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7101363 Medical manipulator having a plurality of joints  
A manipulator for medical use having a reduced size and improved controllability. The manipulator includes a surgical tool portion, a grip portion provided on the surgical tool portion, and a...
7097655 Electric heat therapy technique and instrument  
An electric heat therapy instrument has an electric ampere controller 1 connected by two outside electric wires 2 to a 110-v electric outlet. The handle tube 3 is joined in its inferior...
7096554 Protective loading of stents  
A system for protecting a stent from contact during loading comprises a stent, a protective sleeve disposed about the stent and a loading tool. The inner diameter of the protective sleeve is...
7094202 Method of operating an endoscopic device with one hand  
An endoscopic accessory medical device is provided. The device can include a handle, a flexible shaft, and an end effector. The handle can include an actuator for operating the end effector through...
7090683 Flexible instrument  
A remote control flexible instrument system, employing a shaft which supports a tool, is described in which the has proximal and distal ends with at least a portion thereof extending through a...
7087049 Repositioning and reorientation of master/slave relationship in minimally invasive telesurgery  
The invention provides robotic surgical systems which allow selectable independent repositioning of an input handle of a master controller and/or a surgical end effector without corresponding...
7087011 Gastrointestinal system with traction member  
A gastrointestinal system including a carrier including an actuator in operative communication with at least one traction member, the actuator moving the at least one traction member relative to...
7066927 Vented seal having redundant sealing components  
A seal having a body and several bands extending away from the body. The bands extend around an axial portion of the body. In some embodiments, the bands project from and are formed integral with...
7066926 Platform link wrist mechanism  
The present invention provides a robotic surgical tool for use in a robotic surgical system to perform a surgical operation. The robotic surgical tool includes a wrist mechanism disposed near the...
7063693 Methods and tools for accessing an anatomic space  
A tubular access sleeve and suction tool for accessing an anatomic surface or anatomic space and particularly the pericardium to access pericardial space and the epicardial surface of the heart in...
7063692 Surgical operation system  
A plurality of handpieces used to perform an operation is connected to a main operation apparatus, which generates a driving signal, through connectors formed on the main apparatus. When an...
7063662 Supply unit for accommodating medical instruments  
The present invention pertains to a supply unit for accommodating medical instruments. A middle part, which is located at an instrument ( 12 ) and is equipped with lateral guide surfaces ( 3 ),...
7060079 Surgical instrument for endoscopic suturing of deep subcutaneous tissue  
A surgical instrument is provided, principally for use with endoscopic plastic surgery, and adapted for insertion into an incision for engaging subcutaneous tissue, fat, fascia or muscle (STFFM)...
7056317 Instrument holder for surgical instrument  
Instrument holder comprising a shank ( 1 ) equipped with a head ( 2 ) designed to receive an instrument and a locking component ( 4 ) pushed against the head by a spring ( 9 ) bearing on a ring (...
7053752 General purpose distributed operating room control system  
The present invention pertains to control systems and provides a run time configurable control system for selecting and operating one of a plurality of operating room devices from a single input...
7052489 Medical device with deflecting shaft and related methods of manufacture and use  
Various embodiments of a medical device having a deflecting shaft and related methods of manufacture and use are disclosed. For example, the device may include a proximal handle, a distal assembly...
7048745 Surgical robotic tools, data architecture, and use  
Robotic surgical tools, systems, and methods relating to robotic surgery include a memory mounted on the tool. The memory can perform a number of functions when the tool is loaded on the tool...
7043338 Manipulator  
A manipulator comprises an operation command unit provided with an attitude adjusting unit and an end effector control unit, a connecting unit having one end connected to the operation command...
7037314 Multiple band ligator and anoscope system and method for using same  
A hemorrhoidal ligator and anoscope system used to facilitate ligation of internal hemorrhoids. The ligating device consists of head, shaft and firing handle assemblies and is capable of storing...
7037305 Heart presentation device and method  
A medical instrument for positioning an internal organ during surgical and diagnostic procedures is provided. In one embodiment, the medical instrument includes a body having a tissue grasping...
7025761 Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures  
A system for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures. The system includes a pair of surgical instruments that are coupled to a pair of robotic arms. The instruments have end effectors that...
7018402 Intravascular device and method for axially stretching blood vessels  
Intravascular devices and methods are provided for forming a vascular graft by axially distending a blood vessel to induce growth. These devices advantageously can be implanted via a catheter,...
7014650 Pin for forming a hole for inserting an indwelling needle  
A pin for forming a hole for inserting an indwelling needle 1 which includes a columnar inserting member 11 and an insertion stopping member 12 provided on a proximal end of the inserting...
7014638 Stapler handle  
An ergonomic and proprioceptive handle design for instruments is disclosed. The handle can be used with a wide variety of medical instruments, such as a rongeur, as well as other instruments, such...
7008373 System and method for robot targeting under fluoroscopy based on image servoing  
A system and method for image guided instrument targeting including a robot unit coupled with an instrument, an imaging unit, and a first control unit, which is coupled with the robot unit and...
