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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789915 | Stent for implantation A stent is made from a coiled wire and is very smooth along its length and as well its ends. The stent is thus highly atraumatic to patients, and because of its smooth surfaces, it presents a surface to which it is difficult for microbes to cling. The stent may be u... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7766987 | Apparatus and method for collection of particulate matter during percutaneous procedures An apparatus and method used in a urological procedure. The apparatus includes a sheath capable of insertion into a passageway within a patient. A filter is provided that includes a mesh that retains any particulate matter that is entrained with the liquid and allow... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7766926 | Sling for supporting tissue A sling for supporting a urethra in a patient has characteristics for resisting pull-out, roll-over and a combination of both pull-out and roll-over. To facilitate resistance to pull-out, sling material has protuberances or serrations to resist movement once placed ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7731722 | Ureteral backstop filter and retrieval device A retrieval device for use in renal, biliary, vascular or other systems of a body includes a collapsible basket in a narrow sheath. A surgeon advances the device beyond an object to be removed from a body, such as a kidneystone, a gallstone, or a thrombus. The surge... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7641620 | Rotatable sampling apparatus A sampling apparatus for taking a sample from the body of a patient is easily rotatable while the sample is being taken. This allows the physician to aspirate or draw the sample, rotating the sampling apparatus while holding stationary a syringe or other container f... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7637904 | Catheter with snap on feature An embryo transfer catheter with a protective sheath is disclosed. The use of a protective sheath shields a guide catheter from cervical mucus. The retracted open flaps of the outer protective sheath draw the mucus and blood away from the inner guide catheter. This ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7621880 | Double ended wire guide Double ended wire guides are manufactured so that either end, or both ends sequentially, may be inserted into a patient. The ends are different, so that the inventory requirements of wire guides are minimized. For example, a wire guide may have a straight end and an... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7550012 | Stent for implantation A stent is made from a coiled wire and is very smooth along its length and as well its ends. The stent is thus highly atraumatic to patients, and because of its smooth surfaces, it presents a surface to which it is difficult for microbes to cling. The stent may be u... | 06/23/2009 |
| 6468228 | Surgical tissue morcellator A surgical tissue morcellator (10) for percutaneously morcellating and debulking tissue during a minimally invasive, endoscopic surgical procedure. In an insertion configuration, the morcellator includes an outer cutting sheath (11) and an insertion membe... | 10/22/2002 |
| 5897565 | Releasable, surgical clamp A releasable, surgical clamp (10) for insertion through a surgical introducer sheath (11) and into a cavity (12) of a patient (13) during a minimally invasive surgical procedure. The releasable clamp comprises a continuous wire (39) that is shaped for ins... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5647843 | Anti-reflux ureteral stent Ureteral stents are tubes which are placed in the ureter between the bladder and kidney to maintain patency when otherwise due to stone burden, invasive tumor, scarring, or whenever the ureter has become obstructed in order to provide drainage of urine fr... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5582577 | Surgical retractor including central elastic member A surgical retractor, retainer, tensioner, tenaculum, spreader or stabilizer (10) useful in open surgical procedures, or in laparoscopic or other endoscopic procedures, includes a plurality of tissue-engaging elements (12, 14) (such as a plurality of atra... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5575914 | Sperm filter trap having compressed glass wool filter material A filter trap (10) for removing spermatozoa of relatively lower viability from a fluid containing both higher and lower viability spermatozoa includes a conduit (14) which compresses silica glass wool (16) to a density adequate to prevent the passage ther... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5488958 | Surgical cutting instrument for coring tissue affixed thereto A surgical cutting instrument for coring, debulking, and removing a large, tough tissue mass such as a fibroid tumor through a trocar access sheath during a minimally invasive surgical procedure. The instrument includes an outer sheath having a distal cut... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5338317 | Rotational surgical instrument handle A rotational surgical instrument including a working head connected to a rotatable, pencil-like handle. The handle includes a casing with distal and proximal end caps, an elongated outer member extending into the casing, and a actuation link extending fro... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5289831 | Surface-treated stent, catheter, cannula, and the like Echogenic medical devices and methods of fabrication and of use are disclosed. The devices are adapted to be inserted into a patient. The device includes an elongated member including a material having an acoustic impedance different from that of the surr... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5290249 | Surgical access sheath A surgical trocar access sheath having a laterally expandable retention mechanism for percutaneous insertion through a body cavity wall. The expandable retention mechanism is positioned about the distal end of the sheath for retaining the access sheath wi... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5290260 | Rotational pressure drive for a medical syringe A rotational pressure drive for filling a medical syringe with a fluid and obtaining, maintaining, and releasing a desired fluid pressure within the syringe. The commercially available medical syringe includes a barrel with a plunger extending therein. Ex... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5275609 | Surgical cutting instrument A surgical cutting instrument is disclosed for percutaneously debulking tissue through an access sheath commonly used in minimally invasive laparoscopic or endoscopic surgical procedures. The cutting instrument includes a inner rotary member tube having a... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5249583 | Electronic biopsy instrument with wiperless position sensors An instrument for removing tissue samples from a tissue mass which automatically penetrates, severs, and removes a tissue portion for examination. The instrument is motor powered, preferably by self-contained rechargeable batteries, and employs electrical... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5201314 | Echogenic devices, material and method Echogenic medical devices and methods of fabrication and of use are disclosed. The devices are adapted to be inserted into a patient. The device includes an elongated member including a material having an acoustic impedance different from that of the surr... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5160327 | Rotational pressure drive for a medical syringe A rotational pressure drive for a medical syringe to obtain, maintain, and release a desired fluid pressure within the syringe. The commercially available medical syringe includes a barrel with a plunger extending therein. Extending laterally and radially... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5081997 | Echogenic devices, material and method Echogenic medical devices and methods of fabrication and of use are disclosed. The devices are adapted to be inserted into a patient. The device includes an elongated member including a material having an acoustic impedance different from that of the surr... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5060658 | Fine-needle aspiration cell sampling apparatus Apparatus and methods for performing fine-needle aspiration biopsies are disclosed. Each method and apparatus includes a needle having an opening which can be occluded during both the penetration and withdrawal stages of the aspiration cycle. After penetr... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5053043 | Suture guide and method of placing sutures through a severed duct A suture guide and, in particular, a urethral sound having interchangeable tips for placing sutures in the severed end of a body duct. The urethral sound includes an attachment mechanism having interconnection parts longitudinally rotatable when interconn... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5048538 | Biopsy instrument An instrument for removing tissue samples from a tissue mass which automatically penetrates, severs, and removes a tissue portion for examination. The instrument is motor powered, preferably by self-contained rechargeable batteries, and employs electrical... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5037379 | Surgical tissue bag and method for percutaneously debulking tissue A surgical tissue bag for percutaneously debulking large volumes of tissue contained within the bag. The tissue bag comprises two layers of material, an inner layer of a puncture-resistant material and an outer layer of moisture-proof material for contain... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5015250 | Medical instrument for driving a suture needle A needle driver instrument suitable for use with a trocar sheath in operative endoscopic surgical procedures such as laparoscopic and pelviscopic procedures is disclosed for driving a curved suture needle. The needle driver instrument comprises an elongat... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4989614 | Fine-needle aspiration cell sampling methods Apparatus and methods for performing fine-needle aspiration biopsies are disclosed. Each method and apparatus includes a needle having an opening which can be occluded during both the penetration and withdrawal stages of the aspiration cycle. After penetr... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4989618 | Device and method for intravaginal, barrier-type prevention of conception and infection A device and method for intravaginal, barrier-type prevention of conception and infection by sexually-transmitted diseases based upon a barrier-type device including a flexible cervical dome having a continuous fornical rim defining an opening into the do... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4958621 | Endoscopic aspiration instrument An endoscopic aspiration instrument suitable for use with a trocar sheath in laparoscopic surgical procedures is disclosed for aspirating fluid from an ovarian cyst without leakage of the fluid into the peritoneal cavity. The endoscopic instrument compris... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4957479 | Indwelling ureteral stent placement apparatus An indwelling ureteral stent positioning apparatus is provided for allowing single intrusion placement of a stent in the ureter of a patient. The apparatus is pre-assembled and includes a wire guide with floppy tip. The stent is positioned about the wire ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4945895 | Remote fiber optic medical procedure and device A medical procedure involving direction of the operative end of a medical instrument via observation through a remote small caliber fiber optic bundle disposed through a prepositioned needle lumen.... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4869259 | Echogenically enhanced surgical instrument and method for production thereof A surgical instrument such as a needle is particle-blasted with particles approximately 50 microns in diameter to produce a uniformly roughened surface portion for use with an ultrasound imaging system to provide real-time monitoring of the location of a ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4790821 | Pressure gauge and system A pressure gauge which may be operably coupled to a fluid pressure supply device and a balloon catheter. The pressure gauge includes a mechanism which impedes a contaminant, such as corrosion and acid flux, from entering the pressurized fluid being measur... | 12/13/1988 |
