Top 100 US Patents in Diagnostics
section a - human necessities > medical or veterinary science; hygiene > diagnosis; surgery; identification
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USRE39415 (E1), filed
Thu Feb 24 00:00:00 CST 2005
, published
Tue Nov 28 00:00:00 CST 2006
- BOSTON SCIENT MIAMI CORP
A biological forceps device for the taking of tissue samples from a body, comprising a flexible main coil attached at its distal end to a pair of homologous cast jaws. The jaws have radially arranged teeth on their distalmost end. The jaws are opened and...
US7387626 (B2), filed
Tue Aug 03 00:00:00 CDT 2004
, published
Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 CDT 2008
- MEDTRONIC VIDAMED INC
A medical probe device comprises a catheter having a stylet guide housing with one or more stylet ports in a side wall thereof and a stylet guide for directing a flexible stylet outward through the stylet port and through intervening tissue at a preselected,...
US6237605 (B1), filed
Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 CDT 1998
, published
Tue May 29 00:00:00 CDT 2001
- EPICOR INC
The invention provides apparatus and methods for mapping conduction pathways and creating transmural lesions in the heart wall for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. The apparatus may include at least one epicardial ablation probe having a plurality of...
US6671537 (B1), filed
Wed May 31 00:00:00 CDT 1995
, published
Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 CST 2003
- BONUTTI 2003 TRUST A
A method to simulate within an imaging coil normal movements of body parts such as joints, and improve imaging of soft tissue and bony parts as compared to a static system in which images are taken of a joint in only one position. A joint or body parts is...
US7115128 (B2), filed
Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 CDT 2003
, published
Tue Oct 03 00:00:00 CDT 2006
- SDGI HOLDINGS INC
An artificial spinal implant is disclosed which when placed between two adjacent vertebrae directly participates and is incorporated in the ensuing fusion. Instrumentation and procedure is also disclosed.
US7363071 (B2), filed
Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 CST 2003
, published
Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 CDT 2008
- ENDOCARE INC
The system for providing computer guided ablation of tissue of a patient includes an imaging device, an ablative surgical computer system, and a set of surgical devices. The imaging device receives imaging data from a treatment region of a patient, processes...
US6193721 (B1), filed
Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 CST 1998
, published
Tue Feb 27 00:00:00 CST 2001
Anatomically contoured anterior cervical plates with bone ingrowth surfaces, providing for intersegmental compressive preloading, and a rigid and locked interface to all of the bone screws, with those engaging the vertebrae deployed in highly convergent pairs....
US4419998 (A), filed
Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 CDT 1980
, published
Tue Dec 13 00:00:00 CST 1983
- R2 CORP
Physiological electrode systems are based upon the utilization of a single pair of electrode elements to provide for physiological function monitoring of a patient, electrical stimulation of the patient, and electrical therapeutic treatment of the patient. The...
US5501651 (A), filed
Mon Jun 13 00:00:00 CDT 1994
, published
Tue Mar 26 00:00:00 CST 1996
An improvement of a fluid submersible laryngoscope including a hollow handle to contain power supply means and a blade to be inserted into a patient's mouth includes a terminal pin carried on an end portion of the handle by a tubular elastomeric body and an...
US7215984 (B2), filed
Tue May 04 00:00:00 CDT 2004
, published
Tue May 08 00:00:00 CDT 2007
- MASIMO CORP
The present invention involves method and apparatus for analyzing measured signals that are modeled as containing primary and secondary portions. Coefficients relate the two signals according to a model defined in accordance with the present invention. In one...
US7144369 (B2), filed
Thu Sep 06 00:00:00 CDT 2001
, published
Tue Dec 05 00:00:00 CST 2006
- CARDIAC INTELLIGENCE CORP
A system and method for providing collection and analysis of patient information for use in automated patient care. One or more physiological measures relating to individual patient information recorded on a substantially continuous basis are collected. Each...
US5976156 (A), filed
Tue Nov 02 00:00:00 CST 1993
, published
Tue Nov 02 00:00:00 CST 1999
- IBM
The system and method includes a manipulator for manipulating a surgical instrument relative to a patient's body and, a position sensor for sensing the position of the surgical instrument relative to the patient's body. The manipulator can be manually or...
