KR101722290B1 - 냉각 가능한 에너지 에미팅 어셈블리를 갖는 전달 장치 - Google Patents

냉각 가능한 에너지 에미팅 어셈블리를 갖는 전달 장치 Download PDF

Info

Publication number
KR101722290B1
KR101722290B1 KR1020127012527A KR20127012527A KR101722290B1 KR 101722290 B1 KR101722290 B1 KR 101722290B1 KR 1020127012527 A KR1020127012527 A KR 1020127012527A KR 20127012527 A KR20127012527 A KR 20127012527A KR 101722290 B1 KR101722290 B1 KR 101722290B1
Authority
KR
South Korea
Prior art keywords
electrode
tissue
delivery device
energy
emitter assembly
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active
Application number
KR1020127012527A
Other languages
English (en)
Korean (ko)
Other versions
KR20120100993A (ko
Inventor
마틴 엘. 메이세
스티븐 씨. 디머
Original Assignee
호라이라 인코포레이티드
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by 호라이라 인코포레이티드 filed Critical 호라이라 인코포레이티드
Publication of KR20120100993A publication Critical patent/KR20120100993A/ko
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of KR101722290B1 publication Critical patent/KR101722290B1/ko
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
    • A61B18/14—Probes or electrodes therefor
    • A61B18/1492—Probes or electrodes therefor having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/267—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor for the respiratory tract, e.g. laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes
    • A61B1/2676—Bronchoscopes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
    • A61B18/14—Probes or electrodes therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
    • A61B18/14—Probes or electrodes therefor
    • A61B18/1485—Probes or electrodes therefor having a short rigid shaft for accessing the inner body through natural openings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/18—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/18—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves
    • A61B18/1815—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves using microwaves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/32—Surgical cutting instruments
    • A61B17/320068—Surgical cutting instruments using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic
    • A61B2017/320069—Surgical cutting instruments using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic for ablating tissue
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00005—Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe
    • A61B2018/00011—Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe with fluids
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00005—Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe
    • A61B2018/00011—Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe with fluids
    • A61B2018/00017—Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe with fluids with gas
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00005—Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe
    • A61B2018/00011—Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe with fluids
    • A61B2018/00023—Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe with fluids closed, i.e. without wound contact by the fluid
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00005—Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe
    • A61B2018/00011—Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe with fluids
    • A61B2018/00029—Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe with fluids open
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00053—Mechanical features of the instrument of device
    • A61B2018/00214—Expandable means emitting energy, e.g. by elements carried thereon
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00053—Mechanical features of the instrument of device
    • A61B2018/00214—Expandable means emitting energy, e.g. by elements carried thereon
    • A61B2018/0022—Balloons
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00315—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body for treatment of particular body parts
    • A61B2018/00434—Neural system
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00315—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body for treatment of particular body parts
    • A61B2018/00541—Lung or bronchi
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00571—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body for achieving a particular surgical effect
    • A61B2018/00577—Ablation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00571—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body for achieving a particular surgical effect
    • A61B2018/00595—Cauterization
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00636—Sensing and controlling the application of energy
    • A61B2018/00773—Sensed parameters
    • A61B2018/00779—Power or energy
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00636—Sensing and controlling the application of energy
    • A61B2018/00773—Sensed parameters
    • A61B2018/00791—Temperature
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00982—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body combined with or comprising means for visual or photographic inspections inside the body, e.g. endoscopes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/02—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
    • A61B2018/0212—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques using an instrument inserted into a body lumen, e.g. catheter
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/02—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
    • A61B2018/0231—Characteristics of handpieces or probes
    • A61B2018/0262—Characteristics of handpieces or probes using a circulating cryogenic fluid
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
    • A61B18/14—Probes or electrodes therefor
    • A61B2018/1467—Probes or electrodes therefor using more than two electrodes on a single probe
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N7/00—Ultrasound therapy
    • A61N2007/0043—Ultrasound therapy intra-cavitary

Landscapes

  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Cardiology (AREA)
  • Pulmonology (AREA)
  • Physiology (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Radiology & Medical Imaging (AREA)
  • Surgical Instruments (AREA)
  • Dentistry (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Laser Surgery Devices (AREA)
KR1020127012527A 2009-10-27 2010-10-27 냉각 가능한 에너지 에미팅 어셈블리를 갖는 전달 장치 Active KR101722290B1 (ko)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US25536709P 2009-10-27 2009-10-27
US61/255,367 2009-10-27
US26034809P 2009-11-11 2009-11-11
US61/260,348 2009-11-11
PCT/US2010/054356 WO2011056684A2 (en) 2009-10-27 2010-10-27 Delivery devices with coolable energy emitting assemblies

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
KR20120100993A KR20120100993A (ko) 2012-09-12
KR101722290B1 true KR101722290B1 (ko) 2017-03-31

Family

ID=43466556

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
KR1020127012527A Active KR101722290B1 (ko) 2009-10-27 2010-10-27 냉각 가능한 에너지 에미팅 어셈블리를 갖는 전달 장치

Country Status (9)

Country Link
US (10) US9649153B2 (enExample)
EP (3) EP2493408B1 (enExample)
JP (6) JP5843777B2 (enExample)
KR (1) KR101722290B1 (enExample)
CN (5) CN104042322B (enExample)
AU (1) AU2010315396B2 (enExample)
CA (1) CA2779135C (enExample)
IL (1) IL219167A0 (enExample)
WO (1) WO2011056684A2 (enExample)

Families Citing this family (238)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7027869B2 (en) 1998-01-07 2006-04-11 Asthmatx, Inc. Method for treating an asthma attack
US7921855B2 (en) 1998-01-07 2011-04-12 Asthmatx, Inc. Method for treating an asthma attack
US7617005B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2009-11-10 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation
US8347891B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2013-01-08 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Methods and apparatus for performing a non-continuous circumferential treatment of a body lumen
US8150519B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2012-04-03 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for bilateral renal neuromodulation
US7756583B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2010-07-13 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for intravascularly-induced neuromodulation
US8774922B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2014-07-08 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Catheter apparatuses having expandable balloons for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US8361067B2 (en) 2002-09-30 2013-01-29 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Methods of therapeutically heating a vertebral body to treat back pain
US20040226556A1 (en) 2003-05-13 2004-11-18 Deem Mark E. Apparatus for treating asthma using neurotoxin
WO2006063199A2 (en) 2004-12-09 2006-06-15 The Foundry, Inc. Aortic valve repair
US12433837B2 (en) 2005-07-22 2025-10-07 The Foundry, Llc Systems and methods for delivery of a therapeutic agent
WO2007014003A2 (en) 2005-07-22 2007-02-01 The Foundry Inc. Systems and methods for delivery of a therapeutic agent
WO2007136566A2 (en) 2006-05-19 2007-11-29 Prorhythm, Inc. Ablation device with optimized input power profile and method of using the same
US8483831B1 (en) 2008-02-15 2013-07-09 Holaira, Inc. System and method for bronchial dilation
WO2009137819A1 (en) * 2008-05-09 2009-11-12 Innovative Pulmonary Solutions, Inc. Systems, assemblies, and methods for treating a bronchial tree
US10028753B2 (en) 2008-09-26 2018-07-24 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Spine treatment kits
WO2010036865A2 (en) 2008-09-26 2010-04-01 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Systems and methods for navigating an instrument through bone
CN104739502B (zh) 2008-10-06 2018-01-19 维兰德·K·沙马 用于组织消融的方法和装置
US8382746B2 (en) 2008-11-21 2013-02-26 C2 Therapeutics, Inc. Cryogenic ablation system and method
US8632534B2 (en) 2009-04-03 2014-01-21 Angiodynamics, Inc. Irreversible electroporation (IRE) for congestive obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
WO2010138919A2 (en) 2009-05-28 2010-12-02 Angiodynamics, Inc. System and method for synchronizing energy delivery to the cardiac rhythm
US9895189B2 (en) 2009-06-19 2018-02-20 Angiodynamics, Inc. Methods of sterilization and treating infection using irreversible electroporation
US11998266B2 (en) 2009-10-12 2024-06-04 Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd Intravascular energy delivery
CN104042322B (zh) * 2009-10-27 2017-06-06 赫莱拉公司 具有可冷却的能量发射组件的递送装置
US9981108B2 (en) 2009-10-30 2018-05-29 Recor Medical, Inc. Method and apparatus for treatment of hypertension through percutaneous ultrasound renal denervation
CA2780608C (en) 2009-11-11 2019-02-26 Innovative Pulmonary Solutions, Inc. Systems, apparatuses, and methods for treating tissue and controlling stenosis
US8911439B2 (en) 2009-11-11 2014-12-16 Holaira, Inc. Non-invasive and minimally invasive denervation methods and systems for performing the same
US20110144637A1 (en) * 2009-12-11 2011-06-16 Medtronic Cryocath Lp Vein Occlusion Devices and Methods for Catheter-Based Ablation
US10575893B2 (en) 2010-04-06 2020-03-03 Nuvaira, Inc. System and method for pulmonary treatment
US12076074B2 (en) 2010-04-26 2024-09-03 Medtronic Holding Company Sàrl Electrosurgical device and methods
EP2563256B1 (en) * 2010-04-26 2019-08-28 Medtronic Holding Company Sàrl Electrosurgical device
US20110301414A1 (en) * 2010-06-04 2011-12-08 Robert Hotto Intelligent endoscopy systems and methods
US20120029512A1 (en) * 2010-07-30 2012-02-02 Willard Martin R Balloon with surface electrodes and integral cooling for renal nerve ablation
CA2807277C (en) 2010-08-05 2020-05-12 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Cryoablation apparatuses, systems, and methods for renal neuromodulation
WO2012051433A2 (en) 2010-10-13 2012-04-19 Angiodynamics, Inc. System and method for electrically ablating tissue of a patient
TWI556849B (zh) 2010-10-21 2016-11-11 美敦力阿福盧森堡公司 用於腎臟神經協調的導管裝置
US9066713B2 (en) 2010-10-26 2015-06-30 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
US9060754B2 (en) 2010-10-26 2015-06-23 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods
US9028485B2 (en) * 2010-11-15 2015-05-12 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Self-expanding cooling electrode for renal nerve ablation
CN203354638U (zh) 2010-12-21 2013-12-25 泰尔茂株式会社 气囊导管及通电系统
JP2014508580A (ja) 2011-01-19 2014-04-10 フラクティル ラボラトリーズ インコーポレイテッド 組織の治療のためのデバイスおよび方法
EP2694150A1 (en) 2011-04-08 2014-02-12 Covidien LP Iontophoresis drug delivery system and method for denervation of the renal sympathetic nerve and iontophoretic drug delivery
TW201242570A (en) 2011-04-25 2012-11-01 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg Apparatus and methods related to constrained deployment of cryogenic balloons for limited cryogenic ablation of vessel walls
KR20140037224A (ko) * 2011-06-15 2014-03-26 타이들 웨이브 테크놀로지, 인크. 고주파 애블레이션 카테터 장치
US9078665B2 (en) 2011-09-28 2015-07-14 Angiodynamics, Inc. Multiple treatment zone ablation probe
US10201386B2 (en) 2011-10-05 2019-02-12 Nuvaira, Inc. Apparatus for injuring nerve tissue
EP2773276B1 (en) * 2011-11-05 2018-04-04 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.à.r.l. Systems for crynogenic renal neuromodulation
WO2013074683A1 (en) * 2011-11-14 2013-05-23 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Ablation catheter with cryothermal balloon
SG11201402610QA (en) 2011-12-09 2014-10-30 Metavention Inc Therapeutic neuromodulation of the hepatic system
US9005100B2 (en) 2011-12-15 2015-04-14 The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Jr. University Apparatus and methods for treating pulmonary hypertension
AU2012362524B2 (en) 2011-12-30 2018-12-13 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Systems and methods for treating back pain
US9414881B2 (en) 2012-02-08 2016-08-16 Angiodynamics, Inc. System and method for increasing a target zone for electrical ablation
JP6167115B2 (ja) * 2012-02-27 2017-07-19 フラクティル ラボラトリーズ インコーポレイテッド 組織の治療のための熱切除システム、デバイスおよび方法
US20150111918A1 (en) 2012-03-08 2015-04-23 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l Immune system neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
JP2015097548A (ja) * 2012-03-09 2015-05-28 テルモ株式会社 バルーンカテーテル
EP3711810B1 (en) 2012-04-19 2023-02-22 Fractyl Health, Inc. Tissue expansion systems
US9883906B2 (en) 2012-04-22 2018-02-06 Newuro, B.V. Bladder tissue modification for overactive bladder disorders
US10610294B2 (en) 2012-04-22 2020-04-07 Newuro, B.V. Devices and methods for transurethral bladder partitioning
US9241752B2 (en) 2012-04-27 2016-01-26 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Shafts with pressure relief in cryotherapeutic catheters and associated devices, systems, and methods
EP2840991B1 (en) 2012-04-27 2019-05-15 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.à.r.l. Cryotherapeutic devices for renal neuromodulation
WO2013173481A2 (en) * 2012-05-18 2013-11-21 Holaira, Inc. Compact delivery pulmonary treatment systems and methods for improving pulmonary function
WO2014022436A1 (en) 2012-07-30 2014-02-06 Fractyl Laboratories Inc. Electrical energy ablation systems, devices and methods for the treatment of tissue
US9044254B2 (en) 2012-08-07 2015-06-02 Covidien Lp Microwave ablation catheter and method of utilizing the same
WO2014026055A1 (en) 2012-08-09 2014-02-13 Fractyl Laboratories Inc. Ablation systems, devices and methods for the treatment of tissue
US10588691B2 (en) 2012-09-12 2020-03-17 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Radiofrequency ablation of tissue within a vertebral body
WO2014047355A1 (en) 2012-09-19 2014-03-27 Denervx LLC Cooled microwave denervation
EP2903626A4 (en) 2012-10-05 2016-10-19 Fractyl Lab Inc METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR CARRYING OUT MULTIPLE TREATMENTS OF A PATIENT
US10342608B2 (en) * 2012-10-18 2019-07-09 The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Ablation catheter system and method for deploying same
WO2014071161A1 (en) 2012-11-05 2014-05-08 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. System and methods for creating curved paths through bone and modulating nerves within the bone
US9827036B2 (en) 2012-11-13 2017-11-28 Pulnovo Medical (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. Multi-pole synchronous pulmonary artery radiofrequency ablation catheter
US11241267B2 (en) 2012-11-13 2022-02-08 Pulnovo Medical (Wuxi) Co., Ltd Multi-pole synchronous pulmonary artery radiofrequency ablation catheter
US12082868B2 (en) 2012-11-13 2024-09-10 Pulnovo Medical (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. Multi-pole synchronous pulmonary artery radiofrequency ablation catheter
CN102908191A (zh) 2012-11-13 2013-02-06 陈绍良 多极同步肺动脉射频消融导管
US9095321B2 (en) 2012-11-21 2015-08-04 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Cryotherapeutic devices having integral multi-helical balloons and methods of making the same
US9017317B2 (en) 2012-12-06 2015-04-28 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Refrigerant supply system for cryotherapy including refrigerant recompression and associated devices, systems, and methods
US9398933B2 (en) 2012-12-27 2016-07-26 Holaira, Inc. Methods for improving drug efficacy including a combination of drug administration and nerve modulation
US20140228875A1 (en) 2013-02-08 2014-08-14 Nidus Medical, Llc Surgical device with integrated visualization and cauterization
WO2014137383A1 (en) * 2013-03-04 2014-09-12 Csa Medical, Inc. Cryospray catheters
US9877707B2 (en) 2013-03-07 2018-01-30 Kyphon SÀRL Systems and methods for track coagulation
US10076384B2 (en) 2013-03-08 2018-09-18 Symple Surgical, Inc. Balloon catheter apparatus with microwave emitter
KR102255994B1 (ko) 2013-03-13 2021-05-26 누바이라 인코포레이티드 유체 전달 시스템 및 치료 방법
WO2014165130A2 (en) * 2013-03-13 2014-10-09 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Devices for tissue separation and related methods of use
JP6322696B2 (ja) 2013-03-14 2018-05-09 リコール メディカル インコーポレイテッドＲｅＣｏｒ Ｍｅｄｉｃａｌ， Ｉｎｃ． 超音波による神経調節システム
US10499980B2 (en) 2013-03-14 2019-12-10 Spiration, Inc. Flexible RF ablation needle
US9682190B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2017-06-20 Covidien Lp Recirculating cooling system for energy delivery device
AU2014229253B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2018-10-04 Medtronic Holding Company Sàrl Electrosurgical mapping tools and methods
US9101344B2 (en) 2013-03-15 2015-08-11 Covidien Lp Recirculating cooling system for energy delivery device
US11103684B2 (en) * 2013-03-15 2021-08-31 Nuvaira, Inc. Systems, devices, and methods for treating a pulmonary disorder with an agent
JP2014198238A (ja) * 2013-03-15 2014-10-23 セイコーエプソン株式会社 流体噴射装置
EP3003461B1 (en) 2013-06-04 2019-05-01 Fractyl Laboratories, Inc. Systems and devices for reducing the luminal surface area of the gastrointestinal tract
WO2014197625A1 (en) 2013-06-05 2014-12-11 Metavention, Inc. Modulation of targeted nerve fibers
US20150031946A1 (en) 2013-07-24 2015-01-29 Nidus Medical, Llc Direct vision cryosurgical probe and methods of use
EP3035878A1 (en) * 2013-08-22 2016-06-29 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Medical balloon having patterned recessed wall profile
WO2015029040A1 (en) * 2013-08-31 2015-03-05 Morena Medical Applications Ltd. Endoscope with shared working channel
US11986235B2 (en) 2013-09-12 2024-05-21 Fractyl Health, Inc. Systems, methods and devices for treatment of target tissue
US11446524B2 (en) * 2013-09-12 2022-09-20 Nuvaira Inc. Systems, devices, and methods for treating a pulmonary disease with ultrasound energy
DE102013219509A1 (de) * 2013-09-27 2015-04-02 Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh Expandierbare gekühlte Elektrode
US9687288B2 (en) 2013-09-30 2017-06-27 Arrinex, Inc. Apparatus and methods for treating rhinitis
AU2014240225A1 (en) 2013-10-01 2015-04-16 Uptake Medical Technology Inc. Preferential volume reduction of diseased segments of a heterogeneous lobe
US10390881B2 (en) 2013-10-25 2019-08-27 Denervx LLC Cooled microwave denervation catheter with insertion feature
US10098685B2 (en) * 2013-10-30 2018-10-16 Medtronic Cryocath Lp Feedback system for cryoablation of cardiac tissue
JP6402317B2 (ja) * 2013-11-01 2018-10-10 ペンタックス・オブ・アメリカ・インコーポレイテッドＰｅｎｔａｘ Ｏｆ Ａｍｅｒｉｃａ， Ｉｎｃ． 冷凍バルーンアブレーションシステム
CN110575244A (zh) 2013-11-19 2019-12-17 伊西康公司 用于治疗支气管疾病的胸腔镜方法
EP3071286B1 (en) 2013-11-22 2024-01-03 Fractyl Health, Inc. Systems for the creation of a therapeutic restriction in the gastrointestinal tract
WO2015089377A1 (en) * 2013-12-12 2015-06-18 Holaira, Inc. Catheter and handle assembly, systems, and methods
US20150209107A1 (en) 2014-01-24 2015-07-30 Denervx LLC Cooled microwave denervation catheter configuration
US10492842B2 (en) 2014-03-07 2019-12-03 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Monitoring and controlling internally administered cryotherapy
KR101452683B1 (ko) * 2014-03-11 2014-10-22 (주)세원메디텍 풍선카테터 및 상기 풍선카테터를 구비한 카테터장치
US9579149B2 (en) 2014-03-13 2017-02-28 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Low profile catheter assemblies and associated systems and methods
US10959774B2 (en) 2014-03-24 2021-03-30 Fractyl Laboratories, Inc. Injectate delivery devices, systems and methods
EP3122233B1 (en) 2014-03-28 2018-10-24 Spiration, Inc. D.B.A. Olympus Respiratory America System for predictable deployment of a medical device
US20170027460A1 (en) 2015-07-29 2017-02-02 NeuroMedic, Inc. Intraluminal microneurography probe
US12350050B2 (en) 2014-04-14 2025-07-08 Recor Medical, Inc. Intraluminal microneurography probes and related systems and methods
US9999463B2 (en) 2014-04-14 2018-06-19 NeuroMedic, Inc. Monitoring nerve activity
US10709490B2 (en) 2014-05-07 2020-07-14 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Catheter assemblies comprising a direct heating element for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
EP3145498B1 (en) 2014-05-20 2020-03-04 Dow Global Technologies LLC Dispersion comprising a partially neutralized esterified cellulose ether
EP3145496B1 (en) 2014-05-20 2020-03-18 Dow Global Technologies LLC Capsule shells comprising an esterified cellulose ether
WO2015188013A1 (en) 2014-06-04 2015-12-10 Csa Medical, Inc. Method and system for consistent, repeatable, and safe cryospray treatment of airway tissue
US9757535B2 (en) 2014-07-16 2017-09-12 Fractyl Laboratories, Inc. Systems, devices and methods for performing medical procedures in the intestine
EP3169260B1 (en) 2014-07-16 2019-09-25 Fractyl Laboratories, Inc. System for treating diabetes and related diseases and disorders
US11185367B2 (en) 2014-07-16 2021-11-30 Fractyl Health, Inc. Methods and systems for treating diabetes and related diseases and disorders
US9763743B2 (en) 2014-07-25 2017-09-19 Arrinex, Inc. Apparatus and method for treating rhinitis
US12114911B2 (en) 2014-08-28 2024-10-15 Angiodynamics, Inc. System and method for ablating a tissue site by electroporation with real-time pulse monitoring
US10925579B2 (en) 2014-11-05 2021-02-23 Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. Systems and methods for real-time tracking of a target tissue using imaging before and during therapy delivery
EP3217904B1 (en) * 2014-11-14 2021-09-08 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.à.r.l. Catheter apparatuses for modulation of nerves in communication with the pulmonary system and associated systems
US9820664B2 (en) 2014-11-20 2017-11-21 Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. Catheter with high density electrode spine array
US10485604B2 (en) 2014-12-02 2019-11-26 Uptake Medical Technology Inc. Vapor treatment of lung nodules and tumors
US20190069949A1 (en) 2014-12-03 2019-03-07 Metavention, Inc. Systems and methods for modulatng nerves or other tissue
US10335189B2 (en) 2014-12-03 2019-07-02 PAVmed Inc. Systems and methods for percutaneous division of fibrous structures
CN107106194B (zh) * 2014-12-31 2020-08-25 柯惠有限合伙公司 用于治疗慢性阻塞性肺病和肺气肿的系统和方法
US9974946B2 (en) * 2015-04-07 2018-05-22 NeuroTronik IP Holding (Jersey) Limited Inflatable intravascular electrode supports for neuromodulation
US20180236220A1 (en) * 2015-01-14 2018-08-23 NeuroTronik IP Holding (Jersey) Limited Inflatable intravascular electrode supports for neuromodulation
US10531906B2 (en) 2015-02-02 2020-01-14 Uptake Medical Technology Inc. Medical vapor generator
US10376308B2 (en) 2015-02-05 2019-08-13 Axon Therapies, Inc. Devices and methods for treatment of heart failure by splanchnic nerve ablation
WO2016147787A1 (ja) * 2015-03-19 2016-09-22 オリンパス株式会社 挿入機器の挿入部装着具、挿入システム
US9901384B2 (en) 2015-03-31 2018-02-27 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Airway diagnosis and treatment devices and related methods of use
JP2018515311A (ja) * 2015-05-07 2018-06-14 コルフィーゴ， インク．Ｃｏｒｆｉｇｏ， Ｉｎｃ． 非閉塞性の周方向血管切除デバイス
WO2016183337A2 (en) 2015-05-12 2016-11-17 National University Of Ireland Galway Devices for therapeutic nasal neuromodulation and associated methods and systems
US12268433B2 (en) 2015-05-12 2025-04-08 National University Of Ireland, Galway Devices for therapeutic nasal neuromodulation and associated methods and systems
US9414878B1 (en) 2015-05-15 2016-08-16 C2 Therapeutics, Inc. Cryogenic balloon ablation system
US10537259B2 (en) 2015-06-29 2020-01-21 Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. Catheter having closed loop array with in-plane linear electrode portion
US9949656B2 (en) 2015-06-29 2018-04-24 Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. Catheter with stacked spine electrode assembly
US10575742B2 (en) 2015-06-30 2020-03-03 Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. Catheter having closed electrode assembly with spines of uniform length
US20240001086A9 (en) * 2015-09-15 2024-01-04 Nuvaira, Inc. Systems, devices, and methods for treating a pulmonary disorder with an agent
US10207110B1 (en) 2015-10-13 2019-02-19 Axon Therapies, Inc. Devices and methods for treatment of heart failure via electrical modulation of a splanchnic nerve
JP6995041B2 (ja) 2015-10-20 2022-01-14 ジャイラス エーシーエムアイ インク 切除装置
CN108366820B (zh) * 2015-10-26 2021-04-02 纽韦弗医疗设备公司 能量递送系统及其用途
US20170127973A1 (en) * 2015-11-11 2017-05-11 Covidien Lp Device, system and method for measuring esophageal mucosal impedance
US11213344B2 (en) 2015-11-17 2022-01-04 Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. Guidewire with ablation and coagulation functionality
US10441339B2 (en) 2015-11-17 2019-10-15 Medtronic Holding Company Sárl Spinal tissue ablation apparatus, system, and method
US9662173B1 (en) 2015-12-24 2017-05-30 Cyclone Biosciences LLC Lateral delivery device with active cooling
CN105581838B (zh) * 2015-12-31 2017-11-21 宁波胜杰康生物科技有限公司 一种新型肿瘤冷冻消融导管
US20190053856A1 (en) * 2016-01-07 2019-02-21 Universitat Bern Method and system for pose controlled ablation
EP3413822B1 (en) 2016-02-11 2023-08-30 Arrinex, Inc. Device for image guided post-nasal nerve ablation
US11058486B2 (en) 2016-02-11 2021-07-13 Covidien Lp Systems and methods for percutaneous microwave ablation
US10813692B2 (en) 2016-02-29 2020-10-27 Covidien Lp 90-degree interlocking geometry for introducer for facilitating deployment of microwave radiating catheter
CN114191067B (zh) * 2016-05-19 2024-12-17 圣安娜技术有限公司 具有双囊结构以对组织产生并施加消融区域的导管
CN109414284B (zh) * 2016-05-20 2021-08-10 美国宾得公司 具有可旋转并且可平移的导管的低温消融系统
US9678275B1 (en) 2016-05-23 2017-06-13 InnovaQuartz LLC Efficient coupling of infrared radiation to renal calculi
US10702296B2 (en) * 2016-05-25 2020-07-07 Ethicon Llc Ultrasonic surgical instrument with cooling conduit
US10524859B2 (en) * 2016-06-07 2020-01-07 Metavention, Inc. Therapeutic tissue modulation devices and methods
CN109561927B (zh) 2016-06-09 2022-12-27 努瓦拉公司 用于改进可扩张导管组件递送到体腔中的系统和方法
EP3471638B1 (en) 2016-06-15 2025-01-29 Arrinex, Inc. Devices for treating a lateral surface of a nasal cavity
EP4209190A1 (en) 2016-06-27 2023-07-12 Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc. System comprising a generator and a catheter with an electrode for treating a lung passageway
US12403305B2 (en) 2016-06-27 2025-09-02 Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc. Immunostimulation in the treatment of viral infection
AU2017301911B2 (en) 2016-07-29 2022-07-28 Axon Therapies, Inc. Devices, systems, and methods for treatment of heart failure by splanchnic nerve ablation
US11432870B2 (en) 2016-10-04 2022-09-06 Avent, Inc. Cooled RF probes
US20180092682A1 (en) * 2016-10-05 2018-04-05 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Spiral electrode for neuromodulation therapy
US11253312B2 (en) 2016-10-17 2022-02-22 Arrinex, Inc. Integrated nasal nerve detector ablation-apparatus, nasal nerve locator, and methods of use
US11857748B2 (en) 2016-10-20 2024-01-02 Asahi Medical Technologies, Inc. Method and device for enhanced composition delivery
JP2019524353A (ja) 2016-10-24 2019-09-05 シーエスエー メディカル， インコーポレイテッド 末梢肺病変の凍結療法を実施するための方法および装置
US10905492B2 (en) 2016-11-17 2021-02-02 Angiodynamics, Inc. Techniques for irreversible electroporation using a single-pole tine-style internal device communicating with an external surface electrode
CN110177515B (zh) 2016-12-07 2024-09-13 努瓦拉公司 用于降低治疗变化性并增加治疗效力和持久性的方法和系统
WO2018125822A2 (en) * 2016-12-28 2018-07-05 Coridea, Llc Apparatus to treat cardiopulmonary disease
US10912609B2 (en) * 2017-01-06 2021-02-09 St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. Pulmonary vein isolation balloon catheter
AU2018211029A1 (en) * 2017-01-17 2019-08-01 Corfigo, Inc. Device for ablation of tissue surfaces and related systems and methods
JP6946444B2 (ja) * 2017-02-10 2021-10-06 セント・ジュード・メディカル，カーディオロジー・ディヴィジョン，インコーポレイテッド 冷凍アブレーションのための装置および方法
GB2561167A (en) * 2017-03-30 2018-10-10 Creo Medical Ltd Electrosurgical energy conveying structure and electrosurgical device incorporating the same
JP7300999B2 (ja) 2017-04-28 2023-06-30 アリネックス， インコーポレイテッド 鼻炎の治療において血管を位置特定するためのシステムおよび方法
US11129673B2 (en) 2017-05-05 2021-09-28 Uptake Medical Technology Inc. Extra-airway vapor ablation for treating airway constriction in patients with asthma and COPD
US11071586B2 (en) 2017-06-05 2021-07-27 Covidien Lp Cooling systems for energy delivery devices
GB2565573A (en) 2017-08-17 2019-02-20 Creo Medical Ltd Interface joint for an electrosurgical apparatus
US11344364B2 (en) 2017-09-07 2022-05-31 Uptake Medical Technology Inc. Screening method for a target nerve to ablate for the treatment of inflammatory lung disease
CN109464186B (zh) 2017-09-08 2023-12-22 泽丹医疗股份有限公司 治疗肺部肿瘤的装置和方法
US11350988B2 (en) 2017-09-11 2022-06-07 Uptake Medical Technology Inc. Bronchoscopic multimodality lung tumor treatment
USD845467S1 (en) 2017-09-17 2019-04-09 Uptake Medical Technology Inc. Hand-piece for medical ablation catheter
US11419658B2 (en) 2017-11-06 2022-08-23 Uptake Medical Technology Inc. Method for treating emphysema with condensable thermal vapor
US11490946B2 (en) 2017-12-13 2022-11-08 Uptake Medical Technology Inc. Vapor ablation handpiece
US10561461B2 (en) 2017-12-17 2020-02-18 Axon Therapies, Inc. Methods and devices for endovascular ablation of a splanchnic nerve
CA3087052A1 (en) * 2017-12-26 2019-07-04 Galary, Inc. Methods, apparatuses, and systems for the treatment of disease states and disorders
JP2021508533A (ja) 2017-12-26 2021-03-11 ギャラリー，インコーポレイテッド 様々な用途のためのエネルギー送達の最適化
US11478298B2 (en) 2018-01-24 2022-10-25 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Controlled irrigation for neuromodulation systems and associated methods
EP3743147B1 (en) 2018-01-26 2024-04-10 Axon Therapies, Inc. Device for endovascular ablation of a splanchnic nerve
US11344356B2 (en) * 2018-02-28 2022-05-31 Medtronic Cryocath Lp Apparatus and method for targeted bronchial denervation by cryo-ablation
WO2019178387A1 (en) * 2018-03-16 2019-09-19 The Regents Of The University Of Michigan Device, systems, and methods for treating a kidney stone
US11533435B2 (en) 2018-04-06 2022-12-20 Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University Multifunctional camera system for video assisted thoracic surgery
EP3801324B1 (en) 2018-06-01 2025-05-28 Aqua Medical, Inc. Vapor generation and delivery systems
US20200015878A1 (en) * 2018-07-11 2020-01-16 Covidien Lp Bounded electrosurgical energy systems and methods employing zone-based energy
CN108836420B (zh) * 2018-07-26 2021-04-20 李强 一种肝门血流阻断装置
KR102205624B1 (ko) * 2018-11-27 2021-02-23 주식회사 소노마메드 혈관정보 기반 냉매 공급 시스템 및 방법
US11419671B2 (en) 2018-12-11 2022-08-23 Neurent Medical Limited Systems and methods for therapeutic nasal neuromodulation
US11653927B2 (en) 2019-02-18 2023-05-23 Uptake Medical Technology Inc. Vapor ablation treatment of obstructive lung disease
DE102019105970A1 (de) * 2019-03-08 2020-09-10 Georg Nollert Kathetersystem für eine Kryoablation, insbesondere der Magenwand
US20200305974A1 (en) * 2019-03-25 2020-10-01 Covidien Lp Pulmonary denervation with bronchial-centered dielectric heating element
US10918309B2 (en) 2019-04-11 2021-02-16 Siemens Healthcare Gmbh Artificial intelligence-based COPD assessment
US11944803B2 (en) * 2019-04-19 2024-04-02 Abiomed, Inc. Cooled mechanical circulatory support system and method of operation
AU2020296866A1 (en) 2019-06-20 2021-10-14 Axon Therapies, Inc. Methods and devices for endovascular ablation of a splanchnic nerve
WO2020264152A1 (en) * 2019-06-25 2020-12-30 Neurotronic, Inc. Delivery catheter and method of disease treatment
CA3150339A1 (en) * 2019-09-12 2021-03-18 Brian W. Donovan Systems and methods for tissue modulation
US12114920B2 (en) 2019-10-22 2024-10-15 Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. Inflatable sleeve multi-electrode catheter
US11291500B2 (en) 2019-11-05 2022-04-05 Sirona Medical Technologies, Inc. Multi-modal catheter for improved electrical mapping and ablation
CN110897710B (zh) * 2019-11-30 2021-08-31 杭州堃博生物科技有限公司 肺部神经消融系统的控制方法、系统以及计算机介质
WO2021134154A1 (zh) * 2019-12-30 2021-07-08 乐普（北京）医疗器械股份有限公司 一种扩孔式非植入心房分流装置
EP3902494B1 (en) 2020-01-17 2023-07-05 Axon Therapies, Inc. Devices for endovascular ablation of a splanchnic nerve
CN111407393B (zh) * 2020-03-23 2024-10-18 宁波胜杰康生物科技有限公司 一种冷冻消融球囊导管
US12318638B2 (en) 2020-04-07 2025-06-03 Sonivie Ltd. Devices and methods for reducing parasympathetic nerve activity in patients with a respiratory syndrome
US11007001B1 (en) * 2020-04-07 2021-05-18 Sonivie Ltd. Devices and methods for reducing parasympathetic nerve activity in patients with a respiratory syndrome
WO2021205230A1 (en) 2020-04-09 2021-10-14 Neurent Medical Limited Systems and methods for therapeutic nasal treatment
WO2021205229A1 (en) 2020-04-09 2021-10-14 Neurent Medical Limited Systems and methods for improving sleep with therapeutic nasal treatment
US12156693B2 (en) 2020-05-27 2024-12-03 PAVmed Inc. Systems and methods for minimally-invasive division of fibrous structures
AU2020449901A1 (en) * 2020-05-27 2022-10-13 PAVmed Inc. Systems and methods for minimally-invasive division of fibrous structures
AU2021306313A1 (en) 2020-07-10 2023-03-02 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Vertebral denervation in conjunction with vertebral fusion
CN111887981A (zh) * 2020-08-24 2020-11-06 绍兴梅奥心磁医疗科技有限公司 消融电极及消融导管
CN111887980B (zh) * 2020-08-24 2025-08-22 绍兴梅奥心磁医疗科技有限公司 消融导管
US20220287767A1 (en) * 2020-09-17 2022-09-15 Broncus Medical Inc. Targeted Lung Denervation with Directionally-Adjustable Perfusion
US12082876B1 (en) 2020-09-28 2024-09-10 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Introducer drill
CN112237475B (zh) * 2020-11-04 2022-08-12 深圳半岛医疗有限公司 微针治疗控制装置及射频微针治疗仪
JP2024505335A (ja) 2020-12-22 2024-02-06 リリーバント メドシステムズ、インコーポレイテッド 脊椎神経調節の候補の予測
US20220192738A1 (en) * 2020-12-22 2022-06-23 Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. Balloon Catheter with Irrigated Tip Electrode
CN116867449A (zh) * 2021-02-17 2023-10-10 美敦力快凯欣有限合伙企业 用于确定支气管神经切除的方法和设备
US12419662B2 (en) 2021-02-19 2025-09-23 Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. Selectively insulated ultrasound transducers
WO2022190225A1 (ja) * 2021-03-09 2022-09-15 日本ライフライン株式会社 バルーン型電極カテーテル
CN115300089A (zh) * 2021-05-07 2022-11-08 上海市胸科医院 冷冻消融装置与冷冻消融系统
EP4108197A1 (en) 2021-06-24 2022-12-28 Gradient Denervation Technologies Systems for treating tissue
US12440165B2 (en) 2021-07-28 2025-10-14 Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. Catheter for neural measurements and treatment and related systems and methods
US12433668B1 (en) 2021-11-08 2025-10-07 Relievant Medsystems, Inc. Impedance stoppage mitigation during radiofrequency tissue ablation procedures
CN114699163A (zh) * 2022-04-11 2022-07-05 南京德文医学科技有限公司 一种具有冷却囊的射频消融导管
CN119214778B (zh) * 2024-09-29 2025-11-04 昆山雷盛医疗科技有限公司 腔内射频消融系统

Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2002508989A (ja) * 1998-01-14 2002-03-26 キューロン メディカル，インコーポレイテッド 胃食道逆流症（ｇｅｒｄ）を治療するための電気外科器具および方法
JP2002541905A (ja) * 1999-04-21 2002-12-10 ブロンカス テクノロジーズ， インコーポレイテッド エネルギーの適用による気道の改変

Family Cites Families (1119)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US612724A (en) 1898-10-18 Bert j
US1155169A (en) 1914-11-28 1915-09-28 John Starkweather Surgical instrument.
US1207479A (en) 1915-03-05 1916-12-05 Holger Bisgaard Self-retaining gatheter.
US1216183A (en) 1916-09-18 1917-02-13 Charles M Swingle Electrotherapeutic rejuvenator.
US1695107A (en) 1926-11-24 1928-12-11 Willi Landau Therapeutic implement
US2072346A (en) 1934-10-04 1937-03-02 Ward R Smith Drainage tube
US2279714A (en) 1940-10-26 1942-04-14 Firm Asclepio Mira Limitada Cystoscope
US3320957A (en) 1964-05-21 1967-05-23 Sokolik Edward Surgical instrument
US3568659A (en) 1968-09-24 1971-03-09 James N Karnegis Disposable percutaneous intracardiac pump and method of pumping blood
US3667476A (en) 1970-04-27 1972-06-06 Bio Data Corp Apparatus for monitoring body temperature and controlling a heating device to maintain a selected temperature
US3692029A (en) 1971-05-03 1972-09-19 Edwin Lloyd Adair Retention catheter and suprapubic shunt
US3995617A (en) 1972-05-31 1976-12-07 Watkins David H Heart assist method and catheter
US3949743A (en) 1973-03-19 1976-04-13 Schick Incorporated Medicated vapor production method and apparatus
GB1459397A (en) 1973-03-22 1976-12-22 Biopulse Co Ltd Apparatus for treating organisms by applying an electrical signal thereto
FR2232331B1 (enExample) 1973-06-06 1978-03-24 Guerin A Ets
US4078864A (en) 1976-07-08 1978-03-14 United Technologies Corporation Method and apparatus for viewing and measuring damage in an inaccessible area
US4095602A (en) 1976-09-27 1978-06-20 Leveen Harry H Multi-portal radiofrequency generator
US4129129A (en) 1977-03-18 1978-12-12 Sarns, Inc. Venous return catheter and a method of using the same
US4116589A (en) 1977-04-15 1978-09-26 Avco Corporation Extracorporeal pulsatile blood pump comprised of side by side bladders
US4154246A (en) 1977-07-25 1979-05-15 Leveen Harry H Field intensification in radio frequency thermotherapy
US4351330A (en) 1978-01-30 1982-09-28 Scarberry Eugene N Emergency internal defibrillation
JPS54154759U (enExample) 1978-04-20 1979-10-27
US4503863A (en) 1979-06-29 1985-03-12 Katims Jefferson J Method and apparatus for transcutaneous electrical stimulation
US4305402A (en) 1979-06-29 1981-12-15 Katims Jefferson J Method for transcutaneous electrical stimulation
US4557272A (en) 1980-03-31 1985-12-10 Microwave Associates, Inc. Microwave endoscope detection and treatment system
US4565200A (en) 1980-09-24 1986-01-21 Cosman Eric R Universal lesion and recording electrode system
US4502490A (en) 1980-10-28 1985-03-05 Antec Systems Limited Patient monitoring equipment, probe for use therewith, and method of measuring anesthesia based on oesophagal contractions
JPS57168656A (en) 1981-04-10 1982-10-18 Medos Kenkyusho Kk Endoscope laser coagulator
US4706688A (en) 1981-05-18 1987-11-17 Don Michael T Anthony Non-invasive cardiac device
US4612934A (en) 1981-06-30 1986-09-23 Borkan William N Non-invasive multiprogrammable tissue stimulator
US4584998A (en) 1981-09-11 1986-04-29 Mallinckrodt, Inc. Multi-purpose tracheal tube
JPS5883966A (ja) 1981-11-13 1983-05-19 テルモ株式会社 膜型人工肺用血液回路
DE3247793C2 (de) 1981-12-31 1986-01-09 Harald 7200 Tuttlingen Maslanka Hochfrequenz-chirurgische Schlingenelektrode
US5370675A (en) 1992-08-12 1994-12-06 Vidamed, Inc. Medical probe device and method
US4773899A (en) 1982-11-23 1988-09-27 The Beth Israel Hospital Association Method of treatment of artherosclerosis and balloon catheter the same
US4512762A (en) 1982-11-23 1985-04-23 The Beth Israel Hospital Association Method of treatment of atherosclerosis and a balloon catheter for same
US4567882A (en) 1982-12-06 1986-02-04 Vanderbilt University Method for locating the illuminated tip of an endotracheal tube
US4784135A (en) 1982-12-09 1988-11-15 International Business Machines Corporation Far ultraviolet surgical and dental procedures
ZW6584A1 (en) 1983-04-18 1985-04-17 Glaxo Group Ltd Phenethanolamine derivatives
JPS59167707U (ja) 1983-04-26 1984-11-09 石川島芝浦機械株式会社 トラクタのスイングドロ−バ装置
US4646737A (en) 1983-06-13 1987-03-03 Laserscope, Inc. Localized heat applying medical device
US4625712A (en) 1983-09-28 1986-12-02 Nimbus, Inc. High-capacity intravascular blood pump utilizing percutaneous access
US4704121A (en) 1983-09-28 1987-11-03 Nimbus, Inc. Anti-thrombogenic blood pump
US4522212A (en) 1983-11-14 1985-06-11 Mansfield Scientific, Inc. Endocardial electrode
FR2561929B1 (fr) 1984-03-27 1989-02-03 Atesys Appareillage automatique implante pour la defibrillation ventriculaire
US4621882A (en) 1984-05-14 1986-11-11 Beta Phase, Inc. Thermally responsive electrical connector
US4649935A (en) 1984-05-21 1987-03-17 Symtonic Sa Method of treating neurovegetative disorders and apparatus therefor
US4573481A (en) 1984-06-25 1986-03-04 Huntington Institute Of Applied Research Implantable electrode array
JPS6162444A (ja) 1984-08-14 1986-03-31 コンシ−リオ・ナツイオナ−レ・デツレ・リチエルケ 頻拍発生位置の検出方法および装置
JPS6148350A (ja) 1984-08-15 1986-03-10 オリンパス光学工業株式会社 医療用レ−ザ装置
US5019075A (en) 1984-10-24 1991-05-28 The Beth Israel Hospital Method and apparatus for angioplasty
US4799479A (en) 1984-10-24 1989-01-24 The Beth Israel Hospital Association Method and apparatus for angioplasty
US4772112A (en) 1984-11-30 1988-09-20 Cvi/Beta Ventures, Inc. Eyeglass frame including shape-memory elements
US4754065A (en) 1984-12-18 1988-06-28 Cetus Corporation Precursor to nucleic acid probe
EP0189329A3 (en) 1985-01-25 1987-06-03 Robert E. Fischell A tunneling catheter system for transluminal arterial angioplasty
GB2171309B (en) 1985-02-26 1988-11-02 North China Res I Electro Opti Microwave therapeutic apparatus
US4739759A (en) 1985-02-26 1988-04-26 Concept, Inc. Microprocessor controlled electrosurgical generator
US4862886A (en) 1985-05-08 1989-09-05 Summit Technology Inc. Laser angioplasty
US4658836A (en) 1985-06-28 1987-04-21 Bsd Medical Corporation Body passage insertable applicator apparatus for electromagnetic
US4976709A (en) 1988-12-15 1990-12-11 Sand Bruce J Method for collagen treatment
US4989604A (en) 1985-10-03 1991-02-05 Accu Science Corporation Electromagnetic device
US4643186A (en) 1985-10-30 1987-02-17 Rca Corporation Percutaneous transluminal microwave catheter angioplasty
US4683890A (en) 1985-12-23 1987-08-04 Brunswick Manufacturing Co., Inc. Method and apparatus for controlled breathing employing internal and external electrodes
DE3608943C1 (de) 1986-03-18 1987-04-02 Christoph Dr Schmidt Rohrfoermige biegsame Sonde zum Einfuehren in die Luftroehre und Bronchien
US4827935A (en) 1986-04-24 1989-05-09 Purdue Research Foundation Demand electroventilator
US4709698A (en) 1986-05-14 1987-12-01 Thomas J. Fogarty Heatable dilation catheter
US4790305A (en) 1986-06-23 1988-12-13 The Johns Hopkins University Medication delivery system
US4767402A (en) 1986-07-08 1988-08-30 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Ultrasound enhancement of transdermal drug delivery
IE60941B1 (en) 1986-07-10 1994-09-07 Elan Transdermal Ltd Transdermal drug delivery device
US4754752A (en) 1986-07-28 1988-07-05 Robert Ginsburg Vascular catheter
US5231995A (en) 1986-11-14 1993-08-03 Desai Jawahar M Method for catheter mapping and ablation
US5215103A (en) 1986-11-14 1993-06-01 Desai Jawahar M Catheter for mapping and ablation and method therefor
US5027829A (en) 1986-12-15 1991-07-02 Larsen Lawrence E Apparatus for diathermy treatment and control
US4976710A (en) * 1987-01-28 1990-12-11 Mackin Robert A Working well balloon method
GB8704104D0 (en) 1987-02-21 1987-03-25 Manitoba University Of Respiratory system load apparatus
IT1203503B (it) 1987-02-25 1989-02-15 Cardiosistemi Spa Cannula di drenaggio venoso
GB8705451D0 (en) 1987-03-09 1987-04-15 Driver Southall Combinational weighing systems
US4802492A (en) 1987-03-11 1989-02-07 National Jewish Center For Immunology And Respiratory Medicine Method for determining respiratory function
SU1457935A1 (ru) 1987-03-17 1989-02-15 Предприятие П/Я А-1405 Устройство дл электроанальгезии
US4779614A (en) 1987-04-09 1988-10-25 Nimbus Medical, Inc. Magnetically suspended rotor axial flow blood pump
US4904472A (en) 1987-04-10 1990-02-27 The University Of Virginia Alumni Patent Foundation Use of adenosine antagonists in the treatment of bradyarrhythmias and mechanical dysfunction associated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation
MC1921A1 (fr) 1987-04-10 1989-04-06 Sankei Yakuhin Kk Derives acyles
US5849026A (en) 1987-05-20 1998-12-15 Zhou; Lin Physiotherapy method
CN87208158U (zh) 1987-05-20 1988-10-19 张雪珊 家用双功能灯
EP0293068A1 (en) 1987-05-27 1988-11-30 Teijin Limited An electric therapeutic apparatus
US4808164A (en) 1987-08-24 1989-02-28 Progressive Angioplasty Systems, Inc. Catheter for balloon angioplasty
JPS6446056U (enExample) 1987-09-17 1989-03-22
US4846152A (en) 1987-11-24 1989-07-11 Nimbus Medical, Inc. Single-stage axial flow blood pump
US4817586A (en) 1987-11-24 1989-04-04 Nimbus Medical, Inc. Percutaneous bloom pump with mixed-flow output
US4895557A (en) 1987-12-07 1990-01-23 Nimbus Medical, Inc. Drive mechanism for powering intravascular blood pumps
US5588432A (en) 1988-03-21 1996-12-31 Boston Scientific Corporation Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue
US4907589A (en) 1988-04-29 1990-03-13 Cosman Eric R Automatic over-temperature control apparatus for a therapeutic heating device
US4906229A (en) 1988-05-03 1990-03-06 Nimbus Medical, Inc. High-frequency transvalvular axisymmetric blood pump
US5010892A (en) 1988-05-04 1991-04-30 Triangle Research And Development Corp. Body lumen measuring instrument
EP0415997A4 (en) 1988-05-18 1992-04-08 Kasevich Associates, Inc. Microwave balloon angioplasty
DE3821544C2 (de) 1988-06-25 1994-04-28 H Prof Dr Med Just Dilatationskatheter
US4967765A (en) 1988-07-28 1990-11-06 Bsd Medical Corporation Urethral inserted applicator for prostate hyperthermia
US4908012A (en) 1988-08-08 1990-03-13 Nimbus Medical, Inc. Chronic ventricular assist system
JPH0247518A (ja) 1988-08-10 1990-02-16 Mitsubishi Electric Corp 温水装置
US4920978A (en) 1988-08-31 1990-05-01 Triangle Research And Development Corporation Method and apparatus for the endoscopic treatment of deep tumors using RF hyperthermia
JP2686982B2 (ja) 1988-09-02 1997-12-08 日産自動車株式会社 クリヤー塗膜の形成方法
US4902129A (en) 1988-09-06 1990-02-20 Schott Fiber Optics Orientation indicator for a flexible fiberscope or endoscope including method of manufacture
US5191883A (en) 1988-10-28 1993-03-09 Prutech Research And Development Partnership Ii Device for heating tissue in a patient's body
US4955377A (en) 1988-10-28 1990-09-11 Lennox Charles D Device and method for heating tissue in a patient's body
US5151100A (en) 1988-10-28 1992-09-29 Boston Scientific Corporation Heating catheters
US4945912A (en) 1988-11-25 1990-08-07 Sensor Electronics, Inc. Catheter with radiofrequency heating applicator
US4969865A (en) 1989-01-09 1990-11-13 American Biomed, Inc. Helifoil pump
US5779698A (en) 1989-01-18 1998-07-14 Applied Medical Resources Corporation Angioplasty catheter system and method for making same
US4944722A (en) 1989-02-23 1990-07-31 Nimbus Medical, Inc. Percutaneous axial flow blood pump
US5057107A (en) 1989-04-13 1991-10-15 Everest Medical Corporation Ablation catheter with selectively deployable electrodes
US5433730A (en) 1989-05-03 1995-07-18 Intermedics, Inc. Conductive pouch electrode for defibrillation
US5152286A (en) 1989-05-08 1992-10-06 Mezhotraslevoi Nauchnoinzhenerny Tsentr "Vidguk" Method of microwave resonance therapy and device therefor
US5114423A (en) 1989-05-15 1992-05-19 Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Dilatation catheter assembly with heated balloon
US5107835A (en) 1989-05-22 1992-04-28 Physiodynamics Electrotherapeutic treatment
US5006119A (en) 1989-05-25 1991-04-09 Engineering & Research Associates, Inc. Hollow core coaxial catheter
US5074860A (en) 1989-06-09 1991-12-24 Heraeus Lasersonics, Inc. Apparatus for directing 10.6 micron laser radiation to a tissue site
DE3920862A1 (de) 1989-06-26 1991-01-03 Teves Gmbh Alfred Hilfskraftlenkung fuer kraftfahrzeuge
US4985014A (en) 1989-07-11 1991-01-15 Orejola Wilmo C Ventricular venting loop
US5084044A (en) 1989-07-14 1992-01-28 Ciron Corporation Apparatus for endometrial ablation and method of using same
US5005559A (en) 1989-07-27 1991-04-09 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Video-graphic arthroscopy system
US5292331A (en) 1989-08-24 1994-03-08 Applied Vascular Engineering, Inc. Endovascular support device
US5057105A (en) 1989-08-28 1991-10-15 The University Of Kansas Med Center Hot tip catheter assembly
WO1991003267A1 (en) 1989-08-28 1991-03-21 Sekins K Michael Lung cancer hyperthermia via ultrasound and/or convection with perfluorocarbon liquids
US5562608A (en) 1989-08-28 1996-10-08 Biopulmonics, Inc. Apparatus for pulmonary delivery of drugs with simultaneous liquid lavage and ventilation
WO1991003207A1 (en) 1989-09-08 1991-03-21 Boston Scientific Corporation Physiologic low stress angioplasty
US5167223A (en) 1989-09-08 1992-12-01 Tibor Koros Heart valve retractor and sternum spreader surgical instrument
US5270305A (en) 1989-09-08 1993-12-14 Glaxo Group Limited Medicaments
US5100388A (en) 1989-09-15 1992-03-31 Interventional Thermodynamics, Inc. Method and device for thermal ablation of hollow body organs
DE3931041C2 (de) 1989-09-16 2000-04-06 Boehringer Ingelheim Kg Ester von Thienylcarbonsäuren mit Aminoalkoholen, ihre Quaternierungsprodukte, Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung und diese enthaltende Arzneimittel
US5117828A (en) 1989-09-25 1992-06-02 Arzco Medical Electronics, Inc. Expandable esophageal catheter
US5007908A (en) 1989-09-29 1991-04-16 Everest Medical Corporation Electrosurgical instrument having needle cutting electrode and spot-coag electrode
US5036848A (en) 1989-10-16 1991-08-06 Brunswick Biomedical Technologies, Inc. Method and apparatus for controlling breathing employing internal and external electrodes
US4991603A (en) 1989-10-30 1991-02-12 Siemens-Pacesetter, Inc. Transvenously placed defibrillation leads via an inferior vena cava access site and method of use
US5203832A (en) 1989-11-17 1993-04-20 Long Manufacturing Ltd. Circumferential flow heat exchanger
US5009636A (en) 1989-12-06 1991-04-23 The Kendall Company Dual-lumen catheter apparatus and method
US5254088A (en) 1990-02-02 1993-10-19 Ep Technologies, Inc. Catheter steering mechanism
ATE120377T1 (de) 1990-02-08 1995-04-15 Howmedica Aufblasbarer dilatator.
US6536427B2 (en) 1990-03-02 2003-03-25 Glaxo Group Limited Inhalation device
FR2659240B1 (fr) 1990-03-06 1997-07-04 Daniel Galley Systeme d'electrode epidurale appelee a etre introduite dans l'espace epidural.
US5549559A (en) 1990-03-22 1996-08-27 Argomed Ltd. Thermal treatment apparatus
US5056529A (en) 1990-04-03 1991-10-15 Groot William J De Apparatus and method for performing a transbroncheal biopsy
US5139029A (en) 1990-04-06 1992-08-18 Henry Fishman Allergy testing apparatus and method
US5236413B1 (en) 1990-05-07 1996-06-18 Andrew J Feiring Method and apparatus for inducing the permeation of medication into internal tissue
US5096916A (en) 1990-05-07 1992-03-17 Aegis Technology, Inc. Treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) by inhalation of an imidazoline
US5624392A (en) 1990-05-11 1997-04-29 Saab; Mark A. Heat transfer catheters and methods of making and using same
US5078716A (en) 1990-05-11 1992-01-07 Doll Larry F Electrosurgical apparatus for resecting abnormal protruding growth
US5265604A (en) 1990-05-14 1993-11-30 Vince Dennis J Demand - diaphragmatic pacing (skeletal muscle pressure modified)
US5056519A (en) 1990-05-14 1991-10-15 Vince Dennis J Unilateral diaphragmatic pacer
US5054486A (en) 1990-05-31 1991-10-08 Mamoru Yamada Remedial techniques for the treatment of painful disorders such as intervertebral disc hernia and the like
US5190540A (en) 1990-06-08 1993-03-02 Cardiovascular & Interventional Research Consultants, Inc. Thermal balloon angioplasty
JPH0443837A (ja) 1990-06-11 1992-02-13 Nissan Motor Co Ltd 内燃機関の空燃比制御装置
US5360443A (en) 1990-06-11 1994-11-01 Barone Hector D Aortic graft for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm
AU8074591A (en) 1990-06-15 1992-01-07 Cortrak Medical, Inc. Drug delivery apparatus and method
SE500550C2 (sv) 1990-06-18 1994-07-11 Siemens Elema Ab Sätt och anordning för reduktion av återandning av gas från det skadliga rummet
US5103804A (en) 1990-07-03 1992-04-14 Boston Scientific Corporation Expandable tip hemostatic probes and the like
US5188602A (en) 1990-07-12 1993-02-23 Interventional Thermodynamics, Inc. Method and device for delivering heat to hollow body organs
US5135517A (en) 1990-07-19 1992-08-04 Catheter Research, Inc. Expandable tube-positioning apparatus
US5100423A (en) 1990-08-21 1992-03-31 Medical Engineering & Development Institute, Inc. Ablation catheter
AU664157B2 (en) 1990-09-14 1995-11-09 American Medical Systems, Inc. Combined hyperthermia and dilation catheter
US5170803A (en) 1990-09-28 1992-12-15 Brunswick Biomedical Technologies, Inc. Esophageal displacement electrode
US5053033A (en) 1990-10-10 1991-10-01 Boston Advanced Technologies, Inc. Inhibition of restenosis by ultraviolet radiation
US5030645A (en) 1990-10-15 1991-07-09 Merck & Co., Inc. Method of treating asthma using (S)-α-fluoromethyl-histidine and esters thereof
US5105826A (en) 1990-10-26 1992-04-21 Medtronic, Inc. Implantable defibrillation electrode and method of manufacture
US5174288A (en) 1990-11-30 1992-12-29 Medtronic, Inc. Method and apparatus for cardiac defibrillation
US5165420A (en) 1990-12-21 1992-11-24 Ballard Medical Products Bronchoalveolar lavage catheter
US5224491A (en) 1991-01-07 1993-07-06 Medtronic, Inc. Implantable electrode for location within a blood vessel
US5170802A (en) 1991-01-07 1992-12-15 Medtronic, Inc. Implantable electrode for location within a blood vessel
US5324255A (en) 1991-01-11 1994-06-28 Baxter International Inc. Angioplasty and ablative devices having onboard ultrasound components and devices and methods for utilizing ultrasound to treat or prevent vasopasm
US5465717A (en) 1991-02-15 1995-11-14 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Apparatus and Method for ventricular mapping and ablation
US5415166A (en) 1991-02-15 1995-05-16 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Endocardial mapping apparatus and cylindrical semiconductor device mounting structure for use therewith and method
US5409453A (en) 1992-08-12 1995-04-25 Vidamed, Inc. Steerable medical probe with stylets
US5345936A (en) 1991-02-15 1994-09-13 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Apparatus with basket assembly for endocardial mapping
RU2091054C1 (ru) 1991-03-25 1997-09-27 Владивостокский государственный медицинский университет Способ лечения астматического бронхита у детей с конституциональным диатезом
US5116864A (en) 1991-04-09 1992-05-26 Indiana University Foundation Method for preventing restenosis following reconfiguration of body vessels
EP0588988A4 (en) 1991-04-10 1996-08-07 British Tech Group Usa Defibrillator and demand pacer catheter and method
US5405362A (en) 1991-04-29 1995-04-11 The Board Of Regents For The University Of Texas System Interactive external defibrillation and drug injection system
US5239982A (en) 1991-06-07 1993-08-31 Baxter International Inc. Catheter depth gauge and method of use
US5213576A (en) 1991-06-11 1993-05-25 Cordis Corporation Therapeutic porous balloon catheter
US5379765A (en) 1991-06-12 1995-01-10 Kajiwara; Nagao Monitoring apparatus for use in obtaining bronchial electrocardiogram
US5255678A (en) 1991-06-21 1993-10-26 Ecole Polytechnique Mapping electrode balloon
US5383917A (en) 1991-07-05 1995-01-24 Jawahar M. Desai Device and method for multi-phase radio-frequency ablation
JPH0522345A (ja) 1991-07-12 1993-01-29 Hitachi Ltd 最大転送単位の最適値管理決定方式
EP0600916A4 (en) 1991-07-22 1995-11-02 Cyberonics Inc Treatment of respiratory disorders by nerve stimulation.
GB9120306D0 (en) 1991-09-24 1991-11-06 Graham Herbert K Method and compositions for the treatment of cerebral palsy
JPH05121329A (ja) 1991-10-30 1993-05-18 Toshiba Corp 化合物薄膜の製造方法及び製造装置
JPH07501103A (ja) 1991-11-12 1995-02-02 ネペラ　インコーポレイテッド 長い使用寿命をもつ接着性ヒドロゲルおよびその調製法
DE4140689B4 (de) 1991-12-10 2007-11-22 Boehringer Ingelheim Kg Inhalationspulver und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung
IL104068A (en) 1991-12-12 1998-10-30 Glaxo Group Ltd Surfactant-free pharmaceutical aerosol formulation comprising 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane or 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoro-n- propane as propellant
US5658549A (en) 1991-12-12 1997-08-19 Glaxo Group Limited Aerosol formulations containing propellant 134a and fluticasone propionate
NZ246421A (en) 1991-12-18 1996-05-28 Minnesota Mining & Mfg Aerosol formulation containing a drug and a propellant and which is substantially free of surfactant
CA2058179C (en) 1991-12-20 1999-02-09 Roland Drolet Basic electrophysiological conditioning system and method
FR2685208B1 (fr) 1991-12-23 1998-02-27 Ela Medical Sa Dispositif de canulation ventriculaire.
US5366443A (en) 1992-01-07 1994-11-22 Thapliyal And Eggers Partners Method and apparatus for advancing catheters through occluded body lumens
US6053172A (en) 1995-06-07 2000-04-25 Arthrocare Corporation Systems and methods for electrosurgical sinus surgery
US6159194A (en) 1992-01-07 2000-12-12 Arthrocare Corporation System and method for electrosurgical tissue contraction
US5231996A (en) 1992-01-28 1993-08-03 Medtronic, Inc. Removable endocardial lead
RU2053814C1 (ru) 1992-02-11 1996-02-10 Новиков Валерий Николаевич Способ лечения локального эндобронхита
US5263493A (en) 1992-02-24 1993-11-23 Boaz Avitall Deflectable loop electrode array mapping and ablation catheter for cardiac chambers
US5555883A (en) 1992-02-24 1996-09-17 Avitall; Boaz Loop electrode array mapping and ablation catheter for cardiac chambers
US5344398A (en) 1992-02-25 1994-09-06 Japan Crescent, Inc. Heated balloon catheter
US5540681A (en) 1992-04-10 1996-07-30 Medtronic Cardiorhythm Method and system for radiofrequency ablation of tissue
US5269758A (en) 1992-04-29 1993-12-14 Taheri Syde A Intravascular catheter and method for treatment of hypothermia
US5443470A (en) 1992-05-01 1995-08-22 Vesta Medical, Inc. Method and apparatus for endometrial ablation
US5331947A (en) * 1992-05-01 1994-07-26 Shturman Cardiology Systems, Inc. Inflatable sheath for introduction of ultrasonic catheter through the lumen of a fiber optic endoscope
US5255679A (en) 1992-06-02 1993-10-26 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Endocardial catheter for mapping and/or ablation with an expandable basket structure having means for providing selective reinforcement and pressure sensing mechanism for use therewith, and method
US5324284A (en) 1992-06-05 1994-06-28 Cardiac Pathways, Inc. Endocardial mapping and ablation system utilizing a separately controlled ablation catheter and method
US5271383A (en) 1992-06-05 1993-12-21 Wilk Peter J Method for reducing intussusception
US5281218A (en) 1992-06-05 1994-01-25 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Catheter having needle electrode for radiofrequency ablation
US5411025A (en) 1992-06-30 1995-05-02 Cordis Webster, Inc. Cardiovascular catheter with laterally stable basket-shaped electrode array
US5782239A (en) 1992-06-30 1998-07-21 Cordis Webster, Inc. Unique electrode configurations for cardiovascular electrode catheter with built-in deflection method and central puller wire
US5772590A (en) 1992-06-30 1998-06-30 Cordis Webster, Inc. Cardiovascular catheter with laterally stable basket-shaped electrode array with puller wire
AU4686993A (en) 1992-07-30 1994-03-03 Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education Direct manual cardiac compression device and method of use thereof
US5630794A (en) 1992-08-12 1997-05-20 Vidamed, Inc. Catheter tip and method of manufacturing
GB9219102D0 (en) 1992-09-09 1992-10-21 Fairfax Andrew J Flowmeters
US6603996B1 (en) 2000-06-07 2003-08-05 Graydon Ernest Beatty Software for mapping potential distribution of a heart chamber
US5662108A (en) 1992-09-23 1997-09-02 Endocardial Solutions, Inc. Electrophysiology mapping system
US7189208B1 (en) 1992-09-23 2007-03-13 Endocardial Solutions, Inc. Method for measuring heart electrophysiology
US5553611A (en) 1994-01-06 1996-09-10 Endocardial Solutions, Inc. Endocardial measurement method
US6647617B1 (en) 1992-09-23 2003-11-18 Graydon Ernest Beatty Method of construction an endocardial mapping catheter
USRE41334E1 (en) 1992-09-23 2010-05-11 St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. Endocardial mapping system
US5311866A (en) 1992-09-23 1994-05-17 Endocardial Therapeutics, Inc. Heart mapping catheter
US7930012B2 (en) 1992-09-23 2011-04-19 St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. Chamber location method
CA2447239C (en) 1992-09-23 2010-10-19 Endocardial Therapeutics, Inc. Endocardial mapping system
US5309910A (en) 1992-09-25 1994-05-10 Ep Technologies, Inc. Cardiac mapping and ablation systems
US5293869A (en) 1992-09-25 1994-03-15 Ep Technologies, Inc. Cardiac probe with dynamic support for maintaining constant surface contact during heart systole and diastole
US5313943A (en) 1992-09-25 1994-05-24 Ep Technologies, Inc. Catheters and methods for performing cardiac diagnosis and treatment
US5471982A (en) 1992-09-29 1995-12-05 Ep Technologies, Inc. Cardiac mapping and ablation systems
US6086581A (en) 1992-09-29 2000-07-11 Ep Technologies, Inc. Large surface cardiac ablation catheter that assumes a low profile during introduction into the heart
WO1994007564A2 (en) 1992-10-01 1994-04-14 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Stent-type defibrillation electrode structures
WO1994007446A1 (en) 1992-10-05 1994-04-14 Boston Scientific Corporation Device and method for heating tissue
US5431696A (en) 1992-10-13 1995-07-11 Atlee, Iii; John L. Esophageal probe for transeophageal cardiac stimulation
US5807306A (en) 1992-11-09 1998-09-15 Cortrak Medical, Inc. Polymer matrix drug delivery apparatus
US5391197A (en) 1992-11-13 1995-02-21 Dornier Medical Systems, Inc. Ultrasound thermotherapy probe
US5956501A (en) 1997-01-10 1999-09-21 Health Hero Network, Inc. Disease simulation system and method
US5545161A (en) 1992-12-01 1996-08-13 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Catheter for RF ablation having cooled electrode with electrically insulated sleeve
US5348554A (en) 1992-12-01 1994-09-20 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Catheter for RF ablation with cooled electrode
US5256141A (en) 1992-12-22 1993-10-26 Nelson Gencheff Biological material deployment method and apparatus
US5393207A (en) 1993-01-21 1995-02-28 Nimbus, Inc. Blood pump with disposable rotor assembly
US5409483A (en) * 1993-01-22 1995-04-25 Jeffrey H. Reese Direct visualization surgical probe
IL104506A (en) * 1993-01-25 1997-11-20 Israel State Fast changing heating- cooling device and method, particularly for cryogenic and/or surgical use
US5797960A (en) 1993-02-22 1998-08-25 Stevens; John H. Method and apparatus for thoracoscopic intracardiac procedures
EP0689397B1 (en) 1993-03-16 2000-07-12 Ep Technologies, Inc. Multiple electrode support structures
US5893847A (en) 1993-03-16 1999-04-13 Ep Technologies, Inc. Multiple electrode support structures with slotted hub and hoop spline elements
WO1994021170A1 (en) 1993-03-16 1994-09-29 Ep Technologies, Inc. Flexible circuit assemblies employing ribbon cable
US5725525A (en) 1993-03-16 1998-03-10 Ep Technologies, Inc. Multiple electrode support structures with integral hub and spline elements
US5823189A (en) 1993-03-16 1998-10-20 Ep Technologies, Inc. Multiple electrode support structures with spline elements and over-molded hub
US5409710A (en) 1993-04-20 1995-04-25 Endocon, Inc. Foam cell drug delivery
