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7615016 |
Method and system for treating stretch marks
Methods and systems for treating stretch marks through deep tissue tightening with ultrasound are provided. An exemplary method and system comprise a therapeutic ultrasound system configured for...
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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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7510553 |
Medical energy irradiating apparatus
A temperature measuring unit of a temperature sensor has electrodes disposed on the upper and lower surfaces of a temperature measuring element, thin-film substrates disposed on the upper and lower...
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7318822 |
Hybrid cannula/electrode medical device and method
A cannula having a hollow metal tube for injection of liquids such as an anesthetic, or RF energy, into a patient. A thermocouple or other temperature sensor is located at the bare tip of the...
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7267675 |
RF device with thermo-electric cooler
An RF device includes a support structure. An RF electrode is coupled to the support structure and includes conductive and dielectric portions. A thermo-electric cooler is coupled to the support...
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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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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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7151964 |
Device and method for multi-phase radio-frequency ablation
Multi-phase RF ablation employing a two-dimensional or three-dimensional electrode array produces a multitude of currents paths on the surface of the ablation zone. This results in a uniform lesion...
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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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7131445 |
Electrosurgical method and apparatus
An electrosurgical method and apparatus comprises a probe, at least one temperature sensor, and a controller for generating and controlling electromagnetic energy supplied to the probe. The...
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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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7104985 |
Apparatus and method for causing selective necrosis of abnormal cells
A method and apparatus adapted to utilize means for controlling a plurality of energy pulses to repetitively increase and decrease the temperature of a target tissue with a prescribed timing for...
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7044945 |
Prevention of regression in thermal ciliary muscle tendinoplasty
Methods and apparatus are provided that prevent or inhibit functional regression caused by the stromal remodeling resulting from epithelial or fibroblastic apoptosis or necrosis in patients who...
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7037306 |
System for creating linear lesions for the treatment of atrial fibrillation
A system for forming linear lesions in tissue, the system comprising a control unit having an ultrasound vibration driving section, and an ultrasonic applicator operatively connected to the control...
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7001336 |
Method for treating ischemia
A method and apparatus for improving blood flow to an ischemic region (e.g., myocardial ischemia) a patient is provided. An ultrasonic transducer is positioned proximate to the ischemic region....
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6936046 |
Methods of using high intensity focused ultrasound to form an ablated tissue area containing a plurality of lesions
A method of thermal ablation using high intensity focused ultrasound energy includes the steps of positioning an ultrasound emitting member, emitting ultrasound energy from the ultrasound emitting...
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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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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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6749585 |
Central venous catheter with heat exchange membrane
A central venous catheter includes coolant supply and return lumens which communicate coolant to and from first and second heat exchange membranes arranged along the distal segment of the catheter....
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6740040 |
Ultrasound energy driven intraventricular catheter to treat ischemia
A method and apparatus for improving blood flow to an ischemic region (e.g., myocardial ischemia) a patient is provided. An ultrasonic transducer is positioned proximate to the ischemic region....
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6733442 |
Accessory for surgical instrument
The present invention provides a surgical device for decreasing the trauma imposed on soft tissue by extended contact with a surgical device during a surgical procedure by thermally treating the...
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6527803 |
Intersomatic spine implant having anchoring elements
The intersomatic spine implant comprises a body, at least one anchoring element movable relative to the body to project from a contact face of the body making contact with a vertebra, and at least...
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6522931 |
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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6500172 |
Systems and methods for controlling tissue ablation using multiple temperature sensing elements
Systems and associated methods place a temperature sensing element in an “edge regions” between an energy transmitting electrode and a non-electrically conducting support body, where higher...
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6458125 |
Electro-surgical unit pencil apparatus and method therefor
An electro-surgical unit (ESU) pencil apparatus is disclosed in which an improved handpiece enables the surgeon to vary the length of working electrode without having to use cutting electrodes of...
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6451013 |
Methods of tonsil reduction using high intensity focused ultrasound to form an ablated tissue area containing a plurality of lesions
A method of tonsil reduction by thermal ablation using high intensity focused ultrasound energy includes the steps of introducing an ultrasound emitting member in a patient's oral cavity,...
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6440155 |
Device for heating a biotissue employing a strong light
A device for heating a biotissue employing a strong light, characterized in that, in thermotherapy comprising leading a biotissue to necrosis by heating the biotissue by a strong light from a light...
