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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5454782 | Translumenal circumferential energy delivery device A probe for translumenal circumferential delivery of energy through a biological lumen comprises a catheter which is constructed and arranged to be placed within a particular biological lumen. A plurality of guide channels are formed within the catheter e... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5441497 | Light diffusing guidewire A light diffusing guidewire which has the ability to deliver light to luminal surfaces such as blood vessels for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. The device can be used either in conjunction with another outer catheter such as a balloon ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5441496 | Laser delivery system with soft tip A laser delivery system for ophthalmic surgery and the like includes a handpiece terminating distally in a probe, a laser connector, and an optical fiber for transmitting laser light from a laser source to an eye to be treated. The optical fiber extends s... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5437657 | Instrument for ophthalmological surgery The surgical instrument apparatus emits a narrow beam of light that exits a point on the blade. The light crosses in front of the blade at a point predetermined by the surgeon. The light is reflected off the Descemet's membrane when the tip of the blade r... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437661 | Method for removal of prolapsed nucleus pulposus material on an intervertebral disc using a laser A method for removal of prolapsed nucleus pulposus material of an intervertebral disc of a patient using a laser is disclosed. The present invention provides applying a laser beam directly in contact with the prolapsed nucleus pulposus material within the... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437660 | Tissue ablation and a lateral-lasing fiber optic device therefor A method for removing unwanted material in a body lumen, cavity or organ provides the steps of using an endoscope or other viewing system to position a suitably sized lateral-lasing fiber optic device axially at one or more places in a body lumen, cavity ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437659 | Angioplasty catheter and method of use thereof Device for use in removing undesired material, e.g., occlusion or plaque, from a duct or blood vessel within a patient's body. The device comprises a catheter (21) adapted to be disposed within a duct and an element disposed adjacent to the distal end por... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5431647 | Fiberoptic cylindrical diffuser A fiberoptic diffuser has an optical fiber having a light transmitting core, cladding about the core, and a buffer layer about the cladding. The core at the distal end portion of the fiber is exposed and a diffusing sleeve is disposed thereabout. A transp... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5425730 | Illumination cannula system for vitreous surgery An illumination cannula system for vitreous surgery. The cannula system has a plurality of illuminated cannula ports, each including a multiplicity of optical fibers annularly arranged about a central conduit channel provided with a double seal onto which... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5425355 | Energy discharging surgical probe and surgical process having distal energy application without concomitant proximal movement This invention relates to a surgical instrument. Specifically, a surgical instrument is disclosed which dispenses incising, transecting, or tissue treating energy to a body site or part undergoing an operation or treatment where energy is discharged from ... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5423806 | Laser extractor for an implanted object A lead extraction device which utilizes laser light to separate an implanted object, such as a pacemaker lead, from fibrous scar tissue and thereby permit the implanted object to be extracted from a body. The extraction device features a catheter having a... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5423805 | Laser catheter with moveable integral fixation wires A laser catheter for irradiation of human myocardial tissue containing a movable feedback mechanism for monitoring the damage created by laser irradiation, and which is usable with standard catheters designed for angiography and angioplasty. Means for sen... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5415652 | Method and apparatus for the treatment of hard biological material, such as hard dental material using lasers A method and apparatus for the ablation of hard biological material, such hard dental material, using a rapidly pulsed laser employ a crystal disposed in the propagation path of the laser radiation, the crystal being disposed at the laser output and servi... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5416878 | Surgical methods and apparatus using a bent-tip side-firing laser fiber An improved side-firing laser fiber assembly is provided in which the output end terminates in a substantially flat face having an arcuate edge around the circumference thereof. The presently preferred fiber has a preferred diameter of about 1000 microns ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5415655 | Medical device including light energy emitting contact tip with means for raising temperature of the tip A medical device has a flexible light guide having a light energy input end adapted for connection to a source of light energy and a light energy output end. The output end outputs a beam of light energy. The device includes a tip for contacting tissue to... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5413555 | Laser delivery system A laser delivery system which may be coupled to a stereomicroscope or camera equivalent, may be three dimensionally positioned such that a laser beam may irradiate a wide range of treatment sites from a variety of angles and distances, and where the laser... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5407443 | Laser operation device A laser operation device for insertion into a region to be irradiated and which is optimally used as an introcular device to treat cataracts, glaucoma or the like. The device has a hand piece and a probe which is to be inserted into the region to be irrad... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5403308 | Submersible lens fiberoptic assembly for use in PDT treatment A submersible lens fiberoptic assembly for PDT treatment includes an optical fiber, a fiber jacket, a ball lens made of zirconia and a housing. This fiberoptic assembly is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and has a high quality of output light beam.... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5401270 | Applicator device for laser radiation Applicator device for laser radiation wherein the end of the radiation conducting light-wave conductor faces toward the object to be treated and is mounted in a tube-like sleeve which is closed and transparent at the end for the laser radiation. The end o... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5401271 | Apparatus for supporting an orbicularly tipped surgical laser fiber The present invention is directed to a new and useful handpiece for use in connection with a orbicularly tipped contact surgical laser. The handpiece has a handle portion and an extended portion. The handle portion is sized for comfortable handling and is... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400428 | Method and apparatus for linearly scanning energy over an optical fiber array and coupler for coupling energy to the optical fiber array A method and apparatus for relatively moving energy across an array of optical fibers. The energy may be scanned across the fiber array. A dielectric mirror mounted on a galvanometer scanner is moved so as to cause successive pulses to irradiate different... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5395361 | Expandable fiberoptic catheter and method of intraluminal laser transmission A catheter system for intraluminal laser surgery is disclosed. The catheter system comprises an elastically expansible catheter sheath housing a plurality of optical fibers arranged in a circular array about an inflatable balloon. Inflation and deflation ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5389096 | System and method for percutaneous myocardial revascularization A method and apparatus are described for percutaneous myocardial revascularization of a human heart. A deflectable elongated flexible lasing apparatus is used which includes a source of laser radiation, an elongated flexible radiation conveying means for ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5380316 | Method for intra-operative myocardial device revascularization The method for intra-operative myocardial revascularization of a human heart includes a inserting a portion of an elongated flexible lasing apparatus into the chest cavity of a patient, and lasing channels from the epicardium through the myocardium of the... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5380318 | Contact or insertion laser probe having wide angle radiation A laser medical probe adapted for direct contact with, or insertion into, tissue undergoing laser treatment. The probe includes a laser energy transmissive surface for emitting radiation from the probe. The probe surface includes a layer of laser transmis... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5372595 | Contact probe for laser cyclophotocoagulation A fiber optic handpiece has portions formed with special contours that facilitate consistent placement of the probe in an axial rather than radial orientation, thus decreasing the likelihood of incidental laser exposure to unintended structures while main... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5370643 | Multiple effect laser delivery device and system for medical procedures It is the object of this invention to provide a new and highly flexible medical laser delivery device and system with the abilty to change the radiation pattern delivered without the need to change or modify the output end or output optics. The output opt... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5366456 | Angle firing fiber optic laser scalpel and method of use The present invention relates generally to a laser cutting scalpel for use in medical and other applications, and more particularly, to such an apparatus wherein the transmitted radiation is delivered at an angle to the incident radiation source and tool.... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5364391 | Laser beam delivery system A laser beam delivery system includes a fiber cord assembly connectable to a laser beam source; a probe connector assembly connectable at one end to the fiber cord assembly and having a socket at its opposite end for receiving, in a quickly attachable/det... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5360425 | Sclerostomy method and apparatus A fistula is created in the sclera of a glaucoma patient by creating a passageway through the conjunctiva into the subconjunctival space of the patient. The passageway may be realized by an incision but is preferably realized as the inner lumen of a needl... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5354294 | Combination reflectance fiber optic laser beam angle delivery The present invention relates generally to a family of fiber optic laser beam angle delivery devices for use in medical and other applications, and more particularly, to such an apparatus wherein the transmitted radiation is delivered through and at vario... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5354293 | Apparatus for the isotropic irradiation of cavity walls An apparatus for the isotropic irradiation of cavity walls includes in a first channel of a catheter a light conducting fiber which has a cortically shaped tip for deflecting a light beam radially outwardly through a transparent portion of the catheter an... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5348552 | Laser surgical unit In a laser surgical unit having a contact laser probe (1), a hydroxyl group (13) is included in the contact laser probe so that a laser beam is partially absorbed by the hydroxyl group (13) to heat the contact laser probe (1) for transmission to living ti... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5346489 | Medical laser delivery system A medical laser delivery system usable to transmit laser energy from a laser energy source to a surgical site of a patient. The delivery system includes a handpiece adapted for rotatable coupling to a delivery arm coupled to the laser energy source such t... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5344420 | Surgical trocar A surgical trocar includes an operative sleeve adapted for disposition across a tissue barrier and an obturator removably disposed in the sleeve. A source of energy is introduced to a cutting element disposed at the distal end of the obturator for energiz... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5342358 | Apparatus for operation by laser energy An apparatus performs operations such as incision, coagulation and evaporation of the tissue of a living body such as human body with laser lights. An apparatus for performing a surgical operation of the tissue of a living body with laser lights while con... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5339223 | Servocontrol for fiberoptic phototherapy pad A system for controlling the amount of light radiation directed upon an infant from a fiberoptic phototherapy pad by feedback from a light detector that itself is a fiberoptic pad. The fiberoptic detecting pad receives and detects the light density radiat... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5334190 | Laser thermokeratoplasty methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for correction of optical defects in vision, employing an infrared radiation source and a focusing element, for changing the curvature of the eye by application of focused infrared radiation into the collagenous tissue of the cornea ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5334207 | Laser angioplasty device with magnetic direction control A laser angioplasty device having magnetic steerability and forward imaging capability. The device includes a probe, an electromagnetic control system coupled with the probe, a fluid injection system, an imaging system, a laser source and a balloon system... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5334183 | Endoscopic electrosurgical apparatus This invention relates to a surgical apparatus having four general embodiments: (1) the use of an ultrasonic vibrator and a radio frequency generator to simultaneously cut and cauterize tissue, (2) the use of an ultrasonic vibrator to cut tissue coupled w... | 08/02/1994 |
