Last week patent highlights (11-05-09):



1. STENT FOR IRRIGATION AND DELIVERY OF MEDICATION
2. SHEET ASSEMBLIES WITH RELEASABLE MEDICAMENTS
3. Canister having fluid flow control - canister for use with a medical suction or aspiration device has a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber
4. Absorbent Article Comprising a Thin Film Including an Active Agent
5. ABSORBENT SANITARY ARTICLE FOR ABSORBING BODY FLUID
6. Absorbent Articles Capable of Indicating the Presence of Urine
7. SHEET MEMBER, HIGH-DENSITY REGION-CONTAINING SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DISPOSABLE DIAPER USING SHEET MEMBER
8. METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A THREE DIMENSIONALLY SHAPED ARTICLE COMPRISING HIP/THIGH PANELS AND A HOOP FROM A PLUS-SHAPED BLANK, AND SUCH AN ARTICLE
9. PANTS-TYPE DISPOSABLE SANITARY ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED FIT
10. Absorbent Article Having Drawstring Members
11. DEVICES, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR BILATERAL APPROACH TO DISC AUGMENTATION
12. Medication Delivery Device - to dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices
13. Medication Delivery Device - to dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices
14. Medication Delivery Device - to dosing mechanisms suitable for use in such medication delivery device
15. SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - skin treatment system is provided for applying liquid medication through a controlled intra-dermal injection
16. PANCREATIC DELIVERY CATHETER - s which facilitate direct intravascular access to the pancreas are described herein
17. Balloon Deployment Device and Method - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for deploying and/or retrieving a balloon
18. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING A VESSEL USING FOCUSED FORCE
19. Indexing Cell Delivery Catheter - insertion device with an insertion axis includes an axial actuator with a first portion and a second portion
20. MANUALLY-ACTUATED REDUCED PRESSURE TREATMENT SYSTEM HAVING REGULATED PRESSURE CAPABILITIES
21. ELECTRONIC CAPSULE FOR TREATING GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE
22. Systems and Methods for Monitoring and Controlling Internal Pressure of an Eye or Body Part
23. DEVICE FOR THE CONTROLLED RELEASE OF A SUBSTANCE
24. Medical suction device - medical device for fragmenting objects and aspirating remaining debris enables a physician or other medical personnel quickly
25. System and Method for Lasers in Surgical Applications
26. SUTURE-LESS LASER BLEPHAROPLASTY WITH SKIN TIGHTENING
27. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEASUREMENT IN AN EYE DURING OPHTHALMIC PROCEDURE
28. Disposable Tip Apparatus for Laser Surgical Device
29. Laser Applicator - has a catheter that contains a optical fiber and a lateral decoupling area at the distal end
30. LASER ENERGY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SOFT TISSUE REMOVAL
31. LASER ENERGY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SOFT TISSUE REMOVAL
32. ABLATION INSTRUMENT HAVING DEFLECTABLE SHEATH CATHETERS WITH OUT-OF PLANE BENT TIP
33. CANNULA ENCLOSING RECESSED WAVEGUIDE OUTPUT TIP
34. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING THERAPY TO AN EYE USING ENERGY CONDUCTION
35. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MARKING A LUMENAL WALL
36. HIGH FREQUENCY GENERATOR FOR ELECTROSURGICAL CUTTING
37. Ablation probe with stabilizing member - surgical ablation probe assembly particularly suitable for ablating tissue on a surface of a patient's heart
38. SURGICAL TOOL SYSTEM INCLUDING A TOOL AND A CONTROL CONSOLE, THE CONSOLE CAPABLE OF READING DATA FROM A MEMORY INTERNAL TO THE TOOL OVER THE CONDUCTORS OVER WHICH POWER IS SOURCED TO THE TOOL
39. Gas-Enhanced Surgical Instrument - gas-enhanced electrosurgical instrument includes a hand-held applicator and a portable actuator assembly
40. BALLOON TISSUE DAMAGE DEVICE - inflatable medical instrument for tissue damage in gastric reduction surgery includes a main chamber composed of a
41. ENDPLATE PREPARATION INSTRUMENT - instrument for preparation of vertebral endplates and a method of preparing a surface of a vertebral endplate are
