and fixed securely. Use of holding device with large distal ends will not damage tissue and allows holding and...
6974466 Ligating band delivery apparatus  
A apparatus is disclosed that is adapted for delivery of a multiplicity of pre-loaded ligating bands within patient, such as to treat hemorrhoidal tissue. The apparatus comprises a delivery member...
6972027 Soft tissue repair system  
A suture anchor delivery system includes a handle having a needle extending therefrom. A suture anchor assembly is slidably received on the needle. The suture anchor assembly includes a proximal...
6966919 Instrument for applying a surgical fastener particularly for the transoral treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)  
A surgical instrument includes an end effector having a clevis and first and second jaws mutually rotatable between open and closed positions. The jaws are proximally directed and laterally...
6963792 Surgical 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...
6955643 Endoscopic suture instrument  
Suturing instruments in accordance with the invention are dimensioned and configured to apply sutures to approximate, ligate, or fixate tissue in, for example, open, mini-incision, trans-vaginal,...
6942674 Apparatus and methods for delivering a closure device  
An apparatus for delivering a clip to close an opening through tissue includes a sheath and a carrier assembly including a clip therein that is slidable on the sheath. An actuator assembly is...
6939356 Medical instrument for closure of trocar site openings and method for use of same  
A medical instrument used for closing an opening for surgery in which a trocar is used, and a method of securely closing the opening. The instrument includes a hollow tube, into which is inserted...
6932824 Three-needle closure device  
The present invention relates to a three-needle type vascular closure system. The closure system utilizes three needles in the form of a guiding device, an expandable needle, and a hooking device....
6932826 Surgical repair kit and its method of use  
A suture passer includes a longitudinally extending hollow cannula having a central passage slidingly receivable of a surgical suture; a manually graspable handle having an upper suture and being...
6929655 Tamping mechanism  
The invention relates to a loading device provided with a tamping mechanism with which two or three functional operations needed in the sealing of punctures in blood vessels can be sequentially...
6923819 Apparatus and method for surgical suturing with thread management  
An apparatus and a method for surgical suturing with thread management. An apparatus for tissue suturing comprising a cartridge having a suturing needle having a pointed end and a blunt end, the...
6921361 Endoscopic instrument for forming an artificial valve  
The holding device of the endoscope allows suspension of the tissue while it is held and fixed securely. Use of holding device with large distal ends will not damage tissue and allows holding and...
6921408 Apparatus for sewing tissue and method of use  
An apparatus for sewing tissue especially useful for tissue ligation, is provided having a housing and a hollow shaft which extends from the housing. At the distal end of the shaft along its...