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7618426 Apparatus and methods for forming gastrointestinal tissue approximations  
Apparatus and methods are provided for forming a gastrointestinal tissue fold by engaging tissue at a first tissue contact point, moving the first tissue contact point from a position initially...
7615067 Surgical instrument  
The surgical instrument includes a distal tool, a rigid or flexible elongated shaft that supports the distal tool, and a proximal handle or control member, where the tool and the handle are coupled...
7615066 Articulating mechanism for remote manipulation of a surgical or diagnostic tool  
The invention provides an articulating mechanism useful, for example, for remote manipulation of various surgical instruments and diagnostic tools within, or to, regions of the body. Movement of...
7608083 Robotically controlled medical instrument with a flexible section  
A robotically controlled medical instrument includes a bending section with a unibody construction, a tool supported at a distal end of the bending section and used to perform a medical procedure...
7606633 Robot simulation device, and robot simulation program  
A robot simulation device is provided. It includes a virtual robot working environment in which a virtual robot has a task of transferring a virtual object from a start point to a goal point, the...
7594890 Multi-axial uterine artery identification, characterization, and occlusion devices  
A system is provided for compressing one or both of the uterine arteries of a patient which is at least in part shaped to complement the shape of the exterior of the cervix, which allows the system...
7582086 Surgical clamp  
A novel surgical clamp having a pair of jaws, which may be used to ablate or create leisons in tissue. In embodiment, the jaws have an articulated position wherein the jaws are separated and not...
7578832 System for actuating a laparoscopic surgical instrument  
The invention is directed to a pin and slot design where the driving slots are moved from the tips to the actuation rod in one aspect of the invention. As a result, the back end of each blade or...
7572265 Method and apparatus for passing a suture  
A suture pushing device includes a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and a suturing head at the distal end of the shaft. The suturing head includes a first jaw and a second jaw. The first...
7566334 Ablation device with jaws  
System, device and method for ablating target tissue adjacent pulmonary veins of a patient through an incision. An ablation device can include a hinge including a cam assembly, a moving arm, a...
7563269 Ultrasonic treatment device  
An ultrasonic treatment device for surgery includes: a treatment portion (ultrasonic probe) for treating living-body tissue by transmitting thereto ultrasonic vibrations generated by means of an...
7549998 Surgical instrument comprising an instrument handle and zero point adjustment  
relates to a surgical instrument comprising an instrument handle ( 1 ) linked to a proximal end portion of a tube shaft ( 2 ) to the distal end portion of which an instrument head ( 4 ) is linked...
7510562 Vein dissector, cauterizing and ligating apparatus for endoscopic harvesting of blood vessels  
An endoscopic apparatus for harvesting a desired blood vessel including an endoscopic barrel having at least two lumens, one of the lumens dimensioned for receiving an endoscope, a handle disposed...
7494499 Surgical therapeutic instrument  
The disclosed invention relates to an improvement in a surgical therapeutic instrument which includes an inserting part, a manipulating part, and a therapeutic part. In a link mechanism having a...
7481824 Surgical instrument with bending articulation controlled articulation pivot joint  
A surgical instrument particularly suited to endoscopic and laparoscopic insertion through a cannula of a trocar into an insufflated body cavity or lumen includes a bending member in an elongate...
7476237 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument includes a tubular member, a partition member for partitioning the inside of the tubular member, first and second shafts movable in forward and backward directions, an end...
7470276 Multifunctional forceps set and loop ligature co-used therewith  
A multifunctional forceps set which integrates two important surgical procedures of incision and ligation into a continuous working procedure. The forceps set is co-used with two loop ligatures...
7470268 Hand-actuated articulating surgical tool  
A double cylinder system is disclosed, comprising at least one controller being adapted to transmit hydraulic control signals; at least one slave being in fluid communication with the controller...
7452329 Retractor for operations on the arteria haemorroidalis  
The invention describes a disposable device for operations on the arteria haemorroidalis, which comprises a retractor tube ( 1 ), closed and rounded on the end ( 101 ) which is inserted in the anal...
7445603 Apparatus for removable distal internal cassette for in situ fixation and specimen processing with serial collection and storage of biopsy specimens  
An apparatus for performing a medical procedure comprises an elongated flexible member having an aperture extending longitudinally therethrough and an actuator positioned within the aperture. There...
7438717 Anesthesia intubating forceps  
Forceps with a pair of scissor-like arms that are pivotally connected to each other and that continue past the pivot to form a catheter guide. At least two and preferably three bends are disposed...
7431723 Device and method for separation of modular orthopaedic elements  
A tool, system and method for separating connected orthopaedic components are disclosed. The system includes two orthopaedic components that are connected end to end. One of the orthopaedic...
7410494 Device for grasping and/or severing  
A surgical device ( 101 ) for grasping and severing body tissue comprises a housing ( 140 ) which defines a proximal end ( 102 ) and a distal end ( 104 ), a user operating handle ( 160 ) at the...
7410490 Surgical device  
A surgical device having a sheath and legs slidably received within the sheath. The legs are adapted to move outwardly away from each other when deployed from the sheath to establish a deployed...
7404822 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument includes: grip handles ( 2, 3 ) which are articulated to each other around a fulcrum pin ( 4 ) so that the jaws can be moved from an open position to a closed position; and...
