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7620290 |
Modified-output fiber optic tips
A laser handpiece is disclosed, including a shaped fiber optic tip having a side-firing output end with a non-cylindrical shape. The shaped fiber optic tip can be configured to side-fire laser...
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7609927 |
Light diffusing tip
A light diffusing tip is provided. The light diffusing tip comprises a housing and a monolithic light scattering medium disposed within the housing. The monolithic light scattering medium comprises...
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7578622 |
Contra-angle rotating handpiece having tactile-feedback tip ferrule
An illumination device is described containing optical fibers that transmit electromagnetic energy from a source to a target. Additional optical fibers return reflected electromagnetic energy from...
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7483457 |
Laser system
A laser system is disclosed comprising a laser device for emitting laser radiation and an optical fiber adapted to connect, in use, to the laser device for delivering the laser radiation. The...
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7470269 |
Ophthalmic surgery light transmitting apparatus
An ophthalmic surgery light transmitting apparatus has an optic fiber having a flexible length with a light source connector mounted on one end of the optic fiber and the opposite end of the optic...
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7470124 |
Instrument for delivery of optical energy to the dental root canal system for hidden bacterial and live biofilm thermolysis
A system and process for thermolytic eradication of bacteria and biofilm in the root canal of a human tooth involve an elongated and flexible optical probe and a laser oscillator that provides the...
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7461982 |
Contra-angle rotating handpiece having tactile-feedback tip ferrule
An illumination device is described containing optical fibers that transmit electromagnetic energy from a source to a target. Additional optical fibers return reflected electromagnetic energy from...
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7431719 |
System for electromagnetic radiation dermatology and head for use therewith
A system for treating a selected dermatological problem and a head for use with such system are provided. The head may include an optical waveguide having a first end to which EM radiation...
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7421186 |
Modified-output fiber optic tips
A laser handpiece is disclosed, including a shaped fiber optic tip having a side-firing output end with a double bevel-cut shape. The shaped fiber optic tip can be configured to side-fire laser...
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7384419 |
Tapered fused waveguide for delivering treatment electromagnetic radiation toward a target surfaced
A radiation emitting apparatus is disclosed that emits a substantially homogenous beam of radiation from an irregularly shaped output end. As described herein, a radiation emitting apparatus...
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7356225 |
Fiber optic probe tip
The invention described here is an improved fiber optic probe. The tip of the probe is made from a transparent fill material that is connected to the end of a conventional optical fiber. The...
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7341584 |
Device and method to limit filling of the heart
A device used to treat heart disease by decreasing the size of a diseased heart, or to prevent further enlargement of a diseased heart. The device works by limiting the volume of blood entering the...
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7305163 |
Fiber optic phototherapy devices including LED light sources
Fiber optic phototherapy devices include fiber optic light emitters having fiber optic end portions at one or both ends that may be separated into a plurality of groups of end portions that receive...
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7274847 |
Light diffusing tip
A light diffusing tip is provided. The light diffusing tip comprises a housing and a monolithic light scattering medium disposed within the housing. The monolithic light scattering medium comprises...
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7274843 |
Optical fiber including a diffuser portion and continuous sleeve for the transmission of light
A novel optical fiber, and a method for its production, having a diffuser portion and continuous unitarily-constructed outer sleeve, which is adapted for the transmission of light to a treatment...
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7270657 |
Radiation emitting apparatus with spatially controllable output energy distributions
A laser handpiece is disclosed, including a fiber optic end having a non-cylindrical shape and further including a reflector surrounding a portion of the fiber optic end. The reflector is shaped to...
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7270656 |
Cooled laser fiber for improved thermal therapy
In one embodiment, the disclosure is directed to an integrated apparatus for delivering energy to a tissue. The integrated apparatus included a housing having a distal end and a tubular structure...
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7267674 |
Apparatus and method for laser treatment
A method and apparatus for treating atrial tissue include positioning a lesion formation tool against the atrial surface. An optical fiber of the tool is energized at a wavelength is selected to...
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7226444 |
Position-controllable laser surgical instrument
A disposable or reusable surgical laser handpiece having an extendable and retractable active laser fiber tip and housed in a body comprising an actuating handle for use in various surgical laser...
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7182760 |
Laser therapy method, highly laser beam-absorbing media to be used in the therapy and laser therapy apparatus with the use of the same
The present invention relates to a laser treatment method and a laser treatment apparatus which can cause thermal damage, such as evaporation or necrosis due to coagulation of organic tissue which...
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7169142 |
Malleable energy wand for maze procedure
An apparatus for treating a biological tissue of a patient in situ includes an optical fiber for guiding a coherent waveform of a selected wavelength to a fiber tip. The wavelength is selected to...
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7163534 |
Laser-based maze procedure for atrial fibrillation
A method and apparatus for treating atrial tissue include positioning a lesion formation tool against the atrial surface. An optical fiber of the tool is energized at a wavelength is selected to...
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7157390 |
Infrared chalcogenide glass
An infrared-transmitting glass material consists essentially of 35.3% wt. arsenic and 64.3% wt. selenium and has an expansion coefficient of 27×10 −6 /° C.
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7144248 |
Device for oral UV photo-therapy
Skin disorders such as, for example, atopic dermatitis, dyshidrosis, eczema, lichen planus, psoriasis, and vitiligo, are treated by applying high doses of ultraviolet light to diseased regions of a...
