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7617005 Methods and apparatus for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation  
Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation. Thermally-induced renal neuromodulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect application of thermal energy...
7594925 Control systems for delivering energy  
Methods for treating a network of organs including generating a map of at least a portion of the network of organs using a rendering system; selecting at least one treatment location within the...
7588548 Endothermic bandage with dispenser for the treatment of burns and other injuries  
This invention provides methods of treating thermal burns, chemical burns, and other injuries by a bandage within which is activated an endothermic chemical reaction upon withdrawal of the bandage...
7567843 System method and apparatus for localized heating of tissue  
System method and apparatus for accurately carrying out the in situ heating of a targeted tissue. Small implants are employed with the targeted tissue which exhibit an abrupt change of magnetic...
7556624 Method of increasing gas exchange of a lung  
Methods of increasing gas exchange performed by the lung by damaging lung cells, damaging tissue, causing trauma, and/or destroying airway smooth muscle tone with an apparatus inserted into an...
7540878 Thermotherapy device  
A thermotherapy device has a plurality of heat generation portions disposed on a flexible band-like body, the heat generation portions each comprising a base sheet and an oxygen permeable sheet...
7537605 Medical device for treating skin itch and rash  
An apparatus and method that is effective for the treatment of skin itch and skin rash is disclosed. The apparatus is contained within a body which can be easily manipulated with one hand, and...
7536225 Endo-pelvic fascia penetrating heating systems and methods for incontinence treatment  
Retrograde methods of accessing and treating collagenous pelvic tissue from a fixed point behind the endo-pelvic fascia, particularly from a space of retzius, are disclosed. Performing treatment...
7532926 Method and apparatus for skin absorption enhancement and transdermal drug delivery  
A removable component for a probe used to treat a patient's skin with a skin-treatment substance, include an attachment device having a plurality of holes for respectively accommodating a plurality...
7530356 Method and system for noninvasive mastopexy  
Methods and systems for noninvasive mastopexy through deep tissue tightening with ultrasound are provided. An exemplary method and system comprise a therapeutic ultrasound system configured for...
7527642 Hinged therapeutic mouthpiece  
This invention relates to devices for insertion into the mouth for the application of heat or cold to oral tissue to provide a therapeutic effect. The device 10 includes an upper member 11 ...
7517360 System for automatically inflating temperature regulated blankets and a blanket for coupling to the system  
A convective warmer to which blankets of different dimensions may be connected is capable of providing air to the various blankets at flow rates that optimally inflate those blankets to achieve the...
7494504 Methods and apparatus for regional and whole body temperature modification  
Methods and apparatus for temperature modification of selected body regions including an induced state of local hypothermia of the brain region for neuroprotection. A heat exchange catheter is...
7485137 Electric heat therapy apparatus  
An electric heat therapy apparatus which includes an upper cover, a holder, a heating unit including a control circuit, an electrical connector and a light bulb, a heat reservoir, wherein the...
7481833 Therapeutic chest  
A therapeutic apparatus, comprising a base and a container supported by the base, the container being hollow, elongate, with angles comprised between 30 and 60 degrees, the container comprising a...
7449019 Intervertebral decompression  
A method of delivering energy to an intervertebral disc includes positioning an energy delivery device adjacent an inner wall of the disc, and shrinking the nucleus pulposus. An energy delivery...
7397016 Heat generating element, medical therapeutic instrument implementing the same, and treatment apparatus  
A heat generating element is constructed of at least a substrate, an insulating film disposed on the substrate, a heat generating portion provided with a thin film resistor disposed on at least a...
7396336 Switched resonant ultrasonic power amplifier system  
A switched resonant power amplifier system for ultrasonic transducers is disclosed. The system includes an amplifier that receives and processes a driver output signal for generating a drive signal...
7387638 System and method using the rectal mucosal membrane for inducing hypothermia and warming  
A system and method for cooling and warming the central nervous system of a patient comprises a delivery tube with one of the ends couplable to a supply of fluid. A head structure is coupled to the...
7377917 Feedback control of thermokeratoplasty treatments  
A microwave thermokeratoplasty system uses an applicator having embedded sensors that provide feedback signals to a controller. The controller interprets these feedback signals to dynamically...
7361186 Active body cooling with vasodilation to reduce body temperature  
Active cooling of a person, such as to induce mild/moderate hypothermia, is accomplished by transferring heat from the persons body. Heat transfer and patient comfort are aided by administration of...
7338516 Method for applying an exothermic coating to a substrate  
A substrate that is capable of generating heat upon activation is provided. Specifically, the substrate is applied with an exothermic coating that may be formed from a variety of different...
7338515 System, combination and method for controlling airflow in convective treatment  
In a convective system that includes a blower to thermally treat and pressurize air, a convective device to receive and convect the thermally-treated pressurized air, and an air hose to conduct a...
7333859 Radioelectric asymmetric conveyer for therapeutic use  
A radio-electric conveyer includes one or more radiofrequency generators supplied by a power group; one or more irradiating antennas coupled with the generator and which are able to create a...
7319207 Personnel heating assembly  
A heating assembly, is disclosed which includes a blanket portion and a control apparatus for electrically heating the blanket portion. The control apparatus generates direct current power of...
