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6206872 |
Endoscopic instrument which can be bent
An endoscopic instrument has an external tube and a hollow cylinder coaxially extending along a longitudinal axis and actuatable to move axially in opposite directions to rotate a distal end of the...
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6203551 |
Chamber for applying therapeutic substances to an implant device
A chamber is provided that allows a user to medicate an implantable prosthesis such as a stent. The implantable prosthesis is capable of securing a therapeutic substance and subsequently delivering...
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6203540 |
Ultrasound and laser face-lift and bulbous lysing device
A device for separating subcutaneous tissue and for tightening and contracting internal dermal tissue. In particular, the device uses an elongated hollow shaft having a distal end that has an...
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6203537 |
Laser-driven acoustic ablation catheter
An acoustic ablation catheter includes a mass cap mounted by a spring at the distal end of the catheter, to thereby form a structure capable of axial motion with a resonant frequency. The mass cap...
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6200311 |
Minimally invasive TMR device
The disclosure is directed to a tissue ablation device comprising an elongate probe, with a tissue ablation member located at the deflectable distal end of the probe, which is configured to access...
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6200306 |
Bend clip for flexible rotator
A pusher-rotator for installing a heart valve prosthesis including a handle and a flexible shaft extending from the handle. A valve holder is attached to a terminal end of the shaft. A bendable...
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6197017 |
Articulated apparatus for telemanipulator system
An articulated apparatus is disclosed including a plurality of link members each in communication with and rotatably moveable with respect to at least one other adjacent link member about an...
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6193709 |
Ultrasonic treatment apparatus
An ultrasonic treatment apparatus according to the present invention comprises an ultrasonic transducer for generating ultrasonic vibration, a vibration transmitting member for transmitting the...
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6193708 |
Detachable aneurysm neck bridge (I)
This is a device for bridging the neck of either a wide-necked or narrow-necked aneurysm in the vasculature. In general, it is a device used to stabilize the presence of vaso-occlusive devices...
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6193707 |
Method, device and system for positioning a probe on a target surface in an open cavity in a test object
In a method for positioning the end (63) of a probe (60) on a target surface inside an open cavity in a test object, preferably on the nasal mucous membrane of a human being, the test object is...
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6190373 |
Axially detachable embolic coil assembly
A device for delivering an embolic coil to a selected site within a vessel in a human body via use of a catheter. In particular, the device involves an embolic coil having an enlarged member, such...
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6187000 |
Cannula for receiving surgical instruments
A cannula (10) receives surgical instruments (120) for performing a surgical procedure on a body (130). The cannula (10) comprises a tube structure (12) defining a passage (16) through which the...
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6183467 |
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...
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6182660 |
Non-invasive sinus pain relieving assembly
A lightweight, portable non-invasive device specifically designed to regulate and effectively equalize the pressure between the sinus cavities and middle ear, and the nasal cavity and nasopharynx....
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6179857 |
Stretch resistant embolic coil with variable stiffness
An embolic coil which may be placed at a preselected location within a vessel comprising a helically wound coil in which various combinations of adjacent turns are spot welded together to create a...
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6179829 |
Foot controller for microsurgical system
A foot control assembly for a microsurgical system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as...
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6176853 |
Foot switch to proportionally control a medical cutting device
A medical system that includes a foot pedal which can be used to actuate a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument may be coupled to an actuator assembly and inserted into a cornea. The...
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6171300 |
Tubing cassette and method for cooling a surgical handpiece
A tubing cassette and method for use in cooling a surgical handpiece. The handpiece is provided with a drive motor which is received within a cooling chamber adapted to circulate cooling fluid...
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6171299 |
Method of providing surgical access through an incision
An active cannula or sleeve which does more than merely maintain a channel or passage is usable to create and/or enlarge a channel or passage, to position a scope or instrument, to move or locate...
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6167605 |
Collet type crimping tool
A sterile tool for crimping a stent onto a balloon catheter is disclosed. The stent crimping tool includes two major components, a cylindrical body having external threads and a rotating collar...
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6165198 |
Embolic elements and methods and apparatus for their delivery
An embolic element comprises a filament composed of a shape memory material having an unexpanded coil configuration and an expanded random matrix configuration. The embolic element may be delivered...
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6165178 |
Fast detaching electrically isolated implant
This is an implant for placement in the human body and an assembly for so placing that implant. Most desirably, it is an implant for use in the vasculature of the human body and is used to occlude...
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6165169 |
Systems and methods for identifying the physical, mechanical, and functional attributes of multiple electrode arrays
Systems and methods identify the physical, mechanical, and functional attributes of multiple electrode arrays. The systems and methods provide a structure adapted for contact with tissue in an...
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6162209 |
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...
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6162208 |
Articulating endoscopic implant rotator surgical apparatus and method for using same
A surgical instrument is provided for use in endoscopic and open surgical procedures, e.g., prosthetic implant replacement surgery. The instrument includes a handle portion, an endoscopic tube...
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6162207 |
Operating unit for endoscopic treatment tool
An operating unit for an endoscopic treatment tool, which facilitates smooth operation of a medical or surgical treatment mechanism protruded from an end of an endoscope. A motion converting...
