19th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120116323 | Catheter Assembly, Catheter Systems Including Same, and Method of Manufacture - A catheter assembly includes a catheter, a tubular structure affixed to an exterior surface of the catheter, and a stabilizing cuff affixed to, and at least partially embedded within, the tubular structure. The tubular structure may include a tapered surface extending from an end of the tubular structure to an exterior surface of the catheter. A method of manufacturing a catheter assembly may include positioning a tubular structure about a catheter, positioning a stabilizing cuff near the tubular structure, and partially embedding at least a portion of the stabilizing cuff within the tubular structure while shaping the tubular structure to form a tapered surface. A temporary sleeve may be positioned about the tubular structure prior to shaping the tubular structure. The tubular structure may also be preformed to include a tapered end prior to positioning the tubular structure about the catheter. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116324 | CATHETER - A catheter fabricated of unitary incineratable polymeric material, including a removable solid pusher rod closely mated to the interior of the cannula, engagable with the front tapered end thereof to strengthen and stiffen the cannula during insertion into the body. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116325 | MEDICINAL DELIVERY DEVICE - A medicinal delivery device is provided. The device includes a clip defining an ala inner surface-engaging portion about a first end thereof. The clip also defines an ala outer surface-engaging portion about a second end thereof. The ala outer surface-engaging portion is in spaced-apart and generally inward facing arrangement relative to the first end of the clip. This forms a gap between the ala inner surface-engaging portion and the ala outer surface-engaging portion for receiving a patient's ala. A medicine chamber is carried about the first end of the clip for dispensing medicine into the patient's nasal cavity. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116326 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR CONDITIONING SKIN - Methods, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for conditioning a foot surface by contacting a foot surface with an article designed to contact foot surfaces for the purpose of abrading, moisturizing and otherwise conditioning a foot surface. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116327 | SURGICAL CLEANSING SOLUTIONS - A sterile pack ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120116328 | Valve for urine bag - A valve for a urine bag includes a guide member having a connection end at one end thereof and a plurality of holes are defined through a wall of the guide member. A sleeve is connected to the connection end and a movable member is movably located in the guide member. The movable member includes a base and a guide rod extends from an end of the base. The valve is connected to the connection part of the urine bag and when urine passes through the guide member, the movable member is pushed away from the sleeve to allow the urine to flow into the urine bag. The movable member is moved to contact the sleeve when the urine in the urine bag flows backward. The base seals the sleeve to stop the urine flowing back to the user. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116329 | Sealing Device For Vacuum Pressure Therapy - A sealing device for vacuum pressure therapy, including a film that includes a section ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120116330 | SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING REDUCED PRESSURE TREATMENT HAVING A MANIFOLD WITH A PRIMARY FLOW PASSAGE AND A BLOCKAGE PREVENTION MEMBER - A reduced pressure delivery system is provided and includes a primary manifold, a blockage prevention member, and first and second conduits in fluid communication with the primary manifold. The primary manifold includes a wall surrounding, a primary flow passage and is adapted to be placed in proximity to a tissue site. The blockage prevention member is positioned within the primary flow passage. A plurality of apertures is disposed in the wall to communicate with the primary flow passage. The first conduit is fluidly connected to the primary flow passage to deliver reduced pressure through the primary flow passage and the plurality of apertures. The second conduit includes an outlet proximate the primary flow passage or an outlet of the first conduit to purge the primary flow passage or first conduit to prevent blockages. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116331 | COMPONENT MODULE FOR A REDUCED PRESSURE TREATMENT SYSTEM - A reduced pressure treatment system includes a control unit having a control system and a reduced pressure source. The reduced pressure treatment system further includes a manifold unit in fluid communication with the reduced pressure source and a component module to augment treatment. The component module is configured to communicate with the control system of the control unit, and the component module includes a first mounting region configured to be coupled to a complimentary mounting region of the control unit. The component module further includes a second mounting region identical to the complimentary mounting region of the control unit to allow a second component module to be coupled to the first component module. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116332 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING EXUDATES - A reduced pressure treatment system includes a porous pad positioned at a tissue site and a canister having a collection chamber, an inlet, and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly connected to the porous pad. A reduced pressure source is fluidly connected to the outlet of the canister to such that fluid from the tissue site may be drawn into the collection chamber. A hydrophobic filter is positioned adjacent the outlet to prevent liquid from exiting the collection chamber through the outlet. A baffle is positioned within the canister to create a tortuous path between the inlet and the outlet to prevent premature blocking of the hydrophobic filter. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116333 | POROUS BIORESORBABLE LINKED DRESSING COMPRISING MICROSPHERES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - Methods, system and compositions for making and using a bioresorbable linked dressing made of bioresorbable microspheres in various configurations are provided for use in applying reduced pressure to a wound site. The methods include manufacture of a bioresorbable dressing comprising a casing and bioresorbable microspheres in the form of a rope shape. Further, the casing of the dressing comprises pores formed by a porogen system that may be activated by external to the wound or formed in situ within the wound site. The shape of the dressing allows the dressing to be placed into the wound site such that it fills the shape and size of the wound. Embodiments include formation of various rope dressing and their use in conjunction with reduced pressure therapy. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116334 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY - Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a negative pressure appliance and methods of using the same in the treatment of wounds. Some embodiments are directed to improved fluidic connectors or suction adapters for connecting to a wound site, for example using softer, kink-free conformable suction adapters. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116335 | Urine Collection Bag - A urine collection bag ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120116336 | Device For Collecting Fecal Discharge In Incontinent Patients - A collector for fecal discharge is provided comprising a self-expanding resilient collection component, a housing sheath and a transit component. The collection component has an open proximal and distal end and a lumen connecting them. The component comprises interconnected resilient arms circumscribing its contour, wherein adjacent arms are resiliently biased away from each other for exerting outwardly radial pressure for expanding and anchoring the component to rectal walls upon deployment. The housing sheath comprises a flexible and resilient material overlaying at least one of inner or outer contour of collection component without interfering with or blocking its ends or lumen. The transit component provides a conduit for fecal discharge to migrate from collection component to a receptacle and comprises a flexible, tubular sheath having a first open end connected to a second end by a lumen, wherein the first end engages with the proximal end of the collection component. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116337 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT AND SIGNALING DEVICE MATCHING - The present subject matter relates to absorbent articles and signaling devices for use therewith. The signaling device includes one or more non-invasive sensors configured to detect the presence of a substance, such as a body fluid, in the absorbent article. The signaling device can provide an audible and/or visible alert to the user of the absorbent article when it detects the presence of a substance. The absorbent article includes one or more identifiable characteristics the presence of which permits operation of the signaling device. In this manner, the present disclosure provides for product and signaling device matching for use. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116338 | Polypropylene Nonwoven Fibers And Fabrics And Methods For Making Same - Nonwoven fabrics of fibers comprising one or more primary polypropylenes having a molecular weight distribution of less than 3.5 and a melt flow rate within the range from 5 to 500 dg/min, the fibers having an average diameter of less than 20 μm, or a denier (g/9000 m) of less than 2.0, thus forming propylene-based fabrics. The primary polypropylene is preferably a reactor grade polymer made using a single-site catalyst. In certain embodiments, the propylene-based fabrics disclosed herein have a MD Tensile Strength (WSP 110.4 (05)) of greater than 20 N/5 cm when calendered at a temperature within the range from 110 to 15O° C. Also in certain embodiments, the fabrics have a CD Tensile Strength (WSP 110.4 (05)) of greater than 10 N/5 cm when calendered at a temperature within the range from 110 to 15O° C. The fabrics are preferably meltspun, and in a particular embodiment are spunbond fabrics. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116339 | REUSABLE DIAPERS - A reusable diaper includes forward and rearward waist portions. At least one corner tab may be releasably attachable to the forward and rearward waist portions. The diaper may include at least one pocket configured to receive therein at least a portion of the corner tab. The pocket may be substantially impervious to liquids, such that positioning of the portion of the corner tab in the pocket helps inhibit wicking of liquid through the pocket and into the corner tab. Some embodiments may include first and second sets of interchangeable corner tabs that are releasably attachable to the forward and rearward waist portions. The second set of corner tabs may be sized differently than the first set of corner tabs such that the diaper size is adjustable depending on whether the first or second set of corner tabs are used. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116340 | Reusable Diapers - A reusable diaper includes a forward waist portion, a rearward waist portion, and a crotch portion between the forward waist portion and the rearward waist portion. The diaper also includes first and second liquid-absorbent flaps. Each flap may have a fixed end portion coupled to the diaper and a free end portion opposite the fixed end portion, which is not coupled to the reusable diaper. The first and second liquid-absorbent flaps may be positionable in an overlapping manner along the crotch portion with one of the first and second liquid-absorbent flaps overlapped by the other one of said first and second liquid-absorbent flaps and slidable relative to each other when overlapped. In some embodiments, the first and second liquid-absorbent flaps may each include an at least partially hollow interior and an opening for allowing airflow into the hollow interior to facilitate drying. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116341 | Adhesive and Use Thereof - Thermoplastic oil-modified alkyd resins are described herein. Such resins can be used as the predominant component of a hot melt adhesive which can be employed for instance as a construction adhesive in the manufacture of disposable absorbent articles. The composition also includes a copolymer formed from at least two monomer types of which at least one monomer type is a polar monomer and at least one monomer type is an apolar monomer, and a solid plasticizer. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116342 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WTH EMBOSSED ELASTIC SIDE PANELS - An absorbent article including a chassis, a pair of opposed elastic side panels attached to the chassis, and at least one fastening tab adhesively attached to each elastic side panel. The at least one fastening tab has a length in the transverse direction of the article and a width in the longitudinal direction of the article and each elastic side panel is embossed on at least a portion thereof, which is adhesively attached to the respective fastening tab, to form at least one embossed groove extending along at least 30%, preferably at least 40% and more preferably at least 60% of the width of the at least one fastening tab. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116343 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - A disposable diaper is provided with an outer body including a belly side portion and a back side portion, and an inner body. The belly side portion and back side portion of the outer body each has a plurality of waist elastic members extending in parallel to each other in the transverse direction. The outer body has an annular waist gather region, a belly side pressing region, a back side pressing region, and an annular tightening region. The area of the back side pressing region is smaller than the area of the belly side pressing region, and the contractile force of the back side pressing region is smaller than the contractile force of the belly side pressing region, and is no greater than 0.35N, and the contractile force per unit width of the tightening region is no less than 0.45N/25 mm. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116344 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A leakage-preventing unit | 2012-05-10 |
20120116345 | Urine-free underwear - An underwear garment for wearing on lower torso of a wearer includes an underwear fabric, a waistband, a liquid controlling layer and means for securing the liquid controlling layer onto the inner side of the underwear fabric. The underwear fabric defines a buttocks covering section, a hip covering section, a bottom covering section, a front covering section, and a pair of leg holes. The waistband is provided on a top edge portion of the underwear fabric. The liquid controlling layer is provided on an inner side of the underwear fabric on at least one of the bottom covering section and the front covering section of the underwear fabric for blocking liquid to come into contact with the front covering section of the underwear fabric. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116346 | HYPERTHERMIA INDUCED DEPOSITION OF ELASTIN FIBERS - Methods for inducing the deposition of elastin at a tissue site by exposing the tissue to hyperthermia is described herein. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116347 | THERAPY DELIVERY SYSTEM HAVING AN OPEN ARCHITECTURE AND A METHOD THEREOF - A therapy delivery system having an open architecture and method of providing thereof are disclosed. The present invention provides a therapy dosage module having a control algorithm that can be replaced with a predefined or independently defined control algorithm. The tools necessary to create and test such control algorithms in the therapy dosage module in a simulated environment before implementing it in a live therapy system are also disclosed. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116348 | LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTION AMOUNT ADJUSTING METHOD, LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTION AMOUNT ADJUSTING APPARATUS, AND LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTING SYSTEM - In a liquid medicine injecting system, an open route is formed in which a liquid medicine flows from a container that contains the liquid medicine to a blood vessel of a biological body via a micro-pump, a flow volume sensor, and a tube. A back pressure from the biological body directly operates against the micro-pump via the open route. When the flow volume of the liquid medicine is constant, power of the micro-pump has a constant relationship with the back pressure. The flow volume of the liquid medicine is adjusted to be a target volume by controlling the power of the micro-pump, and the power of the micro-motor is monitored. An abnormal injecting state of the liquid medicine caused by such as pulling out of an injection needle from the biological body is immediately detected with high accuracy based on the monitored result of the power of the micro-pump. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116349 | Medicated Module with Premix Medicament - A medicated module ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120116350 | TRANSLATION DILATOR AND STAND ALONE VASCULAR GUIDE CATHETER - Systems and methods for delivering implantable devices, catheters, or substances in or near and/or restoring flow through body lumens, such as blood vessel lumens are described. A catheter having a proximal portion of a first diameter and a distal portion of a second diameter (smaller than the first diameter) is advanced into a body lumen. The distal portion of the catheter is caused to expand to a diameter that is larger than the second diameter but no larger than the first diameter. A working device is then advanced out of the distal end of the catheter and used to remove obstructive matter, deliver an implantable device or substance and/or restore flow. The distal portion can be reduced in diameter prior to removal from the body. A stand alone, guide catheter is also disclosed possessing high resistance to kinking even with a very thin wall. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116351 | Method of Operating a Microvalve Protection Device - An endovascular valve device for use in a vessel during a therapy procedure includes a catheter having at its distal end a valve. The valve is constructed of a braid of elongate first filaments coupled together at their proximal ends in a manner that the first filaments are movable relative to each other along their lengths. The first filaments have a spring bias that radially expands the valve. A filter is provided to the braid formed by electrostatically depositing or spinning polymeric second filaments onto the braided first filaments. The lumen of the catheter is in communication with the center of the valve. The device is used to provide a therapy in which a therapeutic agent is infused into an organ. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116352 | BALLOON ASSISTED OCCLUSION OF ANEURYSMS - A catheter and related methods for percutaneous treatment of an aneurysm, the catheter comprising: an outlet for deploying an occluding agent; and a deflector for deflecting said occluding agent. A second deflector may be provided to cooperate with the first deflector. One of both of the deflectors may comprise inflatable balloons. The occluding agent may comprise a length of wire. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116353 | COAXIAL CATHETER INSTRUMENTS FOR ABLATION WITH RADIANT ENERGY - A cardiac ablation instrument capable of removing blood from a treatment area is provided. The instrument includes a catheter configured to deliver a distal end thereof to a patient's heart. The instrument can also include an expandable element coupled to the distal end of the catheter wherein the expandable member is configured to be positioned adjacent a target area thereby defining a treatment area between the expandable member and the target area. Further, the instrument can include an irrigation mechanism configured to dispense an irrigation fluid from the catheter thereby displacing blood from the treatment area. Additionally, the instrument includes an energy emitter configured to deliver energy to tissue within the treatment area. The instrument can also include a contact sensor configured to determine the presence of such blood within the treatment area. Methods for ablating tissue are also provided. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116354 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SMALL VESSEL ACCESS - Disclosed herein are methods and devices for small-vessel access to the vasculature for vascular and cardiac procedures such as diagnostics and interventions, particularly methods and devices for radial, brachial, popliteal, pedal, carotid and/or axillary access to the vasculature. These methods and devices permit vascular and cardiac procedures to be carried out through small vessels, such as the radial or brachial arteries, with a reduced number of steps for the physician and reduced pain and trauma for the patient. As such, the devices and methods may improve a number of outcomes for the patient, such as by reducing the risk of bleeding complications and increasing the speed with which the patient resumes ambulation and other activities following the procedure. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116355 | LUER LOCK CONNECTION - The invention relates to a Luer lock connection comprising a Luer cone and a threaded sleeve surrounding said cone, the threaded sleeve being fitted on the base of the Luer cone so that it is rotatable along the longitudinal axis of said cone, wherein clamping means are provided between the threaded sleeve and the base of the Luer cone, said means being designed in such a way that when a female part is fitted onto the Luer cone, clamping between the threaded sleeve and the base of the Luer cone is achieved by rotating the threaded sleeve or the female part in the threaded sleeve ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120116356 | Cleansing Device - A cleansing device for cleaning a body cavity is provided to a user. The cleansing device comprises an inner membrane fabricated from an elastomeric material and an outer membrane fabricated from a hypoallergenic material. The inner surface of the inner membrane defines a cavity that conforms to and accommodates the user's finger. The inner membrane is in contact with and enveloped by the outer membrane to form the cleansing device. The user inserts the finger into the cavity of the cleansing device, where the inner surface of the inner membrane contacts the inserted finger, and the outer surface of the outer membrane is exposed for cleaning the body cavity. The user introduces the enclosed finger into the body cavity for cleaning. A string attached between the outer surface of the inner membrane and the inner surface of the outer membrane enables removal of the cleansing device from the user's finger. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116358 | MODULAR INGESTIBLE DRUG DELIVERY CAPSULE - An ingestible capsule ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120116359 | Integrated Ingestible Event Marker System With Pharmaceutical Product - A system and method are provided for securing an ingestible electronic device to a pharmaceutical product without damaging the ingestible electronic device. The product includes the ingestible electronic device being placed on the product in accordance with one aspect of the present invention. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the ingestible electronic device is placed inside the product. Various embodiments are disclosed in accordance with the present invention for protecting and/or coating of the electronic marker as well as securing the ingestible electronic device onto the product. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116360 | TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS - This invention provides treatment compositions as well as systems and methods of determining and administering an effective amount of treatment for a neurological disorder. The treatment composition can contain a labeled interfering RNA (iRNA) agent capable of decreasing expression of a target RNA associated with the neurological disorder. The methods of the invention include determining an effective amount of a therapeutic composition by introducing a solution containing a tracer into the brain of a mammal. The tracing solution is monitored until a target volume of distribution at steady state distribution is substantially achieved, and the rate of delivery of the therapeutic composition is determined. The therapeutic composition can then be administered at the rate determined by use of the tracing solution. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116361 | Axially Reciprocating Microsurgical Instrument with Radially Compressed Actuator Handle - A microsurgical instrument has a pair of operative surgical surfaces that are moved relative to each other in shearing or grasping procedures performed by the instrument. The instrument has a handle containing an elongate center rod with a ring mounted for reciprocating movement on the rod. A tube is secured to the ring and a shaft extends through the tube and is secured to the rod. The handle also includes a plurality of resilient arms that extend along the length of the rod and engage against a sliding surface of the ring on the rod. The plurality of actuator arms are alternatively manually compressed radially inwardly by the surgeon's hand and released by the surgeon's hand to allow the arms to flex radially inwardly and outwardly. The inward and outward movement of the plurality of arms reciprocates the ring on the handle rod and causes the tube and shaft to move axially relative to each other. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116362 | SINGLE PORT LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESS WITH LATERALLY SPACED VIRTUAL INSERTION POINTS - A system for performing single port laparoscopic procedures includes a transcutaneous seal and a plurality of tools. The tools comprise a substantially rigid tubular seal having a core which is translatably and rotatably disposed in the sleeve. The handle at the proximal end of the tool controls an end effector at the distal end of the tool. The sleeves of the tools are locked in the transcutaneous seals so that they remain in a fixed geometric relationship which prevents the tools from interfering with each other during laparoscopic procedures. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116363 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HANDPIECE WITH RESILIENTLY BIASED COUPLING TO MODULAR SHAFT AND END EFFECTOR - An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a reusable handle assembly and a removable and disposable transmission assembly. The handle assembly includes a trigger, a housing having a distal aperture formed in a distal end of the housing, a button disposed on a top surface of the housing, and a biasing member in communication with the button. The transmission assembly includes a proximal shaft, a rotator knob having a coupling feature, a distal shaft assembly extending distally from the proximal shaft, and an end effector at the distal end of the distal shaft assembly. The biasing member of the handle assembly is adjustably coupled to the coupling feature of the transmission assembly. Another version includes a movable yoke configured to engage an inner tube of the transmission assembly. Yet another version includes a waveguide of the transmission assembly non-threadably coupled to a transducer via a biasing force. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116364 | USER FEEDBACK THROUGH HANDPIECE OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A surgical instrument includes a handpiece having a user input feature and a user feedback feature. A shaft assembly extends distally from the handpiece. An end effector is disposed at a distal end of the shaft assembly. The end effector includes an active feature responsive to actuation of the user input feature. The active feature is operable to operate on tissue in response to actuation of the user input feature. The user feedback feature is operable to provide feedback to the user that indicates information relating to operation of the end effector. The feedback may include haptic, visual, and/or auditory feedback. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116365 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SAFETY GLASSES - A surgical instrument includes a handle assembly housing a wireless circuit board. The wireless circuit board transmits a signal to a set of safety glasses worn by a surgeon using the surgical instrument during a procedure. The signal is received by a wireless port on the safety glasses. One or more lighting devices on a front lens the safety glasses change color, fade, or glow in response to the received signal to indicate information to the surgeon about the status of the surgical instrument. The lighting devices are disposable on peripheral edges of the front lens to not distract the direct line of vision of the surgeon. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116366 | SELECTIVE ACTIVATION OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS IN MEDICAL DEVICE - A surgical instrument comprises a body, a transmission assembly, and a switch. The body comprises a control unit and an integral power source. The power source is operable to selectively deliver power to the control unit. The transmission assembly extends distally from the body. The transmission assembly also includes an end effector driven by the control unit. The switch is in communication with the control unit and the power source. The transmission assembly is operable to actuate the switch to enable delivery of power from the power source to the control unit. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116367 | MEDICAL DEVICE USAGE DATA PROCESSING - A surgical instrument includes a handle assembly having a lower portion with a hingedly attached end piece. When open, the end piece allows for receipt of a data card in a lower portion aperture. When closed, the end piece covers the aperture. In another version, the aperture is configured to receive a data card and battery pack assembly. Information is readable from and to the data card to measure a number of minutes the instrument was used during a procedure. Such information is communicated via wired or wireless communication to another device to determine a payment for the number of minutes used. Minutes are buyable from the device and writable onto the data card prior to insertion of the card into the instrument. In another version, a testing sequence is used in saline or via a tissue proxy to test the functionality of an instrument prior to a procedure. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116368 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ADD-ON POWER ADAPTER FOR ACCESSORY - A surgical instrument system includes a surgical instrument, an accessory, and an adapter. The surgical instrument includes a housing, a shaft extending from the housing, and a tool assembly operably coupled to the shaft. The accessory is operably couplable to the surgical instrument. The adapter is operably coupled to the surgical instrument and includes an energy storage device to provide power to the accessory when the accessory is operably coupled to the surgical instrument. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116369 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT INCLUDING ACCESSORY POWERING FEATURE - A surgical instrument system includes a surgical instrument, an accessory, and an energy device. The surgical instrument has a housing, a shaft extending from the housing, and a tool assembly operably coupled to the shaft. The accessory is selectively couplable to the surgical instrument. An energy device is operably coupled to the accessory when the accessory is coupled to the surgical instrument such that the energy device powers the accessory. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116370 | Surgical Instrument - The invention relates to a surgical instrument, for example, surgical scissors, having a casing and a core that is slidable in the casing. The invention proposes arranging a flushing connection at the distal end, in order to be able to clean the casing completely for the entire length thereof, starting at the distal end. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116371 | INITIATION SEQUENCES FOR RAMPING-UP PULSE POWER IN A MEDICAL LASER HAVING HIGH-INTENSITY LEADING SUBPULSES - A gradual ramp-up of output power in a medical laser prevents rapid temperature rise at a fiber tip of a laser handpiece when residual contamination from a prior medical procedure remains on the fiber tip after an extended cooling period. The gradual ramp-up eliminates effects of an acoustic shock wave resulting from the rapid temperature rise to prevent damage to fiber and optical components in the laser device. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116372 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LASER ASSISTED DEEP SCLERECTOMY - An ophthalmic laser ablation system is described with various optional features, some especially suitable for non-penetrating filtration on an eye. In one example, focusing of an ablation laser uses a movable lens coupled to a pair of converging light sources, which converge at the focal distance of the lens. In another example, laser ablation settings are selected for optimal ablation and minimal amount of thermal damage of a layer of percolating scleral tissue. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116373 | LIGHT APPLICATION APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIGHT TO AN OBJECT - The invention relates to a light application apparatus ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120116374 | LASER GUIDED AUTO COLLIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL APPARATUS - A collimation system for a medical apparatus includes a collimation component having a laser emitting device, at least one photographing device, and a computing device. The laser emitting device is configured to the emit a laser beam to irradiate on a landmark on a body surface of a patient, the at least one photographing device is configured to take a photograph of a laser irradiation spot, and the computing device is configured to obtain a position of the laser irradiation spot by performing computation on images obtained by the at least one photographing device. The system further includes a moving component provided on the medical apparatus and configured to move to a target position for performing diagnosis or treatment. The medical apparatus automatically is configured to locate the moving component based on the position of the irradiation spot obtained from the computation. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116375 | Treatment of Cellulite and Adipose Tissue with Mid-Infrared Radiation - An apparatus that will alter the fibrous strands in the fatty layers of the skin to reduce the appearance of cellulite and adipose tissue. Electromagnetic energy is used to selectively shrink or alternatively photoacoustically ablate the collagen in the constricting bands of connective tissue that causes the dimpled appearance of cellulite and adipose tissue while avoiding damage to the surrounding fatty cells. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116376 | Systems and Methods for Prostate Treatment - A vapor delivery needle is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply condensable vapor energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the needle can ablate a continuous lobe region in the prostate parallel to the urethral wall. Another feature of the vapor delivery needle is that it can introduce a cooling fluid into the urethra during treatment. Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116377 | APPARATUS UTILIZING A GUIDE WIRE TO MANEUVER HEATING ELEMENT AND PROBE FOR TREATING DAMAGED SPINAL DISCS - The advantages of this invention are provided by a surgical tool for repairing a damaged spinal disc of a patient comprising: a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end; a guide wire contained within the catheter so that when the guide wire is pulled, the catheter will flex into a non linear shape allowing it to be steered once inserted in the patient; a heating element carried by the catheter, probe or heating member, and connected to an power source | 2012-05-10 |
