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| 8180458 | Method and apparatus for digital signal processing for radio frequency surgery measurements A method and apparatus for calculating current lost through a patient during a treatment of a patient using an electromagnetic energy delivery system is disclosed. The system generates electromagnetic energy, contacts a skin surface of the patient, transfers the ele... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170686 | Heatable sling support for an anatomical location The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems, devices and methods relating to employing thermal treatment of tissue in combination with an implantable sling to treat urinary incontinence. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8150532 | System and method for heating biological tissue via RF energy A system 30 and method(s) 100 for thermal treatment of a selected target within a subject is disclosed. System 30 includes RF source 10, phase shifter 14, impedance matching network 11 and resonator 13. Stationary wat... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145321 | Implant and delivery tool therefor An implant system including a transurethral prostatic implant positioned in a prostate and including a lumen with an inner perimeter that surrounds an outer perimeter of a urethra at the prostate. The implant system may include a delivery tool including a shaft havi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131379 | Cardiac tissue elasticity sensing A system and method are provided for assessing the compliance of internal patient tissue for purposes of catheter guidance and/or ablation procedures. Specifically, the system/method provides for probing internal patient tissue in order to obtain force and/or tissue... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121704 | Leakage-resistant tissue treatment apparatus and methods of using same Apparatus and methods for treating skin conditions that deliver high frequency energy to a patient's tissue. The apparatus has a treatment tip configured to be removably coupled with a handpiece and a conduit inside the handpiece. The treatment tip includes an elect... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8103355 | Method and device for minimally invasive skin and fat treatment A RF electrode for use in a device for thermal fat destruction and skin tightening is provided. The RF electrode comprises a handle, a cannula shaft that extends from the handle and in turn comprises a dielectric material. The shaft is insertable inside a body at a ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103356 | High frequency epidural neuromodulation catheter without needle for effectuating RF treatment An integrated catheter shaft with a guidewire and a radio frequency wire is used in a catheter to deliver radio frequency energy to a treatment site. The small entry wound and the long integrated catheter shaft allows a user to thread the shaft along a tortuous rout... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095222 | Medical instruments and techniques for treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux disease Apparatus and methods for treating tissue at or near a sphincter provide for transluminal introduction of an energy delivery device. The device includes a tissue compression member to compress target tissue at or near the sphincter. A radiofrequency energy source is... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8073550 | Method and apparatus for treating subcutaneous histological features A system and method for treating subcutaneous histological features without affecting adjacent tissues adversely employs microwave energy of selected power, frequency and duration to penetrate subcutaneous tissue and heat target areas with optimum doses to permanent... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073551 | Coil electrode apparatus for thermal therapy A single-coil RF electrode, along with an associated method of operation, has been developed for use in an RF applicator, RFA apparatus or RFA system for heating tumors, including large tumors with a single heating session. The RF electrode generally has a helical g... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068919 | Microwave heating apparatus and method for whole-body or regional heating The invention provides a microwave heating method and apparatus for evenly heating an object, such as a person's body. The methods and apparatus involve use of microwave source (or sources) that outputs multiple microwaves that are non-correlated with each other in ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8005548 | Harmonic cold plasma device and associated methods A method for generating atmospheric pressure cold plasma inside a hand-held unit discharges cold plasma with simultaneously different rf wavelengths and their harmonics. The unit includes an rf tuning network that is powered by a low-voltage power supply connected t... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7979139 | Radio frequency diathermy application system and device A radio frequency diathermy application device, including a flexible pad and a flexible coil structure coupled to and supported by the pad The flexible coil structure has a flexible spiral-like primary winding and a flexible spiral-like secondary winding coupled to ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7962223 | Ablation probe for drug release in tissue ablation procedures Tissue ablation probes and methods for treating tissue are provided. The tissue ablation probe comprises an elongated probe shaft, at least one electrode carried by the distal end of the probe shaft, and a pharmaceutical agent carried by the probe shaft. The pharmac... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949407 | Energy delivery devices and methods This relates to methods and devices for achieving contact between the wall of a cavity or passageway and a medical device when used in tortuous anatomy. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945335 | Remotely RF powered conformable thermal applicators Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to apparatus and methodology of thermal applicators in cancer therapy. In particular, the present embodiments are directed to a technique called “nanoparticle ferromagnetic resonance heating,” where ferr... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7933659 | Device and method for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease A lower esophageal sphincter tightening device for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease which includes an insertion device, an energy source, and an energy transmitting device. The insertion device, by insertion through a body opening, positions the energy trans... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7912554 | Method for treatment of aneurysms A method is disclosed for treating an aneurysm or vascular defect by cooling a target tissue region of the aneurysm or vascular defect to a temperature below body temperature for a preselected time period. The method entails thickening, strengthening, or increasing ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912553 | Electromagnetic wave applicator An electromagnetic wave irradiation tool encompasses a narrow tube (endoscope probe) (7) defined by an outside diameter of 0.1 mm-20 mm, having an electromagnetic wave irradiation terminal (3) configured to irradiate an electromagnetic wave (2) ... | 03/22/2011 |