US6558416 (B2), filed
Tue Mar 06 00:00:00 CST 2001
, published
Tue May 06 00:00:00 CDT 2003
- EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP
An assembly for holding a substantially flexible suture guide of predetermined length in a substantially taut position used to achieve a suture line having a dimension equal to the length of the suture guide, such as the circumference about a heart valve...
US6283993 (B1), filed
Wed May 27 00:00:00 CDT 1998
, published
Tue Sep 04 00:00:00 CDT 2001
- EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP
An assembly for holding a substantially flexible suture guide of predetermined length in a substantially taut position used to achieve a suture line having a dimension equal to the length of the suture guide, such as the circumference about a heart valve...
US6702750 (B2), filed
Sat Apr 14 00:00:00 CDT 2001
, published
Tue Mar 09 00:00:00 CST 2004
- CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING SYSTEMS
The invention provides a nested tubing cannula which comprises outer and inner elongate tubular members, both having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The inner tubular member is sealed at its distal end and is nested substantially...
US6575993 (B1), filed
Wed Jun 07 00:00:00 CDT 1995
, published
Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 CDT 2003
Apparatus for introduction into the vessel of a patient comprising a guiding catheter adapted to be inserted into the vessel of the patient and a device adapted to be inserted into the guiding catheter. The device includes a flexible elongate member and. a...
US7094230 (B2), filed
Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 CST 2003
, published
Tue Aug 22 00:00:00 CDT 2006
- MEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC
An implantable reservoir device ( 400 ) including an enclosed membrane ( 408 ) on an expandable frame ( 402 ) that defines a reservoir ( 410 ) and includes a porous region ( 418 ). The reservoir device ( 400 ) may be deployed and expanded within a blood...
US7315753 (B2), filed
Mon Mar 22 00:00:00 CST 2004
, published
Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 CST 2008
- NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC
A method and apparatus for reducing the effects of noise on a system for measuring physiological parameters, such as, for example, a pulse oximeter. The method and apparatus of the invention take into account the physical limitations on various physiological...
US5273042 (A), filed
Tue Nov 05 00:00:00 CST 1991
, published
Tue Dec 28 00:00:00 CST 1993
- MEDICAL PARAMETERS INC
A guidewire advancement system for inserting catheter guidewires into blood vessels, and more particularly a guidewire dispensing system for the controlled sterile insertion of a coiled spring guidewire to avoid infection of the patient. The system provides...
US6585655 (B2), filed
Fri May 31 00:00:00 CDT 2002
, published
Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 CDT 2003
- SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC
A medical device for creating images of tissue within a body includes a disposable liquid-confining sheath supporting an elongate flexible drive shaft which carries an imaging device such as a ultrasound transducer. The device may include a trocar adapted to...
US4297637 (A), filed
Thu Jul 20 00:00:00 CDT 1978
, published
Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 CST 1981
- UNIV CALIFORNIA
Densities of resonant nuclei within elemental volumes along a line are measured using the nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon called "spin echo." A first planar volume of nuclei is selectively excited to nutate spins by approximately 90 DEG . Thereafter a...
US7371210 (B2), filed
Fri Nov 16 00:00:00 CST 2001
, published
Tue May 13 00:00:00 CDT 2008
- HANSEN MEDICAL INC
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 lumen of the human body so as to locate the shaft at an internal...
US5551445 (A), filed
Fri Nov 05 00:00:00 CST 1993
, published
Tue Sep 03 00:00:00 CDT 1996
- NEUROCOM INT INC
Methods and devices are provided for evaluating among the limbs of a subject the distribution of impairments of the subject's ability to coordinate the muscular contractions to execute effective postural movements. The subject may be placed on two independentl...
US6725072 (B2), filed
Fri Dec 29 00:00:00 CST 2000
, published
Tue Apr 20 00:00:00 CDT 2004
- HEMA METRICS INC
An optical sensor includes photoemitter and photodetector elements at multiple spacings (d1, d2) for the purpose of measuring the bulk absorptivity (alpha) of an area immediately surrounding and including a hemodialysis access site, and the absorptivity...
US6720745 (B2), filed
Thu Dec 17 00:00:00 CST 1998
, published
Tue Apr 13 00:00:00 CDT 2004
- COLOR KINETICS INC
Provided herein may be methods and systems for delivering data, which may include a track having a plurality of conducting wires, a housing for the track, a driver, for delivering data to the track, the driver capable of controlling a transition signal between...
