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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130356 | HAND-HELD MANIPULATOR WITH SYMMETRICAL GRIP A hand-held manipulator includes a handle (4) fixedly mounted on the end of a connecting arm (2), the distal end (2b) of which carries a work unit (3). The handle (4) includes a grip section (4e) having a surface o... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130355 | MANIPULATOR WITH MANUAL HOLD AND COMFORTABLE ARTICULATION A manipulator includes a control unit (1), with handle (4) and control buttons (4a-4d), and a connecting arm (2) which, at its proximal end (2a), carries the control unit (1) and, at its distal end (2... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130354 | HAEMOSTATIC VALVE DEVICE A haemostatic valve device (10) comprises a disk valve (52a) having a valve body with a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite the first direction, and an opening (58a) formed ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120080475 | Method for Operating a Surgial Stapling and Cutting Device A method for operating a surgical end effector of a medical device includes the steps of operably associating a passive articulation joint with a surgical end effector to allow articulation of the end effector, retaining the passive articulation joint in a still positio... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083812 | Device for ophthalmic surgery A device for ophthalmic surgery includes a vacuum-pump arrangement for generating a vacuum serving for fixing a suction ring to an eye, an evacuation-path system for transmitting the vacuum to an interface port which permits the separable attachment of a suction-ring in... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080496 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH RECONFIGURABLE SHAFT SEGMENTS A surgical instrument having a handle assembly and an elongated shaft assembly protruding therefrom. Various embodiments of the elongated shaft assemblies include reconfigurable shaft segments that have portions that may be selectively arranged in coaxial alignment with... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083768 | DETACHABLE HANDLE MECHANISM FOR USE IN INSTRUMENT POSITIONING A detachable control handle of a surgical device for use in positioning an instrument for use in a surgical procedure. The detachable control handle comprises: a handle assembly configured for communicating with a mechanical positioning mechanism via a connector, wherei... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083769 | Double Offset Surgical Tool Handle Assembly To Provide Greater Offset From The Coronal Plane A surgical tool handle for releasable connection to a surgical tool is described. The tool handle comprises a housing providing a linkage chamber extending from a proximal housing grip end to a distal housing tool end for receiving a tool. A tool linkage is partially ho... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083770 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT The invention relates to a surgical instrument (100; 200) comprising:
| 04/05/2012 |
| 20120071862 | DOUBLE OFFSET SURGICAL TOOL HANDLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A LOCKING LINKAGE ALIGNED ALONG TWO DIFFERENT PLANES A surgical tool handle for releasable connection to a surgical tool is described. The tool handle comprises a housing providing a linkage chamber extending from a proximal housing grip end to a distal housing tool end for receiving a surgical tool. A tool linkage is par... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071863 | Surgery robot system, surgery apparatus and method for providing tactile feedback A surgery robot system provides tactile feedback. The surgery robot system includes a master robot and a slave robot mounted with a surgery tool including at least one tactile sensor that generates a tactile signal upon contact with a surgery region. The master robot is... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071864 | MULTI-BENDABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A medical device for multiple bends, includes a distal-side traction member which is inserted through the distal-side bending portion and the proximal-side bending portion, which is configured to bend the distal-side bending portion in the bending orientation, and which... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071866 | POWER CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND BATTERIES Various embodiments are directed to battery unit for use with surgical instruments. The battery units may comprise a plurality of cells and include a translatable discharge drain. When attached to the surgical instrument, the discharge drain may electrically connect an ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071796 | Battery-Powered Hand-Held Ultrasonic Surgical Cautery Cutting Device A battery-powered, modular surgical device includes an electrically powered surgical instrument operable to surgically interface with human tissue and a handle assembly connected to the surgical instrument. The handle assembly has a removable hand grip and a handle body... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053488 | PROXIMITY-TRIGGERED COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY SYSTEM AND METHOD A computer-assisted surgery system comprises a first surgical device with a tracking unit tracked during a surgical procedure and adapted to perform a first function associated to the surgical procedure. A second surgical device is adapted to perform a second function a... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053572 | INSTRUMENTS COATED WITH IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR INVASIVE MEDICINE Instruments coated with ferrofluids for invasive medicine can be imaged by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with high quality.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053574 | Single Handed Deployment Handle The present invention is directed to an improved delivery system to deliver and deploy a prosthesis in a body lumen, and methods of use thereof. The improved delivery system allows for operation of the delivery system with one hand while maintaining accuracy in delivery... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053573 | Surgical Apparatus A guide for a surgical instrument has a support and an instrument holder. One of the support and the instrument holder has a partial spherical surface, and the other has three of more contact points arranged to be coincident with the surface of a sphere having substanti... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046652 | FORCED DEPLOYMENT SEQUENCE HANDLE ASSEMBLY WITH INDEPENDENT ACTUATING MECHANISM A handle assembly for use in the deployment of a medical device via a plurality of deployment lines that extend through a catheter. The handle assembly includes a plurality of removable members for deployment or actuation of the medical device. The handle assembly also ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041450 | MINIMAL ACCESS TOOL A minimal access tool includes a frame arranged to be attached to an arm of a user, a tool shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, where the tool shaft proximal end is connected to the frame. The tool further includes an input joint having a first end connected to... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035596 | Disposable Drive Interface for Longitudinal Movement of an Elongate Medical Device A disposable drive interface kit is provided for controlling longitudinal movement of an elongate medical device such as a catheter. The kit includes a detachable housing configured for removable attachment to a drive housing from which a driving member projects. The de... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035608 | Electromagnetic treatment of tissues and cells Provided herein are methods, devices and compositions to conductively or to inductively fix substrates, including tissues, using electromagnetic energy. Also provided is a method of controlling the fixing process via feedback monitoring of a property of the composition ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029488 | ADJUSTABLE DEVICE FOR DELIVERING IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF DELIVERING IMPLANTS A medical device includes an elongate member having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The distal end portion is configured to be inserted into a body of a patient. The elongate member is configured to be associated with a bodily implant. The distal end po... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022509 | TREATMENT APPARATUS A treatment apparatus includes a rotor which is provided between a distal-end treatment section and a flexible tube section and which is rotatable together with the distal-end treatment section in the periaxial directions with respect to the flexible tube section, a rot... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022507 | DELIVERY SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ANCHOR FOR MEDICAL IMPLANT PLACEMENT A delivery system and method for placing a medical implant, such as for diagnosing, monitoring and/or treating cardiovascular diseases. The delivery system includes a hollow catheter, an anchor coupled to the catheter, and an implant secured within the anchor. The ancho... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022535 | METHOD FOR FUSING A HUMAN OR ANIMAL JOINT AS WELL AS FUSION DEVICE AND TOOL SET FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD The fusion device for fusing a synovial joint of a human or animal patient, in particular a human facet joint, finger joint or toe joint, includes two pin-shaped anchorage portions (1) and arranged therebetween a stabilization portion (2). The anchorage po... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022508 | METHOD AND ORIENTATION DEVICE FOR MARKING A PREDETERMINED GUIDE PATH OF A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT In a method for marking a predetermined guide path of a medical instrument in particular a needle, at least one guide path having an angle relative to vertical is indicated by means of at least one adjustable indicator unit such as a light source, and a one-dimensional ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022408 | Surgical Procedures Using Visual Images Overlaid with Visual Representations of Selected Three-Dimensional Data Embodiments of the invention are directed to improved surgical procedures such as ophthalmic procedures that utilize overlaid visual representations of three-dimensional data or other data with direct or indirect visual images of a surgical region (e.g. the eye) to prov... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016401 | SURGICAL SLIDING SHAFT INSTRUMENT AND SLIDING SHAFT In order to improve a sliding shaft for a surgical sliding shaft instrument, wherein the sliding shaft comprises a first shaft part and a second shaft part which are arranged such as to be displaceable relative to each other and also a guidance device for guiding a move... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010539 | OPERATION DEVICE AND SURGICAL APPARATUS An operation device configured to control driving of an apparatus, includes a switch contact point which is provided in a fixed handle, and a switch operation portion which includes a pressure-receiving portion configured to operate the switch contact point between an o... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010601 | ORTHOPEDIC CEMENT AND USE OF SAME IN RADIATION THERAPY A method of treating diseased tissue in a patient, the diseased tissue being proximate a hardened previously implanted bone cement including relatively high atomic number elements in a patient. The method includes generating a photon beam and directing the generated pho... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010602 | SMALL GAUGE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH SUPPORT DEVICE A small gauge surgical instrument assembly is shown with advantages such as diminished “play” at the tip. A surgical instrument assembly is also shown with support along a length of the instrument that can be selected by the surgeon. In particular, very small and fl... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120004648 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT A surgical instrument is disclosed that includes: a handle; a shaft coupled to the handle and extending in one direction; a bending part formed on a portion of the shaft; a driving part mounted on the handle and configured to generate a particular driving power; and a p... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004649 | SWITCHING CONTROL DEVICE AND MANIPULATING PART FOR A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT A switching control device for a medical instrument such as an electrode used in HF surgery. The switching control device comprises a connection line, designed as a switching control module for controlling various electrical operating modes of the instrument with a thre... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004647 | STEERABLE SURGICAL SNARE AND METHOD OF USE Apparatus, assemblies, systems, and methods for inserting a snare into a body and capturing objects. A surgical snare device includes a steerable deflection portion with a steerable distal tip. An interface is linked to the steerable deflection portion to selectively ma... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110319873 | Adaptive Patient Interface A patient interface for an ophthalmic system can include an attachment module, attachable to the ophthalmic system, and a contact module, configured to accommodate a viscoelastic substance between the patient interface and a procedure eye. The viscoelastic substance can... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313506 | Methods and Apparatus for Storage and/or Introduction of Implant for Hollow Anatomical Structure One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a housing with a sheath portion projecting distally therefrom. The sheath portion has a sheath with a lumen, and a bearing surface in the sheath lumen or aligned with the sheath lumen, and located at or near a distal end of the ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313405 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR A surgical instrument shaft roll drive mechanism includes an electrical conductor that electrically couples the surgical instrument shaft to an electrical connector. The electrical conductor is routed adjacent to a roll drive tendon between a roll drive input capstan an... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313406 | HEMOSTATIC PATCH The present disclosure relates to a surgical patch and methods of using the same. The surgical patch includes a body having a substrate, a longitudinal slit bisecting at least a portion of the body, and at least one additional slit extending from the longitudinal slit d... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110306979 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT The invention relates to a surgical instrument comprising a handling part and a tool part that encompasses at least one movably mounted tool which is actuated via a force-transmitting and/or actuating mechanism. Said force-transmitting and/or actuating mechanism is oper... | 12/15/2011 |