20120116378 | ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION WITH A DEVICE THAT CONFORMS TO SYMMETRIC OR ASYMMETRIC UTERINE CAVITIES - Methods, systems and devices for endometrial ablation. In accordance with a method, a working end of an RF ablation device is positioned in a patient uterus to contact endometrial tissue, the working end comprising a dielectric wall capable of non-expanded and expanded shapes and for conforming to an asymmetric or symmetric shape of the patient's uterine. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116379 | Motor Driven Electrosurgical Device With Mechanical And Electrical Feedback - An electrosurgical device comprises an end effector, a cutting member, and en electromechanical driver. The end effector comprises a pair of jaws that clamp tissue. The jaws include electrodes that deliver RF energy to clamped tissue. The cutting member cuts tissue clamped between the jaws. The electromechanical driver drives the cutting member. A control module commands the electromechanical driver, and regulates the delivery of RF energy to the electrodes, based on a combination of user input and feedback signals from the electrodes and from the electromechanical driver. The device may provide tactile feedback to the user through the user input feature, based on a load encountered by the cutting member. The device may alert the user when the exterior of end effector makes incidental contact with tissue, to avoid inadvertently burning the tissue. The device may include a removable battery pack to power the electromechanical driver and the electrodes. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116380 | Sterile Medical Instrument Charging Device - A system includes a medical device and a charging device. A sterile barrier may be interposed between the medical device and the charging device. The medical device includes an integral power source and an active element. The charging device is configured to charge the integral power source. The charging device may charge the integral power source through direct contact between features of the charging device and features the medical device. The charging device may alternatively charge the integral power source wirelessly, such as through inductive coupling. The medical device may include conductive prongs that are retained by the charging device. The charging device may physically couple with the medical device via magnets. The medical device and the charging device may be provided together in a sterile package as a kit. The kit may also include a reclamation bag to facilitate reclamation of electrical components. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116381 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH CHARGING STATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - An apparatus comprises an electrically power surgical instrument having a handle assembly. The apparatus also comprises a communication device positioned within the handle assembly. The communication device is operable to communicate with at least a portion of the electrically powered surgical instrument. The apparatus further comprises an external device in wireless communication with the communication device. The external device is operable to receive information from the communication device and the external device is operable to provide an output viewable to the user. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116382 | CATHETER APPARATUSES HAVING MULTI-ELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for achieving renal neuromodulation by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to a treatment device having a multi-electrode array configured to be delivered to a renal blood vessel. The array is selectively transformable between a delivery or low-profile state (e.g., a generally straight shape) and a deployed state (e.g., a radially expanded, generally helical shape). The multi-electrode array is sized and shaped so that the electrodes or energy delivery elements contact an interior wall of the renal blood vessel when the array is in the deployed (e.g., helical) state. The electrodes or energy delivery elements are configured for direct and/or indirect application of thermal and/or electrical energy to heat or otherwise electrically modulate neural fibers that contribute to renal function or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116383 | CATHETER APPARATUSES HAVING MULTI-ELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for achieving renal neuromodulation by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to a treatment device having a multi-electrode array configured to be delivered to a renal blood vessel. The array is selectively transformable between a delivery or low-profile state (e.g., a generally straight shape) and a deployed state (e.g., a radially expanded, generally helical shape). The multi-electrode array is sized and shaped so that the electrodes or energy delivery elements contact an interior wall of the renal blood vessel when the array is in the deployed (e.g., helical) state. The electrodes or energy delivery elements are configured for direct and/or indirect application of thermal and/or electrical energy to heat or otherwise electrically modulate neural fibers that contribute to renal function or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116384 | RF-ELECTRODE SURFACE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A system for applying radiofrequency energy to tissue comprising a probe, an energy-delivery surface, and an energy source. The energy-delivery surface is elastomeric with an electrically conductive knit component. The energy-delivery surface can be expanded within an interior of a patient's body to engage tissue and energy delivered from the source through the expanded surface. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116385 | ABLATION PROBE WITH ECHOGENIC INSULATIVE SHEATH - Tissue ablation probes are provided. Each tissue ablation probe comprises an electrically conductive probe shaft, at least one tissue ablation electrode carried by a distal end of the probe shaft, and an electrically insulative outer sheath disposed on the probe shaft. The sheath is at least partially composed of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) and another material comprising condensed-phase particles interspersed throughout the PEEK to increase the echogenicity of the outer sheath. The durability of the PEEK allows the sheath to be formed as thinly as possible, thereby minimizing the diameter of the ablation probe, while the inclusion of condensed-phase particles within the PEEK does not significantly degrade the durability of the sheath. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116386 | SIMULTANEOUS ABLATION BY MULTIPLE ELECTRODES - Apparatus, including a current source which has a transformer having a primary winding coupled to receive input power. The transformer has a secondary winding having a first plurality of secondary taps configured to supply electrical power at an ablation frequency to an electrode in contact with body tissue. The issue has an impedance, and is ablated by the electrical power. The current source has a second plurality of capacitors. The apparatus also includes a controller which is configured to select one of the secondary taps and at least one of the capacitors in response to the impedance and the ablation frequency, and to connect the selected secondary tap to the selected at least one of the capacitors. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116387 | MULTICHANNEL ABLATION WITH FREQUENCY DIFFERENTIATION - Apparatus, including an energy generator, configured to supply first ablation power modulated at a first frequency and second ablation power modulated at a second frequency different from the first frequency. The apparatus also includes a probe, having at least one electrode coupled to receive the first and second ablation powers simultaneously and to dissipate the first and second ablation powers in body tissue in contact with the at least one electrode. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116388 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH MODULAR SHAFT AND END EFFECTOR - A surgical instrument operable to sever tissue includes a body assembly and a selectively coupleable end effector assembly. The end effector assembly may include a transmission assembly, an end effector, and a rotational knob operable to rotate the transmission assembly and the end effector. The body assembly includes a trigger and a casing having a distal aperture configured to receive a portion of the end effector assembly. First and second coupling mechanism portions cooperatively couple the end effector assembly to the body assembly for use. The coupling may mechanically and/or electrically couple the end effector assembly to the body assembly via various coupling mechanisms. For instance, a threaded slip nut may couple to threads within the body assembly. In one configuration, the end effector assembly may have locking tabs that rotate into rotational recesses in the body assembly. The locking tabs may include electrical contacts and/or optically perceivable indicators. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116389 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SHAFT WITH RESILIENTLY BIASED COUPLING TO HANDPIECE - An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a reusable handle assembly and a removable and disposable shaft assembly. The handle assembly includes a trigger, a housing having a distal aperture formed in a distal end of the housing, and a drive member in communication with the trigger to actuate the drive member. The shaft assembly includes a proximal shaft portion, a rotator knob having a coupling feature, a transmission assembly extending distally from the proximal shaft portion, and an end effector coupled to the distal end of the transmission assembly. The drive member of the handle assembly is removably coupled to the proximal shaft portion of the shaft assembly. Another version includes a drive member of the handle assembly configured to removably engage a proximal shaft portion of the shaft assembly via a biasing member. Another version includes a waveguide of the transmission assembly non-threadably coupled to a transducer. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116390 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH RATCHETING ROTATABLE SHAFT - An ultrasonic surgical instrument comprises a reusable housing including an internal transducer and an internal end effector rotation assembly. An exemplary rotation assembly is a ratchet and pawl assembly, which allows the transducer to rotate in a first direction but not in a second, opposite direction. The end effector, including an integral torque wrench, is attached to the transducer to form a single unit that is rotatable relative to the housing. The transducer attaches to a stationary cable via slip rings. The cable communicates with a generator, which provides electrical power to the transducer. The transducer converts the electrical power into ultrasonic vibrational energy, which is transmitted to the end effector. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116391 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH SENSOR AND POWERED CONTROL - A surgical instrument includes a temperature sensor and a control unit that is operable to deactivate an end effector of the surgical instrument. In some versions the temperature sensor detects the temperature of a transducer, while in others the temperature sensor detects the temperature of the end effector. The surgical instrument may also include a trigger and a trigger position sensor. A force sensor or a position sensor may be included to determine the force and/or position of the transmission assembly. The end effector may also include a force sensor or a micro coil. A surgical instrument having a sensor may be included in a surgical system that includes a control unit and a remote controller. In some instances the remote controller may have one or more force-feedback components. In addition, a device interface and a surgeon interface may be included to remotely adjust the settings of the control unit. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116392 | RF Renal Denervation Catheter with Multiple Independent Electrodes - A catheter includes a flexible shaft having a length sufficient to access a patient's renal artery relative to a percutaneous access location. The catheter includes a multiplicity of elongated resilient members each comprising a pre-formed curve and extendable beyond the catheter. The resilient members are constrained to a low profile when encompassed by a removable sheath, and expand outwardly to assume a pre-defined shape when removed from the sheath. An electrode assembly is provided at a distal end of each resilient member, and includes an electrode element coupled to an electrical conductor and a thermal sensor in thermal communication with the electrode element. The resilient members have a stiffness sufficient to maintain contact between the electrode elements and an inner wall of the renal artery including irregularities of the inner wall of the renal artery during ablation of perivascular renal nerve tissue. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116393 | CATHETER WITH LIQUID-COOLED CONTROL HANDLE - An electrophysiologic catheter with an improved control handle is provided. The catheter includes a heat transfer assembly to better dissipate heat in the control handle. The heat transfer assembly includes a pump, a reservoir containing a coolant, a heat transfer member, and a coolant transport network transporting coolant between at least the reservoir and the heat transfer member. In one embodiment, the heat transfer member is located within the control handle as a heat exchanger on the circuit board to receive the coolant for transferring heat from the integrated circuits to the coolant. In another embodiment, the heat transfer member is located on the circuit board directly surrounding the integrated circuits to internally cool the integrated circuit within the control handle. A second heat transfer member is located outside of the control handle as a heat exchanger. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116394 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH PIVOTING COUPLING TO MODULAR SHAFT AND END EFFECTOR - A surgical instrument comprises a body and a shaft assembly. The body includes an energy source such as an ultrasonic transducer. The shaft assembly comprises an end effector and a transmission member such as an acoustic waveguide. The end effector may include a harmonic blade and a pivoting clamp member. One or both of the body or the shaft assembly includes a pivot feature. The pivot feature is operable to secure the shaft assembly to the body. The pivot feature may include a bar defining a pivot axis about which the shaft assembly pivots to secure the shaft assembly to the body. The pivot axis may be perpendicular to a longitudinal axis defined by the shaft assembly. The pivot feature may also include a pivoting cover configured to cover a recess in the body in which a proximal portion of the shaft assembly is received. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116395 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH MODULAR SHAFT AND TRANSDUCER - An ultrasonic surgical device comprises a detachable transducer module, a handle, and a shaft assembly. The shaft assembly includes an end effector having a harmonic blade. The transducer module is removably coupled with the shaft assembly to form an active assembly. The active assembly is removably coupled with the handle. The handle may include a resilient wall structure that deflects outwardly to receive the active assembly in a snap fit. The handle may include a pivoting latch feature to selectively retain the active assembly relative to the handle. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116396 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH MODULAR END EFFECTOR - A surgical instrument may include a reusable body assembly, a reusable transducer and blade assembly, and a disposable end effector. The transducer and blade assembly may be latched into the body assembly. One version may include an electrical connector on the latch member to electrically couple the body assembly to the transducer. The end effector may include an outer sheath portion coupleable to an outer sheath of the body assembly via a bayonet connection and a clamp arm pivotably coupled to the outer sheath portion. In some versions, an inner tubular member of the body assembly may also couple to an inner tube portion via a bayonet connection. The inner tubular member may include a key to align with a slot on the transducer and blade assembly to align the clamp arm with the blade. The end effector may alternatively couple via threading or ratcheting teeth having a slip feature. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116397 | ELECTROSURGICAL APPARATUS WITH RETRACTABLE BLADE - An electrosurgical apparatus with a retractable blade for use in cold plasma applications, electrosurgical cutting and mechanical cutting is provided. The electrosurgical apparatus employs a tip of the retractable blade as a sharp conductive point to generate a plasma beam or discharge. When the blade is retracted within the electrosurgical apparatus, it is electrically energized while an inert gas flows over it, producing a cold plasma discharge. In the de-energized state, the blade is advanced and used as a traditional, mechanical surgical blade. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116398 | ARTICULATED SURGICAL PROBE AND METHOD FOR USE - A surgical probe includes an articulated digit located at a distal end of a positioning shaft having a longitudinal axis. An actuator is located at a proximal end of the positioning shaft that is operatively connected to the articulated digit so as to move it between a continuous range of positions from an extended position to a substantially curved position while maintaining a kinesthetic relationship between a surgeon's finger engaging the actuator and the articulated digit. Preferably, the surgeons finger position and shape directly correspond to the position and shape of the articulated digit. A method is provided for probing, dissecting, and retracting anatomical structures. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116399 | Implant - An implant comprises a deformable gas tight sack. The sack comprises a first chamber in fluid communication with an obturatable opening, the chamber filled or fillable with a filling material filling the first chamber. The implant is configured such that when one or both of a gas and fluid surrounding the filling material is removed from the first chamber through the opening, a wall of the first chamber forms around and holds the filling material. This causes the implant to transition from a relatively flexible insertion state to a relatively rigid fixation state in which the implant is fixable in the target portions of bone. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116400 | FIXATION DEVICE FOR INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL - A fixation device for an intramedullary nail for proximal femoral fractures, including a main intramedullary nail, a combined locking nail, and cortical bone screws. The main intramedullary nail has a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end with a tip. The proximal end includes a through hole for assembling the combined locking nail. The distal end includes an oblong through hole and a circular through hole, both for receiving the cortical bone screws. The combined locking nail includes a head, a distal end of the locking nail, a sleeve, a connecting block, and a cover cap. The connecting block includes a left-handed external thread. The cover cap includes a left-handed internal thread matching with the external thread of the connecting block, a symmetrical sliding plane, and a protrusion block disposed at the end of the symmetrical sliding plane. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116401 | REPOSITIONING DEVICE FOR THE HANDLING OF DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES BY MEANS OF A T-SHAPED OSTEOSYNTHESIS PLATE - The invention relates to a repositioning device for the handling of distal radius fractures by means of a T-shaped osteosynthesis plate, comprising a long leg and a short leg, disposed in a T-shaped and angular manner in relation to said long leg, wherein the short, distal leg has a face that comes into contact with the distal fracture fragment and a number of openings for bone screws and the long, proximal leg is intended for making contact with the proximal bone near the body. To improve the repositioning device in such a way that the required tilting of the articulated face in the palmar direction of the osteosynthesis plate used can be carried out in an angularly faithful manner, the lower face ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120116402 | Apparatus and Method for Arthroscopic Transhumeral Rotator Cuff Repair - Apparatuses are provided for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair incorporating a transhumeral bone tunnel. The apparatus comprises a number of components that can also be considered a repair system to include a drill guide, a marking hook, and a drill with a removable tip that serves as a bone anchor. In additional aspects of the invention, the components of the drill guide assembly comprise a cannulated marking hook and a drill guide with multiple bores. In additional aspects of the invention, an implantable bone anchor is provided that is especially adapted for placement through a bone tunnel, and wherein the implantable anchor is collapsible to increase the effective size of the anchor for securing the anchor to the far side opening of the bone tunnel through which the anchor was placed. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116403 | SURGICAL FILE SYSTEM - A reciprocating surgical file system for precisely removing bone and/or other tissue is described. The system allows a user to maneuver the system and navigate into hard-to-access sites. The tool may be used to perform a spinal decompression by removing tissue that impinges a spinal nerve. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116404 | RECIPROCATING CUTTING TOOL - The invention relates to a reciprocating cutting tool such as a surgical file system for precisely removing bone and/or other tissue material. The system allows a user to maneuver the system and navigate into hard to access site. The tool may be used to perform a spinal decompression by removing tissue that impinges a spinal nerve. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116405 | HUMERAL ROTATING BURR GUIDE - A cutting guide for removal of bone during arthroplasty. The cutting guide includes a housing having a three-dimensional guide path and an arm coupled to the housing and extending through the guide path. The arm includes a burr. As the arm is slid along the path, the burr simultaneously cuts in two planes on the bone. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116406 | IP PRECISION BLADE GUIDE - A bone resection system for a prosthetic implant having an anterior and posterior outer surface attached to bone has a cutting guide having slotted guide surfaces thereon mountable on the prosthetic implant. The guide surfaces are alignable with the implant outer anterior and posterior surfaces. A saw comprising a housing having spaced apart first and second sides joined by first and second edge surfaces and having a proximal end and a distal end can be inserted into the slotted guide surfaces. A cutting head drive system on the housing drives a cutting head having teeth extending outwardly of the distal end of the housing. A cam element is mounted on the saw housing intermediate the proximal and the distal ends. The cam element has a distal end with a guide arm extending therefrom engagable, during insertion, with the guide surface on the cutting guide. The cam element having a stop surface for engaging a stop surface on the cutting guide to limit blade travel. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116407 | APPARATUS FOR KNEE SURGERY AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention comprises a set of instruments and a method for their use in preparing a knee joint to receive knee implants. The inventive instruments and method are generally suitable for knee joint surgery. Furthermore, they include features that make them suitable for performing a minimally invasive knee surgery in which a smaller than normal incision is made and oriented to preserve the quadriceps mechanism and protect the suprapatellar pouch. The instruments permit switching from a minimally invasive technique to a standard open technique at any point in the procedure. An illustrative set of instruments for total knee arthroplasty and an associated minimally invasive technique are described. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116408 | Arthroscopic Joint Repair - The present disclosure relates to a guide. The guide includes a handle and a shaft coupled to the handle, the shaft including a lip located at a distance from the longitudinal axis of the shaft and extending a distance from an end of the shaft. A method of tissue repair is also disclosed. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116409 | Localized Cartilage Defect Therapy - An isolation device for repairing a cartilage defect including a syringe and a barrier device. The barrier device is connected to the syringe. The barrier device is sized to surround and contain the cartilage defect, and is configured to provide a seal around the cartilage defect for application of a positive pressure and a negative pressure from the device. The device is configured to provide a localized therapy to the cartilage defect. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116410 | SURGICAL DRILL GUIDE - A drill guide system is provided for forming a hole along a desired trajectory in the bone of a surgical patient. The drill guide system comprises a drill bit defining a drill bit axis and a drill guide comprising a frame having a proximal arm and a distal arm fixedly spaced apart. The drill guide further comprises a first guide portion extending from the proximal arm and including a first channel defining a first guide axis, and a pointer projecting proximally from the distal arm and aligned with the first guide axis. The drill bit is transversely insertable into the first channel into an operational position in which the drill bit is constrained to translate only along the first guide axis. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116411 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND APPARATUSES FOR BONY FIXATION AND DISK REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT METHODS RELATED THERETO - The present invention features new methods, apparatuses and devices for fixing adjacent bone segments, segments of a bony structure and adjacent vertebrate of a spine. The methods, apparatuses and devices utilize a new apparatus for forming a channel in a surface of the bone or bony structure segments or adjacent vertebra or a channel submerged within the bone or bony structure segments or adjacent vertebra. In more particular embodiments such apparatuses and methods including forming an arcuate channel and which channel can receive therein a curved rod or implant member, which also preferably is arcuate, and avoids the associated problems with prior cage or straight rod and screw systems. Also featured are systems, apparatuses and methods for repairing, replacing or augmenting the nucleus and/or annulus of a disc. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116412 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HIP REPLACEMENT - A cup for a hip replacement is disposed in a first relationship in an operating room with an object providing a sighting for the cup rotation in a first plane. The cup is thereafter rotated in the first plane through a first angle (e.g., 20°-30°). The cup is then disposed in a planar relationship in the operating room with another object providing a sighting for the cup rotation in a second plane transverse (e.g. perpendicular) to the first plane. The cup is subsequently rotated through a second angle (e.g. 40°-45°) in the second plane. In this way, the cup is properly positioned in the acetabulum socket. The length of the leg receiving the hip rotation is then adjusted so that the leg length matches the length of the patient's other leg. This adjustment is provided without affecting the offset position of the center of the ball on the femur. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116413 | INDWELLING DEVICE FOR TUBULAR MEDICAL TREATMENT INSTRUMENT AND FRONT TIP OF INDWELLING DEVICE FOR TUBULAR MEDICAL TREATMENT INSTRUMENT - A tubular medical treatment instrument indwelling device for indwelling a stent graft expandable in the radial direction, includes a tubular sheath, a rod member configured to move forward and backward inside the sheath along the axial direction of the sheath, and a front tip provided in the forward end portion of the rod member and includes, formed therein, an engaging portion being engageable with an engagement portion provided in the stent graft. The engaging portion is formed in a position where it is hided inside the sheath when the forward end portion of the sheath is sealed with the front tip. The tubular medical treatment instrument indwelling device is capable of inhibiting damaging of a blood vessel or freeing of parietal thrombus/parietal atheroma from occurring. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116414 | ANIMAL TAG APPLICATOR - Described are an animal tag applicator, a device for advancing a strip of animal tags, a leg bending die for bending the legs of animal tags, and methods for applying an animal tag to a body part of an animal. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116415 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - There is provided a surgical instrument that simplifies surgery for implantation surgery for treating anal incontinence in women. The disclosed surgical instrument is intended to be inserted through an incision in the vagina and is used for dissecting tissue as well as positioning the implant. The instrument comprises a main part of the instrument, an elongated member with a flexible tip and can change conformation from a straight conformation to a loop conformation that can reach around a portion of the rectum. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116416 | Medical Workstation - The invention relates to a medical work station ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120116417 | Systems and Methods for Harvesting and Implanting Hair Using Image-Generated Topological Skin Models - Systems and methods are provided for determining the need to change and/or changing orientation of a tool relative to an object on a body in at least partially automated procedure. Also, systems and methods are provided for orienting a hair harvesting tool relative to a follicular unit to be harvested. Further, systems and methods of implanting follicular units are provided, which are based on the orientation of the existing follicular units or based on pre-determined insertion angle. The provided systems and methods use image processing and image-generated topological skin models. In some embodiments surface fit is performed using, for example, a planar fit, quadric fit, cubic fit, mesh fit and parametric fit. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSAPICAL ACCESS AND CLOSURE - Methods and apparatus for providing transapical access to a heart chamber for performing an intra cardiac procedure are described. The apparatus include a helical needle driver, a dilator, a straight access needle, and optionally a guidewire. After entering the heart chamber with the straight access needle, the helical needle driver is used to place a helical suture within the myocardium. After removing the needle driver, the dilator is advanced through the pre-placed helical suture, dilating both a passage and the circumscribing suture. After performing procedure, the pre-placed suture may be closed by proximally retracting an external end of the suture. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116419 | CLIP SYSTEM HAVING TETHER SEGMENTS FOR CLOSURE - The present embodiments provide systems and methods for deploying at least one clip during a medical procedure. In one embodiment, the system comprises a clip having first and second arms. A locking pin is coupled to the clip and disposed for incremental movement relative to the clip. Further, a tether is coupled to the locking pin, wherein a first tether segment is secured to a distal region of the second arm, and a second tether segment is secured to a distal region of the first arm. In use, proximal retraction of the locking pin causes a proximal retraction of the first and second tether segments to move the clip between open and closed states. Incremental retraction of the locking pin incrementally advances the clip between the open and closed states. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116420 | ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER WITH CONNECTOR PLATE - An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is provided and includes a handle assembly; a shaft assembly including a housing extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; and a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly and being detachably connectable to the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws during distal movement and remain connected to the housing of the shaft assembly and in a distally advanced position during an approximation of the jaws. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116421 | SUTURING DEVICE FOR ORGAN - Provided is a suturing device for organ which sutures an internal organ in front and rear directions to do a suturing operation once by clenching and unclenching a hand of an operator so that the operator easily sutures the internal organ without requiring advanced training in surgical techniques and simply and conveniently sutures the internal organ only using one hand. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116422 | SUTURE PASSERS - Suture passers which include a handle assembly, shaft assembly, and jaw assembly. In one embodiment, the handle assembly includes first and second handles joined at a hinge, the second handle pivotable relative to the first handle and guided by an arcuate guiding feature concentric to the hinge. The jaw assembly includes upper and lower jaws, the lower jaw including an open needle track. The open needle track includes entry, tangential and exit segments, each of which is directly visible, directly accessible, and directly inspectable. The lower jaw can be manufactured as a single piece, using a single manufacturing process, which may be injection molding or multi-axis machining. When manufactured by multi-axis machining, all features of the lower jaw may be machined without removal of the jaw piece from the multi-axis machine. Methods of suture passer manufacture and assembly which may provide significant cost savings are disclosed. | 2012-05-10 |
20120116423 | Expandable Mesh System And Method Of Use Therefor - A surgical mesh includes a patch, a plurality of nesting lugs or beads and a wire interconnecting the plurality of nesting lugs. The plurality of nesting lugs is associated with the patch such that the surgical mesh is movable between a flexible state when there is no tension in the wire and a substantially rigid state when tension is applied to the wire. | 2012-05-10 |