Surgical suture needle of the taper point type
It is an object of this invention to provide a surgical suture needle which has an excellent ability to pierce an artificial blood vessel. According to the present invention, there is provided a surgi... Read More
Inventors: Matsutani, Masaaki;, Assignee: Matsutani Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (Tochigi, JP) |
Surgical clip applier having clip advancement control
An apparatus is disclosed for applying surgical clips which comprises a handle portion, a body portion which extends distally from the handle portion, jaw members positioned adjacent the distal end of... Read More
Inventors: Young, Wayne P.; Mastri, Dominick L.; Bolanos, Henry;, Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation (Norwalk, CT) |
Multiple curved surgical needle
OF THE DRAWINGS Referring to the drawings in detail, FIG. 1 shows a surgical needle 10 of the present invention. The needle has a straight pointed end 11 having a cross-section as shown in FIG. 2. Ad... Read More
Inventors: McGregor, Walter; Troutman, Richard C.;, Assignee: Ethicon Inc. (Somerville, NJ) |
Surgical needle holder
The surgical needle holder of this invention has an elongated body with a needle clamping tip projecting from one end thereof. In the preferred construction, the body consists of two complementary ele... Read More
Inventors: Catalano, J. Denis;, Assignee: |
Apparatus and method for subcuticular stapling of body tissue
A surgical apparatus for attaching at least two adjacent end portions of a medium such as cutaneous body tissue which comprises a pair of jaws carried by a frame, means for moving the jaws toward and ... Read More
Inventors: Green, David T.; Bolanos, Henry;, Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation (Norwalk, CT) |
Surgical instrument for endoscopic surgery
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a surgical instrument for endoscopic procedures is provided having a jaw subassembly comprising two opposing jaws which are made from a single piece of spri... Read More
Inventors: Lichtman, Philip R.;, Assignee: Microsurge, Inc. (Needham, MA) |
Surgical cutting instrument
What is claimed is: 1. A surgical cutting instrument comprising: a housing; an elongated fixed cutting member having a proximal end and a distal end and fixed at said proximal end to said housing, an ... Read More
Inventors: Chin, Albert K.; Gresl, Charles;, Assignee: R.J. Surgical Instruments, Inc. (Encinitas, CA) |
Corneal rivet
The general purpose of the present invention is to provide a corneal rivet for closure of a corneal incision or corneal wound which provides mechanical and optical closure about the incision or wound ... Read More
Inventors: Drews, Robert C.;, Assignee: |
Apparatus for facilitating the performance of surgical procedures such as the placement of sutures, ligatures and the like
The present invention comprises, in part, an apparatus for performing surgical procedures involved the placement and controlled manipulation of a thread, via a distal member, relative to tissues in a ... Read More
Inventors: Poloyko, Alexandr; Firfer, Raymond;, Assignee: Innovative Surgical Instruments (Northbrook, IL) |
Surgical apparatus for simultaneous resection of soft tissues and their suturing with metal staples
What is claimed is: 1. A surgical apparatus for the simultaneous resection of soft tissues and their suturing with metal staples, comprising: an elongated anvil branch; an elongated staple branch hing... Read More
Inventors: Fedotov, Vladimir M.; Smirnov, Boris A.; Revo, Valery V.; Lapchenko, Sergei N.;, Assignee: Vsesojuzny Nauchno-Issledovatelsky I Ispytatelny Institut Meditsinskoi (SU) |
Adhesive dispersing anvil and method of using
An end forming anvil 10 is made up of two members 12 and 14. The first member 12 has a shank 16 to permit mounting to a working tool, an enlarged diameter section 18, and a reduced diameter section 2... Read More
Inventors: Olson, Elvin G.;, Assignee: The Boeing Company (Seattle, WA) |
Thermal printing device
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is a thermal printing device that can carry out a high speed recording operation. Another object of the present invention is a thermal printing device u... Read More
Inventors: Kato, Nobuhisa;, Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd (Tokyo, JP) |
Image processing apparatus
A first object of the present invention is to provide an improvement on the aforementioned image processing apparatus. Another object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparat... Read More
Inventors: Sakai, Masanori; Horii, Hiroyuki; Komine, Takayuki; Suzuki, Yasumichi; Ikeda, Yoshinori; Honma, Toshio;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Light controlled spatial and angular electromagnetic wave modulator
We claim: 1. A multi-dimensional modulator for spatially modulating an electromagnetic wave with a controlling light wave, the modulator comprising: a semiconductor material having an absorption band;... Read More
Inventors: Sadovnik, Lev S.; Jannson, Tomasz P.; Manasson, Vladimir;, Assignee: Physical Optics Corporation (Torrance, CA) |
Atmospheric obscurant penetrating target observation system with range gating
The above disadvantages of the prior art are overcome by a system that transmits an illuminating pulse and enables the receiver at the time the leading edge of the pulse reflected from a range slice o... Read More
