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6652552 Actuating handle for a surgical instrument  
A handle and methods for its use are provided for actuating surgical components such as blades, clamps, punches, needles, shears, etc., primarily for use in cardiovascular or arthroscopic surgery....
6650923 Method for accessing the left atrium of the heart by locating the fossa ovalis  
Disclosed is an access catheter for identifying and providing access through a tissue structure such as the fossa ovalis on the intraatrial septum. The access catheter comprises an elongate...
6641564 Safety introducer apparatus and method therefor  
An introducing apparatus is provided which includes an elongate tubular sheath extending from a sheath proximal end to a sheath distal end. The sheath has a bore sized to receive a dilator...
6626927 Tattoo system  
A tattoo system for providing a disposable tip that allows for efficient cleaning and tattooing. The tattoo system includes a tube member having a tapered neck with exterior threading at a distal...
6623502 Guide rod for tube shank instruments to be introduced into a body cavity  
The invention relates to a guide rod for tube shank instruments to be introduced into a body cavity which is characterised by at least two telescopic rod parts, whose ends which neighbor given the...
6613063 Trocar assembly  
A trocar assembly is disclosed which includes a shank having a distal end and a proximal end, and a planar piercing blade having two substantially flat faces and a cutting contour, where the...
6613064 Arrangement regulating depth of the puncture, used in the device for puncturing  
An arrangement for regulating the depth of a puncture including a sleeve, a button placed at one end of the sleeve, a piston with a puncturing tip that is slidably mounted within the sleeve, and a...
6605098 Surgical device for creating an anastomosis between first and second hollow organs  
A surgical device including: a punch slidingly disposed in a housing for forming a hole in a first vessel; a cartridge movably disposed in the housing between a cutting and deploying positions, the...
6592586 Single-lock anterior cervical plating system  
Anatomically contoured anterior cervical plates with bone ingrowth surfaces, providing for intersegmental compressive preloading, and a rigid and locked interface to all of the bone screws, with...
6589232 Selective treatment of endocardial/myocardial boundary  
A method for treating myocardium using at least one mechanical or electromagnetic energy functional device for forming a network of branched, interconnecting passages in a boundary between...
6589225 Methods, systems, and kits for implanting articles  
Methods, systems, and kits for subcutaneously implanting articles, such as drug inserts and reservoirs. The methods rely on percutaneously forming a tissue tract and radially dilating the tract to...
6579311 Method for interstitial transvascular intervention  
Devices, systems and methods for transvascular interstitial interventions, including transvascular, catheter based vascular bypass, transmyocardial revascularization, bypass grafting of blood...
6565542 Epidural needle having a distal flare  
Apparatus and methods for injecting fluid into the epidural space. An improved epidural needle or cannula is provided having a distal bulge or flare located within a few millimeters of the distal...
6551338 Method and device for myogenesis and angiogenesis of the heart  
Revascularization of an ischemic myocardium is achieved through the stimulation of angiogenesis (new blood vessel formation) by causing an injury to the heart via puncturing and traversing the...
6544277 Obturator assembly  
An obturator assembly having a removable obturator tip, a first engagement device, an obturator shaft, a second engagement device, and a biased flexible member, whereby the obturator tip may be...
6537290 Sealing access cannula system  
The present invention discloses a system and method for providing sealable access to a viscus region or hollow organ and performing surgical procedures therein. The present invention is...
6533798 Intraocular electrode  
This invention is a method and apparatus for implanting retinal tacks and retinal electrode element with spiked electrodes. In one aspect of the invention, a tack suitable for insertion into the...
6530937 Adjustable tip for a lancet device and method  
A lancet device, a tip for a lancet device and method of using the lancet device. The lancet device has a body portion for firing the lancet and a tip portion. The tip for a lancet device includes...
6524324 Method and apparatus for demand injury in stimulating angiogenesis  
Various methods and devices for treating a patient who has lost, or is at risk of losing cardiac function by cardiac ischemia are disclosed. Treatment includes first imaging a patient's heart, or a...
6508824 Catheter-based methods for enlarging blood vessels to facilitate the formation of penetration tracts, fistulas and/or blood flow channels  
Methods, devices and systems wherein a penetrating catheter or other penetrating device is used to penetrate into a target blood vessel, and wherein the target vessel is dilated prior to the...
6494868 Set of cannulae for tissue injections in the human face  
A set of cannulae for tissue injections is disclosed. The cannulae are ideally suited for tissue injections in the human body. In particular, the cannulae are well-suited for muscle injections in...
6494887 Surgical instrument  
The invention provides a surgical instrument for inserting an elongate element into a human patient. In the preferred form of the invention the instrument has a curved hollow shaft defining an arc...
6488693 Vascular incisor and method  
An improved vascular incisor and method for allowing a user to safely create an incision in a body lumen. The present invention provides an apparatus which can create an incision in a front wall of...
6488649 Implant device  
Disclosed is an implant device adapted to implant medicaments into the subcutaneous portion of the patient's tissue comprising a housing having a central chamber generally in which a pusher...
6482175 Two-part surgical incision implement for forming an opening in the skin  
A surgical implement for forming an opening in the skin of a patient comprises two bodies: a first for application to one side of the skin and a second, having an incision element, for application...
6482220 Method and apparatus for creation of drug delivery and/or stimulation pockets in myocardium  
An apparatus and method for creating drug-filled pockets within muscle tissue, such as myocardium of the heart for increasing angiogenesis. More particularly, the apparatus has an excising assembly...
