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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...
7615050 Systems and methods for creating a lesion using transjugular approach  
A method of treating a tissue region includes inserting a flexible sheath within a vessel, the vessel leading to a tissue region, placing a distal end of the sheath through a wall of the vessel to...
7615013 Methods and devices for cutting and collecting soft tissue  
Devices and methods for collecting or cutting and collecting a specimen from a mass of tissue within a patient. The device may include a specimen collection assembly including a flexible membrane...
7611475 Rotational core biopsy device with liquid cryogen adhesion probe  
A device for biopsy of body tissue. The device is driven by liquid CO2, and is provided with a control system to control various components to effectuate rotating core biopsies.
7611474 Core sampling biopsy device with short coupled MRI-compatible driver  
A core sampling biopsy device is compatible with use in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) environment by being driven by either a pneumatic rotary motor or a piezoelectric drive motor. The core...
7611473 Tissue extraction and maceration device  
Devices and methods are provided for extracting and macerating tissue, and optionally for depositing the tissue onto a tissue scaffold. The device generally includes an outer tube having a...
7608049 Biopsy needle  
According to one embodiment, a biopsy needle for removal of tissue from a patient includes an outer tube having a distal end and an inner tube disposed within the outer tube. The needle includes a...
7601125 Surgical, grooved director for collecting tissue in a minimally invasive manner  
A surgical hollow probe for minimally invasive tissue removal comprising an elongate hollow body, an opening in the region of the distal end of the hollow body and an opening in the region of the...
7597698 Apparatus and method for endoscopic encirclement of pulmonary veins for epicardial ablation  
Surgical instruments and procedures promote placement of a tissue-ablating probe surrounding the left and right pulmonary veins within the intrapericardial space of a patient's heart via access...
7597687 Injection of fibrin sealant including an anesthetic in spinal applications  
A method of treating a disc that is leaking nucleus pulposus through at least one defect in the annulus fibrosus. The method includes injecting a fibrin sealant into the disc to reduce at least a...
7591716 Producing notch feature in small diameter steel alloy needle wire  
A notch-locating fixture for forming notches at predetermined locations along a needle wire used in a surgical suturing apparatus includes a base having at least one semi-circular recess shaped and...
7576979 Modular Server handle  
An improved modular server handle mechanism. The handle mechanism provides a translating handle mechanism that does not visibly function like a cam lever, and provides a carry handle solution when...
7571729 Apparatus and methods for performing mucosectomy  
Apparatus and methods are provided for performing mucosectomy, such as to map out gastrointestinal surgery, including endoluminal gastric reduction. In one variation, the apparatus comprises a...
7563268 Trocar system  
A trocar system includes a probe, a sheath, a dilator, a trocar, an engaging mechanism, and a hold portion. The probe is inserted in a through hole of the sheath. The dilator includes a dilating...
7553318 Device for producing a fluid jet used especially to remove biological tissue, and use thereof  
The invention relates to a fluid jet device for producing a liquid used to remove, in particular, biological tissue. The fluid jet device comprises housing in which a pump set is arranged for...
7540875 Surgical cutting tool with automatically retractable blade assembly  
Innovative disposable thoracostomy and cricothyrotomy trocar systems and new and improved methods for emergency management of upper airway obstructions and chest injuries are disclosed.
7527635 Surgical knife  
In a surgical knife, a slider has an operating part through which the slider is operated. A surface of the operating part is exposed through a window hole of a guide groove and an arresting device...
7517352 Devices for percutaneous remote endarterectomy  
The present invention provides devices, systems, methods and kits for the percutaneous removal of unwanted tissue or obstructive matter from body cavities or lumens, particularly from the...
7517321 Quick cycle biopsy system  
A method for extracting a tissue sample includes altering the pressure inside the lumen of a cannula to facilitate extraction of a tissue sample from the cannula. One aspect of the invention...
7516845 Medical device package with deformable projections  
A medical device package includes a body with at least one chamber therein, a proximal end and a distal end. The medical device package also includes at least one deformable projection within the...
7513903 Organ culture in situ  
A method of increasing blood supply to an ischemic area with a cultured vessel in situ, comprising: 1) selecting a narrow artery responsible to an ischemic area; 2) selecting a vein drawing blood...
7513877 Tissue sampling and removal apparatus and method  
A tissue sampling device ( 10 ) for retrieving one or more tissue samples from a patient is either handheld or mounted to a moveable carriage ( 184 ) and advanced so that the needle tip ( 152 ) is...
7510534 Method for operating biopsy device  
A method is provided for calibrating a surgical biopsy system. The biopsy system includes a biopsy instrument and control unit. The biopsy instrument includes a piercer, rotatable cutter, and a...
7491176 Kit for obtaining an endoarterial biopsy sample  
A kit for obtaining an endoarterial biopsy sample from a patient including packaging material enclosing one or more kit components; the kit components include instruments use to perform a surgical...
7488297 Blood collecting devices  
Blood collecting devices for collecting blood from a patient using a single needle insertion are disclosed. Each blood collecting device typically includes a housing which is removably attached to...
7488295 Tissue acquisition system and method of use  
A tissue acquisition system includes radio frequency (RF) cutter loops which are extendable out a cannula to cut cylindrical tissue samples from a tissue of interest in a patient. The cannula...