7008362 Tool holder arrangement  
A tool identification system has a tool holder allowing removable attachment thereto of any one of a plurality of tools; a sensor arrangement operable to sense features present on a tool attached...
7006895 Computed pivotal center surgical robotic system and method  
A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers ( 72 R and 72 L) for control of right and left manipulators ( 24 R and 24 L) through use of a...
6999852 Flexible robotic surgery system and method  
A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers ( 72 R and 72 L) for control of right and left manipulators ( 24 R and 24 L) through use of a...
6994704 Graphical user interface for monitoring and controlling use of medical devices  
A device for treating a tissue region is supplied with a separate usage key card. The usage key card comprises a storage medium, which is formatted to contain an identification code unique to the...
6993413 Manipulator and its control apparatus and method  
A manipulator operative in a master/slave operative mode, comprising: a master unit commanding an operation; a slave unit having a work unit; a detector detecting the orientation of the master unit...
6991628 Device and method for creating a vascular graft in vitro  
Methods and apparatus are provided for forming a vascular graft in vitro by axially distending a blood vessel to induce growth. The apparatus comprises a chamber containing a tissue culture medium,...
6991627 Articulated surgical instrument for performing minimally invasive surgery with enhanced dexterity and sensitivity  
An articulated surgical instrument for enhancing the performance of minimally invasive surgical procedures. The instrument has a high degree of dexterity, low friction, low inertia and good force...
6986780 Surgical element delivery system and method  
A surgical element carrier and method for use is provided, wherein the surgical element carrier includes a housing dimensioned to contain therein a plurality of surgical elements, and dimensioned...
6985767 Living body information measuring apparatus, living body information measuring method, body fat measuring apparatus, body fat measuring method, and program recording medium  
A body fat measuring apparatus is provided with a light emitting device 1 for projecting light rays to a subject's tissue, light receiving devices 3 and 4 for detecting a transmitted light...
6981945 Colonoscope handgrip with force and torque monitor  
A handgrip for a colonoscope shaft capable of measuring and presenting to the operator of radial and longitudinal forces applied by the operator during the manipulation with the colonoscope. The...
6981941 Electro-mechanical surgical device  
An electro-mechanical surgical device includes: a housing; an elongated shaft extending from the housing, a distal end of the elongated shaft being detachably coupleable to a surgical instrument;...
6974449 Friction compensation in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus  
Devices, systems, and methods for compensate for friction within powered automatic systems, particularly for telesurgery and other telepresence applications. Dynamic friction compensation may...
6969385 Wrist with decoupled motion transmission  
The present invention is a wrist mechanism and a method for making robotic devices in which the transmission of motion, force and/or torque around a revolute joint can be accomplished without...
6969384 Surgical devices and methods of use thereof for enhanced tactile perception  
Featured are surgical devices that provide enhanced perceptual feedback to a medical practitioner in the form of e.g. tactile sensations or auditory feedback, and methods of use of the devices. The...
6969373 Syringe system  
A medical device is provided having a needle or a catheter, insertable into a living body, which defines a plurality of holes in fluid communication with a central lumen. The holes may be of...
6966924 Annuloplasty ring holder  
An annuloplasty ring holder includes a first member and a second member. The first and second members are configured to provide relative movement therebetween to engage an annuloplasty ring.
6962582 Surgical instrument with near-axial geometry  
A surgical instrument with near-axial geometry includes a linearly elongated handle portion having a handle axis defined along its length. The handle portion is joined to a linearly elongated...
6962581 Foot controller for microsurgical system  
An improved foot controller of a microsurgical system, and a method of operating the foot controller, are disclosed. The method involves using a computer to modulate a detent of the foot controller...
6960200 Package for removable device tips  
A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring...
6955671 Remote surgery support system  
A first signal transmission apparatus installed in an operating room and a second signal transmission apparatus installed in a remote control room in a remote place are linked by a public line....
6951535 Tele-medicine system that transmits an entire state of a subsystem  
A tele-medicine system that includes an input device which can control a medical system. The input device may be the handle of a surgeon console. The medical system may include a robotically...
6945979 Surgical device having a handle adapted to impart tensile and compressive forces to elements at a distal end of the device  
A flexible clip applier includes a flat wire wound tubular coil, a pair of jaws at the end of the coil, end effector wires extending through the coil and coupled to the jaws, and a clip-advancing...
6945932 Surgical access device  
Surgical device ( 1 ) is for use in minimally invasive surgery using an inflated body cavity ( 2 ) accessible to a surgeon through an access port defined by a sleeve ( 4 ) passing through an...
6943663 General purpose distributed operating room control system  
The present invention pertains to control systems and provides a run time configurable control system for selecting and operating one of a plurality of operating room devices from a single input...
6939296 Laparoscopic illumination apparatus and method  
An access device particularly adapted for use in laparoscopic surgery facilitates access with instruments, such as the hand of the surgeon, across a body wall and into a body cavity. The device can...