Patents
Patents for A61B 18 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body (59,620)
08/2003
08/07/2003WO2003015865A3 Methods and devices for electrosurgery
08/07/2003US20030149442 Resistance heated tissue morcellation
08/07/2003US20030149428 Non-charging pre-cooling system
08/07/2003US20030149427 Laser perforator
08/07/2003US20030149425 Laser treatment apparatus
08/07/2003US20030149368 Method and apparatus for locating and detecting vascular plaque via impedence and conductivity measurements, and for cryogenically passivating vascular plaque and inhibiting vascular plaque progression and rupture
08/07/2003US20030149363 Diagnostic medical ultrasound systems and transducers utilizing micro-mechanical components
08/07/2003US20030149360 Fluid manipulating system for theraphy apparatus
08/07/2003US20030145865 Devices and methods for intracardiac procedures
08/07/2003CA2473745A1 Electrosurgery with improved control apparatus and method
08/06/2003EP1332770A1 Catheter for treatment of prostatic hypertrophy
08/06/2003EP1332724A1 Radio frequency pulmonary vein isolation
08/06/2003EP1332723A1 Diathermy forceps connection means
08/06/2003EP1331893A2 Steerable loop structures for supporting diagnostic and therapeutic elements in contact with body tissue
08/06/2003EP1331892A1 Method and apparatus for plasma skin resurfacing
08/05/2003US6604004 Device and method for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease
08/05/2003US6604003 Apparatus and method for treatment of an intervertebral disc
08/05/2003US6603988 Apparatus and method for delivering ablative laser energy and determining the volume of tumor mass destroyed
08/05/2003US6602276 Method and device for performing cooling- or cryo-therapies for, e.g., angioplasty with reduced restenosis or pulmonary vein cell necrosis to inhibit atrial fibrillation
08/05/2003US6602274 Targeted transcutaneous cancer therapy
08/05/2003US6602262 Medical device having linear to rotation control
08/05/2003US6602252 Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device
08/05/2003US6602251 Device and methods for occlusion of the uterine artieries
08/05/2003US6602250 Echogenic wire knife
08/05/2003US6602249 Electrosurgical gas attachment
08/05/2003US6602248 Methods for repairing damaged intervertebral discs
08/05/2003US6602247 Apparatus and method for performing a treatment on a selected tissue region
08/05/2003US6602246 Cryotherapy method for detecting and treating vulnerable plaque
08/05/2003US6602242 Irrigated tip catheter
08/05/2003US6602241 Methods and apparatus for acute or chronic delivery of substances or apparatus to extravascular treatment sites
08/05/2003US6602227 Surgical system console
08/05/2003US6602218 Apparatus for ablation of the endometrium of the uterus
08/05/2003US6602204 Intraoperative tissue treatment methods
08/05/2003US6602193 Ultrasound handpiece
08/05/2003CA2264659C Surgical handpiece
07/2003
07/31/2003WO2003061989A1 Method and apparatus for the controlled formation of cavitation bubbles
07/31/2003WO2003061921A2 Method and apparatus for the controlled formation of cavitation bubbles
07/31/2003WO2003061764A1 Apparatus and method for substantially stationary transducer therapeutic ultrasound treatment
07/31/2003WO2003061726A2 Substance delivery device
07/31/2003WO2003061724A2 Catheter hand-piece apparatus and method of using the same
07/31/2003WO2003061500A2 Double irrigating bipolar surgery forceps
07/31/2003WO2003061499A1 Electrosurgical cutting, coagulating and suction instrument
07/31/2003WO2003061498A1 Cryosurgical probe with bellows shaft
07/31/2003WO2003061497A1 Rf device and method of selective thermolysis
07/31/2003WO2003061496A1 Cryosurgical catheter
07/31/2003WO2003061487A1 Device for the production of anastomoses between hollow organs
07/31/2003WO2003061456A2 Electrosurgical instrument and method of use
07/31/2003WO2003033064A3 Handle thumb wheel mechanism which maintains holding forces when sterilized and when engaged
07/31/2003WO2002022032A9 Methods and systems for focused bipolar tissue ablation
