Laparoscopic defogging apparatus
The present invention provides a unique solution to the previously identified problem by regulating and maintaining the temperature of the lens and end portion of a laparoscope at a desired temperatur... Read More
Inventors: Kim, Il G.;, Assignee: |
Apparatus and method for interstitial laser treatment
OF THE INVENTION The waveguide used in the apparatus, method and apparatus assembly of the present invention is preferably a cladded optical fiber, and the invention will be more particularly describ... Read More
Inventors: Andrus, W. Scott; Polyak, Mark; Hauschild, Sidney F.;, Assignee: American Medical Systems, Inc. (Minnetonka, MN) |
Apparatus and method for obtaining an arterial biopsy
In accordance with the present invention an apparatus and method for obtaining a biopsy sample from an arterial wall or body part of a living being is provided. The apparatus of the invention is a bio... Read More
Inventors: Mann, David;, Assignee: |
Calibrated air tube for spirometer
New calibrated air tubes for use in spirometers and spirometers including such calibrated air tubes have been discovered. The present calibrated air tubes are disposable so that after use by a patient... Read More
Inventors: Johnson, Michael O.;, Assignee: Desert Moon Development Limited Partnership (Dana Point, CA) |
Bipolar electrosurgical forceps
The present invention is a hand operable forceps instrument comprising two interfacing pivotable blade members which are each an electrode to which current can flow, and further wherein each blade mem... Read More
Inventors: Rydell, Mark A.;, Assignee: Everest Medical Corporation (Minneapolis, MN) |
Bipolar electrosurgical scissors
The present invention is a hand operable scissors comprising two interfacing pivotable blade members which are each an electrode electrically insulated from the other and to which current can flow, an... Read More
Inventors: Rydell, Mark A.; Tidemand, Kevin K.;, Assignee: Everest Medical Corporation (Minneapolis, MN) |
Double acting endoscopic scissors with bipolar cautery capability
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a double acting bipolar endoscopic scissors. It is also an object of the invention to provide a bipolar endoscopic scissors wherein the scissor bl... Read More
Inventors: Kortenbach, Juergen A.; McBrayer, Michael S.; Slater, Charles R.; Gottlieb, Saul;, Assignee: Symbiosis Corporation (Miami, FL) |
Electroconvergent cautery system
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for using a monopolar electroconvergent cautery system to produce sharply localized heating for cutting tissue, vaporizing tissue and coagu... Read More
Inventors: Yamanashi, William S.; Patil, Arun Angelo;, Assignee: Ortho Development Corporation (Draper, UT) |
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Apparatus for determining position of an endothracheal tube
In accordance with this invention, there is provided an apparatus for determining the optimum position of an endotracheal tube. This apparatus contains a stylet, connecting means for adjustably and re... Read More
Inventors: White, Steven J.;, Assignee: White; Steven J. (Brentwood, TN); White; Deborah O. (Brentwood, TN) |
Multi-purpose head-mounted adjustable medical tube holder
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIGS. 1 through 6 illustrate a mult... Read More
Inventors: James, Lonnie A.;, Assignee: |
Transducer positioning system
Manual control of transducer position has been suggested. However, a manual positioning system has numerous limitations, providing an imprecise means for positioning an endoscopic ultrasound transmitt... Read More
Inventors: Solomon, Rodney J.; Mason, Martin K.; Gruner, George; Fearnside, James T.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Bending device
It is an object of this invention to provide a bending device in which a connecting tube can be reduced in diameter, and means for connecting a front end portion of an operating wire can be obtained b... Read More
Inventors: Umeda, Hiroyuki;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Machida Seisakusho (Tokyo, JP) |
Catheter steering mechanism
The steering mechanism of the invention includes a flexible steering shaft attached to a controller. The controller includes a handle with a central bore in which one or more steering wires are carrie... Read More
Inventors: Lundquist, Ingemar; Thompson, Russell B.;, Assignee: EP Technologies, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Catheter deflection control
The present invention provides a new design which endows the catheter tip with greatly increased multi-directional sharp-angle flexibility. This affords the catheter an amount of "fine tuning" by prov... Read More
Inventors: Avitall, Boaz;, Assignee: |
Device for improving erection
