Patents
Patents for A61B 18 - Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body (59,620)
06/1994
06/09/1994WO1994012095A2 Apparatus for diagnostic imaging
06/09/1994CA2150486A1 Mapping and ablation catheter with individually deployable arms and method
06/09/1994CA2128227A1 Bone cement removal method and apparatus
06/09/1994CA2127879A1 Method and apparatus for operation on eye cornea
06/08/1994EP0600676A2 Steerable catheter with adjustable bend location and/or radius and method
06/08/1994EP0599955A1 Laterally reflecting tip for laser transmitting fiber
06/08/1994EP0515439B1 Laser with beam-intensity adjustment device
06/07/1994US5318589 Surgical instrument for endoscopic surgery
06/07/1994US5318565 Suction cautery dissector
06/07/1994US5318564 Bipolar surgical snare and methods of use
06/07/1994US5318563 Bipolar RF generator
06/07/1994US5318562 Handpiece for delivering laser radiation
06/07/1994US5318560 Laser delivery system
06/07/1994US5318525 Steerable electrode catheter
06/07/1994US5318518 For eliminating solids from body organs and hollow body cavities
06/07/1994US5318516 Radio frequency sensor for automatic smoke evacuator system for a surgical laser and/or electrical apparatus and method therefor
06/07/1994US5318024 Laser endoscope for spectroscopic imaging
06/07/1994US5318023 Apparatus and method of use for a photosensitizer enhanced fluorescence based biopsy needle
06/05/1994CA2110668A1 Actuator for use with steerable catheter
06/02/1994CA2110309A1 Catheter for rf ablation with cooled electrode and method
06/02/1994CA2109980A1 Steerable catheter with adjustable bend location and/or radius and method
06/01/1994EP0599007A2 Method and device for selective cutting of biological tissue
06/01/1994EP0598984A1 Radial medical laser delivery device
06/01/1994EP0598805A1 Arrangement for cutting biological tissues with high-frequency current
06/01/1994EP0598780A1 Surgical high-frequency generator for cutting tissues
06/01/1994EP0598778A1 Surgical high-frequency generator for controlled cutting and coagulation
06/01/1994EP0598742A1 Device and method for multi-phase radio-frequency ablation
06/01/1994EP0523174B1 Apparatus for providing enhanced tissue fragmentation and/or hemostasis
06/01/1994DE4338772A1 Laser appts of improved heat transfer - comprising substrate and diode laser rod arrangement
06/01/1994DE4240182A1 Biological tissue controlled selective removal appts. - determines relative position of catheter and tissue using X=ray or NMR appts., and controls scanner to apply input laser beam to those discrete sectors of bundle, whose output sectors lie directly opposite tissue
05/1994
05/31/1994US5316014 Biopsy locator and guide
05/31/1994US5316000 Use of at least one composite piezoelectric transducer in the manufacture of an ultrasonic therapy apparatus for applying therapy, in a body zone, in particular to concretions, to tissue, or to bones, of a living being and method of ultrasonic therapy
05/31/1994US5315996 Torquable catheter and method
05/26/1994WO1994011059A1 Fluid cooled ablation catheter
05/26/1994WO1994011057A1 Catheter deflection control
05/26/1994WO1994011038A1 Intravascular catheter
05/26/1994WO1994010948A1 Heated balloon medical apparatus
05/26/1994WO1994010925A1 Fluid cooled electrosurgical cauterization system
05/26/1994WO1994010924A1 Fluid cooled electrosurgical probe
05/26/1994WO1994010923A1 Medical laser delivery system
05/26/1994WO1994010922A1 Cardial ablation systems using temperature monitoring
05/26/1994WO1994010921A1 Systems for identifying catheters and monitoring their use
05/26/1994WO1994010904A1 Apparatus and method for monitoring endocardial signal during ablation
05/26/1994DE4308824C1 Electrical system for removing tattoos - involves skin punctured with electrode through which high frequency electrical current is fed to warm tissue
05/26/1994CA2149311A1 Apparatus and method for monitoring endocardial signal during ablation
05/26/1994CA2149310A1 Fluid cooled ablation catheter
05/26/1994CA2147360A1 Intravascular catheter
05/26/1994CA2127695A1 Heated balloon medical apparatus
05/25/1994EP0598579A1 Methods and apparatus for performing ultrasonic-assisted surgical procedures
05/25/1994EP0598348A1 Bipolar RF cutting instrument
05/24/1994US5315685 Component for the transmission of high-energy light, and the application of the component
05/24/1994US5314466 Articulated unidirectional microwave antenna systems for cardiac ablation
