26th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150173790 | FORWARDLY DIRECTED FLUID JET CROSSING CATHETER - The present invention provides a forwardly directed fluid jet crossing catheter having a distally directed cylindrical flow fluid jet stream to cross a chronic total occlusion. The distal end of the device includes a formable catheter tip region having flexible internal components. Low and high pressure cavities are formed substantially by joined proximal and distal catheter tubes having an adhesive plug seal in common therebetween which partially defines one end of each of the low pressure and high pressure cavities. A guidewire tube and a high pressure tube are aligned along and within the low pressure and high pressure cavities and through the adhesive plug seal. The high pressure tube openly terminates in the high pressure cavity, whereby pressurized fluid transfers from the high pressure cavity in the guidewire tube entry hole to subsequently pass along the guidewire lumen and co-located guidewire to exit as a cylindrical fluid jet stream. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173791 | ULTRASONIC SURGICAL SYSTEM HAVING A FLUID COOLED BLADE AND RELATED COOLING METHODS THEREFOR - The present disclosure is directed to a fluid cooled ultrasonic surgical instrument and related systems and methods of use therefor. In some embodiments, the disclosed ultrasonic surgical instrument is adapted for used within an insufflated cavity or pneumoperitoneum of a patient. The instrument includes a housing having an elongate shaft, a waveguide disposed at a distal end of the shaft, a coolant inlet port defined in an outer surface of the housing, and a coolant pump disposed within the housing and configured to move coolant from the coolant inlet port to the waveguide. During use, insufflation gas from within the pneumoperitoneum is drawn into the instrument shaft by the coolant pump, and blown over the waveguide to provide cooling. The delivery of ultrasonic energy and activation of the pump may be controlled by a processor in response to user input and waveguide temperature. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173792 | SURGICAL ACCESS PORT - A surgical access port or trocar is provided. The trocar has a trocar seal housing and a trocar cannula with an optical obturator insertable through the trocar seal housing and the trocar cannula. The trocar is configured to access a body cavity, to maintain positive pressure and to prevent loss of surgical insufflation gas used in laparoscopic procedures. The trocar seal housing can be releasably attached to the trocar cannula. The trocar seal housing may also have a shield and/or alignment channel that provide protection or assist in operation of instrument and zero seals housed in the trocar seal housing. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173793 | Method and apparatus for directed device placement in the cerebral ventricles or other intracranial targets - Apparatus for directed cranial access to a site includes a guidepiece and a receptacle. The receptacle includes a lower part having a rim and a base, and a hollow stem at the base adapted to be mounted in a hole in the skull; and an upper part having a rim and an opening at the top. Each part of the receptacle has an interior spherical surface, and they can be joined at the rims to form an inner surface enclosing a spherical interior. The guidepiece includes a body having a spherical outer surface and a cylindrical bore through the center, defining an alignment axis; and a guide tube in the bore. The guidepiece is dimensioned to fit rotatably within the receptacle interior, and the apparatus is assembled by joining the receptacle over the guidepiece body, with the guide tube projecting through the top opening. The guide tube is dimensioned to accept an imaging device such as an ultrasound probe during an imaging stage, and an adaptor is provided, dimensioned to accept a device to be placed at the site during a placement stage. The probe is inserted into the guide tube and the guidepiece is swiveled until the image shows that the alignment axis is aligned along an optimal trajectory to the site, the receptacle is tightened to lock the guidepiece, and the imaging device is withdrawn. Then the adaptor is inserted into the guide tube, and the device is inserted through the adaptor along the established trajectory to the site. After placement of the device into the intracranial target, the adaptor, guidepiece, and receptacle are removed as a unit over the device while the device is held in place. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173794 | TRANSSEPTAL PUNCTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - Devices and methods for performing a transseptal puncture procedure using a device which includes either an untapered or tapered blunt end cannula disposed in an introducer carrying a sharp guidewire disposed longitudinally through the lumen of the blunt cannula, and a blunt end dilator wherein the guidewire is flexible and has an atraumatic shape at its tip. The cannula gives the more flexible introducer a defined shape and steerabilty allowing an ordinarily skilled physician to easily access a selected location on the septal wall of the heart for transseptal puncture and introducer placement thereacross without employing an exposed sharp end needle during the procedure. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173795 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING A SUBSTANCE WITHIN A MAMMALIAN LUMINAL ORGAN OR AREA ADJACENT THERETO - Devices, systems, and methods for delivering a substance within a mammalian luminal organ or area adjacent thereto. In at least one exemplary embodiment of a system of the present disclosure, the system comprises an inner delivery device, comprising an inner portion configured to receive a substance therein, a pock tip at or near a distal end of the inner delivery device, the pock tip configured to deliver the substance from the inner portion, through a pock tip aperture defined within the pock tip, and into a mammalian tissue and/or luminal organ, and an embolus positioned within the inner portion, the embolus configured so that the substance remains distal to the embolus when the substance is positioned within the inner portion. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173796 | DISSECTION AND RETRACTION DEVICE FOR VAGINAL SACRAL COLPOPEXY - In one embodiment the apparatus includes a first retractor, a second retractor, and a shaft. The shaft defines a central channel extending from a first end portion of the shaft to a second end portion of the shaft. The first retractor and the second retractor are configured to collectively form a lumen. The shaft is configured to be disposed within the lumen. In one embodiment method of disposing a graft within a body of a patient, includes making an incision in the body of the patient, inserting a medical device into the body of the patient through the incision, removing the shaft of the medical device from the body of the patient, and moving the first refractor within the body of the patient away from the second retractor. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173797 | FILLING MATERIAL FOR BONE DEFECT PART - To provide a filling material for a bone defect part, which reduces pain and any sense of discomfort and also promotes short-term bone repair. Provided is a filling material for a bone defect part, wherein the filling material is filled in a bone defect part formed between fracture sites in living bone and applies to the fracture site a pressing force in the direction in which the living bone extends from the defect part. Also provided is a filling material for a bone defect part where the filling material is laid in a predetermined length across the bone defect part and continuously applies the pressing force to the fracture site. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173798 | SPINAL FUSION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - According to some embodiments, a method of accessing an intervertebral space of a patient's spine in a minimally invasive manner compromises creating a passage from a posterior end of a pedicle of a vertebral member using a probe, advancing the probe through the pedicle and to a main body portion of the vertebral member, advancing the probe through a superior endplate of the vertebral member and into the intervertebral space and enlarging the passage using at least one tap to create an enlarged passage from a posterior of the pedicle to the intervertebral space. In some embodiments, the enlarged passage traverses at least three cortical layers of the vertebral member. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173799 | ELASTIC ROD HAVING DIFFERENT DEGREES OF STIFFNESS FOR THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE SPINE - For a differentiated treatment of individual motion segments of the spine, a plastic rod ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150173800 | COUPLING DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a medical device includes an elongate member, a first coupler, and a second coupler. The elongate member has a first end portion, a second end portion, and a side portion. The side portion of the elongate member has a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion. The first receiving portion is configured to receive a first support member. The second receiving portion is configured to receive a second support member. The first coupler is coupled to the elongate member and is configured to engage the first support member to help retain the first support member within the first receiving portion. The second coupler is coupled to the elongate member and is configured to engage the second support member to help retain the second support member within the second receiving portion. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173801 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC VERTEBRAL STABILIZATION - A posterior vertebral stabilizer has a resilient member such as a linear spring, which operates in tension and compression. The resilient member may be kept straight by a stabilization rod extending through the spring, or by a telescoping assembly that encases the resilient member. The ends of the stabilizer are attachable to pedicles of adjacent vertebrae so that the stabilizer adds stiffness to control flexion and extension of the vertebrae. Two such stabilizers may be used, and may be connected together by a crosslink designed to limit relative rotation of the stabilizers. Thus, the stabilizers may restrict axial rotation and lateral bending between the vertebrae, while permitting stiffened flexion and extension. Such stabilizers help provide the stiffness of a healthy intervertebral disc. In the event that fusion of the joint becomes necessary, a set screw or other component may be used to further restrict flexion and extension. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173802 | DYNAMIC STABILIZATION MEMBER WITH MOLDED CONNECTION - A dynamic fixation medical implant having at least two bone anchors includes a longitudinal connecting member assembly having at least one transition portion and cooperating outer sleeve, both the transition portion and sleeve being disposed between the two bone anchors. The transition portion includes a rigid length or rod having apertures therein and a molded plastic length that extends through the apertures, thus attaching the plastic length to the rigid length. The sleeve surrounds the transition portion and extends between the pair of bone anchors, the sleeve being compressible in a longitudinal direction between the bone anchors. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173803 | Instrument System for Carrying Out a Surgical Procedure on the Vertebrae Comprising Temporary Immobilization Means - An instrument system for carrying out a surgical procedure on vertebrae by a posterior or posterolateral approach, made up of at least one tube and at least one spinal screw capable of engaging with the proximal end of said tube and having a head with multi-axial mobility, characterized by also comprising a wedge for temporarily blocking the position of the screw head. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173804 | SPINE SYSTEM AND KIT - A spine system may include a rod, one or a plurality of screws and one or a plurality of screw connectors for connecting said one or a plurality of screws to the rod, all of which are solely or mostly made of a composite material. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173805 | SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF FUSING A SACROILIAC JOINT - A sacroiliac joint fusion system including a joint implant, anchor element and delivery tool. The joint implant includes a bore extending non-parallel to the implant longitudinal axis. The anchor element is for receiving in the bore. The delivery tool includes an implant arm and anchor arm. The implant arm distal end is releasably coupled to the joint implant proximal end so the implant arm longitudinal axis is coaxial or parallel with the implant body longitudinal axis. An anchor arm distal end is engaged to the anchor element proximal end. The anchor arm is coupled to the implant arm such that the anchor element longitudinal axis is coaxially aligned with the bore longitudinal axis when the implant arm distal end is releasably coupled with the implant proximal end and the anchor arm distal end is engaged with the anchor element proximal end. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173806 | SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A spinal fixation system includes a first plate, a post fixedly attached to the first plate and extending transverse therefrom. A second plate receives the distal end of the post. A locking mechanism is configured to restrict at least one of axial translation and/or orbital rotation of the second plate with respect to the post. The locking mechanism can include a locking nut having two non-concentric cylinders which enable an interference fit between the nut and the post, thus restricting axial translation of the second plate. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173807 | Orthopedic Fixation Devices And Instruments For Installation Thereof - Embodiments herein are generally directed to rod reduction clips that can efficiently attach to orthopedic fixation devices and reduce rods therein. Other embodiments herein are generally directed to coupling elements having removable extended tabs for use in orthopedic fixation devices. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173808 | Devices And Methods For Preparation Of Vertebral Members - Devices and methods for preparing a surgical site, and in particular vertebral members, which may include a retractable tool and an actuator. The tool may include distal and proximal members. A distal side of the distal member may be fixed in a longitudinal direction and pivotable at a point of rotation. A proximal side of the proximal member may be pivotably connected to the actuator. In a retracted position, the distal member may be pivotably connected to the proximal member longitudinally in between the point of rotation and the proximal side of the proximal member. Moving the actuator in a distal direction may push the proximal member and the distal member such that the proximal member pivots with respect to the actuator and distal member, the distal member pivots with respect to the proximal member and point of rotation, and the proximal member and distal member move laterally outward. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173809 | Orthopedic Fixation Devices and Instruments for Installation Thereof - Minimally invasive vertebral stabilization systems may include at least one fastener, at least one coupling element connected to the fastener, and an elongate rod member. The fastener is deliverable to a vertebral body of a patient through an opening. The coupling element has at least one extended tab which defines an open central portion and a central longitudinal axis. The elongate rod member is configured to extend through the open central portion and be secured to the coupling element. The extended tab is configured to be removed from the coupling element once the elongate rod is secured to the coupling element. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173810 | ROD INSERTION DEVICE - A rod insertion system and at least two bone anchors including: a rod guide configured to accommodate a spinal stabilization rod therein; a holding device including a clamping portion configured to hold a portion of the rod guide; and an adapter configured to moveably support the holding device. The holding device is configured to move and pivot along an adapter such that the rod guide is positioned proximal to a rod channel of one of the at least two bone anchors. In a first state, the rod guide is fixed to the holding device by the clamping portion, and, in a second state in which the holding device supports the portion of the rod guide, the clamping portion is released from the portion of the rod guide to permit the orientation of the rod guide relative to the holding device to be polyaxially adjusted. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173811 | Fixation System, An Intramedullary Fixation Assembly and Method of Use - An intramedullary fixation assembly for bone fusion includes a first member positioned at a proximal end of the intramedullary fixation assembly, where the first member includes a plurality of first and second retaining screws, and a second member positioned at a distal end of the intramedullary fixation assembly, where the second member includes a plurality of third and fourth retaining screws. The first member is slideably coupled to the second member and provides for an interference fit with the second member. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173812 | HINGABLE AND FIXABLE BONE PLATE SYSTEM - A bone plate apparatus for securing a bone or a bone fragment in a proper position with respect to another bone or a bone fragment has a plate with a first portion and a second portion in which the first portion is hingedly connected to the second portion, and a fixing element cooperative with the first and second portions so as to fix an angular orientation of the first portion with respect to the second portion. The fixing element is a screw that is rotatable in the hinge in one direction such that the first portion is freely pivotable with respect to the second portion and rotatable in an opposite direction so as to fix an angular orientation with the first portion with respect to the second portion. Each of the first portion and the second portion has holes formed therein suitable for the receipt of bone screws such that the portions can be affixed against a surface of the bone or the bone fragment. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173813 | CABLE BUTTON - The present disclosure includes a method for reducing a bone fracture and an apparatus such as a cable button for use with a bone plate, the cable button including cable button threads, a plurality of cable button apertures, a hex socket, and a hex opening. The present disclosure also includes a method for reducing a bone fracture and an apparatus such as a cable button for use with a bone plate, the cable button including a plurality of legs, where a leg includes a protrusion, where the protrusion engages the bone plate, and the cable button defines at least one cable button aperture. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173814 | BONE DISTRACTION APPARATUS IN WHICH A FLEXIBLE DRIVE ASSEMBLY IS USED - One aspect of the invention relates to a flexible drive assembly ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150173815 | Fixation Article for an Implant - A cranial implant and a method for generating and implementing the cranial implant is provided, wherein the cranial implant includes at least one fixation tab. The method includes determining the characteristics of a skull of a patient and an opening in the skull, identifying the desired location of the at least one fixation tab, fabricating the cranial implant based on at least one of a predetermined algorithm and experience of a fabricator in response to at least one of the characteristic of the skull/opening in the skull and the location of the fixation tabs, adjusting the cranial implant to fit within the opening of the skull such the cranial implant is substantially flush with a surface of the skull and securing the cranial implant to the skull using one or more fixation screws. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173816 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE WITH ENLARGED PIVOT ANGLE - A polyaxial bone anchoring device includes a receiving part configured to be pivotably connected to a head of an anchoring element, the receiving part having a channel for receiving a rod and an accommodation space having an opening for accommodating the head, and a sleeve-like insert piece having a sleeve axis and a spherical segment-shaped outer surface portion. The insert piece is configured to be positioned around a portion of the head in the receiving part and to pivot in the receiving part, and includes a first part and a separable second part configured to be connected with the first part by a connection structure configured to permit translational movement between the first part and the second part in a direction transverse to the sleeve axis, while preventing movement between the first part and the second part in a direction parallel to the sleeve axis. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173817 | BONE FRACTURE REDUCTION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A method of treating a fracture includes creating an access path to a fracture site in a bone and inserting a guidewire through the access path into the fracture site is provided. The method includes the steps of positioning a cannulated drill bit having a distal end including helical flutes configured for drilling through bone over the guidewire into the fracture site, and advancing the drill bit to create a passageway in the bone configured to receive a screw. Positioning a cannulated inflatable bone tamp over the guidewire and inflating the inflatable bone tamp to compress at least a portion of the bone in or near the fracture site so as to create a void. Delivering a bone void filler into the void through the access path to fill the void. Systems and kits are disclosed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173818 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE METHOD AND APPLICATIONS FOR INJECTIBLE MATERIALS - an orthopedic tube for delivering medical fluids, having a viscosity of at least 1 Pa.S and not to exceed 10000 Pa.S, into a bone cavity comprising an elongated hollow stem having a smooth stem outer wall. The elongated hollow stem has an external diameter sufficient to be inserted into a bone cavity formed in a bone. The elongated hollow stem has a proximal end and a distal end with the proximal end adapted to be in communication with a pressurized medical fluid injector; and the elongated hollow stem has an internal diameter sufficiently large to permit a path of least resistance to a flow of the cement from the injector. The distal end of the elongated stem is closed. There is at least a fenestration zone defined on the stem wall spaced from the distal end, and a plurality of distinct ports distributed in a pattern in the fenestration zone. The diameter of the ports in the fenestration zone determines the fluid dispersion pattern and the distribution of ports relative to the internal diameter of the elongated hollow stem is such that the fluid will fill up the hollow stem first until sufficient pressure is built up to seep the fluid through the ports in a uniform manner. Am method of measuring the density of the bone is also described. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173819 | LONG-BONE FRACTURE-REDUCTION ROBOT - A long-bone fracture-reduction robot is provided, and includes a machine base; a support slidably connected onto the machine base and able to move up and down; a plurality of electro-hydraulic drivers; and a six-degrees-of-freedom parallel robot arranged on the support, with the motion of the robot in six degrees of freedom hydraulically controllable using the plurality of electro-hydraulic drivers. The long-bone fracture-reduction robot includes two long-bone-fixing frames, one frame being coupled to the support and other being coupled to the six-degree-of-freedom parallel robot. The two long-bone-fixing frames are arranged to be side by side. Each of the two long-bone-fixing frames is fixedly connected to a corresponding mounting-and fixing plate. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173820 | SKELETAL MANIPULATION METHOD - A method of treating scoliosis in a subject includes securing a scoliosis treatment device to first and second locations on the subject's skeletal system, the scoliosis treatment device including a first portion, a second portion moveably mounted relative to the first portion, and an adjustment device disposed on the device and configured to change a distraction force between the first location and the second location, the adjustment device including a rotationally mounted magnetic element configured to move the second portion relative to the first portion in response to rotation of the magnetic element. An external adjustment device is provided external to the subject and is able to adjust the distraction force between the first location and second location. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173821 | THERMOCHEMICAL ABLATION OF BODILY TISSUE - Thermochemical ablation techniques may provide ablation of bodily tissue using chemical reaction energy. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173822 | Impedance Matching Circuit - An impedance matching circuit may be used to adjust for manufacturing and design tolerances in a surgical instrument. The matching circuit may match the load of a thermal element with the impedance of a power source used to deliver electrical energy to the surgical instrument. The matching circuit may include capacitors, inductors, coaxial cables, varactors, transformers, resistors, and/or combinations thereof. The matching circuit may also comprise a circuit board or flex board layers which may be modified to adjust the impedance of the load. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173823 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH RESILIENT DRIVING MEMBER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE - A forceps is provided and includes a housing having a shaft. An end effector assembly operatively connects to a distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of first and second jaw members. One or both of the first and second jaw members is movable relative to the other jaw member from a clamping position to an open position. A resilient member operably couples to at least one of the first and second jaw members. The resilient member is configured to bias the first and second jaw members in the clamping position and provide a closure force on tissue disposed therebetween. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173824 | TISSUE ABLATION WITH IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION - A new method for the ablation of undesirable tissue such as cells of a cancerous or non-cancerous tumor is disclosed. It involves the placement of electrodes into or near the vicinity of the undesirable tissue through the application of electrical pulses causing irreversible electroporation of the cells throughout the entire area of the undesirable tissue. The electric pulses irreversibly permeate the cell membranes, thereby invoking cell death. The irreversibly permeabilized cells are left in situ and are removed by the body immune system. The amount of tissue ablation achievable through the use of irreversible electroporation without inducing thermal damage is considerable. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173825 | DEBRIDEMENT DEVICE HAVING A SPLIT SHAFT WITH BIOPOLAR ELECTRODES - A device includes an inner shaft rotatable within an outer shaft for cutting tissue. Additionally, the device can deliver energy including bipolar radiofrequency energy for sealing tissue which may be concurrent with delivery of fluid to a targeted tissue site. An inner shaft can be formed of two portions separated by an insulating layer. The portions define electrodes for delivery of energy. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173826 | POWER MODULATED ENDOMETRIAL LINING TISSUE ABLATION - A method of ablating endometrial lining tissue, includes delivering radiofrequency power to the endometrial lining tissue of a uterine cavity, and modulating the delivered power so that a measured impedance of the endometrial lining tissue tracks a target impedance as a function of time. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173827 | ELECTROSURGICAL CUTTING INSTRUMENT - An electrosurgical device having a tubular outer shaft and an inner shaft is disclosed. The tubular outer shaft includes an axis and a distal end region. The distal end region includes a distal-most tip and a cutting edge defining a window in the outer shaft proximal along the axis to the distal-most tip. The inner shaft inner shaft coaxially maintained within the outer shaft such that the inner shaft is movable about the axis with respect to the outer shaft and wherein a portion of the inner shaft is exposed in the window of the outer shaft. A first electrode is disposed on the outer shaft in a region proximal along the axis to the window, and a second electrode is electrically isolated from the first electrode and disposed on the inner shaft. The second electrode is exposed in the window of the outer shaft. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173828 | SMALL LOOP ABLATION CATHETER - A catheter system for creating lesions for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias is disclosed that includes a catheter having a distal ablation segment that has an electrode array comprising a plurality of spaced ablation and recording electrode devices arranged in a tight loop configuration that is used to create a series of overlapping loop-shaped ablation footprints to produce a continuous lesion resembling a chain-link configuration. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173829 | TORSION REDUCTION SYSTEM - An apparatus, including an insertion tube having a proximal tube end and a distal tube end that includes an electrode, a first irrigation line including proximal and distal irrigation line ends and configured to supply fluid from the distal irrigation line end through apertures in the tube, and an electrical line including a proximal electrical line end and a distal electric line end coupled to the electrode. The apparatus includes a slip ring unit having a stator, a rotor connected to the proximal electrical line end, and a hollow channel extending through respective centers of the stator and the rotor along a longitudinal axis of the slip ring unit. The apparatus includes a rotary joint in fluid communication with the proximal irrigation line end, an angle sensor configured to detect torsion of the proximal irrigation line end, and a drive mechanism coupled to rotate the rotor responsively to the torsion. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173830 | TREATMENT STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF USE - Catheter based ablation devices, systems, and methods for achieving intraluminal and/or transluminal neuromodulation, stimulation or ablation by intraluminal access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present application, for example, is directed to devices, systems, and methods that incorporate a spiral support frame treatment device on an elongate shaft or as a temporary or permanently implanted therapy device. The elongated shaft is sized and configured to deliver a spiral treatment device to a treatment position via an intravascular path. Intraluminal and transluminal neuromodulation, stimulation or ablation or other therapeutic outcomes may be achieved via energy delivered via the spiral element. One therapy includes modulation of neural fibers that contribute to or alter vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173831 | DYNAMICALLY MATCHED MICROWAVE ANTENNA FOR TISSUE ABLATION - A microwave ablation probe for providing microwave energy to tissue is disclosed. The probe includes a feedline having an inner conductor, a secondary inner conductor, and insulating spacer, and an outer conductor. The inner conductor is slidably disposed within the secondary inner conductor. The feedline also includes a radiating portion having an extruded portion of the inner conductor centrally disposed therein, wherein longitudinal movement of the inner conductor relative to the feedline tunes the radiating portion. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173832 | MICROWAVE ABLATION GENERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A microwave energy delivery and measurement system, including a microwave generator and a microwave energy delivery device, for performing medical procedures, and a remote power coupler system for measuring one or more parameters of the microwave energy signal including a remote RF sensor housed in the microwave energy delivery device and a power coupler processer coupled with the processing unit of the microwave energy delivery device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173833 | REINFORCED HIGH STRENGTH MICROWAVE ANTENNA - A microwave antenna has a radiating portion connected by a feedline to a power generating source, e.g., a generator. Proximal and distal radiating portions of the antenna assembly are separated by a junction member. A reinforcing member is disposed within the junction member to increase structural rigidity. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173834 | DUAL ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH USER-CONTROLLED PHASE SHIFTING - An electrosurgical ablation system includes an energy source adapted to supply energy to an energy delivery device. The energy delivery device includes a handle assembly configured to couple a pair of antennas extending from a distal end thereof to the energy source for application of energy to tissue. A power splitting device is operatively associated with the handle assembly and has an input adapted to connect to the energy source and a pair of output channels operably coupled to the respective pair of antennas. A phase shifter is operatively associated with the handle assembly and is operably coupled to the pair of output channels. The phase shifter is configured to selectively shift a phase relationship between the pair of output channels. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173835 | LIOB BASED SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEM - A skin treatment system comprising a light based skin treatment device ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150173836 | STERILE DRAPES FOR X-RAY DEVICES, SYSTEMS CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - Sterile drapes for C-arm X-ray devices that allow users to easily maintain sterility in a surgical field as the C-arm is rotated or moved around a patient are described. The sterile drape contains a slide rail assembly configured to be connected to a C-arm of an X-ray device that extends from a lower portion of the C-arm to an upper portion of the C-arm, a sterile drape assembly comprising a length of compliant material, the sterile drape assembly configured to be detachably coupled to the upper portion of the C-arm and to the slide rail assembly, and an anchor assembly configured to be connected to the X-ray device at one end and configured to be connected to the sterile drape assembly at the other end so that the anchor assembly draws the sterile drape assembly along the slide rail assembly as the C-arm is rotated. The sterile drape is connected to the X-ray device so that one end of the sterile drape assembly remains in substantially the same position regardless of the movement of the C-arm. Other embodiments are described. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173837 | SURGICAL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - A surgical system can include a surgical probe having a deflectable tip, and a plurality of guide arms that are movable so as to cause the tip to deflect. Thus, the surgical probe can be steered toward a target anatomical location. The surgical system can further include a control system that includes a free floating user interface, and a motion sensor that detects motion of the user interface. The control system is configured to cause the probe tip to deflect in response to the detected motion of the user interface. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173838 | VARIABLE DRIVE FORCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROBOTIC CATHETER SYSTEM - A robotic system includes a bedside system comprising an axial drive mechanism and a rotational drive mechanism. An engagement mechanism engages and disengages a percutaneous device from at least one of the axial drive mechanism and rotational drive mechanism. A remote work station includes a user interface and a control system operatively coupled to the user interface. The control system is configured to communicate a control signal to the engagement mechanism to engage and disengage the percutaneous device from one of the axial drive mechanism and rotational drive mechanism. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173839 | Surgical Instrument Arrangement And Drive Train Arrangement For A Surgical Instrument, In Particular A Robot-Guided Surgical Instrument, And Surgical Instrument - A surgical instrument arrangement has a modular motor drive unit which has a drive arrangement having at least one output element, an instrument shaft that can be detachably connected to the drive unit, and a drive arrangement having at least one input drive element. The output drive arrangement and the input drive arrangement can be coupled to each other by a mechanical interface that has at least one single-sided linkage, a pin, and a cut-out, wherein the pin can be radially expanded in the cut-out. Alternatively, a gap may be formed between the pin and the cut-out, which gap is wavy in the radial direction, and in which a radially displaceable, axially fixed intermediate element arrangement is arranged. The surgical instrument arrangement may also include a sterile barrier, which is provided to envelop the drive unit and to be arranged between the drive unit and the instrument shaft. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173840 | Surgical Instrument Arrangement And Drive Train Arrangement For A Surgical Instrument, In Particular A Robot-Guided Surgical Instrument, And Surgical Instrument - A surgical instrument arrangement has a modular motor drive unit which has a drive arrangement having at least one output element, an instrument shaft that can be detachably connected to the drive unit, and a drive arrangement having at least one input drive element. The output drive arrangement and the input drive arrangement can be coupled to each other by a mechanical interface that has at least one single-sided linkage, a pin, and a cut-out, wherein the pin can be radially expanded in the cut-out. Alternatively, a gap may be formed between the pin and the cut-out, which gap is wavy in the radial direction, and in which a radially displaceable, axially fixed intermediate element arrangement is arranged. The surgical instrument arrangement may also include a sterile barrier, which is provided to envelop the drive unit and to be arranged between the drive unit and the instrument shaft. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173841 | Disposable Sterile Surgical Adaptor - A sterile adaptor, a sterile drape with the integrated sterile adaptor, and a telerobotic surgical system including the sterile drape are provided. The adaptor, drape, and system allow for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system to maintain a sterile barrier between the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile robotic system while also providing an interface for transferring mechanical and electrical energy and signals between a robotic arm and a surgical instrument in the sterile field. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173842 | SKIN TREATMENT APPARATUS - A facial treatment apparatus includes a housing, a facial treatment member mounted to the housing, and dimensioned for application to facial skin of a subject and being actuable to treat the facial skin, a visual display including a facial icon having a plurality of regions corresponding to different areas of the facial skin to be treated by the facial treatment member, an electronic timer adapted to count time associated with a treatment protocol and responsive to actuation of the facial treatment member and a controller associated with the timer and the facial icon and cooperating to visually identify a different region of the facial icon at successive predetermined time intervals of the treatment protocol. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173843 | TRACKING MEDICAL DEVICES - Techniques for tracking medical devices, for instance medical implants, are described herein. Medical devices can be tracked that are, for example, not directly marked with an identifier. In one embodiment, a device tracking application can execute on a computer system. Such a computer system can include one more computing devices that can optionally communicate with each other to send and receive information associated with medical devices. In accordance with one embodiment, a storage object image representative of a storage object is displayed on a display of a computer system. The storage object image can include a plurality of storage location areas that represent a plurality of storage locations within the storage object. Devices can be tracked based on the storage location areas of the storage object image. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173844 | PEDICLE DEPTH MEASURING APPARATUS - A pedicle depth measuring apparatus comprises an outer tubular member comprising a first end and a second end. A head member is joined to the second end. The head member comprises a base surface comprising an opening. An inner member is slidable within the outer tubular member. The inner member comprises a first end and a second end, the second end being slidable through the opening. The second end further comprises a marker disposed at a distal end. The marker comprises a material that is radiographically distinguishable, in which a placement of the marker within a cannulation of a patient's pedicle is observable. An indicator member is operable for indicating a distance between the marker and the base surface, in which the distance indicates a choice of a size of a pedicle screw to be installed for mitigating damage to the patient's nerve root. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173845 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL BOUNDARIES - A method for customizing an interactive boundary based on a patient-specific feature, includes displaying a graphical representation of an implant in virtual coordinate space and displaying a graphical representation of a bone in virtual coordinate space. The method further includes positioning the graphical representation of the implant relative to the graphical representation of the bone based on a user input and extracting reference feature information associated with the virtual representation of the implant. The method further includes mapping the extracted reference feature information to the graphical representation of the bone, receiving information indicative of a positional landmark associated with the bone, and estimating an intersection between the positional landmark and the mapped reference feature. A virtual boundary is generated based, at least in part, on the estimated intersection between the positional landmark and the mapped reference feature. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173846 | MICROSURGERY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IN REAL TIME MAGNIFIED DIGITAL IMAGE SEQUENCES OF AN OPERATED AREA - A system captures and displays video of surgeries. The system may include at least one digital image sensor optically coupled to one or more lenses and configured to capture a video sequence of a scene in a surgery; at least one interface configured to receive at least one region on interest (ROI) of the captured video sequence; an electronic display, selected so that at least one of the digital image sensors has a pixel resolution which is substantially greater than the pixel resolution of the electronic display; and a computer processor configured to: receive the at least one captured video sequence and the at least one received ROI and display over the at least one electronic display a portion of the captured video sequence based on the at least one selected ROI. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173847 | IMAGING MARKER AND UTILIZATION THEREOF - As an imaging marker for generating suitable contrasts in images taken through a plurality of medical diagnostic imaging techniques, a liquid containing a transition metal belonging to any of the fifth to seventh periods of the periodic table or a compound thereof in high concentration and/or high density or a composition containing the liquid is provided. Use of the composition easily generates a suitable contrast in any of the plurality of medical diagnostic imaging techniques. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173848 | IMAGING FIDUCIAL MARKERS AND METHODS - An implantable tissue marker incorporates a contrast agent sealed within a chamber in a container formed from a solid material. The contrast agent is selected to produce a change, such as an increase, in signal intensity under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). An additional contrast agent may also be sealed within the chamber to provide visibility under another imaging modality, such as computed tomographic (CT) imaging or ultrasound imaging. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173849 | ADAPTABLE INTEGRATED ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTROSURGICAL TOOLS IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS - A method for a minimally invasive surgical system is disclosed including reading first tool information from a storage device in a first robotic surgical tool mounted to a first robotic arm to at least determine a first tool type; reading equipment information about one or more remote controlled equipment for control thereof; comparing the first tool information with the equipment information to appropriately match a first remote controlled equipment of the one or more remote controlled equipment to the first robotic surgical tool; and mapping one or more user interface input devices of a first control console to control the first remote controlled equipment to support a function of the first robotic surgical tool. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173850 | DENTAL WATER JET - A dental water jet provides a pressurized water stream for cleaning gums and teeth. The embodiment includes a base unit defining a cavity. The cavity contains a pump, which may move pressurized water from a reservoir to a tip in fluid communication with the pump. A flow control knob may be turned to selectively adjust the water pressure supplied by the tip between a minimum and a maximum value. Fluid may flow from the reservoir and ultimately into the tip to provide oral irrigation and/or cleaning of the teeth, gums, and tongue. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173851 | DENTISTS' PREPARATION INSTRUMENT - Disclosed is a dentists' preparation instrument ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150173852 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING TEETH - An apparatus for treating a tooth or gum tissue is disclosed. The apparatus can include a tooth cap for supporting a treatment device during a treatment procedure. The tooth cap can comprise a platform to support the treatment device. The platform can include an access port to provide a portion of the treatment device with access to a treatment region of the tooth or gum tissue. The tooth cap can also include a wall coupled with and angled relative to the platform, the wall configured to be attached to the tooth or gum tissue during treatment. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173853 | Swaggering Endodontic Instruments - Endodontic instruments are described which have at least a section with a center of mass offset from an axis of rotation so that when the instrument is rotated, the section bends away from the axis of rotation. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173854 | DENTAL ORAL SHIELD DEVICE AND SYSTEM - An oral shield system for protecting an area in a patient's mouth, the system including an oral shield device having a molded body that forms a contoured surface and a pair of wings that extend from the body, and an elongate handle attached to the oral shield device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173855 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FINDING TOOTH FEATURES ON A VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - A method and system are disclosed for finding virtual tooth features on virtual three-dimensional models of the teeth of patients. The tooth features comprise marginal ridges, cusp tips, contact points, central groove and buccal groove. Tooth axes system plays a key role in identifying the tooth features. An iterative method is disclosed for improving the accuracy of the tooth axes system. A virtual three-dimension model preferably obtained by scanning the dentition of a patient forms the basis for determining the tooth features. Tooth features are derived for all categories of teeth including molars, premolars, canines and front teeth. Tooth features are very helpful and used in planning orthodontic treatment. The tooth features are determined automatically using the computerized techniques; and can be manually adjusted when necessary. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173856 | INTRA-ORAL VIBRATING OTHODONTIC DEVICES - A variety of improvements to the vibrating devices for orthodontic remodeling are provided, including a completely intra-oral vibrating bite plate with very thin cross section, and an intra-oral device with snap in electronics that allows the same electronics case to be used with a variety of bite plate sizes. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173857 | VIBRATING DENTAL DEVICES - A variety of improvements to the vibrating devices for dental remodeling are provided, including improved bite plate designs that accommodate common patient bite structure, a connector for a bite plate, a sizing tray for same, as well as better motors providing improved performance characteristics for an extraoral vibrator, and a completely intraoral vibrating dental plate with very thin cross section. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173858 | Self Ligating Orthodontic Bracket Having a Rotatable Member - The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173859 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE WITH LIGATING FEATURE - Provided are improved self-ligating appliances and methods that use a flexible āUā-shaped spring clip slidably engaged to the appliance body and have a cavity located on an outwardly-facing side of the appliance that includes a concave side surface that interrupts a side wall of the slot. The cavity is collectively defined by the body and one leg of the āUā-shaped clip when the clip is in its closed position and has a size sufficient to accommodate the tip of a hand instrument. By providing tactile feedback to the practitioner along surfaces of both the clip and appliance body, the appliance mechanism can be conveniently operated without a line of sight with the cavity. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173860 | SELF-LIGATING ORTHODONTIC BRACKET HAVING UNDERCUTS AND RELATED METHODS - A method of manufacturing an orthodontic appliance may include molding a plurality of green bodies in plurality of molds and coupling the green bodies so as to form an intermediate green body. The orthodontic appliance may be an orthodontic bracket body. The plurality of green bodies may be molded so as to be devoid of any undercut formations. Coupling the plurality of green bodies may form the intermediate green body to include at least one undercut formation. An orthodontic bracket may include an undercut formation not capable of being formed in a single shot molding process and not formed through post-formation processes. The undercut formation may include a guiding track and/or a retaining recess configured to receive a portion of the ligating member. The ligating member may include a flexible ligating portion that overlies the archwire slot and a relatively rigid main body portion. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173861 | LOCKING TAPER ABUTMENT PROVIDED WITH WEAKENED ZONE - A locking taper abutment provided with a weakened zone, having three parts. The first part is disposed in an opening of a dental implant, and connected in a threadless manner. The second part is connected to the first part, and is provided with a structural weakened zone and a protruding portion. The protruding portion is arranged under the structural weakened zone. The third part is connected to the second part for linking a dental prosthesis. The locking taper abutment fractures at the structural weakened zone, and the remaining protruding portion can be directly and easily clamped out with an instrument, without hurting an inner opening wall of the dental implant and without damaging bacterial closure of the dental implant. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173862 | DENTAL SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING CUSTOM PROSTHESES THROUGH SCANNING OF CODED MEMBERS - A set of healing abutments includes a first healing abutment and a second healing abutment. The first healing abutment has an upper surface with a first code thereon. The first code is associated with a size of the first healing abutment. The second healing abutment has an upper surface with a second code thereon. The second code is associated with a size of the second healing abutment. The first healing abutment and the second healing abutment have the same size. The first code is different from the second code. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173863 | BENDABLE PROSTHESIS POST AND ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT METHOD - The present invention relates to a definitive and bendable prosthetic abutment and the corresponding angular adjustment method, belonging to the field of implant dentistry, the method being in particular characterized by a customized mechanical forming process that helps dental surgeons and/or dental prosthesis technologists to orient the exposed part of the abutment with an inclination angle that makes it easier to mount the future prosthetic crown. In a particular embodiment, a definitive prosthetic abutment model comprises a guiding and anchoring segment ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150173864 | ABUTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS - An abutment assembly for dental implants comprising only prefabricated components, which comprises an interface element which is insertable within the interior of an endosseous implant and positionable in abutting relation with the endosseous implant; a coupling element connected to the interface element; an abutment which is engageable with the coupling element and coronally spaced from the interface element, and a screw threadedly engageable with the implant and securable to the abutment, such that one or more dimensions of the coupling element are selectable in accordance with dimensions of an extraction socket associated with the implant, and a disposition of the abutment with respect to the implant is intraorally adjustable. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173865 | CONNECTION OF A PROSTHESIS STRUCTURE WITH AN IMPLANT STRUCTURE - A mounting tool ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150173866 | METHODS FOR PLACING AN IMPLANT ANALOG IN A PHYSICAL MODEL OF THE PATIENT'S MOUTH - A method of placing a dental implant analog in a physical model for use in creating a dental prosthesis is provided. The physical model, which is usually based on an impression of the patient's mouth or a scan of the patient's mouth, is prepared. The model is scanned. A three-dimensional computer model of the physical model is created and is used to develop the location of the dental implant. A robot then modifies the physical model to create an opening for the implant analog. The robot then places the implant analog within the opening at the location dictated by the three-dimensional computer model. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173867 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MAKING DENTAL IMPRESSIONS - The present invention is a method of making a dental impression, having the first step of providing an impression tray filled with a first high viscosity impression material. The second step is to take a first impression by inserting the tray into the patient's mouth over a prepared tooth for the patient to bite and let cure. Thirdly, the tray is removed and a second low viscosity impression material is applied over the prepared tooth. The tray is then reinserted into the mouth over the prepared tooth of the patient in order to take a second impression of the prepared tooth, allowing the hydraulic pressure created by the second impression material to urge the sulcus away from the tooth margin. At this point, the tray is removed from the patient's mouth. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173868 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MIXING AND DISPENSING DENTAL IMPRESSION MATERIALS - An apparatus, system and method for mixing and dispensing dental impression materials is described. A dental impression material mixing machine comprises a water dispenser fluidly coupled to a hollow mixing axle, the mixing axle extending through a pulley, wherein an inner circumference of the hollow mixing axle forms a water conduit and an outer circumference of the hollow mixing axle forms a hub connector, a closeable valve inserted at a water entrance to the water conduit and electronically coupled to a water pump, an electronically commutated motor rotateably coupled to the pulley, wherein the hub connector receives a tubular rotatable hub of a disposable mixing vessel comprising dry dental impression powder, and wherein water is dispensed from the water dispenser into the disposable mixing vessel through the water conduit and hub orifice. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173869 | NON-PRE- COLORED MULTI-LAYER ZIRCONIA DENTAL BLANK THAT HAS A GRADUAL CHANGE IN CHROMA THROUGH A THICKNESS AFTER SINTERING - A dental block for producing a dental prosthesis comprises a green body including zirconia and having a chemical composition including increasing amounts of yttria through a thickness of the green body. The green body is substantially white with a substantially consistent optical characteristic of chroma across the thickness, and is subsequently millable and sinterable to form the dental prosthesis with an optical characteristic of decreasing chroma through a thickness of the dental prosthesis. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173870 | DENTAL SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING CUSTOM PROSTHESES THROUGH SCANNING OF CODED MEMBERS - A virtual three-dimensional model for use in developing a patient-specific prosthesis to be coupled to an implant installed in a mouth of a patient includes one or more virtual teeth, virtual gingival tissue, and a floating virtual proxy abutment. The virtual gingival tissue includes a virtual gingival aperture leading to a location for a virtual implant. The floating virtual proxy abutment is positioned relative to the virtual gingival aperture and is virtually detached from the rest of the virtual three-dimensional model. The floating virtual proxy abutment has known characteristics for determining a location and an orientation for the patient-specific prosthesis to be attached to the implant. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173871 | MAGNETIC ATTACHMENT FOR DENTAL PROSTHESIS - Provided is a magnetic attachment for dental prosthesis, in which a material used for an outer shell which covers a permanent magnet does not become magnetized at an unintended portion to reduce magnetic attraction, and which can be easily manufactured. The magnetic attachment for dental prosthesis includes a permanent magnet structure to be fixed to a denture base, on a side where is to have contact with a residual ridge, wherein the permanent magnet is arranged inside the outer shell, and a keeper including a soft magnetic metal material to be fixed on an upper side of a residual ridge in an oral cavity, in a manner to face the permanent magnet structure, wherein a spacer made of a nonmagnetic metal material forming a part of the outer shell which covers the permanent magnet is fixated to another member which forms the outer shell by means of an adhesive agent. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173872 | REPLACEABLE MULTI-DIRECTIONAL BRUSH HEAD FOR A TOOTHBRUSH AND A METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A brush head including a housing, detachably securable to a handle of a powered toothbrush. A camshaft extends through a cavity defined in the brush head. The camshaft is operatively engaged with a motorized drive shaft in the handle and causes independent movement in tuft blocks provided on a head region of the brush head. Bristle tufts extend outwardly from each tuft block and through an opening defined in the head region. The rotating camshaft causes a first tuft block to reciprocate linearly in a plane disposed at right angles to the longitudinal axis and causes the second tuft block to oscillate about an axis parallel to the housing's longitudinal axis. The bristles on the first block chisel particulate material from the surfaces of the teeth being cleaned; and the bristles on the second block sweep particulate material from those surfaces. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173873 | PERSONAL HYGIENE IMPLEMENT - A personal hygiene implement comprises an axle that extends along a first longitudinal axis; a movable functional element comprising a base comprising a first side and an opposing second side, a first pillar extending from the first side of the base, wherein the first pillar comprises a piston chamber that is fluidly connected to a discharging through-hole, and at least one cleaning element extending from the second side of the base; and a fixation element comprising a piston which extends orthogonally to the first longitudinal axis; wherein the movable functional element is capable of rotatably oscillating around the axle, and the piston chamber engages with the piston to form a pump. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173874 | POWER TOOTHBRUSH WITH A TUNABLE BRUSHHEAD ASSEMBLY SYSTEM - A power toothbrush appliance ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150173875 | VAGINAL INSERT METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173876 | VAGINAL INSERT METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173877 | VAGINAL INSERT METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173878 | VAGINAL INSERT METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173879 | VAGINAL INSERT METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173881 | INCONTINENCE IMPLANT - The invention relates to an implantable actuation mechanism, which can be switched between two stable positions, for an implant which can be switched between states or positions, having a support element which has an assembly plate for support at a bone and having a spring-loaded actuation element which is movable relative to the support element, which extends through the support element and which is connected by means of a cable to an activation part initiating a change between the two positions of the implant and provided at the other side of the support element. In accordance with the invention, the spring-loaded actuation element has a guide ring having more than one prolongation, wherein the prolongations are guided in a guide link such that they can latch into two latch positions defining the aforesaid positions under a spring load. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173882 | Temporary Aids for Deployment and Fixation of Tissue Repair Implants - Novel deployment devices for use as adjuncts with tissue repair implants. The devices are removeably mounted to mesh tissue repair implant devices to manipulate the devices into position and provide for secure fixation about the periphery of such mesh implant devices by providing guide structures such as grooves for directing and positioning a surgical tacking instrument. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173883 | MODIFICATION OF SURFACES FOR SIMULTANEOUS REPELLENCY AND TARGETED BINDING OF DESIRED MOIETIES - Articles, methods of making, and uses for modifying surfaces for simultaneously providing repellency and selective binding of desired moieties are disclosed. The repellant surfaces comprise a substrate and a lubricating layer immobilized over the substrate surface having a lubricating liquid having an affinity with the substrate. The substrate and the lubricating liquid are attracted to each other together by non-covalent attractive forces. The repellent surface further includes a binding group extending over the surface of the lubricating layer and the binding group has an affinity with a target moiety. The lubricating layer and the substrate form a slippery or repellent surface configured and arranged for contact with a material that is immiscible with the lubricating liquid and the immiscible material contains the target moiety. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173884 | EXTENDED ANCHOR ENDOLUMINAL FILTER - Endoluminal filters are disclose with a first support member having a first end and a second end and a second support member attached to the first end of the first support member or the second end of the first support member. The filters also include a material capture structure extending between the first and second support members, a crossover between the first and second support members, and the first end or the second end of the first support member. The filters also include at least one tissue anchor with an elongate portion and a curved portion configured to engage with a lumen wall. The elongate portion has a length greater than a length of the curved portion. Methods for deploying and retrieving endoluminal filters are also disclosed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173885 | SELF-SUPPORTING LAMINATED FILMS, STRUCTURAL MATERIALS AND MEDICAL DEVICES MANUFACTURED THEREFROM AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - Metal foils, wires, and seamless tubes with increased mechanical strength are provided. As opposed to wrought materials that are made of a single metal or alloy, these materials are made of two or more layers forming a laminate structure. Laminate structures are known to increase mechanical strength of sheet materials such as wood and paper products and are used in the area of thin films to increase film hardness, as well as toughness. Laminate metal foils have not been used or developed because the standard metal forming technologies, such as rolling and extrusion, for example, do not lend themselves to the production of laminate structures. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173886 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION - Apparatus for reconstructing a ligament, the apparatus comprising a fixation device for maintaining a graft ligament in a bone hole, the fixation device comprising a fixation screw comprising a body having screw threads formed thereon; and a ligament spacer mounted to the fixation screw, the ligament spacer comprising a canted face disposed opposite the fixation screw; such that the fixation screw and ligament spacer may be advanced into the bone hole with the graft ligament so that the fixation screw and the ligament spacer maintain the graft ligament within the bone hole and the canted face of the ligament spacer is aligned with the adjacent surface of the bone. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173887 | Method And Apparatus For Fixation Of An ACL Graft - A system for use in graft fixation in a knee reconstruction procedure can include a first femoral fixation member adapted to be retained relative to a first end of a femoral tunnel and a first self-locking adjustable flexible member construct having a passage portion with a pair of free ends and a pair of self-locking adjustable loops. The first flexible member construct can be interconnected to the first femoral fixation member. A second femoral fixation member can be coupled to the first flexible member construct and can be adapted to be positioned in the femoral tunnel relative to a second end of the femoral tunnel adjacent a joint space between the femur and a tibia. A second self-locking adjustable flexible member construct having a passage portion with a pair of free ends and a pair of self-locking adjustable loops can be interconnected to the second femoral fixation member. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173888 | Method and Apparatus For Treating Canine Cruciate Ligament Disease - Protheses and methods for treating canine cruciate ligament disease are disclosed comprising placement of a specifically configured implant on the femur or tibia to displace targeted muscle or connective tissue associated with the stifle joint so as to reduce cranial tibial thrust. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173889 | METHODS FOR LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION - Methods and devices are provided for fixing a ligament graft in a bone tunnel. In general, the methods and devices involve affixing a ligament graft within a bone tunnel using an adhesive. A fixation device can be inserted through the ligament graft in a direction transverse to an axis of the tunnel to maintain the ligament graft in contact with the adhesive. The fixation device can be removed when the adhesive is cured such that the ligament graft is fixed in the tunnel. | 2015-06-25 |
20150173890 | MULTI-MODE OPERATING OPTIC FOR PRESBYOPIA CORRECTION - A switchable intraocular lens assembly includes an optic body having a guiding surface, a holding chamber, a blocking channel, and a laser accessible cavity at a portion of the blocking channel. An elastic film is disposed over the guiding surface, wherein the elastic film is sealed at or near the guiding surface periphery forming a transparent chamber between the guiding surface and the elastic film. A laser flowable blocking element has an enlarged head connected to an extension portion, where a length of the extension portion is more than a distance along the blocking channel from the blocking channel opening to the fluidic connection of the transparent chamber. The extension portion of the laser flowable blocking element is disposed inside the blocking channel. An optical fluid is disposed within the holding chamber under a pressure greater or lesser in comparison to a pressure in the transparent chamber. | 2015-06-25 |