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7621909 Electrosurgical pencil with drag sensing capability  
An electrosurgical pencil configured and adapted to support an electrocautery blade. A strain gauge is affixed to the proximal end of the electrocautery blade and measures the displacement 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...
7608072 Surgical methods and apparatus for maintaining contact between tissue and electrophysiology elements and confirming whether a therapeutic lesion has been formed  
Surgical systems, devices and methods including one or more tissue stimulation elements that, in some instances, may also be used for sensing purposes. Some of the surgical devices also include a...
7601150 Method and apparatus for plasma surgery  
An apparatus for argon-plasma coagulation (APC) is disclosed, in which after activation of the apparatus for APC a specified amount of noble gas flows out of the APC instrument before the...
7594914 Incision and closure surgical device  
Incision and closure surgical device designed to assist in operative surgery as a means of effecting and repairing skin wounds. A slide fastener is fitted to a self-adhesive sheet that is attached...
7585295 Thermal airflow tool and system  
A combination pressurized airflow and thermal cutting tool constructed as a dual-use thermal airflow tool for directed heating and drying of a specific area in surgical procedures, such as, by way...
7582085 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...
7582084 Systems and methods for controlling power in an electrosurgical probe  
Systems and methods for controlling the power supplied to an electrosurgical probe. The systems and methods may be used to monitor electrode-tissue contact, adjust power in response to a loss of...
7578818 Articulating ionizable gas coagulator  
An electrosurgical apparatus for coagulating tissue includes an elongated flexible tube having a proximal end, a distal end and a source for supplying pressurized ionizable gas to the proximal end...
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...
7572257 Vacuum coagulation and dissection probes  
A surgical device integrating a suction mechanism with a coagulation mechanism is provided for improving lesion creation capabilities. The device comprises an elongate member having an insulative...
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...
7566334 Ablation device with jaws  
System, device and method for ablating target tissue adjacent pulmonary veins of a patient through an incision. An ablation device can include a hinge including a cam assembly, a moving arm, a...
7566333 Electrosurgical device with floating-potential electrode and methods of using the same  
The present invention relates to electrosurgical probes suitable for tissue vaporization and cutting of tissue structures, more particularly for performing electrosurgical cutting, ablation...
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...
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...
7544195 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...
7537594 Suction coagulator with dissecting probe  
An electrosurgical suction coagulator includes a handle having an elongated tube electrode or conductive suction tube extending from a distal end of the handle. The elongated suction tube includes...
7534243 Dissection and welding of tissue  
A tissue dissector and method for welding and severing blood vessels includes advancing the tip of a tissue-dissecting surgical instrument through tissue, with a tissue welder substantially...
7517349 Electrosurgical instrument and method  
An electrosurgical instrument and method for treating varicose veins. In one embodiment, an elongate catheter has a distal working end that carries an electrosurgical energy delivery surface...
7507239 Surgical instruments and techniques for treating gastro-esophageal reflux disease  
An apparatus to treat tissue in a selected wall region of an esophagus is provided. In one embodiment the apparatus includes an elongate member having a circumference and is sized to be deployed in...
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...
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...
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...
7480533 Ablation treatment of bone metastases  
Ablative treatment of metastatic bone tumors and relief of pain associated with metastatic bone tumors is achieved by heat ablation of the bone tumor or tissue near the bone tumor by an ablation...
7474909 Apparatus for mapping and coagulating soft tissue in or around body orifices  
A probe that may be used to create circumferential lesions in body tissue and, in some implementations, may also be used to perform mapping functions. The probe includes a collapsible/expandable...
7473252 Systems and methods for shrinking and/or securing cardiovascular tissue  
Systems and methods for treating cardiac tissue are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention is directed to treating cardiac tissue that includes a primum, a secundum...
7467075 Three-dimensional finite-element code for electrosurgery and thermal ablation simulations  
A system and method for performing a simulation of an electrosurgical procedure are disclosed. The method includes the steps of generating a three-dimensional medium, which includes one or more...
7458974 Apparatus and method for electrically induced thrombosis  
An apparatus and method for electrically induced thrombosis. The surgical device includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is for placement adjacent to, near, or within...
7449021 Systems and methods for electrosurgical tissue contraction within the spine  
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...
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...
7442193 Electrically conductive/insulative over-shoe for tissue fusion  
An over shoe for use with electrosurgical instruments having a pair of juxtaposed jaw members pivotably associated with one another, at least one of which includes an electrically conductive...
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...
7438714 Vacuum-based catheter stabilizer  
A medical probe for use with tissue includes an elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end, an operative element carried at the distal end of the elongate member, and a stabilizer...
7435250 Method and apparatus for tissue 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...
7422591 Apparatus for converting a clamp into an electrophysiology device  
An apparatus for use with a clamp including a base member configured to be secured to the clamp and at least one energy transmission device carried by the base member. An apparatus for use with a...
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...
7419489 Ablation catheter assembly having a virtual electrode comprising portholes  
An ablation catheter having a catheter shaft and a virtual electrode, the virtual electrode comprising portholes through an outer peripheral wall of the catheter shaft and a metal electrode, the...
7419488 Electrosurgical probe with movable return electrode and methods related thereto  
The present invention provides systems, apparatus, and methods for dissecting, resecting, severing, cutting, contracting, coagulating, or otherwise modifying a tissue or organ of a patient. An...
7410487 Vacuum coagulation probe for atrial fibrillation treatment  
An embodiment of the invention includes a surgical device for coagulating soft tissue such as atrial tissue in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and atrial tachycardia. The...
7406970 Method of using expandable vein ligator catheter having multiple electrode leads  
A catheter includes a plurality of primary leads to deliver energy for ligating a hollow anatomical structure. Each of the primary leads includes an electrode located at the working end of 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...
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...
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...
7361175 Plasma surgical device  
A plasma surgical device for reducing bleeding in live tissue by means of a gas plasma. The device comprises a plasma-generating system having an anode ( 1 ), a cathode ( 8 ) and a gas supply...
7361172 Ultrasonic device and method for tissue coagulation  
An ultrasonic surgical device for the coagulation of animal tissue having an ultrasonic applicator and a movable jaw with a jaw surface adjacent the distal portion of the ultrasonic applicator for...
7357799 Thermal coagulation using hyperconductive fluids  
This invention relates to the use of hyperconductive fluids to coagulate tissue within the intervertebral disc.