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7585295 |
Thermal airflow tool and system
A combination pressurized airflow and thermal cutting tool constructed as a dual-use thermal airflow tool for directed heating and drying of a specific area in surgical procedures, such as, by way...
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7572257 |
Vacuum coagulation and dissection probes
A surgical device integrating a suction mechanism with a coagulation mechanism is provided for improving lesion creation capabilities. The device comprises an elongate member having an insulative...
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7549987 |
Thermotherapy device
This invention relates to the working end of a medical instrument that applies energy to tissue. In one embodiment, the instrument has a microfluidic tissue-engaging surface fabricated by soft...
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7540870 |
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...
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7449020 |
Method for treating a sphincter
A method for treating a sphincter provides a polymer material having a liquid state. The method also provides a catheter having a distal end, a tissue piercing device carried by the distal end, and...
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7400929 |
Device and method for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease
A lower esophageal sphincter tightening device for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease which includes an insertion device, an energy source, and an energy transmitting device. The insertion...
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7397016 |
Heat generating element, medical therapeutic instrument implementing the same, and treatment apparatus
A heat generating element is constructed of at least a substrate, an insulating film disposed on the substrate, a heat generating portion provided with a thin film resistor disposed on at least a...
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7361173 |
Conductive interstitial thermal therapy device
An apparatus and method for thermally destroying tumors in which heat is generated by electrical resistance heating conducted to the target tissue. Computerized scanning is used to optimize the...
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7326202 |
Tubular resistance heater with electrically insulating high thermal conductivity core for use in a tissue welding device
A resistance heater for use in a tissue sealing and cutting device, including a tubular heating element adapted to conduct current therethrough; and a thermally conductive electrical insulator...
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7326201 |
Thermal treatment methods and apparatus with focused energy application
A collapsible ultrasonic reflector incorporates a gas-filled reflector balloon, a liquid-filled structural balloon an ultrasonic transducer disposed within the structural balloon. Acoustic energy...
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7306590 |
Therapeutic apparatus having insulated region at the insertion area
Apparatus and methods for insulating tissue during therapeutic procedures.
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7303555 |
Imaging and therapeutic procedure for carpal tunnel syndrome
A system, method and/or apparatus is provided for visualization or imaging of the transverse carpal ligament and surrounding structures/features of a hand of a patient, and treatment of the...
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7285116 |
Non-contact tissue ablation device and methods thereof
A catheter for ablating body tissue of the interior regions of the heart includes a handle assembly, a shaft, and a distal tip section coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The distal tip section...
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7220259 |
Method and apparatus for tubal occlusion
A device for sterilizing females by occluding the uterotubal junction. The device includes a catheter with a releasable heat generating plug which is used to thermally damage the uterotubal...
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7220258 |
Therapeutic probe, method and system
The invention relates to an acoustic probe for treating cancerous tissue, for introduction into a natural or surgically created cavity in the patient, in close proximity to a tissue area which...
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7179254 |
High intensity ablation device
An apparatus for ablating tissue, the apparatus having first and second opposing jaws operative to compress tissue to be allayed therebetween, the first jaw having a first ablation surface...
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7166075 |
Elastographic imaging of in vivo soft tissue
Elastographic images provide visualization in two or three dimensions of RF ablation lesions to guide in the ablation process. Compression may be applied using the RF probe. A similar technique may...
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7135017 |
Imaging and surgical procedure for carpal tunnel syndrome
A system, method and/or apparatus is provided for visualization or imaging of the transverse carpal ligament and surrounding structures/features of a hand of a patient, and treatment of the...
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7128741 |
Methods, systems, and devices for performing electrosurgical procedures
Systems, methods, and instruments associated with controlling the operating modes of an electrosurgical instrument using control signals delivered in a wireless manner from the electrosurgical...
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7118591 |
Heat transfer probe
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer code for, among other things, monitoring the health of samples such as the brain while providing local cooling or heating. A representative device is a...
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7113821 |
Tissue electroperforation for enhanced drug delivery
The present invention relates to a method and a device for transporting a molecule through a mammalian barrier membrane of at least one layer of cells comprising the steps of: ablating the membrane...
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7112196 |
Multi-element array for acoustic ablation
A tissue ablation apparatus is disclosed that includes an elongate, flexible device operable to be percutaneously place in vasculature of a patient. The device has an array of 8 or more tissue...
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7108694 |
Heat-emitting treatment device
Treatment equipment for treating body tissue comprises heater elements which are heated by electric power supplied from an electric power supply circuit, and the heat of the heater elements is...
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7105011 |
Method for achieving tissue changes in bone or bone-derived tissue
A method of achieving tissue changes in bone or bone-derived organic tissue, in which method bone or bone-derived organic tissue is provided, an interfacing agent is applied to the bone or...
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7097642 |
Cauterizing scalpel blades
An apparatus is disclosed for cutting and cauterizing of tissue. The apparatus comprises a cutting edge of a blade. The apparatus further comprises a conduit having a catalyst located near the...
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7093601 |
Therapeutic prostatic thermotherapy
The present invention provides a method of treating a prostate in a patient in need thereof and a heating catheter, or an electromagnetic radiation applicator, system suitable for effecting the...
