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A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083738 | Method and apparatus for coagulating and/or constricting hollow anatomical structures An energy delivering probe is used for thermally coagulating and/or constricting hollow anatomical structures (HAS) including, but not limited to, blood vessels such as perforator veins. The probe includes a shaft and at least two electrodes where at least one of th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7951147 | Surgical clamp A novel surgical clamp having a pair of jaws, which may be used to ablate or create leisons in tissue. In embodiment, the jaws have an articulated position wherein the jaws are separated and not parallel to one another, an opened position wherein the jaws are separa... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7942874 | Apparatus for tissue cauterization The invention is concerned with cauterizing and resecting tissue. A pair of electrodes are placed on opposed tissue surfaces, and radio frequency power is applied through the electrodes to cauterizing a tissue mass therebetween. After cauterization has been effected... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7862565 | Method for tissue cauterization The invention is concerned with cauterizing and resecting tissue. A pair of electrodes are placed on opposed tissue surfaces, and radio frequency power is applied through the electrodes to cauterizing a tissue mass therebetween. After cauterization has been effected... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854736 | Surgical instrument and method A surgical instrument comprises a hollow tube (18) having a cutting window (16) at the distal end portion. An inner tube (15) is disposed within the tube (18) and is mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis. A cutting tool (17 | 12/21/2010 |
| 7842035 | Method and apparatus for tubal occlusion Methods and devices for occlusion of the fallopian tubes of a woman. The method involves thermally damaging the lining of the utero-tubal junction with relatively low power, followed by placement of a reticulated foam plug. In one embodiment, vascularized tissue gro... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7828799 | Probe arrangement The disclosure provides a probe arrangement having a distal probe tip and a proximal hand portion for the electrothermal coagulation of tissue. The probe arrangement has at least a first and a second electrode in the region of the distal probe tip. An inner conducto... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824408 | Methods and apparatus for coagulating and/or constricting hollow anatomical structures An energy delivering probe is used for thermally coagulating and/or constricting hollow anatomical structures (HAS) including, but not limited to, blood vessels such as perforator veins. The probe includes a shaft and at least two electrodes where at least one of th... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7815640 | Apparatus and methods for closing vascular penetrations Apparatus for sealing vascular penetrations comprise a shaft having an electrode or other energy-applying element at a distal end. The shaft is placed in a tissue tract over a blood vessel penetration and located using a locator which engages an inner wall of the bl... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7758579 | Bipolar probe with an injection needle A surgical system including a bipolar generator having a first electrical connection and a second electrical connection, a needle, the needle being formed from a first electrically conductive material and electrically connected to the first electrical connection, an... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7699846 | Surgical instrument and method A surgical instrument comprises a hollow tube (18) having a cutting window (16) at the distal end portion. An inner tube (15) is disposed within the tube (18) and is mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis. A cutting tool (17 | 04/20/2010 |
| 7674263 | Surgical instrument and method A surgical instrument comprises a hollow tube (18) having a cutting window (16) at the distal end portion. An inner tube (15) is disposed within the tube (18) and is mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis. A cutting tool (17 | 03/09/2010 |
| 7666183 | Electrode arrangement for surgical instrument The invention concerns an electrode arrangement for a surgical instrument for the electrothermal coagulation of human or animal tissue, comprising an elongate carrier, at least two electrodes which extend in the longitudinal direction of the carrier and which are co... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7662153 | Minimal invasive endoscopic methods and apparatus for harvesting blood vessels A blood vessel in a patient is severed by inserting a shaft through an incision in the patient, the shaft carrying first and second clamps. The first and second clamps are closed against the vessel in closely adjacent relationship to one another. Thereafter, the cla... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7651494 | Fluid-assisted medical device The invention provides a medical device that includes a housing, a tubular member extending from the distal end of the housing, a first arm extending from the distal end of the tubular member, the first arm including a first electrode, a second arm extending from th... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7645277 | Fluid-assisted medical device The invention provides a medical device that includes a housing, a tubular member extending from the distal end of the housing, a first arm extending from the distal end of the tubular member, the first arm including a first electrode, a second arm extending from th... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7611512 | Interleaved array of bipolar electrodes Apparatus including a first electromagnetic energy element that includes protrusions that jut into recesses formed in a second electromagnetic energy element, and a source of electromagnetic energy connected to the first and second electromagnetic energy elements fo... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7608073 | Energy based partial circumferential hemorrhoid repair device An energy based partial circumferential hemorrhoid repair device including an actuator assembly, and an energy based partial circumferential hemorrhoid repair device head assembly operatively connected to the actuator assembly, wherein the head assembly includes a p... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7582086 | Surgical clamp A novel surgical clamp having a pair of jaws, which may be used to ablate or create leisons in tissue. In embodiment, the jaws have an articulated position wherein the jaws are separated and not parallel to one another, an opened position wherein the jaws are separa... | 09/01/2009 |
