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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120071712 | HEATED BALLOON CATHETER Thermally adjustable surgical tools include a conductor and a ferromagnetic material. The ferromagnetic material may be quickly heated when subjected to high frequency alternating current through the conductor. The ferromagnetic material may also cool rapidly because of... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120035599 | DEVICES FOR HARVESTING A SKIN GRAFT The present invention generally relates to devices for harvesting a skin graft(s). The present invention provides a blister raising device integrated with a member for cutting the blister.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035603 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING THERMAL TRAUMA TO AN ORGAN DURING TISSUE ABLATION OF A DIFFERENT ORGAN A method of minimizing thermal trauma during tissue ablation includes the steps of placing an ablation catheter at an ablation site on a first organ in a patient's body, providing energy to the ablation catheter to heat first organ tissue at the ablation site, providing... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029497 | Method and System for Monitoring Ablation of Tissues A method of monitoring heat damage to a tissue during a heat ablation procedure is disclosed. The method comprising: providing images of the tissue, extracting at least one parameter being indicative of a biological response to heat, and using the parameter(s) for deter... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110282335 | Capsule Polishing Device and Method For Capsule Polishing Various embodiments of a capsule polishing device include a resistive-heating element including an electrically resistive, superelastic wire forming a loop between first and second ends of the superelastic wire. The first and second ends of the loop may at least partial... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110264011 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL DEFLECTABLE CATHETER APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION Multi-directional deflectable catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for achieving renal neuromodulation by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present application, for example, is directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods that incorpora... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110245824 | ALTERNATING CORE COMPOSITE WIRE A wire having an outer shell and a core, the core including at least a first plurality of core segments that may be made of a first core material and a second plurality of core segments that may be made of a second core material different from the first core material. T... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110208096 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THERMALLY-INDUCED RENAL NEUROMODULATION Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation. Thermally-induced renal neuromodulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect application of thermal energy to heat or cool neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of va... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110207758 | Methods for Therapeutic Renal Denervation Methods for therapeutic renal denervation are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present application, for example, is directed to methods that block, reduce and/or inhibit renal sympathetic nerve activity to achieve a reduction in central sympathetic tone. Renal sympat... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110196360 | Hand manipulative dermatological instrument for blowing air across wounds A handheld cauter comprising a casing made from a durable material. The handheld cauter comprising a blowing device mounted inside the casing and a heating device also mounted firmly within the casing. The blowing device and the heating device being positioned such that... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110190753 | DEVICE AND METHOD TREATMENT OR EVACUATION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC A method of positioning an arcuate device against the inner walls of the disc, and particularly on the posterior and postero-lateral portions of the inner annulus of the disc. The arcuate device retains its predetermined arcuate shape when no pressure or force is applie... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110190752 | METHODS OF SEALING VESSELS USING PLASMA A method for sealing fluid-carrying vessels in a living organism using high temperature plasma is disclosed. A flow rate of 0.25-0.5 L/min of room-temperature plasma generating gas and the initial temperature of the discharged plasma of 12.5-15.5 kK ensure a laminar pla... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110172654 | Device and Method for Lung Treatment This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110160714 | DISPOSABLE PROBE FOR HYDROTHERMAL ABLATION WITH DIGITAL MINIATURE CAMERA AND ARTICULATING DISTAL SECTION A device includes an elongated shaft configured for insertion through a body lumen to a desired position within an organ, the shaft defining a first shaft lumen extending therethrough. An articulating section is located at a distal end of the shaft and is movable out of... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110152852 | THERMOCHEMICAL ABLATION SYSTEM USING HEAT FROM DELIVERY OF ELECTROPHILES Thermochemical ablation techniques may provide ablation of bodily tissue using chemical reaction energy. The chemical reaction energy is provided by chemical reactions including a highly reactive electrophilic reagent provided to a target tissue location.... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110144632 | Flooded Liquefaction Hand Piece Engine In various embodiments, an ophthalmic handpiece may include a handpiece body with a pulse chamber and flooded engine compartment configured to receive fluid from a surgical console through a fluid inlet port. Heated pulses from the pulse chamber and cooler fluid from th... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110125143 | THERMAL ABLATION DEVICE, CATHETER AND METHOD TO IMPLEMENT A THERMAL ABLATION A thermal ablation device for introduction of heat or cold into the body of a patient has a first heating or cooling device to heat or cool the tissue to be ablated, as well as at least one additional cooling or heating arrangement that serves to cool or heat tissue sur... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110118725 | NON-INVASIVE AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE DENERVATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME A system and method can be used to denervate at least a portion of a bronchial tree. An energy emitter of an instrument is percutaneously delivered to a treatment site and outputs energy to damage nerve tissue of the bronchial tree. The denervation procedure can be perf... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110118717 | TISSUE ABLATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE This invention relates to medical instruments and systems for applying energy to tissue. Variations of the systems and methods described herein include ablating, sealing, and extracting tissue with high pressure flows of fluids that in part utilizes a vapor-to-liquid ph... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110106020 | Catheter For Deactivating At Least A Portion of the Digestive Enzymes In An Amount Of Bile The present invention generally provides for a catheter for surgically treating a patient. The catheter has an inlet catheter having a proximal end and an open distal end, and first and second branch sections having proximal ends attached to the open distal end of the i... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110098693 | Vertebral Body Nerve and Vein Cauterizing System and Method Disclosed are vertebroplasty methods that include cauterizing an inner cavity of a vertebra of a mammal, such as a human, and injecting bone cement into the vertebra. Systems and kits for performing such methods are also disclosed.... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110087207 | LOCAL EMBOLIZATION USING THERMOSENSITIVE POLYMERS Precision in thermotherapy is obtained by providing a reverse gelling polymer composition which gels when its temperature is raised towards body temperature. The composition is injected into the blood supply of the tissue being treated, at the beginning of thermotherapy... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110077628 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE An instrument and method for tissue thermotherapy including an inductive heating means to generate a vapor phase media that is used for interstitial, intraluminal, intracavity or topical tissue treatment. In one method, the vapor phase media is propagated from a probe o... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110054454 | Gas-Enhanced Surgical Instrument with Mechanism for Cylinder Puncture A surgical instrument for providing an ionized gas to a surgical site includes a receptacle for a cylinder of pressurized surgical gas and a frame having a port near the distal end for emitting the surgical gas. A passageway extending between the receptacle and the port... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110046617 | METHODS FOR TREATING A HOLLOW ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE A working end of a catheter includes at least one therapeutic element, such as a resistive heating element, usable to deliver energy for ligating, or reducing the diameter of, a hollow anatomical structure. In certain examples, the catheter includes a lumen to accommoda... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110028959 | Surgical Apparatus and Method for Performing Minimally Invasive Surgery An apparatus for performing minimally invasive surgery, for example, percutaneous minimally invasive capsulotomy surgery. The apparatus includes a shaft, a blunt tip, a flange, an energy conductor and an active surgical element, which may be a cutting or heating element... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100305557 | HTA Sheath with Removable Scope An ablation device comprises an elongated introducer sized for insertion into a hollow organ via a natural opening, the introducer extending to a distal end which, when in an operative position, is within the hollow organ, the introducer including and a delivery lumen e... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100298948 | Systems and Methods for Prostate Treatment An energy delivery probe is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the energy can be app... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100286679 | Systems and Methods for Prostate Treatment An energy delivery probe is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the energy can be app... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100286791 | Integrated system for the ballistic and nonballistic infixion and retrieval of implants Provided are methods and apparatus for the use of magnetic traction to maintain the patency of a tubular anatomical structure, whether a vessel, duct, the trachea, bronchus, bile duct, ureter, vas deferens, fallopian tube, or portions of the digestive tract, as to const... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100286678 | Medical Devices Medical systems and methods including balloons having nanotubes are disclosed. In some embodiments, a medical system includes an elongated shaft, and an expandable balloon carried by the shaft and including nanotubes. The medical system is capable of cooling the balloon... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100268022 | ENDOSCOPIC GASTRIC BYPASS DEFECT REPAIR The invention relates to systems or kits and methods for repairing defects in gastric bypass operations, e.g., methods of closing intragastric fistulas (18, 20) and dilated gastrojejunal anastomoses. In various embodiments, an endoscopic suturing device (23 | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100268204 | Implant Delivery System A system and method of delivering and detaching an implant within a body of a patient is described. A tether connects an implant with a delivery device. The delivery device includes a heater coil through which the tether passes. The inner diameter of the heater coil is ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100262133 | MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ABLATING AND ABSORBING TISSUE Methods, devices, and systems are described herein for applying energy to tissue for ablation of tissue while allowing the tissue to be resorbed within the body. Such methods, devices, and systems control application of energy to maintain a temperature of target tissue ... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100256623 | Cervical Seal A thermal ablation device includes an elongated member sized and shaped for insertion into a uterus via a cervical opening. The elongated member defines a first lumen extending therethrough to a first distal opening which, when the apparatus is in an operative position,... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100228239 | ABLATION DEVICE WITH SUCTION CAPABILITY An ablation device includes an inflatable member having a cavity, a layer surrounding at least part of the inflatable member, wherein the layer includes one or more ablation elements for providing ablation energy, and a plurality of channels located between the layer an... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100217250 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLED THERMAL TISSUE A body passage having an interior wall with a lining is occluded by introducing a thermal delivery catheter to the passage. The thermal delivery catheter has a thermal transfer region which can deliver both a coagulative tissue necrosis energy dosage and a thermally fix... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100204689 | METHOD FOR TREATING AN ASTHMA ATTACK A method for treating the lung during an acute episode of reversible chronic obstructive pulmonary disease such as an asthma attack. The method comprises transferring energy to an airway wall of an airway such that a diameter of the airway is increased. The energy may b... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100204688 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE An instrument and method for tissue thermotherapy including an inductive heating means to generate a vapor phase media that is used for interstitial, intraluminal, intracavity or topical tissue treatment. In one method, the vapor phase media is propagated from a probe o... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100198204 | MEDICAL DEVICES INCORPORATING THERMOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER AND CONTROLLER A temperature control system may include a thermoelectric device, a controller electrically coupled to the thermoelectric device, a heat transfer structure thermally coupled to the thermoelectric device, and a temperature controlled medium thermally coupled to the therm... | 08/05/2010 |
