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7618416 High-frequency knife, endoscopic apparatus, and method of resecting lesioned mucosal part using high-frequency knife  
A high-frequency knife includes a cylindrical body member, electrically conductive axial member, operating section, and electrical insulating member. At least an outer peripheral surface of the...
7611510 APC dual mode LEEP apparatus and method  
A multi-mode LLETZ or LEEP device for performing LLETZ surgery and argon plasma coagulation using a single device is disclosed. The disclosed device has a body with a channel therein and movable...
7611509 Electrosurgical device  
An electrosurgical electrode capable of vaporization, coagulation, desiccation or cutting of tissue is disclosed. The probe has a first portion configured for tissue vaporization, and a second...
7601151 Endoscopic high-frequency treatment tool  
An endoscopic high-frequency treatment tool includes an insulating flexible sheath; a conductive stranded wire made of metal; and a cover sheath which is fitted on a portion of the conductive...
7594916 Electrosurgical forceps with energy based tissue division  
An electrosurgical bipolar forceps for sealing and dividing tissue is disclosed. The forceps includes one or more shaft members having an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end thereof. The...
7591817 Surgical instrument for tissue resection and dissection  
A surgical instrument has a shaft with a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end. The shaft is rotatable about its longitudinal axis by user manipulation of the proximal end. A tissue...
7588570 Medical treatment instrument and medical treatment apparatus including the same  
A central electrode ( 12 a ) and an outer electrode ( 16 a ) are arranged in such a manner that their top end portions are inclined in the same direction with respect to the axial direction of the...
7588568 Atrial ablation catheter and method for treating atrial fibrillation  
A catheter for ablating tissue is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated generally-tubular catheter body having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen extending therethrough. A...
7585298 Endoscopic high-frequency knife  
An endoscopic high-frequency knife includes an insulating flexible sheath, a conductive wire inserted into the insulating flexible sheath, and a high-frequency cutting electrode. The high-frequency...
7578817 Combination argon plasma coagulation and electrocautery device and method  
A combination argon plasma coagulation (APC) and monopolar electrosurgical device and method are shown. An electrosurgical tool such as a spatula, hook, ball, or the like has a neck and a plurality...
7572256 Shaped scalpel  
An electrosurgical tool includes a cutting loop, which can be an RF cutting loop, which is secured to a shaft which rotates about an axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tool.
7572255 Gas-enhanced surgical instrument  
A gas-enhanced electrosurgical instrument includes a hand-held applicator and a portable actuator assembly. The hand-held applicator has a gas delivery member adapted to deliver pressurized...
7569053 Apparatus for retrieving a tissue volume with improved positioning precursor assembly  
Apparatus for retrieving a tissue volume of a variety utilizing an electrosurgically excited cable implemented capture component which performs in combination with an improved precursor assembly....
7563261 Electrosurgical device with floating-potential electrodes  
An electrosurgical instrument, system and methods are provided for the vaporization, cutting, coagulation, or treatment of tissue in the presence of an electrically conductive fluid medium. The...
7553310 Methods and systems for in situ tissue marking and orientation stabilization  
A method of marking an orientation of a cut specimen of tissue prior to excision thereof from a body includes steps of disposing a tissue-marking probe in the body adjacent the cut specimen, the...
7549990 Surgical scissors with argon plasma coagulation capability  
Surgical scissors having argon plasma coagulation capability are shown. The surgical scissors include in their body a channel for receiving a flexible tube having a wire within it. The flexible...
7549989 Electrosurgery devices  
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...
7534242 Tissue separating catheter assembly and method  
A tissue-separating catheter assembly comprises a rotatable shaft, having a distal shaft portion, and a tissue separator device extending along the shaft. The tissue separator device has a distal...
7527625 Transparent electrode for the radiofrequency ablation of tissue  
A novel transparent electrode that uses a conductive coating to allow delivery of current to the heart as well as outward imaging through the electrode is described. The embodiments disclose a...
7517348 Devices and methods for performing procedures on a breast  
A guide element is used to guide a cutting device when removing breast tissue. The cutting device may have a tissue collection element for collecting tissue. The tissue collection element may be...
7517347 Electrosurgical instrument for an endoscope or a catheter  
The invention relates to an electrosurgical instrument ( 5 ) for an endoscope or a catheter, which can be operated by means of a high-frequency current, contact electrosurgical treatment and...
7507232 Flexible electrosurgical electrode with manipulator  
An electrosurgical instrument that is configured for use in MIS electrosurgical procedures, comprises a handpiece with a separable electrosurgical electrode in the form of a micro-fiber, comprising...
