23rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150150582 | ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL BLADE AND USE THEREOF - An endoscopic surgical blade is disclosed. The blade is part of an endoscopic knife assembly which also has a knife tube and alignment ring. The endoscopic knife assembly is for use in endoscopic surgery by insertion of the assembly though a slotted cannula. The knife tube is hollow and allows the insertion of an endoscope for viewing of the surgical procedure. The blade has an upper and a lower cutting surface on the forward edge, which meet at an angle at a crotch. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150583 | TISSUE REMOVAL DEVICE WITH TISSUE GRIP - A tissue removal device is disclosed. In one arrangement, the tissue removal device comprises a cutting member operatively connected to an actuator assembly and a fixed member. The cutting member is configured to slide with respect to the fixed member in a reciprocating manner. The fixed member includes an upwardly extending foot plate that defines a contact surface that is configured with an uneven texture that serves as a grip to operatively retain material to be cut when the cutting member is moved toward the foot plate. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150584 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH END-EFFECTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THREE JAW MEMBERS AND METHODS OF CUTTING TISSUE USING SAME - A method of cutting tissue includes providing a surgical instrument including an end-effector assembly including first and second jaw members controllably movable from a first position in spaced relation relative to a third jaw member disposed therebetween to at least one second position closer to the third jaw member wherein the first, second and third jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. Each of the first and second jaw members includes an electrically-conductive sealing plate. A cutting member is disposed on a portion of the upper surface of the third jaw member. The method also includes positioning the first, second and third jaw members about tissue, applying energy to the electrically-conductive sealing plates so that energy passes between the electrically-conductive sealing plates and through tissue to effect a tissue seal, and activating the cutting member to cut through tissue overlying the upper surface of the third jaw member. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150585 | INSIDE-OUT GUIDE FOR HIP REPLACEMENT METHOD - A tool and method for locating a proper position for a portal incision for hip arthroplasty, the tool being a tubular body having a first portion defining a first axis, a second portion defining a second axis non-parallel to the first axis, the second portion having a directional tool and a lead coaxially aligned, wherein when the tubular body is placed adjacent to an acetabulum with the directional tool aimed at the acetabulum and perpendicular to a plane of the face of the acetabulum, the lead points to location on the skin that would be the proper location for the portal incision. The lead may have a blunt tip, a cutting instrument, or an opening through which a flexible tool can be inserted to forge a path towards the proper location for the portal incision. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150586 | MEDICAL BALLOON - A medical balloon assembly ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150150587 | ATHERECTOMY DEVICES - Described here are devices and components for use in performing an atherectomy. Generally, the atherectomy devices may have a handle, a cutter assembly, and a catheter or catheter assembly therebetween. The cutter assembly may include a housing and a cutter comprising a proximal cutter and a distal cutter, each of which may be rotated relative to the atherectomy device to cut occlusive material. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150588 | ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY DEVICE WITH EXCHANGEABLE DRIVE SHAFT AND MESHING GEARS - An atherectomy device with an exchangeable drive shaft is disclosed, having a drive shaft gear at a distal end of the exchangeable drive shaft for meshing engagement with a prime mover gear on the output shaft of the prime mover. The exchangeable drive shaft is inserted into an opening at the distal end of the handle housing and moved axially in a proximal direction. Surface features on at least the prime mover housing and the engageable drive shaft help to align the drive shaft gear with the prime mover gear for meshing engagement. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150589 | CATHETER FOR REMOVING FOREIGN BODY IN BLOOD VESSEL - A capturing unit provided on a distal end of a second tube can be deformed into a contracted state and an expanded state, in which the capturing unit is deployed to form a capturing chamber. The capturing chamber has an opening area decreased as it goes from a distal end opening of the capturing chamber toward a proximal end opening of the capturing chamber. A third tube rotatable relative to the second tube and a cutting unit provided on a distal end of the third tube for cutting a foreign substance are arranged in a second lumen. In the expanded state of the capturing unit, the cutting unit is arranged more toward the proximal end opening of the capturing chamber than the distal end opening. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150590 | MATERIAL REMOVAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - An atherectomy catheter having an inner drive shaft which rotates a distal rotary tissue borer with a helical cutting surface which enables the catheter to cut through and cross a CTO. Additionally, the atherectomy catheter has a distal cutting element rotated by an outer drive shaft configured to cut material from the wall of a vessel at a treatment site as the catheter is pushed distally through the treatment site. The atherectomy catheter includes a collection chamber positioned proximally of the cutting element and rotary tissue borer. The atherectomy catheter may include means to direct material cut from the treatment site into the collection chamber, means to break down larger portions of material that may block or clog the collection chamber and means of transporting the material collected from the treatment site to a proximal opening in the atherectomy catheter. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150591 | PUNCTURE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - The puncture control system includes a trajectory error compensation filter for outputting a control signal for compensating for the error of a puncture needle from a target trajectory based on information on the position of the puncture needle obtained by a detector, a displacement compensation filter for which initial control parameters are determined based on a model representing characteristics of an organ, and an adder for outputting an added signal obtained by adding outputs of the trajectory error compensation filter and the displacement compensation filter. The organ model is used to predict a displacement of a puncture target position and sequentially determine a course of the puncture needle. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150592 | Fast-acting or rotating transseptal needle - A transseptal medical device is provided including a dilator, a needle, and a needle control mechanism. The needle may be disposed within the dilator, and the needle control mechanism may be operably connected to a proximal end of the needle or the dilator for selective adjustment of the distal end of the needle from a first position within the dilator to a second position external to the dilator. The needle control mechanism may include an actuator configured for rotation within the dilator in one embodiment. In another embodiment, the proximal end of the dilator may incorporate internal threads and the proximal end of the needle may incorporate external threads, such that the needle may be configured for rotation during selective adjustment of the distal end of the needle from a first position to a second position. A method for puncturing a septum of a heart is also disclosed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150593 | NESTED CANNULA DEVICE FOR LUNG COLLAPSE - A surgical tool set for treating a collapsed lung condition employs a trocar ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150150594 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLACING A CANNULA OVER A STANDARD SWITCHING STICK - Cannula assemblies and methods of conducting surgeries. The cannula assembly comprises a cannula that is sized for the common 4 mm arthroscopy switching stick, which is put in a one-step fashion with the use of a unique switching stick inserter. All steps for placement of the cannula are performed in a single forward motion, i.e., no backing up of components are necessary for placement. The method of conducting surgery includes the steps of: providing a cannula/switching stick assembly comprising a cannula sized to accommodate a corresponding switching stick, and a switching stick inserter (modular handle) designed to fit on the switching stick, and to help insert and control the switching stick; and inserting the cannula/switching stick assembly through an arthroscopic portal during a surgical procedure, in a single forward motion. