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8182475 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...
8180458 Method and apparatus for digital signal processing for radio frequency surgery measurements  
A method and apparatus for calculating current lost through a patient during a treatment of a patient using an electromagnetic energy delivery system is disclosed. The system generates...
8162931 Thermal capsulotomy tool and system  
A system and tool for performing a capsulotomy procedure. The system includes an air pressure unit providing pressurized airflow, a capsulotomy and movement control unit providing electrical...
8142425 Hemostatic surgical blade, system and method of blade manufacture  
A hemostatic surgical blade is described which is formed of five symmetrically disposed layers. A martensitic stainless steel core is provided with oppositely disposed faces which are bonded to...
8100908 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.
8057841 Mechanically attached medical device coatings  
The present invention relates to nanofibrous coatings on medical devices such a surgical mesh or stent, wherein the coating is mechanically attached to the device. The principal mechanism for...
8043285 Systems for treating a hollow anatomical structure  
A working end of a catheter includes at least one therapeutic element, such as a resistive heating element, usable to deliver energy for ligating, or reducing the diameter of, a hollow anatomical...
8016820 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...
7963961 Systems for treating a hollow anatomical structure  
A working end of a catheter includes at least one therapeutic element, such as a resistive heating element, usable to deliver energy for ligating, or reducing the diameter of, a hollow anatomical...
7963962 Methods for treating a hollow anatomical structure  
A working end of a catheter includes at least one therapeutic element, such as a resistive heating element, usable to deliver energy for ligating, or reducing the diameter of, a hollow anatomical...
7922713 High efficiency, precision electrosurgical apparatus and method  
An electrosurgical apparatus for cutting and/or coagulating living tissue, a method of forming the electrosurgical apparatus, and a method of using the electrosurgical apparatus. The cutting and/or...
7918848 Tissue welding and cutting apparatus and method  
A surgical apparatus and methods for severing and welding tissue, in particular blood vessels, include a pair of relatively movable jaws at a distal end of an elongated shaft. A first heating...
7871407 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.
7837678 Systems for treating a hollow anatomical structure  
A working end of a catheter includes at least one therapeutic element, such as a resistive heating element, usable to deliver energy for ligating, or reducing the diameter of, a hollow anatomical...
7837677 Systems for treating a hollow anatomical structure  
A working end of a catheter includes at least one therapeutic element, such as a resistive heating element, usable to deliver energy for ligating, or reducing the diameter of, a hollow anatomical...
7828793 Methods for treating a hollow anatomical structure  
A working end of a catheter includes at least one therapeutic element, such as a resistive heating element, usable to deliver energy for ligating, or reducing the diameter of, a hollow anatomical...
7789876 Method and apparatus for positioning a catheter relative to an anatomical junction  
An electrode catheter is introduced into a vein or other hollow anatomical structure, and is positioned at a treatment site within the structure. The end of the catheter is positioned near a...
7702397 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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 connected...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
6159206 Medical implement for depositing implanted device and method of depositing implanted device  
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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