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7621930 |
Ultrasound medical instrument having a medical ultrasonic blade
A first ultrasound medical instrument includes a medical ultrasonic blade having first, second and third blade portions. The second blade portion is more bendable than either of the first and third...
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7621929 |
Ultrasound catheter apparatus
Ultrasound catheter devices and methods of the present invention generally provide for ablation and/or disruption of vascular occlusions. An ultrasound transmission member, such as a wire,...
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7572268 |
Apparatus and methods for the selective removal of tissue using combinations of ultrasonic energy and cryogenic energy
An ultrasonic apparatus and method is provided for the selective and targeted removal of unwanted tissues. The apparatus and methods may utilize combinations of ultrasonic and cryogenic energy for...
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7572242 |
Method of operating an ultrasound handpiece
A method of operating an ultrasonic handpiece by pulsing the power supplied to the handpiece and varying the amplitude of the power during the power pulse.
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7563269 |
Ultrasonic treatment device
An ultrasonic treatment device for surgery includes: a treatment portion (ultrasonic probe) for treating living-body tissue by transmitting thereto ultrasonic vibrations generated by means of an...
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7563242 |
Ultrasonic surgery apparatus
An ultrasonic surgery apparatus capable of setting surgical conditions properly in accordance with hardness of a nucleus lentis and performing surgery with efficiency is disclosed. The ultrasonic...
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7551077 |
RFID ring illumination system for surgical machine
An RFID ring illumination system includes an illumination ring and a printed circuit board. The illumination ring has a light refracting layer integral with the front of a surgical machine. The...
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7546781 |
Ultrasonic operation apparatus and abnormality judgment method thereof
An ultrasonic operation apparatus comprises a hand piece accommodating an ultrasonic transducer for generating ultrasonic vibrations, a probe which is connected to the hand piece and to which the...
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7544200 |
Combination tissue pad for use with an ultrasonic surgical instrument
An ultrasonic clamp coagulator assembly that is configured to permit selective cutting, coagulation and clamping of tissue during surgical procedures. An elongated portion of the instrument can be...
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7540870 |
Ablative ultrasonic-cryogenic apparatus
An ablative apparatus that can be used to treat atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias by ablating cardiac tissue is disclosed. When the distal end of the apparatus reaches the tissue to...
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7530986 |
Laminated ultrasonic end effector
A laminated ultrasonic waveguide and a method of fabrication thereof including stamping at least two pieces of sheet stock to form stamped parts of the laminated ultrasonic waveguide. The stamped...
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7520865 |
Surgical tool mechanism
The surgical tool comprises a longitudinally extending waveguide ( 1 ) defining a longitudinal axis ( 2 ). A first jaw member ( 1 b ) is connected at a distal end of the waveguide ( 1 ). A...
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7494468 |
Ultrasonic medical device operating in a transverse mode
An ultrasonic medical device comprises an ultrasonic vibration generator that generates vibration along its longitudinal axis. The ultrasonic vibration is transmitted through an ultrasonic coupler...
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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...
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7479148 |
Ultrasonic shear with asymmetrical motion
Devices providing ultrasonic clamped cutting using asymmetrical motion include a housing and ultrasonic waveguide. A longitudinal axis extends through the center of mass of the ultrasonic...
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7476233 |
Ultrasonic surgical system within digital control
An ultrasonic surgical system utilizes a digital control system to generate ultrasonic drive current for transducers that are located in a hand piece and are attached to a surgical scalpel or blade...
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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...
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7443296 |
Smart connector system for surgical machine
A smart connector system includes a machine connector disposed on a face of a surgical machine, an illumination ring located on the face of the surgical machine and disposed around a periphery of...
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7431728 |
Ultrasound medical devices, systems and methods
Ultrasound medical devices, systems and methods are described. According to an example method, an absolute value of a first input to a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is determined. The VCO is...
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7393356 |
Ultrasonic operation apparatus for detecting initial resonance frequency and for shifting to PLL operation
In an ultrasonic operation apparatus according to the present invention, in order to detect the initial resonance frequency (Fro) promptly once a foot switch is pressed, under the control of a...
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7374552 |
Longitudinal-torsional ultrasonic tissue dissection
An ultrasonic tissue dissection system providing combined longitudinal and torsional motion of tips, together with irrigation and aspiration, for improved cutting of resistant biological tissue....
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7335997 |
System for controlling ultrasonic clamping and cutting instruments
A control system for use with an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a generator supplying electrical energy to an ultrasonic surgical instrument, the electrical energy supplied by the...
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7335180 |
Steerable ultrasound catheter
Ultrasound catheter devices and methods provide enhanced disruption of blood vessel obstructions. Ultrasound catheter devices generally include an elongate flexible catheter body with one or more...
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7318832 |
Surgical tool mechanism
The mechanism is applicable to a surgical tool which has a jaw ( 57 ) pivotably mounted to a distal end of a longitudinally extending support ( 58 ). The jaw is operated by action on a rearwardly...
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7316664 |
Modulated pulsed ultrasonic power delivery system and method
A method and apparatus for delivering energy during a surgical procedure such as phacoemulsification is provided. The method and apparatus include applying energy during at least one pulsed energy...
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7300447 |
Working tool for accurate lateral resection of biological tissue and a method for use thereof
The present invention provides a novel and most useful working tool for a resectoscope, adapted to side-to-side resection of biological tissue using predetermined lateral movement. Said...
