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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4504264 | Apparatus for and method of removal of material using ultrasonic vibraton A hand-held surgical instrument for fragmentation and removal of animal tissue such as a cataract has a working tip which in addition to being longitudinally vibrated is laterally oscillated to enhance the operation thereof. Also, the method of laterally ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4496342 | Surge prevention system for an ophthalmic instrument An instrument for removing liquid and other material from an operating site through an evacuation line under the control of a pump, in which the fluid flow in the line is sensed and a control signal produced when material blocking the line is cleared ther... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4493695 | Opthalmic microsurgical system cassette assembly A microsurgery system comprising an instrument including a source of vacuum and control means, a remotely connected handpiece adapted to be disposed in the vicinity of the situs of the surgery and including an inlet and suction conduit means coupled to th... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4465470 | Apparatus for and method of irrigating and aspirating an eye Apparatus for and method of irrigating and aspirating an eye utilizing valves in a conduit and conduit branches to control the flow of fluid into and out of the eye under the force of gravity.... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4458539 | Blood fractionation apparatus having collected volume display system An apparatus for separating and collecting plasma from whole blood includes a volume monitoring system which provides a continuous display of the volume of plasma collected. A transducer circuit within the system develops an electrical signal frequency-de... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4451251 | Stroke treatment utilizing extravascular circulation of oxygenated synthetic nutrients to treat tissue hypoxic and ischemic disorders A novel acute care cerebral support system and method for treating severly ischemic brains is disclosed wherein an oxygenated nutrient emulsion is circulated through at least a portion of the ventriculo-subarachnoid spaces. The nutrient emulsion contains ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4416772 | Apparatus for concentrating and filtering body cavity fluids Body cavity fluids, such as ascitic fluid and pleural fluid, are concentrated and filtered to remove bacteria and cancer cells, and the filtered concentrate is returned to the patient intravenously. The concentration and filtration are performed batch-wis... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4413988 | Short-tubing set gravity powered peritoneal cycler A machine for infusion and withdrawal of fluid from the peritoneal cavity of a person. A plurality of bags of fluid each rests atop spaced apart trays arranged in a stack and supported by a vertical secondary frame slidably mounted in a main frame. Moveab... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4378797 | Extravascular circulation of oxygenated synthetic nutrients to treat tissue hypoxic and ischemic disorders A novel system and method for treating ischemic neurologic tissue is disclosed wherein an oxygenated nutrient emulsion is circulated through at least a portion of the cerebospinal pathway. The nutrient emulsion contains an oxygenatable non-aqueous compone... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4364385 | Insulin delivery device An insulin delivery device comprised of a compartment limited by a semipermeable, ionically charged membrane, containing the enzymes glucose oxidase and catalase, is disclosed. The enclosed enzymes provide a means for varying the permeabiity of the membra... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4350148 | Esophageal varices injector An injector is disclosed for treating esophageal varices and other disorders with injected medications. The injector includes a needle which has a tubular bore for injecting the medication into the varices. The needle has an exposed length which is suffic... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4295464 | Ureteric stone extractor with two ballooned catheters A ureteric stone extractor (100) is disclosed wherein an inner dislodger catheter (101) is slidable within a relatively larger outer dialator catheter (102). The dislodger catheter (101) comprises a lumen (104) having a stiffening metal stylet (106) there... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4190059 | Apparatus for colonic lavage and specimen collection A unit including mechanisms and instrumentation for precision, temperature and pressure control of water which is directed through a speculum that continuously irrigates a patient's colon and drains the water along with extracted matter through an illumin... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4184497 | Peritoneal dialysis catheter An implantable catheter for subcutaneous placement defining a tubular member which carries an enlarged, hollow, needle-pierceable member on one end thereof. The enlarged hollow member is implanted under the skin. The catheter defines a pair of angled turn... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4157718 | Intra-ocular pressure normalization technique and equipment There is disclosed a method and apparatus for safely reducing abnormally high intra-ocular pressure in an eye during a predetermined time interval. This allows maintenance of normal intraocular pressure during glaucoma surgery. According to the invention,... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4140119 | Balloon-tipped extracorporeal cannula apparatus and method for insertion of same A balloon-tipped extracorporeal cannula apparatus suitable for use in a cardiac cannulation technique including a first elongated and flexible tube having an open proximal end and a closed distal tip with a plurality of holes near the distal end, an infla... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4132227 | Urological endoscope particularly resectoscope A hollow cylindrical sheath has a proximal end and a distal end. An optical viewing device is located in the sheath extending from the distal back to the proximal end. An outflow tube is slidable onto the sheath to surround the sheath and form together wi... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4098275 | Dual flow cannula set A dual cannula having two adjoining tubes, a leader tube and a follower tube, in staggered arrangement so as to form two separate and distinct passageways for the withdrawal and return of blood to a body. The blood return passageway terminates with a need... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4084593 | Bladder training apparatus Apparatus for use in training the bladder of an incontinent patient including a pressure chamber connectable to the bladder with a catheter and a collecting container connected to the pressure chamber by a narrow tube. The pressure chamber is to be lower ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4069814 | Double lumen cannula apparatus Double lumen cannula apparatus for blood sampling is described having the improvements of apparatus features for obtaining controlled dilution of the blood sample with an anti-coagulant and a minimal volume for a chamber introducing the anti-coagulant to ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4049002 | Fluid conveying surgical instrument A surgical instrument of scissors configuration having one or more suction and spraying openings disposed at the functional end thereof, the openings communicating with a fluid conduit which is carried by and movable with one or both of the instrument han... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4016879 | Multi-mode cannulating apparatus Multiple mode cannulating apparatus is provided wherein in a versatile Y-shaped needle assembly an elastomer plug cooperates with stub tubings to define a Y-shaped port and passage junction of improved design; also, a blood cavity is provided in a carrier... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3983864 | Method and apparatus for in vivo blood gas analysis Method and apparatus for withdrawing and analyzing gases dissolved in liquid, more specifically, equilibrated blood gas samples in vivo. A catheter including a semipermeable membrane, connected to include a volume of carrier gas at atmospheric pressure, i... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3982544 | Device for everting a probe into a body cavity A device for providing a double-walled annular pressurized probe into a body cavity is provided comprising a pressurizing chamber in flow communication with an adapter. The probe is sealed to one end of the adapter and means are provided for everting the ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3980086 | Fluid conveying surgical instrument A surgical instrument of scissors configuration having one or more suction and spraying openings disposed at the functional end thereof, the openings communicating with a fluid conduit which is carried by and movable with one or both of the instrument han... | 09/14/1976 |