07/31/2003US20030144714 Selective organ hypothermia method and apparatus
07/31/2003US20030144713 Ultra-long flashlamp-excited pulse dye laser for therapy and method therefor
07/31/2003US20030144680 Portable ultrasonic scalpel/cautery device
07/31/2003US20030144672 Apparatus and method for stone removal from a body
07/31/2003US20030144662 Urological resectoscope for children
07/31/2003US20030144661 Urological electrosurgical resectoscope
07/31/2003US20030144660 Combined dissecting, cauterizing, and stapling device
07/31/2003US20030144659 Apparatus for ablating turbinates
07/31/2003US20030144658 Radio frequency pulmonary vein isolation
07/31/2003US20030144656 Fluid-assisted electrosurgical instrument with shapeable electrode
07/31/2003US20030144655 Compensation for power variation along patient cables
07/31/2003US20030144654 Electrosurgery with improved control apparatus and method
07/31/2003US20030144653 System and method of performing an electrosurgical procedure
07/31/2003US20030144652 Electrosurgical instrument
07/31/2003US20030144651 Methods and apparatus for determination and decrease of dynamic positioning errors of an ablating laser during refractive laser surgery
07/31/2003US20030144611 Apparatus and method for substantially stationary transducer therapeutic ultrasound treatment
07/31/2003US20030144605 Biopsy anchor device with cutter
07/31/2003US20030144593 Tissue warming device and method
07/31/2003US20030144576 Incontinence treatment with urethral guide
07/31/2003DE10238931C1 Finger or toe nail pre-treatment method for facilitating application of nail lacquer using gas discharge
07/31/2003CA2477183A1 Apparatus and method for substantially stationary transducer therapeutic ultrasound treatment
07/31/2003CA2473541A1 Substance delivery device
07/31/2003CA2418504A1 Radio frequency pulmonary vein isolation
07/30/2003EP1330991A1 Electrosurgical instrument with light monitor on effector
07/30/2003EP1330990A1 Coated electrosurgical electrode and method of manufacture
07/30/2003EP1330989A1 An electrosurgical instrument
07/30/2003EP1330291A1 Device for the cleaning of wounds by means of laser
07/30/2003EP1330202A1 Epidural thermal posterior annuloplasty
07/30/2003EP1330201A1 An electrosurgical system
07/30/2003EP1330200A1 Plasma arc sur surgical device and method
07/30/2003EP1330196A2 Connector for spinal rod and vertebral anchor
07/30/2003EP1330195A1 Surgical instrument
07/30/2003EP1296607A4 Device for biopsy and treatment of breast tumors
07/30/2003EP1257324A4 Improved laser comb design/function
07/30/2003EP1180992A4 Integrated tissue heating and cooling apparatus
07/30/2003EP0942696B1 Ultrasonic handpiece with multiple piezoelectric elements and heat dissipator
07/30/2003EP0932426A4 Methods and apparatus for connecting openings formed in adjacent blood vessels or other anatomical structures
07/29/2003US6600948 Method for velocity component vector mapping
07/29/2003US6599288 Apparatus and method incorporating an ultrasound transducer onto a delivery member
07/29/2003US6599287 Medical energy irradiation apparatus
07/29/2003US6599286 Laser ablation zone restriction system and method
07/29/2003US6599256 Occlusion of tubular anatomical structures by energy application
07/29/2003US6599246 Apparatus and method for substantially stationary transducer therapeutic ultrasound treatment
07/29/2003CA2282239C Improved snare cauterization surgical instrument assembly and method of manufacture
07/29/2003CA2268026C Method and apparatus for using electroporation mediated delivery of drugs and genes
07/24/2003WO2003059563A2 Femtosescond laser system for the exact manipulation of material and tissues
07/24/2003WO2003059449A1 Device for mini-invasive ultrasound treatment of an object by a heat-isolated transducer
07/24/2003WO2003059447A1 Method and device to treat vulnerable plaque
07/24/2003WO2003059412A2 Minimally invasive device
07/24/2003WO2003059247A2 Apparatus and method for protecting the neurovascular bundle during cryosurgical treatment of the prostate
07/24/2003WO2003059168A1 Device for non-invasive ultrasound treatment of an object