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7137977 |
Atraumatic laser tip for atrial fibrillation treatment
An apparatus for forming a lesion in cardiac tissue includes an optical fiber for guiding a coherent waveform of a selected wavelength to a fiber tip. The wavelength is selected to have a low...
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7118564 |
Medical treatment system with energy delivery device for limiting reuse
The present invention provides an energy delivery device for use with a medical treatment system for the more efficacious treatment of patients during laser surgery which limits the number of uses...
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7090411 |
Apparatus and method for diffusing laser energy that fails to couple into small core fibers, and for reducing coupling to the cladding of the fiber
A fiber optic connector for coupling focused radiant energy from a laser to a fiber optic conductor includes a secondary transmission path, one or more diffusers and, optionally, one or more...
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7041093 |
Light guide for coupling light output from a light source to the skin
An Intense Pulsed Light apparatus for cosmetic or therapeutic treatment of the skin having a light source is provided with a light guide having an entry face in a rigid light guide component and an...
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7039454 |
Biological optical measuring instrument
A biological optical measuring instrument comprising a measuring probe ( 101 ) for collecting light from a plurality of portions of a subject ( 214 ) transmitted through the subject ( 214 ) by...
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7008416 |
Medical energy irradiation apparatus
To provide a medical energy irradiation apparatus which, having a simple and inexpensively manufacturable structure, enables a doctor using it in the heat curing of prostatic hypertrophy or the...
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7006749 |
Laser system with fiber-bound communication
A laser system is provided that includes a laser unit, an incoupling means for coupling the laser radiation into a light-guide, and an outcoupling means for coupling the laser radiation out from...
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6975899 |
Multi-modal optical tissue diagnostic system
An apparatus and method according to the invention combine more than one optical modality (spectroscopic method), including but not limited to fluorescence, absorption, reflectance, polarization...
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6974436 |
Integrated pump and cannula system and related methods
The present invention relates to systems and methods for transporting fluid between different locations within a body cavity and, in one particular application, systems and methods for transporting...
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6970620 |
Waveguide for receiving and/or radiating electromagnetic radiation
In the region of a distal end at its circumference the waveguide is formed transparent to the radiation which impinges onto the surface of the waveguide at suitable angles, and in the region of the...
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6932809 |
Safety shut-off device for laser surgical instruments employing blackbody emitters
Methods and systems are disclosed for detecting overheating in an optical device before harmful consequences, such as severe local heating, can result. In one embodiment of the invention, a...
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6908461 |
Laser device for medical treatment system
A laser device for medical treatment system, comprising at least a plurality of laser beam emitting sources, a laser beam multiplexing means for superimposing the laser beams emitted from the laser...
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6860879 |
Use of 5-aminolevulinic acid or a derivate thereof for photodynamic diagnosis and/or photodynamic therapy
A light application unit for a combined photodynamic diagnosis and photodynamic therapy of non-malignant diseases of a parodontium and a tooth of a living being having administered a pharmaceutical...
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6819843 |
Device and method for photolithographically irradiating biological substances
A device and a method for the photolithographic exposure of biological substances is described, which comprises at least one light source, a bundle of optical fibers and a control unit, whereby...
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6749627 |
Grip for stent delivery system
A stent delivery system includes inner and outer tubular members with the outer tubular member sized to pass through the body lumen to the deployment site and with the inner tubular member sized to...
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6730076 |
Fiberoptic probe tip
A probe tip having a surgical tool manufactured from a light transmissive material. Such a construction eliminates the need for a separate fiberoptic and surgical tool. If desired, the probe tip...
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6701181 |
Multi-path optical catheter
First and second optical-redirectors mounted on a catheter couple radiation to a target along separate first and second paths. Either the first or second optical-redirectors, or both, can include a...
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6699238 |
Laser operating system
A laser operating system, comprising treatment laser beam projector for projecting a treatment laser beam to an affected site to be treated, sighting laser beam projector for projecting a sighting...
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6676656 |
Surgical ablation with radiant energy
Surgical ablation instruments are disclosed for creating lesions in tissue, including cardiac tissue for treatment of arrhythmias and other diseases. The hand held instruments are especially useful...
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6673095 |
Apparatus and method for delivery of laser light
An apparatus for the delivery of laser light in a therapeutic environment including: a console; an optical waveguide wherein a first end of the waveguide is configured to expose a biological tissue...
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6673065 |
Slender tip laser scalpel
A laser scalpel includes a ribbon optical waveguide extending therethrough and terminating at a slender optical cutting tip. A laser beam is emitted along the height of the cutting tip for cutting...
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6673063 |
Epidural thermal posterior annuloplasty
An apparatus for thermally treating intervertebral discs includes an energy application head having an energy application region and a tissue protecting region. A control member operationally...
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6648902 |
Fiberoptic lighting accessory
A lighting accessory stem using fiberoptic illumination is provided. In certain embodiments, the lighting accessory system is combinable with a hand tool, for example a forceps, to illuminate the...
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6626866 |
Cardioplegia access view probe and method 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...
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6623477 |
Medical instrument for phacoemulsification
A medical instrument for phacoemulsification with which the biological tissue of a lens of the eye is comminuted by the introduction of energy, the comminuted product is sucked out through an...
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6613040 |
Twin light laser
A laser system in which the gain medium is an excited YAP:Nd crystal. The system is configured so that the crystal produces a twin laser beam comprising wavelengths at both 1079 nm and 1340 nm with...
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