US6299581 (B1), filed
Fri May 10 00:00:00 CDT 1996
, published
Tue Oct 09 00:00:00 CDT 2001
- UNIV NEW YORK
In the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, a method and apparatus are disclosed for optimizing the controlled positive pressure to minimize the flow of air from a flow generator while still ensuring that flow limitation in the patient's airway does not...
US5524180 (A), filed
Thu Jun 03 00:00:00 CDT 1993
, published
Tue Jun 04 00:00:00 CDT 1996
- COMPUTER MOTION INC
A robotic system that moves a surgical instrument in response to the actuation of a foot pedal that can be operated by the foot of a surgeon. The robotic system has an end effector that is adapted to hold a surgical instrument such as an endoscope. The end...
US4732148 (A), filed
Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 CDT 1986
, published
Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 CST 1988
- LRI L P
The invention contemplates controlled ablation of the cornea, using ultraviolet laser radiation, wherein irradiated flux density and exposure time are so controlled as to achieve desired depth of the ablation. Sculpturing action results from controlled change...
US5520690 (A), filed
Thu Apr 13 00:00:00 CDT 1995
, published
Tue May 28 00:00:00 CDT 1996
The present invention is a polyaxial locking screw plate assembly for immobilization of vertebral bones, via fixation to surfaces thereof. In one embodiment the invention includes a plate, having an upper portion and a lower portion, each of which has a pair...
US6051019 (A), filed
Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 CST 1998
, published
Tue Apr 18 00:00:00 CDT 2000
- DEL MAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES I
A method and apparatus for performing hypothermia of a selected organ without significant effect on surrounding organs or other tissues. A flexible catheter is inserted through the vascular system of a patient to place the distal tip of the catheter in an...
US6893449 (B2), filed
Wed Nov 21 00:00:00 CST 2001
, published
Tue May 17 00:00:00 CDT 2005
- CARDICA INC
A trocar useful for forming an incision in a target vessel for placement of an anastomosis device which may have an inner flange formed by radial expansion of the device and an outer flange formed by axial compression of the device. The trocar can have a...
US6364840 (B1), filed
Wed Sep 27 00:00:00 CDT 2000
, published
Tue Apr 02 00:00:00 CST 2002
- BOSTON SCIENT CORP
Acoustic imaging balloon catheters formed by a disposable liquid-confining sheath supporting a high fidelity, flexible drive shaft which carries on its end an ultrasound transducer and includes an inflatable dilatation balloon. The shaft and transducer rotate...
US7190984 (B1), filed
Wed Jun 16 00:00:00 CDT 2004
, published
Tue Mar 13 00:00:00 CDT 2007
- NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INC
A pulse oximeter sensor having an emitter(s) and a detector, with a layer having a first portion of the emitter and a second portion of layer over the detector is provided. A barrier is included between the first and second portions of the overlying layer to...
US5893866 (A), filed
Tue Sep 09 00:00:00 CDT 1997
, published
Tue Apr 13 00:00:00 CDT 1999
- GEN SURGICAL INNOVATIONS INC
Balloon loaded dissection devices with elongate balloons and a pushing member are described for creating a tunnel alongside an elongate vessel in the body. The devices may utilize an elongate balloon of any suitable length which may be formed of an elastic or...
US6932084 (B2), filed
Tue Nov 26 00:00:00 CST 2002
, published
Tue Aug 23 00:00:00 CDT 2005
- RIC INVESTMENTS INC
A system including methods and apparatus for treatment of a medical disorder such as obstructive sleep apnea or congestive heart failure. The system involves applying a gain to flow rate of pressurized gas delivered to a patient during inspiratory and/or...
US7207991 (B2), filed
Mon Mar 18 00:00:00 CST 2002
, published
Tue Apr 24 00:00:00 CDT 2007
- WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC
An improved method and instrumentation for performing spinal surgery, including discectomy, interbody fusion and rigid internal fixation of the spine, from the lateral aspect of the spine is disclosed. The surgical procedure can be performed through a very...
US6635021 (B1), filed
Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 CDT 1997
, published
Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 CDT 2003
- RESMED LTD
Patients may operate a CPAP system to deliver appropriate airway pressure at their home. A patient's apnea problem can be diagnosed at home without supervision with a CPAP device which delivers a continuously minimum appropriate pressure for substantially the...
