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7611484 Methods and devices for treating diseased blood vessels  
The present invention provides a mechanism by which the physical properties of diseased blood vessel walls can be manipulated to achieve an effective vessel lumen diameter for a prolonged period of...
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...
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...
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...
7556633 Method and apparatus for endoscopic dissection of blood vessels  
An endoscopic apparatus for dissecting a blood vessel includes a endoscopic barrel having a plurality of lumens, one of the lumens being dimensioned for receiving an endoscope, a handle disposed at...
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...
7530987 Surgical tool for creating an incision in a tubular vessel  
A single tool penetrates a target vessel and cuts an incision of a known length in the vessel. The tool is easily held by the user in one hand and actuated with that single hand. The tool has...
7520886 Endoscopic cutting device  
An endoscopic cutting device is disclosed. The device comprises an inner catheter including an inner wall having an opening formed therethrough. The inner wall further has a cutting blade moveably...
7517351 Surgical tool system including plural powered handpieces and a console to which the handpieces are simultaneously attached, the console able to energize each handpiece based on data stored in a memory integral with each handpiece  
A surgical tool system ( 30 ) with a powered surgical handpiece ( 32 ). A removable handswitch ( 39 ) is attached to the handpiece. The handswitch includes a slip ring ( 192 ) that removably holds...
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...
7488292 Blood vessel detection device  
A blood-vessel detecting device includes a partially-deforming device which can be inserted into the body cavity so as to come into contact with the tissue surface in order to deform a part of the...
7481817 Instrument for surgically cutting tissue and method of use  
An instrument for precisely cutting tissue to controlled dimensions (length, width, depth, and shape) is provided for the removal of tissue specimens from remote sites in the body of a patient,...
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...
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...
7473260 Suture sever tube  
An apparatus for cutting a suture. In one embodiment the suture cutting apparatus includes a distal cutting end and a proximal control end. The apparatus also includes a first tube defining a...
7470277 Simultaneous proportional control of surgical parameters in a microsurgical system  
A microsurgical system, and a foot controller for the improved operation of a microsurgical system, are disclosed. A surgeon may use the foot controller to simultaneously control multiple surgical...
7470276 Multifunctional forceps set and loop ligature co-used therewith  
A multifunctional forceps set which integrates two important surgical procedures of incision and ligation into a continuous working procedure. The forceps set is co-used with two loop ligatures...
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...
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...
7465279 Marker device and method of deploying a cavity marker using a surgical biopsy device  
A biopsy marker introduction assembly is configured for introduction through a specimen retrieval recess into a probe cutter lumen of a handheld breast biopsy handle. Advancing the cutter causes an...
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...
7455679 Surgical elongate blade assembly with interchangeable inner member, kit and method relating thereto  
A surgical elongate blade assembly with an interchangeable inner member such that the interchangeable inner member can be removed from a tubular outer member and inserted into another tubular outer...
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...
7429264 Minimally invasive deployable cutting instrument  
Instruments and methods for cutting tissue are disclosed. The instruments include one or more cutting members movable from a reduced profile undeployed position for insertion to the operative site...
7419472 Biopsy instrument with internal specimen collection mechanism  
A biopsy instrument with an internal specimen collection mechanism is provided.
7416533 Marking biopsy sites  
A needle biopsy system for marking a sampling site is described.
7413558 Elastically distensible folding member  
An elastically distensible folding member is disclosed. The folding member can be formed with a wall that is substantially shaped as a tube when the folding member is in a relaxed (i.e. unstressed)...
7377902 Biopsy anchor device with cutter  
A device for accessing and for isolating a desired site within a patient's body, and for obtaining a body of tissue from a patient at the site that includes an electrosurgical cutting electrode...
7374562 Method and system for conductive keratoplasty  
Improved corrective procedures for conductive keratoplasty are disclosed. Over correction can be relieved by the addition of one or two spots along one of the rings on the cornea.
