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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187267 | Ablation catheter with flexible tip and methods of making the same A flexible tip electrode for an ablation catheter and methods for making the same are disclosed. The electrode has a surface configuration that improves flexibility of the electrode. Also, the surface configuration may allow electrode lengthwise freedom of movement,... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187269 | Medical instruments and techniques for treating pulmonary disorders A surgical instrument for delivering energy to lung tissue, for example to cause lung volume reduction. In one embodiment, an elongated catheter has a handle portion that includes an interior chamber that is supplied with a biocompatible liquid media under pressure.... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187268 | Electrosurgical apparatus having a temperature sensor An electrosurgical apparatus is provided. The electrosurgical apparatus comprises an elongate shaft having a proximal region, a distal region comprising an electrically conductive region and one or more lumens therethrough; a stylet occluding at least a portion of a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187266 | Surgical probe and methods for targeted treatment of heart structures A surgical probe and methods for targeted treatment of structures of the heart with heat and radiofrequency energy. The probe which is designed to operated by hand has a elongate member with a handle and an energy-delivering member in an adjustable loop configuratio... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8177784 | Electrosurgical device having floating potential electrode and adapted for use with a resectoscope Disclosed herein are embodiments of an electrosurgical device that include one or more floating electrodes and are specifically adapted to remove, cut, resect, ablate, vaporize, denaturize, drill, coagulate and form lesions in soft tissues, with or without externall... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172837 | Clamping ablation tool and method Method and apparatus for ablating target tissue adjacent pulmonary veins of a patient. A clamping ablation tool can include an upper arm having an upper neck, a link assembly, and an upper actuator. The link assembly can include a distal electrode and a proximal ele... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167876 | Tracking system using field mapping In some aspects, a method includes (i) causing current to flow among multiple sets of current injecting electrodes to generate a field in an organ, (ii) obtaining the positions of one or more measuring electrodes used for measuring the field generated by the current... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162935 | Systems and methods for electrode contact assessment Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing electrode-tissue contact for tissue ablation. An exemplary electrode contact sensing system comprises an electrode 10 housed within a distal portion of a catheter shaft 14. At least one electro-mechanical... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162933 | Vibration sensitive ablation device and method An ablation apparatus including a maneuvering mechanism, a conductive element attached to the apparatus, a sensor attached to the apparatus and an output device in communication with the sensor is provided. The sensor senses vibration during the ablation procedure a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162934 | Medical catheter assembly with deflection pull ring and distal tip interlock A medical catheter assembly includes a deflectable catheter shaft, a distal tip with tip element and a mounting shaft, and a pull ring assembly, the distal tip defining guide channels through which pull wires of the pull ring assembly pass such that the pull wires w... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162936 | Controlling coagulum formation Some embodiments of a medical instrument can be configured to reduce the formation of coagulum by delivering a negative charge bias to conductive surfaces that interface with blood or bodily tissue during a medical procedure. The application of the negative charge a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157796 | Apparatus and methods for mapping and ablation in electrophysiology procedures An electrophysiology catheter and method of use for mapping and ablation procedures. The catheter includes a braided conductive member at its distal end that can be radially expanded. The catheter can be used in endocardial and epicardial mapping and ablation proced... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157795 | Portable argon system A ionizable gas system is provided and includes a surgical accessory and a corona start patient connector. The surgical accessory is adapted to receive electrosurgical energy from an electrosurgical energy source and is adapted to receive ionizable gas (e.g., argon ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152805 | Ablation probe having a plurality of arrays of electrodes An ablation device includes a cannula having a lumen, a first array of electrodes deployable from within the lumen, and a second array of electrodes deployable from within the lumen, wherein the first array of electrodes has a configuration that is different from a ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152804 | Transurethral needle ablation system A one-piece, single-use disposable device for transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) of prostate tissue to alleviate BPH is disclosed. The device may include a flexible catheter tip including a rigid core and a flexible tip. The device may also include a single use lo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152803 | Apparatus to detect and treat aberrant myoelectric activity An apparatus to treat a sphincter has a support member. A sphincter electropotential mapping device includes a mapping electrode. The sphincter electropotential mapping device is coupled to the support member and configured to detect aberrant myoelectric activity of... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147486 | Medical device with flexible printed circuit A catheter or lead having a flexible printed circuit for conveying signals and/or energy. Each trace may be in electrical connection with one or more external electrical contacts. More specifically, each trace is typically electrically connected to a single contact.... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142428 | System and method for tissue ablation A tissue ablation device comprises first and second electrodes of opposite polarities, the first electrode being mounted to a first elongated member for movement relative to the second electrode for separation therefrom by a desired distance. A method of ablating a ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142427 | Invasive ablation probe with non-coring distal tip An invasive medical device for delivery radio frequency energy to a target tissue region includes an elongate delivery cannula having a lumen in communication with a distal opening. A deployment member is positioned and longitudinally movable in the lumen. An array ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137343 | Tracking system using field mapping In some aspects, a method includes (i) securing multiple sets of current injecting electrodes to an organ in a patient's body, (ii) causing current to flow among the multiple sets of current injecting electrodes to generate a field in the organ, (iii) in response to... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137342 | Circumferential ablation guide wire system and related method of using the same Device and method significantly that improves the safety and procedural success of the existing art by being able to be less traumatic to vascular tissue, improving atrial contact with the ablation surface, improving positioning and geometrical precision of the abla... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133221 | Energy based devices and methods for treatment of anatomic tissue defects Methods for treating anatomic tissue defects such as patent foramen ovale (PFO) generally involve positioning a distal end of an elongate catheter device at the site of the anatomic defect, exposing an expandable housing and energy transmission member out of the dis... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133222 | Tissue ablation apparatus and method using ultrasonic imaging A coaxial cable apparatus which transmits radio frequency (RF) energy for the ablation of biological tissues has inner and outer coaxial conductors extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion. An RF antenna is disposed at the distal portion of the cable an... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133220 | Enhanced ablation and mapping catheter and method for treating atrial fibrillation A catheter for measuring electrical activity and ablating tissue is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated generally-tubular catheter body. A non-retractable electrode assembly is mounted at the distal end of the catheter body. The electrode assembly comprise... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128619 | Method for treating intervertebral discs A method of treating an intervertebral disc includes inserting an introducer into an intervertebral disc, inserting a catheter through the introducer and into the intervertebral disc, advancing a distal region of the catheter through a nucleus pulposus of the interv... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128620 | Irrigated ablation electrode having proximal direction flow The present invention relates to improved ablation electrodes and catheter assemblies, as well as methods useful in conjunction with irrigated ablation catheters. Embodiments of the present invention further relate to an irrigated catheter having irrigation fluid di... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128621 | Irrigated ablation electrode assembly and method for control of temperature Embodiments of the present invention provide an irrigated catheter having irrigation fluid directed at target areas where coagulation is more likely to occur so as to minimize blood coagulation and the associated problems. In one embodiment, an irrigated ablation el... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123744 | Wound mediating device A wound mediating device is provided to facilitate healing of tissue. The wound mediating device includes a wound mediating substance encapsulated in microbubbles which are suspended in a slurry. The slurry is stored in, and supplied from, any suitable container con... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123745 | Ablation catheter with optically transparent, electrically conductive tip A catheter enables real-time light measurements, for example, without limitation, diffuse reflectance, fluorescence, etc., from biological materials, such as tissue (including blood), while performing RF ablation. The catheter tip design isolates illumination and co... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118809 | Flexible conductive polymer electrode and method for ablation An electrode for ablation therapy includes a flexible conductive element for conducting electrical energy and a flexible conductive polymer member in electrically conductive contact with the conductive element. A catheter shaft may be coupled to the conductive eleme... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114073 | Structures for supporting electrode elements A catheter assembly comprises a first branch body having a first axis, a second branch body extending in a non-parallel relationship with respect to the first axis, and at least one electrode carried by the second branch body. In use, the first branch body can be lo... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109926 | Ablation probe with deployable electrodes The present invention provides systems, devices and related methods for applying electric fields for cancerous cell destruction and tissue ablation. A method can include advancing an ablation probe into a patient; deploying a guide from the delivery member along a g... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109927 | Surface electrode multiple mode operation A surface electrode for ablating tissue is provided. The surface electrode comprises a base, a plurality of tissue penetrating needle electrodes extending from the surface of the base an adjustable distance, and an electrical interface coupled to the plurality of ne... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105324 | Methods and devices for the non-thermal, electrically-induced closure of blood vessels Methods and devices for the non-thermal, electrically-induced temporary or permanent closure of blood vessels. The subject methods and devices employ pulsed electrical energy according to a defined regime to effect controlled occlusion of targeted blood vessels with... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100899 | Combined endocardial and epicardial magnetically coupled ablation device A device for automatically aligning bipolar electrodes on opposing sides of operative tissue is provided for performing minimally invasive RF ablation. The device includes complementary magnetic electrode assemblies, each having a permanent magnet mechanically coupl... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100901 | Ablation probe with echogenic insulative sheath Tissue ablation probes are provided. Each tissue ablation probe comprises an electrically conductive probe shaft, at least one tissue ablation electrode carried by a distal end of the probe shaft, and an electrically insulative outer sheath disposed on the probe sha... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100900 | System for delivering therapy The system of the preferred embodiments includes a first rotational element, a second rotational element, and a therapeutic source coupled to the rotational elements. The system permits simultaneous attachment to and movement around a surface of tissue, preferably d... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092449 | Surgical probe The invention concerns a surgical probe having electrodes for use in tissue ablation or coagulation. The probe has hollow spaces therein for delivering a cooling fluid to the probe. The probe has a handle and shaft and two axially-spaced electrodes on the surface of... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092450 | Magnetically guidable energy delivery apparatus and method of using same An energy delivery apparatus for delivering electrical energy at a target location, the energy delivery apparatus being usable in combination with a magnetic field. The energy delivery apparatus includes an electrical conductor, the electrical conductor having a sub... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088127 | Systems, assemblies, and methods for treating a bronchial tree Systems, assemblies, and methods to treat pulmonary diseases are used to decrease nervous system input to distal regions of the bronchial tree within the lungs. Treatment systems damage nerve tissue to temporarily or permanently decrease nervous system input. The tr... | 01/03/2012 |