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6413254 |
Method of tongue reduction by thermal ablation using high intensity focused ultrasound
A method of tongue reduction by thermal ablation using high intensity focused ultrasound includes the steps of introducing an ultrasound emitting member in a patient's oral cavity, positioning the...
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6409720 |
Methods of tongue reduction using high intensity focused ultrasound to form an ablated tissue area containing a plurality of lesions
A method of tongue reduction by thermal ablation using high intensity focused ultrasound includes the steps of introducing an ultrasound emitting member in a patient's oral cavity, positioning the...
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6405090 |
Method and apparatus for tightening skin by controlled contraction of collagen tissue
A method and apparatus for tightening a surface of a skin with an underlying collagen containing tissue applies radiant energy through the skin to underlying collagen tissue without substantially...
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6387380 |
Apparatus for controlled contraction of collagen tissue
A method and apparatus applies radiant energy through the skin to an underlying subcutaneous layer or deeper soft tissue layers that includes loculations of fat with fibrous septae made of collagen...
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RE37651 |
Apparatus for medical treatment
An apparatus for effecting hyperthermia in a narrow body cavity or duct including: a disposable first part ( 1 ) having an elongate distal section ( 5 ) intended to be inserted into the cavity or...
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6355031 |
Control systems for multiple electrode arrays to create lesions in tissue regions at or near a sphincter
Multiple electrodes are coupled together in monopolar or bipolar arrays to form lesion patterns in tissue regions at or near a sphincter. A controller couples the electrodes to a generator so that...
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6334074 |
Microwave applicator for therapeutic uses
A hand held applicator for delivery of microwave energy to skin surfaces is provided that is compact, easily manipulated, precisely positionable and secure against malfunction. Microwave energy of...
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6327506 |
Far infrared heating apparatus
A far infrared heating methods to facilitate a user receiving continued comfortable thermal stimulation. The far infrared heating method, are provided with a temperature sensor for attachment to...
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6290697 |
Self-guiding catheter system for tissue ablation
An improved guiding catheter system having inflated balloon at its tip section, wherein the inflated balloon having a plurality of electrodes is heated to a predetermined temperature as an ablation...
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6267758 |
Apparatus for in situ saphenous vein bypass and less-invasive varicose vein treatment
An apparatus for in situ saphenous vein bypass includes an operating catheter which includes an optical fiber and an electrode, and a control catheter which includes a valvulotome. The operating...
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6190380 |
Cell transfection apparatus and method
An apparatus and associated method provides for the application of a cell treatment agent, such as genetic material or drugs to be inserted within the cells of a patient in vivo. The apparatus may...
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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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6162215 |
Cauterization treatment by infrared rays
An infrared rays cauterizing structure is composed of a base, locating devices, fixed cauterizers and a hand-held cauterizer. In light of locating devices, the cauterizers can be located in...
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6162184 |
Systems and methods for sensing temperature within the body
Systems and methods well suited for use in catheter-based tissue ablation systems employ thermocouples for temperature sensing. The systems and methods combine accuracy with compact, low profile...
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6139571 |
Heated fluid surgical instrument
A heated fluid surgical instrument including a palm-sized handpiece having a cannula adapted to be inserted into a patient's body by way of a natural access (e.g., mouth) or a small incision. A...
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6120499 |
Intravascular RF occlusion catheter
The invention is directed to an intravascular device for occluding a patient's blood vessel by coagulating blood in a desired location within the blood vessel to form occluding thrombus therein by...
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6104959 |
Method and apparatus for treating subcutaneous histological features
A system and method for treating subcutaneous histological features without affecting adjacent tissues adversely employs microwave energy of selected power, frequency and duration to penetrate...
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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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6096033 |
Medical device having ultrasonic ablation capability
A medical device for treating the uvula or airway obstructions by reducing the mass of cellular tissues, wherein a plurality of elongate tubular shafts comprises at least one ultrasonic transducer...
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6083219 |
Device for the treatment of damaged heart value leaflets and method of using the device
A device and method for treating infected or damaged heart valve tissue by selectively heating, applying pressure, or both to the heart valve tissue to sterilize any infected portion of the tissue,...
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6068628 |
Apparatus for treating chondromalacia
A thermal energy delivery apparatus has a probe including a distal end and a proximal end. A first electrode is positioned at the distal end of the probe such that the electrode is positioned on a...
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