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6620152 Method and apparatus for fast electrolyitic detachment of an implant  
This is an implant for placement in the human body and a wire coupled to the implant for placing that implant. In the illustrated embodiment, it is an implant for use in the vasculature of the...
6616674 Notched suture hook  
A suture hook for use in arthroscopic repairs of the shoulder has a tapered shaft and a handle disposed on the proximal end of the shaft. An O-ring post for holding suture is disposed on the...
6613085 Prosthetic heart valve rotator tool  
A prosthetic heart valve rotator tool includes an operator actuated member and a rotator engageable with a prosthetic heart valve for selectively rotating the prosthetic heart valve. An elongated...
6611704 Apparatus for measuring the autofluorescence of the cornea of an eye  
For the early detection of blindness-causing diabetic retinopathy, an apparatus for measuring the autofluorescence of the cornea of an eye, comprising means for tangentially illuminating the...
6605078 Full thickness resection device  
An operating head for a full thickness resection system includes a first optical device disposed on a distal portion thereof and having a viewing area extending distally of the distal portion and a...
6605077 Snap handle assembly for an endoscopic instrument  
An endoscopic instrument having an end effector assembly at a distal end, a flexible member connected to and extending from the end effector assembly and a handle assembly connected to the flexible...
6602185 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....
6595984 Laparoscopic instrument with a detachable tip  
A laparoscopic assembly includes a body, an elongated shaft, and optionally, a removable or non-removable surgical tip. The body includes a casing manually manipulating tip actuating means, a tip...
6592576 Myocardial revascularization  
A myocardial revascularization system that includes a laser energy source (e.g., a semiconductor laser), an outer guide member providing access to a patient's heart, and an optical fiber. The...
6592573 Through-port heart stabilization system  
A heart stabilizer includes a shaft and two articulating arms coupled to a distal end of the shaft. At the end of each arm is a rotatable foot adapted to be angled relative to the heart wall...
6592572 Surgical operation apparatus  
A surgical operation apparatus according to the present invention comprises an insert section, a first jaw that has a first grip section, and that turns about a first pivot provided at the insert...
6589231 Multi-function surgical instrument tool actuator assembly  
A tool actuating assembly for a multi-function surgical instrument is disclosed. The tool actuating assembly of the present invention can be utilized in a variety of differently configured...
6589230 System for detaching an occlusive device within a mammalian body using a solderless, electrolytically severable joint  
A solderless sacrificial link between a detachable member which is placed at and is intended to remain at a desired site within the mammalian body and the core wire used to introduce the detachable...
6587750 Removable infinite roll master grip handle and touch sensor for robotic surgery  
An input device for robotic surgery mechanically transmits a grip signal across a first joint coupling a handle to a linkage supporting the handle. The handle is removable and replaceable, allows...
6584340 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...
6582420 Intercostal lockable directable port device  
A port device includes a tubular body sized to be inserted through a pair of ribs in a chest wall of a patient, a ball provided about the body, and a base defining a socket in which the ball is...
6582419 Aortic heart valve prosthesis sizer and marker  
Improved sizers and markers include a cylindrical section and a handle extending from the cylindrical section. The cylindrical section has a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of an...
6579281 Instrument stabilizer for through-a-port surgery  
An instrument stabilizer minimizes unwanted motion at the distal end of a surgical instrument by applying a damping force to the instrument. According to one embodiment, the instrument stabilizer...
6568235 Assembly for crimping an intraluminal device or measuring the radial strength of the intraluminal device and method of use  
An assembly is provided which can crimp or compress an intraluminal device or measure the radial strength of an intraluminal device. The device includes a stationary disk and a drive disk for...
6565554 Friction compensation in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus  
The present invention provides improved devices, systems, and methods for compensating for friction within powered automatic systems, particularly for telesurgery and other telepresence...
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,...
6558371 Apparatus for holding a trocar sleeve in different spatial orientations  
A holding apparatus is provided for a trocar sleeve suitable for fixing the trocar sleeve in different positions relative to the patient. The holding apparatus comprises a base member fixedly...
6554844 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument end effector apparatus that includes a pair of jaws, a first pivot for supporting one of the jaws, a link member connected to one of the jaws, and a second pivot for...
6554823 System for performing port off-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery  
A system for performing through port off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery includes a port insertable between ribs into a chest wall of a patient, a heart stabilizer extendable through and stably...
6551305 Shape memory segmented detachable coil  
The shape memory segmented detachable coil assembly includes a plurality of hollow, tubular coil segments, and a plurality of connector members, with adjacent coil segments connected together by...
6551304 Magnetic retrieval device and method of use  
Apparatus and method for retrieving a remotely located device equipped with a magnetic coupler is provided. The apparatus includes a magnetic coupling carried at an end of an elongate member for...
