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7093601 |
Therapeutic prostatic thermotherapy
The present invention provides a method of treating a prostate in a patient in need thereof and a heating catheter, or an electromagnetic radiation applicator, system suitable for effecting the...
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7090672 |
Method for treating obstructive sleep disorder includes removing tissue from the base of tongue
A method for treating obstructive sleep disorders includes accessing the interior of the tongue through an incision made in the skin in the vicinity of the jaw of a patient; advancing an instrument...
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7089063 |
Deflectable tip catheter with guidewire tracking mechanism
A deflectable tip catheter that is used in combination with a guidewire for delivery of an ablation element to target areas of a patient's vasculature. The deflectable tip catheter has a handle...
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7074217 |
Radio-frequency generator for powering an ablation device
An apparatus and method for use in performing ablation of organs and other tissues includes a radio frequency generator which provides a radio frequency signal to ablation electrodes. The power...
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7070595 |
Radio-frequency based catheter system and method for ablating biological tissues
A method for biological tissue ablation includes shaping a shapeable RF antenna to accommodate the contour of a body vessel adjacent a biological tissue load; generating a train of radio frequency...
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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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7063682 |
Catheter distal assembly with pull wires
A catheter assembly having a sheath, which includes a side wall enclosing an interior bore, and a distal region. The assembly also has a bendable catheter tube, which is carried for sliding...
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7048733 |
Surgical perforation device with curve
A device for creating a surgical perforation with a functional distal tip for creating a controlled perforation. The functional tip may comprise at least one active electrode for creating the...
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7044949 |
Smart recognition apparatus and method
A qualifying connection for an instrument attaches to a source of electrosurgery energy and to the instrument and has first and second parts coupled to the instrument and the source, respectively....
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7041098 |
Expandable vein ligator catheter and method of use
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...
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7033352 |
Flexible ablation instrument
A flexible microwave antenna assembly for a surgical ablation instrument capable of conforming to a tissue surface for ablation thereof. The ablation instrument includes a transmission line having...
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7025767 |
Tumor ablation needle with independently activated and independently traversing tines
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for utilizing energy, such as radio frequency (RF) energy, to treat defined areas of tissue and more particularly to ablate tumors with RF...
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7022121 |
Handpiece for treatment of tissue
A handpiece has a handpiece assembly and includes a handpiece housing. An insert is detachably coupled to the handpiece housing. The insert includes an RF electrode with a conductive portion and a...
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7008421 |
Apparatus and method for tissue resection
A tissue ablation system is described that generates a uniform avascular plane of coagulated tissue to aid in the bloodless or near-bloodless resection of various biological tissues from a variety...
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7008420 |
High frequency surgical instrument
The high frequency surgical instrument includes the electrical connection portion configured to detachably connect the connection cord designed for an external high frequency power source, to the...
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7004941 |
Systems and methods for electrosurigical treatment of obstructive sleep disorders
Systems, apparatus, and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within the head or neck of a patient for treating obstructive sleep disorders. A method of the...
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7004965 |
Implant and delivery tool therefor
An implant system including a transurethral prostatic implant positioned in a prostate and including a lumen with an inner perimeter that surrounds an outer perimeter of a urethra at the prostate....
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7006874 |
Treatment apparatus with electromagnetic energy delivery device and non-volatile memory
An apparatus for cooling a skin surface includes a support structure coupled to an electromagnetic energy delivery device. The electromagnetic energy delivery device is configured to be coupled to...
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7004942 |
Ribbed electrodes and methods for their use
The invention provides improved devices, methods, and systems for shrinking of collagenous tissues, particularly for treating urinary incontinence in a noninvasive manner by directing energy to a...
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7001415 |
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...
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6994706 |
Apparatus and method for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
An apparatus and a method for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia are disclosed. The apparatus includes an applicator piece carrying a set of electrodes shaped and positioned to create a...
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6979330 |
System for indirectly ablating tissue using implanted electrode devices
Systems and methods are provided for ablating tissue by implanting a plurality of electrode devices within the tissue to be treated and exposing the implanted electrode devices with RF energy...
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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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6980862 |
Apparatus and method for treatment of an intervertebral disc
A system and method for approaching the intervertebral disc through a percutaneous insertion from the back of a patient for thermal or electromagnetic treatment of an intervertebral disc, includes...
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6976492 |
Noninvasive devices, methods, and systems for shrinking of tissues
The invention provides improved devices, methods, and systems for shrinking of collagenated tissues, particularly for treating urinary incontinence in a noninvasive manner by directing energy to a...
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6974455 |
Auto advancing radio frequency array
A system for ablating lesions in the interior regions of the human body including a RF catheter and a control system adapted to facilitate the automatic step deployment of an array-type energy...