05/24/1994US5314408 Expandable member for a catheter system
05/24/1994US5314406 Endoscopic electrosurgical suction-irrigation instrument
05/24/1994US5313962 Method of performing laparoscopic lumbar discectomy
05/24/1994US5313943 Catheters and methods for performing cardiac diagnosis and treatment
05/24/1994US5313935 Apparatus for counting the number of times a surgical instrument has been used
05/24/1994CA1329748C Balloon catheter suitable for use in recanalising stenoses in body canals, more particularly coronary blood vessels and peripheral arterial vessels
05/19/1994DE4338758A1 Electrical energy treatment of body tissue - using insertable treatment device not susceptible to blood clotting problems
05/18/1994EP0597463A2 Thermotherapiesonde
05/18/1994EP0597195A2 Fiber optic guide wire
05/18/1994EP0596909A1 Electrosurgical apparatus for laparoscopic and like procedures
05/17/1994US5312434 Medical instrument
05/17/1994US5312418 Instrument for lithotripsy
05/17/1994US5312415 Assembly for placement of embolic coils using frictional placement
05/17/1994US5312401 Electrosurgical apparatus for laparoscopic and like procedures
05/17/1994US5312400 Cautery probes for endoscopic electrosurgical suction-irrigation instrument
05/17/1994US5312399 Laser resectoscope with mechanical cutting means and laser coagulating means
05/17/1994US5312398 Apparatus for delivering a laser beam
05/17/1994US5312397 Lens exchanger for a surgical laser system and method therefor
05/17/1994US5312396 Pulsed laser system for the surgical removal of tissue
05/17/1994US5312395 Method of treating pigmented lesions using pulsed irradiation
05/17/1994US5312332 Endoscopic surgical methods utilizing a suction-irrigation instrument with a port for endoscopic manipulating instruments
05/17/1994US5312329 Piezo ultrasonic and electrosurgical handpiece
05/17/1994US5312328 Ultra-sound catheter for removing obstructions from tubular anatomical structures such as blood vessels
05/17/1994US5312320 Apparatus for performing ophthalmological surgery
05/17/1994CA1329531C Rotary-catheter for atherectomy system
05/11/1994WO1994009849A1 Method of performing ophthalmic surgery
05/11/1994WO1994009714A1 Electrically operated heating tool
05/11/1994WO1994009713A1 Laser perforator
05/11/1994EP0596436A1 Electrosurgical instrument
05/11/1994EP0595967A1 Surgical coagulation device
05/11/1994EP0595893A1 Apparatus for removing cataractous-lens tissue
05/11/1994EP0595875A1 Catheter tube
05/11/1994DE4337590A1 Electrosurgical instrument for bipolar tissue coagulation
05/11/1994DE4237761A1 HF surgery device for cutting and coagulation of tissue - has high frequency generator and probe connected via screened cable, and measures only probe current
05/11/1994DE4237321A1 Instrument for surgical treatment of tissue cavities using HF source - has electrode moulded into stable arc-resistant glass-ceramic sheath surrounded by stainless steel handgrip with air-insulated core
05/11/1994CA2147358A1 Laser perforator
05/10/1994US5311224 Optical ophthalmic treatment apparatus
05/10/1994US5309910 Cardiac mapping and ablation systems
05/10/1994US5309896 Retraction methods using endoscopic inflatable retraction devices
05/10/1994US5309895 Endoscope apparatus producing video signals from imaging signals at illuminating and non-illuminating periods
05/10/1994CA2001669C Ultrasonic treatment device by means of a focalizing and oscillating piezoelectrical ceramic
05/10/1994CA1329416C Device for biostimulation of tissue and method for treatment of tissue
05/05/1994DE4238645C1 Therapeutic ultrasonic applicator for urogenital area - has ultrasonic waves focussed onto working zone defined by envelope curve with two perpendicular main axes
05/05/1994DE4236394A1 Isolation device for surgical instrument using hf currents - uses two isolation elements eliminating need for insulating metal instrument handgrip
05/05/1994DE4236329A1 Endoscopic laser instrument e.g. for laparoscopy - has operating member which is displaceable along axis of instrument, and valve junctions which are rotatable around handpiece, with light guide located in fluid flow channel
05/03/1994US5308311 Electrically heated surgical blade and methods of making
05/03/1994US5307812 Heat surgery system monitored by real-time magnetic resonance profiling
05/03/1994CA1329094C Diagnostic and therapeutic catheter