US5417687A (en) 1993-04-30 1995-05-23 Medical Scientific, Inc. Bipolar electrosurgical trocar
US6749604B1 (en) 1993-05-10 2004-06-15 Arthrocare Corporation Electrosurgical instrument with axially-spaced electrodes
US5456667A (en) 1993-05-20 1995-10-10 Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Temporary stenting catheter with one-piece expandable segment
JPH06339453A (ja) * 1993-06-01 1994-12-13 Olympus Optical Co Ltd 内視鏡カバー方式の内視鏡装置
EP1099445A3 (en) 1993-06-10 2001-09-05 Allergan, Inc. Treatment of neuromuscular disorders and conditions with different botulinum serotype
FI96815C (fi) 1993-06-23 1996-08-26 Nokia Telecommunications Oy Puhelunmuodostusmenetelmä
US5860974A (en) 1993-07-01 1999-01-19 Boston Scientific Corporation Heart ablation catheter with expandable electrode and method of coupling energy to an electrode on a catheter shaft
US5571088A (en) 1993-07-01 1996-11-05 Boston Scientific Corporation Ablation catheters
JP3898754B2 (ja) 1993-07-01 2007-03-28 ボストン サイエンティフィック リミテッド 像形成、電位検出型及び切除カテーテル
GB9314640D0 (en) 1993-07-15 1993-08-25 Salim Aws S M Tunnellimg catheter
US5422362A (en) 1993-07-29 1995-06-06 Quadra Logic Technologies, Inc. Method to inhibit restenosis
US5507791A (en) 1993-08-31 1996-04-16 Sit'ko; Sergei P. Microwave resonance therapy
US5490521A (en) 1993-08-31 1996-02-13 Medtronic, Inc. Ultrasound biopsy needle
US6939309B1 (en) 1993-09-23 2005-09-06 Endocardial Solutions, Inc. Electrophysiology mapping system
US5396887A (en) 1993-09-23 1995-03-14 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Apparatus and method for detecting contact pressure
US5607462A (en) 1993-09-24 1997-03-04 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Catheter assembly, catheter and multi-catheter introducer for use therewith
US5626618A (en) 1993-09-24 1997-05-06 The Ohio State University Mechanical adjunct to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and an electrical adjunct to defibrillation countershock, cardiac pacing, and cardiac monitoring
US5908446A (en) 1994-07-07 1999-06-01 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Catheter assembly, catheter and multi-port introducer for use therewith
US5415656A (en) 1993-09-28 1995-05-16 American Medical Systems, Inc. Electrosurgical apparatus
US5496312A (en) 1993-10-07 1996-03-05 Valleylab Inc. Impedance and temperature generator control
US5400783A (en) 1993-10-12 1995-03-28 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Endocardial mapping apparatus with rotatable arm and method
US5437665A (en) 1993-10-12 1995-08-01 Munro; Malcolm G. Electrosurgical loop electrode instrument for laparoscopic surgery
US5881727A (en) 1993-10-14 1999-03-16 Ep Technologies, Inc. Integrated cardiac mapping and ablation probe
US5582609A (en) 1993-10-14 1996-12-10 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for forming large lesions in body tissue using curvilinear electrode elements
WO1995010322A1 (en) 1993-10-15 1995-04-20 Ep Technologies, Inc. Creating complex lesion patterns in body tissue
US5545193A (en) 1993-10-15 1996-08-13 Ep Technologies, Inc. Helically wound radio-frequency emitting electrodes for creating lesions in body tissue
US5991650A (en) 1993-10-15 1999-11-23 Ep Technologies, Inc. Surface coatings for catheters, direct contacting diagnostic and therapeutic devices
US5470352A (en) 1993-10-29 1995-11-28 Northeastern University Balloon angioplasty device
US5536267A (en) 1993-11-08 1996-07-16 Zomed International Multiple electrode ablation apparatus
US5599345A (en) 1993-11-08 1997-02-04 Zomed International, Inc. RF treatment apparatus
US6641580B1 (en) 1993-11-08 2003-11-04 Rita Medical Systems, Inc. Infusion array ablation apparatus
US6071280A (en) 1993-11-08 2000-06-06 Rita Medical Systems, Inc. Multiple electrode ablation apparatus
US5487385A (en) 1993-12-03 1996-01-30 Avitall; Boaz Atrial mapping and ablation catheter system
US5641326A (en) 1993-12-13 1997-06-24 Angeion Corporation Method and apparatus for independent atrial and ventricular defibrillation
US6974578B1 (en) 1993-12-28 2005-12-13 Allergan, Inc. Method for treating secretions and glands using botulinum toxin
US6986893B2 (en) 1993-12-28 2006-01-17 Allergan, Inc. Method for treating a mucus secretion
US5423812A (en) 1994-01-31 1995-06-13 Ellman; Alan G. Electrosurgical stripping electrode for palatopharynx tissue
AUPM411494A0 (en) 1994-02-25 1994-03-24 Central Sydney Area Health Service Method and device for the provocation of upper or lower airway narrowing and/or the induction of sputum
US6216043B1 (en) 1994-03-04 2001-04-10 Ep Technologies, Inc. Asymmetric multiple electrode support structures
US5394880A (en) 1994-03-17 1995-03-07 Atlee, Iii; John L. Esophageal stethoscope
US5598848A (en) 1994-03-31 1997-02-04 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for positioning multiple electrode structures in electrical contact with the myocardium
US5454840A (en) 1994-04-05 1995-10-03 Krakovsky; Alexander A. Potency package
US5766605A (en) 1994-04-15 1998-06-16 Mount Sinai School Of Medicine Of The City University Of New York Treatment of autonomic nerve dysfunction with botulinum toxin
JPH07289557A (ja) 1994-04-25 1995-11-07 Inter Noba Kk 血管狭窄部の加熱治療方法とその局部加熱式カテーテル
WO1995029626A1 (en) 1994-04-29 1995-11-09 Boston Scientific Corporation Resecting coagulated tissue
US5458596A (en) 1994-05-06 1995-10-17 Dorsal Orthopedic Corporation Method and apparatus for controlled contraction of soft tissue
US5843021A (en) 1994-05-09 1998-12-01 Somnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Cell necrosis apparatus
US5728094A (en) 1996-02-23 1998-03-17 Somnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Method and apparatus for treatment of air way obstructions
US6152143A (en) 1994-05-09 2000-11-28 Somnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Method for treatment of air way obstructions
US5547469A (en) 1994-05-13 1996-08-20 Boston Scientific Corporation Apparatus for performing diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in the biliary tree
US5478309A (en) 1994-05-27 1995-12-26 William P. Sweezer, Jr. Catheter system and method for providing cardiopulmonary bypass pump support during heart surgery
NZ272354A (en) 1994-06-17 1997-10-24 Trudell Medical Ltd Catheter system; method and apparatus for delivering an aerosol form of medication to the lungs, details of method and of catheter apparatus
US5836905A (en) 1994-06-20 1998-11-17 Lemelson; Jerome H. Apparatus and methods for gene therapy
US5800429A (en) 1994-06-24 1998-09-01 Somnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Noninvasive apparatus for ablating turbinates
US5827277A (en) 1994-06-24 1998-10-27 Somnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Minimally invasive apparatus for internal ablation of turbinates
US6405732B1 (en) 1994-06-24 2002-06-18 Curon Medical, Inc. Method to treat gastric reflux via the detection and ablation of gastro-esophageal nerves and receptors
US6006755A (en) 1994-06-24 1999-12-28 Edwards; Stuart D. Method to detect and treat aberrant myoelectric activity
US6056744A (en) 1994-06-24 2000-05-02 Conway Stuart Medical, Inc. Sphincter treatment apparatus
US6092528A (en) 1994-06-24 2000-07-25 Edwards; Stuart D. Method to treat esophageal sphincters
US5681308A (en) 1994-06-24 1997-10-28 Stuart D. Edwards Ablation apparatus for cardiac chambers
US5843077A (en) 1994-06-24 1998-12-01 Somnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Minimally invasive apparatus for internal ablation of turbinates with surface cooling
US5505730A (en) 1994-06-24 1996-04-09 Stuart D. Edwards Thin layer ablation apparatus
US6009877A (en) 1994-06-24 2000-01-04 Edwards; Stuart D. Method for treating a sphincter
WO1996000040A1 (en) 1994-06-27 1996-01-04 Ep Technologies, Inc. Tissue ablation systems using temperature curve control
US5735846A (en) 1994-06-27 1998-04-07 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for ablating body tissue using predicted maximum tissue temperature
US5680860A (en) 1994-07-07 1997-10-28 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Mapping and/or ablation catheter with coilable distal extremity and method for using same
US5496304A (en) 1994-07-20 1996-03-05 University Of Utah Research Foundation Surgical marking pen
DE4427106A1 (de) 1994-07-30 1996-02-01 Otto Werner Woelky Verfahren zur Bekämpfung von Krebsgeschwülsten und Hautkrebserkrankungen
US5623940A (en) 1994-08-02 1997-04-29 S.L.T. Japan Co., Ltd. Catheter apparatus with a sensor
US5454782A (en) 1994-08-11 1995-10-03 Perkins; Rodney C. Translumenal circumferential energy delivery device
US8025661B2 (en) * 1994-09-09 2011-09-27 Cardiofocus, Inc. Coaxial catheter instruments for ablation with radiant energy
US5549655A (en) 1994-09-21 1996-08-27 Medtronic, Inc. Method and apparatus for synchronized treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
US5522862A (en) 1994-09-21 1996-06-04 Medtronic, Inc. Method and apparatus for treating obstructive sleep apnea
US5836947A (en) 1994-10-07 1998-11-17 Ep Technologies, Inc. Flexible structures having movable splines for supporting electrode elements
ATE250394T1 (de) 1994-10-07 2003-10-15 Boston Scient Ltd Flexible elektrodenstruktur
US5885278A (en) 1994-10-07 1999-03-23 E.P. Technologies, Inc. Structures for deploying movable electrode elements
US6142994A (en) 1994-10-07 2000-11-07 Ep Technologies, Inc. Surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic a therapeutic element within the body
US5740808A (en) 1996-10-28 1998-04-21 Ep Technologies, Inc Systems and methods for guilding diagnostic or therapeutic devices in interior tissue regions
US5722401A (en) 1994-10-19 1998-03-03 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Endocardial mapping and/or ablation catheter probe
US5899882A (en) 1994-10-27 1999-05-04 Novoste Corporation Catheter apparatus for radiation treatment of a desired area in the vascular system of a patient
US5669930A (en) 1994-12-08 1997-09-23 Fuji Systems Corporation Stent for intracorporeal retention
US5630813A (en) 1994-12-08 1997-05-20 Kieturakis; Maciej J. Electro-cauterizing dissector and method for facilitating breast implant procedure
EP2314244A1 (en) 1994-12-13 2011-04-27 Torben Lorentzen An electrosurgical instrument for tissue ablation, an apparatus, and a method for providing a lesion in damaged and diseased tissue from a mammal
US5707336A (en) 1995-01-09 1998-01-13 Cardassist Incorporated Ventricular assist device
US5630425A (en) 1995-02-17 1997-05-20 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for adaptive filtering artifacts from composite signals
DE69622256T2 (de) 1995-02-17 2003-02-06 Boston Scientific Ltd., Saint Michael Anordnung für sequentielles messen biologischer ereignisse
US5792064A (en) 1995-02-17 1998-08-11 Panescu; Dorin Systems and methods for analyzing cardiac biopotential morphologies by cross-correlation
IT1277790B1 (it) 1995-02-17 1997-11-12 Tecres Spa Protesi metacarpo-falangea ed interfalangea per articolazioni della mano o del piede
US5601088A (en) 1995-02-17 1997-02-11 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for filtering artifacts from composite signals
US5605157A (en) 1995-02-17 1997-02-25 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for filtering signals derived from biological events
US5711305A (en) 1995-02-17 1998-01-27 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for acquiring endocardially or epicardially paced electrocardiograms
US5595183A (en) 1995-02-17 1997-01-21 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for examining heart tissue employing multiple electrode structures and roving electrodes
US5722416A (en) 1995-02-17 1998-03-03 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for analyzing biopotential morphologies in heart tissue to locate potential ablation sites
US6409722B1 (en) 1998-07-07 2002-06-25 Medtronic, Inc. Apparatus and method for creating, maintaining, and controlling a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue
EP0827383B1 (en) 1995-02-28 2007-05-30 Boston Scientific Corporation Polymer implements for torque transmission
US6106524A (en) 1995-03-03 2000-08-22 Neothermia Corporation Methods and apparatus for therapeutic cauterization of predetermined volumes of biological tissue
US5868740A (en) 1995-03-24 1999-02-09 Board Of Regents-Univ Of Nebraska Method for volumetric tissue ablation
EP1908488A3 (en) 1995-04-14 2008-04-16 SmithKline Beecham Corporation Metered dose inhaler for salmeterol
WO1996032151A1 (en) 1995-04-14 1996-10-17 Glaxo Wellcome Inc. Metered dose inhaler for fluticasone propionate
US5588812A (en) 1995-04-19 1996-12-31 Nimbus, Inc. Implantable electric axial-flow blood pump
US5707218A (en) 1995-04-19 1998-01-13 Nimbus, Inc. Implantable electric axial-flow blood pump with blood cooled bearing
US5620438A (en) 1995-04-20 1997-04-15 Angiomedics Ii Incorporated Method and apparatus for treating vascular tissue following angioplasty to minimize restenosis
US5678535A (en) 1995-04-21 1997-10-21 Dimarco; Anthony Fortunato Method and apparatus for electrical stimulation of the respiratory muscles to achieve artificial ventilation in a patient
GB9508204D0 (en) 1995-04-21 1995-06-07 Speywood Lab Ltd A novel agent able to modify peripheral afferent function
US5607419A (en) 1995-04-24 1997-03-04 Angiomedics Ii Inc. Method and apparatus for treating vessel wall with UV radiation following angioplasty
JP2865428B2 (ja) 1995-04-28 1999-03-08 ターゲット セラピューティクス， インコーポレイテッド 高性能ブレードカテーテル
US5688267A (en) 1995-05-01 1997-11-18 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for sensing multiple temperature conditions during tissue ablation
US6053912A (en) * 1995-05-01 2000-04-25 Ep Techonologies, Inc. Systems and methods for sensing sub-surface temperatures in body tissue during ablation with actively cooled electrodes
WO1996034570A1 (en) 1995-05-01 1996-11-07 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for obtaining desired lesion characteristics while ablating body tissue
US5681280A (en) 1995-05-02 1997-10-28 Heart Rhythm Technologies, Inc. Catheter control system
US6575969B1 (en) 1995-05-04 2003-06-10 Sherwood Services Ag Cool-tip radiofrequency thermosurgery electrode system for tumor ablation
US5755753A (en) 1995-05-05 1998-05-26 Thermage, Inc. Method for controlled contraction of collagen tissue
JPH08299461A (ja) * 1995-05-12 1996-11-19 Olympus Optical Co Ltd 腔内用アプリケータ
US5817073A (en) 1995-06-02 1998-10-06 Krespi; Yosef P. Apparatus for administering local anesthetics and therapeutic medications during endoscopic surgery
US5540730A (en) 1995-06-06 1996-07-30 Cyberonics, Inc. Treatment of motility disorders by nerve stimulation
US6090104A (en) 1995-06-07 2000-07-18 Cordis Webster, Inc. Catheter with a spirally wound flat ribbon electrode
US5741248A (en) 1995-06-07 1998-04-21 Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education Fluorochemical liquid augmented cryosurgery
US6363937B1 (en) 1995-06-07 2002-04-02 Arthrocare Corporation System and methods for electrosurgical treatment of the digestive system
US6837888B2 (en) 1995-06-07 2005-01-04 Arthrocare Corporation Electrosurgical probe with movable return electrode and methods related thereto
US6132438A (en) 1995-06-07 2000-10-17 Ep Technologies, Inc. Devices for installing stasis reducing means in body tissue
US5868737A (en) 1995-06-09 1999-02-09 Engineering Research & Associates, Inc. Apparatus and method for determining ablation
US5697925A (en) 1995-06-09 1997-12-16 Engineering & Research Associates, Inc. Apparatus and method for thermal ablation
JPH0947518A (ja) 1995-06-26 1997-02-18 Lederle Japan Ltd フォトダイナミックセラピ用光ファイバレーザ導光プローブ
US5873852A (en) 1995-07-10 1999-02-23 Interventional Technologies Device for injecting fluid into a wall of a blood vessel
US6008211A (en) 1995-07-27 1999-12-28 Pdt Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Photoactivatable compounds comprising benzochlorin and furocoumarin
US6023638A (en) 1995-07-28 2000-02-08 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. System and method for conducting electrophysiological testing using high-voltage energy pulses to stun tissue
WO1997004702A1 (en) 1995-07-28 1997-02-13 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for conducting electrophysiological testing using high-voltage energy pulses to stun heart tissue
US5782827A (en) 1995-08-15 1998-07-21 Rita Medical Systems, Inc. Multiple antenna ablation apparatus and method with multiple sensor feedback
US5624439A (en) 1995-08-18 1997-04-29 Somnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Method and apparatus for treatment of air way obstructions
US5660175A (en) 1995-08-21 1997-08-26 Dayal; Bimal Endotracheal device
US6037149A (en) 1995-08-24 2000-03-14 Magainin Pharmaceuticals Inc. DNA encoding human asthma associated factor 1
US6210367B1 (en) 1995-09-06 2001-04-03 Microwave Medical Systems, Inc. Intracorporeal microwave warming method and apparatus
US6496738B2 (en) 1995-09-06 2002-12-17 Kenneth L. Carr Dual frequency microwave heating apparatus
US5848972A (en) 1995-09-15 1998-12-15 Children's Medical Center Corporation Method for endocardial activation mapping using a multi-electrode catheter
US5707400A (en) 1995-09-19 1998-01-13 Cyberonics, Inc. Treating refractory hypertension by nerve stimulation
US5891182A (en) 1995-10-11 1999-04-06 Regeneration Tech Bio-active frequency generator and method
US5658322A (en) 1995-10-11 1997-08-19 Regeneration Technology Bio-active frequency generator and method
AU7328796A (en) 1995-10-11 1997-05-15 Regeneration Technology Bio-active frequency generator and method
DE69531399T2 (de) 1995-10-16 2004-06-09 Sun Medical Technology Research Corp., Suwa Kunstherz
US6198970B1 (en) 1995-10-27 2001-03-06 Esd Limited Liability Company Method and apparatus for treating oropharyngeal respiratory and oral motor neuromuscular disorders with electrical stimulation
US5733316A (en) 1995-10-27 1998-03-31 Dornier Medical Systems, Inc. Organ separation for thermal therapy
US5574059A (en) 1995-10-27 1996-11-12 Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. Treating disorders mediated by vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation
US5837001A (en) 1995-12-08 1998-11-17 C. R. Bard Radio frequency energy delivery system for multipolar electrode catheters
US7022121B2 (en) * 1999-03-09 2006-04-04 Thermage, Inc. Handpiece for treatment of tissue
US5836874A (en) 1996-04-08 1998-11-17 Ep Technologies, Inc. Multi-function electrode structures for electrically analyzing and heating body tissue
US5846238A (en) 1996-01-19 1998-12-08 Ep Technologies, Inc. Expandable-collapsible electrode structures with distal end steering or manipulation
US5891135A (en) 1996-01-19 1999-04-06 Ep Technologies, Inc. Stem elements for securing tubing and electrical wires to expandable-collapsible electrode structures
US5925038A (en) 1996-01-19 1999-07-20 Ep Technologies, Inc. Expandable-collapsible electrode structures for capacitive coupling to tissue
WO1997025917A1 (en) 1996-01-19 1997-07-24 Ep Technologies, Inc. Multi-function electrode structures for electrically analyzing and heating body tissue
US5871483A (en) 1996-01-19 1999-02-16 Ep Technologies, Inc. Folding electrode structures
US5891136A (en) 1996-01-19 1999-04-06 Ep Technologies, Inc. Expandable-collapsible mesh electrode structures
US5904711A (en) 1996-02-08 1999-05-18 Heartport, Inc. Expandable thoracoscopic defibrillation catheter system and method
US5727569A (en) 1996-02-20 1998-03-17 Cardiothoracic Systems, Inc. Surgical devices for imposing a negative pressure to fix the position of cardiac tissue during surgery
US5695471A (en) 1996-02-20 1997-12-09 Kriton Medical, Inc. Sealless rotary blood pump with passive magnetic radial bearings and blood immersed axial bearings
US5730726A (en) 1996-03-04 1998-03-24 Klingenstein; Ralph James Apparatus and method for removing fecal impaction
US6033397A (en) 1996-03-05 2000-03-07 Vnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Method and apparatus for treating esophageal varices
US6036687A (en) 1996-03-05 2000-03-14 Vnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Method and apparatus for treating venous insufficiency
US6152899A (en) 1996-03-05 2000-11-28 Vnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Expandable catheter having improved electrode design, and method for applying energy
US6139527A (en) 1996-03-05 2000-10-31 Vnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Method and apparatus for treating hemorrhoids
WO1997032532A1 (en) 1996-03-05 1997-09-12 Vnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Vascular catheter-based system for heating tissue
GB9620620D0 (en) 1996-10-03 1996-11-20 Ici Plc Illumination system
US5755760A (en) 1996-03-11 1998-05-26 Medtronic, Inc. Deflectable catheter
NL1002598C2 (nl) 1996-03-13 1997-09-17 Bootsman Holding Bv Werkwijze en inrichting voor het bewerken van substraat.
US6458121B1 (en) 1996-03-19 2002-10-01 Diapulse Corporation Of America Apparatus for athermapeutic medical treatments
US5699799A (en) 1996-03-26 1997-12-23 Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. Automatic determination of the curved axis of a 3-D tube-shaped object in image volume
US6258083B1 (en) 1996-03-29 2001-07-10 Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc. Viewing surgical scope for minimally invasive procedures
US5863291A (en) 1996-04-08 1999-01-26 Cardima, Inc. Linear ablation assembly
US5694934A (en) 1996-04-17 1997-12-09 Beth Israel Hospital MR studies in which a paramagnetic gas is administered to a living patient
US5979456A (en) 1996-04-22 1999-11-09 Magovern; George J. Apparatus and method for reversibly reshaping a body part
US5733319A (en) 1996-04-25 1998-03-31 Urologix, Inc. Liquid coolant supply system
US6036640A (en) 1996-04-29 2000-03-14 Medtronic, Inc. Device and method for repositioning the heart during surgery
US6006134A (en) 1998-04-30 1999-12-21 Medtronic, Inc. Method and device for electronically controlling the beating of a heart using venous electrical stimulation of nerve fibers
US6532388B1 (en) 1996-04-30 2003-03-11 Medtronic, Inc. Method and system for endotracheal/esophageal stimulation prior to and during a medical procedure
US7269457B2 (en) 1996-04-30 2007-09-11 Medtronic, Inc. Method and system for vagal nerve stimulation with multi-site cardiac pacing
US5861022A (en) 1996-04-30 1999-01-19 Hipskind; S. Gregory Method for the treatment of hiccups
US6735471B2 (en) 1996-04-30 2004-05-11 Medtronic, Inc. Method and system for endotracheal/esophageal stimulation prior to and during a medical procedure
AUPN957296A0 (en) 1996-04-30 1996-05-23 Cardiac Crc Nominees Pty Limited A system for simultaneous unipolar multi-electrode ablation
US5820589A (en) 1996-04-30 1998-10-13 Medtronic, Inc. Implantable non-invasive rate-adjustable pump
US7022105B1 (en) 1996-05-06 2006-04-04 Novasys Medical Inc. Treatment of tissue in sphincters, sinuses and orifices
US5810807A (en) 1996-05-22 1998-09-22 Ganz; Robert A. Sphincterotome with deflectable cutting plane and method of using the same
US5669932A (en) 1996-05-29 1997-09-23 Isostent, Inc. Means for accurately positioning an expandable stent
US5976709A (en) 1996-05-31 1999-11-02 Hitachi Kinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha Aluminum alloy member, with insert provided therein, possessing improved damping capacity and process for producing the same
KR100355695B1 (ko) 1996-05-31 2002-12-16 마사유키 마츠우라 저주파치료장치및시스템
US5782797A (en) 1996-06-06 1998-07-21 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Therapeutic infusion device
US5800486A (en) 1996-06-17 1998-09-01 Urologix, Inc. Device for transurethral thermal therapy with cooling balloon
GB2314273B (en) 1996-06-17 2000-09-27 Spes The use of TCET in the prophylaxis and treatment of allergies
US6743197B1 (en) 1996-07-10 2004-06-01 Novasys Medical, Inc. Treatment of discrete tissues in respiratory, urinary, circulatory, reproductive and digestive systems
JPH1026709A (ja) 1996-07-11 1998-01-27 Harufumi Kato レーザ側方照射器
US5882346A (en) 1996-07-15 1999-03-16 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Shapable catheter using exchangeable core and method of use
US5919172A (en) 1996-07-17 1999-07-06 Becton, Dickinson And Company Hypodermic needle having a differential surface finish
WO1999047058A2 (en) 1998-03-19 1999-09-23 Oratec Interventions, Inc. Catheter for delivery of energy to a surgical site
US7440800B2 (en) 1996-08-19 2008-10-21 Mr3 Medical, Llc System and method for managing detrimental cardiac remodeling
US5755714A (en) 1996-09-17 1998-05-26 Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc. Shaped catheter for transmyocardial revascularization
US5855577A (en) 1996-09-17 1999-01-05 Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc. Bow shaped catheter
US5906636A (en) 1996-09-20 1999-05-25 Texas Heart Institute Heat treatment of inflamed tissue
US6464697B1 (en) 1998-02-19 2002-10-15 Curon Medical, Inc. Stomach and adjoining tissue regions in the esophagus
US5891027A (en) 1996-10-21 1999-04-06 Irvine Biomedical, Inc. Cardiovascular catheter system with an inflatable soft tip
US6016437A (en) 1996-10-21 2000-01-18 Irvine Biomedical, Inc. Catheter probe system with inflatable soft shafts
CA2269582C (en) 1996-10-23 2003-05-06 Tdk Corporation Method for manufacturing electrode for battery
US5908445A (en) 1996-10-28 1999-06-01 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems for visualizing interior tissue regions including an actuator to move imaging element
US5779669A (en) 1996-10-28 1998-07-14 C. R. Bard, Inc. Steerable catheter with fixed curve
US5904651A (en) 1996-10-28 1999-05-18 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for visualizing tissue during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures
US5752518A (en) 1996-10-28 1998-05-19 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for visualizing interior regions of the body
US5722403A (en) * 1996-10-28 1998-03-03 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods using a porous electrode for ablating and visualizing interior tissue regions
US5848969A (en) 1996-10-28 1998-12-15 Ep Technologies, Inc. Systems and methods for visualizing interior tissue regions using expandable imaging structures
WO1998018391A1 (en) 1996-10-30 1998-05-07 Ekos Corporation Intraluminal wall drug delivery device
US5919147A (en) 1996-11-01 1999-07-06 Jain; Krishna M. Method and apparatus for measuring the vascular diameter of a vessel
US6197013B1 (en) 1996-11-06 2001-03-06 Setagon, Inc. Method and apparatus for drug and gene delivery
US6091995A (en) 1996-11-08 2000-07-18 Surx, Inc. Devices, methods, and systems for shrinking tissues
US5833651A (en) 1996-11-08 1998-11-10 Medtronic, Inc. Therapeutic intraluminal stents
US6081749A (en) 1997-08-13 2000-06-27 Surx, Inc. Noninvasive devices, methods, and systems for shrinking of tissues
US6480746B1 (en) 1997-08-13 2002-11-12 Surx, Inc. Noninvasive devices, methods, and systems for shrinking of tissues
US6073052A (en) 1996-11-15 2000-06-06 Zelickson; Brian D. Device and method for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease
GB9626960D0 (en) 1996-12-27 1997-02-12 Glaxo Group Ltd Valve for aerosol container
US5873865A (en) 1997-02-07 1999-02-23 Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc. Spiral catheter with multiple guide holes
US5730741A (en) 1997-02-07 1998-03-24 Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc. Guided spiral catheter
US6056769A (en) 1997-02-11 2000-05-02 Biointerventional Corporation Expansile device for use in blood vessels and tracts in the body and tension application device for use therewith and method
US5882329A (en) 1997-02-12 1999-03-16 Prolifix Medical, Inc. Apparatus and method for removing stenotic material from stents
JP4052690B2 (ja) 1997-02-19 2008-02-27 株式会社エス・エフ・シー 指圧式温灸器
US5999855A (en) 1997-02-28 1999-12-07 Dimarco; Anthony F. Method and apparatus for electrical activation of the expiratory muscles to restore cough
US5897554A (en) 1997-03-01 1999-04-27 Irvine Biomedical, Inc. Steerable catheter having a loop electrode
US7220257B1 (en) 2000-07-25 2007-05-22 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Cryotreatment device and method
