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6692519 |
Use of endovascular hypothermia in organ and/or tissue transplantations
Methods for (a) preventing hypoxic damage to a potentially transplantable organ or tissue prior to explanation of that organ or tissue from the body of a mammalian transplant donor and (b)...
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6679907 |
Method and device for applications of selective organ cooling
The invention provides a method and device for heating or cooling a surrounding fluid in a feeding vessel. The device includes a catheter assembly capable of insertion to a selected feeding vessel...
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6679879 |
Electrical discharge catheter system for extracting emboli in endovascular interventions
A catheter system for removing occlusive materials from a targeted endoluminal site, such as a vascular graft. The catheter system utilizes an electrical source and a controller to deliver...
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6679906 |
Catheter system with on-board temperature probe
A catheter system for controlling the body temperature of a patient by modifying the temperature of blood flowing within a blood vessel of the patient. The catheter system comprises a catheter body...
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6659106 |
System 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...
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6656209 |
Catheter system for controlling a patient's body temperature by in situ blood temperature modification
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling the internal body temperature of a patient. According to the present invention, a catheter is inserted through an incision into...
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6652566 |
Neurosurgical device for thermal therapy including spiral element
A device for thermally affecting tissue having a thermally transmissive contact member being in thermal communication with a thermal member and a surface area expansion element configured for...
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6652565 |
Central venous catheter with heat exchange properties
An introducer sheath for a central venous catheter includes a sheath body and a temperature sensor mounted distally on the body. Either the catheter or sheath has a heat exchange region through...
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6645234 |
Cardiovascular guiding catheter with heat exchange properties and methods of use
An intravenous cardiovascular guiding catheter system (apparatus and method) for controlling patient temperature includes a generally tubular elongate body having a guide lumen with a guide duct...
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6645233 |
Drainage tube with heat transfer function and methods of use
A drainage tube for controlling a patient's temperature and draining fluids from a patient's chest or other body cavity includes a generally tubular elongate body having one or more drainage lumens...
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6641602 |
Method and device including a colo-rectal heat exchanger
A method of regulating the temperature of a patient by inserting a heat exchange catheter into a colon of a patient. The heat exchange catheter is inflated with a heat exchange fluid from a...
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6641603 |
Heat exchange catheter having helically wound reinforcement
A intravascular heat exchange catheter includes a catheter body having a proximal end connectable with a heat exchange fluid source and a distal end insertable into the vasculature of a patient to...
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6640138 |
Apparatus and method for heat treatment of tissue
An energy radiation applicator apparatus for hyperthermic treatment of targeted tissue in a patient is provided. The apparatus comprises a catheter for insertion into the patient, and an applicator...
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6632220 |
Systems for electrosurgical tissue treatment in conductive fluid
An electrosurgical probe ( 10 ) comprises a shaft ( 13 ) having an electrode array ( 58 ) at-its distal end and a connector ( 19 ) at its proximal end for coupling the electrode array to a high...
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6623453 |
Chemo-thermo applicator for cancer treatment
A chemo-thermo applicator insertable into a tubular membrane in the body of an individual to occupy a site therein in which the surface of the membrane is disrupted by cancerous lesions. The...
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6623515 |
Straight needle apparatus for creating a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue
A surgical apparatus for delivering a conductive fluid to a target site for ablating bodily tissue. The apparatus includes a tube fluidly connected to a source of conductive fluid. The tube defines...
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6620155 |
System 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...
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6605106 |
Intravascular systems for corporeal cooling
A catheter for intravascular corporeal cooling comprises an elongated tubular member having at least one lumen extending therethrough for providing cooled blood, an inflatable annular balloon...
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6605087 |
Ablation catheter
An ablation catheter is disclosed having proximal and distal ends and an external surface, a lumen contained within the catheter body, a plurality of openings in the surface of the catheter,...
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6602243 |
Foley catheter having redundant temperature sensors and method
A Foley catheter has redundant temperature sensors to enable use of the Foley catheter with a patient heating system, such as one relying on a vascular heat exchange catheter. The temperature...
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6599312 |
Isolated selective organ cooling apparatus
A selective organ cooling device with a separate warming device for preventing secondary cooling which can result from cooling the selected organ. The cooling device applies cooling to the blood...
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6595990 |
Systems and methods for electrosurgical tissue revascularization
Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for canalizing or boring channels, divots, trenches or holes through tissue to revascularize the region around this tissue. In one method, an electrode...
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6592612 |
Method and apparatus for providing heat exchange within a catheter body
The present invention relates to catheters for selectively cooling or warming tissue within a patient's vasculature. The present invention utilizes novel heat exchanging devices, which reside...
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6589271 |
Indwelling heat exchange catheter
Catheters adapted to exchange heat with a body fluid flowing through a body conduit employ helical elongate lumens for heat transfer with the body fluid. The helical elongate lumen of a catheter...
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6589237 |
Electrosurgical apparatus and methods for treating tissue
Electrosurgical methods and apparatus for removing tissue from a target site of a patient. An electrosurgical suction apparatus includes an aspiration channel in communication with a distal...
