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7413565 Minimally invasive surgical training using robotics and telecollaboration  
A medical system that allows a mentor to teach a pupil how to use a robotically controlled medical instrument. The system may include a first handle that can be controlled by a mentor to move the...
7410483 Hand-actuated device for remote manipulation of a grasping tool  
The invention provides an articulating mechanism useful, for example, for remote manipulation of various surgical instruments and diagnostic tools within, or to, regions of the body. Movement of...
7410482 Detachable aneurysm neck bridge  
In one embodiment, a neck bridge for bridging the neck of an aneurysm includes a junction region, a number of radially extending array elements attached to the junction region, and a cover attached...
7408439 Method and apparatus for accessing medical data over a network  
A method and apparatus for retrieving, accessing, and storing medical data relating to a patient during a medical procedure. The invention provides a single interface to many disparate forms of...
7402162 High frequency treatment instrument for endoscope  
A high frequency treatment instrument for an endoscope is provided. The high frequency treatment instrument is provided with an insulative flexible sheath, an operation wire inserted in the...
7393348 Two-part medical instrument  
A two-part medical instrument is proposed, comprising a first part having a peg and a second part having a peg receiver, wherein first part and second part are connected to one another by a peg/peg...
7390484 Self-contained adipose derived stem cell processing unit  
Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained...
7390324 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...
7389778 Variable magnetic moment MR navigation  
A method of navigating a medical device in an operating region in a subject. The method includes applying a magnetic field to the operating region and changing the magnetic moment of the medical...
7386730 Remote medical supporting system  
When a surgery and a remote control room in a remote location are connected through a communication circuit to perform an endoscope operation, image information is not encrypted and is sent as it...
7383164 System and method for designing a physiometric implant system  
A system improves the design of artificial implant components for use in joint replacement surgeries. The system includes an anthropometric static image data analyzer, an implant model data...
7379790 Tool memory-based software upgrades for robotic surgery  
Robotic devices, systems, and methods for use in robotic surgery and other robotic applications, and/or medical instrument devices, systems, and methods includes both a reusable processor and a...
7367973 Electro-surgical instrument with replaceable end-effectors and inhibited surface conduction  
Improved robotic surgery end-effectors include at least one insulation material for inhibiting surface conduction of electrical current in a proximal direction, from a distal active electrode...
7361172 Ultrasonic device and method for tissue coagulation  
An ultrasonic surgical device for the coagulation of animal tissue having an ultrasonic applicator and a movable jaw with a jaw surface adjacent the distal portion of the ultrasonic applicator for...
7357774 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...
7354397 Capsule-type medical apparatus and a communication method for the capsule-type medical apparatus  
When a capsule is manufactured, a unique number such as a serial number is stored in non-volatile memory in the capsule. If the capsule is used with an external apparatus, the unique number is sent...
7344528 Optic fiber probe  
An optic fiber probe system for treating thrombus of a patient comprising at least one optic fiber with at least one confined liquid-fillable void space and a light source for causing a...
7338484 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...
7335223 Apparatus for the treatment of body tissue  
An apparatus for treating body tissue includes a treatment instrument 1 for treating the body tissue and a measuring unit 3 for measuring the actual value of a parameter of the body tissue at...
7335158 Surgical devices for imposing a negative pressure to stabilize the cardiac tissue during surgery  
The invention is devices and techniques which use a negative (suction) pressure or vacuum, applied through a surgical instrument, to fix the position of a portion of the surface of a beating heart...
7331950 Apparatus for containing noise generated by a pneumatically powered surgical instrument and related method  
A sound attenuating system is provided for pneumatically powered surgical instruments. In one aspect, the exhaust hose is formed of at least two dissimilar materials to impede the transmission of...
7331931 Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue  
These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes an electrically powered drive force generator. A penetrating...
7326198 Remote release instrument holder for surgical use  
An instrument holder ( 10 ) for surgical use has a remote locking mechanism ( 12 ) and is elongated having a proximal end ( 14 ) and a distal end ( 16 ). The holder ( 10 ) has an elongated shank (...
7320700 Flexible wrist for surgical tool  
The present invention is directed to a tool having a wrist mechanism that provides pitch and yaw rotation in such a way that the tool has no singularity in roll, pitch, and yaw. In one embodiment,...
7316681 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...
7311714 Marking catheter for placement using frameless stereotaxy and use thereof  
A marking catheter made out of a flexible material and having a closed distal end and an open proximal end is provided. The marking catheter is sized and shaped to fit over the probe of a frameless...
