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8177779 Controllable pressure cryogenic balloon treatment system and method  
Devices, systems, and methods controllably cool blood vessels and other body lumens. The blood vessel will often be treated for atherosclerotic or other diseases by inflating a balloon so as to...
8177778 System and method for stabilizing corneal tissue after treatment  
Systems and methods stabilize corneal tissue after treatment of the corneal tissue. For example, thermokeratoplasty may be applied to the corneal tissue to address disorders associated with...
8162930 Method and the device for cryogenic therapy applied on the whole body of a patient  
The present invention relates to methods and devices for carrying out cryogenic therapy, particularly on the whole body of a patient, wherein the patient is exposed to gases cooled to cryogenic...
8162929 Cryoablation segment for creating linear lesions  
An applicator for cryoablating tissue to form linear (i.e. straight line and curvilinear) lesions in targeted tissue includes a fluid refrigerant delivery system having a source of a fluid...
8128617 Electrical mapping and cryo ablating with a balloon catheter  
In some implementations, a method of ablating body tissue includes (a) locating an inflatable balloon portion of a cryotherapy balloon catheter at a treatment site internal to a patient's body, and...
8109894 Indwelling heat exchange catheter and method of using same  
A catheter is adapted to exchange heat with a body fluid, such as blood, flowing in a body conduit, such as a blood vessel. The catheter includes a shaft with a heat exchange region disposed at its...
8105264 Indwelling heat exchange catheter and method of using same  
A catheter is adapted to exchange heat with a body fluid, such as blood, flowing in a body conduit, such as a blood vessel. The catheter includes a shaft with a heat exchange region disposed at its...
8105262 Indwelling heat exchange catheter and method of using same  
A catheter is adapted to exchange heat with a body fluid, such as blood, flowing in a body conduit, such as a blood vessel. The catheter includes a shaft with a heat exchange region disposed at its...
8105263 Indwelling heat exchange catheter and method of using same  
A catheter is adapted to exchange heat with a body fluid, such as blood, flowing in a body conduit, such as a blood vessel. The catheter includes a shaft with a heat exchange region disposed at its...
8100900 System for delivering therapy  
The system of the preferred embodiments includes a first rotational element, a second rotational element, and a therapeutic source coupled to the rotational elements. The system permits...
8088125 Cryoplasty device and method  
A cryoplasty catheter and method for preventing or slowing reclosure of a lesion following angioplasty. The cryoplasty catheter includes a shaft having proximal and distal ends and a dilatation...
8083734 Coolant dosing device  
The invention relates to a coolant dosing device for the application of cryogenic gas for producing low temperatures as required e.g. in cryosurgery. The invention aims to ensure a disturbance-free...
8083733 Cryosurgical instrument with enhanced heat exchange  
A cryosurgical instrument features a cryogen in liquid or liquid-gaseous (mist) form being supplied by a feeding lumen into the internal space of a cryotip at the distal end of the cryosurgical...
8083786 Thermal stimulation probe and method  
A physiological thermal stimulation probe, comprising: (a) an electrically controlled heat control element with a relatively low thermal capacity and adapted for contact with tissue on one side...
8083732 Catheter with cryogenic and electrical heating ablation  
A catheter includes a cryoablation tip with an electrically-driven ablation assembly for heating tissue. The cryoablation tip may be implemented with a cooling chamber through which a controllably...
8066697 Multiple cryoprobe delivery apparatus  
A cryosurgery apparatus is disclosed. The cryosurgery apparatus an introducer having a hollow and a distal portion, the distal portion being sufficiently sharp so as to penetrate into a body, the...
8062289 Ablative ultrasonic-cryogenic apparatus  
An ablative apparatus that can be used to treat atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias by ablating cardiac tissue is disclosed. When the distal end of the apparatus reaches the tissue to...
8043287 Method of treating biological tissue  
A treatment method is disclosed for treating a bodily tissue utilizing one or more steps of removal of material as well as one or more steps of energy delivery in order to effectively treat the...
8043283 Method and device for performing cooling- or cryo-therapies for, e.g., angioplasty with reduced restenosis or pulmonary vein cell necrosis to inhibit atrial fibrillation  
The present invention provides an enhanced method and device to inhibit or reduce the rate of restenosis following angioplasty or stent placement. The invention involves placing a balloon tipped...
8038668 Cryosurgical device and method for cooling surfaces  
A cryosurgery device for dispensing a liquid refrigerant from a container having a valve stem extending outwardly therefrom. The device includes an actuator adapted to seat on the valve stem of the...
8012147 Cryotreatment device and method  
Devices and methods for cooling vessel walls to inhibit restenosis in conjunction with medical procedures such as coronary artery angioplasty. Stenosed vessel walls can be cooled prior to...
7998137 Subdermal cryogenic remodeling of muscles, nerves, connective tissue, and/or adipose tissue (fat)  
Devices, systems, and methods treat cosmetic defects, and often apply cooling with at least one tissue-penetrating probe inserted through of the skin of a patient. The cooling may remodel one or...
7998066 Evacuation chamber  
During cryotherapy, using an endoscope that extends within a patient to a cold treatment site, the device of the invention vacuums gas from the site through radial intake ports to a cylindrical...
7993330 Method for rejuvenating and tightening human skin utilizing a cryogenic applicator  
A method for tightening and rejuvenating skin utilizing a cryogenic applicator, which includes the steps of holding a handle of a barrel of the cryogenic applicator in a hand, fluidly communicating...