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150595 | TRANSABDOMINAL GASTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided herein are trans-abdominal gastric systems and related methods that are useful in a range of applications for accessing internal regions of a patient. A cannula has internal and external anchors to reliably secure the anchor to an abdominal wall of the patient. An introducer with a capture element facilitates system placement by retrograde introduction. Upon completion, the system is removed and the gastric and abdominal wall incision and defect closed by sutures specially connected to the system that ensures reliable system removal and suture closure in a configuration that is outside the abdominal wall. The systems and methods are particularly suited for use with conventional laparoscopic or endoscopic medical instruments. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150596 | SINGLE INCISION SURGICAL PORTAL APPARATUS INCLUDING INNER MEMBER - A surgical apparatus includes a housing member and an inner member. The housing member includes an expandable material that is adapted to transition between a compressed condition and an expanded condition. In the expanded condition, an outer surface of the housing member is adapted for a substantial sealing relationship with tissue upon insertion of the housing member within the tissue for accessing an underlying tissue site. The housing member has leading and trailing ends that define a longitudinal axis. The inner member is operably associated with the housing member and includes one or more longitudinal portals extending therethrough adapted for substantially sealed reception of a surgical object. The inner member may be less compliant than the housing member. The inner member may rotate about the longitudinal axis of the housing member. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150597 | FLEXIBLE ACCESS ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE PORTS - An access assembly configured to receive one or more surgical instruments is provided. The access assembly includes a flexible housing having a proximal end and a distal end, the housing defining a longitudinal passageway extending from the proximal end to the distal end and a seal assembly received within the longitudinal passageway of the housing. The seal assembly defining a plurality of ports each configured to receive an instrument inserted therethrough in a sealing manner. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150598 | DILATOR - A dilator that facilitates implantation of an interspinous spacer is provided. The dilator includes a proximal portion and a tapered distal portion interconnected by an elongated body portion. The tapered distal portion is ideally suited for splitting ligamentous tissue for creating a posterior midline pathway through the supraspinous ligament as well as for distracting the adjacent spinous processes. Two oppositely located and longitudinally extending channels or grooves are formed in the outer surface of the dilator for stabilizing the dilator with respect to the spinous processes. An accompanying cannula together with the dilator form a system for the distraction of the adjacent spinous processes, stabilization of the spinous processes with respect to the system and creation of a working channel for the implantation of an interspinous spacer. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150599 | BEAUTY TOOL - A beauty tool ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150150600 | ORTHOPAEDIC DEVICE FOR CORRECTING DEFORMITIES OF LONG BONES - Orthopaedic device ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150150601 | REMOTELY ADJUSTABLE TISSUE DISPLACEMENT DEVICE - The invention relates to an apparatus for displacing tissue within the body, wherein the apparatus includes two or more attachment members selectively displaceable with respect to each other via a driving member. The driving member preferably is rotatable and is caused to rotate by a magnetic actuator that can be activated by a magnetic field from outside the body. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150602 | ASSEMBLY FOR TREATING AN ISTHMIC FRACTURE - An assembly is disclosed for treating an isthmic fracture. It also relates to an assembly which includes materials and instruments for utilizing the assembly in connection with treating the fracture. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150603 | ARTHOPLASTY REVISION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present method includes the following steps: removing a portion of a previously implanted spinal arthroplasty device; and attaching a revision component to a remaining portion of the previously implanted spinal arthroplasty device to alter a biomechanical characteristic of the implanted arthroplasty device. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of limiting motion between adjacent vertebrae including the steps of accessing an implanted spinal arthroplasty device comprising a cephalad component fixed to a first vertebra and a caudal component fixed to a second vertebra inferior to the first vertebra, the cephalad and caudal components having a range of motion between them, and attaching a revision component to the cephalad and caudal components to reduce the range of motion. The invention also includes revision devices for revising the biomechanics of implanted spinal arthroplasty devices. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150604 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSTERIOR DYNAMIC STABILIZATION OF THE SPINE - Devices, systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The devices include an expandable spacer or member having an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the expandable member in an expanded configuration has a size, volume and/or shape configured for positioning between the spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae in order to distract the vertebrae relative to each other. The systems include one or more expandable members and an expansion medium for injection within or for filling the interior of the expandable member via the port. The methods involve the implantation of one or more devices or expandable spacers. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150605 | PUSH-OFF DRIVER AND METHOD FOR INSERTING BONE SCREWS - A method and device for inserting screws into a patient, such that when the device is removed the device does not stick to the screw. The device, being a push-off driver, may have a handle, an inner driver, and a threaded driver sleeve having a button mechanism and a plurality of spheres, and an inner sleeve. The method includes the steps of assembling a push-off driver attaching a bone screw to the push-off driver inserting the bone screw and detaching the bone screw from the driver by unthreading the threaded driver sleeve from the polyaxial screw which causes the spheres in the recess of the inner driver to back up against the start of the recess and causing the threaded driver sleeve to “push-off” the polyaxial screw from the inner driver. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150606 | SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTING A ROD IMPLANT ALONG A SPINE OF A PATIENT - A tool set for implanting a rod in a human spine in conjunction with bone screws. The tool set includes a pair of end guide tools that receive opposite ends of the rod in channels and under manipulation by a surgeon facilitate transport of the rod toward the bone screws attached to the guide tools. Intermediate guide tools having guiding pass through slots are utilized to guide intermediate locations along the rod toward associated bone screws. An attachment structure operably connects the guide tools to the bone screws. The guide tools each include a lower guide and advancement structure to allow a closure top with mating structure to be rotated and driven downward against the rod and to cooperate with similar structure in the bone screw to seat and lock the rod therein. A method utilizing the tool set allows a surgeon to percutaneously implant the rod in the patient. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150607 | Cortical Bone Pin - A pin made of cortical bone may be inserted into adjoining bones of a toe to align and secure the bones. The pin may have barbs to prevent migration of the pin. The pin may include a shoulder to further prevent migration of the pin from the bones, to increase the strength of the pin, and to increase the surface area between the bone pin and the host bone. The pin may further include flattened portions on its circumference to aide in rotating the pin during insertion. The pin may be treated to reduce brittleness. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150608 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR BONE FIXATION USING AXIAL IMPLANTS - The invention comprises a method for fixating bones in the foot by aligning the bones in their desired position, inserting a screw in the aligned bones, inserting at least one transverse element near the head or tip of the screw, and tightening the screw to compress the bones. The screw comprises a shaft having first and second ends with spirally wound screw threads beginning near the first end and extending along the shaft. Advantageously, the screw is cannulated and screw threads are formed on an interior surface of the cannulation. Illustratively, the transverse elements may be staples, open-ended washers, or open-ended nuts. Reduction instruments and drill guides used in the invention are also disclosed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150609 | Bone Plate System - A bone plate system having a retainer for resisting back-out of a bone anchor from a throughbore of a bone plate is provided. In one aspect, a bone plate system having a resilient retainer disposed in a bone plate throughbore with a pair of elongate arm portions of the resilient retainer extending along opposite sides of the throughbore. In another aspect, a bone plate system having a resilient retainer with a pair of elongate interference portions completely exposed in the throughbore and spaced from each other across the throughbore to retain a head of a bone anchor received in the throughbore. In addition, a bone plate system having a resilient retainer with a pair of opposite end portions disposed within a groove of a throughbore wall such that a bone anchor may be inserted into the throughbore without contacting either of the opposite end portions of the retainer. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150610 | SELF-LOCKING OSTEOSYNTHESIS DEVICE - The self-locking osteosynthesis device includes a plate equipped with holes for the passage of fixation screws. The invention is characterized in that, at least in the areas defining the screw holes, the aforementioned plate is made from a material having mechanical properties such that the periphery of the holes can be self-tapped by means of tapping screws which can be used to fix the plate. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150611 | INTERMAXILLARY FIXATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A medical apparatus including a bar with a first attachment loop, a second attachment and a plurality of hooks, wherein the medical apparatus is an arch bar. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150612 | Expandable Fixation Assemblies - Expandable fixation assemblies, expandable cranial fixation assemblies, and expandable intervertebral implant assemblies are provided for securing structures to bone and for securing bones and/or bone segments with respect to each other. An expansion member can be moved through at least a portion of an expandable fixation body, thereby causing expansion of the expandable fixation body, such that bone engagement features of the expandable fixation body engage surrounding structure, such as bone. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150613 | OSTEOSYNTHESIS SCREW WITH REDUCED RADIAL COMPRESSION - The invention concerns an osteosynthesis screw ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150150614 | BIONIC FIXING APPARATUS - A bionic apparatus is provided. The bionic apparatus includes a flexible portion having a plurality of pores, a rigid portion connected with the flexible portion, and a supporting element disposed in the flexible portion. The pore size of each pore is between 50 μm to 500 μm. The flexible portion, the rigid portion and the supporting element are one-piece formed by a additive manufacturing process. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150615 | Bone Screw Arrangement with Variable Length - A bone screw arrangement with a variable length, comprises a guide screw, which is formed with a guide that extends in the axial direction in the interior of the guide screw, and comprises an anchor screw, which has a guide element that is received in the guide such that an arrangement length formed by the guide screw together with the anchor screw can be adjusted by moving the guide element in the axial direction in the guide in the interior of the guide screw. The guide element is received in a free-running manner in a portion of the guide when the guide element is moved in order to change the arrangement length, and the guide element is blocked from running freely in the axial direction at least in a distal end position in which the anchor screw is completely extended. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150616 | SUBCHONDRAL TREATMENT OF JOINT PAIN - The embodiments provide devices and methods that both strengthen the bone and stimulate the bone. Bone fractures or non-unions are stabilized, integrated or healed, which results in reduction of a bone defect, such as a bone marrow lesion or edema. In addition, the distribution of forces in a joint are restored or altered to relieve pain. In general, a joint is evaluated by taking an image of the joint and one or more subchondral defects are detected. At least one of the subchondral defects may be diagnosed as the source of pain and an extent of treatment for the subchondral defect is determined. The disclosed devices and techniques are particularly suited for treating chronic defects or injuries, where the patient's natural healing response has not resolved the defect. The present disclosure also provides several exemplary treatment modalities for the different extents of treatment needed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150617 | BONE FIXATION TOOL - Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a tool for stabilizing a fractured bone. The tool comprises a barrel having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the barrel includes a passageway for receiving a bone pin configured to be driven into the fractured bone to stabilize the fractured bone. The passageway is sized to accommodate axial movement of the bone pin through the passageway while limiting radial movement of the bone pin in the passageway. The tool further comprises a piston having a proximal end and a distal end and configured to translate axially relative to the barrel. The proximal end of the piston includes a head and the distal end of the piston includes a needle formation, the needle formation being sized for receipt within the passageway of the barrel to drive the bone pin axially from the barrel and into the fractured bone. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150618 | System and Method For Creating Radio-Frequency Energy Electrical Membrane Breakdown For Tissue Ablation - A method of non-thermally ablating undesirable tissue in the body by application of pulsed, bi-polar, instant charge reversal electrical fields of sufficient energy to cause complete and immediate cell membrane rupture and destruction. Energy is delivered through radio frequency pulses of particular frequencies, wave characteristics, pulse widths and pulse numbers, such that enhanced physical stresses are placed on the cell membrane to cause its immediate and complete destruction thereby spilling the entire cell content and membrane constituents into the extracellular space without denaturing proteins so as to enable animmunological response to destroy and remove the target tissue and similarly marked tissue elsewhere in the subject. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150619 | DEVICE FOR EFFECTING CHANGE IN TISSUE AT A TREATMENT SITE - A device for effecting change in tissue at a treatment site includes a housing having an aperture for receiving a user's finger, a cold plate supported by said housing for cooling the tissue at the treatment site, and at least one thermoelectric cooling semiconductor thermally coupled to said cold plate and electrically coupled to a power source. In another embodiment, the cold plate may include a surface for contacting the treatment site, and at least a portion of said cold plate including said surface may extend from said housing. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150620 | TISSUE RESECTION APPARATUS - A tissue resection apparatus includes a pair of grasping members that holds a tissue; and a cartridge that is replaceably attached to the pair of grasping members. The cartridge includes a cartridge body that has a longitudinal axis and a slot extending along the longitudinal axis, guides a cutting member cutting a tissue by the slot, and defines a movement range of the cutting member; a pair of sealing portions that are provided on both sides of the slot so as to sandwich the slot and extend parallel to the slot, respectively; and a tissue sealing portion that is located closer to a distal end side than the slot and is provided on an extension line of the slot. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150621 | IMPLANT DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ABLATION OF A VESSEL'S WALL FROM THE INSIDE - The current invention concerns systems, devices and methods for the ablation of a ablation of the wall of one or more pulmonary veins (PV) from the inside, preferably transmural ablation and preferably at the level of the antrum. Hereby, one or more implant devices can be implanted in the vessels and can subsequently be heated by external energy-providing means. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150622 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION - A system for treating uterine tissue having a seal assembly configured for positioning in a patient's cervical canal and uterine cavity; an expandable distal balloon portion; an expandable elongate medial balloon portion configured for movement between a first transversely expanded shape for engaging a cervical canal and a second transversely non-expanded shape for trans-cervical insertion; and a fluid source in communication with distal balloon portion and medial balloon portion for expansion of said balloon portions. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150623 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A method of using electrosurgical instrument for removal of tissue from a patient. The electrosurgical instrument includes a pair of lever members each of which having an associated end effector associated. One of the end effectors includes a cutting element forming a loop on the end of the end effector. The cutting element is also configured to receive electrical energy from an electrical energy source. The other of the end effectors includes a pad that can be brought into a position generally opposing the cutting element during relative movement of the end effectors toward one another. When electrical energy is discharged from the cutting element and the end effectors moved toward one another, dissection and cauterization of tissue from a patient is facilitated. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150624 | Device For Therapeutic Delivery of Radio Frequency Energy - An RF catheter includes a catheter shaft extending between a proximal end and a distal end and defining at least one lumen extending therein. An inflatable balloon is attached to the distal end of the catheter shaft and in fluid communication with the at least one lumen for inflation and deflation of the inflatable balloon. At least one electrically conductive element is positioned on at least a portion of an outer surface of the inflatable balloon. The at least one electrically conductive element is electrically connected to at least one electrical connector adjacent the shaft proximal end. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150625 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF A THERAPEUTIC AGENT - Methods and apparatus are provided for applying an fragment of a neurotoxin such as the active light chain (LC) of the botulinum toxin (BoNT), such as one of the serotype A, B, C, D, E, F or G botulinum toxins, via permeabilization of targeted cell membranes to enable translocation of the botulinum neurotoxin light chain (BoNT-LC) molecule across the targeted cell membrane to the cell cytosol where a therapeutic response is produced in a mammalian system. The methods and apparatus include use of catheter based delivery systems, non-invasive delivery systems, and transdermal delivery systems. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150626 | BIPOLAR OFF-WALL ELECTRODE DEVICE FOR RENAL NERVE ABLATION - A first spacing structure is provided at a distal end of a first catheter. The first spacing structure is configured to position at least one arterial electrode at a predefined distance away from a wall of the renal artery. A second spacing structure is provided at the distal end of the first catheter or at a distal end of a second catheter. The second spacing structure is configured to position at least one aortal electrode at a predefined distance away from a wall of the aorta. The arterial and aortal electrodes are operable as a bipolar electrode arrangement. The first and second spacing structures respectively maintain the arterial and aortal electrodes at a predefined distance away from the renal artery and aortal walls while electrical energy sufficient to ablate perivascular nerve tissue adjacent the renal artery and aortal walls is delivered by the bipolar electrode arrangement. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150627 | ELECTROSURGICAL TISSUE ABLATION SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF DETECTING EXCESSIVE BENDING OF A PROBE AND ALERTING A USER - An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical device, one or more temperature sensors associated with the electrosurgical device, a fluid-flow path leading to the electrosurgical device, and a flow-control device disposed in fluid communication with the fluid-flow path. The electrosurgical device includes a probe for directing energy to tissue. The electrosurgical system includes circuitry for detecting bending of the probe. The circuitry alerts the user of excessive bending by activating an alarm, such as an audible alarm, lighting one or more LEDs or other light sources, tactile feedback, or any other means. The electrosurgical system further includes a processor unit communicatively-coupled to the one or more temperature sensors and communicatively-coupled to the flow-control device. The processor unit is configured to control the flow-control device based on determination of a desired fluid-flow rate using one or more electrical signals outputted from the one or more temperature sensors. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150628 | THERMAL FEEDBACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A system for providing feedback during an electrosurgical procedure on a target tissue is provided. The system includes an electrosurgical energy source; an electrode probe assembly connected to the electrosurgical energy source, wherein the electrode probe assembly includes at least one electrode assembly having a needle configured to deliver electrosurgical energy to the target tissue; at least one thermal feedback assembly connected to the electrosurgical energy source, wherein each thermal feedback assembly includes at least one temperature sensor assembly; and a hub configured to selectively support the electrode probe assembly and each thermal feedback assembly such that the needle of the electrode probe assembly and each temperature sensor assembly of each thermal feedback assembly are proximate one another when disposed proximate the target tissue. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150629 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERMATOLOGICAL TREATMENT - Exemplary methods and systems can be provided for resurfacing of skin that include formation of a plurality of small holes, e.g., having widths greater than about 0.2 mm and less than about 0.7 mm or 0.5 mm, using ablative electromagnetic radiation, e.g., optical energy. An optically transparent plate or window can be pressed over a surface of the skin tissue as the holes are ablated to disrupt formation of a thermal cuff around the holes. Compressive or tensile forces can then be applied to the treated region of the skin tissue as the damage heals to facilitate hole closure and provide enhanced and/or directional shrinkage of the treated skin area. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150630 | DISPOSABLE HOLDER FOR SPECIAL MEDICAL PROCEDURE DEVICES - A disposable holder for wires, stents and other materials used in conjunction with specialized medical devices such as endoscopic, angiographic or angioplastic tools generally comprised of a panel having a plurality of pouches for storing and organizing the wires/stents/catheters associated with respective surgical tools. Preferably, the back side of the panel is equipped with a fastener for removably fastening the panel to a surgical cart or table. The surgical tools, when not in use, are wound and stored within the pouches thereby alleviating the possibility of entanglement of wires/stents/catheters or having the wires/stents/catheters touch or rest on the surgical room floor. In an alternative embodiment, each holder has a stand-alone pouch having a fastener. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150631 | Positioning Guide Apparatus - The present invention presents an apparatus and methods to guide insertion of invasive devices to a tissue target of a living body. The apparatus comprises a positioning guide control assembly and a positioning guide assembly that is operably detachable from the control assembly, and rotationally adjustable and lockable. The positioning guide control assembly releasably houses a ultrasound transducer head and measures an insertion length and an insertion angle of an invasive device placed in the positioning guide assembly to reach the tissue target. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150632 | INSTRUMENT HOLDER - A support mechanism for a medical device may include an adjustable support that includes a plurality of elongate members movable relative to one another. The support mechanism may also include a bracket coupled to the adjustable support. The bracket may be adapted to be coupled to a first medical device that extends along a longitudinal axis. The support mechanism may also include an instrument holder that extends along a central axis. The instrument holder may be movably coupled to the bracket and adapted to be coupled to a second medical device. The bracket and the instrument holder may be oriented such that central axis of the instrument holder intersects the longitudinal axis at an angle. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150633 | ARTICULATING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF DEPLOYING THE SAME - A surgical tool comprises an elongated first assembly and an elongated second assembly. The second assembly comprises an elongated support element, an elongated activation element moveable relative to the support element, and a functional mechanism coupled to the activation element. A movement of the functional mechanism is in response to a movement of the activation element. A force imparted by the movement of the activation element is isolated from the first assembly by the support element. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150634 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD - A medical system includes an insertion part inserted into an inside of a body; an arm part provided on the insertion part and capable of moving with respect to the insertion part; a device disposed in the inside of the body; a holding part provided on the arm part and holding the device; and a part to be held provided on the device and held by the holding part. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150635 | COMPACT ROBOTIC WRIST - A surgical tool includes a tool shaft, and end effector and a wrist that couples the end effector to the tool shaft. The tool includes a drive mechanism configured to effect movement of one or both of the wrist and the end effector in yaw and pitch via independent actuation of four independent cable ends of two or more independent cables that extend between the drive mechanism and the wrist. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150636 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE INSTRUMENT FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY - Minimally invasive instrument for robotic surgery including a functional element, a force, torque and/or pressure transmission device for transmitting force, torque and/or pressure from a drive to the functional element, a coupling device for coupling the instrument to a medical robot such that the functional element can be actuated by the drive, wherein an operating element for manually operating the functional element in a state in which the instrument is uncoupled from the medical robot. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150637 | MEDICAL MANIPULATOR, MEDICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, MEDICAL PUNCTURING SYSTEM, AND BIOPSY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a medical manipulator equipped with a fail-safe mechanism capable of protecting a manipulator in an emergency. A medical manipulator includes a supporting section; a driving section supported by the supporting section and including a vibrating body in which vibration waves are excited by application of an alternating voltage, a movable body that moves relative to the vibrating body by receiving the vibration waves, and a pressurization unit configured to exert pressure between the vibrating body and the movable body; a manipulator section supported by the driving section; an emergency detecting unit configured to detect an emergency; and an interruption unit configured to interrupt transmission of torque between the manipulator section and the supporting section on the basis of an emergency detection signal transmitted from the emergency detecting unit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150638 | Surgical robot system - One aspect of the robotic surgery system according to the invention relates to a robot assembly comprising at least one robot and an instrument assembly comprising at least one instrument that is guided by said robot assembly. Said instrument assembly comprises at least one instrument housing having at least one drive unit housing part containing a cavity designed to hold the drive unit, said drive unit housing part having a seal for the sterile sealing of an insertion opening of the cavity in addition to a dynamic sterile barrier which delimits the cavity in a sterile manner and across which the drive train arrangement can be actuated; and/or the drive unit is offset laterally in relation to a longitudinal axis of the instrument shaft towards a connection between the instrument housing and the robot assembly. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150639 | MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM PROVIDING SENSORY FEEDBACK INDICATING A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COMMANDED STATE AND A PREFERRED POSE OF AN ARTICULATED INSTRUMENT - A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with articulated instruments extending out of its distal end. A controller is configured to command manipulation of one of the articulated instruments towards a state commanded by operator manipulation of an input device while commanding sensory feedback to the operator indicating a difference between the commanded state and a preferred pose of the articulated instrument, so that the sensory feedback serves to encourage the operator to return the articulated instrument back to its preferred pose. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150640 | METHODS AND DEVICES TO CLEAR OBSTRUCTIONS FROM MEDICAL TUBES - A device for clearing obstructions from a medical tube, such as a chest tube, is disclosed in various embodiments. The device features a clearance member in the form of a loop. The loop desirably has a diameter that substantially corresponds to the inner diameter of the medical tube. Also desirably, the loop presents a substantially unobstructed pathway therethrough for the flow of material from a location in the medical tube distal to the loop to a location in the medical tube proximal to the loop regardless whether the clearance member is being translated or is at rest in the medical tube. Methods of utilizing such a device are also disclosed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCATION AND ORIENTATION OF IDENTIFICATION MARKERS - A three-dimensional position and orientation tracking system comprises one or more pattern tags, each comprising a plurality of contrasting portions, a tracker for obtaining image information about the pattern tags, a database with geometric information describing patterns on pattern tags; and a controller for receiving and processing the image information from the tracker, accessing the database to retrieve geometric information, and comparing the image information. The contrasting portions are arranged in a rotationally asymmetric pattern and at least one of the contrasting portions on a pattern tag has a perimeter that has a mathematically describable curved section. The perimeter of the contrasting portion may comprise a conic section, including for example an ellipse or a circle. The pattern tags may be borne on tracking markers that have a three-dimensional shaped surface. The tracking system may be implemented in a surgical monitoring system in which the pattern tags are attached to tracking markers or are themselves tracking markers. In other embodiments, the contrasting portions are implemented as contrasting pattern elements on a close-packed tiled background of tiles of at least two mutually contrasting colors. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150642 | Device and Method for In-Office Unsedated Tracheoesophageal Puncture (TEP) - Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses, devices, and procedures for unsedated in-office tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) using transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE) and a measurement cannula, referred to as a TEP measurement and insertion device (MAID or TEP MAID). In some embodiments, a MAID is configured for use with a mini-tracheostomy kit; in other embodiments, a MAID is configured to be carried and automatically or semi-automatically deployed, for instance, by a handheld mechatronic device or an automated device such as a medical robot that carries an automated tracheoesophageal puncture and voice prosthesis insertion end effector. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a MAID has a body that carries or includes indicators, indicia, or markings that facilitate or enable substantially direct and/or immediate estimation, identification, or measurement of a tissue extent or thickness corresponding to or across a tracheoesophageal fistula (e.g., a tracheoesophageal dividing wall thickness), and selection and insertion of a voice prosthesis, such as a non-indwelling voice prosthesis from Blom-Singer. In certain embodiments, a MAID includes at least an outer measurement cannula and an inner adaptor cannula configured to fit over or matingly engage with a dilator, such as a short dilator provided in Portex's mini-tracheostomy kit. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150643 | PERSONALIZED COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF ATRIAL FIBROSIS TO GUIDE CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - Methods, system, and media for identifying one or more ablation locations in an atrial tissue region in an atrial fibrillation (AF) patient with atrial fibrosis are disclosed. Three-dimensional imaging data representing the atria of the patient may be received. A patient-specific model of the atria may be generated from the three-dimensional imaging data. Simulation of the AF on the patient-specific model may be conducted to identify AF-perpetrating regions. One or more ablation locations in the atria may be identified from the AF-perpetrating regions. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150644 | Surgical Cutting Guide - The present invention is directed to a surgical cutting guide for guiding a surgical instrument along a cutting path located on a biological tissue. The surgical guide includes a contact surface that conforms to a surface associated with the tissue and at least one guide for restricting movement of a surgical instrument in a first direction and for allowing the movement of the surgical instrument in a second direction along a cutting path across the surface of the tissue. The guide further contains a stop for restricting movement of the surgical instrument in the second direction along the cutting path. The stop is based at least, in part, on patient specific information. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150645 | OPTICAL SAMPLING OF SURFACE POINTS FOR MEDICAL NAVIGATION - A method for sampling surface points on the surface of an object using a medical navigation system and a light beam source, wherein the light beam source generates a light beam which creates a light spot on the surface, and a camera of the medical navigation system records image data from which the location of the light spot is determined as the location of a sample point, said method comprising the steps of: generating a quality measure for a sample point using a quality measurement device which is at least partially attached to the light beam source and used to determine quality measurement data from which the quality measure is determined; and processing the sample point on the basis of the quality measure. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150646 | AUTOCLAVABLE INPUT DEVICES - One embodiment describes a handheld, sterile input device to control one or more devices in the operating room. The embodiment's disposable component contains no electronics while its removable sensing module can be autoclaved and recharged for multiple procedures. Another embodiment describes a fully autoclaveable sterile input device with a detachable control assembly that enables thorough cleaning and disinfecting prior to steam sterilization in an autoclave. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150647 | DENTAL TOOL COMPRISING A VERSATILE TIP - Dental tool comprising a hand piece and a head piece, the hand piece comprising a drive, a controller, a first interface and a transmitter which is connected to the controller, the head piece comprising a distal portion and a proximal portion with a second interface configured to connect the head piece to the hand piece via the first interface, the distal portion comprising a tip, which is configured to be driven by the drive, said drive being controlled by the controller. The headpiece comprises a layer whereby the layer comprises an electroresponsive material which is configured to react to a first signal from the transmitter. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150648 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUNDING OR ISOLATING A DENTAL HAND PIECE - An electrically safe treatment system for use in treating a patient includes two or more sections coupled with a joint that permits any one section to rotate relative to another coupled section. At least one of the sections includes an electrical component. An electrical contact associated with the joint is designed to maintain an electrical connection between a pair of sections throughout an angular range of motion of one of the sections relative to the other, coupled section. The electrical contact can also maintain a total resistance of a series connection including the two sections and the contact below a specified threshold. Alternatively, one or more insulator joints may be employed to meet safety requirements. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150649 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTION OF OPTICAL SYSTEM OF LASER-BASED APPARATUS - In an apparatus for directing a laser beam to a dental treatment area, where the apparatus includes a hand piece having an optical subsystem including a turning mirror for directing a laser beam to a treatment area via an orifice of the hand piece, a fluid supply subsystem creates a fluid flow within the hand piece proximate the turning mirror so as to mitigate contamination thereof. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150650 | Pressure Wave Root Canal Cleaning System - Systems and methods are provided for cleaning or disinfecting a target region. A fluid including a plurality of gas bubbles is placed into an interaction zone. The interaction zone is a volume that extends into the target region or that is adjacent to the target region. The fluid in the interaction zone is exposed to electromagnetic radiation, where the electromagnetic radiation has a wavelength that is substantially absorbed by the fluid. The fluid in the interaction zone substantially absorbs the electromagnetic radiation to create an acoustic shock wave and a pressure wave. The acoustic shock wave and the pressure wave cause a movement of the fluid and cavitation effects that are configured to clean or disinfect the target region. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150651 | DENTAL WEDGE - A dental wedge for inserting into the interproximal space between adjacent teeth comprises a first and second sidewall comprised of a shape memory material, including a nickel-titanium alloy, wherein the dental wedge is in a first, resting state when outside of the interproximal space and transforms to a second, operational state when the dental wedge is interested into the interproximal space between adjacent teeth and exposed to a first transformation stimulus, namely exposure to the higher temperature in the interproximal space. The expansion force generated by the dental wedge when in the second, operational stage is sufficient to secure a dental matrix against the tooth being restored and to separate the tooth being restored and adjacent tooth to expand the interproximal space. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150652 | DENTAL IMPLANT - Dental implant including a threaded shaft fitted with external threads ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150150653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING ORGANIC CELL REGENERATION IN A CELLULAR MEDIUM - A system for increasing organic cell regeneration in a cellular medium includes an electromagnetic (EM) field generating device adapted to produce a constant EM field of less than 1 mT at a radiation frequency of substantially 7.69 Hz, which comprises at least one coil and is adapted to generate the EM field so that the cellular medium is substantially within the generated EM field. A resonance medium is also provided for locating substantially at or adjacent the cellular medium, wherein the resonance medium comprises a composition which is adapted to resonate at the frequency of the EM field generated by the device, wherein the composition is a biologically active composition containing at least a composition comprising crystalline structure minerals. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150654 | HYBRID SURFACE-TREATED IMPLANT FIXTURE - An implant fixture of the present invention comprises an upper and lower dual hybrid outer surface treated by: blasting alumina, titanium oxide, calcium oxide and the like at a high pressure at an outer lower portion of the fixture so as to have a surface roughness of 1.5-3.0 μm; dipping the entire outer surface of the fixture of which the lower portion was blasted, into an etchant comprising hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, and water so as to have a surface roughness of 0.2-1.0 μm, thereby allowing a surface upper section (Ua) to have a surface roughness of 0.2-1.0 μm from the upper end of the fixture to a downward position of 2.5 mm; and allowing a lower section (La) below the upper section (Ua) of the fixture to have a surface roughness of 1.5-3.0 μm by blasting and a surface roughness of 0.2-1.0 μm by etching. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150655 | CAD / CAM BASED METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL QUALITY CONTROL OF INSERTED IMPLANTS OR RESTORATIONS BY CORRELATING PREOPERATIVE RADIOGRAPHS WITH POSTOPERATIVE OPTICAL SCANS AND TO AVOID POSTOPERATIVE RADIOGRAPHS - A method for determining a quality feature of a dental treatment comprises the detection of a patient's radiographic image data set before the creation of a drill hole for a dental implant, the detection of a patient's non-radiographic image data set after the creation of the drill hole for a dental implant by means of a drilling tool, the correlation of the radiographic image data set and the intraoral non-radiographic image data set, and the determination of the quality feature from the correlation of the radiographic image data set and the non-radiographic image data set. A device ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150150656 | FIXATION PIN - Fixation pin ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150150657 | IMPRESSION TRAY SET FOR EDENTULOUS JAW - An impression tray set for edentulous jaw, including a pair of a maxillary impression tray and a mandibular impression tray for use in taking an intraoral impression of an patient including an edentulous patient, and capable of simultaneously recording bite position and height when taking the impression, is provided. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150658 | REUSABLE DENTAL IMPRESSION TRAY - A reusable dental impression tray having a reusable rigid tray holder with opposing sidewalls spaced apart substantially a first distance, the opposing sidewalls extend longitudinally in a curved manner, a connector located at a distal end of the tray holder couples the sidewalls together, the sidewalls and connector define an inward facing surface, a channel formed in and extends along the inward facing surface, and a handle located at a mesial end of the tray holder, and a disposable mesh bite tray having a generally U-shaped frame having an open end and a closed end, the U-shaped frame is made of a flexible material wherein the U-shaped frame has a generally static shape having a width at the closed end substantially similar to the first distance and a width at the open end which is greater than the first distance, and wherein with the U-shaped frame received in the channel, the open end of the U-shaped frame is held in a compressed state with the open end having a compressed width substantially the same as the first distance. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150659 | SYSTEM TO FIX PLASTER MODELS OF TEETH IN ARTICULATORS WITHOUT MAKING USE OF PLASTER - The system has a form of a movable and fixable structure node, equipped with hinges and/or pins. It consists of a head bush adapted to be fixed in an articulator, said head bush consisting of the dish ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150150660 | DESIGNING AN INSERTABLE DENTAL RESTORATION - A method of designing a virtual 3D model of a dental restoration for a target site of a patient's set of teeth, the method including-obtaining a digital 3D representation of the set of teeth, the digital 3D representation comprising a section corresponding to the target site; determining an insertion path for the dental restoration to the target site; and designing the virtual 3D model of the dental restoration based on the digital 3D representation of the set of teeth, where the designing includes generating an outer surface of the virtual 3D model, where the determined insertion path and the outer surface of the designed virtual 3D model provide that a dental restoration manufactured from the designed virtual 3D model can be moved along the insertion path to the target site. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150661 | PROCESS FOR MAKING A DENTAL RESTORATION AND RESULTANT APPARATUS - A process for making a dental restoration includes forming a dental restoration base, selecting a decal representing a natural oral cavity characteristic, and attaching the selected decal to the base. Thereafter, the decal and the dental restoration base are conditioned to create a finished dental restoration having desired oral cavity color and characteristics such as teeth, enamel, dentin, crazing lines, stains, veins, blood vessels, bony coloration, hyper-calcification, mucosal tissue or gum tissue. In an alternative embodiment, the process may include placing a sealant over the decal and at least a portion of the dental restoration base. Additionally, a secondary decal may be attached over the sealant, followed by glazing the secondary decal. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150662 | ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH AND TOOL HEAD FOR SUCH TOOTHBRUSH - A tool head for an electric toothbrush has at least one tool carrier movably supported on a base part by means of a bearing device. The bearing device includes rotational support means for rotatably supporting the tool carrier about an axis of movement and axial support means for axially movably supporting the tool carrier along the axis of movement, and drive means for driving the tool carrier in an oscillating manner to rotationally oscillate about said axis of movement and to axially oscillate along said axis of movement. The drive means include a cam surface for transforming a rotation of said tool carrier into axial movement of the tool carrier relative to the base part along the axis of movement. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150663 | TOOTHBRUSH HANDLE PART OF AN ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH - A toothbrush handle part of an electric toothbrush has a handle part neck connectable to an attachment, at least one drive element for driving the attachment, said drive element being supported movably relative to said handle part neck, and a retarding element for retarding and/or locking and/or blocking and/or slowing down the drive element. The retarding element is movable relative to said drive element from a retarding position preventing movement of said drive element to an unretarding position allowing free movement of said drive element. The retarding element is accommodated between the handle part neck and the drive element to be slidable along said drive element in the longitudinal direction thereof from said retarding position in which said retarding element is in engagement with both the drive element and the handle part neck, to said unretarding position in which the retarding element is in engagement with not more than one of the drive element and the handle part neck. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150664 | SPRING MECHANISM FOR POWER DEVICE - A spring mechanism for attaching to a power device drive unit includes a housing connectable to a portion of the power device and a shaft extending through the housing. One end of the shaft is coupled to a workpiece and a bottom member extends from the other end and is positioned adjacent the drive unit. The bottom member includes at least one of a ferromagnetic material and a permanent magnet. The bottom member, shaft and workpiece move upon actuation of the drive unit, and a spring extends laterally outwardly from the shaft between the shaft and the housing. The spring is affixed to one of the shaft and the housing, wherein the spring bends between a deformed position and a return position upon the movement of the bottom member. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150665 | TRANSDERMAL DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS - An applicator for dispensing a therapeutic agent to an animal comprising a housing including first and second sections coupled together, the first and second sections defining a channel therebetween that includes at least one outlet; a hub integral with the first section and extending therefrom, the hub defining a conduit; and a bent path connecting the conduit to the channel. In accordance with this embodiment, the conduit, the bent path and the channel are fluidly connected. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150666 | Mammal Semen Collection and Filtration Device - A ridged cylinder is fused to a sheet of filter material that extends to form a pouch. When the cylinder is placed into the opening of a vessel of a matched diameter, it creates a barrier via the filter material, through which all materials must pass to reside in the vessel. The mammal's penis is directed to ejaculate into the cylinder, and the ejaculate plug is retained by the filter material, while the semen passes through the filter and into the vessel. When the collection is complete, the cylinder and attached filter material are removed from the vessel and disposed of. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150667 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MOUSE COLONIES - The present invention provides methods and systems for efficient and cost-effective provision of mouse colony management services to customers. Described herein is a novel integrated approach to provide a plurality of mouse colony management services by utilizing a common core process shared by the plurality of services. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150668 | UROLOGICAL DEVICE - A urological device comprises a urological valve for location in the bladder of a patient and a valve support stem for location in the urethra of a patient. The valve has a normally closed configuration to prevent flow from the bladder and an open configuration for fluid flow through the valve. The valve is automatically movable from the closed configuration to the open configuration in response to a pre-set hydrodynamic pressure applied for a pre-set time. In one case the valve has a plurality of valve leaflets with a region of co-aption between the valve leaflets. In the normally closed configuration the valve leaflets are engaged at the region of co-aption and in the open configuration the leaflets are separated at the co-aption region for fluid flow through the valve. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150669 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FECAL INCONTINENCE - This invention is directed to a device and a method for controlling fecal incontinence. The device of this invention is easily inserted into the anal canal, and is designed for remaining where required in the anal canal or rectum, above the dentate line and hemorrhoidal vein area, despite the peristaltic movements of the intestine. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150670 | Surgical Articles and Methods for Treating Pelvic Conditions - An implant, insertion tool, combinations, and associated methods, that involve placement of a self-fixating tip at tissue of the pelvic region, wherein an insertion tool includes one or more of an aperture for engaging a guide and an extension guard, the method optionally allowing for initial placement of a self-fixating tip at tissue of the pelvic region and adjustment of the location of the self-fixating tip. A threading guide is provided to assist in threading the guide through the aperture. An anchor also provided to with a retaining member to retain the anchor in tissue. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150671 | VASCULAR FILTER DEVICE - A vascular filter device ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150150672 | EMBOLUS REMOVAL DEVICE WITH BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION AND RELATED METHODS - The present invention provides devices for removing an embolus or thrombus. The device includes an elongate member configured for insertion into the vasculature, an expandable member that extends from the distal end of the elongate member, and a flow restrictor associated with a proximal portion of the expandable member. The expandable member is configured to transition from a compacted state to an expanded state, in which the expandable portion engages with the embolus. The flow restrictor is configured to restrict blood flow and generate a low pressure zone at a location in the vasculature that is distal to the flow restrictor. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150673 | Bioerodible Wraps and Uses There - A tubular tissue graft device is provided comprising a tubular tissue and a restrictive fiber matrix of a bioerodible polymer about a circumference of the tubular tissue. The matrix may be electrospun onto the tubular tissue. In one embodiment, the tubular tissue is from a vein, such as a saphenous vein, useful as an arterial graft, for example and without limitation, in a coronary artery bypass procedure. Also provided is method of preparing a tubular graft comprising depositing a fiber matrix of a bioerodible polymer about a perimeter of a tubular tissue to produce a tubular tissue graft device. A cardiac bypass method comprising bypassing a coronary artery with a tubular tissue graft device comprising a vein and a restrictive fiber matrix of a bioerodible polymer about a circumference of the vein also is provided. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150674 | IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS HAVING ACELLULAR TISSUE ATTACHMENTS - A prosthesis comprising a tissue expander and one or more samples of graft material, wherein the tissue expander is attached to the one or more samples of graft material in a manner that allows the tissue expander and the one or more samples of graft material to be implanted in a patient as a unitary prosthesis; and wherein tissue expander is attached to the one or more samples of graft material in a manner that will allow the tissue expander and the graft material to separate after a period of time following implantation to allow removal of the tissue expander from an implant sites while leaving the graft material within the implant site, the prosthesis comprises a tissue expander having molded grooves, slots, channels, or other shallow cavity spaces on a surface, and wherein the graft material is within the grooves, slots, channels, or other shallow cavity spaces, securing the graft material to the tissue expander. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150675 | IMPLANT WITH A VISUAL INDICATOR OF A BARRIER LAYER - An implantable soft tissue prosthesis device comprising a silicone elastomer-shell filled with silicone gel or liquid, which among the layers that constitute its shell includes a barrier layer formed of a low permeability silicone, which impedes the bleeding or diffusion of the silicone gel from the inside of the implant to its surroundings through the shell. This barrier layer is given a coloration different to the other layers of the shell, making it visible in the finished product. The coloration of the barrier layer gives the fabricator of the implant as well as to medical personnel, the possibility to identify the presence of the barrier layer and its homogeneity, improving the safety of the device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150676 | ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENS ASSEMBLIES AND ACCOMMODATION MEASUREMENT IMPLANT - The present invention pertains to accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) assemblies including a haptics system for self-anchoring implantation in a human eye's annular ciliary sulcus for retaining an AIOL at a desired position along the human eye's visual axis, and an accommodation measurement implant (AMI) for determining accommodation and accommodation forces in an experimental set-up including an animal's eye. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150677 | PROSTHETIC MECHANICAL HEART VALVE - A novel single occluder mechanical heart valve ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150150678 | REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE - A replacement heart valve, including a securing device and a non-return valve, the securing device including a resiliently deformable material adapted to adopt collapsed and non-collapsed configurations, the resiliently deformable material having a memory such that it returns to the non-collapsed configuration when not held under tension, whereby the valve is adapted to be secured within the valve annulus. Also featured is a method for replacing a heart valve and a kit, which use this replacement heart valve. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150679 | METHODS OF VALVE DELIVERY ON A BEATING HEART - A delivery system and method for delivering a prosthetic heart valve to the aortic valve. The system includes a delivery catheter having a steering mechanism thereon for delivering a balloon-expandable prosthetic heart valve to the aortic valve through an introducer passing into the left ventricle through its apex. The introducer may have a more floppy distal section than a proximal section to reduce trauma to the heart wall while preserving good operating field stability. The delivery catheter includes a deflecting segment just proximal to a distal balloon to facilitate positioning of the prosthetic heart valve in the proper orientation. A trigger in a catheter handle may be coupled to a deflection wire that actuates the deflecting segment, while a slider in the handle controls retraction of a valve pusher. The prosthetic heart valve may be installed over the existing calcified leaflets, and a pre-dilation valvuloplasty procedure may also be utilized. | 2015-06-04 |
20150150680 | BIOACTIVE IMPLANT FOR MYOCARDIAL REGENERATION AND VENTRICULAR CHAMBER RESTORATION - Bioactive implant for myocardial regeneration and ventricular chamber support including an elastomeric microporous membrane. The elastomeric microporous membrane being at least one non-degradable polymer and at least one partially degradable polymer. The non-degradable polymer is selected from polyethylacrylate and polyethylacrylate copolymerized with a hydroxyethylacrylate comonomer. The partially degradable polymer is selected from caprolactone 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl ester and caprolactone 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl ester copolymerized with ethylacrylate. The elastomeric microporous membrane further includes a nanofiber hydrogel, and cells. The bioactive implant, having one or two helical loops, contributes to the restauration of the heart conical shape. Cardiac wrapping by ventricular support bioprostheses of the present invention, having reinforcement bands spatially distributed as helicoids, recovers the sequential contraction of the myocardium resulting in the successive shortening and lengthening of the ventricles, therefore improving the ejection (systolic function) and suction of blood (diastolic function). | 2015-06-04 |
20150150681 | TISSUE REPAIR DEVICES AND SCAFFOLDS - The present invention relates to multiphasic, three-dimensionally printed, tissue repair devices or scaffolds useful for promoting bone growth and treating bone fracture, defect or deficiency, methods for making the same and methods for promoting bone growth and treating bone fracture, defect or deficiency using the same. The scaffold has a porous bone ingrowth area containing interconnected struts surrounded by a microporous shell. At the ends of the scaffold, the shell may be extended as a guide flange to stabilize the scaffold between ends of bone. The center of the scaffold may be empty and may serve as a potential marrow space. The porous ingrowth structure may be infiltrated with a soluble filler or carrier, such as, for example calcium sulfate which may be infiltrated with one or more of an antibiotic, a growth factor, a differentiation factors, a cytokine, a drug, or a combination of these agents. | 2015-06-04 |