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a device for improving erection, which is a further improvement of the existing devices of this type and is superior to the latter. In ... Read More
Inventors: Anatolievich, Pomozov Pyotr;, Assignee: |
Rotatable engine supporting apparatus
What is claimed is: 1. A rotatable engine supporting apparatus including a pair of spaced truncated bases, an engine supporting frame disposed between the spaced bases on rotatable shafts extending th... Read More
Inventors: Hefner, Paul;, Assignee: Stewart; Ralph (Billings, MT) |
Liquid atomizing apparatus utilizing ultrasonic wave
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid atomizing apparatus which avoids the aforenoted shortcomings experienced with prior art apparatus. Another object of the prese... Read More
Inventors: Asai, Kiyokazu; Takeuchi, Akihiro;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho (JA) |
Decreasing plated metal defects
Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. A method for decreasing plated metal defects which comprises applying to a metallic surface a l... Read More
Inventors: Canestaro, Michael J.; McBride, Donald G.; Welsh, John A.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Suture with radiation degradation near needle-suture junction
In accordance with the present invention there is provided a needle-suture combination comprising a needle having a sharp end and a blunt end and having a recess at said blunt end, a suture having one... Read More
Inventors: Gertzman, Arthur A.;, Assignee: Ethicon, Inc. (Somerville, NJ) |
Coating composition for sutures
What is claimed is: 1. A multifilament suture having improved tie-down properties, said suture being coated with from about 1 to 5 percent by weight of the dry residue of a composition comprising a ge... Read More
Inventors: Mattei, Frank V.;, Assignee: Ethicon, Inc. (Somerville, NJ) |
Cyanoacrylate adhesive composition containing tannins
In the practice of the present invention, the cyanoacrylate monomer typically is an ester of 2-cyanoacrylic acid, and a liquid at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. Preferred cyanoacrylate mo... Read More
Inventors: Millet, George H.;, Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (St. Paul, MN) |
Bioabsorbable coating for a surgical article
We claim: 1. A surgical article having improved knot repositioning characteristics, the article comprising a multifilamentary strand, the strand having a bioabsorbable coating, the coating comprising ... Read More
Inventors: Jarrett, Peter K.; Casey, Donald J.; Lehmann, Leonard T.;, Assignee: American Cyanamid Company (Stamford, CT) |
Fingernail reinforcing method
It is, therefore, an important object of the present invention to provide a method for reinforcing fingernails so that no special treatment is necessary as the natural nail grows. According to one asp... Read More
Inventors: Umstattd, Karen;, Assignee: |
Modified protein adhesive binder and process for producing
What is claimed is: 1. A process for the production of a modified vegetable protein adhesive binder comprising: (a) forming an alkaline dispersion of a vegetable protein material; (b) treating said di... Read More
Inventors: Steinmetz, Alan L.; Krinski, Thomas L.;, Assignee: Ralston Purina Company (St. Louis, MO) |
Crystalline copolyesters of amorphous (lactide/glycolide) and p-dioxanone
OF THE INVENTION In a preferred embodiment, the crystalline copolyesters of this invention have a degree of crystallinity and an intrinsic viscosity which render the copolyesters suitable for extrusi... Read More
Inventors: Bezwada, Rao S.; Newman, Jr., Hugh D.; Shalaby, Shalaby W.;, Assignee: Ethicon, Inc. (Somerville, NJ) |
Braided suture
What is claimed is: 1. A suture having improved tie-down performance comprising a multifilament, the outer surface of the multiflament being coated with from about 0.4 percent to about 7 percent based... Read More
Inventors: Hunter, Alastair Wilson; Thompson, Darrell R.;, Assignee: Ethicon, Inc. (Somerville, NJ) |
Modified antibodies
OF THE INVENTION We have discovered that modification of antibodies, including MAb's, human antibodies, genetically engineered antibodies, chimeric antibodies, synthesized antibodies and polyclonal a... Read More
Inventors: Khawli, Leslie A.; Epstein, Alan L.;, Assignee: Techniclone, Inc. (Tustin, CA) |
Azo dyestuffs in which the coupling component contains an N,N-bis(alkoxy carbonylalkyl) substituent
We claim: 1. An azo dyestuff of the formula ##STR19## wherein X denotes Cl, Br or CO.sub.2 R, R denotes C.sub.1-4 -alkyl or C.sub.5-6 cycloalkyl, Y denotes H, Z denotes H, R.sup.1 /R.sup.2 denotes CH.... Read More
Inventors: Hamprecht, Rainer;, Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (Leverkusen, DE) |
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