US6206830 (B1), filed
Wed Nov 17 00:00:00 CST 1999
, published
Tue Mar 27 00:00:00 CST 2001
- MASIMO CORP
A signal processor which acquires a first signal, including a first desired signal portion and a first undesired signal portion, and a second signal, including a second desired signal portion and a second undesired signal portion, wherein the first and second...
USRE40427 (E1), filed
Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 CDT 1998
, published
Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 CDT 2008
- NEUROCOM INT INC
Methods and devices are provided for evaluating among the limbs of a subject the distribution of impairments of the subject's ability to coordinate the muscular contractions to execute effective postural movements. The subject may be placed on two independentl...
US5330442 (A), filed
Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 CDT 1992
, published
Tue Jul 19 00:00:00 CDT 1994
- UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP
A suture holding clip including legs each having a suture contacting surface. The legs can be closed to define an interface for holding a suture in a serpentine configuration. In another embodiment the suture holding clip is initially in a spider leg...
US7285119 (B2), filed
Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 CDT 2003
, published
Tue Oct 23 00:00:00 CDT 2007
- MEDTRONIC INC
A catheter body includes a proximal portion, an intermediate portion extending from the proximal portion and defining a longitudinal axis, and a distal portion extending from the intermediate portion and terminated by a distal end of the catheter body; the...
US4733665 (A), filed
Thu Nov 07 00:00:00 CST 1985
, published
Tue Mar 29 00:00:00 CST 1988
- EXPANDABLE GRAFTS PARTNERSHIP
An expandable intraluminal vascular graft is expanded within a blood vessel by an angioplasty balloon associated with a catheter to dilate and expand the lumen of a blood vessel. The graft may be a wire mesh tube.
US5142930 (A), filed
Fri Mar 29 00:00:00 CST 1991
, published
Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 CDT 1992
- ZINK MARTIN R
An interactive system for guiding the use of a surgical tool uses at least one imaging technique, such as CT scanning. A mechanical arm has a fixed base at a first end and a tool holder that holds the surgical tool at a second end. A display displays one or...
US7470241 (B2), filed
Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 CDT 2003
, published
Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 CST 2008
- THERUS CORP
An ultrasound system used for both imaging and delivery high intensity ultrasound energy therapy to treatment sites and a method for treating tumors and other undesired tissue within a patient's body with an ultrasound device. The ultrasound device has an...
US4733665 (B1), filed
Thu Nov 07 00:00:00 CST 1985
, published
Tue Jan 11 00:00:00 CST 1994
US4733665 (C2), filed
Thu Nov 07 00:00:00 CST 1985
, published
Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 CST 2002
- EXPANDABLE GRAFTS PARTNERSHIP
US5549115 (A), filed
Wed Sep 28 00:00:00 CDT 1994
, published
Tue Aug 27 00:00:00 CDT 1996
- HEARTSTREAM INC
A method for gathering event data using a data gathering instrument having an instrument clock and an instrument data storage medium, the method comprising the steps of: gathering event data using the data gathering instrument; storing the event data in an...
US6241753 (B1), filed
Fri Jan 05 00:00:00 CST 1996
, published
Tue Jun 05 00:00:00 CDT 2001
- THERMAGE INC
A method is disclosed for forming and contracting scar collagen below a tissue surface in a selected tissue site. An electromagnetic energy apparatus is provided and includes an electromagnetic energy source and a delivery device. The delivery device is...
US7377895 (B2), filed
Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 CST 2003
, published
Tue May 27 00:00:00 CDT 2008
- ORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS INC
A system for use in conducting coronary surgery permits coronary surgery on a beating heart while maintaining cardiac output unabated and uninterrupted. Circumflex coronary artery surgery can be performed using the system. The system includes a first device...
US4665913 (A), filed
Mon Jun 24 00:00:00 CDT 1985
, published
Tue May 19 00:00:00 CDT 1987
- LRI L P
The invention contemplates use of a scanning laser characterized by ultraviolet radiation to achieve controlled ablative photodecomposition of one or more selected regions of a cornea. Irradiated flux density and exposure time are so controlled as to achieve...