7404821 Treatment for post partum hemorrhage  
The invention is directed to instruments and procedures using such instruments for temporarily reducing or terminating blood flow through a female patient's uterine artery to treat post partum...
7399309 Auxiliary forceps for hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS)  
Auxiliary forceps are provided for video-assisted minimally-invasive surgery, such as hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery, the forceps being intended for operation by a surgeon's non-dominant hand...
7390329 Methods for grasping and cinching tissue anchors  
Methods and apparatus for controlled grasping and cinching or locking of a tissue anchor are provided. In one variation, a tube is provided having a lumen and a resilient member that obstructs the...
7377933 Surgical instrument  
Surgical instrument which has a main part ( 10 ) with a shaft ( 12 ) and a fixed handle part ( 14 ), on which a moveable handle part ( 20 ) is supported pivotably. The pivotable handle part ( 20 )...
7367979 Screwdriver  
A scissor-action screwdriver and screwdriver attachment comprises a plurality of arms pivotally attached to one another; a bias element mounted in at least one of the plurality of arms; and a...
7361180 Apparatus for manipulating and securing tissue  
Apparatus for manipulating and securing tissue are described herein. In creating tissue folds within the body of a patient, a tissue manipulation assembly may generally have an elongate tubular...
7357809 Chemically based vascular occlusion device deployment with gripping feature  
A vascular occlusion device deployment system for placing an occlusion device at a preselected site within the vasculature of a patient. The deployment system employs a pusher including a gripper...
7351248 Surgical instrument with snag free box hinge  
A surgical instrument includes a pair of elongated members joined together by a box hinge. The box hinge is formed of a slot in the first member having substantially flat, generally parallel sides...
7347863 Apparatus and methods for manipulating and securing tissue  
Apparatus and methods for manipulating and securing tissue are described herein. In creating tissue folds within the body of a patient, a tissue manipulation assembly may generally have an elongate...
7344553 Coupling system useful in placement of implants  
A coupling system is disposed at the distal end of an interventional delivery system for coupling to an implant. The coupling device has a first and second prong connected at one end. The other end...
7343222 System, method and apparatus for organizing groups of self-configurable mobile robotic agents in a multi-robotic system  
A system of self-organizing mobile robotic agents (MRAs) in a multi-robotic system (MRS) is disclosed. MRAs cooperate, learn and interact with the environment. The system uses various AI...
7341564 Biopsy forceps device with transparent outer sheath  
An endoscopic biopsy device having an outer sheath that is transparent, at least along a portion thereof, to allow visualization of at least a portion of the inside of the device. A distal portion...
7338513 Surgical instrument  
The surgical instrument includes a distal tool, a rigid or flexible elongated shaft that supports the distal tool, and a proximal handle or control member, where the tool and the handle are coupled...
7326229 Medical instrument  
In order to produce a medical instrument incorporating a first part and a second part which-are connected together by a connecting device wherein the two parts can be connected together in a simple...
7326209 Bipolar high frequency treatment tool for endoscope  
A bipolar high frequency treatment tool includes a flexible insulating tube to be inserted through an accessory channel of the endoscope. The insulating tube has a pair of guide channels extending...
7320700 Flexible wrist for surgical tool  
The present invention is directed to a tool having a wrist mechanism that provides pitch and yaw rotation in such a way that the tool has no singularity in roll, pitch, and yaw. In one embodiment,...
7318829 Methods and apparatus for transpericardial left atrial appendage closure  
Methods and apparatus for closing a left atrial appendage are described. The methods rely on introducing a closure tool from a location beneath the rib cage, over an epicardial surface, and to the...
7314479 Space-creating retractor with vessel manipulator  
An instrument for manipulating a vessel in a patient includes a cannula having a lumen for providing insufflation to create a working space in the tissue of a patient, and a first manipulator for...
7314473 Medical manipulator  
A medical manipulator comprises a working unit ( 10 ) that performs operations, an operating unit ( 20 ) that generates instructions, a drive unit ( 50 ) that drives the working unit on the basis...
7300450 Surgical instrument  
The invention relates to an instrument for surgery, in particular minimally invasive surgery. The instrument includes means for feeding back a force which is exerted on the working element of the...
7294140 Device for holding trocar sleeves  
A device for holding a trocar sleeve in its position of engagement in the body of a patient has clamping jaws which in the closed position define an opening and which can be placed about the...
7291161 Articulated clamping member  
A grasper is provided having a handle with an elongated shaft secured thereto. First and second jaw members with opposed clamping surfaces are secured to the shaft, with one jaw member being...
7288103 Link device for surgical tool and surgical tool  
In a link device for surgical tool and a surgical tool suitable for used with an endoscope, the diameter of an insertion section can be made narrow. A multi-free forceps (surgical tool) is used as...
7278971 Endoscopic multiple biopsy forceps with swing member  
A method and apparatus for mucosal biopsy including a stationary base clevis component, upon which an open frame jaw is actuated rotationally to engage tissue and retract samples. A rack and pinion...
7273488 High-rigidity forceps tip assembly for active forceps and active forceps equipped with the same  
Provided is a forceps tip assembly capable of supporting a forceps tip with high rigidity in order to realize a laparoscopic surgery requiring a significant power with the forceps tip, such as an...