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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...
7267683 Method for treating intervertebral discs  
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,...
7243655 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...
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...
7217282 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...
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...
7175649 Method and system for control of a patient's body temperature by way of transluminally insertable heat exchange catheter  
Methods and apparatuses for temperature modification of a patient, or selected regions thereof, including an induced state of hypothermia. The temperature modification is accomplished using an...
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...
7141034 Transdermal drug delivery device, method of making same and method of using same  
A transdermal drug delivery device for forming a micropore in a tissue membrane of an animal comprising a substrate and a porator that is located on or within the substrate. The porator is...
7135036 Heating pad having a phase change material  
A heating pad includes an envelope containing a heating unit and a phase change material which encloses the heating unit. The heating unit includes a metal plate and a resistance heating element...
7133725 Method and related composition employing nanostructures  
A composition of microscopic devices utilizable in a medical diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. Each microscopic device includes a nanostructure provided with a ligand for effectively coupling...
7130698 Apparatus for applying pulsed voltage 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...
7122047 Controlled heat transfer with mammalian bodies  
Methods, computer programming and devices for transferring heat to and/or from a body portion of a mammal are provided. One approach includes directly determining a state of vasoconstriction or...
7122046 Treatment device  
A treatment device having a first portion in a first plane, a treatment portion with a cover in a second plane that defines a treatment volume extending between the first and second planes, and a...
7122029 Thermal quenching of tissue  
The present invention provides a system for achieving erythema and/or mild edema in an upper layer of skin, without causing blisters, and without the risk of high fluence levels or critical need...
7115139 Fluid-assisted medical devices, fluid delivery systems and controllers for such devices, and methods  
Medical devices, methods and systems for treating tissue are provided. An exemplary system comprises a fluid from a fluid source, a surgical device which provides energy and the fluid to the tissue...
7113821 Tissue electroperforation for enhanced drug delivery  
The present invention relates to a method and a device for transporting a molecule through a mammalian barrier membrane of at least one layer of cells comprising the steps of: ablating the membrane...
7110810 Therapeutic device for hands and wrists  
A therapeutic device for massaging hands and wrists which has upper and lower panels affixed to respective upper and lower housing via a plurality of compressible vibration-absorbing mounting pads....
7105011 Method for achieving tissue changes in bone or bone-derived tissue  
A method of achieving tissue changes in bone or bone-derived organic tissue, in which method bone or bone-derived organic tissue is provided, an interfacing agent is applied to the bone or...
7097641 Catheter with cryogenic and heating ablation  
A catheter includes a cryoablation tip with an electrically-driven ablation assembly for heating tissue. The cryoablation tip may be implemented with a cooling chamber through which a controllably...
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