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9039688 |
Method for reducing hyperdynamic facial wrinkles
A method for cryogenically treating a target tissue comprises providing a cryogenic device having one or more tissue penetrating needle probes, and advancing the one or more tissue penetrating... |
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9033966 |
Nerve and soft tissue ablation device
Ablation devices useful for destroying nerve and/or soft tissue via a minimally invasive procedure to alleviate pain are provided. The device comprises a probe having an interior surface that... |
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9033965 |
Nested balloon cryotherapy
A cryotherapy system includes a cryotherapy catheter having an inflatable balloon portion and a pressure regulator. The inflatable balloon portion includes an outer balloon and an inner balloon... |
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9033967 |
Cryotreatment devices and methods of forming conduction blocks
Cryotreatment devices and methods of ablating tissue within the body are disclosed. A cryotreatment device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an elongated... |
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9028445 |
Apparatus and method for chilling cryo-ablation coolant and resulting cryo-ablation system
Apparatus and methods for cooling liquid coolant, such as nitrous oxide, to be delivered to a cryo-ablation device such as a balloon catheter. A hose or conduit in fluid communication with the... |
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9027389 |
Fluid control system for a medical device
The present invention provides a medical device having an elongate body with both a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the elongate body defines an intake lumen and an exhaust lumen. The... |
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9023022 |
Nerve and soft tissue ablation device having release instrument
Ablation devices useful for destroying nerve and soft tissue via a minimally invasive procedure to alleviate pain are provided. The device comprises a probe comprising an interior surface that... |
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9017317 |
Refrigerant supply system for cryotherapy including refrigerant recompression and associated devices, systems, and methods
Cryotherapeutic systems configured for refrigerant recompression and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic system configured in accordance with a... |
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9011425 |
Ablation system
An ablation device comprising a positioning catheter adapted to be positionable in a heart and comprising a fixation mechanism for fixing the positioning catheter in the heart, and an ablation... |
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8992515 |
Coolant injection tube
A medical device includes a steering element defining a passage for a guide wire. A fluid injection tube defining a proximal and a distal end is also included, wherein a portion of the fluid... |
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8986293 |
Cryoballoon refrigerant dispersion control
A catheter based medical device including controlled refrigerant dispersion is disclosed. The device includes a fluid injection tube that carries refrigerant from a coolant supply to the distal... |
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8968282 |
Plaque stabilisation using cryoenergy
There is provided a method of supplying cryoenergy to a plaque within a blood vessel. The method comprises expanding an expandable membrane of a catheter apparatus with a pressure of less than 5... |
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8961506 |
Methods of automatically regulating operation of ablation members based on determined temperatures
Methods and systems for treating tissue that employ a radiometer for temperature measurements and use feedback from the radiometer to regulate energy being applied to the tissue are provided. For... |
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8951246 |
Cryosurgical device with a probe coupling formed from the socket and the plug of cryoprobes
A cryosurgical device, with a control for the supply and/or removal of a coolant gas to a cryoprobe via a return flow or a supply flow. The device has at least one socket for the attachment of a... |
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8945106 |
Tip design for cryogenic probe with inner coil injection tube
A cryogenic probe design is provided containing, for example, an inner coil injection tube with a continuous flow of circulating liquid and an outer jacket enclosing the inner coil injection tube.... |
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8945107 |
Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present... |
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8926602 |
Triple balloon catheter
The present invention advantageously provides a method and system for cryogenically ablating large areas of tissue within the left atrium. In an exemplary embodiment a cryotherapy device includes... |
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8915908 |
Cryogenic probe
A cryogenic probe for ablating cardiac tissue is provided comprising a handle piece and an elongated probe tube extending from the handle that terminates in a malleable end effector closed at its... |
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8911434 |
Balloon catheter with deformable fluid delivery conduit
A medical device, including an elongate body having a proximal portion and a distal portion; a shaft at least partially disposed within the elongate body; an expandable element at the distal... |
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8906003 |
Erodible embolization material for targeted tumor cryoablation
A method of cryoablating diseased tissue is provided. The method includes providing an embolization agent. The embolization agent includes an inner core made of a first material. The inner core... |
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8900222 |
Method and apparatus for inflating and deflating balloon catheters
A system and method for controlling the inflation, ablation, and deflation of a balloon catheter. The system includes a balloon catheter, a console, a pressurized gas or liquid inflation source,... |
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8888768 |
Cryoablation system having docking station for charging cryogen containers and related method
A cryoablation system includes thermally insulated containers for holding liquid refrigerant. The containers are placed in a docking station that charges the containers with a liquid refrigerant... |
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8882755 |
Electrosurgical device for treatment of tissue
A novel medical probe assembly, system, and methods for the use thereof to treat tissue are described. The system optionally comprises an energy source, two probe assemblies, and one or more... |
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8870859 |
Therapeutic apparatus having insulated region at the insertion area
Apparatus and methods for insulating tissue during therapeutic procedures. |
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8858543 |
Cyrogenic treatment systems
Methods and apparatus for the treatment of a body cavity or lumen are described where a heated fluid and/or gas may be introduced through a catheter and into treatment area within the body... |
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8845627 |
Regulating pressure to lower temperature in a cryotherapy balloon catheter