7311702 Ablation technology for catheter based delivery systems  
A catheter based delivery system may be used for both therapeutic and diagnostic applications. The catheter based delivery system includes a catheter having a distal end. The distal end of the...
7306621 Heat transfer control for a prosthetic retinal device  
A method for controlling heat dissipated from a prosthetic retinal device is described. A heat transfer device employs the Peltier heat transfer effect to cool the surface of the retinal device...
7302297 Apparatus for applying pulsed charge to living matter  
Apparatus for inducing electrically charged alignment changes in biological tissue includes a generally flat translucent cavity containing a volume of gas that includes water vapor, carbon dioxide...
7292893 Apparatus and method for the treatment of infectious disease in keratinized tissue  
The invention provides methods for the treatment of keratinized tissue infected with a pathogen. The invention utilizes electromagnetic energy, particularly microwave energy, as a treatment means...
7287398 Heating/cooling system for indwelling heat exchange catheter  
A cooling system for an indwelling heat exchange catheter includes a heat exchange bath that is configured to receive a conduit that carries saline to and from the catheter. A heating/cooling fluid...
7282463 Thermocautery block  
A thermocautery block is formed by mixing alumina, zirconium silicate, feldspar, pottery stone, siliceous limestone, kaolin, Gairome clay (Japan), and black soil with water; evenly stirring the...
7282061 Method of treating intervertebral disc  
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...
7251531 Heating method for tissue contraction  
Systems, software, devices, and methods are disclosed for therapeutically heating a collagenous structural support tissue within a pelvic support system of a patient body. The present invention may...
7247165 Disposable cassette for intravenous heat exchange catheter  
A heat exchange fluid supply system for supplying a heat exchange fluid to an intravascular heat exchange catheter includes a disposable cassette having a bulkhead and an external heat exchanger,...
7240720 Method and thermally active multi-phase heat transfer apparatus and method for abstracting heat using liquid bi-phase heat exchanging composition  
Apparatus for abstracting heat comprises a container charged with a first liquid and with small auxiliary containers free to circulate in the first liquid. Each of the small auxiliary containers is...
7238196 Skin-contacting heatable dressing  
A skin-contacting heatable dressing including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a first skin-contacting side and a second side; heat generating conductive carbon fibers contained within...
7232457 Fluid warming cassette with a tensioning rod  
A fluid warming cassette for use in a fluid warming system includes a first sheet and second sheet joined with a flexed tensioning rod to form a fluid container with a periphery in which the flexed...
7229469 Methods for treating and repairing mitral valve annulus  
A catheter system and methods for repairing a valvular annulus or an annular organ structure of a patient comprising intimately contacting the annular organ structure by a tissue-contactor member...
7220951 Surgical sealing surfaces and methods of use  
Various embodiments provide compositions that exhibit positive temperature coefficient of resistance (PTCR) properties for use in thermal interactions with tissue—including thermal sensing and I...
7220273 Control of airflow to an inflatable thermal device  
Airflow provided through an air hose to the inlet port of an inflatable thermal device is controlled by a mechanical device disposed at an end of the air hose that is coupled to the inlet port. In...
7198635 Modification of airways by application of energy  
This relates to methods and devices for treating reversible chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and more particularly, relates to a device for exchanging energy with airway tissue such as that...
7195660 Pillow with air filter  
A travel pillow has one or more air filters and a body with a soft material coupled to the one or more air filters. The air filters can be powered by a power source located within the pillow. The...
7192438 Device and method for electrical isolation of the pulmonary veins  
A method and device for the treatment of atrial fibrillation by inhibiting the flow of electricity from the pulmonary vein to the left atrium. The method includes inhibiting electrical flow by...
7189230 Method for treating skin and underlying tissue  
A method for treating a tissue site couples an energy delivery surface of an electromagnetic energy delivery device with a skin surface. An underlying tissue area beneath the skin surface is...
7182764 Steerable loop structures for supporting diagnostic and therapeutic elements in contact with body tissue  
A probe that includes a elongate body and a steerable loop structure that supports electrodes or other operative elements against the body tissue.
7178183 Mattress having material beneficial to humans and stone bed having the mattress  
The present invention provides a mattress having a material beneficial to humans and a stone bed having the mattress which includes a layered part that is made by sequentially layering a jade...
7176419 Heating pad systems, such as for patient warming applications  
A heating pad system useable in one embodiment for warming a person on a support structure. In this embodiment, the heating pad system comprises an upper foam pad, a lower foam pad, and a...
7167758 Medical instruments and techniques for treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux disease  
Apparatus and methods for treating tissue at or near a sphincter provide for transluminal introduction of an energy delivery device. The device includes a tissue compression member to compress...
7160316 Methods and apparatus for adjusting body core temperature  
A method and apparatus for adjusting body core temperature are provided. The apparatus comprises an appendage chamber that is adapted to be disassembled from a heat exchange element. In one aspect,...
7160315 Handheld thermal therapy device  
A thermal therapy device mainly contains a handle member, a burning member, and an ashes storage member, cascaded together into a rod-like heat source suitable for hand gripping. A ventilating...