6551275 Grid sheath for medical instrument  
A grid sheath that holds a medical instrument in place in order to insert treatment seeds into a patient. The grid sheath includes a sheath unit in which the medical instrument is fitted therein,...
6547778 Graft ligament strand tensioner  
A graft ligament strand tensioner includes a frame member for slidingly retaining loops of sutures extending from graft ligament strands. The tensioner further includes a collar portion, and is...
6540739 Surgical instrumentation system  
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 (...
6540738 Apparatus for providing transcutaneous access to an internal hollow organ  
An apparatus provided for allowing transcutaneous access to an internal hollow organ, in particular the stomach. The apparatus comprises a tubular flexible probe, which can be placed...
6540737 Handle for a medical instrument  
A handle is provided for a medical instrument having a tubular shaft. The handle comprises at least one movable grip element as well as a coupling portion through which the tubular shaft is...
6534587 Silalkylenesiloxane copolymer materials and methods for their preparation  
Symmetric and asymmetric cyclic silalkylenesiloxane monomers and copolymers thereof, as well as crosslinked and/or reinforced silalkylenesiloxane copolymers, medical devices containing such...
6533797 Control grip assembly  
A control handle assembly, comprising, a body; a pair of handles extending from the body; and an actuator disposed within the body, wherein the handles move in unison, and wherein movement of the...
6533772 Guide wire torque device  
A guide wire torque device has an elongate tubular body with interior long axial channel and a rotary clamp wheel for gripping and ungripping a guide wire extending through the channel. The clamp...
6527794 Self-locking suture anchor  
A tissue anchor having a length of filament held so that an applied force greater than a threshold force will cause the filament to move longitudinally, while an applied force less than the...
6527780 Medical implant insertion system  
A medical implant insertion system comprising a medical implant cartridge including a medical implant, a head having a first end and a second end, and a pin slidably extending through the head, the...
6524306 Lock device for surgical instruments  
The invention concerns a lock device for use in connection with elongated surgical instruments such as surgical needles, electrodes, etc., wherein the lock device consists of at least a first and a...
6524285 Guidewire replacement device  
A guidewire replacement device having an elongated catheter shaft with an inner lumen extending within the catheter shaft, a proximal guidewire port spaced at least 1 cm from the distal end of the...
6520954 Manipulating section for an endoscopic treatment instrument  
A manipulating section for an endoscopic treatment instrument a frame plate adapted to be fixed to or disengaged from an entrance of a treatment instrument insertion channel in an endoscope, an...
6520953 Surgical instruments for minimally invasive surgical procedures  
A group or kit of surgical instruments (FIG. 26 ) for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures. In one embodiment the invention is an instrument ( 10 ) with a generally central longitudinal...
6517557 Instrument and use of instrument for correcting the shape of an external ear  
An instrument and use of an instrument serving for correcting the shape of an external ear, for example jug ears, lop ears, cop ears or Stahl's ears. Correction takes place by, from two sides,...
6517530 Probe device  
Probe device having an auxiliary element for use during surgery where there is employed a surgical instrument ( 40 ) of the type comprising a relatively elongate, rod-shaped member being provided...
6514239 Medical instrument holding apparatus  
A medical instrument holding apparatus comprises a support arm supported such that it is rotatable about a first axis of rotation, a first arm supported such that it is rotatable about a second...
6514238 Method for preparation and transplantation of volute grafts and surgical instrument therefor  
A method of transplanting a graft in the subretinal area of a host eye comprises preparing the graft by harvesting from the donor tissue a population of cells in a manner that maintains the...
6510722 Stent crimping tool for producing a grooved crimp  
A crimping device for crimping a stent onto the inflation balloon of a stent delivery catheter. The device forms a crimp which creates regions of high frictional resistence between the stent and...
6508823 Pneumatic control handpiece for surgical and medical use  
The handpiece for use in a surgical or medical operation, includes means for generating instructions to control operation of at least one apparatus connected to the handpiece or associated with the...
6508811 Fastening element for a medical instrument and such medical instrument  
A fastening element is provided for securing a rod-shaped element to a shaft of a medical instrument. The fastening element comprises a bracket for engaging at least partially the circumference of...
6508810 Connecting structure for a flexible tube and a mouthpiece of a treatment tool used for an endoscope  
A connecting structure of a flexible tube with a mouthpiece, serving as elements of a treatment tool for an endoscope, includes at least one claw projection provided on an outer peripheral surface...
6508809 Device for connecting a plurality of apparatus and instruments of a medico-technical system  
The invention concerns a device for connecting a plurality of apparatuses and instruments of a medico-technical system with various functions and circuits, a system encompassing several areas and...
6503245 Method of performing port off-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery  
A method for performing through-port off-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery is provided. A port device is positioned in the chest wall and directed as necessary. A heart stabilizer...
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