| RE40863 | Apparatus and method for sealing vascular punctures An apparatus for closing and sealing a vascular puncture is connected to an energy supply such that heat is generated in, or thermally conducted to, the tissue, thereby thermally fusing the vascular tissue together. The method for closing and sealing a vascular punc... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7549991 | Bipolar endoscopic device with parallel electrodes for endoluminal and transluminal haemostasis A surgical device including a shaft defining an axis and having a distal end and a proximal end, a first elongated electrode pivotally connected to the distal end of the shaft and deployable from a first configuration, wherein the first electrode is generally coaxia... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7540872 | Articulating bipolar electrosurgical instrument A bipolar electrosurgical instrument has a pair of pivotable juxtaposed jaw members and a locking mechanism operatively associated with a second of the jaw members. The locking mechanism has a first position engaged with the second jaw member for preventing movement... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7537595 | Fluid-assisted medical devices, systems and methods A medical device is provided which comprises a catheter tube having a distal end and a lumen, and configured to assist in applying tamponage to a bleeding source in a gastrointestinal tract when flexed. A catheter tip having a catheter tip outer surface is assembled... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7458974 | Apparatus and method for electrically induced thrombosis An apparatus and method for electrically induced thrombosis. The surgical device includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is for placement adjacent to, near, or within a treatment site of a patient. The second electrode can be movable w... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7442194 | Bipolar forceps having monopolar extension An endoscopic forceps for treating tissue includes a housing having a shaft affixed thereto which has first and second jaw members attached to a distal end thereof. The forceps also includes an actuator for moving jaw members relative to one another from a first pos... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442191 | Systems and methods for electrosurgical treatment of turbinates The present invention provides systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to a target location within the head and neck of a patient's body, particularly including tissue in the ear, nose and throat. In one aspect, a method is provided for reduci... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7419490 | Bipolar electrosurgical scissors Bipolar electrosurgical scissors for treating biological tissue include first and second scissor blades. A shearing surface and cutting edge of each blade is electrically neutral. The scissors include a pair of electrical connections for receiving electrical current... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419488 | Electrosurgical probe with movable return electrode and methods related thereto The present invention provides systems, apparatus, and methods for dissecting, resecting, severing, cutting, contracting, coagulating, or otherwise modifying a tissue or organ of a patient. An apparatus of the invention includes an electrosurgical probe configurable... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7387628 | Methods and systems for focused bipolar tissue ablation Large tissue regions are treated using pairs of electrode arrays. The electrode arrays may be concave and disposed in tissue so that their concave portions are opposed to each other. Axial conductors may be provided extending from the arrays and toward each other in... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387631 | Electro-cautery catheter An integrated catheter assembly for enabling diverse endoscopic in situ therapies. The assembly includes a catheter with an irrigation fluid lumen, a distal electrode tip portion that acts as a hemostat, and a cutting wire for making incisions in or ablating tissue.... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384420 | Vessel sealer and divider An electrosurgical instrument includes a housing having a shaft attached thereto which connects a pair of first and second jaw members such that the jaw members are movable relative to one another to grasp tissue therebetween. The instrument also includes a four-bar... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384421 | Slide-activated cutting assembly An endoscopic bipolar forceps is provided. The forceps includes a housing, a shaft, a drive assembly, a handle assembly and a slide activated cutting assembly. The shaft is affixed to the housing and comprises an end effector assembly comprising two jaw members at i... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377920 | Laparoscopic bipolar electrosurgical instrument A laparoscopic bipolar electrosurgical instrument for sealing tissue includes a handle having an elongated tube affixed thereto. The tube includes first and second jaw members having electrically conductive sealing surfaces attached to a distal end thereof which are... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367972 | Ablation system A system for creating lesions and assessing their completeness or transmurality. Assessment of transmurality of a lesion is accomplished by monitoring the impedance of the tissue to be ablated. Rather than attempting to detect a desired drop or a desired increase im... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367976 | Bipolar forceps having monopolar extension An endoscopic forceps for treating tissue includes a housing having a shaft affixed thereto which has first and second jaw members attached to a distal end thereof. The forceps also includes an actuator for moving jaw members relative to one another from a first pos... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364579 | Fluid-assisted electrosurgical device An electrocautery device is disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the electrocautery electrode/tip is provided with a hollow, conductive tube terminating at its distal end in a ball point type tip. Fluid, preferably conductive fluid, is applied ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357799 | Thermal coagulation using hyperconductive fluids This invention relates to the use of hyperconductive fluids to coagulate tissue within the intervertebral disc. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357798 | Systems and methods for electrosurgical prevention of disc herniations 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... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347856 | Minimally invasive surgical clamp having treatment elements A medical device is provided having a means for actuating a pair of opposing jaw members. The jaw members are movable relative to one another from a first position, wherein the jaw members are disposed in a spaced apart relation relative to one another, to a second ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344535 | Devices and methods for treatment of luminal tissue Devices and methods are provided for treatment of tissue in a body lumen with an electrode deployment device. Embodiments typically include a device with a plurality of electrodes having a pre-selected electrode density arranged on the surface of a support. The supp... | 03/18/2008 |
