Patents
Patents for A61B 18 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body (59,620)
12/2002
12/05/2002US20020183735 Ablation of rectal and other internal body structures
12/05/2002US20020183734 System and method for reducing post-surgical complications
12/05/2002US20020183733 Helical needle apparatus for creating a virutal electrode used for the ablation of tissue
12/05/2002US20020183732 Cooling delivery guide attachment for a laser scanner apparatus
12/05/2002US20020183731 Safety cryotherapy catheter
12/05/2002US20020183730 Device and method for the creation of a circumferential Cryogenic lesion in a pulmonary vein
12/05/2002US20020183729 Phototherapeutic wave guide apparatus
12/05/2002US20020183728 Laser probe
12/05/2002US20020183727 Laser light irradiation apparatus
12/05/2002US20020183726 Hand piece for cosmetic or medical laser treatment
12/05/2002US20020183724 Energy application with cooling
12/05/2002US20020183720 Injection catheter
12/05/2002US20020183692 Heat transfer catheter with elastic fluid lumens
12/05/2002US20020183691 Moving heat exchange catheter system
12/05/2002US20020183638 Systems and methods for conducting electrophysiological testing using high-voltage energy pulses to stun tissue
12/05/2002US20020183589 Urological resectoscope comprising a contacting device
12/05/2002US20020182388 Optical limiting device and method of preparation thereof
12/05/2002US20020179098 Methods and apparatus for transmyocardial direct coronary revascularization
12/05/2002DE10212366A1 Light emitting probe for hyperthermic treatment of carcinogenic tissue, has light dispersing material of different dispersive power, filled in each segmented section of tube coupled to optical fiber
12/05/2002DE10061278A1 Instrument für chirurgische Zwecke sowie Verfahren zu dessen Reinigung Instrument for surgical purposes and method for cleaning
12/05/2002CA2449568A1 Tissue-retaining system for ultrasound medical treatment
12/05/2002CA2449170A1 Apparatus for the treatment of tumors
12/05/2002CA2449068A1 Excisional and ultrasound medical treatment system
12/05/2002CA2449062A1 Faceted ultrasound medical transducer assembly
12/05/2002CA2449015A1 Method for aiming ultrasound for medical treatment
12/05/2002CA2449012A1 Guiding ultrasound end effector for medical treatment
12/05/2002CA2448961A1 Obesity treatment tools and methods
12/05/2002CA2448957A1 Method for aiming ultrasound for medical treatment
12/05/2002CA2448906A1 Deployable ultrasound medical transducers
12/04/2002EP1262210A1 Laser beam radiation probe
12/04/2002EP1262156A1 Modifications of visual acuity by thermal means
12/04/2002EP1261304A1 Cooling therapies/device for angioplasty with restenosis
12/04/2002EP1261290A1 Medical laser treatment device
12/04/2002EP1261289A1 Myocardial revascularization
12/04/2002EP1261286A1 Surgical instrument
12/04/2002EP1261282A1 Endoscopic tissue apposition device with multiple suction ports
12/04/2002EP0986335A4 Method and apparatus for high precision variable rate material removal and modification
12/04/2002EP0929255A4 Multi-spot laser surgery
12/04/2002EP0697837B1 Bph ablation apparatus
12/03/2002US6490488 Method of controlling thermal therapy
12/03/2002US6490474 System and method for electrode localization using ultrasound
12/03/2002US6489589 Femtosecond laser utilization methods and apparatus and method for producing nanoparticles
12/03/2002US6488697 Apparatus for thermotherapy
12/03/2002US6488696 Chill frame for lasers
12/03/2002US6488680 Variable length electrodes for delivery of irrigated ablation
12/03/2002US6488679 Systems and methods for controlling power in an electrosurgical probe
12/03/2002US6488678 RF ablation apparatus and method using unipolar and bipolar techniques
12/03/2002US6488676 Two-pivot scanning for laser eye surgery
12/03/2002US6488673 Method of increasing gas exchange of a lung
12/03/2002US6488658 Method of treating the inner lining of an organ using a bipolar electrosurgical instrument including a plurality of balloon electrodes
