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6152919 Laser Resectoscope  
A resectoscope for laser coagulation and cutting of prostatic or bladder tissue. The resectoscope also uses a mechanical cutting element having sharp blades rotating at high speed to further cut...
6143018 Method and device for thermally obliterating biological tissue  
A process is disclosed for thermally obliterating biological tissues by laser radiation introduced into the tissue by means of an optical waveguide. The laser radiation is scattered by means...
6138046 Dosimetry probe  
A dosimetry probe for monitoring light irradiation dosages and for providing irradiance measurements to monitor the application of light during a phototherapy procedure. The dosimetry probe...
6135996 Controlled advancement lasing device  
A controlled advancement laser ablation device is provided for precise ablation of body matter. The laser ablation device includes a handle portion having proximal and distal openings and a fiber...
6132423 Photodynamic therapy system and method  
A method and catheter system for irradiating a body lumen wall which comprises providing an elongated, flexible radiation transmission member having an emitting portion at its distal end, advancing...
6132451 Optical fiber for myocardial channel formation  
An optical fiber device for forming channels within a wall of a patient's heart, and particularly the epicardium, which has an elongated optical fiber, a probe tip secured to the distal end of the...
6129721 Medical laser treatment device and laser probe for the same  
A medical laser treatment device comprises a handpiece having a handpiece body and a laser probe to be attached to the handpiece body, a laser light source, and a light transmission member which...
6126653 Laser therapy system and method of cutting and vaporizing a tissue body  
A laser therapy system and method of cutting and vaporizing a tissue body which includes a fiber optic which is inserted into the lumen of a catheter and operable between an extended position...
6120498 Aspirating handpieces for laser surgical operations  
An aspirating handpiece for laser surgical applications, includes an elongated hollow cylindrical probe member (22). A proximal end (24) of the probe member is arranged such that aspiration means...
6113589 Fiber and a device incorporating the fiber therein for use in treating tissue volumes  
A device for use in laser induced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) is provided which includes a fiber for coupling to a laser energy source and an emitting element having a proximal end coupled to...
6102905 Phototherapy device including housing for an optical element and method of making  
A phototherapy device which can include an optical fiber having a perfluorinated polymer outer buffer coating, and an optical element, such as a GRIN lens or a mirror, disposed at its distal end. A...
6099498 Cardioplegia access view probe and methods of use  
A probe having the ability to deliver cardioplegia solution to the coronary sinus under direct visualization and to provide venous drainage from the right atrium for cardiopulmonary bypass. The...
6096028 Multi-slot laser surgery  
Various embodiments of optical fiber cables and laser probes are disclosed for providing multi-spot laser beams from a single laser beam source. This permits time-intensive but repetitive laser...
6080146 Method and apparatus for hair removal  
A method and apparatus for the removal of, and at least inhibiting the regrowth of, unwanted hair by applying optical radiation to the follicle, including the hair shaft therein, of an energy, a...
6066128 Multi-spot laser surgery  
Various embodiments of optical fiber cables and laser probes are disclosed for providing multi-spot laser beams from a single laser beam source. This permits time-intensive but repetitive laser...
6066129 Medical laser control system  
A medical laser adapted to be controlled remotely from the main operating console, and more particularly, a handpiece held by the surgeon which includes one or more remote controls for actuating...
6063109 Device for the coherent amplification of electromagnetic oscillations  
A system composed of a device 4 for the coherent amplification of electromagnetic oscillations by means of induced emission through a solid element, crystals or glasses doped with neodymium,...
6059776 Electrosurgical laser shears  
A combined mechanical cutter and laser function surgical instrument, constructed with; a handle housing and a disposable tip assembly removably mounted to the handle housing. The disposable tip...
6053909 Ionothermal delivery system and technique for medical procedures  
An Rf energy applicator with a working end that carries a bi-polar Rf electrode system for creating a Rf-tissue interaction or ionothermal effect in subsurface tissue (a first ionothermal system)...
6050990 Methods and devices for inhibiting hair growth and related skin treatments  
Methods of applying laser light to the skin, and apparatus therefor, include methods for removing hair, for synchronizing hair growth, for stimulating hair growth, for treating Herpes virus, for...
6039729 Portable cautery system  
A medical instrument, such as a cautery device, wherein bleeding is stopped or prevented by clamping the bleeding site with a dedicated forceps and using a highly localized heat source such as a...
6039726 Method and apparatus for concentrating laser beams  
The invention includes the use of a beam homogenizer (scattering surface) at the input aperture of a tapered optical fiber to avoid hot spots (2) in the tapered section which would otherwise...
6036685 Lateral- and posterior-aspect method for laser-assisted transmyocardial revascularization and other surgical applications  
A method of visualizing and treating the heart by providing a balloon end contact scope with a main lumen, an essentially transparent contact viewing portion, and integral laser delivery means or...
6036683 Process and apparatus for changing the curvature of the cornea  
A process is described for changing the curvature of the cornea in which the light of a light source is focused in the cornea with a wavelength of approximately 1.5 μm to 6 μm so that the...
6033371 Apparatus and method for vasodilation  
A method and apparatus for dilating blood vessels in vasospasm through the use of high frequency wave, e.g., hydraulic or acoustic waves. The invention is suitable to treat any vasospasm, including...