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6974454 |
Transmural ablation device with thermocouple for measuring tissue temperature
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...
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6972014 |
Open system heat exchange catheters and methods of use
Various embodiments of open system heat exchange catheters and methods of use are disclosed. The various catheters can be used with various ablative surgical devices. One specific exemplary use is...
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6969388 |
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...
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6962588 |
Percutaneous pringle occlusion method and device
Methods and devices for occluding a vessel during a percutaneous ablation procedure. An elongated access device having a lumen and a tissue piercing, open distal end in communication with the lumen...
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6962586 |
Microwave ablation instrument with insertion probe
A microwave ablation assembly and method including a relatively thin, elongated probe ( 21 ) having a proximal access end ( 22 ) and an opposite distal penetration end ( 23 ) adapted to penetrate...
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6958075 |
Device and method for treatment of tissue adjacent a bodily conduit by thermocompression
A method and apparatus of treating tissue adjacent to a bodily conduit using thermotherapy, while preventing obstructions of the bodily conduit due to edema employs the circulation of warmed fluid...
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6955675 |
Ablation catheter with transducer for providing one or more of pressure, temperature and fluid flow data for use in controlling ablation therapy
A distal segment of a catheter shaft is adapted to be positioned against tissue in a biological organ. The distal segment has a tissue-contacting area intended to contact the tissue. One or more...
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6957108 |
Invasive microwave antenna array for hyperthermia and brachytherapy
A microwave hyperthermia apparatus that can be inserted into the body which includes a hollow central tube for the insertion of radioactive therapy sources. The use of a coaxial transmission line...
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6944504 |
Microwave medical treatment apparatus and method
Methods, simulations, and apparatus are provided that may be utilized for medical treatments which are especially suitable for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). In a preferred...
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6939344 |
Method for controlling skin temperature during thermal treatment
A system and method for treating skin. The system comprises a source of radiation for irradiating the skin and a pair of electrodes for applying a voltage to the skin. An electrical meter measures...
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6932814 |
Radiofrequency probes for tissue treatment and methods of use
A device and method for radiofrequency treatment of tissue is disclosed. The device includes an introducer, a plurality of RF electrodes positionable in a nondeployed state within the introducer,...
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6923807 |
Helical device and method for aiding the ablation and assessment of tissue
A helical needle is attached to a surgical probe to aid in the insertion of the probe into a tissue mass. The tip of the helical needle penetrates the tissue mass in advance of the tip of 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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6908464 |
Loop structures for supporting diagnostic and therapeutic elements in contact with body tissue and expandable push devices for use with same
An apparatus that facilitates the creation of circumferential lesions in body tissue. The apparatus includes a first probe having a loop structure that supports electrodes or other operative...
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6905496 |
RF electrosurgery cryogenic system
An electrosurgical system that is capable of performing an electrosurgical procedure while cooling the surgical site before, during or after the surgical procedure. To a handpiece or to an...
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6905498 |
Transmural ablation device with EKG sensor and pacing electrode
An apparatus for transmural ablation using an instrument containing two electrodes. The electrodes extend along the surfaces of mating jaw members which are moveable between open and clamped...
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6904323 |
Non-invasive apparatus and method for providing RF energy-induced localized hyperthermia
An apparatus for providing hyperthermia treatment for enhancing cancer therapy includes an applicator body and a plurality of antennas operatively associated with the applicator body. The...
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6899710 |
Combination ablation and visualization apparatus for ablating cardiac tissue
Combination ablation and visualization apparatus for ablating cardiac tissue which comprises an elongated body including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. First and second...
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6893436 |
Ablation instrument having a flexible distal portion
An ablation instrument having a flexible portion at or near the distal portion of the instrument, is provided. The instrument includes an elongated tubular member having a steerable distal end...
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6887237 |
Method for treating tissue with a wet electrode and apparatus for using same
A method for treating tissue of a mammalian body in which the conductivity of the tissue is characterized. The amount of a conductive liquid to supply to the tissue is determined as a function of...
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6889090 |
System and method for skin treatment using electrical current
A system and method for selective thermal treatment of skin irregularities. The system comprises one or more RF electrodes that are adapted to apply RF energy to the skin. An RF pulse generator...
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6881213 |
Device and method to expand treatment array
A medical device is provided and includes an elongated tube that has a longitudinal axis and an expandable member attached to the tube. The expandable member is expandable from a collapsed...
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6882885 |
Heating method for tissue contraction
Systems and methods are disclosed for therapeutically heating a target zone of a collagenous support tissue within a patient body. In exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides...
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6878155 |
Method of treating intervertebral disc tissue employing attachment mechanism
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for accessing the interior of an intervertebral disc to perform a function within the disc. One such apparatus comprises a catheter having a lumen; and a guide...
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