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7588566 |
Electrothermal instrument for sealing and joining or cutting tissue
An instrument and method are provided for sealing and joining or hemostatically dividing tissue, which is particularly suitable for laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery. The instrument makes use of...
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7578815 |
Power supply for identification and control of electrical surgical tools
An electronic circuit for identifying an electrical surgical tool and for providing a selectable constant current appropriate to the identified electrical surgical tool.
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7374562 |
Method and system for conductive keratoplasty
Improved corrective procedures for conductive keratoplasty are disclosed. Over correction can be relieved by the addition of one or two spots along one of the rings on the cornea.
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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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7211080 |
Electrothermal instrument for sealing and joining or cutting tissue
An instrument and method are provided for sealing and joining or hemostatically dividing tissue, which is particularly suitable for laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery. The instrument makes use of...
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7211079 |
Ringed forceps
A surgical instrument comprises two oppositely-positioned working numbers each having proximal and distal ends and each having a working surface. The instrument also comprises at least one ring...
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7172590 |
Tissue heating device and RF heating method with tissue attachment feature
A tissue cutting device includes a catheter with a window at its distal tip for admitting tissue into a catheter compartment. A cylindrical cartridge in the compartment has a cutting edge that...
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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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7137979 |
Methods and devices for the treatment of skin lesions
Methods and devices for the treatment of skin lesions resulting from bacterial, fungal or viral infections or from exposure to irritants are disclosed. The invention relates methods and devices for...
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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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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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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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7033351 |
Power supply for identification and control of electrical surgical tools
An electronic circuit for identifying an electrical surgical tool and for providing a selectable constant current appropriate to the identified electrical surgical tool.
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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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7025065 |
Method of testing thermal cautery devices
Thermal cautery and thermal ligating devices improved by the addition of a thermally conductive plate proximate the resistive heating element used in those devices.
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7011656 |
Thermal cautery devices with improved heating profiles
Thermal cautery and thermal ligating devices improved by the addition of a thermally conductive plate proximate the resistive heating element used in those devices.
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6980862 |
Apparatus and method for treatment of an intervertebral disc
A system and method for approaching the intervertebral disc through a percutaneous insertion from the back of a patient for thermal or electromagnetic treatment of an intervertebral disc, includes...
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6908463 |
Electrothermal device for coagulating, sealing and cutting tissue during surgery
An instrument and method are provided for sealing and joining or hemostatically dividing tissue, which is particularly suitable for laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery. The instrument makes use of...
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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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6695836 |
Device and method for myocardial revascularization
A device and method for treating tissue at a treatment site. The device and method include supplying controlled energy to a heating portion of the device positioned within a tissue wall at the...
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6683280 |
Apparatus and method for prosthesis securement
The present invention is directed toward an improved method and apparatus for securing a prosthesis that is being implanted in a patient. A heat-curable bone cement is used to secure the implanted...
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6652585 |
Flexible spine stabilization system
A spine stabilization system includes a flexible member attachable to a portion of the spinal column. The member includes components that are oriented and function similar to the natural fiber...
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6622731 |
Bone-treatment instrument and method
Ablation devices and associated methods are provided for use in palliative treatment of a bone tumor on or in a compact bone region. The bone treatment devices include an elongate probe having a...
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6589239 |
Electrosurgical knife
An electrosurgical knife is provided with an improved surface coating designed for substantially non-stick hemostatic cutting of soft patient tissue. The electrosurgical knife includes a conductive...
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6463331 |
Application of energy and substances in the treatment of uro-genital disorders
This invention provides a method and system for the curative treatment of female uro-genital disorders. One aspect of the invention is that it allows the gynecologist to coagulate the entire...
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6445957 |
Method and device for supply for heat
A device for supply of heat to body tissue, comprising a heating device ( 10 ) and a first temperature transducer ( 11 ) which is insertable in the body tissue, the heating device ( 10 ) being...
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6393314 |
RF driven resistive ablation system for use in MRI guided therapy
An MRI system acquires NMR image data to produce real time anatomic images as an ablation device is guided into contact with target tissues in a patient to be thermally treated. The ablation device...
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6371955 |
Atrial branding iron catheter and a method for treating atrial fibrillation
A catheter for ablating tissue comprises a catheter body, a tip section, a branding iron assembly and an infusion tube. The catheter body has an outer wall, proximal and distal ends, and at least...
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6346103 |
Heating acupuncture needle
A heating acupuncture needle, comprising a source of external energy which heats a heating structure, the heating structure extending over at least most of the length of the needle and comprising...
