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7399306 Hand-held instruments that access interior body regions  
Apparatus and methods provide a tool comprising a trocar and a cannula in which the trocar engages the cannula to form a composite instrument. The trocar includes a handle and a lumen through the...
7393114 Lighted grip and alligator clip cord for tattoo machine  
An assembly according to the present invention includes a tattoo machine, a grip attached to the tattoo machine, and a light assembly inside the grip utilizing light emitting diodes (LEDs). The...
7392077 Method for treating a patient at risk of loss of cardiac function by cardiac ischemia  
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...
7381184 Sensor inserter assembly  
An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of...
7378007 Combined lancet and electrochemical analyte-testing apparatus  
An apparatus for detection and quantitation of an electrochemically-detectable analyte, such as glucose, in blood or interstitial fluid includes a meter unit, a lancet and an electrochemical...
7374567 Catheter system for connecting adjacent blood vessels  
A catheter system is provided for creating a fistula between blood vessels, using a first catheter with a piercing tool adjacent its distal end, and a second catheter with a receptor adjacent its...
7344554 Keith needle for furlow insertion tool  
The present disclosure is directed to a medical device or article that reduces the ability of the Keith needle to unintentionally fall out of the barrel, improves the ability of the Keith needle to...
7344547 Laparoscopic instruments and trocar systems and related surgical method  
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...
7344519 Trocar system  
A trocar system includes a cannula having a cannula head and a cannula tube, and an obturator having a cap and either a rounded tip or a cutting blade. The head and cap form an ergonomically shaped...
7340309 Method and apparatus for controlling the depth of percutaneous applications  
Methods and apparatuses for deploying percutaneous probes. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a housing and a percutaneous probe having a sharp end and...
7335218 Delivery device for leaflet valve  
A device and method for improving flow through a native blood vessel valve, such as the aortic valve, are provided. The present invention allows a miniature valve to be implanted into affected...
7322999 Tissue punch and method for creating an anastomosis for locating a bypass graft  
A tissue punch which is configured to operate by utilizing a spring force to compress tissue between a rotatable cutter blade and a tissue piercing element. The tissue punch is configured such that...
7322933 Optical trocar  
The present invention relates to an optical obturator which includes a sleeve having a longitudinal bore between a proximal end and a distal end. The longitudinal bore of the sleeve is configured...
7320695 Safe septal needle and method for its use  
A method for puncturing a proximal membrane without puncturing a second, distal membrane is provided. The method comprises distally advancing an elongated body through an elongated tubular member...
7320694 Obturator tip  
The present invention provides an obturator tip having a rigid, elongated, distal section having a blunt, rounded, distal end designed to separate tissue. The distal section is connected to a...
7314474 Method and apparatus for intraocular electrode inserter  
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...
7309343 Method for cutting tissue  
A tissue punch for creating a hole in the wall of a target blood vessel for receiving an anastomosis device includes a piercing element for penetrating the tissue and a cutting element for cutting...
7308896 Combination tracheal hook and scalpel device  
A portable combination tracheal hook and scalpel device is provided for use in creating an emergency surgical airway in a patient. The device includes a handle and a scalpel portion attached to one...
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...
7294136 Trocar system having expandable port  
An apparatus and method for forming and enlarging percutaneous penetrations comprises an elongate dilation member which receives an elongate expansion member in an axial lumen thereof. The dilation...
7282059 Constant force actuator for bleeding time testing device  
A bleeding time testing system including a bleeding time tester having a cutting blade and a switch actuator, and a tripper affixed onto the body of the tester and cooperative with the switch...
7280865 Anchored fiducial apparatus and method  
An anchored fiducial apparatus is described. The fiducial apparatus anchors itself in the target region once inserted so that the fiducial apparatus does not move relative to the target region.
7258694 Medical punch and surgical procedure  
A medical punch includes a longitudinally dividable anvil with a reduced cross-sectional dimension facilitating insertion of the anvil into the vessel wall to achieve a clean aperture in the vessel...
7235064 Method and apparatus for anchoring laparoscopic instruments  
A balloon anchor provides for the anchoring of a surgical instrument, such as conventional trocar sheath, within a puncture opening formed by a trocar. When used on a trocar sheath, the anchor is...
7235055 Sampling device including transponder for electronic tracking and identification  
A sampling device ( 10 ) characterised by a male portion comprising a male base portion ( 12 ) and a sample removal means ( 30 ), and a female portion comprising a first female base portion ( 14 )...
7214234 Delivering a conduit into a heart wall to place a coronary vessel in communication with a heart chamber and removing tissue from the vessel or heart wall to facilitate such communication  
Devices and methods for delivering conduits into the wall of a patient's heart to communicate a coronary vessel with a heart chamber. The devices are passed through the coronary vessel and the...
