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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6936001 | Heart stabilizer A heart stabilizer that may include a wrist which couples an end effector to a first linkage. The end effector and wrist may be inserted through an incision in the chest of a patient to assist in performing a minimally invasive coronary procedure. The wrist provides... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6913603 | Automated laser workstation for high precision surgical and industrial interventions A method and system is described that greatly improves the safety and efficacy of ophthalmic laser surgery. The method and system are applicable to precise operations on a target subject to movement during the procedure. The system may comprise the following element... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6852107 | Minimally invasive surgical training using robotics and tele-collaboration 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 medical instrument. The system may further have a second handle that c... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6840954 | Systems and methods using vasoconstriction for improved thermal treatment of tissues The present invention enhances the effectiveness of treatment of support tissue structures. Generally, such tissue structures support organs and hold the organs in their proper position for appropriate functioning. When such tissue structures become weak, hyper-elas... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6830052 | Urethral support for incontinence The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for supporting the urethra in a patient to treat urinary incontinence. Support of the urethra involves forming a loop under the urethra with a structure referred to as a urethral support and applying an up... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6817972 | Heart stabilizer A heart stabilizer that may include a wrist which couples an end effector to a first linkage. The end effector and wrist may be inserted through an incision in the chest of a patient to assist in performing a minimally invasive coronary procedure. The wrist provides... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6793654 | Optical feedback system for vision correction The invention provides laser eye surgery devices, systems, and methods which measure the refractive error in the eye before, during, and/or after vision correction surgery. The invention allows adjustments during the vision correction operation, and allows qualitati... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6773430 | Motion detector for eye ablative laser delivery systems Improved systems, devices, and methods are provided for verifying the scanning motion or adjustment of a laser beam. The system can advantageously be used in laser eye surgery where accurate control of the laser beam is crucial for patient safety and successful visi... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6772013 | Devices, methods, and systems for shrinking tissues Devices, systems, and method for treating urinary incontinence generally relying on energy delivered to a patient's own pelvic support tissue to selectively contract or shrink at least a portion of that pelvic support tissue so as to reposition the bladder. The ener... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6764445 | Stabilizer for robotic beating-heart surgery Surgical methods and devices allow closed-chest surgery to be performed on a heart of a patient while the heart is beating. A region of the heart is stabilized by engaging a surface of the heart with a stabilizer without having to stop the heart. Motion of the targe... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6752813 | Methods and devices for capturing and fixing leaflets in valve repair The present invention provides methods and devices for grasping, and optional repositioning and fixation of the valve leaflets to treat cardiac valve regurgitation, particularly mitral valve regurgitation. Such grasping will typically be atraumatic providing a numbe... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6749734 | Microfabricated capillary array electrophoresis device and method A capillary array electrophoresis (CAE) micro-plate with an array of separation channels connected to an array of sample reservoirs on the plate. The sample reservoirs are organized into one or more sample injectors. One or more waste reservoirs are provided to coll... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6702809 | System for detecting, measuring and compensating for lateral movements of a target A method, apparatus and system for a transverse tracker is described that can greatly improve the accuracy, speed, range, reliability, versatility, safety, and efficacy of interventions such as laser microsurgery, particularly ophthalmic surgery, and indu... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6699235 | Platform link wrist mechanism The present invention provides a robotic surgical tool for use in a robotic surgical system to perform a surgical operation. The robotic surgical tool includes a wrist mechanism disposed near the distal end of a shaft which connects with an end effector. ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6663619 | Method and systems for laser treatment of presbyopia using offset imaging An ophthalmic surgery system and method for treating presbyopia by performing ablative photodecomposition of the corneal surface. A laser system ablates tissue to a predetermined ablation shape, and the cornea heals significantly to form a multifocal shap... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6659939 | Cooperative minimally invasive telesurgical system Improved robotic surgical systems, devices, and methods include selectably associatable master/slave pairs, often having more manipulator arms than will be moved simultaneously by the two hands of a surgeon. Four manipulator arms can support an image capt... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6638271 | Multiple beam laser sculpting system and method The invention improves the laser sculpting of a region of a material to a predetermined shape by improving the smoothness and accuracy of surfaces formed by the sculpting technique. The technique includes projecting plurality of partially overlapping beam... | 10/28/2003 |