US6055453 (A), filed
Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 1997
, published
Tue Apr 25 00:00:00 CDT 2000
- GENETRONICS INC
A method and apparatus for in vivo electroporation therapy. Using electroporation therapy (EPT) as described in the invention, tumors treated by a combination of electroporation using the apparatus of the invention and a chemotherapeutic agent caused...
US6149659 (A), filed
Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 CDT 1998
, published
Tue Nov 21 00:00:00 CST 2000
- DABEGRAN TECHNOLOGY INC
An endoscopic ligating apparatus is provided that can be used percutaneuously to dispense multiple ligating bands or rings about several lesions. In one embodiment, a barrel supporting a plurality of bands stretched around its circumference is removably...
US6134003 (A), filed
Tue Feb 27 00:00:00 CST 1996
, published
Tue Oct 17 00:00:00 CDT 2000
- MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY
An imaging system for performing optical coherence tomography includes an optical radiation source; a reference optical reflector; a first optical path leading to the reference optical reflector; and a second optical path coupled to an endoscopic unit. The...
USRE39146 (E1), filed
Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 CDT 1998
, published
Tue Jun 27 00:00:00 CDT 2006
- BRACCO INT BV
One can impart outstanding resistance against collapse under pressure to gas-filled microvesicle used as contrast agents in ultrasonic echography by using as fillers gases whose solubility in water, expressed in liter of gas by liter of water under standard...
US5015247 (A), filed
Mon Jun 13 00:00:00 CDT 1988
, published
Tue May 14 00:00:00 CDT 1991
- MICHELSON GARY K
An artificial spinal implant is disclosed which when placed between two adjacent vertebrae directly participates and is incorporated in the ensuing fusion. Instrumentation and procedure is also disclosed.
US6080128 (A), filed
Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 CDT 1998
, published
Tue Jun 27 00:00:00 CDT 2000
- ALCON LAB INC
A surgical handpiece having at least two lumens mounted to a body. At least one lumen is used for aspiration and at least one other lumen is used to inject heated surgical fluid for liquefying a cataractous lens. A portion of the second lumen is enlarged to...
US7286870 (B2), filed
Mon Jul 09 00:00:00 CDT 2001
, published
Tue Oct 23 00:00:00 CDT 2007
- HITACHI LTD
In an optical measurement system and imaging method adapted to measure in vivo information in a living body without harming the living body, light rays of a plurality of wavelengths which are modulated in intensity with a plurality of different frequencies are...
US7335158 (B2), filed
Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 CDT 2002
, published
Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 CST 2008
- CARDIOTHORACIC SYS INC
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 so that a surgical procedure can be more easily performed. The...
US4951677 (A), filed
Mon Mar 21 00:00:00 CST 1988
, published
Tue Aug 28 00:00:00 CDT 1990
- PRUTECH RES DEV
Acoustic imaging catheters formed by a disposable liquid-confining sheath supporting a high fidelity, flexible drive shaft which carries on its end an ultrasound transducer. The shaft and transducer rotate with sufficient speed and fidelity to produce real...
US5217463 (A), filed
Wed Apr 11 00:00:00 CDT 1990
, published
Tue Jun 08 00:00:00 CDT 1993
- MIKHAIL W F MICHAEL
A method of performing knee surgery and retractors and a femoral distractor for use in performing such method are provided, said retractors including a PCL tibial retractor, lateral patellar retractor, collateral ligament retractor, posterior cruciate ligament...
US6983179 (B2), filed
Wed Feb 14 00:00:00 CST 2001
, published
Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 CST 2006
- BIOSENSE INC
A method for mapping a heart comprises the steps of inserting a mapping catheter having an ultrasonic position sensor into the heart. At least one reference catheter having an ultrasonic position sensor is also inserted into the heart. The position of the...
US4986622 (A), filed
Thu Jun 08 00:00:00 CDT 1989
, published
Tue Jan 22 00:00:00 CST 1991
- MARTINEZ MIGUEL
It is a problem in the field of light transmission systems to use unbreakable heat sensitive light guides such as plastic optical fibers, with a high thermal output light source. The heat sensitive light guide is damaged by the thermal output of the light...
US6692437 (B2), filed
Tue Aug 28 00:00:00 CDT 2001
, published
Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 CST 2004
- RHEOLOGICS INC
A method for obtaining the viscosity of the circulating blood of a living being using an adulterated blood sample and a correlation factor obtained from a circulating blood viscometer.