7373219 Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery  
Surgical robots and other telepresence systems have enhanced grip actuation for manipulating tissues and objects with small sizes. A master/slave system is used in which an error signal or gain is...
7367983 Vessel harvesting apparatus  
A vessel harvesting apparatus including a shaft and a tip formed as a unit with, and positioned at a distal end of, the shaft. A handle is connected to a proximal end of the shaft for allowing an...
7347829 Introduction system for minimally invasive surgical instruments  
A medical system is disclosed that includes a cannula, an introducer stylet removably disposed within the cannula and a target confirmation device selectively insertable within the cannula. In an...
7335165 Method and apparatus for taking a biopsy  
There is described method and apparatus for taking a biopsy wherein the apparatus is formed of a biocompatible cylindrical member with an outer wall and a hollow core, the cylindrical member having...
7331972 Heart valve chord cutter  
A medical device and method for percutaneously treating a heart valve. In one embodiment, the medical device includes a catheter having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a notch formed near...
7329267 Medical cutting devices and methods of use  
Intravascular cutting device that does not require an inflatable balloon for blade deployment. A cutting wire can be reversibly moved between a retracted, non-cutting position in which the cutting...
7329227 Forward-fired automatic tissue sampling apparatus with safety lock  
An apparatus for the automated and facilitated handling and operation of a biopsy needle system, having a first needle component and a second needle component. The first and second needles are...
7326223 Ligating clip with integral cutting guide  
A polymeric, surgical clip having first and second curved legs with each having a pair of opposing side surfaces joined at their proximal ends by a flexible hinge section and movable from an open...
7318831 System and method for performing irrigated nose and throat surgery  
A system and method for performing skull based nasal, sinus and/or throat surgery. In the system and method of this invention a cutting accessory is applied to the tissue on which a procedure is to...
7318826 Transpedicular intervertebral disk access methods and devices  
A flexible drill and method of drilling a material are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a flexible drill includes a lower sub-assembly connected to an upper sub-assembly, where the lower...
7316696 Ligating clip with integral interlocking latch mechanism  
A polymeric, surgical clip having first and second curved legs joined at their proximal ends by a flexible hinge section and movable from an open position to a closed position for clamping a vessel...
7314473 Medical manipulator  
A medical manipulator comprises a working unit ( 10 ) that performs operations, an operating unit ( 20 ) that generates instructions, a drive unit ( 50 ) that drives the working unit on the basis...
7303572 Catheter assembly with plaque cutting balloon  
A balloon catheter assembly comprises an elongate catheter shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, and an inflatable balloon secured to the shaft distal portion. A plurality of...
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...
7300444 Surgical system and method for connecting hollow tissue structures  
A system for performing anastomosis between a graft vessel and a target vessel includes a tissue effector that may be configured to deploy a user-selectable number of connectors. The system...
7291158 Cutting balloon catheter having a segmented blade  
A cutting balloon catheter and method of making and using the same. The cutting balloon catheter may include a catheter shaft having a balloon coupled thereto. One or more cutting members or blades...
7282055 Medical retrieval instrument  
A medical retrieval instrument of the present invention includes a plurality of filaments for holding an object and a hollow section through which a first end of each of said plurality of filaments...
7276074 Angled tissue cutting instrument having variably positionable cutting window, indexing tool for use therewith and method of variably positioning a cutting window of an angled tissue cutting instrument  
An angled tissue cutting instrument includes an outer member having an elongate body with a bend and a forward end, and a distal tip rotatably mounted on the forward end. The distal tip and body...
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,...
7261728 Biopsy forceps device and method  
An apparatus and method for providing a biopsy device at the distal end of a medical device, such as an endoscope, are disclosed. The apparatus can include a device attached to an endoscope to...
7255706 Apparatus and method for cutting a heart valve  
An apparatus for cutting and removing a tissue is described, which includes a rotational axle device, at least one non-mechanical cutting device radially disposed from the rotational axle device,...