RE42594 Tissue cooling rod for laser surgery  
A laser treatment device and process with controlled cooling. The device contains a cooling element with high heat conduction properties, which is transparent to the laser beam. A surface of the...
7972327 Low temperature lesion formation apparatus, systems and methods  
Low temperature lesion formation apparatus, systems and methods. The apparatus includes a base member and an inflatable element carried by the base member.
7963959 Automated cryogenic skin treatment  
An apparatus and methods for treating lesions on skin are presented. The apparatus collects information about a lesion and can automatically determine a course of treatment for the lesion. The...
7942870 Apparatus and method for accurately delimited cryoablation  
The present invention is of a system and method for accurate cryoablation, useable to enhance a surgeon's ability to accurately cryoablate a selected cryoablation target and to limit cryoablation...
7938822 Heating and cooling of cryosurgical instrument using a single cryogen  
A cryosurgical system featuring both cooling and heating utilizing a single type of cryogen but from two different sources. The liquid cryogen cools the tip of a cryosurgical instrument in the...
7914526 Cryosurgical catheter  
A cryogenic catheter includes an outer flexible member having at least one cryogenic fluid path through the flexible member. The at least one fluid path is defined by a plurality of flexible...
7896870 Catheter with cryogenic and electrical heating ablation  
A catheter includes a cryoablation tip with an ablation assembly for heating tissue. The cryoablation tip may be implemented with a cooling chamber and have an RF electrode at its distal end. The...
7871405 Detachable grid  
Medical devices can be positioned within a patient by use of apparatus and methods according to the invention. The apparatus and methods permit insertion of the medical devices into various...
7862558 Subdermal cryogenic remodeling of muscles, nerves, connective tissue, and/or adipose tissue (fat)  
Devices, systems, and methods treat cosmetic defects, and often apply cooling with at least one tissue-penetrating probe inserted through of the skin of a patient. The cooling may remodel one or...
7857781 Indwelling heat exchange catheter and method of using same  
A catheter is adapted to exchange heat with a body fluid, such as blood, flowing in a body conduit, such as a blood vessel. The catheter includes a shaft with a heat exchange region disposed at its...
7850683 Subdermal cryogenic remodeling of muscles, nerves, connective tissue, and/or adipose tissue (fat)  
Devices, systems, and methods treat cosmetic defects, and often apply cooling with at least one tissue-penetrating probe inserted through of the skin of a patient. The cooling may remodel one or...
7850681 Cryoplasty device and method  
A cryoplasty catheter and method for preventing or slowing reclosure of a lesion following angioplasty. The cryoplasty catheter includes a shaft having proximal and distal ends and a dilatation...
7842032 Apparatus and methods for the selective removal of tissue  
An Ultrasonic apparatus and method is provided for the selective and targeted removal of unwanted tissues. The apparatus and methods may utilize combinations of ultrasonic and cryogenic energy for...
7842031 Bioimpedance measurement system and method  
Methods and systems for detecting fluid egress, assessing lesion quality, determining tissue composition or structure, determining ice coverage of catheter tip and providing tissue contact...
7833187 Systems and methods for improving image-guided tissue ablation  
The cryosurgical kit and method of use relates to the combined use of biodegradable, imageable, drug(s) carriers, vectors or microcapsules deposited into a target tissue region inside a body and...
7815641 Surgical instrument and method for use thereof  
A surgical instrument for treating a tissue includes a handpiece and a tissue engaging portion arranged to be received by the handpiece. The tissue engaging portion includes first and second...
7803154 Cryogenic probe for treating enlarged volume of tissue  
A cryoprobe for surgical and other treatments. The cryoprobe comprises an expandable section that performs displacement of a distal cryotip forwards when there is elevation of the operation...
7798975 Sensor device and method  
The sensor device has a housing. The housing is made of a material having a first high heat-conductivity index. A holder is attached to the housing and made of a material with a second low...
7799018 Cryogenic applicator for rejuvenating human skin and related method  
A cryogenic applicator for rejuvenating skin and a treatment for use of the applicator. A barrel is hand-held. A head is rotatably mounted to the barrel. A cryogenic interface fluidly connects the...
7780656 Patterned thermal treatment using patterned cryogen spray and irradiation by light  
A spray of cryogen is patterned to create a pattern of cooled regions on a target tissue for cosmetic dermatological treatment. In one embodiment, the cryogen is patterned using a heated mask. An...
7780657 Cooling system  
A cryogenic medical system includes a medical device and a console connectable to the medical device at a connection point. The console controls the temperature of the medical device. The console...
7758571 Methods and apparatus for cryo-therapy  
Methods and apparatus for cryo-therapy are disclosed herein. This includes a hollow guidewire disposed within a catheter having helical loops contacting tissue. A coolant delivery tube disposed...
7753905 Cryosurgical catheter  
A cryogenic catheter includes an outer flexible member having at least one cryogenic fluid path through the flexible member. The at least one fluid path is defined by a plurality of flexible...
7716966 Mesh leak detection system for a medical device  
The present invention provides a surgical device including an elongate body defining a fluid flow path therethrough. An expandable element may be coupled to the elongate body and placed in fluid...
7713266 Subdermal cryogenic remodeling of muscles, nerves, connective tissue, and/or adipose tissue (fat)  
Devices, systems, and methods treat cosmetic defects, and often apply cooling with at least one tissue-penetrating probe inserted through of the skin of a patient. The cooling may remodel one or...
7699838 System and methods for image-guided thermal treatment of tissue  
A system and methods for modeling the death of tissue cells that are thermally treated using thermal treatment devices is disclosed. A cell-death model accurately predicts, in real-time, which...
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