A cryotherapy catheter can include an elongate member and an inflatable balloon at a distal end of the elongate member, the elongate member having lumens formed therein to supply cryogenic fluid... |
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8845628 |
Cryoablation system having docking station for charging cryogen containers and related method
A cryoablation system includes thermally insulated containers for holding liquid refrigerant. The containers are placed in a docking station that charges the containers with a liquid refrigerant... |
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8834459 |
Needle for treating diseases
A hollow needle for removing unhealthy inclusions from organism is cooled by filling with a cooling medium by its cooling device and freezes an inclusion, the needle is then heated by it heating... |
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8821485 |
Employing a secondary sheath with an ablation catheter
A method of performing a catheter-based procedure can include introducing a delivery sheath inside a patient's body and advancing a secondary sheath through the delivery sheath, toward a treatment... |
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8821484 |
Methods and devices for monitoring tissue ablation
A method, system, and device for detecting whether an expandable member completely occludes an anatomic passageway allows a user, such as a physician, clinician, or surgeon, to perform a medical... |
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8777936 |
Cooling system for a catheter
A cooling device for cooling a catheter, the cooling device comprising a main cooling unit adapted for supplying the catheter with a main cooling medium and a precooling unit adapted for... |
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8771264 |
Contact assessment of balloon catheters
A medical apparatus and system for determining contact assessment includes a catheter having an elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and defining an... |
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8764740 |
Systems apparatus and methods for distributing coolant within a cryo-ablation device
Systems, apparatus and methods for dispersing a coolant along different portions of a supply tube of a cryo-ablation device which may be in the form of a linear ablation device or catheter probe... |
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8747397 |
Cryotreatment pellet
The resorbable cryoprobe device and process is a novel approach for treating localized disease allowing for the precise combined application of freezing temperatures and cytotoxic or... |
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8740891 |
Flexible multi-tubular cryoprobe
A flexible multi-tubular cryoprobe, including a housing for receiving an inlet flow of near critical cryogenic fluid from a fluid source and for discharging an outlet flow of the cryogenic fluid.... |
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8740892 |
Expandable multi-tubular cryoprobe
An expandable, flexible multi-tubular cryoprobe operational with a near critical cryogenic working fluid. The inlet fluid transfer micro-tubes utilized are formed of material that maintains... |
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8734380 |
Determining patient-specific vapor treatment and delivery parameters
Methods and systems for determining patient specific treatment parameters for delivering vapor to the lung to treat lung tissue. In some embodiments vapor is delivered to the lung to cause... |
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8731631 |
Systems and methods for making and using medical ablation systems having mapping catheters with improved anchoring ability
A mapping catheter includes an elongated body for inserting into patient vasculature. A distal end of the elongated body includes a distal portion that includes a plurality of electrodes, a... |
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8727983 |
Systems and methods for making and using a conductive-fluid detector for a catheter-based medical device
A catheter-based medical device includes a catheter that is configured and arranged for at least partial insertion into a patient and that defines at least one lumen that is configured and... |
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8721642 |
Tissue cooling clamps and related methods
Methods and devices are disclosed herein that generally involve cooling tissue (e.g., localized cooling of tissue), and in particular applying therapeutic hypothermia to the spinal canal, tissue... |
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8715274 |
Regulating internal pressure of a cryotherapy balloon catheter
A method of performing a cryotherapy procedure can include introducing a cryotherapy balloon catheter at a treatment site inside a patient's body; regulating, during a first phase of a cryotherapy... |
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8715275 |
Pain management using cryogenic remodeling
Medical devices, systems, and methods for pain management and other applications may apply cooling with at least one probe inserted through an exposed skin surface of skin. The cooling may remodel... |
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8702620 |
Remote pressure sensing system and method thereof
The present invention relates to a monitoring system and method for use with a body of a subject. The system comprises a medical device, having a portion thereof configured to be placed inside the... |
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8702689 |
Systems and methods for twisting an expansion element of a cryoablation system
A cryoablation catheter assembly includes a catheter that defines at least one coolant outtake region and receives a rotatable guide tube and a coolant transfer tube. The coolant transfer tube... |
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8696656 |
System and method for monitoring bioimpedance and respiration
A method of treating tissue is provided, including positioning a portion of a catheter in proximity to cardiac tissue; measuring an impedance value with the catheter; determining a respiratory... |
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8690864 |
System and method for controlling tissue treatment
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for controlling a tissue treatment device using results from a spectroscopic tissue analyzer. One embodiment provides a system... |
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8685014 |
Isotherm-based tissue ablation control method
A system and method for use with at least one cryoprobe for the treatment of biological tissue controls the energy applied to the tissue. The invention receives live procedure data such as... |
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8679104 |
Wide area ablation of myocardial tissue
The present invention advantageously provides a method and system for cryogenically ablating large areas of tissue within the left atrium. In an exemplary embodiment a cryotherapy device includes... |
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8679105 |
Device and method for pulmonary vein isolation
An intravascular catheter is provided, including a flexible elongate body; an expandable element positioned on the elongate body; a substantially linear thermal segment located distally of the... |
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8672930 |
Endoluminal ablation cryoballoon and method
A method of ablating tissue is provided, including positioning an expandable element of a catheter in a blood vessel; inflating the expandable element with a volume of refrigerant to substantially... |