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8162928 Eye surgical instrument  
An eye surgical instrument, comprising at least one optical fiber for lighting of the interior of the eye, which at least one optical fiber, at a free end thereof, is provided with a light exit and...
8057525 Beauty device  
A beauty device includes a light irradiation section having a blue LED, a yellow LED, a red LED, and near infrared LED each of which emits light with a predetermined wavelength to a face A, and an...
8025661 Coaxial catheter instruments for ablation with radiant energy  
A cardiac ablation instrument includes a catheter body and a tear-shaped balloon that is connected to the catheter body. The instrument further includes a radiant energy emitter that is axially...
7951139 Laser surgical apparatus  
A laser surgical apparatus for performing treatment by irradiating a part to be treated by a laser beam is disclosed. This apparatus includes a laser source which emits the treatment laser beam; a...
7909818 Jointed mirror arm  
A jointed mirror arm includes at least two tubular pieces, connected to each other by a joint with a reflecting mirror, which, as a result of the joint, may be arranged in varying configurations...
7892268 PDT apparatus with high output LED for therapy and aiming  
An apparatus for directing light to an eye for exciting a photosensitizer includes a high output or super bright LED and an optic that receives light from the LED and concentrates the light so that...
6969387 Laser hand-piece and laser treatment apparatus provided with the hand-piece  
A laser hand-piece for irradiating a treatment laser beam to a part to be treated is disclosed. The laser hand-piece includes: a main body including an end portion with a bend and a grip portion to...
6899706 Isotopic laser for the oral cavity and use of the same  
Method and apparatus for effecting a bloodless incision of soft tissue within the oral cavity. A standard laser is converted into an isotopic laser replacing the gas in the discharge tube of the...
6863668 Articulation mechanism for medical devices  
An improved articulating device for use with a medical insertion instrument comprising in part a first tube having a plurality of ribs defining a plurality of bending segments, a second tube...
6840934 Laser treatment apparatus  
A laser treatment apparatus for performing treatment by irradiating a part to be treated by a laser beam for treatment is disclosed. This apparatus includes a laser source which emits the treatment...
6804581 Automated endoscope system for optimal positioning  
A robotic system that moves a surgical instrument in response to the actuation of a control panel that can be operated by the surgeon. The robotic system has an end effector that is adapted to hold...
6569090 Apparatus for self-inspecting the ear  
Ear observation apparatus for self-inspecting the external auditory meatus and/or the tympanic membrane, characterized in that it comprises inspection means (2) for the external auditory meatus...
6544257 Thermal treatment apparatus  
A thermal treatment apparatus comprises a control unit 251a that stops issuing a signal for laser beam activation transmitted over the foot switch signal cable 291 when the temperature obtained by...
6488676 Two-pivot scanning for laser eye surgery  
Laser eye surgery systems, methods, and devices makes use of a two-pivot scanning system for laterally deflecting the laser beam across the corneal surface to provide X-Y scanning. An imaging lens...
6470236 System and method for controlling master and slave manipulator  
In a system and a method for remotely controlling a slave manipulator easily and highly accurately, operations of three master manipulators are consolidated, and one slave manipulator is remotely...
6296635 Endoscopic robotic surgical tools and methods  
The methods and devices of the invention include an encoder, an endoscopic robotic instrument, and an encoder/robotic instrument interface. A preferred embodiment of the encoder has a...
6293940 Apparatus and method as preparation for performing a myringotomy in a child's ear without the need for anaesthesia  
An apparatus and method for performing a myringotomy in a child's ear without the need for anaesthesia. A charge coupled device or television camera is aimed within a micromanipulator housing at a...
6267774 Surgical knife  
A scalpel suitable for Caesarian sections and myometrium sections. The scalpel includes two sides, an edge, a back, and a curved tip. Projections and recesses are alternately formed along the edge....
6217572 Apparatus and method employing lasers for removal of hair  
A laser apparatus and method for permanently removing a plurality of hair follicles from the skin of a patient. The laser apparatus includes a housing having first and second lasers contained...
6200311 Minimally invasive TMR device  
The disclosure is directed to a tissue ablation device comprising an elongate probe, with a tissue ablation member located at the deflectable distal end of the probe, which is configured to access...
6132451 Optical fiber for myocardial channel formation  
An optical fiber device for forming channels within a wall of a patient's heart, and particularly the epicardium, which has an elongated optical fiber, a probe tip secured to the distal end of the...
6022345 Method and apparatus for laser-assisted hair transplantation  
A laser treatment method and apparatus is provided which facilitates the grafting of hairs on the skin of a living human. The methodology involves a carefully designed treatment protocol utilizing...
5754741 Automated endoscope for optimal positioning  
A robotic system that moves a surgical instrument in response to the actuation of a foot pedal that can be operated by the foot of a surgeon. The robotic system has an end effector that is adapted...
5700259 Thoracoscopic transmyocardial revascularization handpiece assembly  
A thoracoscopic transmyocardial revascularization handpiece assembly for a medical laser system which includes a barrel which fits between the patient's ribs, a handpiece which fits between the...
5643253 Phototherapy apparatus with integral stopper device  
Phototherapeutic instruments are disclosed having integral stopper devices which limit the penetration of an optical fiber during tissue penetrating phototherapy. In one preferred embodiment, a...