US6063078A (en) 1997-03-12 2000-05-16 Medtronic, Inc. Method and apparatus for tissue ablation
US5954661A (en) 1997-03-31 1999-09-21 Thomas Jefferson University Tissue characterization and treatment using pacing
US5972026A (en) 1997-04-07 1999-10-26 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Bronchial stenter having diametrically adjustable electrodes
US6411852B1 (en) 1997-04-07 2002-06-25 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Modification of airways by application of energy
US6488673B1 (en) 1997-04-07 2002-12-03 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Method of increasing gas exchange of a lung
US6283988B1 (en) 1997-04-07 2001-09-04 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Bronchial stenter having expandable electrodes
US7027869B2 (en) 1998-01-07 2006-04-11 Asthmatx, Inc. Method for treating an asthma attack
US6273907B1 (en) 1997-04-07 2001-08-14 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Bronchial stenter
US6200333B1 (en) 1997-04-07 2001-03-13 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Bronchial stenter
US7992572B2 (en) 1998-06-10 2011-08-09 Asthmatx, Inc. Methods of evaluating individuals having reversible obstructive pulmonary disease
US6083255A (en) 1997-04-07 2000-07-04 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Bronchial stenter
US7425212B1 (en) 1998-06-10 2008-09-16 Asthmatx, Inc. Devices for modification of airways by transfer of energy
US5876340A (en) 1997-04-17 1999-03-02 Irvine Biomedical, Inc. Ablation apparatus with ultrasonic imaging capabilities
US5861014A (en) 1997-04-30 1999-01-19 Medtronic, Inc. Method and apparatus for sensing a stimulating gastrointestinal tract on-demand
US5971983A (en) 1997-05-09 1999-10-26 The Regents Of The University Of California Tissue ablation device and method of use
US6024740A (en) 1997-07-08 2000-02-15 The Regents Of The University Of California Circumferential ablation device assembly
US6012457A (en) * 1997-07-08 2000-01-11 The Regents Of The University Of California Device and method for forming a circumferential conduction block in a pulmonary vein
US6416740B1 (en) 1997-05-13 2002-07-09 Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging, Inc. Acoustically active drug delivery systems
US6050992A (en) 1997-05-19 2000-04-18 Radiotherapeutics Corporation Apparatus and method for treating tissue with multiple electrodes
US6217576B1 (en) 1997-05-19 2001-04-17 Irvine Biomedical Inc. Catheter probe for treating focal atrial fibrillation in pulmonary veins
US7255693B1 (en) 1997-05-23 2007-08-14 Csa Medical, Inc. Heated catheter used in cryotherapy
US5876399A (en) 1997-05-28 1999-03-02 Irvine Biomedical, Inc. Catheter system and methods thereof
US6201023B1 (en) 1997-06-10 2001-03-13 Agrogene Ltd. Methods and compositions to protect crops against plant parasitic nematodes
JP3391466B2 (ja) 1997-06-13 2003-03-31 アースロケア コーポレイション 閉塞した体内管腔の再疎通のための電気外科のカテーテルシステム及びカテーテル
US6251109B1 (en) 1997-06-27 2001-06-26 Daig Corporation Process and device for the treatment of atrial arrhythmia
US5957919A (en) 1997-07-02 1999-09-28 Laufer; Michael D. Bleb reducer
US6547788B1 (en) 1997-07-08 2003-04-15 Atrionx, Inc. Medical device with sensor cooperating with expandable member
US6500174B1 (en) 1997-07-08 2002-12-31 Atrionix, Inc. Circumferential ablation device assembly and methods of use and manufacture providing an ablative circumferential band along an expandable member
US6117101A (en) 1997-07-08 2000-09-12 The Regents Of The University Of California Circumferential ablation device assembly
US6652515B1 (en) 1997-07-08 2003-11-25 Atrionix, Inc. Tissue ablation device assembly and method for electrically isolating a pulmonary vein ostium from an atrial wall
US6139571A (en) 1997-07-09 2000-10-31 Fuller Research Corporation Heated fluid surgical instrument
US6014579A (en) 1997-07-21 2000-01-11 Cardiac Pathways Corp. Endocardial mapping catheter with movable electrode
US6010500A (en) 1997-07-21 2000-01-04 Cardiac Pathways Corporation Telescoping apparatus and method for linear lesion ablation
US6626903B2 (en) 1997-07-24 2003-09-30 Rex Medical, L.P. Surgical biopsy device
AUPO826597A0 (en) 1997-07-25 1997-08-21 Platt, Harry Louis Cardiac patient remote monitoring apparatus
WO1999007354A2 (en) 1997-08-08 1999-02-18 Duke University Compositions, apparatus and methods for facilitating surgical procedures
US6711436B1 (en) 1997-08-08 2004-03-23 Duke University Compositions, apparatus and methods for facilitating surgical procedures
US5891138A (en) 1997-08-11 1999-04-06 Irvine Biomedical, Inc. Catheter system having parallel electrodes
US5916235A (en) 1997-08-13 1999-06-29 The Regents Of The University Of California Apparatus and method for the use of detachable coils in vascular aneurysms and body cavities
US9023031B2 (en) 1997-08-13 2015-05-05 Verathon Inc. Noninvasive devices, methods, and systems for modifying tissues
EP1003432B1 (en) 1997-08-13 2006-05-24 Solarant Medical, Inc. Noninvasive devices and systems for shrinking of tissues
US6479523B1 (en) 1997-08-26 2002-11-12 Emory University Pharmacologic drug combination in vagal-induced asystole
US6063768A (en) 1997-09-04 2000-05-16 First; Eric R. Application of botulinum toxin to the management of neurogenic inflammatory disorders
US5964782A (en) 1997-09-18 1999-10-12 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Closure device and method
US5954717A (en) 1997-09-25 1999-09-21 Radiotherapeutics Corporation Method and system for heating solid tissue
US6045549A (en) 1997-09-30 2000-04-04 Somnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Tissue ablation apparatus and device for use therein and method
EP0908713A1 (en) 1997-10-06 1999-04-14 Claud S. Gordon Company Temperature instrumented semiconductor wafer
US5893835A (en) 1997-10-10 1999-04-13 Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. Ultrasonic clamp coagulator apparatus having dual rotational positioning
US6071281A (en) 1998-05-05 2000-06-06 Ep Technologies, Inc. Surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body and remote power control unit for use with same
US6645200B1 (en) 1997-10-10 2003-11-11 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body and tip electrode for use with same
US5893887A (en) 1997-10-14 1999-04-13 Iowa-India Investments Company Limited Stent for positioning at junction of bifurcated blood vessel and method of making
WO1999027991A1 (en) 1997-11-28 1999-06-10 Matsura Masayuki Method of wave therapy and apparatus therefor
US5971979A (en) 1997-12-02 1999-10-26 Odyssey Technologies, Inc. Method for cryogenic inhibition of hyperplasia
US6917834B2 (en) * 1997-12-03 2005-07-12 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Devices and methods for creating lesions in endocardial and surrounding tissue to isolate focal arrhythmia substrates
JP3980140B2 (ja) 1997-12-04 2007-09-26 村越 寧根 治療器具
US6464680B1 (en) 1998-07-29 2002-10-15 Pharmasonics, Inc. Ultrasonic enhancement of drug injection
US7921855B2 (en) 1998-01-07 2011-04-12 Asthmatx, Inc. Method for treating an asthma attack
DE69941252D1 (de) 1998-01-14 2009-09-24 Ams Res Corp Geriffelte elektroden
US6440128B1 (en) 1998-01-14 2002-08-27 Curon Medical, Inc. Actively cooled electrode assemblies for forming lesions to treat dysfunction in sphincters and adjoining tissue regions
AU2114299A (en) 1998-01-14 1999-08-02 Conway-Stuart Medical, Inc. Electrosurgical device for sphincter treatment
AU2317899A (en) 1998-01-14 1999-08-02 Conway-Stuart Medical, Inc. Gerd treatment apparatus and method
US6200311B1 (en) 1998-01-20 2001-03-13 Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc. Minimally invasive TMR device
US6231595B1 (en) 1998-03-31 2001-05-15 Innercool Therapies, Inc. Circulating fluid hypothermia method and apparatus
US6447505B2 (en) 1998-02-11 2002-09-10 Cosman Company, Inc. Balloon catheter method for intra-urethral radio-frequency urethral enlargement
US20100114087A1 (en) 1998-02-19 2010-05-06 Edwards Stuart D Methods and devices for treating urinary incontinence
US6355031B1 (en) 1998-02-19 2002-03-12 Curon Medical, Inc. Control systems for multiple electrode arrays to create lesions in tissue regions at or near a sphincter
US6423058B1 (en) 1998-02-19 2002-07-23 Curon Medical, Inc. Assemblies to visualize and treat sphincters and adjoining tissue regions
US7165551B2 (en) 1998-02-19 2007-01-23 Curon Medical, Inc. Apparatus to detect and treat aberrant myoelectric activity
US6258087B1 (en) 1998-02-19 2001-07-10 Curon Medical, Inc. Expandable electrode assemblies for forming lesions to treat dysfunction in sphincters and adjoining tissue regions
US6402744B2 (en) 1998-02-19 2002-06-11 Curon Medical, Inc. Systems and methods for forming composite lesions to treat dysfunction in sphincters and adjoining tissue regions
US8906010B2 (en) 1998-02-19 2014-12-09 Mederi Therapeutics, Inc. Graphical user interface for association with an electrode structure deployed in contact with a tissue region
US6325798B1 (en) 1998-02-19 2001-12-04 Curon Medical, Inc. Vacuum-assisted systems and methods for treating sphincters and adjoining tissue regions
US6358245B1 (en) 1998-02-19 2002-03-19 Curon Medical, Inc. Graphical user interface for association with an electrode structure deployed in contact with a tissue region
US6273886B1 (en) 1998-02-19 2001-08-14 Curon Medical, Inc. Integrated tissue heating and cooling apparatus
US6142993A (en) 1998-02-27 2000-11-07 Ep Technologies, Inc. Collapsible spline structure using a balloon as an expanding actuator
WO1999044522A1 (en) 1998-03-06 1999-09-10 Conway-Stuart Medical, Inc. Apparatus to electrosurgically treat esophageal sphincters
US6053909A (en) 1998-03-27 2000-04-25 Shadduck; John H. Ionothermal delivery system and technique for medical procedures
US8128595B2 (en) 1998-04-21 2012-03-06 Zoll Circulation, Inc. Method for a central venous line catheter having a temperature control system
US6338727B1 (en) 1998-08-13 2002-01-15 Alsius Corporation Indwelling heat exchange catheter and method of using same
US6161047A (en) 1998-04-30 2000-12-12 Medtronic Inc. Apparatus and method for expanding a stimulation lead body in situ
US6003517A (en) 1998-04-30 1999-12-21 Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. Method for using an electrosurgical device on lung tissue
WO1999055245A1 (en) 1998-04-30 1999-11-04 Edwards Stuart D Electrosurgical sphincter treatment apparatus
US6558378B2 (en) 1998-05-05 2003-05-06 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. RF ablation system and method having automatic temperature control
US6045550A (en) 1998-05-05 2000-04-04 Cardiac Peacemakers, Inc. Electrode having non-joined thermocouple for providing multiple temperature-sensitive junctions
US6493589B1 (en) 1998-05-07 2002-12-10 Medtronic, Inc. Methods and apparatus for treatment of pulmonary conditions
US6001054A (en) 1998-05-19 1999-12-14 Regulla; D. F. Method and apparatus for differential energy application for local dose enhancement of ionizing radiation
US6241727B1 (en) 1998-05-27 2001-06-05 Irvine Biomedical, Inc. Ablation catheter system having circular lesion capabilities
US6599311B1 (en) 1998-06-05 2003-07-29 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Method and assembly for lung volume reduction
US6997189B2 (en) 1998-06-05 2006-02-14 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Method for lung volume reduction
US6174323B1 (en) 1998-06-05 2001-01-16 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Method and assembly for lung volume reduction
US5997534A (en) 1998-06-08 1999-12-07 Tu; Hosheng Medical ablation device and methods thereof
US20070123958A1 (en) 1998-06-10 2007-05-31 Asthmatx, Inc. Apparatus for treating airways in the lung
US20070106348A1 (en) 1998-06-10 2007-05-10 Asthmatx, Inc. Method for treating airways in the lung
US7198635B2 (en) 2000-10-17 2007-04-03 Asthmatx, Inc. Modification of airways by application of energy
US8181656B2 (en) 1998-06-10 2012-05-22 Asthmatx, Inc. Methods for treating airways
US7187973B2 (en) 1998-06-30 2007-03-06 Endocardial Solutions, Inc. Congestive heart failure pacing optimization method and device
US6322559B1 (en) * 1998-07-06 2001-11-27 Vnus Medical Technologies, Inc. Electrode catheter having coil structure
US5995873A (en) 1998-07-07 1999-11-30 Rhodes; Donald A. Treatment of pain and of the nervous system
US6029091A (en) 1998-07-09 2000-02-22 Irvine Biomedical, Inc. Catheter system having lattice electrodes
US6296639B1 (en) 1999-02-12 2001-10-02 Novacept Apparatuses and methods for interstitial tissue removal
US6212433B1 (en) 1998-07-28 2001-04-03 Radiotherapeutics Corporation Method for treating tumors near the surface of an organ
US6322584B2 (en) 1998-07-31 2001-11-27 Surx, Inc. Temperature sensing devices and methods to shrink tissues
US6366813B1 (en) 1998-08-05 2002-04-02 Dilorenzo Daniel J. Apparatus and method for closed-loop intracranical stimulation for optimal control of neurological disease
US5992419A (en) 1998-08-20 1999-11-30 Mmtc, Inc. Method employing a tissue-heating balloon catheter to produce a "biological stent" in an orifice or vessel of a patient's body
US6610083B2 (en) 1998-08-24 2003-08-26 Radiant Medical, Inc. Multiple lumen heat exchange catheters
US6673098B1 (en) 1998-08-24 2004-01-06 Radiant Medical, Inc. Disposable cassette for intravascular heat exchange catheter
GB9818548D0 (en) 1998-08-25 1998-10-21 Microbiological Res Authority Treatment of mucas hypersecretion
US5980563A (en) 1998-08-31 1999-11-09 Tu; Lily Chen Ablation apparatus and methods for treating atherosclerosis
US6123702A (en) 1998-09-10 2000-09-26 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Systems and methods for controlling power in an electrosurgical probe
US6183468B1 (en) 1998-09-10 2001-02-06 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Systems and methods for controlling power in an electrosurgical probe
US6245065B1 (en) 1998-09-10 2001-06-12 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Systems and methods for controlling power in an electrosurgical probe
US6123703A (en) 1998-09-19 2000-09-26 Tu; Lily Chen Ablation catheter and methods for treating tissues
US20040006268A1 (en) 1998-09-24 2004-01-08 Super Dimension Ltd Was Filed In Parent Case System and method of recording and displaying in context of an image a location of at least one point-of-interest in a body during an intra-body medical procedure
EP1115328A4 (en) 1998-09-24 2004-11-10 Super Dimension Ltd SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A CATHETER DURING AN ENDOCORPOREAL MEDICAL EXAMINATION
US6036689A (en) 1998-09-24 2000-03-14 Tu; Lily Chen Ablation device for treating atherosclerotic tissues
US20030074011A1 (en) 1998-09-24 2003-04-17 Super Dimension Ltd. System and method of recording and displaying in context of an image a location of at least one point-of-interest in a body during an intra-body medical procedure
IL126333A0 (en) 1998-09-24 1999-05-09 Super Dimension Ltd System and method of recording and displaying in context of an image a location of at least one point-of-interest in body during an intra-body medical procedure
US20040230252A1 (en) 1998-10-21 2004-11-18 Saul Kullok Method and apparatus for affecting the autonomic nervous system
US6366814B1 (en) 1998-10-26 2002-04-02 Birinder R. Boveja External stimulator for adjunct (add-on) treatment for neurological, neuropsychiatric, and urological disorders
US7076307B2 (en) 2002-05-09 2006-07-11 Boveja Birinder R Method and system for modulating the vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) with electrical pulses using implanted and external components, to provide therapy neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders
US6123718A (en) 1998-11-02 2000-09-26 Polymerex Medical Corp. Balloon catheter
JP2000140118A (ja) * 1998-11-09 2000-05-23 Olympus Optical Co Ltd 高周波処置具
WO2000028909A1 (en) 1998-11-16 2000-05-25 United States Surgical Corporation Apparatus for thermal treatment of tissue
KR20010040761A (ko) 1998-12-09 2001-05-15 쿡 인코포레이티드 중공의 만곡형 초탄성 의료용 니들
US6432092B2 (en) 1999-01-06 2002-08-13 Tyco Healthcare Group Lp Tissue mapping injection device
US6269813B1 (en) 1999-01-15 2001-08-07 Respironics, Inc. Tracheal gas insufflation bypass and phasic delivery system and method
US7572245B2 (en) 2003-09-15 2009-08-11 Atrium Medical Corporation Application of a therapeutic substance to a tissue location using an expandable medical device
US6230052B1 (en) 1999-01-29 2001-05-08 Andy Wolff Device and method for stimulating salivation
US6097985A (en) 1999-02-09 2000-08-01 Kai Technologies, Inc. Microwave systems for medical hyperthermia, thermotherapy and diagnosis
US6293908B1 (en) 1999-02-12 2001-09-25 Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd. Mouthpiece and insertion assisting device for endoscope
US6019783A (en) 1999-03-02 2000-02-01 Alsius Corporation Cooling system for therapeutic catheter
US6582427B1 (en) 1999-03-05 2003-06-24 Gyrus Medical Limited Electrosurgery system
US6161049A (en) 1999-03-26 2000-12-12 Urologix, Inc. Thermal therapy catheter
US6786889B1 (en) 1999-03-31 2004-09-07 Scimed Life Systems, Inc Textured and/or marked balloon for stent delivery
US6425877B1 (en) 1999-04-02 2002-07-30 Novasys Medical, Inc. Treatment of tissue in the digestive circulatory respiratory urinary and reproductive systems
US6409723B1 (en) 1999-04-02 2002-06-25 Stuart D. Edwards Treating body tissue by applying energy and substances
US6325797B1 (en) 1999-04-05 2001-12-04 Medtronic, Inc. Ablation catheter and method for isolating a pulmonary vein
US6546932B1 (en) 1999-04-05 2003-04-15 Cryocath Technologies Inc. Cryogenic method and apparatus for promoting angiogenesis
US6776990B2 (en) 1999-04-08 2004-08-17 Allergan, Inc. Methods and compositions for the treatment of pancreatitis
US7412285B2 (en) 1999-04-09 2008-08-12 Oncostim, Inc. Method and device for treating cancer with electrical therapy in conjunction with chemotherapeutic agents and radiation therapy
US6593130B1 (en) 1999-04-16 2003-07-15 The Regents Of The University Of California Method and apparatus for ex vivo and in vivo cellular electroporation of gene protein or drug therapy
US6149647A (en) 1999-04-19 2000-11-21 Tu; Lily Chen Apparatus and methods for tissue treatment
US6317615B1 (en) 1999-04-19 2001-11-13 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Method and system for reducing arterial restenosis in the presence of an intravascular stent
US6939346B2 (en) 1999-04-21 2005-09-06 Oratec Interventions, Inc. Method and apparatus for controlling a temperature-controlled probe
US6270476B1 (en) 1999-04-23 2001-08-07 Cryocath Technologies, Inc. Catheter
US6302870B1 (en) 1999-04-29 2001-10-16 Precision Vascular Systems, Inc. Apparatus for injecting fluids into the walls of blood vessels, body cavities, and the like
US6341236B1 (en) 1999-04-30 2002-01-22 Ivan Osorio Vagal nerve stimulation techniques for treatment of epileptic seizures
AU4696100A (en) * 1999-05-04 2000-11-17 Curon Medical, Inc. Electrodes for creating lesions in tissue regions at or near a sphincter
EP1180004A1 (en) 1999-05-18 2002-02-20 Silhouette Medical Inc. Surgical weight control device
US6692490B1 (en) * 1999-05-18 2004-02-17 Novasys Medical, Inc. Treatment of urinary incontinence and other disorders by application of energy and drugs
US7171263B2 (en) 1999-06-04 2007-01-30 Impulse Dynamics Nv Drug delivery device
EP1185200B1 (en) 1999-06-05 2008-01-09 Wilson-Cook Medical Inc. Indicia for an endoscopic medical device
US6235024B1 (en) 1999-06-21 2001-05-22 Hosheng Tu Catheters system having dual ablation capability
EP1281366B1 (en) 1999-06-23 2006-10-11 Novasys Medical, Inc. Treatment of sphincters with electrosurgery and active substances
ATE470414T1 (de) * 1999-06-25 2010-06-15 Vahid Saadat Gerät zur gewebebehandlung
JP2003503119A (ja) 1999-06-25 2003-01-28 エモリ ユニバーシティ 迷走神経刺激用機器及び方法
RU2164424C1 (ru) 1999-06-28 2001-03-27 Коноплев Сергей Петрович Способ низкочастотной электромагнитной терапии и устройство для его осуществления
US6238392B1 (en) * 1999-06-29 2001-05-29 Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. Bipolar electrosurgical instrument including a plurality of balloon electrodes
US6361554B1 (en) 1999-06-30 2002-03-26 Pharmasonics, Inc. Methods and apparatus for the subcutaneous delivery of acoustic vibrations
US6587719B1 (en) 1999-07-01 2003-07-01 Cyberonics, Inc. Treatment of obesity by bilateral vagus nerve stimulation
US6364878B1 (en) 1999-07-07 2002-04-02 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Percutaneous transluminal ablation catheter manipulation tool
US6200332B1 (en) 1999-07-09 2001-03-13 Ceramoptec Industries, Inc. Device and method for underskin laser treatments
US6749606B2 (en) 1999-08-05 2004-06-15 Thomas Keast Devices for creating collateral channels
US7815590B2 (en) 1999-08-05 2010-10-19 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Devices for maintaining patency of surgically created channels in tissue
US6712812B2 (en) 1999-08-05 2004-03-30 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Devices for creating collateral channels
US20030070676A1 (en) 1999-08-05 2003-04-17 Cooper Joel D. Conduits having distal cage structure for maintaining collateral channels in tissue and related methods
US20050177144A1 (en) 1999-08-05 2005-08-11 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Methods and devices for maintaining patency of surgically created channels in a body organ
US7462162B2 (en) 2001-09-04 2008-12-09 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Antiproliferative devices for maintaining patency of surgically created channels in a body organ
US7422563B2 (en) 1999-08-05 2008-09-09 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Multifunctional tip catheter for applying energy to tissue and detecting the presence of blood flow
US20050060044A1 (en) 1999-08-05 2005-03-17 Ed Roschak Methods and devices for maintaining patency of surgically created channels in a body organ
US20030130657A1 (en) 1999-08-05 2003-07-10 Tom Curtis P. Devices for applying energy to tissue
JP2003506132A (ja) 1999-08-05 2003-02-18 ブロンカス テクノロジーズ， インコーポレイテッド 肺中に側副チャネルを作製するための方法およびデバイス
US7022088B2 (en) 1999-08-05 2006-04-04 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Devices for applying energy to tissue
US20050137715A1 (en) 1999-08-05 2005-06-23 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Methods and devices for maintaining patency of surgically created channels in a body organ
US7422584B2 (en) 2002-07-05 2008-09-09 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Extrapleural airway device and method
US7175644B2 (en) 2001-02-14 2007-02-13 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Devices and methods for maintaining collateral channels in tissue
US6767544B2 (en) 2002-04-01 2004-07-27 Allergan, Inc. Methods for treating cardiovascular diseases with botulinum toxin
US6315778B1 (en) 1999-09-10 2001-11-13 C. R. Bard, Inc. Apparatus for creating a continuous annular lesion
US6264653B1 (en) 1999-09-24 2001-07-24 C. R. Band, Inc. System and method for gauging the amount of electrode-tissue contact using pulsed radio frequency energy
US6338836B1 (en) 1999-09-28 2002-01-15 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Asthma analysis method employing hyperpolarized gas and magnetic resonance imaging
US20030069570A1 (en) 1999-10-02 2003-04-10 Witzel Thomas H. Methods for repairing mitral valve annulus percutaneously
US7229469B1 (en) 1999-10-02 2007-06-12 Quantumcor, Inc. Methods for treating and repairing mitral valve annulus
US20040249401A1 (en) 1999-10-05 2004-12-09 Omnisonics Medical Technologies, Inc. Apparatus and method for an ultrasonic medical device with a non-compliant balloon
US6587718B2 (en) 1999-10-08 2003-07-01 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Iontophoretic delivery to heart tissue
US6265379B1 (en) 1999-10-13 2001-07-24 Allergan Sales, Inc. Method for treating otic disorders
US6287304B1 (en) 1999-10-15 2001-09-11 Neothermia Corporation Interstitial cauterization of tissue volumes with electrosurgically deployed electrodes
US6838429B2 (en) 1999-10-22 2005-01-04 Paslin David A Atopic dermatitis treatment method
DE19952505A1 (de) 1999-10-29 2001-05-03 Gerd Hausdorf Expandierbarer Ballon mit technisch sichtbar zu machender, mit einem Muster versehener Hülle
US6303509B1 (en) 1999-10-29 2001-10-16 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Method to calibrate the wafer transfer for oxide etcher (with clamp)
US20040215235A1 (en) 1999-11-16 2004-10-28 Barrx, Inc. Methods and systems for determining physiologic characteristics for treatment of the esophagus
HK1050126A1 (zh) 1999-11-16 2003-06-13 Barrx Medical, Inc. 治疗人食管异常组织的方法和系统
US20060095032A1 (en) 1999-11-16 2006-05-04 Jerome Jackson Methods and systems for determining physiologic characteristics for treatment of the esophagus
US20040215296A1 (en) 1999-11-16 2004-10-28 Barrx, Inc. System and method for treating abnormal epithelium in an esophagus
US6529756B1 (en) 1999-11-22 2003-03-04 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Apparatus for mapping and coagulating soft tissue in or around body orifices
US6626855B1 (en) 1999-11-26 2003-09-30 Therus Corpoation Controlled high efficiency lesion formation using high intensity ultrasound
US6752765B1 (en) 1999-12-01 2004-06-22 Medtronic, Inc. Method and apparatus for monitoring heart rate and abnormal respiration
US6139845A (en) 1999-12-07 2000-10-31 Allergan Sales, Inc. Method for treating cancer with a neurotoxin
EP1241994A4 (en) 1999-12-23 2005-12-14 Therus Corp ULTRASONIC ENGINE FOR IMAGING AND THERAPY
US6547776B1 (en) 2000-01-03 2003-04-15 Curon Medical, Inc. Systems and methods for treating tissue in the crura
US7483743B2 (en) 2000-01-11 2009-01-27 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center System for detecting, diagnosing, and treating cardiovascular disease
US6451013B1 (en) 2000-01-19 2002-09-17 Medtronic Xomed, Inc. Methods of tonsil reduction using high intensity focused ultrasound to form an ablated tissue area containing a plurality of lesions
US6356787B1 (en) 2000-02-24 2002-03-12 Electro Core Techniques, Llc Method of treating facial blushing by electrical stimulation of the sympathetic nerve chain
US6438423B1 (en) 2000-01-20 2002-08-20 Electrocore Technique, Llc Method of treating complex regional pain syndromes by electrical stimulation of the sympathetic nerve chain
US6356786B1 (en) 2000-01-20 2002-03-12 Electrocore Techniques, Llc Method of treating palmar hyperhydrosis by electrical stimulation of the sympathetic nervous chain
US6885888B2 (en) 2000-01-20 2005-04-26 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Electrical stimulation of the sympathetic nerve chain
US6589235B2 (en) 2000-01-21 2003-07-08 The Regents Of The University Of California Method and apparatus for cartilage reshaping by radiofrequency heating
US20030050591A1 (en) 2000-02-08 2003-03-13 Patrick Mchale Anthony Loading system and method for using the same
US6663622B1 (en) 2000-02-11 2003-12-16 Iotek, Inc. Surgical devices and methods for use in tissue ablation procedures
US6524580B1 (en) 2000-02-15 2003-02-25 Allergan Sales, Inc. Method for treating thyroid disorders
US6773711B2 (en) 2000-02-15 2004-08-10 Allergan, Inc. Botulinum toxin therapy for Hashimoto's thyroiditis
US6723091B2 (en) 2000-02-22 2004-04-20 Gyrus Medical Limited Tissue resurfacing
US6328977B1 (en) 2000-02-22 2001-12-11 Allergan Sales, Inc. Method for treating hyperparathyroidism
US6708064B2 (en) 2000-02-24 2004-03-16 Ali R. Rezai Modulation of the brain to affect psychiatric disorders
US6394956B1 (en) 2000-02-29 2002-05-28 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. RF ablation and ultrasound catheter for crossing chronic total occlusions
US6551274B2 (en) 2000-02-29 2003-04-22 Biosense Webster, Inc. Cryoablation catheter with an expandable cooling chamber
US6679264B1 (en) 2000-03-04 2004-01-20 Emphasys Medical, Inc. Methods and devices for use in performing pulmonary procedures
US6544226B1 (en) 2000-03-13 2003-04-08 Curon Medical, Inc. Operative devices that can be removably fitted on catheter bodies to treat tissue regions in the body
