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7622172 |
Composite flexible and conductive catheter electrode
A flexible cardiac catheter for sensing electrical activity within and administering therapy to a patients' heart has a series of flexible, conductive electrode bands positioned in grooves in the...
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7588584 |
Methods and devices for blood vessel harvesting
Methods and devices for harvesting veins from the body. The methods and devices allow vein harvesting using laparoscopic procedures. A working space is created over the vein using standard...
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7575597 |
Method for surgical dissection, sizing and expansion
A method for surgical dissection, sizing and for expansion of a tissue pocket in a naturally occurring fascial cleft is disclosed for use in plastic surgery applications and other applications...
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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...
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7485092 |
Vessel harvesting apparatus and method
Apparatus and method for harvesting selected vessels in the body of a patient include manual manipulation of a rigid dissecting endoscope and the reconfiguration thereof to facilitate tissue...
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7473262 |
Methods and devices for blood vessel harvesting
Methods and devices for harvesting veins from the body. The methods and devices allow vein harvesting using laparoscopic procedures. A working space is created over the vein using standard...
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7384423 |
Tissue dissection method
Method and apparatus for dissecting tissue along a vessel include a cannula having a tubular body and at least one lumen extending the length of the body to receive an endoscope in the lumen with a...
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7314475 |
Extraluminal balloon dissection
The present invention provides balloon dissection apparatus and methods of use in which an elongate balloon is utilized to dissect along a region that follows a naturally existing path alongside a...
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7311719 |
Active cannulas
An active cannula which does more than merely maintain a passage is usable to create and/or enlarge a passage, to position a scope or instrument, to move or locate tissue, etc. The cannula can vary...
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7309344 |
Transparent dilator device and method of use
A medical device for use with an endoscope is provided. The medical device can include a tube with a first channel for receiving the endoscope. A transparent segment can extend from the distal end...
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7300448 |
Balloon dissector with cannula
There are disclosed various embodiments of a balloon dissector and balloon tip cannula assembly which are provided to facilitate forming an anatomical space within the body, such as, for example,...
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7297153 |
Apparatus and method for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic hernia repair and patch for use therewith
An apparatus for creating an anatomic space in tissue in a body comprises an introducer and a sheath. The tubular sheath may surround the introducer, and may have a weakened region along its...
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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...
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7282062 |
Method for surgical dissection, sizing and expansion
A method for surgical dissection, sizing and for expansion of a tissue pocket in a naturally occurring fascial cleft is disclosed for use in plastic surgery applications and other applications...
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7226462 |
Specially shaped balloon device for use in surgery and method of use
A balloon device useful for dissecting tissue or retracting tissue for the purpose of providing access for laparoscopic surgery, the device including a balloon which inflates to a shape specially...
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7214235 |
Method of skin lesion excision using balloon dissection
A method of performing skin lesion excision using balloon dissectors. The method's principle benefits are: (1) a reduction in the amount of time it takes the surgeon to create a surgical field with...
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7214236 |
Apparatus and methods for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic hernia repair and patch for use therewith
Laparoscopic apparatus and method for insertion into a space or potential space in a body comprising an introducer device having a tubular member with a bore extending therethrough. A tunneling...
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7195637 |
Method and device for inserting leads into coronary veins
A method for inserting a lead into coronary veins of a patient. The method comprises providing a guide sheath that comprises a tube having a proximal portion and a distal portion; a lumen passing...
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7179272 |
Apparatus and method for dissecting tissue layers
An expansible tunneling apparatus and associated methods for creating an anatomic working space for a surgical procedure. Various embodiments of one and two piece apparatus that permit laparoscopic...
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7153316 |
Surgical instruments and method for corneal reformation
A surgical method of corneal reformation reduces the risk of trauma and shortens overall recovery while yielding improved visual acuity includes making a relatively shallow incision of no more than...
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7074220 |
Methods and systems for vein harvesting and fistula creation
Veins are removed using a pull catheter introduced over a guidewire which extends between first and second percutaneous access points. Optionally, a side branch management tool including an...
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7070605 |
Great saphenous vein varix treatment tool
An appliance 10 for large saphenous vein varix treatment comprises a stainless steel guide wire 1 provided on a distal end with a guide portion 11 and on a proximal end with a coupled portion...
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7056329 |
Laparoscopic direct vision dissecting port
A laparoscopic direct vision dissecting port for providing safe entry into a body cavity, as well as being operative to serve as a standard laparoscopic port for use in laparoscopic surgery. The...
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7037317 |
Balloon dissecting instruments
Balloon loaded dissection devices and methods for using such devices are disclosed. The devices include an elongate balloon and may be provided with a central lumen. The device may have a guide...
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7018391 |
Methods and apparatus for removing veins
A method for removing a vein includes making an incision through a skin layer of a patient, inserting a surgical instrument through the incision, visualizing the vein through the skin layer using a...
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7004173 |
Catheter system for vascular re-entry from a sub-intimal space
A catheter system and corresponding methods are provided for accessing a blood vessel true lumen from a sub-intimal plane of the vessel. The catheter system includes visualization elements for...