7481818 Lancing device with a floating probe for control of penetration depth  
A lancing device includes a lancing mechanism, a floating probe and a pressure tip. The lancing mechanism includes a lancet carriage, a lancet holder slidably connected to the lancet carriage, and...
7481775 Biopsy device incorporating an adjustable probe sleeve  
Devices and methods for varying the size of a tissue sample in a biopsy device are disclosed. The biopsy device includes a needle with a tissue aperture and an inner cutter which translates within...
7479118 Lancet protective cap  
A unique technique for maintaining the sterility and integrity of a lancet tip. One or more lancet tips are sandwiched between a first web and a second web of material to protect the sterility of...
7473263 Powered surgical apparatus, method of manufacturing powered surgical apparatus, and method of using powered surgical apparatus  
A powered surgical apparatus can be used with a source of irrigation fluid and a source of suction. The powered surgical apparatus can include a cutting blade assembly and a handle. The handle can...
7470237 Biopsy instrument with improved needle penetration  
The present invention provides a biopsy instrument with improved needle penetration for piercing dense tissue. The device may comprise a needle slidably retained in a housing. The device may...
7465310 Medical knife  
A section of a first side of a blade between a cutting edge and a boundary line forms a cutting surface. An angle of a section of the cutting surface in the vicinity of the boundary line with...
7465309 Surgical handpiece with a push rod that both transfers rotational movement to an output drive shaft and that actuates a cutting accessory locking assembly  
A powered surgical handpiece that actuates a cutting accessory releasably attached to it. A drive shaft is connected to a motor internal to the handpiece that rotates upon actuation of the motor....
7465304 Anterior cervical facet discectomy surgery kit and method for its use  
A surgical kit is used for performing an anterior cervical disectomy, the surgical kit having a sheath that is inserted into a mammal by using a bullet coupled to the sheath and impacting on the...
7458940 Biopsy apparatus  
A biopsy apparatus having a disposable cutting element and a reusable handpiece is disclosed. The disposable cutting element includes an inner cannula that defines an inner lumen and terminates in...
7452365 Load-controlled device for a patterned skin incision of constant depth  
A skin incision device has a casing with a bottom surface and a slot formed therein, a cover positioned on the casing and slidable in a direction toward the bottom surface, a blade positioned in...
7445624 Endoscopic sample taker for cartilage material  
The sample taker comprises a hollow shank with a scoop fixedly connected at its distal end, a handling means provided at the proximal end of the 20 hollow shank and an actuation mechanism. An...
7442195 Apparatus and method for the reduction of bone fractures  
Reduction of a bone fragment of a bone fracture at a bone fracture site is accomplished through a minimally invasive access passage utilizing instruments having a working head actuated from a...
7442170 Apparatus for punch biopsy  
A punch biopsy apparatus for removing all or a portion of a suspect dermal growth. A punch biopsy apparatus has: a hollow cylinder body; a coring blade at the base of the hollow cylinder body; and...
7435230 Obtained tissue extractor and biopsy forceps  
An obtained tissue extractor is used in combination with a biopsy forceps. The biopsy forceps includes an elongate insertion portion to be inserted into a body, and a biopsy cup provided at a tip...
7424320 Tissue localizing and marking device and method of using same  
A delivery apparatus for the percutaneous placement of a medical device at an area of interest in a tissue mass comprises an introducer comprising a cannula having an insertion tip, an expulsion...
7419472 Biopsy instrument with internal specimen collection mechanism  
A biopsy instrument with an internal specimen collection mechanism is provided.
7416541 Intracutaneous microneedle array apparatus  
Improved microneedle arrays are provided having a sufficiently large separation distance between each of the individual microneedles to ensure penetration of the skin while having a sufficiently...
7416533 Marking biopsy sites  
A needle biopsy system for marking a sampling site is described.
7413559 Gas flow trocar arrangement  
A trocar assembly for use in surgery in a patient, comprising an elongated outer tubular member having a first or proximal end and a second or distal end. The proximal end has a housing enclosing a...
7402163 Device for controlled endoscopic penetration of injection needle  
An endoscopic needle device includes a handle and a catheter sheath connected to the handle, wherein the catheter sheath has at least one lumen, for example a needle lumen and a stabilization...
7402140 Rotational core biopsy device with liquid cryogen adhesion probe  
A device for biopsy of body tissue. The device is driven by liquid CO2, and is provided with a control system to control various components to effectuate rotating core biopsies.
7390317 Universal access seal  
A surgical access device including a valve housing and an instrument receiving element mounted in the valve housing having an aperture for flexibly receiving and directing instruments having a wide...
7387636 Catheter apparatus and methodology for generating a fistula on-demand between closely associated blood vessels at a pre-chosen anatomic site in-vivo  
The present invention provides catheter apparatus and catheterization methodology for generating an arteriovenous fistula or a veno-venous fistula on-demand between closely associated blood vessels...
7377904 Cap displacement mechanism for lancing device and multi-lancet cartridge  
A medical lancing device including a replaceable multi-lancet cartridge. The lancing device includes an advancing mechanism that advances lancets within the cartridge into an active position,...