Patents
Patents for A61B 18 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body (59,620)
07/2002
07/24/2002EP1223875A1 Method and apparatus for monitoring cryosurgical operations
07/24/2002EP1223870A1 Blades with functional balance asymmetries for use with ultrasonic surgical instruments
07/24/2002EP1223869A1 Multifunctional curved blade for use with an ultrasonic surgical instrument
07/24/2002EP1223863A1 Sonar-controlled apparatus for the delivery of electromagnetic radiation
07/24/2002EP1223847A1 Two camera off-axis eye tracker
07/24/2002EP0789929B1 Electronic footswitch for ophthalmic surgery
07/24/2002EP0682502B1 Intravascular system for treating arrhythmia
07/23/2002US6424869 Dual mode transurethral microwave warming apparatus
07/23/2002US6423082 Ultrasonic surgical blade with improved cutting and coagulation features
07/23/2002US6423081 Excisional biopsy devices and methods
07/23/2002US6423076 Laser directed portable MRI stereotactic system
07/23/2002US6423060 High-frequency instrument for endoscope
07/23/2002US6423059 Radio frequency ablation apparatus with remotely articulating and self-locking electrode wand
07/23/2002US6423058 Assemblies to visualize and treat sphincters and adjoining tissue regions
07/23/2002US6423057 Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling tissue temperature and lesion formation in radio-frequency ablation procedures
07/23/2002US6423055 Phototherapeutic wave guide apparatus
07/23/2002US6423054 Operation wire connecting part in endoscopic treating instrument
07/23/2002US6423009 System, employing three-dimensional ultrasonographic imaging, for assisting in guiding and placing medical instruments
07/23/2002US6423002 Intra-operative diagnostic ultrasound multiple-array transducer probe and optional surgical tool
07/18/2002WO2002056355A1 Method and device for laser annealing
07/18/2002WO2002055150A2 Wound treatment method and device with combination of ultrasound and laser energy
07/18/2002WO2002054968A1 Medical instrument for photodynamic treatment or photodynamic diagnosis using high power semiconductor laser diode
07/18/2002WO2002054967A1 Probe assembly, device and system for rf epilation
07/18/2002WO2002054957A2 Biopsy device and method of use
07/18/2002WO2002054942A2 Medical cauterization snare assembly and associated methodology
07/18/2002WO2002054941A2 Bone-treatment instrument and method
07/18/2002WO2002017804A3 Fluid cooled apparatus for supporting diagnostic and therapeutic elements in contact with tissue
07/18/2002WO2002007793A3 Heat exchanger catheter for controlling body temperature
07/18/2002WO2001049236A9 Method and system for treating cardiac arrest
07/18/2002WO2000053113A9 Apparatus and method for treatment of tissue
07/18/2002US20020095202 Cardiac electrode catheter and method of manufacturing same
07/18/2002US20020095201 Method and system for treating cardiac arrest using hypothermia
07/18/2002US20020095200 Inflatable catheter for selective organ heating and cooling and method of using the same
07/18/2002US20020095199 Apparatus and methods for protecting the axillary nerve during thermal capsullorhaphy
07/18/2002US20020095198 System and method employing indwelling RF catheter for systemic patient warming by application of dielectric heating
07/18/2002US20020095197 Application of photochemotherapy for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias
07/18/2002US20020095168 Steerable sphincterotome and methods for cannulation, papillotomy and sphincterotomy
07/18/2002US20020095152 Electrosurgical apparatus and methods for cutting tissue
07/18/2002US20020095151 Electrosurgical apparatus and methods for treatment and removal of tissue
07/18/2002US20020095150 Electrosurgical system and method
07/18/2002US20020095148 PMR catheter and associated methods
07/18/2002US20020095146 Steerable sphincterotome and methods for cannulation, papillotomy and sphincterotomy
07/18/2002US20020095145 Method and apparatus for limiting revascularization to viable tissue
07/18/2002US20020095144 Selective delivery of cryogenic energy to intervertebral disc tissue and related methods of intradiscal hypothermia therapy
07/18/2002US20020095143 Method of amplifying a beneficial selective skin response to light energy
07/18/2002US20020095113 Intraocular surgical apparatus
