| 05th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
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| 20110028918 | WOUND DRESSING - A method and apparatus are disclosed for dressing a wound. The apparatus comprises an absorbent layer for absorbing wound exudate, a liquid impermeable, gas permeable filter layer over the absorbent layer, a cover layer comprising at least one orifice and a first liquid and gas permeable transmission layer underlying the absorbent layer. The transmission layer is in fluid communication with the filter layer. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028919 | DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF WOUNDS AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF WOUND PADS - A device for treatment of wounds using reduced pressure, said device comprising
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| 20110028920 | DEVICE FOR TRATMENT OF WOUND USING REDUCED PRESSURE - A device for treatment of wounds using reduced pressure, comprising
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| 20110028921 | PORTABLE WOUND THERAPY APPARATUS AND METHOD - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for providing topical negative pressure to a wound. One such apparatus comprises a waste canister for collecting and holding wound exudate and at least one pump arranged to urge wound exudate along a flow path from the wound to the waste canister. The pump can be further configured to deliver a single factory set pressure. Accordingly, the pressure delivered to the wound would be determined by the pressure set for the pump along with the parameters associated with the flow path, such as whether a leak or a blockage occurs. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028922 | Female External Incontinence Device - A female external incontinence device includes a housing formed of a soft, pliable, membranous, elastomeric material defining a flange for adhesive securement to the intralabial parameatal surface to create a parameatal seal around the urethral meatus, a urine collection channel and an outlet tube and an applicator having a tray component for holding the housing to facilitate securement of the housing to the intralabial parameatal surface. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028923 | DRAINABLE OSTOMY POUCH - A drainable ostomy pouch includes a collection portion and a drain chute extending from the collection portion having a discharge opening for permitting emptying of contents from the pouch. The drain chute is foldable between an open condition in which the drain chute is extended from the collection portion, and a closed condition in which the drain chute is folded towards the collection portion; and a pocket for receiving at least a portion of the drain chute when the drain chute is in its closed condition. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028924 | DRAINABLE OSTOMY POUCH - A drainable ostomy pouch includes a collection portion and a drain chute portion extending from the collection portion and having a discharge opening for permitting emptying of contents from the pouch. The drain chute is foldable between an open condition in which the drain chute portion is extended from the collection portion, and a closed condition in which the drain chute portion is folded towards the collection portion. At least one flap retains the folded drain chute portion. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028925 | METHOD OF REDUCING URINE ODOR AND ARTICLE FUNCTIONING TO REDUCE URINE ODOR - The object of the present invention is to provide a method of reducing the odor of urine; and an article functioning to reduce the odor of urine. The present invention relates to the method comprising using a compound(s) reactive with aldehydes to thereby reduce the urine odor. Moreover, the present invention relates to the article, especially one for body fluid absorption, which functions to reduce the odor of urine by having compounds reactive with aldehydes to be present in absorption articles. As the compounds reactive with aldehydes, organic amines, organic amine salts, compounds producing organic amines by the reaction with discharges, organic amines, amide compounds, and compounds having a mercapto group can be used. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028926 | Diaper Rash Prevention Apparatus - A diaper rash prevention apparatus includes a single layer enclosure with a flangeless aperture adapted for being placed in direct contact with the skin surrounding the anus for the purpose of directing fecal matter into the single layer enclosure. An adhesive may be disposed about the flangeless aperture to maintain the aperture in direct contact with the skin surrounding the anus. A cover may be releasably coupled over at least one of the flangeless aperture and the adhesive. An applicator may be used to assist in the installation of the single layer enclosure. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028927 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES WITH ADHESIVE PORTION AND PROTRUSIONS - Absorbent articles for personal hygiene comprising an adhesive portion, protrusions, separate from the adhesive portion and folding lines configured so that the article can be folded along the folding lines so that the adhesive portion comes in contact with the protrusions. The articles of the present invention can be packaged in a folded configuration and require less or no release paper or film to protect the adhesive on their garment facing surface. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028928 | ABSORBER FORMING CROSSBRIDGE UPON ABSORBING - Provided are an absorbent and an absorptive article containing the absorbent which has excellent water absorbability and leakage prevention ability, and has an intent to achieve reductions in the weight and thickness of an absorptive article. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028929 | Absorbent Products with Beneficial Indicia - A system for visually identifying the performance level of feminine care pads comprises a first feminine care pad and a second feminine care pad, each having a body-facing surface, a garment-facing surface, and a printed pattern that is visible to a user on at least one of the body-facing surface or the garment-facing surface. The first feminine care pad and the second feminine care pad are related. The second feminine care pad has a higher absorbent capacity level than the first feminine care pad. In addition, the total printed surface area of the printed pattern of the second feminine care pad is greater than the total printed surface area of the printed pattern of the first feminine care pad. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028930 | Surgical instrument for operations on the spinal column - A surgical kit for operations on the spinal column includes a surgical instrument having a handle body, the handle body having a substantially flat portion blended with the body, wherein the substantially flat portion is shaped to urge the gauze for draining a wound. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028931 | INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED ABSORBENT ARTICLE ASSEMBLY - An individually packaged absorbent article assembly including a tri-folded absorbent article having two end portions and an intermediate portion, and a pouch containing the tri-folded absorbent article, the pouch be structured and arranged to enable a user to selectively open the pouch to thereby expose a garment-facing surface of the intermediate portion of the absorbent article prior to exposing a garment facing surface of either of the end portions of the absorbent article. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028932 | INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED ABSORBENT ARTICLE ASSEMBLY - An individually packaged absorbent article assembly including a tri-folded absorbent article having two end portions and an intermediate portion, and a pouch containing the tri-folded absorbent article, the pouch being structured and arranged to enable a user to selectively open the pouch to thereby expose a garment-facing surface of the intermediate portion of the absorbent article prior to exposing a garment-facing surface of either of the end portions of the absorbent article. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028933 | METHOD OF PACKAGING AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND ATTACHING THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE TO AN UNDERGARMENT - A method of individually packaging an absorbent article and attaching the absorbent article to an undergarment including the steps of providing a tri-folded absorbent article having two end portions and an intermediate portion, providing a pouch containing the tri-folded absorbent article, opening the pouch to thereby expose a garment-facing surface of the intermediate portion of the absorbent article prior to exposing a garment facing surface of either of the end portions of the absorbent article. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028934 | Surgical packing devices - Devices and methods are disclosed for achieving hemostasis in patients who have received skin-penetrating wounds to the body in regions such as the shoulder, pelvis, neck, or groin, where standard bandages are difficult to apply and where large blood vessels exist which can hemorrhage severely. Such haemostatic packing devices and methods are especially useful in the emergency, trauma surgery, or military setting. The devices utilize packing pillows that are held in place by rigid structures that can cause the packing pillows to be brought into the wounds and be held in place while the packing pillows are inflated to fill the wounds, prevent bleeding, and tamponade hemorrhaging large blood vessels exposed therein. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028935 | METHOD OF PACKAGING AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND ATTACHING THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE TO AN UNDERGARMENT - A method of individually packaging an absorbent article and attaching the absorbent article to an undergarment including the steps of providing a tri-folded absorbent article having two end portions and an intermediate portion, providing a pouch containing the tri-folded absorbent article, opening the pouch to thereby expose a garment-facing surface of the intermediate portion of the absorbent article prior to exposing a garment facing surface of either of the end portions of the absorbent article. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028936 | Two bar stitch bonded loop fastener for diaper and related method - A tear away diaper fastening system including a segment of loop material having a plurality of outwardly projecting loop elements adapted to engage cooperating hooking elements in juxtaposed contacting relation. The loop material includes a composite sheet of stitch bonded construction including a polymer film substrate layer. A first plurality of yarn elements extends in stitched relation through the substrate layer to define a plurality of parallel stitch lines of flat stitches extending along the machine direction of the sheet material to form a ground layer substantially covering an upper surface of the substrate layer. A second plurality of yarn elements extends in stitched relation through the substrate layer in zigzag crossing relation between parallel needle lines to define a plurality of raised loops extending above the ground layer. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028937 | AUTOMATED FLUID FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM - A system for controlled delivery of medicinal fluid includes a fluid pathway assembly defining a fluid pathway and including means for calculating a first calculated fluid flow rate using gas laws. The fluid pathway assembly has an inline flow sensor element received within the fluid pathway movable in response to fluid flowing in the fluid pathway. A flow control device is removably attached to the fluid pathway assembly and has a sensor for sensing a position of the inline flow sensor element in the fluid pathway, the position of the inline flow sensor element being representative of a second calculated fluid flow rate. The fluid pathway assembly includes a variable flow resistor adjustable to regulate a rate of fluid flow in the fluid pathway assembly. A drive mechanism attached to the flow control device is operably coupled to the variable flow resistor when the flow control device is attached to the fluid pathway assembly. The variable flow resistor is adjustable by the drive mechanism to achieve a target flow rate when the first calculated flow rate and/or the second calculated flow rate differs from the target flow rate. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028938 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF MIGRAINES - Methods for treating a migraine by cooling a patient's nasopharyngeal cavity are described. In one method, a cooling assembly is inserted into a nasal cavity through a patient's nostril. The cooling assembly includes a flexible balloon defining a chamber and a first elongate tubular member having a lumen in fluid communication with the chamber. A liquid having a temperature between about −20° C. and about 37° C. is infused through the lumen of the first elongate tubular member into the chamber, wherein the flexible balloon expands to place it in contact with the nasal cavity. In another method, an elongate member having a plurality of ports is inserted into the nasal cavity. A perfluorocarbon spray and a gas are then delivered onto a surface of the nasal cavity through the plurality of ports. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028939 | TIP END ASSEMBLY - A tip end assembly ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028940 | CO-EXTRUDED POLYMERS OF POLYAMIDE AND POLY-TETRAFLUORO-ETHYLENE (PTFE) IN MEDICAL DEVICES - The present invention refers to medical devices comprising co-extruded polymers of polyamide and poly-tetrafluoro-ethylene (PTFE), especially to tubings, used for constructing catheters like balloon catheters, especially like the inner member (forming the guide wire lumen) of catheters. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028941 | LINEAR OBJECT MANIPULATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MANIPULATION OF LINEAR OBJECT BY OPERATOR - A master includes an externally operated manipulation unit. The master transmits, upon detection of an amount of operation of a catheter and a delivery wire by the manipulation unit, the detected amount of operation to a slave. The slave includes an actuator applying a force in a longitudinal axial direction to a delivery wire or the like according to the applied driving amount to move the delivery wire. The manipulation unit includes a secondary catheter manipulation unit and a delivery wire manipulation unit for operating a catheter and a delivery wire individually, arranged in close proximity at the surface of a casing of the master. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028942 | CATHETER CONNECTOR - To even out the contact pressure acting on a catheter when the catheter is fastened and fixed with a packing of a connector. When body-pressing surfaces of A and B members at which a body of the packing is to be pressed come into contact with the body of the packing and the body starts to be pressed, projections of the packing are pressed with a delay from the pressing of the body because of gaps provided between the projections of the packing and projection-pressing surfaces at which the projections of the packing are to be pressed. Thus, the contact pressure acing on the | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028945 | Device including altered microorganisms, and methods and systems of use - Devices, methods, and systems are described for administration to at least one biological tissue of at least one device including at least one altered microorganism. In an embodiment, the altered microorganism includes at least one nucleic acid construct encoding at least one therapeutic agent. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028946 | Medical Instrument Surgical Display Device - A re-usable medical instrument surgical display device is provided for supporting medical instruments during a surgical procedure. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028947 | Surgical instrument handle with adjustable actuator position - A surgical instrument handle operates a microsurgical instrument on a surgical instrument head by manipulation of the instrument handle. The instrument handle has an elongate center rod with a ring mounted on the rod for reciprocating movement. The ring is operatively associated with the surgical instrument head for operation of the microsurgical instrument of the head. A plurality of resilient arms extend along the length of the rod and engage against a sliding surface of the ring. The inward and outward movement of the plurality of arms reciprocates the ring on the handle rod to cause operation of the surgical instrument head. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028948 | Optical System for Ophthalmic Surgical Laser - A laser system for ophthalmic surgery includes a laser source to produce a pulsed laser beam, an XY scanner to scan the pulsed laser beam in XY directions transverse to a Z axis, a Z scanner, to scan the XY scanned laser beam along the Z axis, and an objective, to focus the XYZ scanned laser beam into a target region. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028949 | Optical System for Ophthalmic Surgical Laser - A laser delivery system for ophthalmic surgery includes a laser engine, configured to generate a laser beam, an optical block, to receive the laser beam generated by the laser engine and to precompensate an aberration of the laser beam, and an XY scanner, to receive, directly or indirectly, the precompensated laser beam outputted by the optical block and to scan the laser beam in a direction essentially transverse to an optical axis of the laser delivery system. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028950 | Optical System for Ophthalmic Surgical Laser - A laser system for ophthalmic surgery includes a laser source to produce a surgical pulsed laser beam, an XY scanner to scan the surgical pulsed laser beam in XY transverse directions, a Z scanner, to scan the XY scanned laser beam along a Z axis, an objective, to focus the XYZ scanned beam into a focal spot in a target region, and a computational controller, to use a computational process to control at least one of the Z scanner and the XY scanner, to control an optical distortion of the focused scanned beam. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028951 | Optical System with Movable Lens for Ophthalmic Surgical Laser - An eye-surgical laser system includes a laser source, to generate a laser beam, an XY scanner, to scan a focal spot of a received laser beam in an XY direction essentially transverse to an optical axis of the laser system, and a lens group, disposed in the optical path between the laser source and the XY scanner, to receive the laser beam generated by the laser source, to precompensate an aberration of the laser beam, and to forward the precompensated laser beam to the XY scanner, the lens group having a movable lens, movable in a Z direction along an optical axis. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028952 | Optical System with Multiple Scanners for Ophthalmic Surgical Laser - An ophthalmic surgical laser system includes a laser engine, to generate a laser beam, a first Z scanner, to receive the generated laser beam, and to scan a focal spot of the laser system over a first Z interval along an optical axis of the laser system an XY scanner, to receive the laser beam output by the first Z scanner, and to scan the focal spot of the laser system in a direction essentially transverse to the optical axis of the laser system, and a second Z scanner, to receive the scanned laser beam from the XY scanner, and to scan the focal spot of the laser system over a second Z interval along the optical axis of the laser system. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028953 | Optical System for Ophthalmic Surgical Laser - A laser system for ophthalmic surgery includes a laser source, to generate a pulsed laser beam, an XY scanner, to receive the pulsed laser beam, and to output an XY-scanning beam, scanned in two directions transverse to a Z axis, a Z scanner, to receive the XY-scanning beam, and to output an XYZ-scanning beam, scanned in addition along the Z axis, the Z scanner including a first lens group to output a beam having an intermediate focal plane, and a movable lens group to receive the beam through the intermediate focal plane and to collimate the beam in a variable manner, and an objective to receive the collimated beam from the Z scanner and to focus the beam into a focal spot in a target region. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028954 | Optical System for Ophthalmic Surgical Laser - A laser system for ophthalmic surgery includes a laser source to generate a pulsed laser beam, an XY scanner to receive the pulsed laser beam and to output an XY-scanning beam, scanned in two directions transverse to a Z direction, a Z scanner in a scanner housing to receive the XY-scanning beam and to output an XYZ-scanning beam scanned additionally in the Z direction, a mirror to deflect the XYZ-scanning beam received from the Z scanner, and an objective, in an objective housing, to receive the deflected XYZ-scanning beam and to focus the received XYZ-scanning beam onto a target region, wherein the scanner housing is separate from the objective housing. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028955 | Optical System For Ophthalmic Surgical Laser - A laser system for ophthalmic surgery includes a laser engine to generate a pulsed laser beam, and an XY scanner, to receive the generated pulsed laser beam, and to output a scanning laser beam, the XY scanner including an X scanner, including two X scanning minors, and a Y scanner, including two Y scanning minors. The XY scanner can modify essentially independently an angle the outputted scanning laser beam makes with an optical axis, and a position at which the outputted scanning laser beam intersects a subsequent reference plane perpendicular to the optical axis. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028956 | Method For Stabilizing Delivered Laser Energy - Systems and methods provide for stabilizing the amount of laser energy delivered to a target from a laser device. Generally, delivered laser energy is measured over multiple laser pulses or over time in the case of a constant wave laser. A decrease is then calculated in the delivered energy, the decrease being caused by accumulation of one or more substances, such as ozone, along the laser beam delivery path due to passage of the laser beam along the path. Using this calculated decrease, a laser device may be adjusted to compensate for the decrease in delivered energy due to the accumulated substance(s), thus stabilizing the amount of energy delivered to the target. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028957 | Optical System for Ophthalmic Surgical Laser - A laser system for ophthalmic surgery includes a laser source to produce a surgical pulsed laser beam, an XY scanner to XY scan the surgical pulsed laser beam in transverse directions, a Z scanner, to Z scan the XY scanned surgical laser beam along an optical axis, one or more auxiliary optical unit, generating auxiliary light, and an objective, to provide a shared optical pathway for the XYZ scanned surgical laser beam and the auxiliary light through an objective lens group into a surgical target region, wherein the lenses of the objective lens group do not move relative to each other, and the objective has no dynamic Z scanning function. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028958 | Optical System for Ophthalmic Surgical Laser - An ophthalmic laser system includes a laser source, to generate a pulsed laser beam, an XY scanner, to receive the pulsed laser beam, and to output an XY-scanning beam, scanned in two directions essentially transverse to an optical axis, and a multi-functional Z scanner, to receive the XY-scanning beam, to output an XYZ-scanning beam, having a numerical aperture NA and a focal spot in a target region, and to modify the numerical aperture NA essentially independently from scanning a Z focal depth of the focal spot along the optical axis. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028959 | Surgical Apparatus and Method for Performing Minimally Invasive Surgery - An apparatus for performing minimally invasive surgery, for example, percutaneous minimally invasive capsulotomy surgery. The apparatus includes a shaft, a blunt tip, a flange, an energy conductor and an active surgical element, which may be a cutting or heating element. The shaft has a first end and a second end and is generally stiff with a degree of flexure; the shaft may be curved along at least a substantial part of its length to facilitate navigating the blunt tip within a patient's body. The blunt tip is at the second end of the shaft and may be larger in diameter than the shaft and with a recessed area along a surface of the blunt tip. The flange is located at the second end of the shaft and is configured to receive a device that delivers energy, which may be in the form of heat, laser light, radio-frequency, or electricity. The energy conductor is disposed along the length of the shaft from the second end of the shaft to the recess, the energy conductor configured to conduct the energy. The active surgical element, whether it be a cutting or heating element, is located within the recessed area of the blunt tip and coupled to the energy conductor and is configured to make incisions in response to receiving the energy. Also disclosed are methods for performing various surgical procedures using the surgical apparatus, including percutaneous minimally invasive capsulotomy surgery. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028960 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING PRESSURE LEVELS IN AN INTER-EXPANSION-ELEMENT SPACE OF A CRYOABLATION SYSTEM - A cryoablation catheter assembly includes a catheter having a coolant outtake region and receives a guide tube and a coolant transfer tube. The coolant transfer tube receives and transfers coolant from a coolant source to an expansion element coupled to a distal portion of the catheter. The expansion element includes an outer layer disposed over an inner layer such that the expansion element defines an inter-expansion-element space between the inner layer and the outer layer and an intra-expansion-element space within the inner layer. The intra-expansion-element space is in fluid communication with the coolant outtake region and the coolant transfer tube. The inter-expansion-element space is in fluid communication with a fluid pathway that transfers fluids to a fluid-drawing source. A pressure regulation system is disposed along the fluid pathway and passively regulates the pressure in the inter-expansion-element space using at least one check valve. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028961 | EMERGENCY PRESERVATION AND RESUSCITATION METHODS - Provided are methods for inducing preservation in a patient and resuscitating that patient. At least three hours of preservation, with successful resuscitation, are realized using the methods described herein. The methods involve flushing a patient with an oxygenated, cold-flush solution, such as normal saline, having an energy source. The patient may be cooled to deep or profound hypothermia to induce preservation. The patient may be resuscitated by warming to from about 33° C. to about 36° C., and then may be slowly warmed over a 24 to 72 hour period to normothermia. Kits for inducing preservation also are provided. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028962 | ADJUSTABLE PULMONARY VEIN ABLATION CATHETER - A medical device is provided, including an elongate body defining a lumen therethrough; a shaft extending through the lumen; and an electrode array coupled to the elongate body at a first end and coupled to the shaft at a second end, where linear manipulation of the shaft causes the electrode array to transition from a first geometric configuration to a second configuration, and where rotational manipulation of the shaft causes the electrode array to transition from the second geometric configuration to a third configuration. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028963 | Power Level Transitioning in a Surgical Instrument - An electrosurgical system and method are disclosed. The system includes an electrosurgical generator adapted to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue. The generator is further adapted to supply an electrosurgical signal at a variable power level. The generator includes sensor circuitry adapted to sense tissue impedance and/or an electrosurgical signal zero crossing. The generator also includes a controller, which may include a microprocessor, that is adapted to receive a tissue impedance signal and/or a waveform zero crossing signal. The controller is configured to monitor tissue impedance, and in response to a threshold value of impedance being reached, to cause a power level of the electrosurgical energy to transition from a first power level to a second power level. The slew rate of the power transition may be in accordance with a transition function, such as a cosine function. The power transition may additionally or alternatively be performed during, or correlated with, an electrosurgical signal zero crossing. The system also includes an electrosurgical instrument including at least one active electrode adapted to apply electrosurgical energy to tissue for treatment. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028964 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A bipolar electrosurgical instrument ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028965 | Fluid-Assisted Electrosurgical Devices, Electrosurgical Unit With Pump And Methods Of Use Thereof - The invention provides an electrosurgical unit comprising a radio-frequency power source and a pump, with the throughput of fluid expelled by the pump controlled by the RF power level setting and fluid flow rate setting. The invention also provides various electrosurgical devices which may be used with the electrosurgical unit. In one embodiment, the electrosurgical device comprises a first electrode tip spaced next to a second electrode tip with a portion of the first electrode tip facing the second electrode tip and a portion of the second electrode tip facing the first electrode tip, the first electrode tip and the second electrode tip both having a spherical distal end, and a fluid outlet arrangement to expel fluid onto the electrode tips solely at locations remote from the electrode tip portions facing each other. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028966 | MONO-PHASIC ACTION POTENTIAL ELECTROGRAM RECORDING CATHETER, AND METHOD - Catheters and methods for obtaining monophasic action potential (“MAP”) electrograms include a flexible catheter body defining a longitudinal axis, and a distal assembly affixed to the catheter body distal end defining a distal tip. The distal assembly has at least three MAP recording electrodes, and at least one reference electrode for determining reference potential. The recording electrodes are each positioned a radial distance from the longitudinal axis in at least three different radial directions, defining a recording geometry substantially having radial symmetry. The reference electrode is a longitudinal distance from the recording geometry. Optional features include a steerable catheter shaft, one or more radio-frequency ablation electrodes, and a dedicated pacing electrode. Different possible embodiments include a dome housing having the recording electrodes in a fixed spatial arrangement, and a distal loop assembly having an array of electrodes on at least three flexible loop elements. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028967 | CHARACTERIZING ABLATION LESIONS USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with characterizing Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) lesions using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) are described. One example method includes acquiring an OCT signal from a Region Of Interest (ROI) in an ablated material. The example method may also include determining whether a lesion was formed by the ablation by analyzing optical properties of the ROI as recorded in the OCT signal. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028968 | Surgical Ablation and Pacing Device - A surgical device has an integral first tip having pair of electrodes configured to ablate tissue using electric energy. A second tip has a pair of electrodes configured to provide pacing signals to a heart and/or to sense electrical signals passing through heart tissue. The second tip is configured to snap onto the first tip, such that the same device may be used for ablation, pacing, and sensing. Alternatively, the second tip may be integral with the device and the first tip configured to snap onto the second tip. Alternatively, a single integral tip of the surgical device may be used for ablation, pacing, and sensing. Such a multipurpose tip may comprise a plurality of electrode pairs or an array of electrodes. A user interface on the device or elsewhere may be operable to provide selectable modes for selectively varying properties of signals communicated to the electrodes. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028969 | Connection Cable and Method for Activating a Voltage-Controlled Generator - A connection cable is disclosed for controlling a voltage-controlled generator such as an electrosurgery generator from a controlling device such as a robotic surgery system. The cable includes a first connector adapted to connect to a voltage-controlled generator and a second connector adapted to connect to a controlling device. Within the cable is a voltage divider interdisposed between the first connector and the second connector. The voltage divider is configured to divide a reference voltage provided by the voltage-controlled generator into at least one control voltage which is selectable by the controlling device. The cable additionally includes a plurality of electrical wires which operatively connect the first connector, the second connector and the voltage divider. During robotic electrosurgery, said operating parameters can be actuated by a surgeon operating at the robotic surgical system console, which causes a corresponding control voltage to be switched to a control voltage input on an electrosurgery generator, which, in turn, generates a corresponding electrosurgical signal in response thereto. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028970 | ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING AND MODIFYING TISSUE - The present invention provides systems, apparatus and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to body tissue in order to ablate, contract, coagulate, or otherwise modify a tissue or organ of a patients. An electrosurgical apparatus includes an electrode support bearing an active electrode in the form of a plasma blade or hook having an active edge and first and second blade sides. The active edge is adapted for severing a target tissue via localized molecular dissociation of tissue components. The first and second blade sides are adapted for engaging against, and coagulating, the severed tissue. A method of the present invention comprises positioning an electrosurgical probe adjacent to the target tissue so that a blade- or hook-like active electrode is brought into at least close proximity to the target tissue in the presence of an electrically conductive fluid. A high frequency voltage is applied between the active electrode and a return electrode to effect cool ablation or other modification of the target tissue. During application of the high frequency voltage, the electrosurgical apparatus may be translated, reciprocated, or otherwise manipulated such that the active edge is moved with respect to the tissue. The present invention volumetrically ablates or otherwise modifies the target tissue with minimal or no damage to surrounding, non-target tissue. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028971 | TREATMENT SYSTEM, TREATMENT INSTRUMENT, AND METHOD FOR TREATING LIVING TISSUE BY USE OF ENERGY - A treatment system includes a seal member, a maintaining member and a control section, and is configured to exert energy to a living tissue to treat the living tissue. The seal member is configured to join a sealed region which seals desirable regions of at least two living tissues when the energy is exerted to the sealed region. The maintaining member is configured to maintain the living tissues in the vicinity of the sealed region being brought into contact with each other when the energy is exerted to the living tissues. The control section is configured to offset energy output timings of the seal member and the maintaining member. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028972 | Decompressive Craniotomy fixation device - The invention provides a method and apparatus for cranial fixation following a craniotomy and treatment for increased intracranial pressure. The cranial fixation device comprises two heads connected by a telescopic extension with one head attached to the skull and the other to the bone flap. The telescopic extension provides constrained movement of the bone flap relative to the skull to accommodate an increase in the intracranial pressure. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028973 | Cranial fixation device - A cranial fixation system and method are provided. The system includes two heads slidably connected with telescopic extensions and a spring or an elastomeric flexible component. The two heads are maintained in a distracted position by a locking mechanism until ready for cranial implantation. Once implanted, the locking mechanism is disengaged, thereby allowing the heads to compress towards each other by the spring and approximate the cranial bone flap to the skull. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028974 | DEVICE FOR REDUCING A BONE FRACTURE - The present invention relates to a device for reducing a bone fracture ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028975 | CLIVUS PLATE - The present disclosure generally relates to a fixation device for positioning and immobilizing at least two adjacent vertebrae. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an anterior clivus plate that immobilizes at least two adjacent vertebrae. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028976 | Impact-Driven Intraosseous Needle - An apparatus for penetrating a bone marrow of a bone is provided. The apparatus includes a housing comprising a handle and a trigger mechanism, a spring-loaded assembly comprising a rod and a shaft; and a connector comprising a first end operable to connect to the drive shaft and a second end operable to attach to a penetrator hub. The penetrator hub includes a penetrator operable to access the bone marrow. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028977 | ORTHOPAEDIC REAMER - An orthopaedic reamer is provided for preparing a bone socket, such as the glenoid of the scapula, to receive a prosthetic glenoid component. The orthopaedic reamer includes an elongate shaft and an oblong cutting head, such as a cutting head having an oval or elliptical shape. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028978 | Transpedicular Intervertebral Disk Access Methods and Devices - Methods and devices for treating diseases and conditions that change the spacial relationship between the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks, or that cause instability of the vertebral column, or both, and a method and devices that allow the surgeon to access the intervertebral space to restore a more normal three-dimensional configuration of the space, with or without additionally fusing two adjacent vertebrae. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028979 | Spinal Implant Clearing Gouge - A surgical gouge for clearing bone and soft tissue from around a previously implanted rod during a surgical operation. The gouge includes an elongate handle with a distally positioned cutting member at one end. The cutting member has a rod capture arm with an arcuate surface generally conforming to the cylindrical shape of the rod. The cutting member further having a curved leading cutting blade extending over and about the rod capture arm. The curved leading cutting blade configured so as to create a trough between the inside surface of the curved leading cutting blade and the rod capture arm to capture any cut bone and/or soft tissue from around the rod as the gouge is rotated about the rod. The curved cutting blade having a distal end sharpened at its distal edge to enable the user to cut away bone and soft tissue from around the rod. It may also be desirable for the distal end to have sharpened side edges to assist in cutting away the bone and soft tissue that have built up about the rod. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028980 | HIGH PRESSURE SURGICAL SYSTEM - An instrument for performing a medical procedure includes a drive shafts a holding clutch, a drive clutch, and an actuator. The holding clutch only allows advancement of the drive shaft, while the drive clutch transfers an advancement force from the actuator to the drive shaft. The dual clutch system allows a lever to be used as the actuator so that a user can generate large actuation forces manually (and optionally remotely) without significant physical effort. This capability can beneficially improve the usability and effectiveness of percutaneous surgical systems, such as those for vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028981 | BONE GRAFT MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE - A bone void measuring apparatus includes a compliant inflatable member adapted for disposal with bone adjacent soft tissue. The bone has a bone defect surface that defines a bone defect cavity. A lumen is connected to the inflatable member and a fluid source for communication therebetween. The inflatable member receives a fluid of the fluid source for compliant inflation in a configuration such that outer surface of the inflatable member engagingly conforms to the bone defect surface and avoids displacement of the adjacent soft tissue to measure a volume of the bone defect cavity. The measured volume of the bone defect cavity is equivalent to a volume of bone void filler configured for introduction to the bone defect cavity. Methods of use are also disclosed. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028982 | Device for Insertion of a Cannula of an Infusion Device and Method - A device for inserting a needle used to introduce a cannula can include a housing including a closed end, an open end, and an arm including a tab extending from the open end, and a sleeve configured to be placed against the patient's skin, the sleeve defining a slot extending along a length of the sleeve, and a barb positioned adjacent to an end of the slot. The slot is sized to receive at least a portion of the arm and the tab of the housing so that the arm and the tab of the housing slides within the slot as the housing is moved relative to the sleeve, and the barb is positioned to engage the tab of the housing to limit movement of the housing relative to the sleeve. The device can also include a threaded portion of the housing extending towards the closed end of the housing. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028983 | OCULAR IMPLANT WITH STIFFNESS QUALITIES, METHODS OF IMPLANTATION AND SYSTEM - Described herein are devices and methods for treating eye conditions. Described is an ocular implant including an elongate member having an internal lumen forming a flow pathway, at least one inflow port communicating with the flow pathway, and at least one outflow port communicating with the flow pathway. The elongate member is adapted to be positioned in the eye such that at least one inflow port communicates with the anterior chamber, at least one outflow port communicates with the suprachoroidal space to provide a fluid pathway between the anterior chamber and the suprachoroidal space when the elongate member is implanted in the eye. The elongate member has a wall material imparting a stiffness to the elongate member. The stiffness is selected such that after implantation the elongate member deforms eye tissue surrounding the suprachoroidal space forming a tented volume. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028984 | RAPID EXCHANGE ENTERAL STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - Devices for palliating gastrointestinal strictures using rapid exchange type enteral stent placement catheters. The catheter may include an inner member and an outer member, with the two members being slidable with respect to one another. In various device embodiments, a ramp for directing a guidewire out from within the catheter is provided using portions of the outer member or a shaped mandrel. The inner member may take a number of forms, including a tubular distal portion, a skived or integrally attached elongate midsection, and a proximal portion. A mandrel can be used in a portion proximal of the guidewire ramp, with the mandrel taking one of several disclosed forms. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028985 | CONDUIT DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTING A CONDUIT DEVICE IN A TISSUE WALL - Various embodiments of the present invention provide a conduit device including an attaching device configured for defining a helical pathway through a tissue wall and complementary ring in cooperation for securing the device within an aperture defined in the tissue wall. Some embodiments of the present invention further provide a system for implanting a conduit device in a tissue wall. More specifically, some embodiments provide a system including a coring device for defining an aperture in a tissue by removing and retaining a tissue core and securely implanting a conduit device therein so as to provide fluid communication between a first and second surface of the tissue wall via the conduit device. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028986 | EUSTACHIAN TUBE DEVICE AND METHOD - Devices are provided for insertion into a Eustachian tube of an animal, e.g., a human being. The devices may include an insertable member, an immobilizing means and a fluid-communication providing means. The member has opposing surfaces and is formed at least in part from a biocompatible material that is degradable. The fluid-communication providing means is effective to provide sufficient fluid communication between the opposing surfaces of the insertable member to effect pressure equilibration therebetween. The immobilizing means is effective to immobilize the device within the Eustachian tube for a predetermined period. Also provided are kits that include the device and methods for inserting the device into a Eustachian tube. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028987 | Medical retrieval device with frangible basket - The invention relates to a medical retrieval device with a basket that has at least one leg that is frangible (i.e., easily breakable) and/or able to dissociate from at least one other leg upon the application of a predetermined force to the basket. The invention allows an operator to release captured material (e.g., a stone) from the basket when the device is still inserted in the body. In an embodiment, the basket legs associate by a magnetic interaction that can be overcome by applying a predetermined force to the basket. In another embodiment, at least a portion of at least one basket leg is made from, or coated with, a substance that is adhesive or that joins at least two legs together when the substance is solid but which melts, dissolves or weakens upon the application of an electrical, thermal or chemical change. In yet another embodiment, the invention provides a basket with at least two legs that are joined together by a joining member that can break, or from which one or more legs can dissociate, upon the application of a predetermined force. In yet another embodiment, the invention provides a basket with at least two legs that are joined together by a joining member by means of at least one shear pin that can break upon the application of a predetermined force. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028988 | SELECTIVE COMPLIANCE WIRE ACTUATED MOBILE PLATFORM, PARTICULARLY FOR ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL DEVICES - A wire-operated selective compliance mobile platform ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028989 | NAVIGATION USING SENSED PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA AS FEEDBACK - A method for controlling a remote navigation system to navigate a medical device in an operating region in a subject is provided, comprising operating the remote navigation system to bring a sensor carried on a medical device successively into a plurality of locations in a predetermined pattern, and using the sensor to sense a physiological property of the subject in each location. At least once thereafter, the method operates the remote navigation system to bring a sensor carried on a medical device successively into a series of locations in a predetermined pattern relative to at least one location selected from the predetermined pattern in the immediately preceding step based upon the sensed physiological property value, and uses the sensor to sense the physiological property in each location. The method automatically determines the location of a local extreme value of the sensed physiological property, and may be selectively used to locate a maximum value of the sensed physiological property or a minimum of the sensed physiological property. The method may be utilized for sensing one or more physiological properties such as a magnitude of an electrical signal, a conductivity, a temperature, a fluid flow rate or a fluid velocity, or a range of motion of a surface. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028990 | Multi-Component Telepresence System and Method - The present invention provides systems and methods for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient. In particular, a three-component surgical system is provided that includes a non-sterile drive and control component, a sterilizable end effector or surgical tool and an intermediate connector component that includes mechanical elements for coupling the surgical tool with the drive and control component and for transferring motion and electrical signals therebetween. The drive and control component is shielded from the sterile surgical site, the surgical tool is sterilizable and disposable and the intermediate connector is sterilizable and reusable. In this manner, the intermediate connector can be sterilized after a surgical procedure without damaging the motors or electrical connections within the drive and control component of the robotic system. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028991 | Cardiac Tissue Ablation Instrument with Flexible Wrist - An articulate minimally invasive surgical instrument with a flexible wrist to facilitate the safe placement and provide visual verification of the ablation catheter or other devices in Cardiac Tissue Ablation (CTA) treatments is described. In one embodiment, the instrument is an endoscope which has an elongate shaft, a flexible wrist at the working end of the shaft, and a vision scope lens at the tip of the flexible wrist. The flexible wrist has at least one degree of freedom to provide the desired articulation. It is actuated and controlled by a drive mechanism located in the housing at the distal end of the shaft. The articulation of the endoscope allows images of hard-to-see places to be taken for use in assisting the placement of the ablation catheter on the desired cardiac tissue. The endoscope may further include couplings to releasably attach an ablation device/catheter or a catheter guide to the endoscope thereby further utilizing the endoscope articulation to facilitate placement of the ablation catheter on hard-to-reach cardiac tissues. In another embodiment, the articulate instrument is a grasper or any other instrument with a flexible wrist and a built-in lumen to allow an endoscope to insert and be guided to the distal end of the instrument. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028992 | SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR GUIDING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - The invention relates to a surgery assistance system for guiding a surgical instrument, in particular a camera system ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028993 | MATERIAL FOR MECHANICAL SKIN RESURFACING TECHNIQUES - An article useful for mechanical skin resurfacing techniques is suitable for transferring mechanical energy from a handheld device to skin placed in contact with the article. The article may be characterized by its Durable Abrasiveness, Compressibility, Displacement, and/or surface roughness. The article may be formed of a fibrous structure having a first major surface having associated therewith an adhesive system and a second major surface, generally opposite the first major surface. The second major surface is arranged and configured to reversibly engage a fastener of a motion-generating unit. The invention also relates to a coupling device for coupling a motorized apparatus to a disposable skin-contactable element. The coupling device includes a water-resistant first attachment and a second attachment for releasably affixing said article to a surface of the motion generation unit. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028994 | ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER - An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue includes an actuator at least partially disposed within a body and longitudinally movable in response to actuation of a handle portion. The apparatus includes a jaw closure member positioned adjacent the first and second jaw portions to move the jaw portions to the approximated position and a rack having ratchet teeth connected to the actuator. The apparatus includes a pawl engaging a series of ratchet teeth and capable of preventing an inadvertent return of the actuator before full actuation of the apparatus. A clip pusher incrementally moves distally each time a clip is released from the apparatus. When the clip pusher reaches a predetermined distal point in a clip carrying channel, a feed bar is deflected to a second position to prevent retraction but not advancement of the actuator and thereby manipulates the pawl to engage the ratchet teeth. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028995 | Surgical Puncture Cinch and Closure System - A system for forming a purse string suture, including a suture applicator having a proximal handle having a suture spool mounted thereon or in an internal chamber. A length of suture is partly wound on the spool, and a hollow suture needle extends from a distal end of the handle and contains a free end of the length of suture. The suture needle projects distally from the handle in a helical shape and terminates in a sharp distal tip with an opening in one side close to the distal tip. The free end of the length of suture may extend out of the distal tip and back into the hollow suture needle through the opening. The suture needle may have a deflection segment adjacent the distal tip that is more flexible than the rest of the helical distal portion of the suture needle. A linear hollow pivot shaft extends from a distal end of the handle substantially along an axis of the helical distal portion of the suture needle. The pivot shaft has a blunt tip with a substantially larger radial profile than the shaft to prevent puncturing tissue. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028996 | Tissue Connector Apparatus and Methods - Tissue connector assemblies having at least two piercing members, each releaseably coupled to a surgical fastener such as a surgical clip. A flexible member such as a suture may be used to couple one or both piercing members to respective ends of the fastener. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028997 | BONE ANCHOR INSERTION DEVICE - A bone anchor insertion device comprises a handle, a nosepiece connected to a distal end of the handle, a bone anchor connected to the nosepiece, and an actuator disposed on the handle for deploying the bone anchor, which suture is also fixed to a portion of soft tissue to be attached to a portion of bone. A suture ratchet or tensioning mechanism is disposed in the handle for tensioning suture which is associated with the bone anchor. This mechanism permits precise tensioning, while also permitting one-handed operation, thereby allowing the practitioner to use his or her other hand for other activities, such as camera operation or the like. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028998 | BI-DIRECTIONAL SUTURE PASSER - A bi-directional suture passing instrument configured to approach soft tissues perpendicularly, enables safer and more efficient surgical repairs and minimally invasive techniques to be employed, useful in areas such as annulus repair, meniscal repair, shoulder arthroscopy, hernia repair, laproscopic repair, and wound closure. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110028999 | PLACING SUTURES - A suturing instrument including multiple needle and suture assemblies that are at least partially disposed within the suturing instrument allows a surgeon to place multiple sutures intercorporally without having to remove the instrument from a surgical site and reload the instrument between placing each suture. The suturing instrument includes an elongate body member that includes a distal portion defining an opening. The suturing instrument further includes a first needle disposed within the opening, a second needle disposed within the opening, and a needle deployment mechanism disposed at least partially within the elongate body member and connectable sequentially to the first needle and the second needle. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029000 | IN VIVO SUTURE ASSEMBLIES - Disclosed is a suturing assembly for suturing in vivo tissue. The suturing assembly comprises a first suture thread positioned along a first surface of an in vivo tissue having a first surface and a second surface and at least one suture needle configured to pass through in vivo tissue. The suturing assembly additionally comprises a suture catch located on at least one side of the at least one suture needle, the suture catch configured to releasably catch the suture and draw the suture through the in vivo tissue during a first passage through the in vivo tissue such that the suture is formed into a first loop on a surface of the in vivo tissue. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029001 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANNULUS TREATMENT - A system for treating an intervertebral disc includes a plurality of self-closing clips including a first clip and a second clip being deployable adjacent to an opening of the intervertebral disc. The first clip and the second clip are fixed with tissue about the opening and configured to prevent undesired cutting or tearing of the tissue. The clips are disposed in a configuration to facilitate closure of the opening. A suture member is connected to the first clip and the second clip in a configuration such that the suture member is manipulable to draw the opening to a closed position. A locking part is connected to the suture member and is configured to maintain the opening in the closed position. Methods of use are also disclosed. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029002 | PROSTHESIS ATTACHMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SOFT TISSUE INTEGRATING SEAL - A method and apparatus for reducing the incident of infection proximate to an exit site where a prosthesis fastener, e.g., a bone screw, percutaneously penetrates a patient's skin/soft tissue. Infection reduction is achieved in accordance with the invention by growing a tissue integrating seal around the fastener proximate to the exit site. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029003 | System and Method of Laparoscopic Use of Hemostatic Patch - The present disclosure includes systems and a method for in situ application of a surgical patch during minimally invasive surgery. The method includes the steps of inserting a surgical patch into a bag; transferring a polymeric bag containing a hemostatic patch into a body cavity; removing the surgical patch from the polymeric bag while the polymeric bag is within the body cavity; and applying the surgical patch to a tissue within the body cavity. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029004 | Tongue cleaning system - A tongue cleaning system uses a disposable glove mitt that has a plurality of mild abrasive strips on the palm facing side of the glove. The user wears the glove mitt and moves the glove up and down on the tongue. The abrasive strips effectively remove food particles which may be decaying while embedded in the crevices of the tongue surface. Also removed are any bio-film that is present. Food taste and oral hygiene are improved, and breath becomes sweet. The tongue cleaning system is disposed after a single use. It may be used anywhere, anytime without the need for water. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029005 | ANTERIOR CAPSULOTOMY DEVICE AND PROCEDURE - A device for performing an anterior capsulotomy procedure and a method using the same is presented. The device includes a body having a rotatable cutting element rotatably disposed on the proximal end. The cutting element further includes multiple surgical blades. In certain embodiments, the device further includes an arcuate member, wherein two surgical blades are attached at opposing ends and extend outwardly from the arcuate member. In using the device to perform an anterior capsulotomy, the device is inserted into an incision made in an eye and the surgical blades are brought in contact with the anterior capsule wall. The anterior capsule wall is then transformed by rotating the rotatable cutting element, creating an aperture there through. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029006 | LANCET DEVICE WITH LANCE RETRACTION - A lancet device comprises a hollow housing defining a cavity and having a proximal end and a distal end. It also comprises a slider slidable at least partially within the cavity of the hollow housing along a longitudinal axis from an outward position to a pushed position. The slider extends outside of the cavity beyond the proximal end of the hollow housing when it is in the outward position. The lancet device also comprises a needle holder holding a lance. The needle holder is rotatable about and translatable along the longitudinal axis when moved from an initial position to an extended position. When the needle holder is in the initial position, the slider is in the outward position. When the needle holder is in the extended position, the lance extends outside of the cavity beyond the proximal end of the hollow housing. The sliding of the slider from the outward position to the pushed position urges the needle holder to the extended position. There is also a first biasing member positioned within the hollow housing at the distal end. The first biasing member exerts a biasing force against the needle holder toward the proximal end when the slider is moved to the pushed position. A second biasing member can be present in the lancet device. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029007 | TREATMENT AND PLACEMENT DEVICE FOR SINUSITIS APPLICATIONS - Devices, methods and kits which, when installed or used, access, aspire, dilate, insufflate, drain or deliver fluid medicaments to, or place a patency device within a sinus area, such as a maxillary sinus or a maxillary sinus ostium. The device can include a hollow catheter and probe, and can be configured to permit gradual and incremental probe extension. The device can be constructed to enhance the precision and maneuverability within the nasal and sinus passageways, while also accommodating the natural anatomical geometry of a targeted paranasal treatment site. For example, the present treatment and placement device can accomplish access to the maxillary sinus ostium by utilizing an uncinate process to guide a probe tip into the ostium in a retrograde manner. The probe can be slidably, bi-directionally or co-axially positioned within the catheter. A distal portion of the probe can be biased away from a longitudinal axis of the catheter. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029008 | GUIDE WIRE WITH EMBOLIC FILTERING ATTACHMENT - A separate deliverable embolic protection device filter that attaches to a helical coil at a distal end of a conventional guide, for use in a blood vessel when an interventional procedure is being performed to capture any embolic material which may be created and released into the bloodstream during the procedure. The device includes a filter assembly with a proximal end and a distal end, and a guide wire connector attached to the distal end of the filter assembly. The guide wire connector is able to couple with the helical coil of the guide wire. A restraining sheath placed over the filter assembly in a coaxial arrangement maintains the filter assembly in a collapsed position and delivers the filter assembly separately to the helical coil of the guide wire, and then the guide wire connector is joined to the helical coil. Alternatively, the guide wire can include a rotatable coil section forming a portion of the distal tip coil on the guide wire which is adapted to be coupled to the filter assembly. This arrangement allows the filter assembly to be rotatably mounted onto the guide wire. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029009 | Authorized Firearm Bearer Identification System - An identification system and method that enables third parties, such as uniformed police officers, to identify another authorized firearms bearer, in order reduce risk of misidentification of intent that might otherwise lead to an unfortunate accidental injury during an incident response. The system includes an identification tag that is selectively affixable to a firearm in a position visible to third parties. The identification tag is selectively affixed in a stored position that preferably is furled so that it does not interfere with firearms storage or usage. The tag is deployable in an extended position to increase potential recognition to third parties. The tag desirably may also be wearable by the firearms bearer, such as a wrist band, head band or sash. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029010 | FLEXIBLE DISSECTING FORCEPS - A medical dissector having an elongate flexible shaft and dissecting jaws. The jaws moveable from opened to closed and from closed to open using pull actuation of an elongate actuation members such as a pull cables. A first pull cable controls opening of the jaws, while a second pull cable controls closing of the jaws. The shaft and jaws of the instrument are axially rotatable relative to the handle to rotate the jaws about the longitudinal axis of the shaft. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029011 | Clotting method for the repair of vascular defects and malformations - A method of sealing damaged and defective vessels utilizes stable thrombin and non-thrombin based solutions, gels, and biological glues to coat the tips of surgical appliances, such as surgical wires and trocars, with concentrations sufficient to cause clotting. The surgical wire or other appliance, with clotting material at its tip, is positioned within a protective sheath, such as a catheter or needle. The sheath provides a barrier which prevents clotting material to insinuate itself into healthy tissue. In the preferred embodiment, the protective catheter containing the wire is then inserted into the body of the patient and directed to the damaged site. The wire is then partially extended out of the sheath to allow the clotting material to be applied and deposited onto the damaged vessel, thereafter the wire and sheath are safely withdrawn from the body of the patient. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029012 | DUAL HYPOTUBE SUTURE CUTTING DEVICE AND METHODS - A tissue puncture closure device includes an anchor, a sealing pad, a compaction member, a suture, and a suture cutting member. The compaction member is configured to compress the sealing pad toward the anchor. The compaction member includes a sidewall and a first aperture defined in the sidewall. The suture cutting member is positioned in the compaction member and includes a suture cutting member sidewall and a second aperture defined in the suture cutting member sidewall. The suture is coupled to the sealing pad and anchor, and a portion of the suture extends through the first and second apertures. Relative movement between the compaction member and the suture cutting member severs the suture. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029013 | Vascular Hole Closure Device - A device for closing an aperture in a vessel wall comprising a covering member having a longitudinal axis and positionable inside the vessel against the internal opening of the aperture and having a dimension to prevent egress of fluid through the aperture and having a first opening. A first retainer is positionable external of the vessel. A flexible connecting member operatively connects the covering member and the first retainer, wherein the first opening of the covering member is configured to restrict movement of the connecting member. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029014 | MEDICAL CLOSURE DEVICE - A medical closure device ( | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029015 | Medical Staple And Magazine - There are provided a medical staple realizing smooth feeding when loaded in a magazine and a magazine which can realize stable feeding by using the medical staple. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029016 | Elastic tissue closure with elastic staple - The staple legs with tissue gripping elements are elastically curved. Curvatures of the legs are resiliently straightened and spearheaded by a pair of trocars for puncturing into tissue. While the staple is held stationary by a sleeve, the trocars are withdrawn to allow the legs to resume curvatures, elastically fastening the tissue. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029017 | TEETHING PACIFIER - The present invention includes a teething pacifier for infants comprising: a nipple, where said nipple includes an inner chamber; a mouth shield, where said mouth shield supports the nipple and prevents accidental swallowing of the nipple; a handle; where said handle is attached to the outer side of the mouth shield; and a non-toxic liquid within the inner chamber, where the non-toxic liquid is capable of being frozen. In one exemplary embodiment, the non-toxic liquid may include either water, saline or distilled water. The present invention also includes a method of making a teething pacifier comprising the steps of: assembling a hollow nipple with an inner chamber onto to a mouth shield; attaching a handle to the outer side of the mouth shield; inserting a non-toxic liquid into the inner chamber of the nipple; and sealing the liquid in the inner chamber. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029018 | VARIABLE RESISTANCE SPINAL STABLIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems, devices and methods for stabilizing a portion of the spinal column using one or more elongate members anchored to a number of vertebrae. The elongate member includes a portion configured to prevent, or at least substantially resist, lateral bending motion of one or more vertebral levels while allowing flexion and extension motion of the one or more vertebral levels. | 2011-02-03 |
| 20110029019 | ASSEMBLIES FOR PROVISION OF THERAPY TO MOTION SEGMENTS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for the provision of spinal therapy to two or more adjacent motion segments accessed through a trans-sacral approach. The spinal therapies include fusion and dynamic stabilization with and without a distraction of the most cephalad motion segment of the two or more adjacent motion segments provided therapy. The disclosure includes methods and apparatus to impart a push distraction to increase the distance between two adjacent vertebrae. Related concepts for the extraction of previously inserted devices and the delivery and removal of plugs for plugging the interior cavities of implantable devices are disclosed. | 2011-02-03 |