US6770066 (B1), filed
Wed Jul 05 00:00:00 CDT 2000
, published
Tue Aug 03 00:00:00 CDT 2004
- BALLARD MED PROD
Multi-lumen catheters are intended for advancement through the accessory channel on endoscope into a body passage into the gastrointestinal system. The catheters have two or more independent lumens extending continuously to ports at the distal tip for...
US6656182 (B1), filed
Tue Apr 18 00:00:00 CDT 1995
, published
Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 CST 2003
An apparatus and method for manipulating and anchoring tissue is provided. The invention is directed to solving the problem of manipulating and anchoring tissue within a joint when access to that tissue is limited, for example, during arthroscopic surgery.
US6908443 (B2), filed
Tue Nov 20 00:00:00 CST 2001
, published
Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 CDT 2005
- SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC
A guide wire, and a method for the manufacture thereof, having a core and a plastic jacket enclosing at least a portion of the core. In some embodiments, the guidewire also includes a radiopaque coil disposed about a first portion of the core wire. The polymer...
US4846192 (A), filed
Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 CDT 1987
, published
Tue Jul 11 00:00:00 CDT 1989
- EASTMAN KODAK CO
US7384417 (B2), filed
Wed May 21 00:00:00 CDT 2003
, published
Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 CDT 2008
- CUCIN ROBERT L
An air-powered tissue-aspiration instrument system, comprising an air-powered instrument having a hand-supportable housing supporting a curved dual cannula assembly having a curved hollow outer cannula and a flexible hollow inner cannula, provided with...
US7237553 (B2), filed
Fri May 30 00:00:00 CDT 2003
, published
Tue Jul 03 00:00:00 CDT 2007
- RESTORE MEDICAL INC
An apparatus for use in treating snoring of a patient suffering from snoring includes an implant of bio-compatible material sized to be embedded within the soft palate. The implant is disposed within a bore of a distal tip of a needle for penetration into the...
US5584803 (A), filed
Thu Jul 28 00:00:00 CDT 1994
, published
Tue Dec 17 00:00:00 CST 1996
- HEARTPORT INC
A system for accessing a patient's cardiac anatomy which includes an endovascular aortic partitioning device that separates the coronary arteries and the heart from the rest of the patient's arterial system. The endovascular device for partitioning a patient's...
US7425212 (B1), filed
Mon Nov 08 00:00:00 CST 1999
, published
Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 CDT 2008
- ASTHMATX INC
This relates to a device for treating lung disease, and more particularly, relates to a device for exchanging energy with airway tissue such as that found in the airways of human lungs. The exchange of energy with this airway tissue in the airways reduces the...
US5697909 (A), filed
Fri Jun 02 00:00:00 CDT 1995
, published
Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 CST 1997
- ARTHROCARE CORP
PCT No. PCT/US94/05168 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 2, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 2, 1995 PCT Filed May 10, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/26228 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 24, 1994An electrosurgical probe comprises a shaft having an electrode array at its distal end and a connector at...
US6331166 (B1), filed
Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 CDT 1998
, published
Tue Dec 18 00:00:00 CST 2001
- SENORX INC
An apparatus and method are provided for precisely isolating a target lesion in a patient's body tissue, resulting in a high likelihood of "clean" margins about the lesion when it is removed for diagnosis and/or therapy. This approach advantageously will often...
US5055104 (A), filed
Mon Nov 06 00:00:00 CST 1989
, published
Tue Oct 08 00:00:00 CDT 1991
- SURGICAL DYNAMICS INC
When an intervertebral fusion is required, and the disc space is unusualy large, that disc space can be preserved by surgically implanting a pair of relatively large male-thread fusion cages 20, 20A with their threads 13 overlapping. Because of their large...
US6962606 (B2), filed
Tue Dec 11 00:00:00 CST 2001
, published
Tue Nov 08 00:00:00 CST 2005
- MICHELSON GARY KARLIN
A push-in interbody spinal fusion implant having an expandable height.
US7329239 (B2), filed
Thu Feb 20 00:00:00 CST 2003
, published
Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 CST 2008
- MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC
An insertion device and insertion set. The insertion device for inserting at least a portion of at least one piercing member of an insertion set through the skin of a patient includes a device housing, a carrier body and a driver. The carrier body is slidably...