US6770070B1 (en) 2000-03-17 2004-08-03 Rita Medical Systems, Inc. Lung treatment apparatus and method
US8251070B2 (en) 2000-03-27 2012-08-28 Asthmatx, Inc. Methods for treating airways
US6514290B1 (en) 2000-03-31 2003-02-04 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Lung elastic recoil restoring or tissue compressing device and method
US20010031981A1 (en) 2000-03-31 2001-10-18 Evans Michael A. Method and device for locating guidewire and treating chronic total occlusions
US6673068B1 (en) 2000-04-12 2004-01-06 Afx, Inc. Electrode arrangement for use in a medical instrument
US20060100666A1 (en) 2000-04-20 2006-05-11 Pulmosonix Pty. Ltd. Apparatus and method for lung analysis
US6652517B1 (en) 2000-04-25 2003-11-25 Uab Research Foundation Ablation catheter, system, and method of use thereof
US6676686B2 (en) 2000-04-25 2004-01-13 Harumi Naganuma Noninvasive detection and activation of the lymphatic system in treating disease and alleviating pain
US20010044596A1 (en) 2000-05-10 2001-11-22 Ali Jaafar Apparatus and method for treatment of vascular restenosis by electroporation
US8914114B2 (en) 2000-05-23 2014-12-16 The Feinstein Institute For Medical Research Inhibition of inflammatory cytokine production by cholinergic agonists and vagus nerve stimulation
US6610713B2 (en) 2000-05-23 2003-08-26 North Shore - Long Island Jewish Research Institute Inhibition of inflammatory cytokine production by cholinergic agonists and vagus nerve stimulation
US6306423B1 (en) 2000-06-02 2001-10-23 Allergan Sales, Inc. Neurotoxin implant
US6306403B1 (en) 2000-06-14 2001-10-23 Allergan Sales, Inc. Method for treating parkinson's disease with a botulinum toxin
JP2004521067A (ja) 2000-06-28 2004-07-15 サンダース，イラ 動物（哺乳動物）における有用な用途を目的とする破傷風毒素の使用方法
EP2430998A3 (en) 2000-07-13 2014-01-22 ReCor Medical, Inc. Ultrasonic emitter configured to receive a liquid
WO2002005868A2 (en) 2000-07-13 2002-01-24 Transurgical, Inc. Thermal treatment methods and apparatus with focused energy application
US20030125786A1 (en) 2000-07-13 2003-07-03 Gliner Bradford Evan Methods and apparatus for effectuating a lasting change in a neural-function of a patient
EP1172445A1 (en) 2000-07-14 2002-01-16 Praenadia GmbH A method for direct genetic analysis of target cells by using fluorescence probes
US6903187B1 (en) 2000-07-21 2005-06-07 Allergan, Inc. Leucine-based motif and clostridial neurotoxins
IT1319170B1 (it) 2000-07-28 2003-09-26 Lorenzo Piccone Apparecchiatura in grado di modulare il sistema neurovegetativo edintegrare la sua azione con quella del sistema nervoso centrale:
JP2002078809A (ja) 2000-09-07 2002-03-19 Shutaro Satake 肺静脈電気的隔離用バルーンカテーテル
US6640120B1 (en) 2000-10-05 2003-10-28 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Probe assembly for mapping and ablating pulmonary vein tissue and method of using same
JP2002112946A (ja) 2000-10-11 2002-04-16 Olympus Optical Co Ltd 内視鏡用フード
UA75375C2 (en) 2000-10-12 2006-04-17 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Method for producing powdery preparations for inhaling
US6908928B2 (en) 2000-10-12 2005-06-21 Bi Pharma Kg. Crystalline tiotropium bromide monohydrate, processes for the preparation thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions
BR0107304A (pt) 2000-10-12 2002-08-13 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Pó para inalação contendo tiotrópio
US6475160B1 (en) 2000-10-13 2002-11-05 Nathan Sher Skin testing device
US7104987B2 (en) 2000-10-17 2006-09-12 Asthmatx, Inc. Control system and process for application of energy to airway walls and other mediums
AU1210901A (en) 2000-10-17 2002-04-29 Broncus Tech Inc Modification of airways by application of energy
US6549808B1 (en) 2000-10-19 2003-04-15 Heinz R. Gisel Devices and methods for the transcutaneous delivery of ions and the electrical stimulation of tissue and cells at targeted areas in the eye
US6827931B1 (en) 2000-10-20 2004-12-07 Allergan, Inc. Method for treating endocrine disorders
US6601581B1 (en) 2000-11-01 2003-08-05 Advanced Medical Applications, Inc. Method and device for ultrasound drug delivery
US6575623B2 (en) 2000-11-10 2003-06-10 Cardiostream, Inc. Guide wire having extendable contact sensors for measuring temperature of vessel walls
US6847849B2 (en) 2000-11-15 2005-01-25 Medtronic, Inc. Minimally invasive apparatus for implanting a sacral stimulation lead
US20040087936A1 (en) 2000-11-16 2004-05-06 Barrx, Inc. System and method for treating abnormal tissue in an organ having a layered tissue structure
AT5005U1 (de) 2000-11-21 2002-02-25 Ernst Biegler Ges M B H Elektrodensystem zur elektrischen punktual-stimulationstherapie und handhabungswerkzeug hierfür
US6633779B1 (en) 2000-11-27 2003-10-14 Science Medicus, Inc. Treatment of asthma and respiratory disease by means of electrical neuro-receptive waveforms
US7785323B2 (en) 2000-12-04 2010-08-31 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Loop structure including inflatable therapeutic device
US6681136B2 (en) 2000-12-04 2004-01-20 Science Medicus, Inc. Device and method to modulate blood pressure by electrical waveforms
US6676657B2 (en) 2000-12-07 2004-01-13 The United States Of America As Represented By The Department Of Health And Human Services Endoluminal radiofrequency cauterization system
US20020087151A1 (en) 2000-12-29 2002-07-04 Afx, Inc. Tissue ablation apparatus with a sliding ablation instrument and method
US20020143373A1 (en) 2001-01-25 2002-10-03 Courtnage Peter A. System and method for therapeutic application of energy
US6735475B1 (en) 2001-01-30 2004-05-11 Advanced Bionics Corporation Fully implantable miniature neurostimulator for stimulation as a therapy for headache and/or facial pain
US6989004B2 (en) 2001-02-28 2006-01-24 Rex Medical, L.P. Apparatus for delivering ablation fluid to treat lesions
US7101384B2 (en) 2001-03-08 2006-09-05 Tru-Light Corporation Light processing of selected body components
US6723053B2 (en) 2001-03-14 2004-04-20 Coopersurgical, Inc. Esophageal balloon catheter device
AU2002258565A1 (en) 2001-03-20 2002-10-03 Bruce R. Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D., P.C. Device for surface stimulation of acupuncture points
US6699243B2 (en) 2001-09-19 2004-03-02 Curon Medical, Inc. Devices, systems and methods for treating tissue regions of the body
US20050283197A1 (en) 2001-04-10 2005-12-22 Daum Douglas R Systems and methods for hypotension
US6666858B2 (en) 2001-04-12 2003-12-23 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Cryo balloon for atrial ablation
US6972016B2 (en) * 2001-05-01 2005-12-06 Cardima, Inc. Helically shaped electrophysiology catheter
US20040243118A1 (en) 2001-06-01 2004-12-02 Ayers Gregory M. Device and method for positioning a catheter tip for creating a cryogenic lesion
US6620159B2 (en) 2001-06-06 2003-09-16 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Conductive expandable electrode body and method of manufacturing the same
US7127284B2 (en) 2001-06-11 2006-10-24 Mercator Medsystems, Inc. Electroporation microneedle and methods for its use
US20020198520A1 (en) * 2001-06-20 2002-12-26 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Irrigation sheath
US20020198574A1 (en) 2001-06-22 2002-12-26 Ron Gumpert Automatic sobriety training and reconditioning system
US6611699B2 (en) * 2001-06-28 2003-08-26 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Catheter with an irrigated composite tip electrode
EP1271384A1 (en) 2001-06-28 2003-01-02 Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH System and method for assisting in diagnosis, therapy and/or monitoring of a funtional lung disease
JP4602602B2 (ja) 2001-07-19 2010-12-22 オリンパス株式会社 医療器具
US20060167498A1 (en) 2001-07-23 2006-07-27 Dilorenzo Daniel J Method, apparatus, and surgical technique for autonomic neuromodulation for the treatment of disease
WO2003011388A2 (de) 2001-07-27 2003-02-13 Impella Cardiotechnik Ag Neurostimulationseinheit zur immobilisation des herzens während kardiochirurgischer operationen
US6622047B2 (en) 2001-07-28 2003-09-16 Cyberonics, Inc. Treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders by near-diaphragmatic nerve stimulation
HU224941B1 (en) 2001-08-10 2006-04-28 Bgi Innovacios Kft Phototerapy apparatus
US6994706B2 (en) 2001-08-13 2006-02-07 Minnesota Medical Physics, Llc Apparatus and method for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
US6827718B2 (en) 2001-08-14 2004-12-07 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Method of and apparatus for positioning and maintaining the position of endoscopic instruments
US7734355B2 (en) 2001-08-31 2010-06-08 Bio Control Medical (B.C.M.) Ltd. Treatment of disorders by unidirectional nerve stimulation
WO2003020103A2 (en) 2001-09-04 2003-03-13 Amit Technology Science & Medicine Ltd. Method of and device for therapeutic illumination of internal organs and tissues
US20050137611A1 (en) 2001-09-04 2005-06-23 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Methods and devices for maintaining surgically created channels in a body organ
WO2007143665A2 (en) 2006-06-05 2007-12-13 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Devices for creating passages and sensing blood vessels
US20050060041A1 (en) 2001-09-04 2005-03-17 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Methods and devices for maintaining surgically created channels in a body organ
US7708712B2 (en) 2001-09-04 2010-05-04 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Methods and devices for maintaining patency of surgically created channels in a body organ
US20050060042A1 (en) 2001-09-04 2005-03-17 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Methods and devices for maintaining surgically created channels in a body organ
US6802843B2 (en) 2001-09-13 2004-10-12 Csaba Truckai Electrosurgical working end with resistive gradient electrodes
US6623742B2 (en) 2001-09-17 2003-09-23 Allergan, Inc. Methods for treating fibromyalgia
US7187964B2 (en) 2001-09-27 2007-03-06 Dirar S. Khoury Cardiac catheter imaging system
JP3607231B2 (ja) 2001-09-28 2005-01-05 有限会社日本エレクテル 高周波加温バルーンカテーテル
US6635056B2 (en) 2001-10-09 2003-10-21 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. RF ablation apparatus and method using amplitude control
US6671533B2 (en) 2001-10-11 2003-12-30 Irvine Biomedical Inc. System and method for mapping and ablating body tissue of the interior region of the heart
US6934583B2 (en) 2001-10-22 2005-08-23 Pacesetter, Inc. Implantable lead and method for stimulating the vagus nerve
US6895267B2 (en) 2001-10-24 2005-05-17 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Systems and methods for guiding and locating functional elements on medical devices positioned in a body
US6669693B2 (en) 2001-11-13 2003-12-30 Mayo Foundation For Medical Education And Research Tissue ablation device and methods of using
US6692492B2 (en) 2001-11-28 2004-02-17 Cardiac Pacemaker, Inc. Dielectric-coated ablation electrode having a non-coated window with thermal sensors
US7591818B2 (en) 2001-12-04 2009-09-22 Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. Cardiac ablation devices and methods
US6893436B2 (en) 2002-01-03 2005-05-17 Afx, Inc. Ablation instrument having a flexible distal portion
JP2005524626A (ja) 2002-01-18 2005-08-18 タットン テクノロジーズ エルエルシー． 眼疾患を治療するための方法
US7473273B2 (en) 2002-01-22 2009-01-06 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Stent assembly with therapeutic agent exterior banding
US20080147137A1 (en) 2002-01-23 2008-06-19 Biocontrol Medical Ltd. Inhibition of sympathetic nerves
US20030153905A1 (en) 2002-01-25 2003-08-14 Edwards Stuart Denzil Selective ablation system
US6695761B2 (en) 2002-01-30 2004-02-24 Biomed Solutions, Llc Apparatus for assisting a heart
US6814733B2 (en) * 2002-01-31 2004-11-09 Biosense, Inc. Radio frequency pulmonary vein isolation
US8612005B2 (en) 2002-02-01 2013-12-17 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Neurostimulation for affecting sleep disorders
WO2003063692A2 (en) 2002-02-01 2003-08-07 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Delivery device for stimulating the sympathetic nerve chain
WO2003066155A2 (en) 2002-02-01 2003-08-14 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Methods of affecting hypothalamic-related conditions
US20110306997A9 (en) 2002-02-21 2011-12-15 Roschak Edmund J Devices for creating passages and sensing for blood vessels
US6937896B1 (en) 2002-02-26 2005-08-30 Pacesetter, Inc. Sympathetic nerve stimulator and/or pacemaker
GB0204525D0 (en) 2002-02-27 2002-04-10 Whale Jon Medical therapy apparatus
US20030225443A1 (en) 2002-03-13 2003-12-04 Kanthi Kiran Methods and devices for modulating atrial configuration
US20030187430A1 (en) 2002-03-15 2003-10-02 Vorisek James C. System and method for measuring power at tissue during RF ablation
US7309707B2 (en) 2002-03-20 2007-12-18 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Gmbh & Co. Kg Crystalline micronisate, process for the manufacture thereof and use thereof for the preparation of a medicament
US7689276B2 (en) 2002-09-13 2010-03-30 Leptos Biomedical, Inc. Dynamic nerve stimulation for treatment of disorders
US7239912B2 (en) 2002-03-22 2007-07-03 Leptos Biomedical, Inc. Electric modulation of sympathetic nervous system
US6755849B1 (en) 2002-03-28 2004-06-29 Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System Method for delivering energy to tissue and apparatus
US7653438B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2010-01-26 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for renal neuromodulation
US7853333B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2010-12-14 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for multi-vessel renal neuromodulation
US8774913B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2014-07-08 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Methods and apparatus for intravasculary-induced neuromodulation
US7620451B2 (en) 2005-12-29 2009-11-17 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for pulsed electric field neuromodulation via an intra-to-extravascular approach
US7162303B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2007-01-09 Ardian, Inc. Renal nerve stimulation method and apparatus for treatment of patients
US20070135875A1 (en) 2002-04-08 2007-06-14 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation
US8347891B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2013-01-08 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. Methods and apparatus for performing a non-continuous circumferential treatment of a body lumen
US20080213331A1 (en) 2002-04-08 2008-09-04 Ardian, Inc. Methods and devices for renal nerve blocking
US8150519B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2012-04-03 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for bilateral renal neuromodulation
US6978174B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2005-12-20 Ardian, Inc. Methods and devices for renal nerve blocking
US7756583B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2010-07-13 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for intravascularly-induced neuromodulation
US20060206150A1 (en) 2002-04-08 2006-09-14 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for treating acute myocardial infarction
US7617005B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2009-11-10 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation
US20070129761A1 (en) 2002-04-08 2007-06-07 Ardian, Inc. Methods for treating heart arrhythmia
US8131371B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2012-03-06 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for monopolar renal neuromodulation
US8145317B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2012-03-27 Ardian, Inc. Methods for renal neuromodulation
US6953431B2 (en) * 2002-04-11 2005-10-11 University Of South Florida Eccentric dilation balloons for use with endoscopes
AU2003221744A1 (en) 2002-04-19 2003-11-03 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Devices for maintaining surgically created openings
US7141041B2 (en) 2003-03-19 2006-11-28 Mercator Medsystems, Inc. Catheters having laterally deployable needles
DE10218894A1 (de) 2002-04-26 2003-11-13 Storz Endoskop Prod Gmbh Vorrichtung zur Überwachung medizinischer Geräte
US7326697B2 (en) 2002-04-29 2008-02-05 Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. Methods for increasing the therapeutic response to electroconvulsive therapy
KR20040108769A (ko) 2002-05-02 2004-12-24 메디거스 엘티디. 내시경 및 복강경용 진입 포트
US6921538B2 (en) 2002-05-10 2005-07-26 Allergan, Inc. Therapeutic treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders
AUPS226402A0 (en) 2002-05-13 2002-06-13 Advanced Metal Coatings Pty Limited An ablation catheter
US6898557B2 (en) 2002-05-17 2005-05-24 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, Lp. System and method for remote testing of components
EP1506014A4 (en) 2002-05-20 2006-09-20 Chemstop Pty Ltd PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND ACTIVATION OF CORRESPONDING SUBSTANCES AND MEANS OF PRODUCTION
US20040028676A1 (en) 2002-08-06 2004-02-12 Klein Dean A. Swallowing system tissue modifier
US7292890B2 (en) 2002-06-20 2007-11-06 Advanced Bionics Corporation Vagus nerve stimulation via unidirectional propagation of action potentials
US6776991B2 (en) 2002-06-26 2004-08-17 Allergan, Inc. Methods for treating priapism
US6881213B2 (en) 2002-06-28 2005-04-19 Ethicon, Inc. Device and method to expand treatment array
US20040009180A1 (en) 2002-07-11 2004-01-15 Allergan, Inc. Transdermal botulinum toxin compositions
US6866662B2 (en) 2002-07-23 2005-03-15 Biosense Webster, Inc. Ablation catheter having stabilizing array
US6878156B1 (en) 2002-07-26 2005-04-12 Alsius Corporation Portable cooler for heat exchange catheter
US6852110B2 (en) 2002-08-01 2005-02-08 Solarant Medical, Inc. Needle deployment for temperature sensing from an electrode
US7393350B2 (en) 2002-08-06 2008-07-01 Erbe Elektromedizin Gmbh Cryo-surgical apparatus and methods
US6733464B2 (en) 2002-08-23 2004-05-11 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Multi-function sensor device and methods for its use
US7328069B2 (en) 2002-09-06 2008-02-05 Medtronic, Inc. Method, system and device for treating disorders of the pelvic floor by electrical stimulation of and the delivery of drugs to the left and right pudendal nerves
US6780183B2 (en) 2002-09-16 2004-08-24 Biosense Webster, Inc. Ablation catheter having shape-changing balloon
WO2004033034A1 (en) 2002-10-04 2004-04-22 Microchips, Inc. Medical device for neural stimulation and controlled drug delivery
US7037319B2 (en) 2002-10-15 2006-05-02 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Nanotube paper-based medical device
US6755026B2 (en) 2002-10-24 2004-06-29 Tech Medical Devices Inc. Thermoelectric system to directly regulate the temperature of intravenous solutions and bodily fluids
US20040082947A1 (en) 2002-10-25 2004-04-29 The Regents Of The University Of Michigan Ablation catheters
US7536339B1 (en) 2002-10-31 2009-05-19 Trading Technologies International, Inc. Method and system for quantity entry
US7066950B2 (en) 2002-10-31 2006-06-27 Cherokee Products, Inc. Vapor therapy treatment device and method for generating therapeutic vapor treatment
US20050222651A1 (en) 2002-10-31 2005-10-06 Cherokee Products, Inc Therapeutic device and method
US7238357B2 (en) 2002-11-05 2007-07-03 Allergan, Inc. Methods for treating ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease
US20040153056A1 (en) 2002-11-11 2004-08-05 Berchtold Holding Gmbh, A German Corporation Probe
US20040106954A1 (en) 2002-11-15 2004-06-03 Whitehurst Todd K. Treatment of congestive heart failure
US7142917B2 (en) 2002-12-04 2006-11-28 Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha Heart treatment equipment and method for preventing fatal arrhythmia
US7986994B2 (en) 2002-12-04 2011-07-26 Medtronic, Inc. Method and apparatus for detecting change in intrathoracic electrical impedance
US7065409B2 (en) 2002-12-13 2006-06-20 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Device communications of an implantable medical device and an external system
MXPA05006690A (es) 2002-12-20 2006-02-17 Botulinum Toxin Res Ass Inc Composiciones farmaceuticas de toxina botulinica mejoradas.
US7127300B2 (en) 2002-12-23 2006-10-24 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Method and apparatus for enabling data communication between an implantable medical device and a patient management system
US7131445B2 (en) 2002-12-23 2006-11-07 Gyrus Medical Limited Electrosurgical method and apparatus
US7395117B2 (en) 2002-12-23 2008-07-01 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Implantable medical device having long-term wireless capabilities
US6978182B2 (en) 2002-12-27 2005-12-20 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Advanced patient management system including interrogator/transceiver unit
US7278984B2 (en) 2002-12-31 2007-10-09 Alsius Corporation System and method for controlling rate of heat exchange with patient
US20050059153A1 (en) 2003-01-22 2005-03-17 George Frank R. Electromagnetic activation of gene expression and cell growth
JP4067976B2 (ja) 2003-01-24 2008-03-26 有限会社日本エレクテル 高周波加温バルーンカテーテル
US20040147988A1 (en) 2003-01-29 2004-07-29 Stephens Willard M. Method of treatment using one or more of a group of the "THERMA-KLOTH" products
US7613515B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2009-11-03 Enteromedics Inc. High frequency vagal blockage therapy
US20040172084A1 (en) 2003-02-03 2004-09-02 Knudson Mark B. Method and apparatus for treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD)
US7844338B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2010-11-30 Enteromedics Inc. High frequency obesity treatment
DE10305553B4 (de) 2003-02-10 2005-11-03 Lothar Dr.med. Göbel Vorrichtung zur Tamponade von Körperhöhlen
US20040158237A1 (en) 2003-02-11 2004-08-12 Marwan Abboud Multi-energy ablation station
US6913616B2 (en) 2003-02-14 2005-07-05 Laser Cleanse Laser ionization therapy system and method
AU2004213010A1 (en) 2003-02-18 2004-09-02 Neurosignal Technologies, Inc. Regulation of blood pressure by coded nerve signals
US7837676B2 (en) 2003-02-20 2010-11-23 Recor Medical, Inc. Cardiac ablation devices
US6923808B2 (en) * 2003-02-24 2005-08-02 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Probes having helical and loop shaped inflatable therapeutic elements
US7559890B2 (en) 2003-02-26 2009-07-14 Ikona Medical Corporation Endoscopic imaging of an organ system
US8071550B2 (en) 2003-03-03 2011-12-06 Allergan, Inc. Methods for treating uterine disorders
IL154801A0 (en) 2003-03-06 2003-10-31 Karotix Internat Ltd Multi-channel and multi-dimensional system and method
US7551957B2 (en) 2003-03-06 2009-06-23 Bioelectronics Corp. Electromagnetic therapy device and methods
US7684865B2 (en) 2003-03-14 2010-03-23 Endovx, Inc. Methods and apparatus for treatment of obesity
US7783358B2 (en) 2003-03-14 2010-08-24 Endovx, Inc. Methods and apparatus for treatment of obesity with an ultrasound device movable in two or three axes
US7430449B2 (en) 2003-03-14 2008-09-30 Endovx, Inc. Methods and apparatus for testing disruption of a vagal nerve
US20060015151A1 (en) 2003-03-14 2006-01-19 Aldrich William N Method of using endoscopic truncal vagoscopy with gastric bypass, gastric banding and other procedures
US7252677B2 (en) 2003-03-14 2007-08-07 Light Sciences Oncology, Inc. Light generating device to intravascular use
US7394976B2 (en) 2003-03-25 2008-07-01 Arizant Healthcare Inc. Fluid warming cassette and system capable of operation under negative pressure
US7186251B2 (en) 2003-03-27 2007-03-06 Cierra, Inc. Energy based devices and methods for treatment of patent foramen ovale
KR100466866B1 (ko) * 2003-04-24 2005-01-24 전명기 생체조직을 응고괴사시키는 고주파 전기수술기용 전극
US7390496B2 (en) 2003-04-25 2008-06-24 Allergan, Inc. Therapeutic treatments for repetitive hand washing
US7396535B2 (en) 2003-04-25 2008-07-08 Ackerman Alan H Therapy for obsessive compulsive head banging
US7221979B2 (en) 2003-04-30 2007-05-22 Medtronic, Inc. Methods and apparatus for the regulation of hormone release
US7101387B2 (en) 2003-04-30 2006-09-05 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Radio frequency ablation cooling shield
US6838434B2 (en) 2003-05-02 2005-01-04 Allergan, Inc. Methods for treating sinus headache
US20040226556A1 (en) 2003-05-13 2004-11-18 Deem Mark E. Apparatus for treating asthma using neurotoxin
CA2525774A1 (en) 2003-05-16 2004-12-02 Science Medicus, Inc. Respiratory control by means of neuro-electrical coded signals
US20050261747A1 (en) 2003-05-16 2005-11-24 Schuler Eleanor L Method and system to control respiration by means of neuro-electrical coded signals
US20060287679A1 (en) 2003-05-16 2006-12-21 Stone Robert T Method and system to control respiration by means of confounding neuro-electrical signals
US20060111755A1 (en) 2003-05-16 2006-05-25 Stone Robert T Method and system to control respiration by means of neuro-electrical coded signals
US7704685B2 (en) 2003-05-30 2010-04-27 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation In vivo production of a clostridial neurotoxin light chain peptide
US7738952B2 (en) 2003-06-09 2010-06-15 Palo Alto Investors Treatment of conditions through modulation of the autonomic nervous system
US7149574B2 (en) 2003-06-09 2006-12-12 Palo Alto Investors Treatment of conditions through electrical modulation of the autonomic nervous system
US20040253274A1 (en) 2003-06-11 2004-12-16 Allergan, Inc. Use of a clostridial toxin to reduce appetite
WO2004110549A2 (en) 2003-06-13 2004-12-23 Biocontrol Medical Ltd. Applications of vagal stimulation
US7186220B2 (en) 2003-07-02 2007-03-06 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Implantable devices and methods using frequency-domain analysis of thoracic signal
US8002740B2 (en) 2003-07-18 2011-08-23 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Devices for maintaining patency of surgically created channels in tissue
US8308682B2 (en) 2003-07-18 2012-11-13 Broncus Medical Inc. Devices for maintaining patency of surgically created channels in tissue
WO2005006963A2 (en) 2003-07-18 2005-01-27 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Devices for maintaining patency of surgically created channels in tissue
US6974224B2 (en) 2003-07-30 2005-12-13 Tru-Light Corporation Modularized light processing of body components
US7757690B2 (en) 2003-09-18 2010-07-20 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. System and method for moderating a therapy delivered during sleep using physiologic data acquired during non-sleep
US7662101B2 (en) 2003-09-18 2010-02-16 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Therapy control based on cardiopulmonary status
US7610094B2 (en) 2003-09-18 2009-10-27 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Synergistic use of medical devices for detecting medical disorders
US7156843B2 (en) * 2003-09-08 2007-01-02 Medtronic, Inc. Irrigated focal ablation tip
WO2005023200A2 (en) 2003-09-09 2005-03-17 Seacost Technologies, Inc. System and method for cooling internal tissue
ES2564694T3 (es) 2003-09-12 2016-03-28 Vessix Vascular, Inc. Sistema de remodelación y / o ablación excéntrica seleccionable de material ateroesclerótico
US20050090722A1 (en) 2003-09-17 2005-04-28 Thomas Perez Method and apparatus for providing UV light to blood
US20050255317A1 (en) 2003-09-22 2005-11-17 Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Polymeric marker with high radiopacity for use in medical devices
US20050153885A1 (en) 2003-10-08 2005-07-14 Yun Anthony J. Treatment of conditions through modulation of the autonomic nervous system
US7435252B2 (en) 2003-10-15 2008-10-14 Valam Corporation Control of microorganisms in the sino-nasal tract
US20050171396A1 (en) 2003-10-20 2005-08-04 Cyberheart, Inc. Method for non-invasive lung treatment
US7266414B2 (en) 2003-10-24 2007-09-04 Syntach, Ag Methods and devices for creating electrical block at specific sites in cardiac tissue with targeted tissue ablation