7189249 Traction trocar apparatus and method  
The trocar system includes a cannula insertable through a body wall using an obturator having a distal tip. A traction tread disposed interiorly of the obturator inverts at the distal tip and...
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...
7172608 Sutureless closure and deployment system for connecting blood vessels  
An anastomosis device is a one piece device for connecting a graft vessel to a target vessel without the use of conventional sutures. The anastomosis device includes an expandable tube configured...
7169159 Safety trocar  
A safety trocar is provided in which the cannula is reciprocally mounted to the cannula housing and reciprocates into the cannula housing when a proximally directed force is applied thereto. The...
7163525 Duckbill seal protector  
A seal for use in conjunction with a trocar assembly includes a seal body adapted for selectively opening and closing the seal, and a protector adjacent the seal body for protecting the seal body...
7153319 Trocar system having shielded trocar  
A trocar system is provided which preferably includes a cannula having an elongate cannula body. The cannula body includes medial and distal portions thereof having a first diameter and a proximal...
7144405 Tissue punch  
A tissue punch for creating a hole in the wall of a target blood vessel for receiving an anastomosis device includes a piercing element for penetrating the tissue and a cutting element for cutting...
7135031 Repeated use trocar-needle insertion instrument and loading tool  
A single shot trocar-needle insertion instrument is configured for repeated use. The repeated use trocar-needle insertion gun (RUTI) operates in association with a loading tool, which for...
7131985 Trocar sleeve for endoscopic applications  
What is described here is a trocar sleeve for endoscopic applications, comprising an elongate part including at least one passage for insertion of an instrument such as an endoscopic, scissors or...
7128751 Ear piercing systems with hinged hoop earrings  
A system for providing safe, effective ear-piercing is provided. A hinged hoop earring is provided for use in a stud gun system. The hinged hoop earring can be used in an earring cartridge which...
7081123 Bone marrow aspiration instrument  
The cannula handle housing includes a recessed seat, wings extending outwardly from the recessed seat in the housing for engagement with a physician's hand and a stem which extends from said...
7081122 Hand-held instruments that access interior body regions  
A composite instrument is provided comprising a first functional instrument and a second functional instrument when the first functional instrument is coupled with the second functional instrument....
7070586 Surgical access apparatus and method  
A trocar system for providing access across a body wall includes a trocar and an anchor provided in the form of a first helix. The anchor is adapted for placement in an operative position wherein...
7044957 Devices for defining and marking tissue  
In order to later identify the location of a biopsy or surgery, various means and methods for permanently and non-surgically marking selected tissue in the human body are used. Later visualization...
7033372 Corkscrew reinforced left ventricle to coronary artery channel  
A coil is screwed into the heart wall HW between the left ventricle and coronary artery, followed by forming of a channel with laser, plasma, electrical, or mechanical device therethrough.
7022110 Needle for medical use  
A medical needle includes a solid rod-like inner needle to be inserted into the living tissue, and a hollow cylindrical outer tube needle to be inserted into the living tissue together with the...
7018390 Medical device introducer and obturator  
An introducer having an elongate tubular member and a device connector releasably attached to a proximal end of the tubular member. The introducer allows exchange of medical instruments, such as a...
7001396 Safety introducer assembly and method  
An introducer assembly includes an outer sheath, and a dilator assembly that includes a dilator hub and a dilator sheath. The dilator sheath is disposed within the outer sheath passage, and a...
6989003 Obturator and cannula for a trocar adapted for ease of insertion and removal  
A surgical trocar device having an obturator and cannula that requires less force to insert and remove from tissue. The cannula includes a head assembly and the obturator includes a cap assembly...
6979339 Medico-surgical instruments  
The rear end of a dual lumen oocyte recovery needle is sealed in a plastics hub by means of two polyurethane seals compressed between the outside of the needle and opposite ends of a bore through...
6979338 Low profile anastomosis connector  
An anastomosis connector comprises a plurality of ring segments ( 106 ), together defining a radially expandable ring-like shape ( 106 ) having a lumen; at least one pivot bar ( 114 ) coupled to at...
6974467 Method and apparatus for making a precise surgical incision  
A method of surgically accessing and making an incision in a selected part of a body includes inserting a needle into part of the body and withdrawing fluid from the body through the needle to...
6960164 Obturator tip for a trocar  
An obturator tip for a trocar is disclosed. The obturator comprises a shaft having a distal or penetration end for insertion into a patient and a handling or proximal end for gripping by a surgeon....
6958072 Single use lancet device  
A single use lancet device having a housing, a lancet with a piercing tip movably disposed in the housing and structured to move between a cocked orientation and a piercing orientation, and a...
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