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6322584 |
Temperature sensing devices and methods to shrink tissues
The invention provides improved devices, methods, and systems for repeatably and reliably contracting fascia and other support tissues, particularly for the treatment of urinary incontinence....
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6225593 |
Medical apparatus for generating an ionised gas plasma flame
Apparatus (10) for generating an ionized gas plasma flame for use in medicine, particularly for cauterization, is described. The apparatus (10) has an electrical power source (12) providing an...
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6223085 |
Device and method for preventing restenosis
A method and apparatus for reducing restenosis of a stenotic region of a blood vessel after performing a dilatation angioplasty treatment is disclosed. The method includes radiating microwave...
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6185448 |
Apparatus and method for locating and mapping a catheter in intracardiac operations
An apparatus for locating and mapping a catheter in a heart invasive operation, includes a permanent magnet with a north pole face, a permanent magnet with a south pole face, a frame for...
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6176856 |
Resistive heating system and apparatus for improving blood flow in the heart
A catheter system with an outer catheter body defining at least one lumen and an inner catheter body defining at least one lumen with proximal and distal portions. An introducer is coupled to the...
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6159206 |
Medical implement for depositing implanted device and method of depositing implanted device
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6132426 |
Temperature and current limited ablation catheter
An ablation catheter of the present invention includes a means for limiting a current and temperature at a target tissue site. The ablation catheter includes a tip electrode at its distal end, and...
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6102906 |
System and method for the treatment of hyperopia and myopia
A system for reducing the radius of curvature of a cornea is provided which includes a device having an electrically-resistive ring, an insulative shaft coupled to the ring, and an electrical lead...
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6066138 |
Medical instrument and method of utilizing same for eye capsulotomy
A medical instrument including (a) a handle; (b) a cautery for burning a lens capsule of an eye at the periphery of a portion of the capsule to be removed during surgery, the cautery including a...
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6011995 |
Endovascular device for hyperthermia and angioplasty and method for using the same
Hyperthermic treatment of tissue such as cancer tumors, is realized by providing an ohmic heating element on the distal tip of a catheter endovascularly inserted upstream of the tissue. Electrical...
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6003419 |
Microcutting device and incising method
A microcutting device incises minute samples of organisms, such as egg cells and protozoa, and the like. This device is made of a thin film plate which is formed by use of a semiconductor...
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5980518 |
Microcautery surgical tool
A surgical instrument is provided which is formed of a semiconductor substrate material having at least one anisotropically etched sharpened edge and a heating circuit disposed on the substrate....
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5972416 |
Bipolar electrosurgical instrument and method for making the instrument
An electrosurgical instrument having a first electrode that includes an elongated, electrically conductive member and a second electrode that includes a layer of electrically conductive material...
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5967976 |
Apparatus and methods for procedures related to the electrophysiology of the heart
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for use in procedures related to the electrophysiology of the heart, such as identifying or evaluating the electrical activity of the heart, diagnosing and/or...
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5935137 |
Tubular fallopian sterilization device
An apparatus and method for human female sterilization. The apparatus includes an occlusive device configured from an elongate tubular member having a central lumen and a flange formed at the...
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5928225 |
Device for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
A device for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia by heat treatment has an elongated contact applicator (10) with a heating tip at its free end (18), the tip being insulated by thermal insulation...
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5911719 |
Resistively heating cutting and coagulating surgical instrument
A resistively heated thermally cutting and coagulating surgical instrument which may be employed with a conventional electrosurgical generator having bipolar output ports and a bipolar cable. The...
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5899897 |
Method and apparatus for heating during cryosurgery
The system includes a mechanism for freezing tissue in a patient. Additionally, the system includes a mechanism for heating other tissue near the tissue being frozen by the freezing mechanism such...
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5879347 |
Apparatus for controlled thermal treatment of tissue
An apparatus for treating body tissue using controlled application of heat includes an catheter having an expandable device defining a fluid reservoir about the distal end of the catheter. Fluid is...
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5807392 |
Resistively heated cutting and coagulating surgical instrument
A surgical instrument having a resistively-heated heating component responsive to a power source for generating thermal excitation effective for cutting tissue and carrying out hemostasis. The...
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5792137 |
Coagulating microsystem
A coagulating microknife includes at least one knife blade that is comprised of a doped semiconductor body that exhibits a resistive current-carrying characteristic and a sharp cutting edge. A...
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