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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6156004 | Suction and irrigation handpiece and tip with retractable splash shield An apparatus for irrigating a local irrigation site includes a suction/irrigation tip that is removably connected to a suction/irrigation handpiece. The tip has an irrigation tube for directing irrigation liquid to the irrigation site, and a suction tube ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5957645 | Spiral drive system for threaded fasteners A spiral drive system for threaded fasteners includes driver-engageable surfaces on the head end of the fastener in which at least some of the driver-engageable surfaces are defined by a spiral segment configured to maximize torque transmission while spre... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5938695 | Coronary endoprothesis such as a stent The stent appears as a prismatic cage (3) of which the flat faces consist in a corresponding number of modular elements (2) linked one to the next in sequence, each comprising a pair of first mutually parallel tubular elements (4), fashioned in a biocompa... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5910105 | Control handle for an endoscope A handle is provided for attachment to a medical endoscope for advancing instrumentalities through the instrument channel of the endoscope. The handle is adapted for use with instrumentalities requiring multiple longitudinal strokes to be performed in a p... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5885261 | Autotransfusion system and method An autotransfusion system for collecting blood from a patient and reinfusing the blood back into the patient is disclosed. The system includes a collection unit, a manually operable portable suction evacuator removably connected to the collection unit, an... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5858007 | Hemostatic catheter introducer A self-sealing hemostatic valve for use in a catheter apparatus is disclosed, comprising a proximal valve element having a sealing hole, a distal valve element having a flap and biasing means to enhance the force with which the flap bears against the dist... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5827241 | Rapid exchange guidewire mechanism A method and apparatus are provided for withdrawing an indwelling over-the-wire catheter from an indwelling guidewire in which the guidewire is of a conventional length and is maintained in its indwelling position as the catheter is withdrawn. The positio... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5820571 | Medical backloading wire A short backloading wire is provided to facilitate the backloading of a catheter onto a guidewire that has a tubular connector. This backloading wire is preferably shorter than the guidewire and at least one end is engageable with the hypotube connector a... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5792153 | Sewing device A sewing device is provided for passing a thread through a substrate portion, particularly a portion of a patient's tissue. The device comprises a hollow needle movable between a first position in which it is out of the substrate portion and a second posi... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5792108 | Self-priming pulsed lavage pump A self-priming pulsatile surgical irrigation device is disclosed. The irrigation device comprises a housing, a variable volume pumping chamber liquid pump contained within the housing, and a self-priming valve system operatively associated with the liquid... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5780802 | Process for machining and butt-welding at least one edge of a sheet metal plate The invention relates to a process of butt-welding together sheet metal plates, in particular those having different sheet metal thicknesses, by means of an edge preparation that mills the edges of the sheet metal plates while they are clamped in a sheet ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5755730 | Device for use in cutting threads A device is provided for cutting threads, particularly curing surgery carried out using an endoscope. The device has a cutting member having at least one aperture extending therethrough of a size sufficient to permit the surgical thread to slide therethro... | 05/26/1998 |
