09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100056898 | Objective Methods of Estimating Age of Animals and Carcasses - An age of an animal or animal carcass is estimated using a measurement or measurements of physical properties of the animal or carcass. A correlation between at least one physical property or characteristic and the animal's age is determined. A measurement of the at least one physical property or characteristic is made using non-invasive technology. An estimated age is then determined comparing the measured at least one property to the correlation of property and age. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056899 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIMODAL IMAGING - The apparatus and imaging method of the present invention incorporates and permits the use of a single technology to combine MR, SPECT and PET in awake animal imaging studies. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056900 | APPARATUS FOR INSERTION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE WITHIN A BODY DURING A MEDICAL IMAGING PROCESS AND DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - A device, system, and method for entering a medical device such as a needle into the body inside a medical imager such as a MRI scanner, CT, X-ray fluoroscopy, and ultrasound imaging, from within a body cavity (such as the rectum, vagina, or laparoscopically accessed cavity). A three degree-of-freedom mechanical device translates and rotates inside the cavity and enters a needle into the body, and steers the needle to a target point selected by the user. The device is guided by real-time images from the medical imager. Networked computers process the medical images and enable the clinician to control the motion of the mechanical device that is operated within the imager, outside of the imager or remotely from outside the imager. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056901 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNING - An apparatus and method for magnetic resonance scanning is described. The apparatus comprises an RF coil ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100056902 | PATIENT POSITIONING COUCH AND MEDICAL DEVICE WITH A PATIENT POSITIONING COUCH - A patient positioning couch includes an illumination apparatus having at least one light source that is arranged in the patient positioning couch. The patient positioning couch is capable of being placed in an examination area of a medical device. Through the arrangement of the at least one light source of the illumination apparatus of the patient positioning couch, it is always ensured that the illumination does not lose its location relative to a patient or another object positioned on the patient positioning couch, even if the position of the patient positioning couch changes, e.g. if the patient positioning couch is moved into or out of the examination area. At the same time an especially space-saving illumination of the examination area can thus be achieved. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056903 | METHOD OF POSITION LANDMARKING USING A TOUCH SENSITIVE ARRAY - A position landmarking system operative with respect to an object includes an operative device including a reference point and configured for movement in a direction relative to the object. The position landmarking system also includes a sensor configured for detecting a stimulus at a location on the sensor and to be disposed relative to the object and corresponding to the direction of movement of the operative device. In response to the stimulus, the reference point of the operative device and the location on the sensor are aligned with each other via movement of the operative device relative to the object. The operative device may be configured for performing an operation relative to a base, the operative device and the base configured for movement relative to each other. The sensor may be configured for communication with the operative device, the base or both. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056904 | IMAGE GUIDED INTERVENTION - Image guidance on a computer screen in the patient's vascular system with reduced use of toxic contrast agent and X-ray radiation is obtained by providing anatomical and functional images obtained preferably from an MR Imaging system. A fibre optic device which uses strain measurement to provide an image of the shape and location of the fiber is used to provide spatial information of the elongate guide member as it is pushed through the vascular system with this spatial information being registered to the image of the vascular system by registering the location of the fiber/guide in the image prior to insertion using markers visible in the MR image. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING MEDICAL DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method for electromagnetic tracking is provided. The method comprises mounting at least one receiver coil array on each of a plurality of primary distortion sources, selecting one of the primary distortion source as a secondary distortion source, acquiring mutual inductance signals between a transmitter coil array and the secondary distortion source, the transmitter coil array being rigidly attached to a surgical tool, acquiring mutual inductance signals between the transmitter coil array and at least one primary distortion source, estimating an initial position for the surgical tool in the presence of the primary distortion source and the secondary distortion source, refining the estimated position of the surgical tool and estimating an orientation of the surgical tool. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056906 | DISPLACEMENT DETECTION IN OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100056907 | METHODS AND DEVICES OF CARDAIC TISSUE MONITORING AND ANALYSIS - A method for monitoring at least one cardiac tissue. The method comprises a) intercepting a plurality of reflections of an electromagnetic (EM) radiation reflected from at least one cardiac tissue of a patient in a plurality of EM radiation sessions, b) computing a mechanical tracing indicative of at least one mechanical property of said at least one cardiac tissue according to said plurality of reflections, c) analyzing said mechanical tracing so as to detect a presence or an absence of a physiological condition, and d) outputting said analysis. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056918 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When scanning a three-dimensional region while rotating a scanning plane about a predetermined axis (rotation axis), an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus calculates a motion vector of a motion scanning plane (ultrasonic sectional layer) using ultrasonic image data in the rotation axis and corrects a positional mismatch between the scanning planes using the calculated motion vector. The motion vector is calculated and the positional mismatch between the sectional layers, using at least one frame having a cardiac time phase close to the frame of which the motion should be corrected and being spatially close to the frame, in addition to the frames at the same cardiac time phase as the frame of which the motion should be corrected. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056919 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A normal vector on a regression plane in a reference time phase in a three-dimensional space is defined with regard to a moving tissue typified by a myocardial wall. Orthogonal projection vectors on the regression plane at each vertex (Pij(t)) in each time phase are calculated by using the normal vector on the regression plane, and the angle defined by the orthogonal projection vectors is calculated, thereby acquiring a local rotational angle at each vertex (Pij(t)) in each time phase relative to the reference time phase. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056920 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ORIENTATION HELP VIEW - The present invention relates to an ultrasound system and a method of providing orientation help (OH). The ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound data acquisition unit including an ultrasound probe for transmitting ultrasound signals to a target object and receiving ultrasound echo signals reflected from the target object, the ultrasound data acquisition unit being configured to acquire ultrasound data based on the ultrasound echo signals, the ultrasound data acquisition unit being further configured to detect an orientation and a scanning direction of the ultrasound probe; and a processor for forming a volume data based on the ultrasound data and forming an orientation help (OH) view showing a spatial orientation of volume data on a display region, the OH view including a probe orientation marker indicating the detected orientation of the ultrasound probe and a scanning direction marker indicating the detected scanning direction. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056921 | QUANTIFIED PERFUSION STUDIES WITH ULTRASONIC THICK SLICE IMAGING - An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system scans a plurality of planar slices in a volumetric region containing tissue which has been perfused by a contrast agent. The plurality of slices scanned are parallel to each other. Following detection of the image data of the slices the slice data is combined by projecting the data in the elevation dimension to produce an elevationally combined slice image. Combining may be by means of an averaging or maximum intensity detection or weighting process or by raycasting in the elevation dimension in a volumetric rendering process. The elevationally combined slice image is processed to produce a qualitative or quantitative measure of perfusion, such as an image with degrees of perfusion indicated by a range of brightness levels, an image of color perfusion parameters, or a perfusion curve or curve parameter indicating rate of perfusion. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056922 | Method and diagnostic ultrasound apparatus for determining the condition of a person's artery or arteries - A method and diagnostic apparatus for determining the condition of a patient's artery or arteries by the use of an ultrasound imaging system which operates in the triplex mode, with a B-mode image of a selected artery location, an A-mode perpendicular to the plane of the artery, at the selected location and a pulsed doppler, at the selected location at an angle to the plane of the artery, with the signals combined, the artery physically or chemical stimulated, the percent dilation of the artery is determined after stimulation, and therefore the condition of the artery is obtained. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056923 | ADAPTIVE COLOR DOPPLER IMAGE FORMATION - Embodiments for adaptively forming color Doppler images in an ultrasound diagnostic system are disclosed. A method of forming a color Doppler image in an ultrasound diagnostic system comprises: scanning a first set of scan lines set at a full scan region to detect at least one scan line that passes a moving object in the full scan region among the first set of scan lines; setting a second set of scan lines based on the detected scan lines; and scanning the second set of scan lines to form a first color Doppler image. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056924 | CONTROL AND DISPLAY OF ULTRASONIC MICROBUBBLE CAVITATION - An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system is used to insonify a subject infused with a microbubble contrast agent. At low energy levels stable cavitation occurs as the bubbles oscillate radially without breaking up. At higher energy levels the bubbles dissolve or break up, termed inertial cavitation. Echo signals from microbubbles are bandpass filtered to produce signal components in a subharmonic band, indicative of stable cavitation, and signal component in a higher harmonic band indicative of inertial cavitation. Detection of the mode of cavitation is used to automatically or manually control the mode of cavitation by controlling the transmitted acoustic energy of the system. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056925 | Ultrasonic Therapeutic Device Capable of Multipoint Transmitting - An ultrasonic therapeutic device capable of multipoint transmitting includes a substrate ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100056926 | ABLATION DEVICE WITH ARTICULATED IMAGING TRANSDUCER - A system for imaging and treating tissue comprises a probe having a deflectable distal tip for carrying an imaging array and a delivery needle for advancement within a field of view of the imaging array. Optionally, the needle will carry a plurality of tines which may be selectively radially deployed from the needle. The imaging array will preferably be provided in a separate, removable component. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056927 | SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, METHOD, AND USE FOR COMBINED EIPTHELIAL EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING | 2010-03-04 |
20100056938 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL SEPARATION DURING MULTIVARIATE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING - Multiple electrode contacts make electrical connections to the anterior and/or posterior chest for multivariate characterization of the electrical activation of the heart. A central processing unit derives synthetic composite electrographic signals as well as flag signals for specific purposes. A preferred embodiment uses this system to trigger or gate magnetic resonance imaging, eliminating or reducing problems from small or inverted R-waves, lead detachment, noise, flow signal, gradient changes, and rhythm changes, more reliably flagging the onset of electrical activation of the ventricles. Additional derived data are ST-segment shifts, filling times, and respiratory cycle. Filling times may be used for greatly improved imaging in the presence of rhythm disturbances, such as atrial fibrillation. Respiratory cycle may be used as a respiratory trigger to control for the effects of breathing on the heart position and image quality. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056939 | METHOD OF BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS INCLUDING IMPROVED AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION - A method of analysing biomedical signals, for example electrocardiograms, by using a Hidden Markov Model for subsections of the signal. In the case of an electrocardiogram two Hidden Markov Models are used to detect respectively the start and end of the QT interval. The relationship between the QT interval and heart rate can be computed and a contemporaneous value for the slope of this relationship can be obtained by calculating the QT/RR relationship for all of the beats in a sliding time window based on the current beat. Portions of electrocardiograms taken on different days can efficiently and accurately be compared by selecting time windows of the ECGs at the same time of day, and looking for similar beats in those time windows. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056940 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Non-Invasive Classification of Cardiac Rhythm - The invention relates to a method for analysis of cardiac rhythms, based on calculations of entropy and moments of interbeat intervals. The invention provides an optimal determination of segments of data that demonstrate statistical homogeneity, specifically with regard to moments and entropy. The invention also involves calculating moments and entropy on each segment with the goal of diagnosis of cardiac rhythm. More specifically, an absolute entropy measurement is calculated and provided as a continuous variable, providing dynamical information of fundamental importance in diagnosis and analysis. Through the present invention, standard histograms, thresholds, and categories can be avoided. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056941 | Device controller and datalogger for a closed loop neuromodulator - This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for communicating sleep therapy information between a closed loop neuromodulator, configured to optimize sleep therapy, and a remote diagnostic terminal. A state machine can control the closed loop neuromodulator, by exchanging the sleep therapy information with using a device register, and the sleep therapy information can be routed between the device register and the state machine using an internal data bus. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056942 | Activity detector for a closed loop neuromodulator - This document discusses, among other things, method and apparatus for detecting abnormal respiration activity. Clock pulses can be passed through a first gate when digital airflow information indicates a first respiration state, summed, and compared to a first count threshold, and a respiration activity output can be generated using the comparison. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056943 | Detection of pain/awakening integral value - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for monitoring the autonomous nervous system of a sedated patient. A skin conductance signal is measured at an area of the patient's skin during a measurement interval. A first measure and a second measure, both reflecting the state of the autonomous nervous system of the patient, is calculated by means of certain integral functions. The largest one of the first and second measures is then selected as the output signal (Y) that reflects the state of the autonomous nervous system of the sedated patient. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056944 | DEVICE FOR ANALYZING THERMAL DATA BASED ON BREAST SURFACE TEMPERATURE FOR THE DETECTION FOR USE IN DETERMINING CANCEROUS CONDITIONS - A device for providing improved classification of breast tissue wherein the tissue is classified as one of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue includes sensors for sensing temperature of a subject breast tissue over a predetermined period and generating signals in response thereto and a computer operatively connected to the sensors for receiving and manipulating the signals operatively associated with a normalizer for applying a normalization to each the signal by a function of X/Y where X is one temperature reading of one of the signals for a particular subject and Y is the maximum temperature obtained from a predetermined number sets of temperature readings obtained a plurality of subject breast tissue from the subject to provide a set of normalized signals used by a trained artificial classifier to produce a signal indicative of cancerous and non-cancerous tissue of the subject. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056945 | Methods for collecting and analyzing thermal data based on breast surface temperature to determine suspect conditions - A portable computing device or microprocessor/storage system including temperature sensors used to collect temperature readings of a breast tissue of a subject. The device would collect data from the sensors at regular time intervals over a period of time. All of the generated temperature data is stored in the portable computing or storage device. The sensors are placed on the greatest areas of interest on the breast, based on where most cancers develop, by using a sensor placeholder. The sensor placeholder would be lobate shaped, with the sensor placeholder aligning with the glandular regions of the breast where cancers are most likely to develop. The temperature data is then analyzed by one or more classifier systems and classified as either suspect or non-suspect tissue. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056946 | System for analyzing thermal data based on breast surface temperature to determine suspect conditions - A portable computing device or microprocessor/storage system including temperature sensors used to collect temperature readings of a breast tissue of a subject. The device would collect data from the sensors at regular time intervals over a period of time. All of the generated temperature data is stored in the portable computing or storage device. The sensors are placed on the greatest areas of interest on the breast, based on where most cancers develop, by using a sensor placeholder. The sensor placeholder would be lobate shaped, with the sensor placeholder aligning with the glandular regions of the breast where cancers are most likely to develop. The temperature data is then analyzed by one or more classifier systems and classified as either suspect or non-suspect tissue. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056947 | Placeholder for collecting and analyzing thermal data based on breast surface temperature to determine suspect conditions - A portable computing device or microprocessor/storage system including temperature sensors used to collect temperature readings of a breast tissue of a subject. The device would collect data from the sensors at regular time intervals over a period of time. All of the generated temperature data is stored in the portable computing or storage device. The sensors are placed on the greatest areas of interest on the breast, based on where most cancers develop, by using a sensor placeholder. The sensor placeholder would be lobate shaped, with the sensor placeholder aligning with the glandular regions of the breast where cancers are most likely to develop. The temperature data is then analyzed by one or more classifier systems and classified as either suspect or non-suspect tissue. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056968 | NECK BRACE - A neck brace ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100056969 | BANDAGES AND SUBSTITUTES THEREFOR - Products performing combined or alternative functions of bandages and boots are detailed. Versions of the products may include a main body with split extensions, each of which may be wrapped independently of the other. The main body is designed to cover the lower leg (or other portion) of a horse (or other animal), with the extensions applied as required to achieve optimal fit. The products may be substantially shorter than conventional lengths of bandages yet nevertheless may cover the same amount of leg as do conventional bandages. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056970 | KNEE ORTHOSIS - A knee orthosis device provides medial, lateral, and rotational control of a knee joint. The novel knee orthosis device stabilizes an injured or surgically repaired, or a weakened knee joint having a neurological disability, which causes instability therein, by applying adjustable corrective and therapeutic forces, which operate to stabilize and protect the knee as well as to correct abnormal gait and to rehabilitate the knee joint and surrounding muscles above and below the knee by encouraging and recruiting said muscles to operate again more normally through the use of a dynamic swing assist mechanism. The knee orthosis also provides dynamically conformable thigh and shin cuff circumferential band systems in combination with a multitude of other elements that conform to the constant dimensional changes of the muscle groups that are surrounded by the knee orthosis device during ambulatory or athletic motion. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056971 | NOVEL PROTECTOR FOR DRESSINGS - The present invention provides a dressing-protector system of the type comprising: a dressing incorporating at least one fatty substance and having a first face intended to come into contact with skin or a wound and a second face opposite the first; and a protector that can be separated from said dressing. According to the invention, said protector is constituted by a single sheet that completely covers said second face and has flaps folded down over said first face in order to cover it substantially entirely. Application: treatment of skin and wounds. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056972 | ADHESIVE PATCH - An adhesive patch containing an adhesive patch main part containing a support and an adhesive layer laminated on the support, wherein the adhesive patch main part comprises a peripheral part, a central part, and an intermediate part between the peripheral part and the central part, the intermediate part of the adhesive patch main part has a thickness greater than that of the central part of the adhesive patch main part, and the central part of the adhesive patch main part has a thickness greater than that of the peripheral part of the adhesive patch main part, and a production method thereof. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056973 | Therapeutic Compression Garments - A therapeutic compression apparatus includes a liner having a tubular body portion with a proximal opening for receiving a limb of a patient. The tubular body portion includes an inside region with an inside circumference that is sized to extend about and in contact with the limb. The inside circumference is substantially identical to a circumference of the limb at a respective area of contact. The tubular body portion includes an outside region having an outside circumference that varies from the inside circumference at respective cross-sections through the tubular body, such that a first function of a ratio of the difference between the inside circumference and the outside circumference at a respective cross-section through the tubular body, divided by the inside circumference at said respective cross-section, and a second function of the inside circumference at said respective cross-section determines, in part, a pressure exerted on the limb at said cross-section when compression is applied by said therapeutic compression apparatus. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056974 | BONE METABOLISM IMPROVING AGENT - The present invention has as an object to provide a bone metabolism improving agent that improves bone metabolism in a chronic renal failure patient receiving blood purification therapy such as hemodialysis, hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration. An acetic acid- and/or acetate salt-free bone metabolism improving agent that contains citric acid and/or a citrate salt as electrolytes and further contains another/other electrolyte/electrolytes and glucose solely or in combination is provided. A bone metabolism improving agent formulated into a dialysate or a substitution fluid having effects of improving bone metabolism including bone metabolism improvement in adynamic bone disease and especially in bone agenesis is also provided. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056975 | BLOOD LINE CONNECTOR FOR A MEDICAL INFUSION DEVICE - A blood line connector for a blood circuit of a hemodialysis unit with an ability to make two different types of fluid tight connections, e.g., a screw-type connection with a luer connector at a patient access and a press-in type connection with a dialysate circuit. The blood line connector may include a tube connection end arranged to sealingly engage with a blood circuit tube, and a patient access connection end with a frustoconical member having an internally threaded portion arranged to engage with an externally threaded patient access, and a pair of locking arms extending rearwardly from the frustoconical member. The locking arms may each have a finger depression portion and a barbed portion, and may be arranged to engage with a mating connector on the dialysis unit at the barbed portions to lock the frustoconical member in sealing engagement with the mating connector when making a press-in type connection. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056976 | VENOUS LINE DISCONNECTION / VENOUS NEEDLE DISLODGEMENT CLAMP - In renal haemodialysis there is a condition whereby the patient can by at serious risk of harm if the venous line becomes disconnected or the venous needle becomes dislodged and the haemodialysis machine does not detect this condition. The invented device is designed to safeguard haemodialysis patients from serious losses of blood through venous line disconnection or venous needle dislodgement. The invented device is designed to clamp the venous line automatically before venous needle dislodgement or venous line disconnection becomes a serious problem and to make the haemodialysis machine stop drawing blood from the patient This will cause the haemodialysis machine to alarm in the normal way so as to alert the patient or healthcare worker to the problem. The invented device will have to be manually reset before therapy can continue. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056977 | Trans-corneal shunt and method - A method for relieving pressure within the eye in the treatment of glaucoma comprising inserting an extremely thin flat trans-corneal drainage shunt, having no detrimental cap or footplate, within a self-sealing incision made by a keratome knife within the cornea at the limbus, the drainage shunt having extremely small pores formed therein for the controlled transport of aqueous fluid from an anterior portion of the eye to the tear film on the surface of the eye while deterring bacteria from entering the eye, and fixing the position of the trans-corneal shunt in position within the cornea by means of a suture. The shunt can be tapered for preventing an unacceptable degree of intrusion of the shunt into the anterior portion of the eye. The trailing edge portion of the shunt is wide relative to other portions of the shunt, thereby facilitating grasping of the shunt when desired. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056978 | Externally adjustable blood flow valve - A valve installed in a blood vessel can be externally adjusted over a wide range of flow rates. Such a valve can be incorporated in an AV shunt or AV fistula to allow large flow during dialysis and small flow at all other times. The valve can be activated by finger pressure, hypodermic needle or by an electromagnetic field. The valve is shaped like a Venturi tube with round cross section and smooth diameter transition to minimize blood damage and clotting. Hemodynamic properties are further enhanced by keeping the part coming in contact with the blood a single continuous tubing. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056979 | IMPLANTABLE OCULAR PUMP TO REDUCE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE - A trabecular pump is implantable in the eye to reduce intraocular pressure. The pump drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber into outflow pathways, such as Schlemm's canal. A feedback system includes an intraocular pump and a pressure sensor in communication with the pump, for regulating intraocular pressure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056980 | A DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR TREATING HYDROCEPHALUS - The present invention relates to a drainage device comprising:
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20100056981 | Tampon Having An Improved Finger Pocket - A tampon having an improved finger pocket. The finger pocket can have a width that can be calculated by the equation D | 2010-03-04 |
20100056982 | Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of acne - The present method involves the photodynamic treatment of acne vulgaris. The method involves the topical administration of a photosensitizer composition comprising hydrophobic green porphyrins such as lemuteporfin, polyethylene glycol and skin penetration enhancers such as oleyl alcohol and TRANSCUTOL™ to acne-affected skin and subsequent exposure of that skin to energy of a wavelength of activating the photosensitizer. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056983 | Treatment of cancer using photodynamic therapy - A method for treatment of cancerous tissue in the upper respiratory system including the steps of: injecting HPPH in a physiologically compatible medium into a patient having the cancerous tissue at a level of 3 through 5 mg/m | 2010-03-04 |
20100056984 | LOW FREQUENCY GENERATION POULTICE - A low frequency generating poultice includes a poultice sheet; a contact fabric that is adhered to a non-medicated surface of the poultice sheet; a release sheet that is attached to a medicated surface of the poultice sheet; a low frequency oscillator; a pair of left and right first through holes; a pair of left and right second through holes that are formed in the poultice sheet, the contact fabric, and the release sheet; and a left clip portion and a right clip portion that have one end fixed to a bottom surface of the low frequency oscillator and the other end passing through the pair of left and right first through holes to be coupled to the poultice sheet through the pair of left and right second through holes and electrically connected to the low frequency oscillator. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056985 | ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTIVATION SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE - An activation circuit for selectively providing an electrical current to one or more electroactive polymers (EAPs) in a medical device is disclosed. The activation circuit may include a sensor for sensing a measure related to a parameter of an elongated member and/or a balloon of the medical device. The electrical current may be provided to the one or more EAPs according to the sensed parameter of the elongated member and/or the balloon of the medical device. In some cases, the activation circuit may include a comparator for comparing the sensed measure to a threshold to determine when the electrical current is applied to the EAPs. The parameter may be a pressure, a fluid flow, a temperature, and/or other suitable parameter. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056986 | REMOVABLE ADAPTER FOR PHACOEMULSIFICATION HANDPIECE HAVING IRRIGATION AND ASPIRATION FLUID PATHS - Current phacoemulsification handpieces require rigorous cleaning after each procedure because the aspiration and irrigation pathways for fluids are integral to the handpiece. According to the present invention, a removable horn extension and nosecone may be used with a phacoemulsification handpiece to allow for disposable fluid pathways exterior to the handpiece. This will reduce the cleaning time and effort, reduce cross-contamination, and increase the lifespan of the handpiece. Furthermore, the current invention allows different horn extensions to be used to excite different motions at the tip of the handpiece, depending on the preference of the surgeon. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056987 | PNEUMOPERITONEUM NEEDLE - Pneumoperitoneum needles for providing and/or insufflating a corporal and/or abdominal cavity are provided. The pneumoperitoneum needle can include a housing, an elongate tubular body extending from a distal surface of the housing, and an elongate hollow tubular rod slidably received within the tubular body. The tubular body preferably includes a passage formed therethrough for connection to a gas administration system. The tubular rod preferably includes a blunt distal end defining an opening, and a proximal end portion defining an opening formed therethrough. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056988 | Drains For Use In Medical Applications and Methods of Using the Same - A drain for use in medical applications may include an elongated conduit configured to be implanted in a body cavity, wherein the conduit has a proximal end and a distal end. The conduit may include at least one channel configured to drain fluid from the body cavity and at least one lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the conduit. The lumen may be at least partially surrounded by the at least one channel and may be separated from the at least one channel by a wall. At least one hole in the wall may be configured to provide fluid communication between the lumen and the at least one channel. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056989 | INSTRUMENTATION FOR INJECTION OF THERAPEUTIC FLUID INTO JOINTS - Described are novel medical delivery devices that can be used to effectively distribute a medical agent to multiple sites within a tissue volume without requiring the device to be repositioned, including for example to distribute the medical agent within the nucleus pulposus tissue of a spinal disc. Also described are medical delivery devices configured to simultaneously remove fluid from the tissue volume into which a medical agent is being delivered, thus avoiding or otherwise decreasing any pressure build-up and facilitating an effective, uniform delivery of the therapeutic agent. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056990 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTION OF MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS - Methods and compositions for detection of microbial contaminants in peritoneal dialysis solutions are provided. The methods and compositions employ modified bioburden testing and the detection of peptidoglycan. A novel cause of aseptic peritonitis is provided—aseptic peritonitis associated with gram positive microbial contamination of a dialysis solution. Peptidoglycan is a major component of a gram positive bacterial cell wall and thus can serve as a marker for gram positive bacteria. In this regard, testing for peptidoglycans can be utilized to effectively prevent peritonitis in patients that use the peritoneal dialysis solutions, such as peritoneal dialysis solutions that contain a glucose polymer including an icodextrin and the like. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056991 | MULTI-COMPLIANT TUBING - In various embodiments, aspiration tubing connecting a handpiece to a surgical console may include a high compliant section, a transition section, and a low compliant section. In some embodiments, the high compliant section may have a lower durometer and/or different geometry than the low compliant section. The transition section may take a number of forms, including a connector or a continuous section of tubing that gradually increases in durometer and/or changes geometry through the length of the tubing. In the various embodiments, the high compliant section may provide flexibility near the handpiece to make the handpiece easier to hold and maneuver while the low compliant section may reduce the effects of occlusion break surge. In some embodiments, the high compliant section may include, for example, ribs, stiffening rings, a stiffening sleeve, or a stiffening sock to increase the stiffness of the high compliant section. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056992 | Variable Rate Closed Loop Control And Methods - Methods, system and devices for monitoring a closed loop control operation including signal levels received from an analyte sensor at a predetermined frequency, determining a variation in the monitored analyte level, determining a medication delivery rate adjustment frequency to deliver a medication based on the determined variation in the monitored analyte level, and adjusting the closed loop control operation to modify the medication delivery rate frequency are provided. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056993 | Medical Systems and Methods of Use - This invention provides ambulatory medical systems that include a monitoring device, a therapeutic substance administering device, and a receiver-controller for receiving a signal generated by the monitoring device and controlling the therapeutic substance administering device based on the information received from the monitoring device. The invention also provides methods for using the same. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056994 | PUMPING APPARATUS WITH SECURE LOADING FEATURES - A pumping apparatus and pump set for use to deliver a supply of liquid to a patient. The feeding set has a conduit for the nutrient liquid and a safety interlock device associated with the conduit. The pumping apparatus has a pumping device and a control system for controlling operation of the pump. An electromagnetic radiation source is operatively connected to the control system of the pump for emitting an electromagnetic radiation signal in a direction for striking the safety interlock device of the feeding set. The safety interlock device being adapted to affect the direction of the electromagnetic radiation. An electromagnetic radiation detector is operatively connected to the control system for receiving the electromagnetic radiation signal when the direction is affected by the safety interlock device, and provides an indication to the control system that the feeding set conduit is properly positioned in the feeding pump. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056995 | Two part fluid dispenser - A dispensing device for dispensing first and second medicaments to a patient that is made up of first and second stand-alone, interconnectable assemblies. The first of these assemblies comprises a fluid reservoir assembly that houses a fluid reservoir defining component while the second assembly comprises a fluid delivery and control assembly that includes an adding assembly for controllably dispensing the second medicament to the patient, a novel flow control means that functions to control the flow of medicinal fluid from the fluid reservoir of the first assembly toward the patient via a plurality of fluid flow control passageways. Because the stand-alone fluid delivery and control assembly is initially totally separate from the fluid reservoir assembly of the apparatus, the fluid flow passageways of the fluid delivery and control assembly can be effectively sterilized using conventional gamma ray sterilization techniques without adversely affecting the medicament contained within the fluid reservoir of the apparatus. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056996 | Two part fluid dispenser - A dispensing device for dispensing medicaments to a patient that is made up of first and second stand-alone, interconnectable assemblies. The first of these assemblies comprises a fluid reservoir assembly that houses a fluid reservoir defining component while the second assembly comprises a fluid delivery and control assembly that includes a novel flow control means that functions to control the flow of medicinal fluid from the fluid reservoir of the first assembly toward the patient via a plurality of fluid flow control passageways. Because the stand-alone fluid delivery and control assembly is initially totally separate from the fluid reservoir assembly of the apparatus, the fluid flow passageways of the fluid delivery and control assembly can be effectively sterilized using conventional gamma ray sterilization techniques without adversely affecting the medicament contained within the fluid reservoir of the apparatus. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056997 | Two part fluid dispenser with twin reservoir - A dispensing device for dispensing medicaments to a patient that includes first, second and third stand-alone, inter-connectable assemblies. The first of these assemblies comprises a fluid delivery and control assembly that includes a novel flow control assembly that functions to control the flow of medicinal fluid from the fluid reservoirs of the first and second assemblies of the invention toward the patient via a plurality of fluid flow control passageways. The second and third stand-alone reservoir defining components, which are interconnected with the fluid and delivery control component, each include an integrally formed, hermetically sealed collapsible container and a spring for controllably collapsing the container. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057008 | Organ Access Device and Method - An insertion guide device guides an instrument toward a target location in a subject. The insertion guide device includes a base portion securable to the subject and an insertion guide portion defining an insertion axis. The insertion guide portion guides the instrument along the insertion axis, and the insertion guide portion is moveably supported by the base portion for movement of the insertion axis about at least two axes. Moreover, the insertion guide device includes a locking device that selectively fixes the insertion guide portion relative to the base portion. The locking device selectively fixes the insertion axis relative to the at least two axes substantially concurrently. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057009 | INTRODUCER FOR USE IN INSERTING A MEDICAL DEVICE INTO A BODY VESSEL AND METHOD FOR SAME - In at least one embodiment of the present invention, an introducer for use in inserting a medical device into a body vessel of a patient is provided. The introducer comprises a housing having a proximal opening, a distal opening and a chamber extending therebetween. A seal in diaphragm form is disposed in the chamber. The seal is formed of polymeric material having a first phase transition temperature higher than about body temperature and a second phase transition temperature that is less than the first phase transition temperature but is greater than about room temperature. The seal is in a first configuration and has an opening formed therethrough when at about room temperature for advancing the medical device through the seal. The seal self-configures to a second configuration when at a temperature of at least the second phase transition temperature for obstructing the body fluid from flowing through the opening of the seal. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057010 | Fixation Device for Holding a Medical Instrument - A fixation device for holding a medical instrument such as a trocar, on the skin of a patient in relation to surgery. An attachment device is provided for releasable fixation of the device on a patient and having an aperture through which the instrument may be received. A retention device is provided for frictionally engaging the instrument in the fixation device in a predetermined position; wherein the attachment device includes a flexible sheet-like member and the aperture is provided with an associated instrument receiving slot in the attachment device for radial insertion of the instrument. Such fixation device is suitable for use in relation to instruments such as trocars having a range of external diameters. The fixation device is advantageous since it is non-invasive. Moreover, the fixation device ensures an airtight seal with the trocar and provides for adjustment of the position of the trocar after the trocar is positioned without having to remove the entire trocar. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057011 | Trocar cannula - A trocar cannula having a tube and a hub. The hub is attached to the proximal end of the tube so that the tube may be inserted into an incision. The proximal side of the hub is rounded, curved or slanted so as to minimize contact with the tissue surrounding the incision. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057012 | Slittable and Peelable Sheaths and Methods for Making and Using Them - A sheath for delivering a lead or other device into a body lumen is adapted to be removed from around the delivered lead or device via a longitudinally extending feature. This feature of the sheath may be a ripcord, a seam or interlocking features the releasably engage one another. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057013 | INTRACORPOREAL INDWELLING EQUIPMENT - The present invention provides an intracorporeal indwelling equipment having an internal holding member to be set in the stomach. Said internal holding member is composed of flexible ribbon-shaped members and flexible membrane-like members that are set on the portions of ribbon-shaped member, forming a dome-shaped portion. In the center of the outer periphery of membrane-like member, a notch and folding creases are formed to assist in deployment and help prevent the generation of ulcers and buried bumper syndrome. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057014 | SYRINGE PLUNGER AND SYRINGE INCORPORATING THE PLUNGER - A plunger for a syringe, comprising a cylindrical hollow body having a closed base and an opening located at the opposite base of said hollow body, wherein a seat accessible through said opening is provided to receive the head of a rod or a pusher, said seat being equipped with engagement means for retaining said head inside the seat at the end of an axial translational or an axial translational and rotary coupling movement. The invention further concerns the rod intended to be associated with said plunger and a syringe or a phial using the plunger. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057015 | MEDICINAL LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUS HAVING FIXED-TYPE MEDICINAL LIQUID SUPPLY VOLUME CONTROLLER AND ARBITRARY MEDICINAL LIQUID SUPPLY VOLUME CONTROLLER - Disclosed therein is a medicinal liquid supply apparatus, which includes a fixed-type medicinal liquid supply volume controller adapted to supply medicinal liquid only as much as a paramedic sets and fixes and an arbitrary medicinal liquid supply volume controller adapted to allow a patient or the third party to arbitrarily supply the medicinal liquid as occasion demands during the paramedic's absence, thereby effectively supplying the medicinal liquid according to the patient's disease and pain conditions. The medicinal liquid supply apparatus includes: a fixed-type medicinal liquid supply volume controller having a plurality of medicinal liquid branch hoses opened and closed by a controller and a medicinal liquid transfer hose always opened, the medicinal liquid branch hoses and the medicinal liquid transfer hose being connected to an inflow part and an outflow part of a medicinal liquid control line thereof; and an arbitrary medicinal liquid supply volume controller connected to a double medicinal liquid hose having a branch tube connected to the medicinal liquid transfer hose of the fixed-type medicinal liquid supply volume controller, the arbitrary medicinal liquid supply volume controller having a medicinal liquid storing tube for storing the medicinal liquid transferred through the double medicinal liquid hose to arbitrarily and additionally supply the medicinal liquid by a button body. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057016 | OCCLUDER FOR A MEDICAL INFUSION SYSTEM - The present invention generally relates to occluders and, in particular, to occluders for use in medical infusion systems. In one aspect, the occluder contains one or more tubes through which fluid can flow, and the occluder can be automatically controlled to allow or at least partially prevent fluid flow. In some cases, the occluder may be constructed and arranged to fail (e.g., due to loss of power) in a “closed” position, i.e., a position that at least partially prevents fluid flow. In addition, in one embodiment, the occluder may be manually overridden, even when in a failed state, by a user. For instance, in the event of a power failure, a user may be able to manually override the occluder to remove tubing from the occluder. Such occluders may find use, for example, in medical devices such as hemodialysis machines, medical infusion pumps, plasmapheresis devices, and the like. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057017 | FEEDING SYRINGE ASSEMBLY FOR AN ENDOSCOPIC GASTRONOMY TUBE - A feeding syringe assembly includes a tube coupling a patient in fluid communication with a syringe to convey a formulated food solution to the patient to provide the patient with nutrition, the tube is connected to the patient through an insertion point, a stand, and a syringe support coupling the syringe to the stand holding the syringe at an elevated location with respect to the insertion point of the tube to allow a formulated food solution to gravity convey through the tube to the patient from the syringe. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057018 | METHOD OF FORMING AN INTRODUCER SHEATH - A method of forming an introducer sheath having a crease-free tapered distal tip portion. A mandrel is provided having an outer configuration comprising an elongated body and a tapered distal tip portion. A generally tubular inner liner comprising heat shrinkable PTFE, is positioned over the mandrel. The inner liner is heat shrunk to the outer configuration of the mandrel, in a manner that avoids the formation of creases along the inner diameter of the liner. A reinforcing member is positioned over a length of the inner liner, and an outer jacket is positioned over the reinforcing member and the inner liner. The liner, reinforcing member, and outer jacket are heated in a heat shrink enclosure, whereby the outer jacket melts and bonds to an outer surface of the inner liner. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057019 | DISTAL SECTION FOR MONORAIL CATHETER - A catheter has a distal section comprising a distal tip section having a distal tip. The distal tip has a longitudinal axis. The distal section further includes a distal shaft having a longitudinal axis. The distal tip longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to and offset from the distal shaft longitudinal axis. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057020 | Apparatus and method for treatment of bifurcation lesions - Each arterial bifurcation lesion has a fingerprint-like pattern related to varying amounts of plaque and degree of obstruction in the main vessel proximal to, within the bifurcation itself, and the distal limbs of the main branch and side branch(es) and related to the angle of the bifurcation. A new device and with it a new technique is described to optimize treatment of bifurcation (and trifurcation) lesions. The invention and related method use a catheter capable of delivering two or more guide wires exiting at the distal end of the catheter allowing treatment of lesions more safely and efficaciously. Safety is increased by allowing both guide wires to remain in place throughout the entire procedure. Efficacy is increased, particularly in the long-term, by providing a result that maximizes vessel coverage and normal flow dynamics in the entire bifurcation area. Contemplated is the use not only of multiple guide wires but also modified balloon with a tapered design to optimize flow dynamics at the bifurcation in the final result. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057021 | SUBCUTANEOUS INFUSION DEVICE - A subcutaneous infusion device includes an indwelling member which has a base portion and a cannula reaching an inside of a body of a user when the base portion is fixed to a surface of the body of the user, and a coupling member which is attached to the indwelling member in a detachable/attachable manner. The coupling member includes a main body portion, a needle provided at the main body portion and communicated with the cannula when the coupling member is attached to the indwelling member, a lid portion provided turnably with respect to the main body portion, an engagement portion locking the lid portion to the main body portion, and an elastic member biased when the lid portion is locked to the main body portion and capable of biasing the lid portion in a turning direction when the locking is being released. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057022 | Method and Device for the Cleaning and Medical Treatment of Extremities - The use of elastomeric gloves, slippers, finger and toe covers for the cleaning, debriding and application of medicines by utilizing the repeated self-contained flushing and pumping caused by normal appendage motion and elastomeric distortion and equalization either alone or in tandem with the auxiliary agitation from an external ultrasonic source if necessary. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057023 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING ACTIVE AGENTS TO TARGET SITES - The subject invention provides novel, inexpensive, and highly effective methods and devices for convenient and effective wound irrigation. In one embodiment the subject invention provides a discharge means for a reservoir housing containing irrigation solution wherein the discharge means has one or more specifically designed nozzles through which a sufficient volume of the irrigation solution can pass at an appropriate pressure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057024 | Easy-application meatal plug - A meatal plug, comprising a stem and a bulb arranged at one end of the stem, the bulb protruding laterally over said stem, a hole being formed in the plug, and the hole opening at the end of the stem opposite the bulb and said hole extending at least into the bulb, characterised in that the ratio of the height dimension of the stem, measured along its longitudinal axis to the length dimension along this same bulb axis is greater than 1, preferably greater than 2.5, the ratio of the width dimension of the bulb to its length, i.e. measured in a direction perpendicular to the stem axis, is greater than 1, preferably greater than 2.5. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057025 | Device for Treating Wounds - The invention relates to a device for treating wounds of a patient by means of low pressure. Said device comprises a covering for forming a low pressure chamber over the wound. Said covering is secured to the skin surrounding the wound. The shape of the covering can be modified from a base shape into a predefined shape for use after applying to the wound and securing to the skin. Preferably, the covering comprises a shape memory. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057026 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES COMPRISING A BODILY EXUDATE MODIFYING AGENT AND A SKIN CARE FORMULATION - Absorbent articles having enhanced absorption of bodily exudates are disclosed. The absorbent articles comprise a bodily exudate modifying agent and a skin care formulation. The bodily exudate modifying agent is capable of reducing the viscosity of bodily exudates such as feces and menses. The skin care formulation comprises a bodily exudate modifying agent neutralizer to neutralize the possible negative effects on skin barrier function caused by the bodily exudate modifying agents coming into direct contact with the wearer's skin. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057027 | BIODEGRADABLE SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER COMPOSITION WITH GOOD ABSORPTION AND RETENTION PROPERTIES - The present invention generally relates to a method for the production of a superabsorbent composition comprising the process steps:
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20100057068 | GOLD NANOSTRUCTURE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - A gold nanostructure, comprising a substrate, a dielectric material, one or more of gold nanoparticles is provided together with related devices and methods. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057069 | THERMAL BURNING RING TOOL AND SYSTEM - A thermal burning tool for performing a surgical procedure. The tool comprises a probe having an elongated body adapted to provide electrical power to a burning ring formed at a distal end thereof, with the burning ring being formed at an oblique angle from the tool probe. This enables formation of a burn having a diameter larger than the diameter of the hollow body, as measured along the largest axis of the burn. An input connector mounted on a proximal end of the probe connects the probe with an electrical power source, with the input connector having at least one resistor in an electrical circuit for controlling the electrical power provided to the burning ring. Upon application of electrical current to the tool, heat is concentrated at the distal end of the probe. In a preferred embodiment, the tool additionally provides pressurized airflow, eliminating the need for a separate airflow tool. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057070 | Microwave Shielding Apparatus - An isolation apparatus for reducing radiated emissions of a microwave energy delivery system including an isolation circuit board and a shield coupling, the isolation circuit board and shield coupling configured to capacitively couple a microwave generator and a coaxial transmission cable and the isolation circuit board further configured to pass energy at a fundamental frequency between the microwave generator and the coaxial transmission cable. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057071 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND SYSTEM - An electrosurgical system for cutting and coagulating tissue includes a generator for generating radio frequency (RF) power, and an electrosurgical instrument. The instrument includes a pair of blades pivotally joined for relative movement in a scissors-like action between open and closed positions, each of said blades including a conductive blade member and a conductive electrode electrically isolated from the blade member by means of an insulation member. A first one of either the conductive blade member or the conductive electrode constitutes an inner electrode on each blade, which are disposed in face-to-face relationship. A second one of either the conductive blade member or the conductive electrode constitutes an outer electrode on each blade spaced from the inner electrode. The instrument further includes an actuation mechanism for effecting relative movement of the blades in said scissors-like action, the generator including at least one source of RF power and a controller such that the generator is capable of delivering a first cutting RF waveform to the electrosurgical instrument or a second coagulating RF waveform to the electrosurgical instrument. The system further includes a switching circuit such that the first cutting RF waveform is delivered between the inner and outer electrodes on each blade, and the second coagulating RF waveform is delivered between the outer electrodes on each blade. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057072 | Irrigated Ablation Catheter System and Methods - An ablation catheter for performing tissue ablation, having an elongate shaft with a lumen and a tip ablation electrode at the distal end of the shaft. The tip electrode has a fluid exit port opening through the surface of the tip electrode and at least one channel extending along the surface of the tip electrode to allow fluid passage in the event that the fluid exit port is blocked. The catheter has a connector to a cooling fluid source, and a fluid delivery tube within the shaft lumen to deliver cooling fluid from the connector to the fluid exit port. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057073 | Irrigated Ablation Catheter System and Methods - An ablation catheter for performing tissue ablation has an elongate shaft with a lumen. A tip ablation electrode is mounted on the distal end of the shaft. The tip electrode has walls that, together with the plug, define a chamber. The tip electrode has a fluid exit port. A shaft ablation electrode is mounted on the shaft proximal to the tip electrode. The catheter has a cooling fluid delivery system with a connection to a cooling fluid source. A fluid within the lumen of the elongate shaft penetrates the plug and delivers cooling fluid to the fluid exit port. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057074 | Irrigated Ablation Catheter System and Methods - An ablation catheter for performing tissue ablation has an elongate shaft with a lumen. A tip ablation electrode is mounted on the distal end of the shaft. The tip electrode has walls that, together with the plug, define a chamber. The tip electrode has a fluid exit port. The catheter has a cooling fluid delivery system with a connection to a fluid source and a fluid delivery tube within the lumen of the elongate shaft. The fluid delivery tube penetrating said plug and delivers fluid to the fluid exit port. The catheter has a valve assembly in located in the chamber between the fluid delivery tube and the fluid exit port. The valve assembly prevents the flow of cooling fluid through the fluid delivery tube when in the closed position. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057075 | Method and device for anastomoses - Provided herein is a device for use in an anastomosis of tissue(s) comprising a biocompatible material and a means of applying radiofrequency energy or electrical energy to generate heat within said biocompatible material. The device also may be used to bond or fuse at two materials where at least one of the material is a tissue. Also provided are methods to anastomose tissue or to bond or to fuse these materials using these devices. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057076 | Shielding for an Isolation Apparatus Used in a Microwave Generator - A system for reducing radiated emissions the system including a microwave generator that supplies microwave energy at a fundamental frequency, a coaxial transmission cable that transmits microwave energy between the microwave generator and a microwave energy delivery device and an isolation apparatus connected between the microwave generator and the coaxial transmission cable. The isolation apparatus is configured to electrically isolate the coaxial transmission cable from the microwave generator and capacitively couple the microwave generator ground to the coaxial transmission cable. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057077 | FEP PRE-CURVED DISTAL TIP SPHINCTEROTOME - A method and device for incising tissue within the gastrointestinal tract is described. The device is an electrosurgical sphincterotome cutting device. The sphinctertome includes a pre-curved, heat set FEP distal tip. An electrically conductive cutting wire is positioned along the pre-curved distal tip. Manipulating a control handle tightens the cutting wire and incises and cauterizes target tissue. The curvature of the distal tip allows the sphincterotome to orient and steer itself towards a patient's sphincter as it emerges from an accessory channel of an endoscope. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057078 | Catheter With Remotely Extendible Instruments - An electrosurgical apparatus for performing a surgical procedure includes a housing having an elongated flexible shaft with proximal and distal ends. The shaft having a plurality of tubes disposed therein that define a corresponding plurality of working channels configured to house a corresponding plurality of surgical instruments. An actuator is dimensioned for selective reciprocation within the shaft and configured to operably engage one or more of the corresponding plurality of surgical instruments and deploy the corresponding surgical instrument to an operating cavity as needed during a surgical procedure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057079 | POLYMER COMPOSITES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING - A biomedical polymer composite that exhibits ultra-low thermal conductivity properties. In a preferred embodiment, the biomedical polymer composite comprises a base polymer component with a dispersed thermally non-conductive filler component consisting of glass or ceramic nanospheres or microspheres that have a thermal conductivity of less than 5 W/m-K, and preferably less than 2 W/m-K. In one embodiment, the polymer composite has an electrically conductive filler and can be used in a filament for treating arteriovascular malformations. In another embodiment, the polymeric composite can be used as an energy-coupling means to apply energy to tissue. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057080 | Devices, systems and methods for treating tissue regions of the body - Improved devices, systems and methods for treating a tissue region provide straightforward, yet reliable ways for installing diverse functional components within the confined space of a catheter-based instrument. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057081 | Tissue Fusion Jaw Angle Improvement - A bipolar forceps for sealing tissue includes an end effector assembly having opposing first and second jaw members having a proximal end and a distal end. The jaw members are moveable relative to one another from a first spaced apart position to a second position in which the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue. Each of the jaw members includes an electrode having an electrically conductive tissue sealing surface. An electrical energy source may be connected to the tissue sealing surfaces so that the sealing surfaces can conduct energy to tissue. Each electrode may be pivotably connected to the respective jaw member to promote parallel closure of the sealing surfaces against tissue between the jaw members. Each electrode may be wedge-shaped such that the thickness of the electrode increases distally along a length thereof to promote parallel closure of the sealing surfaces against tissue between the jaw members. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057082 | Tissue Fusion Jaw Angle Improvement - A bipolar forceps for sealing tissue includes an end effector assembly having opposing first and second jaw members having a proximal end and a distal end. The jaw members are moveable relative to one another from a first spaced apart position to a second position in which the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue. Each of the jaw members includes an electrode having an electrically conductive tissue sealing surface. An electrical energy source may be connected to the tissue sealing surfaces so that the sealing surfaces can conduct energy to tissue. Each electrode may be pivotably connected on a distal end to the respective jaw member to promote parallel closure of the sealing surfaces against tissue between the jaw members. Each electrode may be connected to its respective jaw member on a proximal end via a resilient member to bias the electrode against tissue disposed between the jaw members. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057083 | Tissue Fusion Jaw Angle Improvement - A bipolar forceps for sealing tissue includes an end effector assembly having opposing first and second jaw members. Each of the jaw members includes an electrode having an electrically conductive tissue sealing surface. An electrical energy source may be connected to the tissue sealing surfaces so that the sealing surfaces can conduct energy to tissue. A trapezoidal pivot mechanism is operably connected to the jaw members and configured to allow selective movement of the jaw members relative to one another from a first spaced apart position to a second position. The trapezoidal pivot mechanism is configured to promote substantially parallel movement of the jaw members through a range of motion between the first position and the second position. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057084 | Tissue Fusion Jaw Angle Improvement - A bipolar forceps for sealing tissue includes an end effector assembly having opposing first and second jaw members having a proximal end and a distal end. The jaw members are moveable relative to one another from a first spaced apart position to a second position in which the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue. Each of the jaw members includes an electrode having an electrically conductive tissue sealing surface. An electrical energy source may be connected to the tissue sealing surfaces so that the sealing surfaces can conduct energy to tissue. Each electrode may be hingedly connected to the respective jaw member to promote parallel closure of the sealing surfaces against tissue between the jaw members. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057085 | SURGICAL GRASPING DEVICE - A surgical device comprising a clevis defining a longitudinal axis and a jaw comprising a first member and a second member. A slider is slidably engaged to the clevis, the slider comprising a pin. The pin is receiveably engaged in the first slot and the jaw is selectively moveable between a first position and a second position through longitudinal movement of the slider. In various embodiments, the first and second members are movable between an angular open position, a parallel open position, and a parallel closed position. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057086 | ANODIZED LOCKING PLATE COMPONENTS - An orthopedic assembly including a plate and a locking screw that interlocks with the plate to secure the plate to a bone while the bone heals. To minimize galling or cold welding within an engagement region of the orthopedic assembly, an anodized coating, such as a Type II anodized coating, may be applied to both engaging surfaces of the engagement region. To avoid having to mask portions of the plate and the locking screw outside of the engagement region during the coating process, the anodized coating may be applied to the entire plate and the entire locking screw. | 2010-03-04 |
20100057087 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - A rotatable surgical instrument having a protective hood with articulating bendable distal end is provided to improve and enable various orthopedic surgical procedures such as arthroscopy. The protective hood surrounds the surgical tool bit exposing only a portion of the tool bit for removing bone or soft tissue material and protects the nerve from the surgical tool bit. The protective hood can be controllably rotated from the instrument's hand piece to control the orientation of the attack angle of the surgical tool bit. Additionally, the bending of the distal end of the instrument can be controlled from the hand piece. | 2010-03-04 |