12/03/2002US6488630 Arrays of quasi-randomly distributed ultrasound transducers
11/2002
11/28/2002WO2002094341A2 Surgical tool for attaching to endoscope
11/28/2002WO2002094334A1 Malleable elongated medical device
11/28/2002WO2002094129A2 Methods and apparatus for presbyopia correction using ultraviolet and infrared lasers
11/28/2002WO2002094117A1 Apparatus and method for selectively irradiating a surface
11/28/2002WO2002094116A1 Cooling system for a photocosmetic device
11/28/2002WO2002094115A2 Twin coaxial catheters for rf pulmonary vein ablation
11/28/2002WO2002094103A1 Ultrasonic device for tissue ablation and sheath for use therewith
11/28/2002WO2002080810A9 Method of manufacturing a heat transfer element for in vivo cooling
11/28/2002WO2002060523A9 Atrial fibrillation rf treatment device and method
11/28/2002WO2002058542A3 Coagulating electrosurgical instrument with tissue dam
11/28/2002WO2002056780A3 Method and apparatus for high energetic ultrasonic tissue treatment
11/28/2002US20020177889 Ballon catheters having ultraonically driven interface surfaces and methods for their use
11/28/2002US20020177875 Method and apparatus for processing an array of components
11/28/2002US20020177874 Articulating endoscopic surgical apparatus
11/28/2002US20020177849 Surgical instrument with a dissecting tip
11/28/2002US20020177848 Electrosurgical working end for sealing tissue
11/28/2002US20020177847 Endoscopic ablation system with flexible coupling
11/28/2002US20020177846 Vaporous delivery of thermal energy to tissue sites
11/28/2002US20020177845 Cryoablation catheter with an improved gas expansion chamber
11/28/2002US20020177844 Medical laser therapy device
11/28/2002US20020177772 Drug delivery catheters that attach to tissue and methods for their use
11/28/2002US20020177765 Ablation and high-resolution mapping catheter system for pulmonary vein foci elimination
11/28/2002DE10122369A1 Surgical instrument has actuator rod with central section of smaller diameter than end sections
11/28/2002CA2763127A1 Cooling system for a photocosmetic device
11/28/2002CA2442980A1 Methods and apparatus for presbyopia correction using ultraviolet and infrared lasers
11/28/2002CA2437075A1 Ultrasonic device for tissue ablation and sheath for use therewith
11/27/2002EP1260185A2 Method for detecting transverse mode vibrations in an ultrasonic hand piece having a blade
11/27/2002EP1259183A1 Electrosurgical blade with direct adhesion of silicone coating
11/27/2002EP1259181A1 Electro-cautery catheter
11/27/2002EP1259180A1 Device for thermal ablation of a cavity
11/27/2002EP1259167A2 Apparatus and method for accessing and performing a function within an intervertebral disc
11/27/2002EP1259155A2 Improved device for accurately marking tissue
11/27/2002EP1093345A4 Movable energy emitting device within a body cavity
11/27/2002EP0741554B1 Apparatus for controlling irrigation and aspiration of fluids during surgical procedures on the eye
11/27/2002CN2522067Y Resistance electrothermal needle
11/26/2002US6487441 Systems and methods for acquiring and analyzing electrograms in myocardial tissue
11/26/2002US6485735 Multilayer thermoset polymer matrix and structures made therefrom
11/26/2002US6485490 RF bipolar end effector for use in electrosurgical instruments
11/26/2002US6485489 Catheter system for repairing a mitral valve annulus
11/26/2002US6485488 Device for revascularizing muscular tissues
11/26/2002US6485487 RF ablation apparatus having high output impedance drivers
11/26/2002US6485486 System and methods for fallopian tube occlusion
11/26/2002US6485485 Expandable laser catheter
11/26/2002US6485484 Hair removal device
11/26/2002US6485436 Pressure-assisted biopsy needle apparatus and technique
11/26/2002US6485430 Thermodilution catheter having a safe, flexible heating element
11/26/2002US6485422 Computer guided cryosurgery
11/26/2002US6484727 Apparatus and method for diagnosis and therapy of electrophysiological disease
11/21/2002WO2002093089A1 Hand-held, heat sink cryoprobe, system for heat extraction thereof, and method therefore.