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8185189 |
Investigation of body structures
A pulsed radiation beam is directed toward a body structure having a configuration or physical characteristic that changes over time, the radiation being pulsed at a pulse modulation frequency. A...
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8182744 |
Ultraviolet sanitization in pharmacy environments
Systems and methods to reduce bioburden on at least a portion of a fluid transfer port include supplying a dose of radiation to the portion in optical communication with at least one source of...
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8182474 |
Expandable laser catheter
Expandable laser catheters for utilizing laser energy to remove obstructions from body passages are described. In one embodiment, the laser catheter includes a shaftway having a distal end...
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8177777 |
Soft tip cannula and methods for use thereof
A surgical device having a body portion that is gripped by a user, the body portion having a distal end equipped with a soft tip and the proximal end optionally connected to an external vacuum or...
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8162928 |
Eye surgical instrument
An eye surgical instrument, comprising at least one optical fiber for lighting of the interior of the eye, which at least one optical fiber, at a free end thereof, is provided with a light exit and...
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8152795 |
Method and device for cardiac tissue ablation
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The...
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8152794 |
Endoscopic instrument
An endoscopic instrument includes a shank (2) having at least one guide channel (4, 4′) for a laser probe (8), and a flexible narrowing provided in a section of the guide channel (4) connecting t...
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8152796 |
Method and apparatus for performing percutaneous laser disc decompression with vaporization monitoring by fluid displacement
Apparatus and method of performing percutaneous laser spinal disc decompression with the patient retaining consciousness. The clear plastic hub of a discectomy needle has a translucent hub with a...
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RE43300 |
Apparatus having stabilization members for percutaneously performing surgery and methods of use
Apparatus and methods for performing surgery within an organ or vessel are provided. A catheter is provided having a longitudinal axis and an end region carrying an end effector, the end region...
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8139225 |
System for processing patient monitoring power and data signals
A device interface selectively acquires patient physiological parameter data. An acquisition processor acquires physiological data from a patient. A communication processor is coupled to an optical...
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8114068 |
Light guide
The invention relates to a light guide with at least one photorefractive area, wherein a volume hologram is formed in the photorefractive area in such a way that light coupled into the light guide...
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8113209 |
Sub-dermal laser skin treatment
A method and system for skin tightening comprises a hollow cannula that contains an optical fiber connected to a laser source. The cannula is inserted subcutaneously into a patient so that the end...
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8104483 |
Multi-port light delivery catheter and methods for the use thereof
Methods of advancing a laser catheter across an occlusion are described. They may include the steps of advancing a guidewire through a first proximal lumen and a distal lumen of the catheter into a...
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8100906 |
Electrosurgical instrument
The invention relates to an electrosurgical instrument for cutting and/or coagulating a tissue to be treated, comprising at least one cutting electrode for conducting a high-frequency (“HF”) cur...
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8100893 |
Laser catheter calibrator
A catheter assembly is disclosed according to one embodiment of the invention. The assembly includes a catheter body, a housing and a detector. The catheter includes a distal tip, a proximal end,...
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8088122 |
Optical ear infection treatment device and method
Optical ear infection treatment device and methods are described where an LED and optical light pipe are used to deliver the light from the LED to the middle ear of a patient to reduce bacterial...
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8075553 |
Illuminated directional laser probe
An ophthalmic surgery illuminated directional laser probe has a handle and a rigid tubular tip projecting from the handle, and has an illumination optic fiber and a laser optic fiber that extend...
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8070685 |
Connectorized probe for transesophageal echocardiography
A connectorized ultrasound probe includes a distal section that is configured for insertion into a patient's body and a proximal section configured to interface the distal section with an...
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8061359 |
Surgical endoscopic cutting device and method for its use
A surgical endoscopic cutting device includes cutting elements fitted in a protective tube. The device has an inlet for fluid, a discharge outlet for tissue and fluid, and a further outlet that...
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8052603 |
Transducer/sensor assembly
An imaging transducer assembly is combined with a sensor of a medical positioning system, forming a transducer/sensor assembly. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a coil proximally coupled with...
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8034091 |
Method for the ablation of cartilage tissue in a knee joint using indocyanine
A method for the ablation of human or animal articular cartilage is disclosed that employs an exogenous absorber, such as a compound having the molecular formula C43H47N2NaO6S2, to coat or color...
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8028437 |
Hair dryer and vacuum device
A hair dryer and vacuum device includes a housing having a nozzle, a handle, and a body portion situated between the handle and nozzle, the nozzle including a first channel extending from the body...
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8016748 |
Apparatus and methods for coronary sinus access
Apparatus and methods for locating morphological features within a body cavity using a catheter including proximal and distal ends, a transparent balloon carried on the distal end, and an optical...
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8012146 |
Extending small-gauge illuminator
A variable-rigidity, small-gauge illuminator is disclosed, one embodiment being a small-gauge illumination surgical system comprising: a light source for providing a light beam; an optical cable,...
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8007444 |
Catheters with fluorescent temperature sensors
A catheter with a fluorescent temperature sensor is shown and described. The catheter includes a lumen, a fiber-optic cable that extends through the lumen. A distal end of the fiber-optic cable is...
