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7604635 Fluid-assisted medical devices, systems and methods  
Surgical devices, systems and methods for treating tissue. An exemplary surgical device comprises a tip portion including first and second jaws each having a tissue grasping surface, at least one...
7604634 Transmural ablation device  
A method and apparatus for transmural ablation using an instrument containing two electrodes or cryogenic probes. A clamping force is exerted on the two electrodes or probes such that the tissue of...
7597693 Vessel sealer and divider for use with small trocars and cannulas  
A bipolar forceps for sealing and dividing tissue includes a housing having a shaft affixed thereto. The shaft includes first and second jaw members attached to the distal end thereof which are...
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...
7591818 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...
7582087 Vessel sealing instrument  
A bipolar electrosurgical instrument for clamping, grasping, manipulating, and sealing tissue includes first and second shafts each having a jaw member extending from a distal end thereof and a...
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...
7553312 Vessel sealing instrument  
A bipolar electrosurgical instrument for clamping, grasping, manipulating, and sealing tissue includes first and second shafts each having a jaw member extending from a distal end thereof and a...
7553311 Medical instrument for electrosurgery  
A medical instrument for electrosurgery comprises a tubular shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, at least one jaw part arranged at the distal end of the shaft and movable relative to the...
7549988 Hybrid lesion formation apparatus, systems and methods  
A hybrid lesion formation apparatus including a surgical probe component and clamp component that share a common electrical connector.
7543589 Method for ablating cardiac tissue  
A method and apparatus for transmural ablation using an instrument containing two electrodes or cryogenic probes. A clamping force is exerted on the two electrodes or probes such that the tissue of...
7540873 Four function microsurgery instrument  
The present invention is directed to a four function microsurgery instrument performing the functions of aspiration, irrigation, dilation and cauterization. An embodiment of the present invention...
7540872 Articulating bipolar electrosurgical instrument  
A bipolar electrosurgical instrument has a pair of pivotable juxtaposed jaw members and a locking mechanism operatively associated with a second of the jaw members. The locking mechanism has a...
7513898 Vessel sealing instrument  
A bipolar electrosurgical instrument for clamping, grasping, manipulating, and sealing tissue includes first and second shafts each having a jaw member extending from a distal end thereof and a...
7513897 Coagulation tweezers with limiter opening  
Coagulation tweezers ( 1 ) provided with two tweezers legs ( 2 ) and ( 3 ), with their mutual pivoting apart from each other being limited by a stop element ( 6 ) and a counter stop element ( 7 )....
7510556 Vessel sealing instrument  
A bipolar electrosurgical instrument for clamping, grasping, manipulating, and sealing tissue includes first and second shafts each having a jaw member extending from a distal end thereof and a...
7500975 Spring loaded reciprocating tissue cutting mechanism in a forceps-style electrosurgical instrument  
Open electrosurgical forceps for sealing tissue which include a pair of first and second shaft portions each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof. Each of the jaw members includes...
7491202 Electrosurgical forceps with slow closure sealing plates and method of sealing tissue  
An Electrosurgical bipolar forceps for sealing tissue is disclosed which includes at least one shaft member having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof. The jaw members are movable from a...
7491201 Tissue sealer with non-conductive variable stop members and method of sealing tissue  
A bipolar forceps for sealing tissue includes an elongated shaft having opposing jaw members at a distal end thereof, each of the jaw members including an electrically conductive sealing surface....
7491199 Electrosurgical generator and system  
An electrosurgical system includes a generator for generating radio frequency power, and an electrosurgical instrument including at least three electrodes and. The generator includes a radio...
7488319 Resecting device  
A resecting device is disclosed. The resecting device comprises: a handle having a jaw trigger slidably engaged with the handle and mechanically engaged with a spring mechanism communicating a...
7487780 Sub-xyphoid method for ablating cardiac tissue  
A method and apparatus for transmural ablation using an instrument containing two electrodes or cryogenic probes. A clamping force is exerted on the two electrodes or probes such that the tissue of...
7473253 Vessel sealer and divider with non-conductive stop members  
An endoscopic bipolar forceps for sealing and dividing tissue includes an elongated shaft having opposing jaw members at a distal end thereof. The jaw members are movable relative to one another...
7470272 Device and method for ablating tissue  
An electrosurgery medical device is enhanced with unique solution-assistance, and comprises, in combination, co-operating device jaws including jaw portions for manipulating tissue, and a plurality...
7468061 Transmural ablation device with integral EKG sensor  
A method and apparatus for transmural ablation includes using an instrument comprising first and second jaws which each includes an ablation member. A clamping force is exerted on the two ablation...
7445621 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...
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...
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...
7435249 Electrosurgical instruments which reduces collateral damage to adjacent tissue  
An electrode assembly for use in combination with an electrosurgical instrument having opposing end effectors and a handle for effecting movement of the end effectors relative to one another. The...
7431721 Bonding of soft biological tissues by passing high frequency electric current therethrough  
Technique for bonding soft biological tissue having an incision therein with forceps adapted to grip a portion of tissue on both sides of incision. Electrodes are secured to forceps for contracting...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7354439 Treatment tool for endoscope having end effector operating like pincers  
A bipolar high frequency treatment tool includes an inserting portion to be inserted into a human body through an instrument channel of the endoscope. An electrode assembly is attached to the...
7329257 Medical treatment instrument  
According to the present invention, a heat generating element to be current-carried is provided at a grasp portion on the tip side of a treatment portion, the patient's body tissue grasped between...
7329255 System for regulating heating in a tissue sealing and cutting device  
A device for handling tissue; including: a main body; a pair of opposing arms connected to the main body, the opposing arms having working surfaces thereon; a heating element disposed on one of the...
7326209 Bipolar high frequency treatment tool for endoscope  
A bipolar high frequency treatment tool includes a flexible insulating tube to be inserted through an accessory channel of the endoscope. The insulating tube has a pair of guide channels extending...
7306599 Medical instrument and medical instrument system  
A medical instrument includes an elongated insertion section, a pair of holding portions which hold tissue, a heat source portion, and an operation section which relatively opens/closes the holding...
7288092 Method and apparatus for ablating cardiac tissue with guide facility  
A method and apparatus for ablation of cardiac tissue at a selected cardiac location is achieved by providing at least one flexible elongated guide facility having a first end, a second end, and an...
7270664 Vessel sealing instrument with electrical cutting mechanism  
An end effector assembly for use with an instrument for sealing vessels and cutting vessels includes a pair of opposing first and second jaw members which are movable relative to one another from a...
7270660 Apparatus and method for sealing and cutting tissue  
An axial elongate bipolar tissue sealer/cutter and method of use by a surgeon for electrosurgery on tissue. A chassis on a handle extends axially for axial movement. An effector on a distal end of...
7252667 Open vessel sealing instrument with cutting mechanism and distal lockout  
An open electrosurgical forceps for sealing tissue includes a pair of first and second shaft members each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof. The jaw members are movable from a...
7252666 Arterial hole closure apparatus  
A closure device for use following various surgical procedures to close access openings through the tissue wall while permitting post operative flow through the tissue conduit includes a housing...
7241296 Bipolar electrosurgical instrument for sealing vessels  
A bipolar electrosurgical instrument has opposable seal surfaces on its jaws for grasping and sealing vessels and vascular tissue. Inner and outer instrument members allow arcuate motion of the...
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