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8182501 Ultrasonic surgical shears and method for sealing a blood vessel using same  
An ultrasonic surgical shears includes an ultrasonic surgical blade, a clamping arm operable to open and close toward the blade, and a tissue pad attached to the clamping arm. A method for sealing...
8182502 Folded ultrasonic end effectors with increased active length  
An end effector for use with an ultrasonic surgical instrument. A body extends along a longitudinal axis. The body includes a proximal end and a distal end. The body comprises an outer surface that...
8152825 Medical ultrasound system and handpiece and methods for making and tuning  
Several embodiments of medical ultrasound handpieces are described each including a medical ultrasound transducer assembly. An embodiment of a medical ultrasound system is described, wherein the...
8147508 Medical ultrasound system and handpiece and methods for making and tuning  
Several embodiments of medical ultrasound handpieces are described each including a medical ultrasound transducer assembly. An embodiment of a medical ultrasound system is described, wherein the...
8142461 Surgical instruments  
A surgical instrument that may include a housing, a transducer engaged with the housing which can produce vibrations, and an end-effector engaged with the transducer. The surgical instrument can...
8142460 Bone abrading ultrasonic horns  
Ultrasonic horns configured for use with a surgical ultrasonic handpiece including a resonator are described. The ultrasonic horns include an elongated member having a longitudinal internal channel...
8137370 Powered surgical handpiece with improved latch mechanism and rotary to oscillating output drive  
A powered surgical handpiece includes a chuck assembly with a chuck having apertures. The chuck assembly is surrounded by a collar having slots on an inner face. The apertures and slots receive...
8137371 Long ultrasonic cutting blade formed of laminated smaller blades  
An end effector of an ultrasonic surgical instrument is provided, the ultrasonic surgical instrument having a manipulatable structure, a body portion operatively connected to the manipulatable...
8128646 Ultrasonic vibration apparatus  
An ultrasonic vibration apparatus includes a vibrator, wherein the vibrator includes at least two vibration elements to generate ultrasonic vibration when a driving voltage is applied to the...
8123774 Piezoelectric vascular implant release device  
The present invention relates to a devices and methods for their use for the release of medical workpieces such as, without limitation, embolic devices, from apparatuses used to deliver them to a...
8118823 Shear stress ultrasonic horn for ultrasonic surgical aspiration  
An ultrasonic horn for use with an ultrasonic surgical hand piece including a resonator comprises a contacting annulus having a plurality of angled lands. The lands are alternated around the...
8114104 Mechanism for assembly of ultrasonic instrument  
An ultrasonic clamp coagulator system that is configured to permit selective cutting, coagulation and clamping of tissue during surgical procedures. An elongated portion of the instrument can be...
8109925 Treatment of breast disease with vibrating device  
An elongate probe, with a suction channel extending longitudinally along the probe, is inserted into a patient so that a distal tip of the probe is in contact with a fibroid mass inside the...
8109931 Implant site preparation method and relative piezoelectric surgical device  
A surgical device for preparation of an implant site is disclosed. The device comprises a body capable of being held by a user and an insert that is capable of being coupled to an end of the body....
8100927 Dermatome with ultrasonic cutting blade  
A dermatome assembly is operable to harvest a skin graft and includes an ultrasonic dermatome and a power supply. The ultrasonic dermatome includes a body and an ultrasonic blade assembly mounted...
8097011 Surgical treatment apparatus  
A surgical treatment apparatus includes a first unit including a first vibration transmission member and a first holding member, a second unit including a second vibration transmission member, a...
8092475 Ultrasonic horn for removal of hard tissue  
Ultrasonic horns configured for use with a surgical ultrasonic handpiece including a resonator are described. The ultrasonic horns include an elongated member having a longitudinal internal channel...
8080029 System for actuation of a vitreous cutter  
Embodiments of systems and methods disclosed herein regard simplifying and improving the performance and reliability of pneumatic actuators operable to actuate surgical cutters or shears. Various...
8061014 Method of assembling a cordless hand-held ultrasonic cautery cutting device  
A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical assembly includes the steps of substantially simultaneously removably coupling an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to an ultrasonic...
8062289 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...
8057467 Clamp mechanism 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...
8057498 Ultrasonic surgical instrument blades  
An ultrasonic surgical instrument including an ultrasonically actuated blade or end effector having a treatment portion. The blade can define a central axis and at least one axis which is...
8048074 Surgical operating apparatus  
A surgical operating apparatus includes an ultrasonic treatment section which performs ultrasonic treatment on a living tissue, and a high-frequency treatment section which performs high-frequency...