42. External Fixation and foot-supporting Device.
43. SHEATHS FOR EXTRA-ARTICULAR IMPLANTABLE SYSTEMS
44. Intramedullary Fixation Device for Small Bone Fractures
45. BONE PLATE SYSTEM FOR BONE RESTORATION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
46. SURGICAL TECHNIQUE AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR MINIMAL INCISION HIP ARTHROPLASTY SURGERY
47. ADJUSTABLE LENGTH TAP AND METHOD FOR DRILLING AND TAPPING A BORE IN BONE
48. FLIP RETROGRADE CUTTING INSTRUMENT - and method of retrograde drilling using such an instrument
49. Percutaneous discectomy and endplate preparation tool
50. DISTRACTOR - instrument for distracting and/or compressing adjacent vertebrae is described
51. SPOOL INTERVERTEBRAL DISTRACTION DEVICE AND METHOD
52. APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INSERTING FACET SCREWS
53. Mastoid Antral Ventilation Tube - In its broadest form this invention enables the ventilation and drainage of the middle ear cleft via mastoid antral
54. TECHNIQUES FOR PLACING MEDICAL LEADS FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF NERVE TISSUE
55. CLIP AND DELIVERY ASSEMBLY USED IN FORMING A TISSUE FOLD
56. CLIP AND CLIPPING INSTRUMENT FOR BIOLOGICAL TISSUES
57. MULTIPLE CLIP DEVICE AND MULTIPLE CLIP APPLICATION APPARATUS
58. APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GASTRIC REDUCTION
59. GASTRIC VOLUME REDUCTION USING ANTERIOR TO POSTERIOR WALL JUNCTIONS
60. TISSUE APPOSITION METHOD AND DEVICE INVOLVING SHEETS WITH INTEGRATED TENSIONING SYSTEM
61. High-Strength Suture With Absorbable Components
62. METHOD OF ROLLING STOMACH TISSUE SO AS TO MAXIMIZE THE CONTACT SURFACE AREA OF A FOLD
63. SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - surgical device comprising a head with a cutting edge and a shaft is described for use in treating anal fistulas
64. Flexible inner members having flexible regions comprising a plurality of intertwined helical cuts
65. SAFE TISSUE PUNCTURE DEVICE - method for safely penetrating the tissue of a gastric wall includes deploying a tissue puncture assembly including a
66. Lancet Assembly - including a lancet 200 and a lancet case 100 that houses a portion of the former
67. Lancet Assembly - There is provided a lancet assembly with a possibility of the lancet structure being inadvertently pushed without an intension of
68. Surgical access needle device and method of use
69. Energy activated preloaded detachment mechanisms for implantable devices
70. MINIMALLY-INVASIVE METHODS FOR IMPLANTING OBESITY TREATMENT DEVICES
71. DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR GASTRIC VOLUME CONTROL
72. FILAMENTARY DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS
73. GASTRIC COIL MANIPULATOR - includes a longitudinally extending shaft having a distal end and a proximal end and a flexible element with a portion
74. EMBOLIC FILTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS - generally to a device and method for preventing the undesired passage of emboli from a venous blood pool to an
75. TISSUE CONVEYOR FOR USE IN GASTRIC REDUCTION SURGERY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR USE
76. SELF-TENSIONING VASCULAR OCCLUSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ITS USE
77. MONOFILAMENT SUTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF
78. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE FORMATION OF TISSUE FOLDS
79. Artificial Ligament Assembly - for spinal stabilization includes an outer hollow elastic longitudinal member
80. DEVICE FOR TREATING VERTEBRAE, INCLUDING AN INTERSPINOUS IMPLANT
81. DYNAMIC STABILIZATION ROD - spinal stabilization rod includes a first rod portion having a proximal end and a distal end and having a first
82. REFORMING DEVICE
83. Dynamic stabilization assembly having pre-compressed spacers with differential displacements
84. FLEXIBLE SPINAL STABILIZATION ELEMENT AND SYSTEM
85. BONE PLATE EXTENDER AND EXTENSION SYSTEM FOR BONE RESTORATION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
86. Dynamic cervical plate with spacer - dynamic cervical plate system that may be adjusted to length locked in place to provide compression
87. COMPOSITE AND SURFACE MOUNTED BRACE, KIT AND ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING A FRACTURED BONE
88. ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE WITH LOCKING MECHANISM
89. CONTOURED BONE PLATE FOR FRACTURE FIXATION HAVING HOOK MEMBERS AND DRILL GUIDE FOR SAME
90. APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INSERTING FACET SCREWS
91. APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INSERTING FACET SCREWS
92. APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INSERTING FACET SCREWS
93. BONE TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating osteoplasty procedures such as vertebral compression
94. TECHNIQUES FOR PLACING MEDICAL LEADS FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF NERVE TISSUE
95. VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF USE
96. EXTRA-CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE DEVICE WITH FUSION PACING CAPABILITY
97. EXTRA-CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE DEVICE WITH FUSION PACING CAPABILITY
98. PACING METHOD - method for delivering physiological pacing includes selecting an electrode implant site for sensing cardiac signals
99. METHOD OF CONTINUOUS CAPTURE VERIFICATION IN CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION DEVICES
100. Lead-Implant Coupling Device - lead coupling device adapted for coupling to a lead and methods for using the coupling devices are provided
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