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7399304 Endoscopic tissue apposition device with multiple suction ports  
An improved endoscopic tissue apposition device ( 50 ) having multiple suction ports ( 86 ) permits multiple folds of tissue to be captured in the suction ports ( 86 ) with a single positioning of...
7399300 Cardiac ablation devices and methods  
Devices and methods provide for ablation of cardiac tissue for treating cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. Although the devices and methods are often be used to ablate epicardial...
7399299 Thermal ablation of biological tissue  
An ablation device is described comprising an introducer and an electrode array. The electrode array couples to a distal end of the introducer. The electrode array includes a center member having a...
7396355 Method and apparatus for applying energy to biological tissue including the use of tumescent tissue compression  
An electrode catheter is introduced into a hollow anatomical structure, such as a vein, and is positioned at a treatment site within the structure. Tumescent fluid is injected into the tissue...
7393353 Transmural ablation device with temperature sensor  
A method and apparatus for transmural ablation using an instrument containing first and second jaw member and at least one of the jaw members having an ablation member. A clamping force is exerted...
7393351 Apparatus and methods for treating cervical inter-vertebral discs  
Apparatus and methods for treating an inter-vertebral disc by ablation, coagulation, shrinking, stiffening, or other treatment of disc tissue. A method of the invention includes positioning at...
7393330 Electrosurgical device having hollow tissue cutting member and transducer assembly  
Disclosed herein are devices for altering gaseous flow within a lung to improve the expiration cycle of an individual, particularly individuals having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)....
7387630 Catheter with ablation needle and mapping assembly  
The invention is directed to a catheter that creates enhanced lesions using a needle electrode and can simultaneously map electrical activity at a plurality of points using an enhanced mapping...
7387629 Catheter design that facilitates positioning at tissue to be diagnosed or treated  
A catheter used for diagnosing and treating, for example, atrial fibrillation. The catheter includes a catheter shaft that has a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion is adapted...
7387628 Methods and systems for focused bipolar tissue ablation  
Large tissue regions are treated using pairs of electrode arrays. The electrode arrays may be concave and disposed in tissue so that their concave portions are opposed to each other. Axial...
7387627 Vacuum-assisted securing apparatus for a microwave ablation instrument  
A securing apparatus for selectively securing an ablating element of an ablation instrument proximate to a targeted region of a biological tissue. The securing apparatus includes a support base...
7387626 Medical probe device and method  
A medical probe device comprises a catheter having a stylet guide housing with one or more stylet ports in a side wall thereof and a stylet guide for directing a flexible stylet outward through the...
7387625 Methods and apparatus for treating intervertebral discs  
Apparatus and methods for treating a target tissue by delivering a fluid at a defined temperature to a patient's body. An apparatus of the invention includes a fluid delivery unit for delivering...
7387126 Surgical system and procedure for treatment of medically refractory atrial fibrillation  
The invention provides surgical systems and methods for ablating heart tissue within the interior and/or exterior of the heart. A plurality of probes is provided with each probe configured for...
7384421 Slide-activated cutting assembly  
An endoscopic bipolar forceps is provided. The forceps includes a housing, a shaft, a drive assembly, a handle assembly and a slide activated cutting assembly. The shaft is affixed to the housing...
7381209 Electrosurgical instrument  
An embodiment of the invention includes an electrosurgical jaw structure that carries cooperating PTC bodies in both series and parallel circuit components for controlled RF energy application to...
7377919 Electrosurgical instrument  
An improved insulating layer for electrosurgical instruments and its use for electrosurgical instruments for reducing smoke generation at a surgical site is disclosed. The insulating layer may...
7377918 Electrosurgical method and apparatus  
Apparatus for forming a lesion in body tissue includes a probe having an active region with an electrode for contacting tissue to be treated, and an inactive region including an insulative sleeve...
7377917 Feedback control of thermokeratoplasty treatments  
A microwave thermokeratoplasty system uses an applicator having embedded sensors that provide feedback signals to a controller. The controller interprets these feedback signals to dynamically...
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.
7371235 Ablation systems including insulated energy transmitting elements  
Ablation systems comprise a support body, an energy transmitting element supported by the support body and an insulating member covering a portion of the support body and energy transmitting...
7371234 Low profile radiofrequency electrode array  
An electrosurgical device for tissue ablation includes a delivery cannula having a lumen and an open distal end in communication with the lumen, wherein an electrode array comprising a plurality of...
7371233 Cooled probes and apparatus for maintaining contact between cooled probes and tissue  
Apparatus and methods for maintaining contact between tissue and cooled probes.
7371232 Catheter having circular ablation assembly  
A catheter particularly useful for ablation lesions within a tubular region of or near the heart is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated flexible tubular catheter body having an axis and...
7371231 System and method for performing ablation using a balloon  
An apparatus comprises a catheter, a conductive element and a balloon. The catheter has a lumen. The conductive element is disposed along the catheter. The balloon has an interior in fluid...