US20050096644A1 (en) 2003-10-30 2005-05-05 Hall Jeffrey A. Energy delivery optimization for RF duty cycle for lesion creation
US20050165456A1 (en) 2003-12-19 2005-07-28 Brian Mann Digital electrode for cardiac rhythm management
JP4391221B2 (ja) 2003-12-22 2009-12-24 有限会社日本エレクテル 高周波加温バルーンカテーテル
US7676269B2 (en) 2003-12-29 2010-03-09 Palo Alto Investors Treatment of female fertility conditions through modulation of the autonomic nervous system
US7422555B2 (en) 2003-12-30 2008-09-09 Jacob Zabara Systems and methods for therapeutically treating neuro-psychiatric disorders and other illnesses
US7150745B2 (en) 2004-01-09 2006-12-19 Barrx Medical, Inc. Devices and methods for treatment of luminal tissue
US7371231B2 (en) 2004-02-02 2008-05-13 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. System and method for performing ablation using a balloon
US20050222628A1 (en) 2004-03-31 2005-10-06 Krakousky Alexander A Implantable device for pain control and other medical treatments
US8007495B2 (en) 2004-03-31 2011-08-30 Biosense Webster, Inc. Catheter for circumferential ablation at or near a pulmonary vein
US20050222635A1 (en) 2004-03-31 2005-10-06 Krakovsky Alexander A Potency package two
JP4717877B2 (ja) 2004-04-12 2011-07-06 ゾール メディカル コーポレイション 自動小児除細動器
EP1737371B1 (en) 2004-04-19 2011-06-08 ProRhythm, Inc. Ablation devices with sensor structures
US7410480B2 (en) 2004-04-21 2008-08-12 Acclarent, Inc. Devices and methods for delivering therapeutic substances for the treatment of sinusitis and other disorders
US7377918B2 (en) 2004-04-28 2008-05-27 Gyrus Medical Limited Electrosurgical method and apparatus
US7324850B2 (en) 2004-04-29 2008-01-29 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Method and apparatus for communication between a handheld programmer and an implantable medical device
EP1750799A2 (en) 2004-05-04 2007-02-14 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Methods of treating medical conditions by neuromodulation of the sympathetic nervous system
US7706878B2 (en) 2004-05-07 2010-04-27 Zoll Medical Corporation Automated caregiving device with prompting based on caregiver progress
US7899527B2 (en) 2004-05-13 2011-03-01 Palo Alto Investors Treatment of conditions through modulation of the autonomic nervous system during at least one predetermined menstrual cycle phase
CN2700880Y (zh) 2004-06-09 2005-05-18 上海交通大学 固相微萃取装置
WO2006007284A2 (en) 2004-06-21 2006-01-19 Curon Medical, Inc. Systems and methods for treating tissue regions of the body
WO2006014732A2 (en) 2004-07-19 2006-02-09 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Methods and devices for maintaining patency of surgically created channels in a body organ
US8409167B2 (en) 2004-07-19 2013-04-02 Broncus Medical Inc Devices for delivering substances through an extra-anatomic opening created in an airway
US8396548B2 (en) 2008-11-14 2013-03-12 Vessix Vascular, Inc. Selective drug delivery in a lumen
EP1804902A4 (en) 2004-09-10 2008-04-16 Cleveland Clinic Foundation INTRALUMINAL ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY
US7906124B2 (en) 2004-09-18 2011-03-15 Asthmatx, Inc. Inactivation of smooth muscle tissue
US7553309B2 (en) 2004-10-08 2009-06-30 Covidien Ag Electrosurgical system employing multiple electrodes and method thereof
US7402172B2 (en) 2004-10-13 2008-07-22 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Intraluminal therapeutic patch
US20060089637A1 (en) 2004-10-14 2006-04-27 Werneth Randell L Ablation catheter
EP1802244B1 (en) 2004-10-14 2015-09-02 Koninklijke Philips N.V. Ablation devices with ultrasonic imaging
US8221397B2 (en) 2004-10-15 2012-07-17 Baxano, Inc. Devices and methods for tissue modification
US20060095028A1 (en) 2004-10-15 2006-05-04 Baxano, Inc. Devices and methods for tissue access
US7524318B2 (en) 2004-10-28 2009-04-28 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Ablation probe with flared electrodes
US20070083239A1 (en) 2005-09-23 2007-04-12 Denise Demarais Methods and apparatus for inducing, monitoring and controlling renal neuromodulation
US7937143B2 (en) 2004-11-02 2011-05-03 Ardian, Inc. Methods and apparatus for inducing controlled renal neuromodulation
WO2006052940A2 (en) 2004-11-05 2006-05-18 Asthmatx, Inc. Medical device with procedure improvement features
US7200445B1 (en) 2005-10-21 2007-04-03 Asthmatx, Inc. Energy delivery devices and methods
US7949407B2 (en) 2004-11-05 2011-05-24 Asthmatx, Inc. Energy delivery devices and methods
AU2005304632C1 (en) 2004-11-12 2010-11-04 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Improved energy delivery devices and methods
EP1814624B1 (en) 2004-11-12 2015-06-03 Asthmatx, Inc. Improved energy delivery devices and methods
US20070093802A1 (en) 2005-10-21 2007-04-26 Danek Christopher J Energy delivery devices and methods
CN101115448B (zh) 2004-11-16 2010-05-12 罗伯特·L·巴里 用于肺治疗的装置和方法
US8332047B2 (en) 2004-11-18 2012-12-11 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. System and method for closed-loop neural stimulation
US20060118127A1 (en) 2004-12-06 2006-06-08 Chinn Douglas O Tissue protective system and method for thermoablative therapies
US20060135953A1 (en) 2004-12-22 2006-06-22 Wlodzimierz Kania Tissue ablation system including guidewire with sensing element
AU2005323463B2 (en) 2004-12-27 2009-11-19 The Feinstein Institutes For Medical Research Treating inflammatory disorders by electrical vagus nerve stimulation
US11207518B2 (en) 2004-12-27 2021-12-28 The Feinstein Institutes For Medical Research Treating inflammatory disorders by stimulation of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway
US20080021274A1 (en) 2005-01-05 2008-01-24 Avantis Medical Systems, Inc. Endoscopic medical device with locking mechanism and method
US7722538B2 (en) 2005-02-10 2010-05-25 Dirar S. Khoury Conductance-imaging catheter and determination of cavitary volume
US20070060954A1 (en) 2005-02-25 2007-03-15 Tracy Cameron Method of using spinal cord stimulation to treat neurological disorders or conditions
ES2380487T3 (es) 2005-03-28 2012-05-14 Vessix Vascular, Inc. Caracterización de tejido eléctrico intraluminal y energía RF ajustada para el tratamiento selectivo de ateroma y de otros tejidos diana
US20060241523A1 (en) 2005-04-12 2006-10-26 Prorhythm, Inc. Ultrasound generating method, apparatus and probe
CA2605360C (en) 2005-04-21 2017-03-28 Asthmatx, Inc. Control methods and devices for energy delivery
US8052668B2 (en) 2005-05-13 2011-11-08 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. Neurotoxic agents and devices to treat atrial fibrillation
AU2006252347A1 (en) 2005-06-01 2006-12-07 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Methods and devices for maintaining surgically created channels in a body organ
US7621890B2 (en) * 2005-06-09 2009-11-24 Endocare, Inc. Heat exchange catheter with multi-lumen tube having a fluid return passageway
WO2007001981A2 (en) 2005-06-20 2007-01-04 Ablation Frontiers Ablation catheter
DE102005030861A1 (de) 2005-07-01 2007-01-04 Invendo Medical Gmbh Kühleinrichtung für elektronische Bauteile vorzugsweise eines Endoskops
WO2007014003A2 (en) 2005-07-22 2007-02-01 The Foundry Inc. Systems and methods for delivery of a therapeutic agent
US7655243B2 (en) 2005-07-22 2010-02-02 The Foundry, Llc Methods and systems for toxin delivery to the nasal cavity
US20070021803A1 (en) 2005-07-22 2007-01-25 The Foundry Inc. Systems and methods for neuromodulation for treatment of pain and other disorders associated with nerve conduction
US8660647B2 (en) 2005-07-28 2014-02-25 Cyberonics, Inc. Stimulating cranial nerve to treat pulmonary disorder
US20070043342A1 (en) 2005-08-16 2007-02-22 Galil Medical Ltd. Cryoprobe with reduced adhesion to frozen tissue, and cryosurgical methods utilizing same
US7628789B2 (en) 2005-08-17 2009-12-08 Pulmonx Corporation Selective lung tissue ablation
WO2007019876A1 (en) 2005-08-19 2007-02-22 De Neve Werner Francois Device and method for assisting heat ablation treatment of the heart
US20070055328A1 (en) 2005-09-02 2007-03-08 Mayse Martin L Device and method for esophageal cooling
US9486274B2 (en) 2005-09-07 2016-11-08 Ulthera, Inc. Dissection handpiece and method for reducing the appearance of cellulite
US8041428B2 (en) 2006-02-10 2011-10-18 Electrocore Llc Electrical stimulation treatment of hypotension
US8874227B2 (en) 2009-03-20 2014-10-28 ElectroCore, LLC Devices and methods for non-invasive capacitive electrical stimulation and their use for vagus nerve stimulation on the neck of a patient
US20070106338A1 (en) 2005-11-10 2007-05-10 Electrocore, Inc. Direct and Indirect Control of Muscle for the Treatment of Pathologies
US8874205B2 (en) 2009-03-20 2014-10-28 ElectroCore, LLC Device and methods for non-invasive electrical stimulation and their use for vagal nerve stimulation
US8676324B2 (en) 2005-11-10 2014-03-18 ElectroCore, LLC Electrical and magnetic stimulators used to treat migraine/sinus headache, rhinitis, sinusitis, rhinosinusitis, and comorbid disorders
US9089719B2 (en) 2009-03-20 2015-07-28 ElectroCore, LLC Non-invasive methods and devices for inducing euphoria in a patient and their therapeutic application
US20110125203A1 (en) 2009-03-20 2011-05-26 ElectroCore, LLC. Magnetic Stimulation Devices and Methods of Therapy
EP1948301B8 (en) 2005-11-10 2014-03-12 ElectroCore LLC Electrical stimulation treatment of bronchial constriction
US7725188B2 (en) 2006-02-10 2010-05-25 Electrocore Llc Electrical stimulation treatment of hypotension
US8676330B2 (en) 2009-03-20 2014-03-18 ElectroCore, LLC Electrical and magnetic stimulators used to treat migraine/sinus headache and comorbid disorders
US9119953B2 (en) 2005-11-10 2015-09-01 ElectroCore, LLC Non-invasive treatment of a medical condition by vagus nerve stimulation
US8812112B2 (en) 2005-11-10 2014-08-19 ElectroCore, LLC Electrical treatment of bronchial constriction
US8868177B2 (en) 2009-03-20 2014-10-21 ElectroCore, LLC Non-invasive treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
US9174066B2 (en) 2009-03-20 2015-11-03 ElectroCore, LLC Devices and methods for non-invasive capacitive electrical stimulation and their use for vagus nerve stimulation on the neck of a patient
US9037247B2 (en) 2005-11-10 2015-05-19 ElectroCore, LLC Non-invasive treatment of bronchial constriction
US20070106337A1 (en) 2005-11-10 2007-05-10 Electrocore, Inc. Methods And Apparatus For Treating Disorders Through Neurological And/Or Muscular Intervention
EP2666514A1 (en) * 2005-11-22 2013-11-27 Mayo Foundation For Medical Education And Research Of The State Of Minnesota Detecting and treating nervous system disorders
US7997278B2 (en) 2005-11-23 2011-08-16 Barrx Medical, Inc. Precision ablating method
US8190238B2 (en) 2005-12-09 2012-05-29 Hansen Medical, Inc. Robotic catheter system and methods
US20070149959A1 (en) 2005-12-23 2007-06-28 Sanarus Medical, Inc. Cryoprobe for low pressure systems
US7711430B2 (en) 2006-02-10 2010-05-04 Electrocore Llc Methods and apparatus for treating anaphylaxis using electrical modulation
US20070239256A1 (en) 2006-03-22 2007-10-11 Jan Weber Medical devices having electrical circuits with multilayer regions
US20100057178A1 (en) 2006-04-18 2010-03-04 Electrocore, Inc. Methods and apparatus for spinal cord stimulation using expandable electrode
US20100241188A1 (en) 2009-03-20 2010-09-23 Electrocore, Inc. Percutaneous Electrical Treatment Of Tissue
US8209034B2 (en) 2008-12-18 2012-06-26 Electrocore Llc Methods and apparatus for electrical stimulation treatment using esophageal balloon and electrode
US8401650B2 (en) 2008-04-10 2013-03-19 Electrocore Llc Methods and apparatus for electrical treatment using balloon and electrode
US20100174340A1 (en) 2006-04-18 2010-07-08 Electrocore, Inc. Methods and Apparatus for Applying Energy to Patients
US20070255270A1 (en) 2006-04-27 2007-11-01 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Intraluminal guidance system using bioelectric impedance
WO2007134190A2 (en) 2006-05-10 2007-11-22 Regents Of The University Of Minnesota Methods and apparatus of three dimensional cardiac electrophysiological imaging
WO2007136566A2 (en) 2006-05-19 2007-11-29 Prorhythm, Inc. Ablation device with optimized input power profile and method of using the same
GB0610637D0 (en) * 2006-05-23 2006-07-05 Emcision Ltd Apparatus and method for treating tissue such as tumours
US20080004596A1 (en) 2006-05-25 2008-01-03 Palo Alto Institute Delivery of agents by microneedle catheter
US20070287995A1 (en) * 2006-06-08 2007-12-13 Washington University Cooled Ablation Catheter and Method of Using the Same
EP2092957B2 (en) 2006-06-28 2019-11-20 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.à.r.l. Systems for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation
EP2051631A4 (en) 2006-06-30 2013-06-05 Broncus Tech Inc SELECTION OF AIRWAY BYPASS SITE AND PLANNING A TREATMENT
WO2008004018A1 (es) 2006-06-30 2008-01-10 Cambier Bernard Alfons Lucie B Dispositivo de cateter dirigido y metodo para la quimioembolizacion y/o embolizacion de estructuras vasculares, tumorales y/o de organos
US7588549B2 (en) 2006-08-03 2009-09-15 Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation Thermoelectric temperature control for extracorporeal blood circuit
US7425211B2 (en) * 2006-08-03 2008-09-16 Arbel Medical Ltd. Cryogenic probe for treating enlarged volume of tissue
US8177829B2 (en) 2006-08-23 2012-05-15 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Auxiliary balloon catheter
US8103341B2 (en) 2006-08-25 2012-01-24 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. System for abating neural stimulation side effects
EP2076193A4 (en) 2006-10-18 2010-02-03 Minnow Medical Inc MATCHED RF-ENERGY AND ELECTRO-TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION FOR THE SELECTIVE TREATMENT OF TARGET TISSUE
ES2560006T3 (es) 2006-10-18 2016-02-17 Vessix Vascular, Inc. Inducción de efectos de temperatura deseables sobre tejido corporal
WO2008049087A2 (en) 2006-10-18 2008-04-24 Minnow Medical, Inc. System for inducing desirable temperature effects on body tissue
US7931647B2 (en) 2006-10-20 2011-04-26 Asthmatx, Inc. Method of delivering energy to a lung airway using markers
WO2008063935A2 (en) 2006-11-22 2008-05-29 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Devices for creating passages and sensing for blood vessels
GB0624658D0 (en) * 2006-12-11 2007-01-17 Medical Device Innovations Ltd Electrosurgical ablation apparatus and a method of ablating biological tissue
CN100574719C (zh) 2006-12-26 2009-12-30 上海导向医疗系统有限公司 气体节流冷却式射频消融电极
WO2008089360A1 (en) 2007-01-17 2008-07-24 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Apparatus and methods for treating pulmonary conditions
WO2008109760A2 (en) 2007-03-06 2008-09-12 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Blood vessel sensing catheter having working lumen for medical appliances
US8496653B2 (en) 2007-04-23 2013-07-30 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Thrombus removal
CN101292897A (zh) * 2007-04-25 2008-10-29 中国科学院理化技术研究所 冷热探针治疗系统
US8641711B2 (en) 2007-05-04 2014-02-04 Covidien Lp Method and apparatus for gastrointestinal tract ablation for treatment of obesity
US8983609B2 (en) 2007-05-30 2015-03-17 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Apparatus and method for treating pulmonary conditions
US20080312725A1 (en) 2007-06-13 2008-12-18 E-Pacing, Inc. Implantable Devices And Methods For Stimulation Of Cardiac And Other Tissues
US20080312543A1 (en) 2007-06-18 2008-12-18 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Measurement of pulmonary hypertension from within the airways
US8784338B2 (en) 2007-06-22 2014-07-22 Covidien Lp Electrical means to normalize ablational energy transmission to a luminal tissue surface of varying size
WO2009009443A1 (en) 2007-07-06 2009-01-15 Barrx Medical, Inc. Method and apparatus for gastrointestinal tract ablation to achieve loss of persistent and/or recurrent excess body weight following a weight-loss operation
WO2009006748A2 (en) 2007-07-09 2009-01-15 Sis-Medical Ag Method and system to detect neointima coverage of a stent
US8235983B2 (en) 2007-07-12 2012-08-07 Asthmatx, Inc. Systems and methods for delivering energy to passageways in a patient
US20090177192A1 (en) 2007-07-13 2009-07-09 Scimed Life Systems, Inc. Method for ablating tissue to facilitate implantation and apparatus and kit for use therewith
JP4967875B2 (ja) 2007-07-17 2012-07-04 三菱電機株式会社 半導体発光装置及びその製造方法
JP5436423B2 (ja) 2007-07-24 2014-03-05 アスマティックス，インコーポレイテッド 組織治療装置への電力制御等のインピーダンス検出に基づく電力制御のシステムおよび方法
US20090043301A1 (en) * 2007-08-09 2009-02-12 Asthmatx, Inc. Monopolar energy delivery devices and methods for controlling current density in tissue
US20090076491A1 (en) 2007-09-19 2009-03-19 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Methods for maintaining the patency of collateral channels in the lungs using cryo-energy
EP2219517B1 (en) 2007-10-12 2019-03-06 ConMed Corporation Apparatus for the measurement of cardiac output and method for its fabrication
US8906011B2 (en) 2007-11-16 2014-12-09 Kardium Inc. Medical device for use in bodily lumens, for example an atrium
US8323202B2 (en) 2007-11-16 2012-12-04 Pneumrx, Inc. Method and system for measuring pulmonary artery circulation information
TW200942282A (en) 2007-12-05 2009-10-16 Reset Medical Inc Method for cryospray ablation
US8155744B2 (en) 2007-12-13 2012-04-10 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Neuromodulatory methods for treating pulmonary disorders
US20090204005A1 (en) 2008-02-07 2009-08-13 Broncus Technologies, Inc. Puncture resistant catheter for sensing vessels and for creating passages in tissue
WO2009100394A2 (en) 2008-02-08 2009-08-13 Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha Device for local intraluminal transport of a biologically and physiologically active agent
US8483831B1 (en) 2008-02-15 2013-07-09 Holaira, Inc. System and method for bronchial dilation
US20090248011A1 (en) 2008-02-28 2009-10-01 Hlavka Edwin J Chronic venous insufficiency treatment
JP2011513000A (ja) 2008-03-06 2011-04-28 ボストン サイエンティフィック サイムド，インコーポレイテッド 誘発式の薬物放出
US8470337B2 (en) 2008-03-13 2013-06-25 Allergan, Inc. Therapeutic treatments using botulinum neurotoxin
US20090254142A1 (en) 2008-04-08 2009-10-08 Silhouette Medical, Usa Treating Medical Conditions of Hollow Organs
US8682449B2 (en) 2008-04-10 2014-03-25 ElectroCore, LLC Methods and apparatus for transcranial stimulation
US8543211B2 (en) 2008-04-10 2013-09-24 ElectroCore, LLC Methods and apparatus for deep brain stimulation
EP2265204B1 (en) 2008-04-10 2017-12-06 ElectroCore LLC Device comprising an enclosure and an interior electrode for delivering energy to a mammal
WO2009137819A1 (en) 2008-05-09 2009-11-12 Innovative Pulmonary Solutions, Inc. Systems, assemblies, and methods for treating a bronchial tree
US8128617B2 (en) 2008-05-27 2012-03-06 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Electrical mapping and cryo ablating with a balloon catheter
US9101382B2 (en) 2009-02-18 2015-08-11 Hotspur Technologies, Inc. Apparatus and methods for treating obstructions within body lumens
CN101315233B (zh) * 2008-07-17 2010-06-02 上海交通大学 具有变温调节特性的二氧化碳制冷系统节流阀
US9089700B2 (en) 2008-08-11 2015-07-28 Cibiem, Inc. Systems and methods for treating dyspnea, including via electrical afferent signal blocking
US9211155B2 (en) 2008-08-20 2015-12-15 Prostacare Pty Ltd. Non-thermal ablation system for treating BPH and other growths
WO2010027798A2 (en) 2008-08-26 2010-03-11 Northwestern University Ablation devices and related methods thereof
EP2328650B1 (en) 2008-08-26 2016-04-06 Cook Medical Technologies LLC Balloon catheters having a plurality of needles for the injection of one or more therapeutic agents
US8303581B2 (en) 2008-09-02 2012-11-06 Covidien Lp Catheter with remotely extendible instruments
US20100076518A1 (en) 2008-09-18 2010-03-25 Conceptx Medical, Inc. Systems and methods for relieving dyspnea
ES2440751T3 (es) 2008-10-07 2014-01-30 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Dispositivos médicos para administración de agentes terapéuticos a los lúmenes corporales
PL2370015T3 (pl) 2008-11-11 2017-07-31 Shifamed Holdings, Llc Niskoprofilowy zespół elektrodowy
US8734502B2 (en) 2008-12-17 2014-05-27 Cook Medical Technologies Llc Tapered stent and flexible prosthesis
US20100160906A1 (en) 2008-12-23 2010-06-24 Asthmatx, Inc. Expandable energy delivery devices having flexible conductive elements and associated systems and methods
US8974445B2 (en) 2009-01-09 2015-03-10 Recor Medical, Inc. Methods and apparatus for treatment of cardiac valve insufficiency
US9174045B2 (en) 2009-03-20 2015-11-03 ElectroCore, LLC Non-invasive electrical and magnetic nerve stimulators used to treat overactive bladder and urinary incontinence
US10252074B2 (en) 2009-03-20 2019-04-09 ElectroCore, LLC Nerve stimulation methods for averting imminent onset or episode of a disease
US8914122B2 (en) 2009-03-20 2014-12-16 ElectroCore, LLC Devices and methods for non-invasive capacitive electrical stimulation and their use for vagus nerve stimulation on the neck of a patient
US10286212B2 (en) 2009-03-20 2019-05-14 Electrocore, Inc. Nerve stimulation methods for averting imminent onset or episode of a disease
WO2010110785A1 (en) 2009-03-24 2010-09-30 Electrocore, Inc. Electrical treatment of bronchial constriction
US20100256629A1 (en) 2009-04-06 2010-10-07 Voyage Medical, Inc. Methods and devices for treatment of the ostium
US20100256630A1 (en) 2009-04-07 2010-10-07 Angiodynamics, Inc. Irreversible electroporation (ire) for esophageal disease
EP2243501A1 (en) 2009-04-24 2010-10-27 Eurocor Gmbh Shellac and paclitaxel coated catheter balloons
US8551096B2 (en) 2009-05-13 2013-10-08 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Directional delivery of energy and bioactives
EP2253337A1 (en) 2009-05-18 2010-11-24 Encapson B.V. Balloon catheter comprising pressure sensitive microcapsules.
US8483832B2 (en) 2009-05-20 2013-07-09 ElectroCore, LLC Systems and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to tissue
US8591494B2 (en) 2009-06-10 2013-11-26 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Electrochemical therapeutic agent delivery device
CA2764859C (en) 2009-06-24 2018-09-25 Shifamed, Llc Steerable medical delivery devices and methods of use
US8371303B2 (en) 2009-08-05 2013-02-12 Anesthetech Inc. System and method for imaging endotracheal tube placement and measuring airway occlusion cuff pressure
CA2770151A1 (en) 2009-08-05 2011-02-10 Ndi Medical, Llc Systems and methods for maintaining airway patency
EP2467055A1 (en) 2009-08-21 2012-06-27 Auckland UniServices Limited System and method for mapping gastro-intestinal electrical activity
US8233987B2 (en) 2009-09-10 2012-07-31 Respicardia, Inc. Respiratory rectification
CN104042322B (zh) 2009-10-27 2017-06-06 赫莱拉公司 具有可冷却的能量发射组件的递送装置
US9981108B2 (en) 2009-10-30 2018-05-29 Recor Medical, Inc. Method and apparatus for treatment of hypertension through percutaneous ultrasound renal denervation
AU2010313313A1 (en) 2009-10-30 2012-06-07 Sound Interventions, Inc. Method and apparatus for non-invasive treatment of hypertension through ultrasound renal denervation
US20110112400A1 (en) 2009-11-06 2011-05-12 Ardian, Inc. High intensity focused ultrasound catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for renal neuromodulation
US8911439B2 (en) 2009-11-11 2014-12-16 Holaira, Inc. Non-invasive and minimally invasive denervation methods and systems for performing the same
CA2780608C (en) 2009-11-11 2019-02-26 Innovative Pulmonary Solutions, Inc. Systems, apparatuses, and methods for treating tissue and controlling stenosis
US20120302909A1 (en) 2009-11-11 2012-11-29 Mayse Martin L Methods and systems for screening subjects
US20110245756A1 (en) 2009-12-03 2011-10-06 Rishi Arora Devices for material delivery, electroporation, sonoporation, and/or monitoring electrophysiological activity
US20110137284A1 (en) 2009-12-03 2011-06-09 Northwestern University Devices for material delivery, electroporation, and monitoring electrophysiological activity
US20110144630A1 (en) 2009-12-10 2011-06-16 Loeb Marvin P Fiber optic device with controlled reuse
US9072894B2 (en) 2010-01-18 2015-07-07 The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Method and apparatus for radioablation of regular targets such as sympathetic nerves
CN102740800A (zh) 2010-01-29 2012-10-17 爱尔康医药有限公司 可充气装置上的生物可降解的突出物
CN102917748B (zh) 2010-03-24 2015-04-01 施菲姆德控股有限责任公司 血管内组织破坏
CA2795564C (en) 2010-04-06 2021-06-15 Innovative Pulmonary Solutions, Inc. System and method for pulmonary treatment
JP5760079B2 (ja) 2010-04-14 2015-08-05 ボストン サイエンティフィック サイムド，インコーポレイテッドＢｏｓｔｏｎ Ｓｃｉｅｎｔｉｆｉｃ Ｓｃｉｍｅｄ，Ｉｎｃ． 腎動脈に除神経療法を送達する装置
US9237961B2 (en) 2010-04-23 2016-01-19 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Stent delivery system for detecting wall apposition of the stent during deployment
CN105105844B (zh) 2010-05-12 2017-12-15 施菲姆德控股有限责任公司 小轮廓的电极组件
CA2799473C (en) 2010-05-14 2020-03-10 Todd Sheppard Saunders Methods and devices for cooling spinal tissue
GB2496074B (en) 2010-07-13 2016-07-20 Sandhill Scient Inc Apparatus and method for detecting and measuring condition of esophageal mucosa and indications of gastroesophageal reflux disease
US9295663B2 (en) 2010-07-14 2016-03-29 Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc. Drug coated balloon with in-situ formed drug containing microspheres
US9155589B2 (en) 2010-07-30 2015-10-13 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. Sequential activation RF electrode set for renal nerve ablation
US20120029512A1 (en) 2010-07-30 2012-02-02 Willard Martin R Balloon with surface electrodes and integral cooling for renal nerve ablation
TW201221165A (en) 2010-10-20 2012-06-01 Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg Catheter apparatuses having expandable mesh structures for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
US11246653B2 (en) 2010-12-07 2022-02-15 Boaz Avitall Catheter systems for cardiac arrhythmia ablation
US8998893B2 (en) 2010-12-07 2015-04-07 Boaz Avitall Catheter systems for cardiac arrhythmia ablation
US9095262B2 (en) 2011-01-05 2015-08-04 Mehdi Razavi Guided ablation devices, systems, and methods
US20120191081A1 (en) 2011-01-25 2012-07-26 Medtronic, Inc. Method and Apparatus for Regulating The Formation Of Ice On A Catheter
US20120191080A1 (en) 2011-01-25 2012-07-26 Medtronic, Inc. Method and Apparatus for Regulating the Formation of Ice On A Catheter
CN103442659A (zh) 2011-01-28 2013-12-11 美敦力阿迪安卢森堡有限公司 装备有形状记忆材料的消融导管
US20120203067A1 (en) 2011-02-04 2012-08-09 The Penn State Research Foundation Method and device for determining the location of an endoscope
EP3275390B1 (en) 2011-02-10 2019-06-19 Corvia Medical, Inc. Apparatus to create and maintain an intra-atrial pressure relief opening
US8579800B2 (en) 2011-03-22 2013-11-12 Fabian Emura Systematic chromoendoscopy and chromocolonoscopy as a novel systematic method to examine organs with endoscopic techniques
EP2694150A1 (en) 2011-04-08 2014-02-12 Covidien LP Iontophoresis drug delivery system and method for denervation of the renal sympathetic nerve and iontophoretic drug delivery
CA2832586C (en) 2011-04-08 2016-08-16 Covidien Lp Flexible microwave catheters for natural or artificial lumens
EP2707094B1 (en) 2011-05-09 2016-02-03 Setpoint Medical Corporation Single-pulse activation of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway to treat chronic inflammation
US8909316B2 (en) 2011-05-18 2014-12-09 St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. Apparatus and method of assessing transvascular denervation
US8702619B2 (en) 2011-08-26 2014-04-22 Symap Holding Limited Mapping sympathetic nerve distribution for renal ablation and catheters for same
US10201386B2 (en) 2011-10-05 2019-02-12 Nuvaira, Inc. Apparatus for injuring nerve tissue
WO2013173481A2 (en) 2012-05-18 2013-11-21 Holaira, Inc. Compact delivery pulmonary treatment systems and methods for improving pulmonary function
US9398933B2 (en) 2012-12-27 2016-07-26 Holaira, Inc. Methods for improving drug efficacy including a combination of drug administration and nerve modulation
KR102255994B1 (ko) 2013-03-13 2021-05-26 누바이라 인코포레이티드 유체 전달 시스템 및 치료 방법