6027498 Control of life support systems  
6027524 Implantable illuminator for photodynamic therapy of the breast and method  
A device for delivering phototherapeutic light to the nipple and surrounding tissue of a breast. Many mastectomy procedures for patients with breast cancer require removal of the nipple. Thus, for...
6024738 Laser catheter apparatus for use in arteries or other narrow paths within living organisms  
A laser catheter for the treatment of lesions and plaque deposits in arteries and other narrow paths having a radiation assembly affixed to a flexible conduit. The conduit generally includes...
6022345 Method and apparatus for laser-assisted hair transplantation  
A laser treatment method and apparatus is provided which facilitates the grafting of hairs on the skin of a living human. The methodology involves a carefully designed treatment protocol utilizing...
6015405 Device for forming holes in tissue  
A surgical instrument for creating holes of a predetermined diameter and depth in body tissue comprises a tubular catheter having a compression spring affixed at its distal end and attached to the...
6011889 Piercing point optical fiber device for laser surgery procedures  
A device for use in laser surgical procedures for moving axially an optical fiber element that is connected at its proximal end to a source of laser energy. The distal end of the fiber elements...
6004315 Optical fiber diffuser and method of making  
An optical fiber device includes a polymeric optical fiber having a proximal end for coupling to a source of light, and a diffusing region. The polymeric optical fiber includes a core and a...
5997570 Method for introducing a curable stent using catheter with light conductor  
A method is disclosed for introducing a stent inside the body of a patient. The stent is made of a material that cures due to the action of light. A catheter having an inflatable balloon adjacent...
5999678 Laser delivery means adapted for drug delivery  
A drug delivery apparatus for dispensing a predetermined amount of one or more drugs into a laser created opening in the human body, the apparatus consisting of a laser delivery means such as an...
5993439 Lens shield for laser skin perforation  
A lens shield system for shielding a laser source of a system used for collecting capillary blood or fluid from skin, the lens shield comprising a strap apparatus releasably emplaceable around a...
5993072 Adapter assembly for connecting multiple optic fiber illuminated microsurgical instruments to a single light source  
An assembly of connectors adapt multiple optic fiber illuminators of microsurgical instruments for use with a variety of different available light sources.
5993442 Medical laser irradiation apparatus  
The present invention is for the purpose of providing a medical laser irradiation apparatus which applies laser beams of two or more wavelengths, incapable of transmitting in a quartz optical...
5989283 Irradiation device, especially for the cosmetic, diagnostic and therapeutic application of light  
An irradiation device, especially for the cosmetic, diagnostic and therapeutic application of light, having an incoherent light source and a reflector that surrounds the light source and has a...
5976175 Fiber optic laser conducting probe for photodynamic therapy  
A fiber optic laser conducting probe is used for photodynamic therapy. In this fiber optic laser conducting probe, an optical fiber has an end used for conducting a pulse laser beam. The laser beam...
5970983 Method of laser surgery  
A method of laser surgery, comprising the steps of selecting lasers whose output radiation has appropriate extinction lengths in the tissue to be ablated, coagulated, and/or shrunk, and directing...
5968033 Optical delivery system and method for subsurface tissue irradiation  
An apparatus and method for optically treating tissue by contact between the apparatus and the tissue. The apparatus includes a holder having a distal end having an opening in it, and a contact...
5968038 Laser powered heating elements  
A laser-powered fiberoptic heating element comprises a crystalline optic fiber fusion bonded to a crystalline heat-generating tip section.
5951544 Handpiece assembly for laser apparatus  
A handpiece assembly for laser apparatus is provided which includes a manually-graspable handpiece having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway through the handpiece from its proximal end...
5948008 Apparatus for treatment of lumbar disc herniation  
An apparatus, for laser irradiating and vaporizing the nucleus pulposus of the lumbar intervertebral disc, comprises a hollow needle member; an optical fiber for transmitting a laser light; a lead...
5947958 Radiation-transmitting sheath and methods for its use  
A radiation transmitting sheath comprises a tubular body having a radiation guide extending axially therein. A coupler for attaching a radiation source is provided at the proximal end of the...
5946441 Light-diffusing device for an optical fiber, methods of producing and using same, and apparatus for diffusing light from an optical fiber  
A diffusing tip is provided for diffusing light from a light-emitting end of an optical fiber in a radial distribution pattern relative to the axis of the tip and along a length of the tip. The tip...
5941875 Surgical laser handpiece  
A surgical laser handpiece comprising: an outer barrel having an inner chamber; an inner zoom barrel movable in said chamber relative to said outer barrel; at least a first lens device in said zoom...
5936772 Light source optical system for endoscopes  
A light source optical system for endoscopes includes an elliptical condensing mirror projecting a bright spot of the light-emitting section of a lamp and a relay optical system transmitting the...
5930440 Fiber optic probe protector  
A fiber optic probe protector for protecting a fiber optic probe such that sterilization of the probe after each use is not necessary. The fiber optic probe protector includes a sheath, a barrier...
5928222 Fiber optic sensing techniques in laser medicine  
Methods and devices for medical treatment of biological tissue use fiber optic tips attached to the end of an optical fiber light guide for thermal treatment or photo-irradiation of said tissue,...
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