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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6929472 | Curing light A curing light system useful for curing light activated composite materials is disclosed. Various configurations of light emitting semiconductor chips and heat sinks are disclosed, as well as various structures and methods for driving, controlling and using them. | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929640 | Methods for electrosurgical tissue contraction within the spine The present invention provides systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within a patient's body, particularly including tissue in the spine. The present invention applies high frequency (RF) electrical energy to one or more... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926524 | Curing light A curing light system useful for curing light activated composite materials is disclosed. Various configurations of light emitting semiconductor chips and heat sinks are disclosed, as well as various structures and methods for driving, controlling and using them. | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926711 | Articulating catheter for cryoablation with reduced diameter section A catheter usable for cryogenic ablation of tissues is described. The catheter has a deflectable segment with a reduced diameter and a tip portion with a diameter greater than the reduced diameter. A resilient element allows for bending of the deflectable segment pr... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920883 | Methods and apparatus for skin treatment Methods and apparatus for electrosurgically treating human skin. The skin may be treated by applying thermal energy to the dermis to shrink the skin following liposuction, or to induce collagen deposition at the site of a wrinkle for wrinkle reduction or removal. In... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6922583 | Method for measuring tissue morphology The present invention relates to systems and methods for measuring one or more physical characteristics of material such as tissue using optical radiation. The system can use light that is scattered by a tissue layer to determine, for example, the size of nuclei in ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6922589 | Site reversion in cardiac rhythm management Methods for failure recovery in a cardiac rhythm management system and apparatus capable of carrying out the methods. The methods include applying a first pacing therapy using one or more leads. The methods further include detecting a failure condition on one or mor... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6921411 | Angioplasty apparatus facilitating rapid exchanges and method Apparatus for introduction into the vessel of a patient comprising a guiding catheter adapted to be inserted into the vessel of the patient and a device adapted to be inserted into the guiding catheter. The device includes a flexible elongate member and a sleeve car... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6922506 | Temperature compensating optical component packaging structure A packaging structure for supporting a segment of optical fiber provided with a wavelength filter optically coupled thereto. The wavelength filter defines a temperature dependent center wavelength and a rate of wavelength drift per temperature change. The optical fi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918880 | Bipolar RF excision and aspiration device and method for endometriosis removal An excision and aspiration apparatus adapted to sample a tissue mass includes a receptacle, such as a suction cup, which is adapted to receive a superficial portion only of the total tissue mass. An excision mechanism, such as a cutting wire, excises the superficial... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918903 | Device for suction-assisted lipectomy and method of using same A device is described which allows simultaneous application of suction or vacuum for evacuation of fat with application of energy to the fat inside an opening in a cannula. A pair of electrodes is situated within the cavity of the cannula just under the surface of c... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916306 | Steerable loop structures for supporting diagnostic and therapeutic elements in contact with body tissue A probe that includes a elongate body and a steerable loop structure that supports electrodes or other operative elements against the body tissue. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913615 | Chemiluminescent treatment of acne The present invention provides the ability to treat acne with a device that can be worn by a patient for extended time periods. The device can, for example, enable the delivery of light for time periods that are longer than one might want to sit still in front of a ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6913625 | Ureteral stent A stent is designed to be placed within a patient's ureter to facilitate drainage from the patient's kidneys to the bladder. An elongated portion of the stent includes a length sufficient to extend substantially within the ureter from the kidney to the bladder, and ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6915169 | Extendable and retractable lead having a snap-fit terminal connector A lead having an extendable and retractable fixation mechanism has a rotating terminal pin at the terminal end which rotates the fixation mechanism at the distal end. As the terminal pin is rotated, the fixation mechanism is extended or retracted from the distal end... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910886 | Curing light A curing light system useful for curing light activated composite materials is disclosed. Various configurations of light emitting semiconductor chips and heat sinks are disclosed, as well as various structures and methods for driving, controlling and using them. | 06/28/2005 |
| 6912341 | Optical fiber link A system comprises at least one optical fiber that revolves around an axis when an array assembly that includes a radar array revolves around the axis. The optical fiber receives a light pattern that specifies information from the array assembly. A stationary device... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908460 | Apparatus for conveying a light source to an intravenous needle to kill blood pathogens A tip of a needle is inserted into large vein of a patient. The needle is mounted in a butterfly device axially engaged to a generally cylindrical housing containing a Y-connector. A pharmaceutically acceptable solution is fed to the needle through the Y-connector t... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908461 | Laser device for medical treatment system A laser device for medical treatment system, comprising at least a plurality of laser beam emitting sources, a laser beam multiplexing means for superimposing the laser beams emitted from the laser beam emitting sources, and a beam mixing means where the laser beams... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902562 | Percutaneous myocardial revascularization marking and therapeutic or diagnostic agent delivery system A system and method of marking percutaneous myocardial revascularization channels in a human heart and introducing into the channels a therapeutic or diagnostic agent by inserting a catheter system into the left ventricle of a heart, applying tissue ablative energy ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902935 | Methods of monitoring effects of chemical agents on a sample The invention provides methods and systems for monitoring effects of chemical agents on optical signals produced by samples in response to the chemical agents. Preferred methods comprise application of multiple chemical agents that interact to alter an optical signa... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899708 | Sterile tissue access system A tissue access system for tissue ablation without open surgery includes a distally open elongated tube (4) with a handle piece (6) having a through channel (7) in axial alignment with the elongated tube and an infusion fitting (9) that o... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6893432 | Light-dispersive probe A surgical probe is disclosed that disperses light sideways from its fore end. A light-dispersive and light-transmissive medium is enclosed within a housing. The medium is preferably divided into sections containing different concentrations of a light-dispersing mat... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6878155 | Method of treating intervertebral disc tissue employing attachment mechanism Apparatus and methods are disclosed for accessing the interior of an intervertebral disc to perform a function within the disc. One such apparatus comprises a catheter having a lumen; and a guide wire having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and configured to... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6872203 | Conductive interstitial thermal therapy device An apparatus and method for thermally destroying tumors in which heat is generated by electrical resistance heating conducted to the target tissue. Computerized scanning is used to optimize the geometry of a thermal probe. The probe has a metal tip heated by a remot... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6868221 | Fiber optic positioner The present invention relates to an apparatus which includes a polypod support which includes a fiber optic supporting platform. The fiber optic supporting platform includes an opening. The apparatus further includes at least three legs forming a tripod, each of the... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6858009 | Ultrasonic angioscope system An ultrasonic angioscope system which uses an imaging technique of sending ultrasonic waves to a portion ahead of a stricture of a blood vessel and visualizing a portion in the forward direction of the angioscope, and which uses a laser breakdown is provided. The ul... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6846311 | Method and apparatus for in VIVO treatment of mammary ducts by light induced fluorescence The invention is directed toward a micro-endoscope assembly for the treatment of diseased tissue in breast ducts comprising a cylindrical guide tube with a distal end defining an internal cylindrical passageway, a first smaller cylindrical tube eccentrically formed ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6845193 | Laser channeling devices An optical fiber device for ablating a channel through a plaque deposit or a clot in a blood vessel is described. Laser energy is transmitted through one or a bundle of optical fibers to a quartz or fused silica cylinder, whose distal end surface has been made into ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6830568 | Guiding catheter system for ablating heart tissue A guiding catheter system for delivering an elongated therapeutic or diagnostic device into a patient's left ventricle which includes a first guiding catheter with a shaped distal extremity configured to be aligned with or parallel to a longitudinal axis or long dim... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6819843 | Device and method for photolithographically irradiating biological substances A device and a method for the photolithographic exposure of biological substances is described, which comprises at least one light source, a bundle of optical fibers and a control unit, whereby each of the optical fibers can be controlled by light independently from... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6802838 | Devices and methods for directed, interstitial ablation of tissue The invention relates to a catheter device including an optical fiber whose distal end is disposed within a hollow tube with a sharp or syringe shaped distal end, which may be inserted into tissue. The distal end of the optical fiber and the hollow tube are configur... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6788977 | System and method for heating the prostate gland to treat and prevent the growth and spread of prostate tumor Improvements in safety and efficacy for externally focused adaptive phased array microwave thermotherapy (hyperthermia) for treatment of cancer and benign conditions of an organ or an appendage are described. In order to reduce blood flow thereby accumulating additi... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6788967 | Medical diagnosis, treatment and imaging systems A locating system for determining the location and orientation of an invasive medical instrument, for example a catheter or endoscope, relative to a reference frame, comprising: a plurality of field generators which generate known, distinguishable fields, preferably... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6783541 | Methods for inhibiting or suppressing stenosis of arteriovenous access fistulas and grafts A method for inhibiting or suppressing stenosis associated with an arteriovenous access. A dosage of photosensitive compound is introduced into the artery or vein. An anastomotic area of the artery or vein is then exposed to a source of light having a wavelength sui... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6761713 | Medical laser unit The medical laser unit (1) includes at least one laser body (3) being made of laser material (4). A first type of a pump light source (11) is designed and arranged to continuously excite the laser material (4) and to generate conti... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6755821 | System and method for stimulation and/or enhancement of myocardial angiogenesis Shock-waves are applied using a combination lithotripsy probe/balloon system, comprising a needle and cannular balloon which can be inserted through the skin at a point between the ribs into the cavity beneath the chest wall and overlying the heart. Alternatively, t... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6749603 | Electrical probe An electrical probe which can be used in electrosurgery as well as for measurements is disclosed. The probe comprises an inner electrode and an outer electrode which are constructed coaxially. The isolator located between the electrodes is constructed as a light gui... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6740107 | Device for treatment of atrioventricular valve regurgitation A catheter device suitable for shrinking chordae tendineae of the human heart is provided having an energy conduit and a positioning device that facilitates the delivery of thermal energy, including coherent (laser) or non-coherent light, RF, microwave or ultrasound... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6736808 | Apparatus for emitting therapeutic energy within tissue A catheter capable of both sensing myocardial electrical activity and delivering ablating energy within myocardial tissue is disclosed. The catheter comprises electrodes on the outer sheath and contains a movable fiber optic cable that can be percutaneously advanced... | 05/18/2004 |