07/18/2002US20020095100 Excisional biopsy devices and methods
07/18/2002US20020092536 Percutaneous bypass with branching vessel
07/18/2002US20020092535 Coronary artery by-pass method
07/18/2002US20020092533 Devices and methods for port-access multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery
07/18/2002DE10141385A1 Dämpfungsvorrichtung für ein chirurgisches Ultraschall-Instrument Damping device for an ultrasonic surgical instrument
07/18/2002DE10101143A1 Steriles Gewebezugangssystem Sterile tissue access system
07/18/2002CA2446883A1 Biopsy device and method of use
07/17/2002EP1221922A1 Iris recognition and tracking for optical treatment
07/17/2002EP1221903A1 Monopolar and bipolar electrode for a urological resectoscope
07/17/2002EP1221902A1 Urological electrosurgical resectoscope
07/16/2002US6421556 Systems and methods for conducting electrophysiological testing using high-voltage energy pulses to stun tissue
07/16/2002US6419690 Urethral warming catheter
07/16/2002US6419675 Electrosurgical coagulating and cutting instrument
07/16/2002US6419674 Radio frequency dilator sheath
07/16/2002US6419673 Ablation of rectal and other internal body structures
07/16/2002US6419672 Laser depilating method, skin holding tool and glove and finger stall
07/16/2002US6419653 Medical probe device and method
07/16/2002US6419648 Systems and methods for reducing secondary hot spots in a phased array focused ultrasound system
07/16/2002US6419643 Central venous catheter with heat exchange properties
07/16/2002US6419642 Irradiation enhanced permeation and delivery
07/16/2002CA2222617C System for controlling the energy delivered to a patient for ablation
07/11/2002WO2002054018A2 Non-invasive ultrasonic body contouring
07/11/2002WO2002053230A1 Sterile tissue access system
07/11/2002WO2002053218A2 An implantable photo applicator for long term fractionated photodynamic and radiation therapy and method of using the same
07/11/2002WO2002053205A2 Systems and methods for delivering a probe into tissue
07/11/2002WO2002053203A2 Proton generating catheters and methods for their use
07/11/2002WO2002053050A1 Method and apparatus for therapeutic emr treatment of the skin
07/11/2002WO2002053049A2 Shapeable electrosurgical scalpel
07/11/2002WO2002053048A1 Electrosurgical high frequency power source
07/11/2002WO2002053047A1 Skin pore contracting device
07/11/2002WO2002053036A2 Biopsy anchor device with cutter
07/11/2002WO2001010321A9 Polypectomy snare instrument
07/11/2002US20020091430 Inflatable catheter for selective organ heating and cooling and method of using the same
07/11/2002US20020091427 Wide-aperture catheter-based microwave cardiac ablation antenna
07/11/2002US20020091405 Apparatus and methods for developing an anatomic space for laparoscopic hernia repair and patch for use therewith
07/11/2002US20020091385 Bonding of soft biological tissues by passing high frequency electric current therethorugh
07/11/2002US20020091384 Transmural ablation device with integral EKG sensor
07/11/2002US20020091383 Combination ablation and visualization apparatus for ablating cardiac tissue
07/11/2002US20020091382 Transmural ablation device with curved jaws
07/11/2002US20020091381 Apparatus for ablating turbinates
07/11/2002US20020091379 Method for treating an asthma attack
07/11/2002US20020091378 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
07/11/2002US20020091377 Method and apparatus for medical treatment utilizing long duration electromagnetic radiation
07/11/2002US20020091376 Ophthalmological surgery technique with active patient data card
07/11/2002US20020091339 Systems and methods for applying ultrasound energy to stimulating circulatory activity in a targeted body region of an individual
07/11/2002US20020088779 Laser tissue processing for cosmetic and bio-medical applications
07/11/2002US20020088710 Method and apparatus for electrocoagulation of liquids
07/11/2002CA2445948A1 Shapeable electrosurgical scalpel
07/11/2002CA2445912A1 Biopsy anchor device with cutter
07/11/2002CA2433745A1 Non-invasive ultrasonic body contouring
07/11/2002CA2433022A1 Method and apparatus for therapeutic emr treatment of the skin
07/10/2002EP1220647A1 Electrosurgical snare
07/10/2002CN2499057Y Full automatic carbon light machine irradiation head
07/10/2002CN1358078A Cutting blade for surgical instrument