7311701 Methods and apparatus for non-invasively treating atrial fibrillation using high intensity focused ultrasound  
Methods and apparatus are provided for non-invasively treating patent foramen ovale using an ultrasound imaging system and a high intensity focused ultrasound system to selectively target high...
7306587 Adjustable handle for a medical device  
A handle for a medical device comprises a frame, a transmission, a slide, a first rack, a sheath, and a cable assembly. The transmission is mounted to the frame. The slide is moveably attached to...
7300450 Surgical instrument  
The invention relates to an instrument for surgery, in particular minimally invasive surgery. The instrument includes means for feeding back a force which is exerted on the working element of the...
7300432 Apparatus for securing a sensor to a surgical instrument for use in computer guided orthopaedic surgery  
A self-centering coupling device is provided for coupling a sensor array to a surgical instrument for use in computer guided surgery. The self-centering coupling device includes a sensor support...
7300431 Remote controlled device for tool rotating  
A remote-controlled device for rotating tools, preferably medical tools, comprising a hollow body ( 1 ) which is embodied in the form of pivotally connected proximal and distal parts ( 2, 6 )...
7297154 Optical apparatus for detecting and treating vulnerable plaque  
An optical apparatus and methods for monitoring temperature enabling detection and treatment of a vulnerable plaque of a patient comprising an elongate catheter, a plurality of outer optical fibers...
7297142 Interchangeable surgical instrument  
A system and associated method for delivering to an internal body site a selected one of a plurality of instruments. An instrument storage chamber is providing having passages for separately...
7289885 Dual purpose media drive providing control path to shared robotic device in automated data storage library  
A dual purpose media drive exchanges data with removable media items. The drive includes at least one port to receive various control signals, including (1) data exchange commands directing the...
7285115 Remote controlled medical instrument  
A wire section ( 1 ) inserted into a patient includes a wire ( 4 ) connected with a snare ( 3 ) at the front end thereof, and an outer tube ( 8 ) which retractably passes the wire ( 4 ) and the...
7269480 Mobile robot  
A mobile robot which has a communication with a detection target by a motion of the mobile robot or by an utterance from the mobile robot, the mobile robot includes: a personal identification unit...
7259652 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...
7258691 Working instrument with handle element for use in a resectoscope, and handle element for a working instrument  
A working instrument for use in a resectoscope with a pushing force-transmitting elongated support, whose proximal end area includes an attachment section for attachment in a resectoscope, and...
7258687 Device and method for inducing vascular injury and/or blockage in an animal model  
Ultrashort laser pulses are used to induce photodisruptive breakdown in vasculature in an animal to controllably produce hemorrhage, thrombosis or breach of the blood-brain barrier in individual,...
7256696 Tracking surgical implements with integrated circuits  
A system and method of tracking medical products provides for associating a group of medical products with a group location based on a group radio frequency identification (RF ID) device signal,...
7252667 Open vessel sealing instrument with cutting mechanism and distal lockout  
An open electrosurgical forceps for sealing tissue includes a pair of first and second shaft members each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof. The jaw members are movable from a...
7252660 Multifunctional instrument for use in microinvasive surgery  
A multifunctional instrument for use in microinvasive surgery includes an operator hand grip, a multi-lumen tube fastened on the operator hand grip, at least two guide channels coaxially configured...
7244252 Medical device with visual indicator and related methods of use  
Embodiments of the invention relate to a medical device with a visual indicator that changes color when exposed to a particular environment and/or chemical. The visual indicator may be printed or...
7244024 Eye target apparatus  
An eye target apparatus and method helping to control an operative eye focus line of sight position during medical procedures on the operative eye of a cooperative awake patient. The apparatus...
7241290 Surgical tool kit  
A tool kit for interchanging tools within an at least partially closed area is provided. The tool kit includes at least one tool, each tool being preferably provided within a tubular housing, and...
7241289 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument comprising an instrument handle which is linked to a proximal end portion of a tube shaft and at the distal end portion of which an instrument head rotatably supporting an...
7241288 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument comprising a tube shaft at the proximal end of which an instrument head for rotatably supporting an effector is pivotably supported and at the distal end of which an...
7239684 Radiotherapy apparatus monitoring therapeutic field in real-time during treatment  
A radiotherapy apparatus includes an irradiation head section, an X-ray source section and a sensor array section. The irradiation head section irradiates therapeutic radiation to a therapeutic...
7228202 Industrial robot  
A communication system for safe wireless control of an maneuverable object. A control unit includes an operator for operating the object and a receiver for receiving wireless information. A...
7226408 Tack device with shield  
A slotted shield for a surgical tack, including a body adapted to engage a tack head. The shield has at least one slot having a width, defined by the body. Optionally, the shield is mounted on a...