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6159201 |
Device for regional immobilization of a compliant body
The present invention is directed to a device and methods for immobilizing a localized region of a compliant body. A device of the invention includes at least two arms, an elbow region between the...
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6159200 |
Systems, methods, and instruments for minimally invasive surgery
Systems, methods, and miniature instruments are disclosed for minimally invasive surgical procedures. A miniature surgical instrument can be inserted directly into a body cavity through a cannula...
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6159199 |
Device for the manipulation of cytotechnical instruments
A device for handling instruments used in technical cytological examinations has a holder base with at least two separate and moveable holders each carrying one instrument and each being coupled...
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6156435 |
Chemical vapor deposition of fluorocarbon polymer thin films
Provided are methods for forming a fluorocarbon polymer thin film on the surface of a structure. In one method, a monomer gas is exposed to a source of heat having a temperature sufficient to...
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6152916 |
Bicanalicular probe for the treatment of the lachrymation of the eye
A bicanalicular probe for the treatment of eye lachrymation including a filiform silicone element having free ends, each of which includes an anchor with flexible legs for retention of the filiform...
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6149642 |
Surgical instrument and method for use in hand-assisted laparoscopy
A surgical instrument and the method for delivering and withdrawing surgical tools through a cannula in an abdominal cavity during hand-assisted minimally invasive surgery. A tube slidably extends...
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6142999 |
Folding device and method for an intraocular lens
A folding device for holding and folding an IOL and adapted to allow a surgeon to select between loading the IOL into a removably attached IOL injector and between holding the IOL in a folded state...
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6141855 |
Stent crimping tool and method of use
A stent crimping tool for firmly and uniformly crimping a stent onto a balloon catheter. The stent crimping tool is constructed by curving and overlapping the ends of a flexible Mylar sheet and...
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6139541 |
Guide for transmyocardial implant
An apparatus controls a direction of formation of a hole through a myocardium for subsequent placement into the hole of a myocardial portion of a transmyocardial implant. The implant also includes...
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6139519 |
Method and apparatus for detecting tube occlusion
A method and apparatus detect occlusion in a tube to a passage into a body cavity. An argon gas supply output received by plural selectable flow orifices so one or more of the orifices delivers...
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6136017 |
One handed instrument for spreading a heart valve
An instrument for spreading the anterior leaflet of a mitral valve. The surgical instrument is designed to allow a surgeon to grip an instrument with one hand during sizing of the anterior leaflet...
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6132368 |
Multi-component telepresence system and method
The present invention provides systems and methods for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient. In particular, a three-component surgical system is provided that includes a...
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6131579 |
Wire based temperature sensing electrode
Systems and methods are described for a wire based temperature sensing electrode for surgical procedures. A temperature sensing energy delivery device includes an elongated member having a groove...
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6126674 |
Surgical sliding shaft instrument
The systems described herein include a surgical instrument having an elongate shaft member, a slide mounted thereon, a handle with two legs, a disengagement mechanism permitting the mounted slide...
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6126652 |
Catheter balloon refolding tool and method of use
A refolding tool, tool system, and method of use for refolding the flaps of the inflatable balloon of a medical balloon catheter, particularly a dilatation balloon catheter for use in a...
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6126651 |
Motorized motion-canceling suture tool holder
An apparatus for open-heart surgery includes a suture-needle holding tip (10) or a stapler and a handle (100). The tip is driven to oscillate relative to the handle in the same motion as the...
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6125523 |
Stent crimping tool and method of use
A hand held tool for crimping a stent onto a balloon of a catheter is disclosed. The stent crimping tool is operated in one hand by squeezing two plates together while simultaneously displacing the...
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6124037 |
Articles coated with in vivo polymerizable ophthalmic compositions
Coatings for surgical instruments which comprise substituted fluoroalkyl or perfluoroalkyl monomers having anionic, cationic, and/or nonionic surface active functionality in the unsaturated...
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6123714 |
System for detaching an occlusive device within a 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...
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6120496 |
Surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body and coupling device for use with same
A surgical apparatus including an energy transmission probe, having a flexible support member and at least one energy transmission device, and a coupling device including a base member adapted to...
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6117157 |
Helical embolization coil
A conically helically shaped embolization coil (10) for occluding a blood vessel, aneurysm, and the like. The embolization coil includes a continuous platinum-tungsten alloy wire strand (11) wound...
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6117127 |
Medical system work station
A medical system work station for open or minimally invasive surgery, has a holder tray and at least one terminal unit for handheld instruments of one or more medical devices, at least one...
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6117126 |
Surgical module with independent microprocessor-based communication
A system for controlling a plurality of ophthalmic microsurgical instruments connected thereto. The microsurgical instruments are for use by a user such as a surgeon in performing ophthalmic...
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6113586 |
Joint mechanism for endoscopic treatment instrument, and endoscopic treatment system using that mechanism
A joint mechanism for connection between a sheath and a manipulating section of an endoscopic treatment instrument is provided. A joint includes a leading end portion connected to said sheath, and...
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