8038693 Methods for ultrasonic tissue sensing and feedback  
An ultrasonic surgical instrument including an ultrasonic transmission member having a proximal end and a distal end is provided. The instrument also includes an ultrasonically-actuated cutting...
8034067 Vacuum sense control for phaco pulse shaping  
A method and apparatus for precisely controlling particle movement relative to a phacoemulsification needle tip is provided. The design monitors actual vacuum present and calculates a pulse shape...
8025672 Ultrasonic wound treatment method and apparatus  
A surgical device includes a probe, a transducer assembly operatively coupled to the probe for generating an ultrasonic resonant vibration therein, and a frequency generator operatively coupled to...
8025630 Treatment apparatus  
A treating device according to the present invention comprises: a transmitting member for transmitting energy, for treating living body tissue, to the living body tissue; an outer sheath through...
8020565 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...
8021381 Balanced ultrasonic end effector  
A balanced ultrasonic surgical instrument according to the present invention includes an ultrasonic transmission rod which is connected to a blade or end effector by a balance portion, which...
8012164 Method and apparatus for creating an opening in the wall of a tubular vessel  
An auger is axially fixed to and positioned within a cutter. The auger and cutter advance at the same time relative to a contact structure placed against a vessel, penetrating the wall of the...
8002782 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...
8002783 Surgical device for bone surgery  
A surgical device (1) for bone surgery including a body (2) able to be gripped by the user and a tip (3) mounted at the head of the body and set in vibration at a modulated ultrasonic frequency to...
7998159 Irrigated cutting device  
A cutting accessory for use with a powered surgical tool includes an elongated outer tube with an outer hub attached to the proximal end for releasably securing the cutting accessory within the...
7998156 Vacuum sense control for phaco pulse shaping  
A method and apparatus for precisely controlling particle movement relative to a phacoemulsification needle tip is provided. The design monitors actual vacuum present and calculates a pulse shape...
7981071 Apparatus and method for reducing pain during skin puncturing procedures  
A handheld instrument for minimizing pain during administration by injection of a liquid, such as, an anesthetic that has a main body, a vibration unit mounted in the main body when initiated to...
RE42489 Intramuscular stimulation therapy using localized electrical stimulation  
A modality of twitch obtaining intramuscular stimulation (IMS) pain relief therapy employs an EMG needle having a Teflon coated shaft and exposed conductive tip to apply micro-electrical...
7959438 Movable pin ultrasonic transducer  
An ultrasonic tool is disclosed with a handpiece (300, 500, 806) containing coils (304A-304D; 504A-504D; 804A-804B) that produce an electromagnetic field that vibrates a magnetic rod (102, 702A,...
7951161 Atherectomy system having a variably exposed cutter  
An atherectomy system having a variably exposed cutter wherein a distally located positionable tip closely associated with the cutter and a high pressure fluid jet emanator can be variably and...
7938120 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...
7905881 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument has a first grasping member, a second grasping member which is provided to the first grasping member to open and close to the first grasping member, and grasps a living tissue...
7901423 Folded ultrasonic end effectors with increased active length  
An end effector for use with an ultrasonic surgical instrument. A body extends along a longitudinal axis. The body includes a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the body is...
7892191 Nanovibration coating process for medical devices using multi vibration modes of a thin piezo element  
An apparatus and method is provided for preventing biofilm formation associated with an indwelling medical device. The method involves applying nanovibrational acoustic waves to surfaces of a...
7883521 Multi-functional second instrument for cataract removal  
Apparatus for the removal of lens tissue includes a first instrument for inserting into a lens capsule and removing a cataract therein, the first instrument including a lumen for aspiration of...
7871420 Resonant converter tuning for maintaining substantial 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...
7850707 Ultrasonic surgery apparatus  
An ultrasonic surgery apparatus enabling smooth surgery. The ultrasonic apparatus is provided with an ultrasonic chip, a vibration inducing unit which induces ultrasonic vibration to the ultrasonic...
7846155 Handle assembly having hand activation 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...
7842032 Apparatus and methods for the selective removal of tissue  
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...
7842005 System and method for pulsed ultrasonic power delivery employing cavitational effects  
A method and apparatus for delivering energy during a surgical procedure such as phacoemulsification is provided. The method and apparatus include delivering energy during a surgical procedure,...
7837699 Ultrasonic treatment apparatus  
An ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes a sheath having an opening at a distal end thereof; an ultrasonic transducer provided at a distal portion of the sheath and generating ultrasonic...
7821143 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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