5634737 Coupler for attaching an articulated arm to a laser  
A coupler for conveniently coupling an articulated arm to a laser housing whereby the laser beam need not be realigned down the articulated arm each time the arm is coupled to the laser housing....
5558668 Medical laser treatment system and method  
An improved medical laser treatment system and method generates a beam of laser energy at a predetermined wavelength; transmits the beam of laser energy along a path to a medical treatment site;...
5484385 Intra-aortic balloon catheter  
A balloon for an inter aortic balloon pump having an elongate tapered section extending from a proximal end of minimal diameter and progressively increasing in diameter toward the distal end. The...
5474449 Laser treatment unit especially for medical or dental purposes  
A dental laser treatment unit, especially for medical or dental purposes having a control unit and a supply device, connected with the control unit by a releasable connection, for a laser treatment...
5454808 Surgical laser handpiece for slit incisions  
A slit incision handpiece that receives a circular laser beam, reshapes the beam to have an elliptical cross-section, and focuses the beam onto target tissue. Slit incisions of approximately the...
5413555 Laser delivery system  
A laser delivery system which may be coupled to a stereomicroscope or camera equivalent, may be three dimensionally positioned such that a laser beam may irradiate a wide range of treatment sites...
5346489 Medical laser delivery system  
A medical laser delivery system usable to transmit laser energy from a laser energy source to a surgical site of a patient. The delivery system includes a handpiece adapted for rotatable coupling...
5342383 Soft tip obturator  
An obturator for use with a conventional sheath introducer or any other tubular member providing access to the interior of the body of a living being. The obturator comprises a shaft in the form of...
5342352 Laser debridement of wounds  
A technique is disclosed for wound debridement in which a pulsed CO2 laser beam is caused to impinge upon exposed tissue with individual pulses sufficiently energetic to ablate a thin layer of...
5219347 Decoupled dual-beam control system  
A decoupled dual-beam control system for a compact micromanipulator unit for a surgical laser system includes a focusing mechanism for focusing a first laser beam of a first wavelength at a...
5151098 Apparatus for controlled tissue ablation  
An apparatus for performing controlled tissue ablation in endolaser microsurgery is disclosed, the apparatus including a laser delivery system coupled to a probe capable of transmitting the laser...
5150704 Laser therapeutic apparatus  
A laser therapeutic apparatus for treating a patient by irradiating selected body parts by laser beams generated by a plurality of laser probes. The laser probes are supported by a common support...
5136676 Coupler for a laser delivery system  
A coupler 30 for use with medical laser delivery systems is disclosed. The delivery system includes an articulated arm and an endoscope 42. The coupler 30 connects the arm to the endoscope. The...
5125926 Heart-synchronized pulsed laser system  
A heart-synchronized pulsed laser system includes a laser; a device for sensing the contraction and expansion of a beating heart to be synchronized with the laser; a device, responsive to the...
5125924 Heart-synchronized vacuum-assisted pulsed laser system and method  
A heart-synchronized vacuum-assisted pulsed laser technique generates a valve control signal in response to the ECG of a beating heart which is to be synchronized with the laser; the valve control...
5112328 Method and apparatus for laser surgery  
Apparatus and method for laser surgery in which laser energy, pulsed or continuous, is focussed to a focus spot of ten to thirty microns which is located within tissue, or the like to cause highly...
5062842 Isotopic CO2 laser and method of use for medical treatment  
A medical treatment laser is disclosed that minimizes absorption of laser energy along the beam path by using a lasing medium having a principal emission at a wavelength shifted from the absorption...
5032124 Instrument for the surgical removal of a piece of tissue  
An instrument for the surgical removal of a conical piece of tissue having an aperture from a human or other animal body using a laser beam has a laser beam guide housing which is made up of a...
4917083 Delivery arrangement for a laser medical system  
A delivery arrangement for CO2 (carbon dioxide) laser radiation is described which is particularly designed for laser medical systems. The delivery arrangement has three components--an articulated...
4658817 Method and apparatus for transmyocardial revascularization using a laser  
A surgical carbon dioxide laser is disclosed which includes a handpiece for directing a laser beam to a desired location. Mounted on the forward end of the handpiece is a hollow needle precisely...
4583539 Laser surgical system  
A laser surgical instrument uses a CO2 laser source and an articulated arm structure to maintain single mode transmission of a 10.6 μm beam to probe. In one configuration, high power is maintained ...
4545713 Waveguide robot system for laser beam  
An articulating waveguide arm assembly, comprising long arm segments, (11, 12, 15, 17, 19) and short corner segments (13, 14, 16, 18) has a single-mode hollow dielectric waveguide located inside...
4473074 Microsurgical laser device  
Microsurgical laser device for guiding a laser beam to a desired target. The device includes a laser head supported in a relatively horizontal orientation by a counterbalanced articulated support...
4459986 Surgical laser system  
An amount of energy of an output laser beam emanating from a distal end of a flexible light guide is measured by arranging a partial reflecting mirror having a reflection factor of about 99% and a...
4144888 Device for treatment by laser emission  
A wavebeam guide transmitting the laser emission to a selected region of a patient comprises only two mirrors; an input mirror and a output mirror, which mirrors are mounted in units of the device...
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