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JP2002508989A (ja) * 1998-01-14 2002-03-26 キューロン メディカル，インコーポレイテッド 胃食道逆流症（ｇｅｒｄ）を治療するための電気外科器具および方法
JP2002541905A (ja) * 1999-04-21 2002-12-10 ブロンカス テクノロジーズ， インコーポレイテッド エネルギーの適用による気道の改変

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US20130289555A1 (en) 2013-10-31
AU2010315396B2 (en) 2016-05-05
JP2013508121A (ja) 2013-03-07
AU2010315396A1 (en) 2012-05-03
US20180199993A1 (en) 2018-07-19
CN104856757A (zh) 2015-08-26
US20110152855A1 (en) 2011-06-23
US20150051597A1 (en) 2015-02-19
EP2926757A2 (en) 2015-10-07
WO2011056684A2 (en) 2011-05-12
JP2023166528A (ja) 2023-11-21
IL219167A0 (en) 2012-06-28
JP6928632B2 (ja) 2021-09-01
KR20120100993A (ko) 2012-09-12
US9675412B2 (en) 2017-06-13
CA2779135C (en) 2018-09-04
US9931162B2 (en) 2018-04-03
US20150141985A1 (en) 2015-05-21
WO2011056684A3 (en) 2011-08-11
JP6603071B2 (ja) 2019-11-06
CN104042322A (zh) 2014-09-17
US9017324B2 (en) 2015-04-28
JP5843777B2 (ja) 2016-01-13
JP2016013449A (ja) 2016-01-28
US20130289556A1 (en) 2013-10-31
CN104042322B (zh) 2017-06-06
CN104856757B (zh) 2017-06-23
US20130296647A1 (en) 2013-11-07
EP4193948A1 (en) 2023-06-14
EP2926757A3 (en) 2015-10-21
CA2779135A1 (en) 2011-05-12
US20250072957A1 (en) 2025-03-06
US8777943B2 (en) 2014-07-15
CN102639077A (zh) 2012-08-15
US9649153B2 (en) 2017-05-16
CN112089394A (zh) 2020-12-18
EP2926757B1 (en) 2023-01-25
EP2493408A2 (en) 2012-09-05
US9005195B2 (en) 2015-04-14
US20120016364A1 (en) 2012-01-19
US8932289B2 (en) 2015-01-13
JP2020032194A (ja) 2020-03-05
US20120016363A1 (en) 2012-01-19
CN107049479B (zh) 2020-10-16
CN102639077B (zh) 2015-05-13
US8740895B2 (en) 2014-06-03
JP2021180891A (ja) 2021-11-25
EP2493408B1 (en) 2015-06-24
CN107049479A (zh) 2017-08-18
JP2018134420A (ja) 2018-08-30

