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6911033 |
Medical clip applying device
A medical clip applying device for crimping a clip onto a mammalian tissue. The clip applying device comprises a handle grip assembly having a handle and a pivotable trigger arranged onto the...
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6905057 |
Surgical stapling instrument incorporating a firing mechanism having a linked rack transmission
A surgical stapling and severing instrument particularly suited to endoscopic procedures incorporates a handle that produces separate closing and firing motions to actuate an end effector. In...
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6896685 |
Suture device
The present invention is a suture device generally intended for use in puncture wounds of a body cavity. The suture device can be inserted through the tissue layer into the body cavity and extend...
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6896686 |
Arthroscopic suture passing instrument
An instrument for arthroscopic suture passing having a shaft with a proximal end and a distal end. A jaw disposed on the distal end has a needle and a hook. The jaw opens and closes with respect to...
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6893448 |
Endoscopic capsular suture plication instrument and method
An instrument for surgical suturing includes a shaft, and a needle disposed slidably for longitudinal travel with respect to the shaft. A prong formed on one end of the shaft projects across a...
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6884249 |
Surgical knot pusher and method of use
A surgical knot pusher device allows a prepared knot to be pushed down a length of suture without deforming or collapsing the knot. The surgical knot pusher device includes a handle portion and an...
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6875224 |
Devices and methods for percutaneous mitral valve repair
Devices and methods are provided for diagnosing and repairing mitral valve defects such as mitral valve regurgitation. According to an exemplary method, mitral valve function is visualized by...
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6860895 |
Tool, a sealing device, a system and a method for closing a wound
A tool ( 101 ) is provided for inserting and mating two plug members ( 2, 3 ) of a sealing device ( 1 ) for closing a wound in the wall of a vessel by placing the distal plug member ( 2 ) of the...
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6853879 |
Medical manipulator and method of controlling the same
A medical master/slave manipulator is excellent in operability and capable of reducing burden on the operator. The medical master/slave manipulator includes a master unit provided with an operation...
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6837893 |
Multi-fastener surgical apparatus and method
A fastener preferably made from a shape memory alloy is provided which can access internal tissue or other synthetic material by catheter delivery through an endovascular pathway. After the...
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6837894 |
Method and apparatus for endoscopic repair of the lower esophageal sphincter
The present invention includes a method and apparatus for adhering tissue to one another. In an embodiment of the present invention the two tissues to be joined, for example the lower esophagus and...
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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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6835200 |
Method and devices for tissue reconfiguration
A method includes advancing an apparatus having an elongated member transorally into the stomach. The apparatus includes a distal end effector having first and second members configured to engage...
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6830576 |
Apparatus for electrically isolating a portion of the atria
Devices for insertion into an atrial appendage of stasis reducing components such as mesh members, chemical bonding agents or expandable anchors are disclosed.
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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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6804581 |
Automated endoscope system for optimal positioning
A robotic system that moves a surgical instrument in response to the actuation of a control panel that can be operated by the surgeon. The robotic system has an end effector that is adapted to hold...
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6793674 |
Eye endoplant for the reattachment of a retina
A band that can be implanted into an eye to re-attach a retina. The implanted band exerts a pressure that presses the retina into a globe of the eye. The band has a length that is at least 100...
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6780197 |
Apparatus and methods for delivering a vascular closure device to a body lumen
An apparatus for delivering a closure element into a puncture communicating with a blood vessel includes an introducer sheath, and a locator member disposed within the sheath, the locator member...
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6773438 |
Surgical instrument having a rotary lockout mechanism
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a surgical fastening instrument. The instrument includes a handle and a shaft extending from the handle. The shaft contains a plurality of...
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6767037 |
Sliding and locking surgical knot
The present invention provides a sliding and locking knot that does not require an additional half hitch to lock and suture retaining structures having such a knot. The sliding and locking knot has...
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6755843 |
Endoscopic suturing device
An endoscopic suturing includes a suturing device having a curved needle to suture tissue. The endoscopic suturing device also includes a driving means to maneuver the curved needle. The curved...
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6743239 |
Devices with a bendable tip for medical procedures
An improved device for performing medical procedures, preferably minimally invasive medical procedures, includes a shaft with a proximal and distal end and a bendable tip extending from the distal...
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6743241 |
Laparoscopic port site fascial closure device
A laparoscopic fascial closure device for fashioning a secure closure about a laparoscopic puncture site. The device comprises an elongate cannula having proximal and distal ends. A needle suture...
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6740098 |
Surgical stabilizer devices and methods
Surgical devices and methods achieve a desired configuration of one or more anatomical structures, e.g. by suction or inflation, and then optionally deploy a stabilizing or fastening agent or...
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6736822 |
Device and method for internal ligation of tubular structures
A surgical device for performing internal ligation of a fallopian tube or other tubular anatomical structure, by application of one or more ligating bands to a folded portion of the wall of the...
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6730101 |
Endoscopic ligating apparatus
An endoscopic ligating apparatus is provided that can be used to dispense multiple ligating bands or rings about several lesions. In one embodiment, a barrel supporting a plurality of bands...
