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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421608 | Method and system for operating a dental operating chair connected to a computer A method and a system for operating a dental operating chair connected to a computer, comprising operating elements and/or state indicators arranged on the dental operating chair, an interface via which the information is transmitted from the dental operating chair ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417109 | Polymers for delivering nitric oxide in vivo Disclosed are novel polymers derivatized with at least one —NOx group per 1200 atomic mass unit of the polymer. X is one or two. In one embodiment, the polymer is an S-nitrosylated polymer and is prepared by reacting a polythiolated polymer with a nitro... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7364558 | Back support panel with convex surfaces for muscle support A back brace for supporting a lower back region of a wearer that includes a strapping system that supports a lumbar support panel at the lower back region of the wearer. The lumbar support panel includes an inner surface adjacent to the wearer's back defining a pair... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354410 | Compression treatment system A compression treatment system is provided that includes a first bladder supported about a limb. A second bladder is supported about the limb. The bladders are in fluid communication with a fluid source and the bladders are inflated such that the first bladder is in... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7309867 | Methods and apparatus for characterization of tissue samples The invention provides methods for determining the probability that a given region of a tissue sample contains tissue of a given category, such as CIN 1 (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, grade 1), CIN 2/3 (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 and/or 3), no... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7250031 | Method and apparatus for assessing vascular endothelial function Vascular endothelial function in terms of flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of peripheral arteries can be assessed reliably by measuring beat-to-beat pulse-wave conduction time (PCT) simultaneously for two symmetric segments of arteries locating on the right and left sid... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7207954 | Apparatus and methods for therapeutically treating damaged tissues, bone fractures, osteopenia, or osteoporosis Apparatus and methods for therapeutically treating bone fractures, osteopenia, osteoporosis, or other tissue conditions. A platform supports a body to be treated. An oscillator is positioned within the platform and is configured to impart an oscillating force on the... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204840 | Deep organ access device and method Devices and methods provide accurate targeting, placement, and/or stabilization of an electrode or other instrument(s) into the brain or other body organ, such as to treat severe tremor or other neurological disorders. Targeting is performed using any form of image-... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7174891 | CPR mask with compression timing metronome and methods A facial mask includes a mask body that is adapted to be coupled to a patient's face. A valve system is coupled to the mask body to permit the inflow of respiratory gasses into the mask body and to permit the outflow of respiratory gasses from the mask body. A metro... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167741 | Hyperthermia treatment and probe therefor This surgical device uses a laser beam to coagulate tissue. The elongate device carries the beam through an optical fiber that has a chamfered end for deflecting the beam out of a distal end of the device at an angle. Tissue coagulation is monitored using a magnetic... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7144352 | Exercising device for abdominal muscles The invention provides a free-standing portable exercise device (10) for executing push-ups in an inclined standing position and for simultaneously exercising the abdominal muscles of the user, the device (10) having a base (12), two elevated sp... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7127282 | Optical methods and systems for rapid screening of the cervix A method and a system is provided for discriminating between healthy cervical tissue and pathologic cervical tissue based on the fluorescence response of the tissue to laser excitation (LIF) and the backscatter response to illumination by white light (in the spectra... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118540 | Method for use in orthodontics for accelerating tooth movement when treating patients for malocclusion A method for accelerating orthodontic treatment of malocclusion by noninvasively altering a condition of bone in a patient's jaw so that teeth held in generally fixed positions in the bone are able to be relatively easily and rapidly repositioned using orthodontic a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108663 | Method and apparatus for cartilage growth stimulation The invention relates to apparatus and method for ultrasonically stimulating cartilage growth. The apparatus includes at least one ergonomically constructed ultrasonic transducer configured to cooperate with a placement module or strip for placement in proximity to ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094211 | Apparatuses and methods for therapeutically treating damaged tissues, bone fractures, osteopenia, or osteoporosis Systems and methods for therapeutically treating damaged tissues, bone fractures, osteopenia, or osteoporosis. Systems and methods according to various embodiments of the invention include an oscillating platform for therapeutically treating damaged tissues, bone fr... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094210 | Method of wave biomechanotherapy For medicine, sports and cosmonautics, a method of biomechanotherapy massage and therapeutic action on a human body performed both by heat and light waves and by mechanical waves which are sequential and parallel combinations of longitudinal and transverse modulated... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090649 | Total skin management system and total skin management method using the same The present invention relates to a skin management system, and in particular to a total skin management system and a total skin management method using the same which are capable of checking a state of skin and comprehensively managing a skin based on a type of skin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090648 | External addition of pulses to fluid channels of body to release or suppress endothelial mediators and to determine effectiveness of such intervention Methods of medical treatment and diagnosis using mediators released by endothelial cells stimulated by external addition of pulses to the circulation are disclosed. The external pulses produce circumferential shear stress in body fluid channels that subsequently sti... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087709 | Polymers for delivering nitric oxide in vivo Disclosed are novel polymers derivatized with at least one —NOx group per 1200 atomic mass unit of the polymer. X is one or two. In one embodiment, the polymer is an S-nitrosylated polymer and is prepared by reacting a polythiolated polymer with a nitro... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7069073 | Electrokinetic delivery of medicaments An electrokinetic delivery or diagnostic device for personal use and self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site is provided. The device includes a housing containing a power supply, a first active electrode and a ground tactile electrode. An applicator ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044128 | CPR demonstration device and methods A demonstration device comprises a base having a front side, a back side, a respiratory port, a circulation port, a heart port and at least one lung port. The heart port is fluidly connected to the circulation port, and the lung port is fluidly connected to the resp... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032596 | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation device and method A cardiopulmonary resuscitation device and method that combines artificial, emergency ventilation of a patient's lungs with chest compressions on the patient's sternum area. The device includes a self-inflating bag having a top side, a bottom side, and an outlet por... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7004903 | Electronic system for determining the density and structure of bone tissue and stimulating osteogenesis in dentistry An electronic system for determining the density and structure of bone tissue and stimulating osteogenesis in dentistry, having a diagnosis system for injecting an ultrasonic signal U(t) into a bone portion and analyzing the ultrasonic signal received after travelin... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6934988 | Therapeutic table A therapeutic table having rotatable breast recesses is a massage table with special recessed areas or “pockets” to accommodate and support a woman's breasts when she is lying face down. Two recessed pockets are provided only on one side of a panel that is situa... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926669 | Heart wall ablation/mapping catheter and method Steerable electrophysiology catheters for use in mapping and/or ablation of accessory pathways in myocardial tissue of the heart wall and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The catheter comprises a catheter body and handle, the catheter body having a proximal sec... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926683 | Method for reducing the appearance of skin cellulites using vacuum radiant heat and mechanical manipulation A massaging apparatus that includes at least one massaging element in a housing and extending therefrom for use in manipulating a subject's tissue and further including a radiant heat source. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6913581 | High output therapeutic ultrasound transducer A therapeutic ultrasound delivery system, comprises: a catheter body, a plurality of axially spaced-apart hollow cylindrical vibrational transducers disposed along a length of the catheter body, a first spring connector wrapped around the outer surfaces of the vibra... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6899687 | Massage machine and physiological quantity measuring circuit for use in the machine The invention provides a massage machine for health care which comprises a living body information sensor 5 for detecting living body information of the autonomic nervous system of the person to be massaged, a control circuit 6 for judging the psycholo... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6843776 | Apparatus and methods for therapeutically treating damaged tissues, bone fractures, osteopenia, or osteoporosis Apparatus and methods for therapeutically treating bone fractures, osteopenia, osteoporosis, or other tissue conditions. A platform supports a body to be treated. An oscillator is positioned within the platform and is configured to impart an oscillating force on the... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6780161 | Apparatus for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter using at least two shock wave pulses The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating a living body or tissue with shock waves originating from at least two sources to a focal area on or within said living body or tissue. The apparatus is particularly for treating an illness or fragmenting st... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6735470 | Electrokinetic delivery of medicaments An electrokinetic delivery or diagnostic device for personal use and self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site is provided. The device includes a housing containing a power supply, a first active electrode and a ground tactile electrode. An applicator ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6652473 | Ultrasonic and growth factor bone-therapy: apparatus and method Non-invasive therapeutic treatment of bone in vivo using ultrasound in conjunction with application of a biochemical compound or bone growth factor is performed by subjecting bone to an ultrasound signal supplied to an ultrasound transducer placed on the ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6607498 | Method and apparatus for non-invasive body contouring by lysing adipose tissue A method and apparatus for producing lysis of adipose tissue underlying the skin of a subject, by: applying an ultrasonic transducer to the subject's skin to transmit therethrough ultrasonic waves focussed on the adipose tissue; and electrically actuating... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6508774 | Hifu applications with feedback control High intensity focused ultrasound heating is provided by applying therapeutic ultrasonic waves using an array of transducers. Cavitation is detected by using some or all of the transducers in the array to detect ultrasonic waves emanating from or reflecte... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6506171 | System and methods for controlling distribution of acoustic energy around a focal point using a focused ultrasound system A focused ultrasound system includes a plurality of transducer elements disposed about and having an angular position with a central axis. Drive signals drive respective transducer elements that include phase shift values based upon the angular position o... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6477410 | Electrokinetic delivery of medicaments An electrokinetic delivery or diagnostic device for personal use and self-administration of a medicament to a treatment site is provided. The device includes a housing containing a power supply, a first active electrode and a ground tactile electrode. An ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6464654 | Massaging shoe device A massaging shoe device for providing vibrating massage to the bottom portion of a wearer's foot. The massaging shoe device includes a sole having a cavity positioned therein. A vibrator is positioned in the cavity. A power supply for powering the vibrato... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6266552 | Method and arrangement for locating a measurement and/or treatment catheter in a vessel or organ of a patient In a method for locating a measurement and/or treatment catheter in a vessel or organ of a patient relative a fixed catheter, also positioned within the patient in the vicinity of the measurement and/or treatment catheter signals are transmitted from one ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6193677 | Sonic percussor device An apparatus for assisting in the clearing of secretion from the lungs of a patient utilizes sonic pressure waves applied to the chest by an appropriate sound-generating transducer. A control unit allows the generation of a plurality of electrical signals... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6176840 | Ultrasonic cosmetic treatment device Since the electrical impedance of an ultrasonic vibrator may vary according to the contact or non-contact of an application member with the skin, a detection circuit detects the contact or non-contact of the application member with the skin by converting ... | 01/23/2001 |
