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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7987001 | Surgical navigational and neuromonitoring instrument The invention relates to a surgical instrument capable of applying an electrostimulation to a neural structure. The surgical instrument also has a tracking system associated therewith to provide navigational tracking during a surgical procedure. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 6801808 | Tissue tensioning electrotherapy device A tissue tensioning electrostimulator device. The device includes a plurality of laterally separable electrodes for placement against bodily tissue and for discharging electric current thereon. The device also includes a power circuit in electrical communication wit... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6740059 | Devices, systems and methods for patient infusion A device for delivering a fluid to a patient, including an exit port, a dispenser for causing fluid from a reservoir to flow to the exit port, a local processor programmed to cause a flow of fluid to the exit port based on flow instructions from a separate, remote c... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6389319 | Tissue tensioning electrotheraphy device A tissue tensioning electrostimulator device. The device includes a plurality of laterally separable electrodes for placement against bodily tissue and for discharging electric current thereon. The device also includes a power circuit in electrical commun... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6039734 | Electrosurgical hand-held battery-operated instrument An electrosurgical instrument comprises a handpiece, a monopolar electrode unit having a single treatment electrode projecting from the handpiece, a radio-frequency generator and a battery within the handpiece for powering the generator. The generator has... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5922012 | Low-frequency electrotherapeutic device having three or more electrodes for generating flexible stimulation patterns A low-frequency electrotherapeutic device can overcome problems ascribable to tolerance in neural response and problems ascribable to accumulation of electric charge in a living body, thereby affording a comfortable massaging effect. Each electrode can be... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5514167 | Hand holdable human skin treatment apparatus An electrical human skin treatment apparatus which comprises a housing within which is incorporated an electrical circuit. The housing includes a pair of terminals which are spaced apart. The user's hand must be in contact with one terminal with the other... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5427585 | On-demand iontophoretic system A transdermal medication system wherein said medication is selectively dispensed on-demand from multiple reservoirs within a disposable patch so as to vary the drug choice and the drug concentration, and thereby the regimen and release rate. In a preferre... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5385543 | Iontophoretic delivery device and method of hydrating same A dry-state iontophoretic drug delivery device (10, 20) is provided. The device has drug and electrolyte reservoirs (15, 16) which are initially in a non-hydrated condition. In one embodiment of the invention, a passageway (21, 22) is provided through the... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5344394 | Iontophoretic device incorporating an electrotransport adhesive A two phase adhesive matrix for use in an electrically powered iontophoretic delivery device is provided. The adhesive matrix comprises an adhesive hydrophobic polymer phase and about 15 to 60 wt. % on a dry weight basis of a hydrophilic polymer phase dis... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5328455 | Rehydratable product and method of preparation thereof A hydratable iontophoretic bioelectrode including a plurality of layers of material capable of absorbing and holding an ionized fluid when placed in contact with the fluid. In one embodiment, a layer of a highly crosslinked dry hydrogel is used with a sec... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5251637 | Electro-therapeutic device An electro-therapeutic device comprises an elongate hand held casing 1 having a tip electrode 4 at one end and an electrode 11 along one side. The tip electrode 4 is placed against the body and a high voltage (40 to 90V) is passed between the electrodes t... | 10/12/1993 |
| 4180079 | Electroacupuncture instrument An electroacupuncture instrument is powered by self-contained batteries and is of sufficiently small size to be held in the hand of a user. A probe terminating in a moist wad of cotton is the active electrode which applies an electrical pulse to a selecte... | 12/25/1979 |