7367976 Bipolar forceps having monopolar extension  
An endoscopic forceps for treating tissue includes a housing having a shaft affixed thereto which has first and second jaw members attached to a distal end thereof. The forceps also includes an...
7367975 Energy based devices and methods for treatment of anatomic tissue defects  
Methods for treating anatomic tissue defects such as patent foramen ovale (PFO) generally involve positioning a distal end of an elongate catheter device at the site of the anatomic defect,...
7367974 Electrode array for tissue ablation  
An electrode array allows for rapid ablation of a strip of tissue in an organ providing a barrier to blood loss during resection operations.
7367973 Electro-surgical instrument with replaceable end-effectors and inhibited surface conduction  
Improved robotic surgery end-effectors include at least one insulation material for inhibiting surface conduction of electrical current in a proximal direction, from a distal active electrode...
7364579 Fluid-assisted electrosurgical device  
An electrocautery device is disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the electrocautery electrode/tip is provided with a hollow, conductive tube terminating at its distal end in a...
7364578 System and method of performing an electrosurgical procedure  
A system and method of making a lesion on living tissue including providing an electrosurgical system, determining a desired lesion depth, selecting a power setting, and applying electrical energy...
7364546 Multi-functional medical catheter and methods of use  
The present invention provides multi-functional medical catheters, systems and methods for their use. In one particular embodiment, a medical catheter ( 100 ) includes a flexible elongate body (...
7361174 Angle indexer for medical devices  
Apparatus for positioning of a medical device in body tissue includes an angle indexer which mates in at least two positions with an index-key attached to the medical device. The indexer may be...
7357798 Systems and methods for electrosurgical prevention of disc herniations  
The present invention provides systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within a patient's body, particularly including tissue in the spine. The present...
7354440 Electrosurgical instrument and method of use  
Embodiments of the invention provide an electrosurgical jaw structure comprising first and second opposing jaws one or both of which include 3D variable resistance bodies. The jaw structure can be...
7354438 Devices for electrosurgery  
Devices for electrosurgery by means of oxy-hydro combustion. Deleterious effects to tissue are minimized by means of control of acid-base shift reactions, which reactions can further be employed to...
7354437 Electrode device for high frequency thermotherapy  
The object of the present invention is to provide an electrode device for high frequency thermotherapy, including a main casing, an electrode needle, a first engaging part, and a guide unit coupled...
7354436 Systems and methods for performing simultaneous ablation  
A system for treating tissue includes first and second ablation devices each including a plurality of wire electrodes and coupled to a generator in parallel. In one embodiment, the generator...
7347859 Tissue treatment system and method for tissue perfusion using feedback control  
A system, ablation probe, and method is provided for treating tissue, e.g., tissue having tumors. The treatment system is configured to automatically deliver infusaid to tissue when needed and...
7347858 Method and system for treatment of atrial tachyarrhythmias  
A method and system for ablating tissue to provide a desired set of lesions. The system includes an ablation apparatus having an elongated shapeable section carrying a mechanism such as an...
7347857 Ablation catheter having a loop structure for effecting ablation of tissue  
An ablation catheter ( 10 ) includes an elongate carrier ( 12 ). A first loop ( 14.1 ) is arranged at or adjacent a distal end of the carrier ( 12 ). At least one sensing electrode ( 40 ) is...
RE40156 Methods for repairing damaged intervertebral discs  
Apparatus and methods for treating an intervertebral disc by ablation of disc tissue. A method of the invention includes positioning at least one active electrode within the intervertebral disc,...
7346379 Electrophysiology catheter  
An electrophysiology catheter includes a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The tube is preferably comprised of multiple sections of different flexibility, arranged...
7344536 Electrocautery surgical scissors  
Surgical apparatus includes bipolar electrodes and tissue-shearing blades configured to electrically contact tissue for electrocauterization thereof prior to shearing contact of the cutting blades...
7344535 Devices and methods for treatment of luminal tissue  
Devices and methods are provided for treatment of tissue in a body lumen with an electrode deployment device. Embodiments typically include a device with a plurality of electrodes having a...
7344534 Ablation device  
A medical device for performing a therapeutic procedure on a patient. The medical device comprises a probe having an applicator end and at least two injection needles connected to the probe...
7344533 Impedance controlled tissue ablation apparatus and method  
A method and apparatus for carrying our thermal ablation of target tissue is disclosed. The apparatus includes an RF ablation device having a multi-electrode electrode assembly designed to be...
7344532 Electrosurgical generator and system  
In an electrosurgical generator for generating radio frequency power, the generator comprises a radio frequency output stage having three or more output connections, one or more sources of output...
7341586 Thermal coagulation of tissue during tissue resection  
A coagulation system is provided for use in biological tissue. The coagulation system includes a handle, a radiofrequency (RF) generator, and an electrode array. The electrode array includes two or...
7335198 Accurate cutting about and into tissue volumes with electrosurgically deployed electrodes  
Method, system and apparatus for carrying out accurate electrosurgical cutting. A thin resilient electrode is utilized at the forward end region of an instrument which is deployable from a...
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