| RE42016 | Apparatus and method for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia An apparatus and method for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia is disclosed wherein the apparatus includes an applicator having a probe having proximal and distal probe sections wherein the proximal and distal probe sections each define an axis and wherein th... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7826904 | Interstitial microwave system and method for thermal treatment of diseases A minimally-invasive fluid-cooled insertion sleeve assembly, with an attached balloon and distally-located penetrating tip, into which sleeve any of a group comprising a rigid rod, a microwave-radiator assembly and an ultrasonic-imaging transducer assembly may be in... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7769469 | Integrated heating/sensing catheter apparatus for minimally invasive applications Medical catheter apparatus for minimally invasive applications includes a probe for radiating electromagnetic waves of a first frequency capable of heating tissue and detecting thermal emissions from that tissue of a second frequency indicative of tissue temperature... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765010 | Apparatus and method for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia An apparatus and a method for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia are disclosed. The apparatus includes an applicator piece carrying a set of electrodes shaped and positioned to create a substantial electric field in the volume of hyperplasia and a pulse gener... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761169 | Device and method for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease A lower esophageal sphincter tightening device for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease which includes an insertion device, an energy source, and an energy transmitting device. The insertion device, by insertion through a body opening, positions the energy trans... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7689290 | Devices, methods, and systems for shrinking tissues Devices, systems, and method for treating urinary incontinence generally relying on energy delivered to a patient's pelvic support tissue to selectively contract or shrink at least a portion of that pelvic support tissue so as to reposition the bladder. The energy w... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7680542 | Radiofrequency ablation epiphysiodesis The present invention is directed to a method of treating bone length discrepancies and angular deformities in a patient in need thereof, where the method involves radiofrequency ablation epiphysiodesis of a physeal plate. Specifically, the method treats long bone d... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7643883 | Device and method for treating skin A system and method for heating a tissue volume under a skin surface of an individual from an initial temperature to a predetermined treatment temperature in the range of 42°-60° C. The method comprises applying electrodes to the skin surface and providing from th... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7630774 | System and method for heating biological tissue via RF energy A system 30 and method(s) 100 for thermal treatment of a selected target within a subject is disclosed. System 30 includes RF source 10, phase shifter 14, impedance matching network 11 and resonator 13. Applicator ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627381 | Systems and methods for combined RF-induced hyperthermia and radioimmunotherapy A combined radiotherapy and hyperthermia therapy is provided, including inducing hyperthermia in at least a portion of a target area—e.g., a tumor or a portion of a tumor or targeted cancerous cells—is provided. Biomolecules labeled with at least one radionuclid... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7536225 | Endo-pelvic fascia penetrating heating systems and methods for incontinence treatment Retrograde methods of accessing and treating collagenous pelvic tissue from a fixed point behind the endo-pelvic fascia, particularly from a space of retzius, are disclosed. Performing treatment from the space of retzius provides for simple and reliable placement an... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7512445 | Moisture transport system for contact electrocoagulation An apparatus and method for use in performing ablation or coagulation of organs and other tissue includes a metallized fabric electrode array which is substantially absorbent and/or permeable to moisture and gases such as steam and conformable to the body cavity. Th... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7480533 | Ablation treatment of bone metastases Ablative treatment of metastatic bone tumors and relief of pain associated with metastatic bone tumors is achieved by heat ablation of the bone tumor or tissue near the bone tumor by an ablation probe. In one form the probe is an electrode coupled to a high frequenc... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7467015 | Segmented catheter for tissue ablation A near-field antenna structure is described that is an effective delivery tool for radiofrequency (RF) and microwave power to achieve coagulative necrosis in metastatic tumors while reducing or eliminating thermal conduction along the structure. This tool is a probe... | 12/16/2008 |
| RE40559 | Radiating device for hyperthermia A flexible three-paths catheter provided with a balloon carries a sealingly sheathed radiofrequency radiating antenna, together with the shielded power supply cable and with some thermocouples, within a plastic lining surrounded by a flow of liquid; a second path ca... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442192 | Method and apparatus for surgical dissection An apparatus for dissecting tissue in a substantially uniform plane of dissection includes a housing configured to be advanced under a tissue layer, and control one of a depth of dissection or tissue flap thickness. The housing thermally shields at least a portion o... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438714 | Vacuum-based catheter stabilizer A medical probe for use with tissue includes an elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end, an operative element carried at the distal end of the elongate member, and a stabilizer configured for applying a vacuum force to secure the operative element rel... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435250 | Method and apparatus for tissue ablation A device for ablating tissue is provided. The device comprises a conductive element with a channel for irrigating fluid formed therein, which is in contact with a non-conductive microporous interface. All or a portion of the interface may be removable. When the inte... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422586 | Tissue surface treatment apparatus and method A tissue surface reatment apparatus includes a housing having a proximal end, a distal end including a tissue contacting surface, an interior defined by the housing and a handpiece coupled to the housing. The contactine surface has a plurality of apertures. An energ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422583 | Cryo-surgical apparatus and method of use Cryosurgical apparatus includes an elongate cryoprobe having a cooling portion and an electrically conductive first portion in the region of the cooling portion. A removable sheath having an electrically conductive second portion is received on the cryoprobe with it... | 09/09/2008 |