7503917 Electrosurgical pencil with improved controls  
An electrosurgical pencil is provided and includes an elongated housing having an electrocautery blade supported therein and extending distally from the housing. The electrocautery blade is...
7500974 Electrode with rotatably deployable sheath  
A sheath system for selectively covering a distal end of an electrocautery blade is provided. The sheath system includes a hub having a body portion defining a lumen therethrough and a sheath...
7494473 Electrical apparatus and system with improved tissue capture component  
Electrosurgical tissue specimen recovery apparatus and system employing a multi-leaf capture component configured with pursing cables which are electrosurgically excited to define a cutting leading...
7481807 Radiofrequency arthroscopic ablation device  
A surgical device includes an elongated shaft having first and second electrically isolated electrodes coupled to the shaft such that an exposed portion of the second electrode is disposed around...
7452327 Through the scope tension member release clip  
A hemostatic clip assembly for mounting on a delivery device comprises a capsule and a clip slidably mounted within the capsule so that, when the clip is drawn proximally into the capsule, arms of...
7449022 Shapeable electrosurgical scalpel  
The invention is directed to an electrosurgical device having a shapeable elongate cutting electrode having a free distal end with an exposed length of at least 0.5 inch and secured by its proximal...
7445619 Devices for electrosurgery  
Devices for electrosurgery by means of oxy-hydro combustion and methods for use of such devices in electrosurgical procedures. Provided are devices for combustion of oxygen and hydrogen, or other...
7442192 Method and apparatus for surgical dissection  
An apparatus for dissecting tissue in a substantially uniform plane of dissection includes a housing configured to be advanced under a tissue layer, and control one of a depth of dissection or...
7442191 Systems and methods for electrosurgical treatment of turbinates  
The present invention provides systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within the head and neck of a patient's body, particularly including tissue in the...
7427282 High-frequency cutting instrument for endoscope  
A high-frequency cutting instrument for an endoscope is provided. The instrument is provided with a flexible sheath formed of insulating material, a high-frequency electrode placed to be exposed on...
7422590 Surgical instrument  
In order to improve a surgical instrument having at least one tool comprising a carrier and at least one functional component adhesively bonded to the carrier, in such a way that the carrier can be...
7422588 Pen-type electrosurgical instrument  
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...
7419490 Bipolar electrosurgical scissors  
Bipolar electrosurgical scissors for treating biological tissue include first and second scissor blades. A shearing surface and cutting edge of each blade is electrically neutral. The scissors...
7402162 High frequency treatment instrument for endoscope  
A high frequency treatment instrument for an endoscope is provided. The high frequency treatment instrument is provided with an insulative flexible sheath, an operation wire inserted in the...
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...
7396356 Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device  
A medical device for simultaneously cutting tissue with a heating element, cauterizing the tissue with sealing elements, and stapling the tissue together. The heating elements comprise bipolar RF...
7393354 Electrosurgical pencil with drag sensing capability  
An electrosurgical pencil ( 100 ) configured and adapted to support an electrocautery blade ( 116 ). A strain gauge ( 130 ) is affixed to the proximal, end of the electrocautery blade and measures...
7390326 Anti-microbial electrosurgical electrode and method of manufacturing same  
An electrosurgical device including a reinforcing underlayment having a non-stick, anti-microbial coating. In one embodiment, the coating includes a non-stick material having anti-microbial...
7387631 Electro-cautery catheter  
An integrated catheter assembly for enabling diverse endoscopic in situ therapies. The assembly includes a catheter with an irrigation fluid lumen, a distal electrode tip portion that acts as a...
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...
7377902 Biopsy anchor device with cutter  
A device for accessing and for isolating a desired site within a patient's body, and for obtaining a body of tissue from a patient at the site that includes an electrosurgical cutting electrode...
7371236 Diathermic cutter  
There is disclosed a diathermic cutter including a cylindrical main body member having a central axis, an axially elongated member including a tip end portion movable so as to change a projected...
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...
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...
7357802 Electrosurgical system with uniformly enhanced electric field and minimal collateral damage  
The present invention is directed towards an electrosurgical cutting system. The system comprises an electrically conductive blade, having first and second blade surfaces. First and second...
7357801 Tissue specimen isolating and damaging device and method  
A device and method for treatment of a tissue specimen disposed in surrounding tissue has a tissue specimen isolating tool and a tissue specimen damager. The tissue specimen isolating tool isolates...
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...