Inventors: Gerdt, David W.; Gilligan, Lawrence H.;, Assignee: Sperry Marine Inc. (Charlottesville, VA) |
YC-signal separation circuit responsive to magnitude of vertical correlation
An object of the present invention is to reduce the presence of cross-color phenomenon in the YC-signal separation processing of a composite color television signal by providing a high precision YC-si... Read More
Inventors: Okuda, Akihide; Nakagawa, Isao; Sugiyama, Masato; Katsumata, Kenji;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Noise reduction method and device for image signal
Accordingly, it is a purpose of the present invention to provide a noise reduction device capable of effectively using area of the digital image processing to reduce noise of video image signal. In an... Read More
Inventors: Oyama, Koichi; Sun, Xiaohong;, Assignee: Graphic Communication Tech., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Artificial heart valve
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The semilunar valve illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes a suture ring 1 and the three pockets 2 mounted within the ring. The suture ring has three symmetrical downwardly... Read More
Inventors: Reul, Helmut;, Assignee: Medac Gesellschaft fur Klinische Spezialpraparate mbH (Hamburg, DE) |
Corneal implant lens with fixation holes
The general purpose of the present invention is to provide fixation holes for a corneal implant lens such as an intracorneal or an epicorneal lens. According to one embodiment of the present invention... Read More
Inventors: Lindstrom, Richard L.;, Assignee: |
Joint endoprosthesis
What is claimed is: 1. A joint endoprosthesis comprising an elastic compressible hollow body having a plurality of partitions defining a plurality of cavities therein and passage openings in said part... Read More
Inventors: Frey, Otto; Koch, Rudolf; Planck, Heinrich M. F.;, Assignee: Sulzer Brothers Limited (Winterthur, CH) |
Artificial disc
The present invention resides in a resilient, spinal disc prosthesis to replace a damaged or degenerated spinal disc. The prosthesis comprises an upper rigid flat plate, a lower rigid flat plate, and ... Read More
Inventors: , Assignee: AcroMed Corporation (Cleveland, OH) |
Implantable spinal assist device
The present invention is generally directed to an implantable compliant or flexible spine implant for restoring normal biomechanical function to a motion segment unit of the spine and for preventing f... Read More
Inventors: Holmes, David C.;, Assignee: University of Miami (Miami, FL) |
Polymeric endoluminal paving process
OF THE INVENTION In general, PEPS involves the introduction of a polymeric material onto a selected location on a tissue surface or a tissue-contacting surface of an implantable medical device. The t... Read More
Inventors: Slepian, Marvin J.;, Assignee: Focal, Inc. (Lexington, MA) |
Catheterization unit
It is accordingly the general object of the present invention to provide a urine collector which is handy and safe to use, can be maintained in aseptic conditions prior to useage and which, in the pre... Read More
Inventors: Walz, Jr., Arthur J.; Nowacki, Christopher A.;, Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Chicago, IL) |
Perforated soft contact lens and a method for manufacturing thereof
What I claimed is: 1. In a soft contact lens the improvement which comprises at least one perforation through the lens within the optical zone thereof, located substantially in the center of the lens,... Read More
Inventors: Wichterle, Otto;, Assignee: Ceskoslovenska akademie ved (CS) |
Spinal column prostheses orthoses
The spinal column prostheses/orthoses of the invention include hook elements, extension elements, and adjusting elements which taken in concert permit variations of extractive and compressive forces t... Read More
Inventors: Lewis, David Warren; Greenlaw, Robert K.;, Assignee: |
Tampon with central reservoir
What is claimed is: 1. A tampon comprising a compressed bullet-shaped absorbent pledget having a tapering leading edge, a hollow central core, said pledget in fluid conductive contact with said core, ... Read More
Inventors: Olevsky, Howard;, Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Neenah, WI) |
Electrosurgical generator
What is claimed is: 1. Electrosurgical apparatus of the type comprising an electrosurgical blade secured in a blade supporting handle, said blade carrying a cutting electrode, a coagulating electrode ... Read More
Inventors: Stasz, Peter; Grabinger, Scott R.;, Assignee: Everest Medical Corporation (Brooklyn Center, MN) |
Anastomotic device
The improved anastomotic device and method of the present invention is characterized by one or more engageable, locking slots carried by mating prongs and a plurality of pawls carried by separate pron... Read More
Inventors: Hardy, Thomas G.; Kaganov, Alan L.; Pace, William G.;, Assignee: American Cyanamid Company (Stamford, CT) |
Two part surgical ligating clip, applicator and method of use
The foregoing problems are solved and a technical advance is achieved in an illustrative two-piece surgical ligating clip that circumferentially surrounds a vessel and securably positions the vessel b... Read More
Inventors: Booker, Robert; Cossette, Marc A.;, Assignee: Cook Pacemaker Corporation (Leechburg, PA) |
Obesity Surgery 