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
KR101722290B1 (ko) 냉각 가능한 에너지 에미팅 어셈블리를 갖는 전달 장치
KR101820542B1 (ko) 조직을 치료하고 협착을 제어하기 위한 방법, 기구 및 장치
JP2019193804A (ja) 気管支樹の治療のためのシステム、アセンブリ、及び方法
HK1172230A (en) Delivery devices with coolable energy emitting assemblies

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PA0105 International application

Patent event date: 20120515

Patent event code: PA01051R01D

Comment text: International Patent Application

PG1501 Laying open of application
A201 Request for examination
PA0201 Request for examination

Patent event code: PA02012R01D

Patent event date: 20151027

Comment text: Request for Examination of Application

E902 Notification of reason for refusal
PE0902 Notice of grounds for rejection

Comment text: Notification of reason for refusal

Patent event date: 20160523

Patent event code: PE09021S01D

E701 Decision to grant or registration of patent right
PE0701 Decision of registration

Patent event code: PE07011S01D

Comment text: Decision to Grant Registration

Patent event date: 20161226

GRNT Written decision to grant
PR0701 Registration of establishment

Comment text: Registration of Establishment

Patent event date: 20170327

Patent event code: PR07011E01D

PR1002 Payment of registration fee

Payment date: 20170327

End annual number: 3

Start annual number: 1

PG1601 Publication of registration
PR1001 Payment of annual fee

Payment date: 20210317

Start annual number: 5

End annual number: 5

PR1001 Payment of annual fee

Payment date: 20220310

Start annual number: 6

End annual number: 6

PR1001 Payment of annual fee

Payment date: 20240319

Start annual number: 8

End annual number: 8

PR1001 Payment of annual fee

Payment date: 20250227

Start annual number: 9

End annual number: 9