US5431635 (A), filed
Thu Jun 24 00:00:00 CDT 1993
, published
Tue Jul 11 00:00:00 CDT 1995
A safety penetrating instrument for establishing a portal in an anatomical cavity for performing endoscopic procedures includes a penetrating member received within a portal sleeve for introducing the portal sleeve through a cavity wall into the anatomical...
US7159592 (B1), filed
Thu Nov 09 00:00:00 CST 2000
, published
Tue Jan 09 00:00:00 CST 2007
- MEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC
Methods and apparatus for direct coronary revascularization wherein a transmyocardial passageway is formed between a chamber of the heart and a coronary blood vessel to permit blood to flow therebetween. In some embodiments, the transmyocardial passageway is...
US6077291 (A), filed
Tue Nov 26 00:00:00 CST 1996
, published
Tue Jun 20 00:00:00 CDT 2000
- UNIV MINNESOTA
The present invention provides a system and a method for closing septal defects and the like. The system includes a closure device having a pair of occluding disks, each disk being formed of a membrane and an elastically deformable frame carried about the...
US4869247 (A), filed
Fri Mar 11 00:00:00 CST 1988
, published
Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 CDT 1989
- UNIV VIRGINIA
A destructive heat lesion is placed in any location in the brain. A patient's head is secured within a stereotactic frame. After a high resolution CT scan and angiogram or MRI, data is incorporated and analyzed by a computer. This information is then...
US7217273 (B2), filed
Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 CST 2003
, published
Tue May 15 00:00:00 CDT 2007
- GEN SURGICAL INNOVATIONS INC
A fluid operated retractor for use in surgery. The retractor has a portion that is expandable upon the introduction of fluid under pressure. The expandable portion is made of a material strong enough, and is inflated to enough pressure, to spread adjoining...
US6500148 (B1), filed
Tue Jul 18 00:00:00 CDT 2000
, published
Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 CST 2002
- CORDIS CORP
Dilation balloons and catheters including same are provided. The balloons are fabricated of a material such as a nylon or a polyamide material, and they have an inflated, non-distended working profile as well as a stretched inflated profile which is achieved...
US6200312 (B1), filed
Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 CDT 1997
, published
Tue Mar 13 00:00:00 CST 2001
- VNUS MED TECH INC
A catheter includes a plurality of primary leads to deliver energy for ligating a hollow anatomical structure. Each of the primary leads includes an electrode located at the working end of the catheter. Separation is maintained between the primary leads such...
US6285898 (B1), filed
Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 CDT 1998
, published
Tue Sep 04 00:00:00 CDT 2001
- BIOSENSE INC
A method of constructing a cardiac map of a heart having a heart cycle including; bringing an invasive probe into contact with a location on a wall of the heart; determining, at at least two different phases of the heart cycle, a position of the invasive...
US5830222 (A), filed
Fri Oct 11 00:00:00 CDT 1996
, published
Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 CST 1998
- TRANSVASCULAR INC
Method and apparatus for utilizing the vascular system as a conduit to reach other vascular and extravascular locations within the body. Included are methods for revascularization wherein the extravascular passageways are formed to permit blood flow between...
US5185667 (A), filed
Mon May 13 00:00:00 CDT 1991
, published
Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 CST 1993
- TELEROBOTICS INT INC
A device for omnidirectional image viewing providing pan-and-tilt orientation, rotation, and magnification within a hemispherical field-of-view that utilizes no moving parts. The imaging device is based on the effect that the image from a fisheye lens, which...
US6398739 (B1), filed
Mon Aug 02 00:00:00 CDT 1999
, published
Tue Jun 04 00:00:00 CDT 2002
- RESMED LTD
Patient may operate a CPAP system to deliver appropriate airway pressure home. A patient's apnea problem can be diagnosed at home without supervision with a CPAP device which delivers a continuously minimum appropriate pressure for substantially the entire...
US5458597 (A), filed
Mon Nov 08 00:00:00 CST 1993
, published
Tue Oct 17 00:00:00 CDT 1995
- ZOMED INT INC
A method of this invention for treating body tissues containing cancerous cells or non-malignant tumors with RF ablation, alone or in combination with systemic or localized chemotherapy comprising introducing a stylet comprising an electrode surface and a...