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7081125 |
Universal introducer
A device for introducing a catheter into a vessel through a puncture in a vessel and for sealing the puncture. The device includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end sized to...
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7066931 |
Variable stiffness heating catheter
The variable stiffness heating catheter includes a heating catheter shaft including at least one electrically conductive member, a reinforcing tube with apertures formed around the surface of the...
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7048746 |
Method and instrument for thermal suture cutting
Novel suture removal instrument and technique are described herein. The invention utilizes a newly designed thermal filament to allow the tip of the suture removal instrument to be slipped under...
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7044960 |
Method and apparatus for providing non-invasive ultrasound heating of the preoptic anterior hypothalamus
A method and system is provided to induce mild hypothermia in a patient through controlled heating of the preoptic anterior hypothalamus (POAH) in conjunction with cooling of patient's body. The...
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7044947 |
Polypectomy device and method
A polypectomy device and method which includes a snare cable, a fixed jaw and a moveable jaw. The snare cable is routed through both the fixed jaw and the moveable jaw. The snare cable forms a hoop...
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7025763 |
Medical apparatus
The medical apparatus of this invention includes a therapeutic section at least having a blade for treating a living tissue thermally, a heat insulating part for insulating heat conduction from the...
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7004942 |
Ribbed electrodes and methods for their use
The invention provides improved devices, methods, and systems for shrinking of collagenous tissues, particularly for treating urinary incontinence in a noninvasive manner by directing energy to a...
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6958061 |
Microspheres with sacrificial coatings for vaso-occlusive systems
A vaso-occlusive system comprising a catheter with a working end that carries a fluid media for introduction into an aneurysm. The fluid media carries a volume of microspheres, wherein each...
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6953460 |
Medical device with sensor cooperating with expandable member
A tissue ablation catheter for forming a lesion along a substantially circumferential region of tissue is described. The catheter includes one or more sensors for monitoring the temperature of the...
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6951569 |
Surgical balloon having varying wall thickness
A surgical balloon is provided for insertion into a uterus that includes a substantially continuous outer wall defining an exterior surface of the balloon on a first side and an interior hollow of...
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6911026 |
Magnetically guided atherectomy
Atherectomy devices are guided by and manipulated by externally applied magnetic fields to treat total or partial occlusions of a patient's vasculature.
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6905510 |
Heat transfer catheters and methods of making and using same
Heat transfer catheter apparatus and methods of making and using same are disclosed wherein a fluid connection is provided between the distal portions of two adjacent, thin-walled, high strength...
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6837885 |
Surgical probe for supporting inflatable therapeutic devices in contact with tissue in or around body orifices and within tumors
A probe that facilitates the creation of lesions in bodily tissue. The probe includes a relatively short shaft and an inflatable therapeutic element.
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6832995 |
Cauterizing scalpel
A device is disclosed for simultaneous cutting and cauterizing of tissue. The device comprises a cutting edge of a blade. The blade defines a channel within the blade wherein the outlet end of the...
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6821274 |
Ultrasound therapy for selective cell ablation
The invention provides a method of sensitizing target cells to ultrasound energy using a stimulus such as an electric field. This “electrosensitisation” enables target cells to be disrupted by...
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6814730 |
Balloon catheters for non-continuous lesions
Balloon catheters according to the present invention have surface contours with protrusions and grooves to make non-continuous lesions. There is a heating element inside the balloon. The balloon...
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6805129 |
Apparatus and method for ablating tissue
A control system alters one or more characteristics of an ablating element to ablate tissue. In one aspect, the control system delivers energy nearer to the surface of the tissue by changing the...
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6793635 |
Devices having deployable ultrasound transducers and method of use of same
A device for thermal ablation therapy having emitting means for emitting ultrasound energy capable of heating tissue and moving means for moving the emitting means between an undeployed position,...
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6786904 |
Method and device to treat vulnerable plaque
A method and device to treat cardiovascular vulnerable plaque is provided by heating an implanted structure placed adjacent to a vulnerable plaque tissue to conduct heat into the vulnerable plaque...
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6783524 |
Robotic surgical tool with ultrasound cauterizing and cutting instrument
A surgical instrument for enhancing robotic surgery generally includes an elongate shaft with an ultrasound probe, an end effector at the distal end of the shaft, and a base at the proximal end of...
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6780183 |
Ablation catheter having shape-changing balloon
A circumferential ablation catheter is provided that is particularly useful for ablating a circumferential region of tissue in a tubular region of or near the heart, such as a pulmonary vein. The...
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6780182 |
Catheter placement detection system and operator interface
A system for facilitating the placement of a catheter within the human body, in a lumen or vessel such as the fallopian tubes, and controlling the catheter after placement. The system coordinates...
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6773409 |
Surgical system for applying ultrasonic energy to tissue
A surgical system for controlled application of ultrasound energy to engaged tissue volumes for creating effective biological welds or seals in tissue. The invention provides an ultrasound...
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6770070 |
Lung treatment apparatus and method
A method and apparatus for obtaining a lung biopsy with an apparatus capable of sealing tears within the lung and pleural space to reduce the risk of pneumothorax or pulmonary hemorrhage. The...
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