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7001404 |
Tissue separation cannula and method
A cannula includes a tubular body having proximal closed end and distal blunt end, at least one lumen extending the length of the body, an endoscope having a lighted, viewing end disposed in the...
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6951568 |
Low-profile multi-function vessel harvester and method
A cannula comprises a main body for accommodating both an endoscopic lumen and a working lumen. The main body of the cannula ends at a point proximal to the distal end of the cannula. Extending...
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6926728 |
Curved dilator and method
The present invention generally relates to a dilator with a curved tip. The curved tip is machined through a specific range of diameters so that a physician can establish the diameter of the...
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6921364 |
Method and apparatus for combined dissection and retraction
A method and apparatus for dissecting a first layer of tissue from a second layer of tissue and thereafter holding open an anatomic space for the performance of a surgical procedure. The method...
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6878140 |
Methods for flow augmentation in patients with occlusive cerebrovascular disease
The invention provides a method for augmenting circulation in a patient having carotid stenosis. An elongate tubular member is provided having a lumen communicating with a port at a distal end. The...
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6811558 |
Method for performing a surgical procedure and a cannula for use in performing the surgical procedure
A method of performing a surgical procedure on a body includes providing a cannula having a tubular structure with first and second tubular portions defining first and second passages for receiving...
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6796983 |
Spine distraction implant and method
A spine distraction implant alleviates pain associated with spinal stenosis and facet arthropathy by expanding the volume in the spine canal and/or neural foramen. The implant provides a spinal...
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6755815 |
Surgical instruments for minimally invasive surgical procedures
The present invention provides a group or kit of surgical instruments for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures. In one embodiment, the invention is an instrument with a generally central...
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6740102 |
Vessel harvesting retractor with bilateral electrosurgical ligation
A method and device for endoscopic harvesting of blood vessels from a patient for use in subsequent procedures. The device having a two piece headpiece. A vessel to be removed is inserted into the...
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6692502 |
Process and instrumentation for arthroscopic reduction of central and peripheral depression fractures
A process with special instruments to Arthroscopically reduce certain joint fractures in humans and animals. The instruments are shaped and sized so as to afford remote manipulation of bone...
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6682535 |
Apparatus for decompressing herniated intervertebral discs
The invention provides a method of and an apparatus for removing bone, capsule ligaments from a co-operating pair of superior and inferior articulating processes (also called facet joints) of the...
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6652553 |
Surgical tool for use in expanding a cannula
A surgical tool ( 112, 410 ) for use in expanding a cannula ( 10, 150, 250 ) includes a first leg ( 114, 414 ) having a first end ( 118, 418 ) engageable with an inner surface ( 70, 212, 322 ) of...
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6620181 |
Method of dissecting tissue layers
A fluid operated retractor for use in surgery. The retractor has a portion that is expandable upon the introduction of fluid under pressure. The expandable portion, is made of a material strong...
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6613065 |
Device for guiding a medical instrument
A device for guiding a medical instrument is described, which comprises a guide tube, which has a longitudinal opening extending substantially from a distal end to a proximal end of the guide tube,...
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6602218 |
Apparatus for ablation of the endometrium of the uterus
A multifunctional device for use in an endoscopically performed operative procedure of the type where a narrow portal is established through the skin to provide access to an operative site and the...
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6596008 |
Method and instruments for percutaneous arthroscopic disc removal, bone biopsy and fixation of the vertebral
The insertion points for guide pins used in percutaneous vertebral fixation by pedicle screw are determined by establishing an approach path on a CT image, measuring on the CT image the distance...
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6592602 |
Balloon dissection apparatus
Apparatus for creating an anatomic space in tissue in a body including an introducer device having a tubular member with a bore extending therethrough. A tunneling shaft assembly is slidably...
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6592604 |
Vessel harvesting retractor with dissection element
A surgical instrument for dissecting a vessel in a patient. The surgical instrument includes a spoon retractor having a proximal end and a distal end, said spoon retractor defining a working space...
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6565589 |
Balloon device for use in surgery and method of use
A balloon device useful for dissecting tissue or retracting tissue for the purpose of providing space for laparoscopic surgery comprising a balloon having at least two protuberances in its distal...
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6494894 |
Coated wire
A coated wire for medical applications including a length of biocompatible wire material. The wire material can be coated along a portion of the perimeter of the wire. The deposition of the coating...
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6451024 |
Surgical method for treating urinary incontinence, and apparatus for use in same
A surgical method for treating urinary incontinence by securing a suture within a patient's body, retrieving a portion of the suture into the patient's vagina, and supporting the patient's urethra...
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6451042 |
Method and apparatus for dissecting tissue layers
A retractor for use in arthroscopic surgery. The retractor has a mechanical expanding portion for expanding against sub-surface tissues when the retractor is in use. The retractor also has a...
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6447528 |
Multiple headed instrument for corneal surgery
The present invention involves a surgical instrument for guiding a delamination instrument into the cornea of a human eye. The instrument generally includes a handle portion and an end portion. The...
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6443159 |
Endoscopic linton procedure using balloon dissectors and retractors
A method of exposing, ligating, and dividing perforating veins endoscopically using balloon dissectors to gain access to the perforating veins thereby avoiding large incisions required in the...
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