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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120071867 | DIODE LASER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF TISSUE Embodiments of the present invention provide improved laser systems and methods for endoscopic laser treatment of abnormal tissue such as abnormal mucosal tissue, for example esophageal dysplasia that is also referred to as Barrett's esophagus (BE). The systems and meth... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120041428 | LASER SELECTIVE CUTTING BY IMPULSIVE HEAT DEPOSITION IN THE IR WAVELENGTH RANGE FOR DIRECT-DRIVE ABLATION A method of laser processing of materials and specifically laser induced ablation processes for laser removal of material by impulsive heat deposition (IHD) by direct and specific excitation of short lived vibrations or phonons of the material in such a way as to not ge... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120029429 | STERILE DISPOSABLE REMOTE PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS The various embodiments of the present invention relate to remote pneumatic (bellows-action) actuators for switching applications, which are preferably sterile and/or disposable. When compressed, the bellows-action actuator provides a pulse of air pressure sufficient to... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022512 | DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ADIPOSE TISSUE TREATMENT A method and apparatus for adipose tissue treatment whereby two types of electromagnetic radiation are applied to the volume of tissue to be treated, One type of the electromagnetic radiations being RF and the second type of electromagnetic radiation being visible or in... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110319879 | BONE CUTTING DEVICE To provide a bone cutting device capable of selectively cutting only a bone easily and quickly, the device of the present invention is adapted to cut a bone by irradiating with a laser beam and includes a light source for emitting a laser beam of 1000 to 1500 nm with a ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110301584 | LASER TISSUE ABLATION SYSTEM Embodiments of the invention are directed to a laser ablation system. In one embodiment, the laser ablation system comprises a shaft, a balloon, a laser fiber and a viewing fiber. The shaft has a proximal end and a distal end. The balloon is attached to the distal end o... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110251603 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS AND MEDICAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS In general, in one aspect, the disclosure features a system that includes a flexible waveguide having a hollow core extending along a waveguide axis and a region surrounding the core, the region being configured to guide radiation from the CO2 laser along the... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110238049 | Soft Tissue Laser A soft tissue laser with a display, a control device, a controllable laser light source, a first light-conducting element and a receptacle at the light-emitting side end of a first light-conducting element, at which different tips having a second light-conducting elemen... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110224661 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR CO2 LASERS A Minimally Invasive Surgical Laser Hand-piece (“MISLH”) for use with a probe is described. The MISLH has a MISLH proximal end and MISLH distal end, and the MISLH may include an optical coupler located at the MISLH proximal end, a substantially straight central bore... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110190749 | Low Profile Apparatus and Method for Phototherapy Disclosed herein are optical assemblies having thin, low profile shapes. These optical assemblies may be used with fiber coupled lasers and other light sources, including high power sources, to irradiate tissue at a wavelength suitable for inducing ablation or coagulati... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110166562 | High Durability Side Fire Optical Fiber for High Power Applications An optical fiber treatment system is provided for high power laser transmission to an area of medical treatment. A side fire optical fiber tip for use in high power laser applications having outputs of greater than or equal to 50 Watts is a key to the system. Embodiment... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110144630 | Fiber optic device with controlled reuse A fiber optic device includes an optical fiber passing through a handpiece that defines an internal passageway with an apertured endwall at a distal end of the passageway. A portion of the optical fiber is disposed within the passageway, and a stop member, such as a rig... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110087203 | SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION An elastic structure is introduced percutaneously into the left ventricle and attached to the walls of the ventricle. Over time the structure bonds firmly to the walls via scar tissue formation. The structure helps the ventricle expand and fill with blood during the dia... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110040287 | SURGICAL LIPOSUCTION INSTRUMENT WITH RADIANT ENERGY SOURCE A cannula for a liposuction device includes an energy source for liquefying, emulsifying or softening fatty tissue near a tip end. The energy source can provide laser energy through a fiber optic cable, or can provide energy such as RF, ultrasound or IR/UV/Vis energy fr... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100262130 | APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR APPLYING ENERGY TO AN OBJECT The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for applying energy to an object (2), wherein the apparatus (1) comprises an energy emitting element, a temperature sensor and a tube (6), in which the energy emitting element and the temperat... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100262131 | Medical laser treatment device and method utilizing total reflection induced by radiation A device is provided for improved surgical procedures to remove unwanted or hyperplasic tissue from a patient. In particular, laser ablation, urological treatments, benign prostatic hyperplasia treatments and other applications benefit from the device. Specially prepare... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100234837 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SUPERCONTINUUM LIGHT FOR MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS A method and an apparatus are provided for producing SuperContinuum (SC) light for medical and biological applications is provided. Pulses are focused from a laser system into at least one of a pressurized cell and one or more fibers. A pump pulse is converted into the ... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100234836 | LED Based Light Surgery Apparatus A surgical apparatus for ablation, incision, and/or coagulation of biological tissue, the surgical apparatus comprising: at least one high intensity light emitting diode (LED) light source for producing a light beam with high power density; and an optical system for del... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100234835 | LASER PERFORATION DEVICE AND LASER PERFORATION METHOD A laser perforation device that has a simple structure and with which pain to a person in skin perforation is reduced. In the device, a laser beam emitted from a laser emitting device (33) is branched into laser beam paths by splitters (170a, 170... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100216088 | LASER HANDPIECE, EXCHANGEABLE FIBER-OPTIC INSERT AND CONTROL UNIT THEREFOR The invention relates to a laser handpiece 1, an exchangeable fiber-optic insert 10, and a control unit 70 therefor. The laser handpiece 1 comprises a optical waveguide 35, which is connected to a light coupling site in a base member <... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100185188 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS A cutting device that uses electromagnetic energy to create a cutting effect on or within a target surface is disclosed. The cutting device includes an optic guide and three or more nozzles located on a body member. The nozzles direct a volume of particles of air and li... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100106147 | SURGICAL LASER TIP APPARATUS WITH ALIGNMENT ASSEMBLY An assembly for alignment of a sterile, releasably locking optical tip assembly housing an optical fiber connection to a laser surgical device includes a conductive wire sensing element A second embodiment includes an emitter and a detector.... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100100086 | SATELLITE-PLATFORMED ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY TREATMENT DEVICE A satellite platform facilitates the dividing of a laser system into functional modules, and operates to provide one or more of the functional modules directly into (e.g., closer toward) a user's operational space. In a typical implementation, the satellite platform pai... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100100085 | Waveguides With Aiming Mechanisms Disclosed are radiation systems and methods, including a system that includes a waveguide to direct radiation from a first radiation source, a covering to cover at least part of the waveguide and one or more optical fibers embedded in the covering to direct radiation fr... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100086892 | MODIFIED-OUTPUT FIBER OPTIC TIPS A laser handpiece is disclosed, including a shaped fiber optic tip having a side-firing output end with a non-cylindrical shape. The shaped fiber optic tip can be configured to side-fire laser energy in a direction away from a laser handpiece and toward sidewalls of a t... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100030202 | Methods and Devices for the Treatment of BPH and for Ablation of Tissue A device for the treatment of BPH, including a laser diode module for generating laser radiation with a peak wave length in the range of 920 to 960 nm and an average output power of more than 200 W. The device can operate in a continuous wave mode and can include an opt... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100004646 | LASER DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR ENDOVASCULAR APPLICATIONS An apparatus for delivering energy, and in particular laser energy, to a tissue includes a protective quartz cap that is secured to a laser delivery fiber by a crimp sleeve. The fiber may have a conical tip, and the quartz cap may be secured to the crimp sleeve by a lay... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100004645 | INVASIVE DUAL-WAVELENGTH LASER ACUPUNCTURE An invasive laser acupuncture includes a first semiconductor laser connected to a first optical fiber acupuncture and providing red-based laser beam with the first optical fiber acupuncture; a second semiconductor laser connected to a second optical fiber acupuncture an... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100004642 | Selectively bendable laser fiber for surgical laser probe A surgical laser probe includes a handpiece having a proximal end for receiving an optical fiber into a centrally located throughhole, and a distal end through which the centrally located throughhole extends and varies in diameter. An end portion of a stainless steel tu... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090299353 | Tissue Treatment Device and Method Disclosed is a treatment device. The treatment device includes a treatment tip that includes one or more members with contacting surfaces to contact a target area, the tip being mechanically coupled to a body member. The tip also includes one or more heating elements pl... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090299354 | CARDIAC ABLATION CATHETERS FOR FORMING OVERLAPPING LESIONS Methods and instruments are disclosed for creating lesions in tissue, especially cardiac tissue, for treatment of arrhythmias and the like, by employing an elastic balloon and an energy emitter, which is independently positionable within the lumen of the instrument and ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090292278 | Multi-Stage Procedures with a Modifiable Fiber and a Guide Tube Containing an Instrument Disclosed is an apparatus that includes a modifiable fiber structure adapted to operate in at least two configurations such that in a sideways-firing configuration the fiber structure is adapted to emit radiation in a substantially sideways direction relative to a longi... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090281531 | INTERVENTIONAL AND THERAPEUTIC ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY SYSTEMS Output optical energy pulses having relatively high energy magnitudes and short durations are combined with optical energy pulses having relatively low energy magnitudes and long durations.... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090275932 | LASER ENERGY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SOFT TISSUE REMOVAL A laser energy soft tissue aspiration device comprises a cannula defining an aspiration lumen and having one or more aspiration inlet ports at a distal end. A laser energy transmission guide delivers laser energy from the proximal end of the cannula to the distal end wh... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090275935 | CANNULA ENCLOSING RECESSED WAVEGUIDE OUTPUT TIP A cannula includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a cannula axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end. A lumen is disposed along at least a portion of the cannula between the proximal end and the distal end, and an energy output is configured to abla... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090270850 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE ABLATION OF TISSUE IN THE LATERAL DIRECTION Various devices for ablating tissue in a lateral direction and methods of operation thereof. One embodiment of such a device includes: (1) an elongated body configured to carry ablative energy from an ablative energy source associated with a proximal end to a distal end... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090270907 | Retrievable urethra sparing prosthetic stent and kidney stone intervention system The present invention provides devices, a system, and a method for removing kidney stones from the urinary system of a patient with reduced pain and expenses. The system includes expandable, elongated balloon sheaths that deliver and retrieve forceps and a urethral spar... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090187170 | Ophthalmic surgery light transmitting apparatus An ophthalmic surgery light transmitting apparatus has an optic fiber having a flexible length with a light source connector mounted on one end of the optic fiber and the opposite end of the optic fiber being adapted to be mounted to an ophthalmic surgery instrument to ... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090187175 | Disposable Hand Piece for Dental Surgical Laser A disposable hand piece can be attached at the end of a laser beam delivery assembly. The hand piece can be longitudinally tapered and generally wedge-shaped in its width and slightly bent so as to form a tool which can be comfortable grasped by a Dentist for purposes o... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090182225 | Safety Marked Fibers and Catheters A device and method are presented that allow for accurate insertion, positioning and withdrawal of a laser fiber/catheter for minimally invasive laser treatment by utilizing a single mark in the form of a continuous spiral on either a fiber jacket or a catheter (introdu... | 07/16/2009 |
