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| 20090054915 | OBSTRUCTION OF UTERINE ARTERIES TO TREAT UTERINE FIBROIDS USING MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS TO TWIST THE VESSELS - A device for degenerating a fibroid comprises a gripper mechanism sized and shaped so as to grip a uterine artery and a rotating mechanism attached to the gripper mechanism. The rotating mechanism may be rotated so as to rotate said gripper mechanism, thereby twisting a gripped uterine artery so as to obstruct blood flow through the artery. In a method of degenerating a uterine fibroid, the aforesaid gripping device is used to catch hold of a uterine artery and is rotated in a direction so as to twist the uterine artery about itself, thereby obstructing blood flow to the uterine fibroid. The gripping device is held in place for a period of time needed to degenerate the fibroid. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090054916 | CLIP-BASED METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF UTERINE FIBROIDS BY OBSTRUCTION OF THE UTERINE ARTERIES - A device for degenerating a fibroid comprises a pincher mechanism capable of pinching a uterine artery with a force sufficient to substantially obstruct blood flow therethrough. The pincher mechanism is sized and shaped so as to access the uterine artery through a wall of a patients vaginal vault. In a method for degenerating a uterine fibroid, the aforesaid pincher mechanism is, closed about a uterine artery so as to block the flow of blood therethrough. The pincher mechanism is maintained in the closed position for a period of time-necessary to degrade or kill the fibroid. After such time has, passed, the pincher mechanism is opened, removed from around the artery such that normal blood flow resumes. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090062827 | VACUUM-BASED METHOD FOR OBSTRUCTION OF UTERINE ARTERIES TO TREAT UTERINE FIBROIDS - A device for degenerating a fibroid comprises a receptacle sized and shaped so as to receive a uterine artery therein and a vacuum source connected to the receptacle. The vacuum source is capable of creating a vacuum sufficient to draw a uterine artery into the receptacle, and to fold it in a manner that substantially obstructs blood flow therethrough. In a method of degenerating a fibroid, the aforesaid device is placed near a uterine artery, and a vacuum is applied to draw the uterine artery into the receptacle so that the uterine artery folds shut, thereby obstructing blood flow through the artery. The vacuum is applied for a time that is sufficient to degrade or kill the fibroid, after which the vacuum is released. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090078270 | Removable implant and implantation tool for male contraception - A male contraception implant for insertion into the vas deferens of a patient includes a tubular member having an internal bore for receiving a guide wire, a bulbous head portion for anchoring the implant and to facilitate its removal in a contraception reversal procedure, a flexible neck portion attached to the enlarged head portion, and a main body portion having three widened segments for occluding the vas deferens. An implantation tool includes an elastic C-shaped slotted ring for holding an externalized portion of the vas deferens during the delivery of the implant. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090082754 | Cannula implantation instrument - A cannula implantation instrument for use with the delivery of guide wire based implants includes a handle having an open slot for receiving a guide wire and a cavity for receiving an implant pre-mounted on the guide wire, a cannula having an open slot for also receiving a guide wire and a sharpened tip for introducing the cannula and guide wire simultaneously into the vas deferens of a patient, and a guide wire on which an intra vas implant is pre-mounted. The instrument further includes a safety clip on the handle that secures the guide wire and/or implant to the handle until released by a physician. The cannula implantation instrument may be ergonomically formed to provide comfort and ease while being handled by the physician. | 03-26-2009 |
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| 20080230084 | Temperature-Resistant Styling Medium - The invention relates to cosmetic preparations for treating the hair containing exclusively ingredients which are stable up to at least 200 DEG C against thermal decomposition and the use of such preparations for shaping the hair and a method for temporary hair-shaping. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080233071 | PULVERULENT STYLING COMPOSITION - A pulverulent composition comprising 50 to 95% by weight of an aqueous solvent, hydrophobicized silicon dioxide powder and at least one film-forming and/or setting polymer for the temporary shaping of keratin fibers and a corresponding pulverulent styling composition. Upon mechanical stress, the powder releases the solvent and the film-forming and/or setting polymer so that the desired shaping or setting of, for example, a mechanically produced shape of the treated fibers is achieved. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100209376 | Matt Wax - Cosmetic agent for temporarily shaping keratin fibers, which contains, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, 10 to 85% by weight, based on the entire agent, of at least one wax having a melting point in the range of 40° C. to 90° C. and 1 to 15% by weight of at least one composite powder, which is made up of (A) powder particles of a cured organosiloxane composition having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 200 μm and (B) amorphous silicon dioxide particles having an average particle diameter of not more than 1 μm, the amorphous silicon dioxide (B) particles being immobilized on the surface of the powder particles of the cured organosiloxane composition (A). The invention also relates to the use of said agent for temporarily shaping hair. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100215604 | Cosmetic Compositions with Chitosan and Silicone Elastomers - Hair treatment compositions comprising 0.05 to 5% by weight of at least one chitosan and/or chitosan derivative and 0.05 to 5% by weight of at least one elastomeric silane or siloxane with quaternary ammonium groups in the molecule advantageously incorporated into the hair treatment compositions, significantly improving fullness, volume and long-term hold. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110142780 | AGENT FOR KERATIN-CONTAINING FIBERS, COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PARTICULAR AMPHIPHILIC CATIONIC POLYMER AND AT LEAST ONE POLYMER WITH SILICON-CONTAINING SIDECHAINS AND ANIONIC GROUPS - Agent for treating keratin-containing fibers, particularly, human hair, containing in a cosmetically-acceptable vehicle: (a) at least one amphiphilic, cationic polymer having at least one formula (I) structural unit, at least one formula (II) structural unit, at least one formula (III) structural, and at least one formula (IV) structural unit, where R | 06-16-2011 |