6475226 Percutaneous bypass apparatus and method  
Devices and methods for percutaneous translumenal minimally invasive coronary surgery, particularly bypass surgery involving the following basic steps: determining a proper location for treatment,...
6475222 Minimally invasive revascularization apparatus and methods  
A bypass graft conduit is installed in the circulatory system of a patient using apparatus which facilitates performing most or all of the necessary work intraluminally (i.e., via lumens of the...
6468288 Instrument for implanting hair grafts and other objects into the epithelium of an animal  
An implantation device is disclosed. The implantation device includes a curved main shaft having a first end and a second end, and a removable penetrating tip fitted onto the second end of the main...
6454783 Laparoscopic instruments and trocar systems for trans-umbilical laproscopic surgery  
Laparoscopic instruments and trocars are provided for performing laparoscopic procedures entirely through the umbilicus. A generally C-shaped trocar provides increased work space between the hands...
6451041 Apparatus for protecting a port site opening in the wall of a body cavity and reducing electrosurgical injuries  
A medical apparatus is disclosed. The medical apparatus includes a trocar assembly having a cannula and a trocar, wherein (1) the cannula has (i) a lumen defined therein and (ii) a length L 1 , (2)...
6436119 Adjustable surgical dilator  
An adjustable surgical dilator for dilating an opening formed in a bodily tissue structure, such as an anulus of a spinal disc. The dilator includes an outer tube and an inner rod. The outer tube...
6416528 Anterior cervical plating system, instrumentation, and method of installation  
Anatomically contoured anterior cervical plates with bone ingrowth surfaces, providing for intersegmental compressive preloading, and a rigid and locked interface to all of the bone screws, with...
6402770 Method and apparatus for placing and maintaining a percutaneous tube into a body cavity  
Innovative disposable thoracostomy and cricothyrotomy trocar systems and new and improved methods for emergency management of upper airway obstructions and chest injuries are disclosed.
6387095 Surgical device comprising a radially expandable non-conductive sheath  
A medical instrument apparatus for forming and enlarging percutaneous penetrations comprising an elongate dilation tube (expandable sheath), silicone insert and 12′ polyvinyl coated copper wire....
6375664 Mandrin of medical anesthetic needle and method of manufacturing same  
A medical anesthetic needle which comprise an outside needle and a mandrin inserted into the outer needle to freely move in and out, and is slightly bent upward at is tip when its needle axis is...
6350273 Corneum puncture needle  
A corneum puncture needle for extracting tissue fluid from under the skin corneum includes a needle body and a stylus extending from the needle body to be inserted into a corneum of a human body....
6346115 Sliding knife and needle assembly for making a portal for endoscopic or arthroscopic surgery  
A sliding knife and needle assembly for creating a percutaneous incision or portal in a living body comprises an elongate hollow rectangular handle having a closed first end, an open second end and...
6332888 Finger-guided surgical instrument  
A finger-guided surgical instrument is described and includes (a) a thimble-like element being adapted to surround at least a portion of a surgeon's finger while at least partially exposing the...
6309401 Apparatus and method for percutaneous implant of a paddle style lead  
A needle and method for introduction of a paddle style lead near a spinal column or other nervous system structures, central or peripheral, of a patient includes a body having a proximal end and a...
6290709 Transmyocardial revascularization catheter and assembly  
A transmyocardial revascularization catheter which includes an elongate drive shaft having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis. The TMR catheter also includes a cutting tip...
6283958 Laser applicator set  
A laser application set, which is an interventional application set for minimum invasive, laser-induced thermotherapy of soft-tissue tumors is disclosed. The laser application set is designed in...
6251121 Apparatus and methods for intraoperatively performing surgery  
Apparatus and methods for intraoperatively performing surgery to create transmural channels in tissue, for example, as in transmyocardial revascularization, are provided using a device including a...
6248119 Device and method for endoscopic vascular surgery  
A site is prepared along a wall of a receiving blood vessel for connecting a prospective blood vessel thereto without interrupting the flow of blood through the receiving blood vessel. A device for...
6241687 Method of use for a biopsy instrument with breakable sample segments  
A surgical biopsy instrument for the extraction of at least one tissue sample from a body is disclosed having a piercing needle for penetrating the body. The piercing needle has a piercing tip and...
6238407 Safety shielded reusable trocar  
A safety shielded, reusable trocar consisting of a trocar cannula subassembly, a safety shield control mechanism, and a separate obturator subassembly. The trocar cannula subassembly includes an...
6228055 Devices for marking and defining particular locations in body tissue  
Implantable devices are disclosed for marking the location of a biopsy or surgery for the purpose of identification. The devices are remotely delivered, preferably percutaneously. Visualization of...
6228022 Methods and instruments for spinal surgery  
Surgical techniques and instruments are provided for preparing a disc space for implantation of a vertebral fusion device or implant. In accordance with one embodiment of the technique, a surgical...
6224608 Tissue holding device and method  
A tissue gripping thread configuration for securely positioning an elongated medical instrument relative to body tissue. The tissue gripping thread includes curved distal and proximal foot sections...
6224618 Device for treatment of spider veins  
A device is set forth for treatment of spider veins. The device includes a needle having at its tip a slot defining tines. The needle is inserted through the skin to locate the spider vein in the...
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