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6589234 |
Cryogenic medical device with high pressure resistance tip
The present invention provides a medical device to cold treat desired regions. An injection tube with an open distal end is disposed inside of a catheter tube, defining a return lumen therein. A...
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6585752 |
Fever regulation method and apparatus
A device and method for providing body cooling for treating fever. The cooling device applies cooling to blood flowing in a vein or artery, e.g., the vena cavae, that is then distributed throughout...
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6582423 |
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 and methods of the...
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6584361 |
Method and device for heat treatment of body tissue
A device for heat treatment of prostate, comprising a treatment catheter with a fluid reservoir and heating means which is arranged within the treatment catheter and emits electromagnetic radiation...
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6575968 |
Electrosurgical system for treating the spine
An electrosurgical ablation probe is provided having a shaft with a proximal end portion and a tongue-shaped distal end portion sized to fit within confined (e.g., narrow) spaces within the...
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6576001 |
Lumen design for catheter
The invention provides a device for heating or cooling a surrounding fluid in a feeding vessel and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes a catheter assembly capable of insertion...
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6572640 |
Method and apparatus for cardiopulmonary bypass patient temperature control
A cardiopulmonary bypass patient is precooled using an indwelling catheter. Cardiopulmonary bypass is initiated when a target temperature or range are achieved, as determined by automatic...
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6565558 |
High-frequency device for generating a plasma arc for the treatment of biological tissue
High-frequency device to generate a plasma arc ( 5 ) for the treatment of biological tissue ( 1 ), in particular in medicine, with a high-frequency generator ( 3 ) having an internal resistor ( 8 )...
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6565521 |
System and method of vessel removal
A method and system for removing body vessels from a patient is provided. An embodiment of the method includes a method for harvesting a vessel for subsequent use in a grafting procedure, such as,...
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6557559 |
Electrosurgical systems and methods with temperature control
Vascular catheter comprises a catheter body having a proximal end, a distal end, and an electrode array disposed near the distal end. The electrode array is located proximally of a common...
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6551349 |
Selective organ cooling apparatus
The present invention involves a selective organ heat transfer device having a flexible coaxial catheter capable of insertion into a selected feeding artery in the vascular system of a patient. A...
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6547776 |
Systems and methods for treating tissue in the crura
Tissue in the crura is treated by advancing a tissue penetrating element from a catheter tube through a wall of the esophagus. The tissue penetrating element is operated to affect a tightening of...
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6546932 |
Cryogenic method and apparatus for promoting angiogenesis
A method of promoting blood vessel growth includes the steps of providing a cryocatheter having a thermally transmission region; placing the cryocatheter proximate an area of tissue to be treated;...
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6544282 |
Inhibition of platelet activation, aggregation and/or adhesion by hypothermia
A method for treating acute coronary syndromes (i.e., unstable angina or non-Q-wave MI) or transient ischemic attacks in a human or animal patient by placing a heat exchange apparatus in the...
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6544261 |
Systems and methods for electrosurgical treatment of submucosal tissue
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...
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6540741 |
Systems and methods for electrosurgical spine surgery
The present invention provides systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within of a patient's body, particularly including tissue in the spine. The...
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6540771 |
Inflatable catheter for selective organ heating and cooling and method of using the same
A catheter system and method are provided which change the temperature of a fluid, such as blood, by heat transfer. Selective cooling or heating of an organ may be performed by changing the...
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6539265 |
Apparatus for rf intraluminal reduction and occlusion
The present invention provides an apparatus method for performing rf intraluminal reduction and/or occlusion with a virtual electrode. An apparatus in accord with the present invention includes a...
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6537272 |
Apparatus and method for creating, maintaining, and controlling a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for producing a virtual electrode within or upon a tissue to be treated with radio frequency alternating electric current, such tissues...
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6533779 |
PMR catheter and associated methods
A PMR catheter and associated methods are disclosed. A catheter in accordance with the present invention comprised, an elongate shaft having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a lumen...
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6530945 |
System and method for controlling patient temperature
A controller for a heat exchanger that heats and cools saline flowing through a closed loop heat exchange catheter cools the saline to achieve a target temperature, and then immediately upon...
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6520933 |
Central venous line cooling catheter having a spiral-shaped heat exchange member
A catheter and a method of using the catheter are disclosed that serve to create an efficient and rapid controlled manner of regulating a patient's body temperature. The catheter is a heat exchange...
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6506189 |
Cool-tip electrode thermosurgery system
For heat ablating living tissue of a body, an ablation electrode, contacting a surface of the tissue or within tissue, is coupled to an RF power supply referenced to a second electrode contacting...
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6505629 |
Cryosurgical system with protective warming feature
A system and method for performing cryosurgery of the prostate while protecting surrounding tissue. Cryosurgical probes are provided with argon gas for cooling and with helium for warming. Probes...
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6494902 |
Method for creating a virtual electrode for the ablation of tissue and for selected protection of tissue during an ablation
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for producing a virtual electrode within or upon a tissue to be treated with radiofrequency alternating electric current, such tissue...
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