Bizarre Patents
Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110152857 | Apparatus and Methods For Electrophysiology Procedures Methods and apparatus in accordance with at least some of the present disclosure employ a measured heat transfer property to evaluate electrode/tissue contact. Methods and apparatus in accordance with at least some of the present disclosure employ the relationship betwe... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110112526 | ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF A BIOLOGICAL TISSUE, METHOD FOR REGULATING AN OUTPUT VOLTAGE OF AN ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR, AND CORRESPONDING USE OF THE ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR An electrosurgical generator for the treatment of biological tissue. The electrosurgical generator comprises a generator part which supplies a high-frequency (“HF”) treatment current with an HF voltage set according to a voltage control signal. A measuring device de... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110071517 | ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM TO GENERATE A PULSED PLASMA STREAM AND METHOD THEREOF An electrosurgical system to generate a pulsed plasma stream and method thereof are provided. The system includes an electrosurgical generator coupled to an electrical power source to supply power for the electrosurgical system; a plasma generator including a noble gas ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110060330 | MAGNETIC SWITCHING DEVICE A magnetic switching device includes an electromagnetic component adapted to be arranged proximate to an exterior surface of an object having a magnetically-switchable device therein and a control circuit electrically connected to the electromagnetic component. The elec... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110015629 | Electrosurgical Radio Frequency Energy Transmission Medium A system and method for transmitting electro surgical energy from a generator to an electrosurgical instrument are provided. The electrosurgical system includes a generator adapted to generate electrosurgical energy for treating tissue. The generator includes one or mor... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100130973 | Coagulation apparatus using cold plasma Provided is a coagulation apparatus using cold plasma. In the coagulation apparatus, the cold plasma is generated by a microwave resonator with low power consumption in the atmosphere, and the cold plasma is vented on a bleeding portion of a wound. Accordingly, it is po... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100087811 | Systems and Methods for Controlling Patient Catheters Systems and methods for controlling patient catheters are disclosed. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a catheter carrying multiple active elements, and a controller connected to the catheter. The controller can include a housing having direct... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20090163908 | Vacuum Pre-Check for a Tissue Ablation Device The present invention relates to a method for the removal of fluid or other liquids from a body cavity during a tissue ablation procedure. Specifically, the present invention is related to a method for determining the presence or absence of a vacuum within a device befo... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090157071 | System and Method for Tissue Sealing An electrosurgical system is disclosed. The electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical generator adapted to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue. The electrosurgical generator includes impedance sensing circuitry which measures impedance of tissue, a processo... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090157075 | System and Method for Tissue Sealing An electrosurgical system is disclosed. The electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical generator adapted to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue. The electrosurgical generator includes impedance sensing circuitry which measures impedance of tissue, a processo... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090024122 | Endoscopic-surgery apparatus for argon-plasma coagulation (apc) The invention relates to an endoscopic-surgery apparatus for argon-plasma coagulation (APC) to treat biological tissue. The surgery apparatus comprises a tube, a tubular probe or similar working device that can be inserted into an endoscope, with a first channel such th... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090012513 | Ablation in the Gastrointestinal Tract to Achieve Hemostasis and Eradicate Lesions With a Propensity for Bleeding Devices and methods are provided for the ablation of regions of the digestive tract to achieve hemostasis and to eradicate chronically bleeding lesions as occur with gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE), portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG), radiation proctopathy and... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090005772 | Tissue treatment apparatus In tissue treatment apparatus for skin resurfacing having a handheld treatment instrument with electrodes connected to a radio frequency generator, a plasma jet is produced by ionising gas passing through a gas conduit in the instrument, the plasma emerging from a nozzl... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080281316 | Adjustable impedance electrosurgical electrodes An electrosurgical system is disclosed. The electrosurgical system includes at least one electrosurgical electrode having a resistive element and a capacitive element configured in series. The electrosurgical system also including an electrosurgical generator configured... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080262488 | Tissue treatment system and a method of cosmetic tissue treatment A tissue treatment system includes a radio frequency (r.f.) generator, a treatment instrument connectible to the generator and to a source of ionisable gas and operable to produce a plasma jet at a nozzle of the instrument when supplied with the ionisable gas and energi... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080243114 | Instrument For Plasma Coagulation For the coagulation of tissue by plasma, instruments are known that comprise a tubular probe body through which inert gas is conducted and an ignition electrode within the lumen in the region of an outlet of the probe body. A current conductor is provided to supply a co... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080221565 | ELECTROCAUTERY METHOD AND APPARATUS An electrode structure and a mechanism for automated or user-selected operation or compensation of the electrodes, for example to determine tissue coverage and/or prevent arcing between bottom electrodes during electrocautery is disclosed.... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080221564 | Method and Device for Identifying and Monitoring a Medical Instrument A method and device for monitoring and identifying a medical instrument, capable of being incorporated in the instrument itself, and provided with the sufficient storage capacity to store all the data relative to the use of the instrument. The device for monitoring and ... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080215045 | Multi-Port Side-Fire Coagulator An electrosurgical apparatus for coagulating tissue used in combination with an endoscope which includes an elongated flexible tube having a plurality of side-ports located therethrough. The tube extends through a working channel of the endoscope and an ionizable gas is... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080188848 | Surgical Tool Arrangement A surgical tool arrangement including a powered handpiece which cooperates with a combined electrosurgical and mechanical cutting instrument. The electrosurgical and mechanical cutting instrument includes an outer static housing element which defines an electrode for de... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080167645 | ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM WITH SUCTION CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD System and method for selectively applying electrical energy to structures within or on the surface of a patient's body and controlling the flow of an electrically conductive fluid from the application site to provide or maintain a desired operating condition of the ele... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080140067 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CUTTING AND COLLECTING SOFT TISSUE A device for cutting and collecting a specimen from a mass of tissue may include a shaft, an integrated cut and collect assembly coupled to the shaft and an actuator. The shaft may define an opening and may include an outer surface that defines a trough adjacent the ope... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080125769 | High frequency treatment instrument A high frequency forceps (high frequency treatment instrument) 1 according to the present invention includes an electrical circuit which is connected via a connection cord to a high frequency power source which generates a high frequency voltage in which a pair o... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080114342 | DIAPHRAGM ENTRY FOR POSTERIOR SURGICAL ACCESS Methods and devices described herein facilitate improved treatment of body organs.... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080058796 | FLUID-ASSISTED MEDICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS Surgical devices for treating tissue are provided. Also provided are systems for treating tissue and methods of treating tissue. An exemplary surgical device has a handle, a fluid passage connectable to a fluid source, a tip portion and a distal end. The tip portion can... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080045942 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF USE An electrosurgical medical device and method for creating thermal welds in engaged tissue. In one embodiment, at least one jaw of the instrument defines a tissue engagement plane carrying a variable resistive body of a positive temperature coefficient material that has ... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080033493 | PERI-CAPSULAR FIBROID TREATMENT Uterine fibroids and other tissue masses are treated using an electrode or other treatment element introduced into a potential or peri-capsular space surrounding the fibroid under ultrasonic imaging. A therapy is delivered into the potential space by the treatment eleme... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080027423 | SYSTEMS FOR TREATMENT OF NASAL TISSUE Systems for the treatment of nasal tissue, particularly the nasal turbinates, are described. One method for reducing the size of the inferior nasal turbinate is to apply ultrasound energy to the tissue regions beneath the surface of the turbinate tissue. One instrument ... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080009851 | Variable geometry cooling chamber The present invention provides a medical device that may include a catheter body having proximal and distal portions, a fluid injection lumen disposed within elongate body, and a guidewire lumen disposed within the elongate body. A tip portion defining a cavity in fluid... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070225700 | Apparatus for Argon-Plasma Coagulation The invention relates to an apparatus for argon-plasma coagulation in which working gas is supplied to a tissue that is to be treated by passage through gas-supply devices (20) in a supply-flow direction, and the working gas flows out of a distal end of the gas-s... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070191828 | Energy-based medical treatment system and method A method for medical treatment includes beginning coagulating patient tissue using an energy-based clamp coagulator, determining the clamping force, and measuring the acoustic impedance of the patient tissue. The method also includes compensating the measured acoustic i... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070185482 | ELECTROCAUTERY METHOD AND APPARATUS An electrode structure and a mechanism for automated or user-selected operation or compensation of the electrodes, for example to determine tissue coverage and/or prevent arcing between bottom electrodes during electrocautery is disclosed. ... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070167941 | Electrosurgical system An electrosurgical system comprising, among other things, a control console to which detachably connects one or more electrosurgical probes capable of coagulating and ablating tissue. The control console generates a selectively variable power signal having a duty cycle ... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070100232 | Electrode catheter for the electrotherapy of cardiac tissue The present invention relates to an electrode catheter for defibrillation, mapping or ablation of cardiac tissue. Said catheter comprises a terminal (40) on the proximal end of the electrode catheter and one or more sensing and/or treatment electrodes (14, 16<... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070066969 | Method and apparatus for precursively controlling energy during coaptive tissue fusion A sidewall of biological tissue which surrounds and defines an opening in the tissue is sealed or fused to occlude the opening by compressing apposite sidewall portions and applying sufficient energy to cause the fibers of the compressed apposed sidewall portions to int... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070021765 | Ultrasonic treatment apparatus, probe for the same, and method of manufacturing the apparatus and the probe There is provided an ultrasonic treatment apparatus including an ultrasonic oscillator which generates ultrasonic waves, a probe which is connected to the ultrasonic oscillator and transmits ultrasonic oscillations generated by the ultrasonic oscillator, and a treatment... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20060293649 | Electrosurgical power control A method and apparatus include determining a value of a parameter associated with operation of an electrosurgical probe having a particular probe design, and determining whether the value of the parameter is within a range of values that has been predetermined for the p... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060258937 | Catheter with compactly terminated electronic component A cable assembly includes an elongated catheter defining a lumen. A cable within the lumen has at least first and second electrically independent conductors. A first electrical component is connected to the catheter and has a first lead and second lead. The first lead i... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060217700 | Electrosurgical instrument with enhanced capability An electrosurgical instrument for use by a surgeon that provides additional features and benefits compared with known designs. The operating mode as well as other operating parameters, especially power level, can be preset by the surgeon before commencing the procedure.... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060173402 | Medical instrument having medical-treatment electrode A first medical instrument includes a medical catheter, a rotatable member, an injection needle, and at least one medical-treatment electrode supported by the rotatable member. The medical catheter has a distal end. The rotatable member is connected to the medical cathe... | 08/03/2006 |