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7300446 |
Curved ultrasonic end effector
A curved ultrasonic blade including a concave top surface, a convex bottom surface and a central ridge running along the concave top surface is described. In a curved blade according to the present...
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7273483 |
Apparatus and method for alerting generator functions in an ultrasonic surgical system
The present invention provides a system for surgery which includes an ultrasonic hand piece having a end-effector, a console having a digital signal processor (DSP) for controlling the hand piece,...
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7264618 |
Ultrasonic treatment apparatus
An ultrasonic treatment apparatus of the invention is provided with an improved cleaning ability and easy recyclability. A grasping member ( 1720 ) includes a first element ( 1721 ) molded of a...
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7244262 |
Method for detecting transverse vibrations in an ultrasonic hand piece
A method for detecting transverse mode vibrations in an ultrasonic hand piece/blade is achieved by monitoring the power delivered to the hand piece/blade to determine whether it increases as...
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7229455 |
Ultrasonic calculus treatment apparatus
An ultrasonic calculus treatment apparatus includes a longitudinal-vibration piezoelectric oscillator for vibrating in the axial direction of an ultrasonic transmitting member and a...
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7223267 |
Ultrasonic probe with detachable slidable cauterization forceps
A surgical device for ultrasonic ablation and RF cauterization includes a forceps member having at least one prong, the prong being formed as an electrode. At least one electrical connector is...
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7204820 |
Phacoemulsification needle
The phacoemulsification needle according to the invention comprises a shaft, a tip disposed at a distal end of said shaft, the tip having a larger outer diameter than said shaft and an aspiration...
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7186246 |
Ultrasound catheter with utility lumen
The invention relates to a catheter system. The system comprises a catheter body having a chamber containing a low acoustic impedance medium. The catheter body includes an elongated body with an...
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7179271 |
Method for driving an ultrasonic system to improve acquisition of blade resonance frequency at startup
The ability of an ultrasonic system to sweep and lock onto a resonance frequency of a blade subjected to a heavy load at startup is improved by applying a high drive voltage or a high drive current...
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7172612 |
Trocar and trocar system
A trocar has a projection portion which is a part of a tube projecting from a distal end portion of an outer tube in the state in which the tube is inserted in the outer tube, an amount of...
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7135030 |
Articulating ultrasonic surgical shears
An ultrasonic surgical instrument is described which incorporates an articulating shearing end-effector. The instrument comprises an ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonically activated end-effector,...
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7135029 |
Ultrasonic surgical instrument for intracorporeal sonodynamic therapy
The present invention relates, in general, to ultrasonic surgical instruments and, more particularly, to an intracorporeal ultrasonic surgical instrument for sonodynamic therapy. Disclosed is an...
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7131983 |
Ultrasonic surgical instrument
When a probe unit and a sheath unit are coupled to each other, an engaging portion of the probe unit is coupled directly to a vibrator unit through an engaging hole portion if the probe unit is...
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7077853 |
Method for calculating transducer capacitance to determine transducer temperature
A method for calculating the capacitance of a transducer (C 0 ) without knowing the exact resonance frequency of a transducer/blade combination is achieved by sweeping across a broad frequency...
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7077820 |
Enhanced microburst ultrasonic power delivery system and method
A method and apparatus for delivering energy during a surgical procedure such as phacoemulsification is provided. The method and apparatus include applying energy during at least one pulsed energy...
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7056327 |
Keratome with suspended stabilized blade, applanator and guided engagement with keratome cutter head
A keratome includes a cutter head with a reciprocating blade and a cutting edge extending below a sole surface of the cutter head, an automated drive unit for powered translational movement of at...
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7052506 |
Ultrasonic surgical tool
The tool comprises an ultrasonic vibration generator and a waveguide operatively connected thereto at one end. The distal end of the waveguide is provided with cutting and/or coagulating means. A...
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7048684 |
Probe vibrating assembly for endoscopic procedures
A probe vibrating assembly for endoscopic procedures includes a base unit having a rotatable spindle. A drive member is eccentrically mounted to the spindle. The drive unit is secured to a slide...
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7018354 |
Liposuction devices and methods and surrounding aspiration systems and methods
Liposuction devices and methods and surrounding aspiration systems and methods that reduce the chances of burning and necrosis. The devices include an evacuation tube surrounding an ultrasonic...
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7001403 |
Saw blade for medical applications
A saw blade for medical, in particular surgical, applications having a recess for mounting the saw blade inside a saw which exerts an saw movement, especially an oscillating saw movement, to the...
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6997935 |
Resonant converter tuning for maintaining substantially constant phaco handpiece power under increased load
A phacoemulsification system includes a phacoemulsification handpiece including a cutting tip ultrasonically vibrated by an ultrasonic transducer. A power supply is provided for driving the...
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6977495 |
Detection circuitry for surgical handpiece system
Various circuit configurations for use in switch assembly used in a surgical hand piece system are provided. The circuit configuration provide a number of functions such as permitting the presence...
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6976969 |
Blades with functional balance asymmetries for use with ultrasonic surgical instruments
Disclosed is an ultrasonic surgical instrument that combines end-effector geometry to best affect the multiple functions of a shears-type configuration. The shape of the blade is characterized by a...
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6958070 |
Curved clamp arm tissue pad attachment for use with ultrasonic surgical instruments
The present invention relates to ultrasonic surgical clamping instruments and, more particularly, to a curved clamp arm tissue pad attachment for use with ultrasonic surgical instruments. A curved...
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