US6403985 (B1), filed
Fri Dec 23 00:00:00 CST 1994
, published
Tue Jun 11 00:00:00 CDT 2002
- KOPIN CORP
Light emitting diodes (LEDs) and LED bars and LED arrays formed of semiconductive material, such as III-V, and particularly AlGaAs/CaAs material, are formed in very thin structures using organometallic vapor deposition (OMCVD). Semiconductor p-n junctions are...
US7128253 (B2), filed
Wed Jul 20 00:00:00 CDT 2005
, published
Tue Oct 31 00:00:00 CST 2006
- UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP
A surgical device is described herein that can be used to fire different types and sizes of disposable loading units. In a preferred embodiment, the device applies parallel rows of surgical fasteners to body tissue and concomitantly forms an incision between...
US5482036 (A), filed
Thu May 26 00:00:00 CDT 1994
, published
Tue Jan 09 00:00:00 CST 1996
- MASIMO CORP
A signal processor which acquires a first signal, including a first desired signal portion and a first undesired signal portion, and a second signal, including a second desired signal portion and a second undesired signal portion, wherein the first and second...
US4913142 (A), filed
Tue May 26 00:00:00 CDT 1987
, published
Tue Apr 03 00:00:00 CDT 1990
- MASSACHUSETTS INST TECHNOLOGY
A laser catheter is disclosed wherein optical fibers carrying laser light are mounted in a catheter for insertion into an artery to provide controlled delivery of a laser beam for percutaneous intravascular laser treatment of atherosclerotic disease. A...
US6129664 (A), filed
Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 CDT 1997
, published
Tue Oct 10 00:00:00 CDT 2000
- CHROMATICS COLOR SCIENCES INT
A method and apparatus for determining the condition of a test subject based on color uses a color measuring instrument to detect change in a color factor indicative of a condition such as a disease, spoilage, ageing, etc. A medical condition such as...
US5323790 (A), filed
Tue Dec 22 00:00:00 CST 1992
, published
Tue Jun 28 00:00:00 CDT 1994
- GUHLE ARNOLD
A method of and apparatus for treating uterine prolapses in livestock. Firstly, clean and manually reposition the uterine prolapse. Secondly, insert an internal uterine support through a cervix and deep into a uterus of an animal thereby supporting the...
US6905491 (B1), filed
Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 CST 1997
, published
Tue Jun 14 00:00:00 CDT 2005
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC
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 can be manipulated to hold and suture tissue. The robotic arms...
US7247138 (B2), filed
Wed Feb 12 00:00:00 CST 2003
, published
Tue Jul 24 00:00:00 CDT 2007
- MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC
A reusable analyte sensor site for use with a replaceable analyte sensor for determining a level of an analyte includes a site housing material and a resealable insertion site coupled to one end of the site housing material. Preferably, the site housing...
US7261684 (B2), filed
Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 CDT 2003
, published
Tue Aug 28 00:00:00 CDT 2007
- ACORN CARDIOVASCULAR INC
The present disclosure is directed to a cardiac reinforcement device (CRD) and method for the treatment of cardiomyopathy. The CRD provides for reinforcement of the walls of the heart by constraining cardiac expansion, beyond a predetermined limit, during...
US6697659 (B1), filed
Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 CDT 1998
, published
Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 CST 2004
- BONUTTI 2003 TRUST A
An apparatus and method for use in medical imaging simulate within an imaging coil normal movements of body parts such as joints, and improve imaging of soft tissue and bony parts as compared to a static system in which images are taken of a joint in only one...
US6764487 (B2), filed
Fri Apr 11 00:00:00 CDT 2003
, published
Tue Jul 20 00:00:00 CDT 2004
- MEDTRONIC INC
An electrocautery device is disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the electrocautery electrode/tip is provided with a hollow, conductive tube terminating at its distal end in a ball point type tip. Fluid, preferably conductive fluid, is...
US7214201 (B2), filed
Fri Dec 17 00:00:00 CST 2004
, published
Tue May 08 00:00:00 CDT 2007
- BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC
A guide wire, and a method for the manufacture thereof, having a core and a plastic jacket enclosing the core. The plastic jacket comprises a proximal portion formed of a first plastic material and a distal jacket portion formed of a second plastic material....
