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7147633 |
Method and apparatus for treatment of atrial fibrillation
Methods and apparatus of embodiments of the invention are adapted to treat tissue inside a patient's body. Aspects of the invention can be used in a wide variety of applications, but certain...
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7144395 |
Bipolar tubular shaft instrument
A bipolar tubular shaft instrument ( 1 ) has instrument legs ( 3 ) and ( 4 ), for the operation of which a pull- and/or push rod ( 6 ) is axially displaceable within a tube ( 7 ). These two parts...
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7142928 |
Field stimulation about a discontinuity of the myocardium to capture the heart at reduced pacing thresholds
Improved pacing thresholds for capturing the heart are achieved by forming a discontinuity in the cardiac tissue of the heart chamber, disposing a pacing electrode at a distance exceeding a space...
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7137982 |
RF intervertebral electrosurgical probe
An electrosurgical instrument for spinal procedures comprises a generally scoop-shaped cup whose periphery is electrically active and is capable of applying RF electrosurgical currents to spinal...
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7135018 |
Electrosurgical instrument and method for transecting an organ
An electrosurgical instrument and method is provided for transecting an organ. The electrosurgical instrument includes an introducer having a channel therein, and a conductive wire positioned in...
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7128742 |
Electric operation apparatus and control method thereof
An electric operation apparatus includes a high-frequency generating device which generates high-frequency current for treating the body anatomy, an active electrode which supplies to the body...
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7118570 |
Vessel sealing forceps with disposable electrodes
A removable electrode assembly for use in combination with a forcep having opposing end effectors and a handle for effecting movement of the end effectors relative to one another. The electrode...
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7118569 |
Bipolar resectoscope electrode
An electrode assembly is provided having an active power element and a current return element extending through a flexible multilumen tube to be electrically insulated from each other. The active...
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7115123 |
Handpiece with electrode and non-volatile memory
An apparatus for cooling a skin surface includes an RF device that has an RF electrode with dielectric and conductive portions. The RF device is configured to be coupled to an RF energy source. A...
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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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7112199 |
Multifunctional telescopic monopolar/bipolar surgical device and method therefore
A multifunctional telescopic monopolar/bipolar electrosurgery pencil is disclosed for use with an electrosurgery unit (ESU). The monopolar/bipolar electrosurgery pencil includes a bipolar electrode...
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7104989 |
RF ablation catheter including a virtual electrode assembly
A virtual ablation electrode assembly includes a non-conductive outer cap fitted over an inner electrode to form a fluid chamber between a cap inner surface and an exterior surface of the...
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7074219 |
Electrosurgery with cooled electrodes
A cooled electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical device having at least one electrode for applying electrical energy to tissue. In one embodiment, the electrode includes an internal...
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7066936 |
Surgical cutting and tissue vaporizing instrument
A surgical cutting and tissue vaporizing instrument, also referred to as an electrosurgical instrument, is in the form of a scalpel or scissors. The scalpel has a handle portion and a blade portion...
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7066935 |
Ion eluting tuna device
Delivery elements, including needle electrodes and sheaths of tissue ablation devices, containing a conductivity-enhancing agent are discussed. The delivery elements contain a body member and...
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7063697 |
Bipolar endoscopic surgical scissor blades and instrument incorporating the same
Endoscopic bipolar scissor blades are formed in a laminate assembly of an electrically conductive electrode, an electrically insulating material, and a metal shearing surface which is electrically...
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7052494 |
Surgical system and method
A surgical instrument comprises at least two elongate hollow tubes ( 14, 15 ), each having an aperture ( 18 ) at the distal end portion. The inner tube ( 14 ) is disposed within the other tube ( 15...
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7048734 |
Systems and methods for electronically altering the energy emitting characteristics of an electrode array to create different lesion patterns in body tissue
Systems and methods employ a guide element that carries a region of energy emitting material. The systems and methods electronically couple the region to a source of energy that, when emitted by...
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7033357 |
Apparatus and method for minimally invasive surgery using rotational cutting tool
An apparatus and method for minimally invasive surgery using a cutting tool with rotational cutting edges. The surgical instrument includes a tube having a distal end and a cutting edge at the...
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7033356 |
Bipolar electrosurgical instrument for cutting desiccating and sealing tissue
Electrosurgical forceps are described that have jaws capable of being closed relative to one another, the jaws each supporting electrode structures especially shaped to enhance the ability of the...
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6997941 |
Method and apparatus for treating annular fissures in intervertebral discs
A device is described that may be positioned at a location in an intervertebral disc for diagnosis or treatment of the disc. Treatment may include, for example, applying energy or removing...
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6986767 |
Multi-function surgical instrument
A multi-function surgical instrument is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the surgical instrument includes a catheter, a bipolar hemostat assembly, an attachment...
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6979328 |
Minimally invasive glaucoma surgical instrument and method
A surgical instrument and methods for the treatment of glaucoma are provided. The instrument uses either cauterization, a laser to ablate, sonic or ultrasonic energy to emulsify, or mechanical...
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6974453 |
Dual mode electrosurgical clamping probe and related methods
The present invention provides systems, apparatus and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to body tissue in order to ablate, contract, coagulate, or otherwise modify a target tissue...