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7976537 |
Optical pyrometric catheter for tissue temperature monitoring during cardiac ablation
A system for opto-pyrometric tissue temperature monitoring in real time. The system is adapted for cardiac ablation and tissue temperature measurement, having a catheter having a tip electrode...
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7975702 |
System and method for laser lipolysis
A device and related method for the removal of subcutaneous adipose layers comprises a laser source; an optical fiber for conveying a laser beam emitted by the laser source; and a hollow cannula...
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7977658 |
Flexible infrared delivery apparatus and method
A flexible infrared delivery apparatus useful for endoscopic infrared coagulating of human or animal blood and tissue or for other uses employs a source of infrared radiation which is not a laser...
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7976536 |
Method and apparatus for treating venous insufficiency
A catheter introduces electrodes in a vein for a minimally invasive treatment of venous insufficiency by the application of energy to cause selective heating of the vein. The catheter is positioned...
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7972326 |
Illuminated laser probe with adjustable area of illumination
An illuminated laser probe primarily designed for ophthalmic surgery provides both illumination light to a surgical site and laser light to the surgical site. The probe has an elongate handle with...
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7955365 |
Closed loop catheter photopolymerization system and method of treating a vascular condition
A photopolymerization system includes a catheter having a proximal inflatable member, a distal inflatable member, a fluid delivery lumen, and a fluid drainage lumen. The fluid delivery lumen...
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7951081 |
Transducer/sensor assembly
An imaging transducer assembly is combined with a sensor of a medical positioning system, forming a transducer/sensor assembly. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a coil proximally coupled with...
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7935108 |
Deflectable sheath catheters
The present invention provides devices and methods for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. In one embodiment a deflectable sheath catheter includes an elongate catheter body having proximal and...
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7931859 |
Ultraviolet sanitization in pharmacy environments
Systems and methods to reduce bioburden on at least a portion of a fluid transfer port include supplying a dose of radiation to the portion in optical communication with at least one source of...
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7930065 |
Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber bragg gratings
A surgical instrument is provided, including: at least one articulatable arm having a distal end, a proximal end, and at least one joint region disposed between the distal and proximal ends; an...
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7921854 |
Endovenous laser treatment for varicose veins
Improved devices and methods for removing blood from a blood vessel in preparation for endovenous laser ablation are described. The improved methods include one or more of: placing the patient in...
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7909816 |
Directional probe treatment apparatus
A treatment apparatus includes a cannula with a cannula lumen. The cannula has a first average diameter. A probe is positionable in the cannula lumen. The probe has a first section with a second...
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7869016 |
Fiber damage detection and protection device
A medical laser system and related methods of monitoring optical fibers to determine if an optical fiber cap on the optical fiber is in imminent danger of failure. The laser system includes a...
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7846153 |
Apparatus and methods for directional delivery of laser energy
In some embodiments, without limitation, the invention comprises a catheter having an elongated housing with a channel disposed therein. A laser delivery member is movable and at least partially...
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7832406 |
Percutaneous myocardial revascularization
Devices and methods for creating a series of percutaneous myocardial revascularization (PMR) channels in the heart. One method includes forming a pattern of channels in the myocardium leading from...
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7815632 |
Laser induced liquid jet generating device
A laser induced liquid jet generating device comprising: a main body 6 adapted to be filled with a specified laser beam absorbing liquid and configured such that it can contain a laser irradiating...
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7811281 |
Excimer laser catheter
A method and apparatus, of providing endovascular therapy. The steps include arranging optical fibers within a catheter, the catheter having a tip whose length is at least 1 cm and whose diameter...
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7740626 |
Laser induced liquid jet generating apparatus
The laser induced liquid jet generating apparatus irradiates a laser beam on a liquid in a main body, guides the generated liquid jet into a catheter via a nozzle, and generates a flow in the...
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7730894 |
Photodynamic therapy apparatus and method for vascular tissue treatment
Light generating devices for illuminating portions of vascular tissue, to render photodynamic therapy. In one embodiment, a light source array preferably including a plurality of light emitting...
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7731709 |
Optical height zeroing device
A leveling device for determining the zero pressure point of an external draining system with respect to a patient is provided. The leveling device generally includes a body having a viewing...
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7690382 |
System and method for salivary stones removal and joint arthroscopy
A method and probe device are presented, suitable for use in joint arthroscopy. A beam of pulsed laser radiation of a wavelength range of about 2700-3000 nm and a predetermined frequency of pulses...
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7665466 |
Self-expanding medical occlusion device
A self-expanding medical occlusion device treats a heart defect in a patient and is inserted into the body in minimally invasive fashion using a catheter system, and includes a braiding of thin...
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7662152 |
Catheter with multi port tip for optical lesion evaluation
A catheter is adapted to ablate tissue and provide optically-based lesion qualitative and quantitative monitoring, comprising a catheter body and a tip electrode distal the catheter body adapted...
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7644715 |
Restless leg syndrome treatment
The present invention describes a method of treating restless leg syndrome by eliminating venous reflux in an underlying vein. The malfunctioning vein can be removed or ablated by inserting a...
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7604648 |
Direct vision port site dissector
A direct vision dissecting port for providing safe entry into a body cavity, as well as being operative to serve as a standard port for use in laparoscopic, endoscopic or thoracic surgery. The...
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