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6726694 |
Intraluminally directed anvil apparatus and related methods and systems
Anastomosis procedures are achieved through the use of an intraluminally directed anvil apparatus. The apparatus is inserted at a catheter site and is then positioned through the lumen of the blood...
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6709442 |
Vascular bypass grafting instrument and method
An instrument for attaching a graft to an aorta includes a first needle assembly for breaching the aorta to provide a hole in a wall thereof, and a carrier portion for insertion of an end of a...
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6706057 |
Compression suture device
A compression suture device for the surgical treatment of hemorrhoids, comprising two mutually opposite sections, each of which has a portion for mutual irreversible connection and a clamping...
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6706047 |
Suture support assembly
The present invention is directed to a suture support assembly for use during a surgical procedure. The suture support assembly in accordance with the present invention includes an elongated main...
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6706048 |
Method and device for use in minimally invasive approximation of muscle and other tissue
Tissue approximation devices for the minimally invasive approximation of muscle or fascia, such as approximation of the rectus muscles in the abdomen (abdominoplasty), or hernia repair and other...
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6702835 |
Needle apparatus for closing septal defects and methods for using such apparatus
Apparatus and methods for closing a septal defect including a flap of tissue partially detached from a septum of a heart. A needle is advanced through a patient's vasculature within a delivery...
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6702825 |
Anastomosis catheter
Disclosed is an anastomosis catheter, for achieving a tissue to tissue or synthetic graft to tissue attachment. The catheter includes a plurality of deployable tissue anchors, which may be...
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6699255 |
Device for endoscopic delivery of surgical material
A device for the delivery of a shape memory securing member into a confined space, the device having an exit for the securing member and means to move the securing member through the exit, the...
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RE38445 |
Pistols for setting surgical clamps
A pistol for setting surgical clamps has a clamp magazine disposed at the distal end of a tubular endoscopic shaft, a feeding mechanism for the clamps, and forceps with an associated forceps...
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6695852 |
Tension tools for tension band clip
A tensioning tool which holds the free ends of a tension band secured to a clip and clip screw and rotation of an adjusting knob causes tension to be applied to pull the band through the clip until...
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6689140 |
System and method for spinal reconstruction
A novel system and method for use for ensuring appropriate positioning of a cable about bone portions, particularly, vertebral bone, for stabilization of the spine during spinal reconstructive and...
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6685713 |
Endoscopic ligating apparatus
An endoscopic ligating apparatus is provided that can be used to dispense multiple ligating bands or rings about several lesions. In one embodiment, a barrel supporting a plurality of bands...
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6685712 |
Surgical micro-stapling instrument
A surgical stapling instrument for performing a vascular anastomosis procedure comprises an elongated body 10 and a needle 12 having a hook 12 b for penetrating and everting the edges 56, 58...
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6679896 |
Transvaginal suture spacer devices and methods of use
The present invention relates to suture spacers and methods for their use. More particularly, the present invention relates to devices which permit a surgeon to create a consistent amount of suture...
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6679892 |
Surgical device for ligating and severing vessels
A surgical device for ligating and severing a vessel. The surgical device including: a housing; a flexible suture having a looped portion extending from a distal end of the housing for capturing a...
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6676673 |
Surgical needle
The present invention relates a surgical instrument for performing hepatic resections, and the surgical instrument is called Chang's needle. The Chang's needle of the present invention comprises a...
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6676671 |
Stapling apparatus and method for heart valve replacement
A surgical stapler for securing a prosthetic heart valve within a patient is disclosed and generally includes a first cylindrical portion for carrying a staple assembly on a distal end thereof, a...
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6676672 |
Single pull wire multiple band ligator
A ligating band dispenser comprises a substantially cylindrical first support surface capable of holding a plurality of first ligating bands. The first support surface has a first channel extending...
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6673085 |
Anastomosis techniques
Methods for making an anastomotic connection between a first conduit and a second conduit in a patient. The first conduit and a second conduit of the patient are placed relatively adjacent to each...
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6669705 |
Apparatus and method for welding sutures
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for welding sutures. The apparatus comprises a jaw assembly and a heater element. The jaw assembly includes a first jaw for receiving a...
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6663642 |
System for bone screw insertion
A novel medical stapler and screw inserter device is disclosed herein wherein the medical instrument is formed in a non-linear or “C” or “V” shaped conformation. The non-linear shape allows...
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6656193 |
Device for attachment of buttress material to a surgical fastening device
An assembly for releasably attaching a buttress material onto a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device is disclosed. The assembly has a substantially rigid frame for connecting to a...
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6652543 |
Means and method for performing an anastomosis
An anastomosis is performed using a mounting structure mounted on the outside of at least one vessel. The mounting structure includes a flexible mounting structure that is attached to the vessel by...
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6638286 |
Doppler directed suture ligation device and method
A ligation device includes a cannula having first and second extendable members and a Doppler wand. The Doppler wand permits an anatomical vessel, such as a blood vessel, to be located in close...
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