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6960205 |
Suction stabilized epicardial ablation devices
A suction assisted ablation device having a support surface, suction elements disposed adjacent the support surface, at least one electrode and at least one suction conduit is provided. The device...
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6960204 |
Electrosurgical method using laterally arranged active electrode
An electrosurgical probe comprises a shaft having an electrode array ( 12 ) at its distal end and a connector at its proximal end. The array ( 12 ) includes a plurality of isolated electrode...
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6929643 |
Resectoscope apparatus and electric operation apparatus
A treatment electrode of a resectoscope apparatus is substantially semicircular-shaped. A length a of a first segment and a length b of a second segment satisfy a relationship of (a>2·b). The...
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6923805 |
Electrophysiology energy treatment devices and methods of use
Apparatus and methods are provided for ablating body tissue using radio frequency (RF) energy. A catheter having a lumen for delivering fluid can be inserted into a patient's body. A porous member,...
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6918909 |
Resectoscope apparatus
A resectoscope apparatus includes a high-frequency generating device which generates high-frequency current, a hollow sheath which can be inserted in the celom, a scope which is arranged in the...
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6916318 |
Variable length electrodes for delivery of irrigated ablation
A device for ablating tissue is provided. The device comprises a conductive element with a channel for irrigating fluid formed therein, which is in contact with a non-conductive microporous...
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6915806 |
Method for harvesting graft vessel
The present invention provides systems, apparatus and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to body tissue in order to incise, dissect, harvest or transect tissues or an organ of a...
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6913579 |
Electrosurgical working end and method for obtaining tissue samples for biopsy
An electrosurgical working end and method for obtaining a tissue sample for biopsy purposes, for example, from a patient's lung or a liver. The working end provides curved jaw members that are...
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6911026 |
Magnetically guided atherectomy
Atherectomy devices are guided by and manipulated by externally applied magnetic fields to treat total or partial occlusions of a patient's vasculature.
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6896674 |
Electrosurgical apparatus having digestion electrode and methods related thereto
Methods and apparatus for resecting and ablating tissue at a target site of a patient, the apparatus including a probe having an elongate shaft. The shaft includes a shaft distal end portion and a...
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6858027 |
Vein stripping instrument
A vein stripper, includes a probe, and a coagulation and cutting instrument, which has an electrode assembly and a first end face formed with an opening for passage of the probe. The electrode...
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6855143 |
Electrosurgical systems and methods for recanalization of occluded body lumens
The present invention comprises electrosurgical apparatus and methods for maintaining patency in body passages subject to occlusion by invasive tissue growth. The apparatus includes an electrode...
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6840948 |
Device for removal of tissue lesions
An excisional biopsy device and method are disclosed. The device can include a probe housing having a rotatable RF loop cutter mounted at the distal end of the probe, and the RF loop cutter can...
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6837887 |
Articulated electrosurgical probe and methods
Systems, apparatus and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to body tissue in order to ablate, contract, coagulate, or otherwise modify a target tissue or organ of a patient. An...
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6808525 |
Bipolar electrosurgical hook probe for cutting and coagulating tissue
A bipolar electrosurgical hook probe includes an end effector that includes first and second electrodes placed in parallel, closely-spaced relationship, each being of a relatively large surface...
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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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6770071 |
Bladed electrosurgical probe
The present invention provides systems, apparatus and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to body tissue in order to, ablate, contract, coagulate, or otherwise modify a tissue or...
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6758846 |
Electrosurgical instrument and an electrosurgery system including such an instrument
In an electrosurgical system which is operable within the frequency range of from 100kHz to 50MHz and which has a handheld instrument with an elongate instrument shaft, the distal end of the shaft...
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6752806 |
Unrollable tip for a 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...
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6749604 |
Electrosurgical instrument with axially-spaced electrodes
A bi-polar electrocautery needle comprising an inner electrode on outer electrode and recoverable insulating-locking member for insulting the electrode from one another and locking them into...
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6736813 |
High-frequency treatment tool
The present invention provides a bipolar high-frequency treatment tool for coagulating and incising the vital tissue, comprising a pair of jaws provided at a distal end portion of an elongated...
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6733501 |
Medical device having a cooled end effector
An electrosurgical device has an electrode and a heat pipe to conduct heat from the electrodes where substantially all heat conducted from the electrode through the heat pipe is dissipated along...
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6702812 |
Multifunctional telescopic monopolar/bipolar surgical device and method therefor
A multifunctional telescopic monopolar/bipolar electrosurgery pencil is disclosed for use with an electrosurgery unit (ESU). The monopolar/bipolar electrosurgery pencil includes a bipolar electrode...
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6699244 |
Electrosurgical instrument having a chamber to volatize a liquid
An electrosurgical instrument is provided which includes a holding formation, a probe shaft, an electric conductor, and a probe tip. The probe shaft is secured to the holding formation and has an...
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6695840 |
Electrosurgical instrument with a longitudinal element for conducting RF energy and moving a cutting element
A bipolar electrosurgical instrument useful in harvesting blood vessels such as veins and arteries. The instrument has a pair of jaws and a central cutting element displaceable distally and...
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6695839 |
Method and apparatus for treatment of disrupted articular cartilage
An apparatus for treating disrupted articular cartilage comprising an elongate probe member having proximal and distal extremities and a handle coupled to the proximal extremity of the elongate...
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