19th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190133617 | ASPIRATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for removal of blood or thrombus includes an aspiration catheter having an elongate shaft including an aspiration lumen having proximal end configured to couple to a vacuum source, and a distal end having an orifice, an elongate member configured for placement through the aspiration lumen and having a distal portion including a disruption element configured to disrupt thrombus within the aspiration lumen, and a monitoring device configured for removable connection in between the aspiration catheter and the vacuum source, and including a housing, a pressure sensor in fluid communication with an interior of the housing, a measurement device coupled to the pressure sensor and configured for measuring deviations in fluid pressure, and a communication device coupled to the measurement device and configured to generate an alert signal when a deviation in fluid pressure measured by the measurement device exceeds a pre-set threshold. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133618 | Basket For A Catheter Device - The present disclosure relates to a basket for a catheter designed to be deployed in complex vasculature to optimally treat vascular and arterial disease conditions such as blood clots, blood emboli, and deep vein thrombosis. The basket may comprise a shaft with a plurality of cuts along a portion of its length to form a plurality of tines that provide support for a plurality of porous tubes to form the limbs of the basket. The limbs of the basket expand radially away from the longitudinal axis of the basket when the longitudinal length of the basket is reduced. The limbs may also be connected to a drug delivery system, and in this manner, baskets of the present disclosure allow for the use of both mechanical and pharmaceutical means of thrombolysis. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133619 | CLOT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - A platform of devices for removing obstructions and other objects within a blood vessel or other interior lumen of an animal is provided. The system may be deployed in the lumen from a catheter(s) and may include a strain gauge for measuring tension on the pull wire. A number of different baskets designs are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing such baskets out of a single tube of a memory metal without the need for any welding, and methods of use are also disclosed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133620 | A device for ultrasonic-accelerated hematoma lysis or thrombolysis of intracerebral or intraventricular hemorrhages or hematomas - The present invention relates to a device for ultrasonic-accelerated hematoma lysis or thrombolysis of intracerebral or intraventricular hemorrhages or hematomas, comprising a body which accommodates a number of separated compartments or lumens consisting of a flushing catheter for flushing fluid and/or pharmaceutically active substances into the intracerebral or intraventricular hemorrhages or hematomas, a drainage catheter for draining fluid from the intracerebral or intraventricular hemorrhages or hematomas, an ultrasonic probe duct, and a pressure sensor duct, wherein the compartments or lumens are arranged in proximity to each other and wherein in longitudinal extension at least upper-part sections of the compartments or lumens are isolated by walls, wherein the lumen of the pressure sensor duct integrates a pressure sensor, and wherein in the lumen of ultrasonic probe duct an endosonographic probe or a stiletto is interchangeably guided. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133621 | Variable Suction Control - An apparatus including a housing, an electrical conductor, and a suction control valve. The housing forms a handle and a shaft. The housing defines a suction channel from a distal end of the shaft. The electrical conductor extends to the distal end of the shaft. The suction control valve is connected to the suction channel at the handle. The suction control valve includes a valve body having a first channel and a second channel connected to the first channel, where the first channel forms a portion of the suction channel; and a valve barrel rotatably connected to the valve body. The valve barrel includes a rotatable ring extending around the handle and forming a portion of the housing. The ring includes an orifice configured to be rotated into and out of registration with an end of the second channel as the ring is rotated about the valve body. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133622 | ANTI-JAMMING AND MACERATING THROMBECTOMY APPARATUSES AND METHODS - Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses that may be configured to prevent or reduce jamming (e.g., “anti jamming” thrombectomy devices), grab clot, and/or macerate the thrombus, e.g., clot, being removed. These mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses may include a tractor comprising a flexible tube of material that inverts as it rolls over itself while being drawn into a catheter in a conveyor-like motion. In particular, described herein are mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses having tractors selectably extendable projections that may aid in grabbing and/or macerating a clot. Also described herein are seesawing tractors for mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133623 | INVERTING THROMBECTOMY APPARATUSES HAVING ENHANCED TRACKING - Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses, and particularly knitted rolling tube mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses configured to have improved tracking for delivery through tortious vessels are described herein. Also described herein are methods of removing clots using a mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses in which the clot is larger than the tractor portion of the mechanical thrombectomy apparatus. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133624 | INVERTING THROMBECTOMY APPARATUSES HAVING ENHANCED TRACKING - Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses, and particularly knitted rolling tube mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses configured to have improved tracking for delivery through tortious vessels are described herein. Also described herein are methods of removing clots using a mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses in which the clot is larger than the tractor portion of the mechanical thrombectomy apparatus. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133625 | INVERTING THROMBECTOMY APPARATUSES HAVING ENHANCED TRACKING - Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses, and particularly knitted rolling tube mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses configured to have improved tracking for delivery through tortious vessels are described herein. Also described herein are methods of removing clots using a mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses in which the clot is larger than the tractor portion of the mechanical thrombectomy apparatus. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133626 | INVERTING THROMBECTOMY APPARATUSES HAVING ENHANCED TRACKING - Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses, and particularly knitted rolling tube mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses configured to have improved tracking for delivery through tortious vessels are described herein. Also described herein are methods of removing clots using a mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses in which the clot is larger than the tractor portion of the mechanical thrombectomy apparatus. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133627 | INVERTING THROMBECTOMY APPARATUSES HAVING ENHANCED TRACKING - Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses, and particularly knitted rolling tube mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses configured to have improved tracking for delivery through tortious vessels are described herein. Also described herein are methods of removing clots using a mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses in which the clot is larger than the tractor portion of the mechanical thrombectomy apparatus. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133628 | ISCHEMIC STROKE DEVICE - An ischemic stroke device includes a telescoping member, a first or proximal expandable member connected to the telescoping support member, and a second or distal expandable member connected to the first expandable member. A proximal portion of the first expandable member is attached to a distal end of an outer shaft of the telescoping support member, and a distal end of the first expandable member is attached to a distal portion of an inner core wire of the telescoping support member. The proximal end of the second expandable member is permanently joined to the distal end of the inner core wire. The first expandable member everts to cover the second expandable member that is used to capture an obstruction or clot, prior to pulling the obstruction or clot into a catheter for removal from a patient's vasculature. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133629 | SURGICAL GRASPING INSTRUMENT - A grasping instrument for clamping tissue includes an outer tube, first and second jaw members supported by the outer tube, a carriage mounted within the outer tube and configured for longitudinal movement between an initial proximal position and an advanced distal position to cause corresponding movement of the first and second jaw members between an approximated condition and an open condition, a piston operatively coupled to the carriage, an inflatable membrane disposed within the piston and being selectively inflatable to a predefined internal pressure to cause corresponding distal longitudinal movement of the piston a predetermined distance and to cause proximal longitudinal movement of the carriage to apply a clamping force to the tissue disposed within the first and second jaw members and an indicator bar having visual indicators corresponding to various degrees of thickness of the tissue disposed within the first and second jaw members. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133630 | SURGICAL CLAMPING DEVICE WITH PARALLEL CLOSURE - A surgical clamping device includes a handgrip, an actuation assembly, an elongated body portion, an upper jaw assembly, and a lower jaw assembly. Each of the upper and lower jaw assemblies includes and an elongated jaw body and a distal clamping portion that is supported on a distal end of a respective elongated jaw body. Each of the elongated jaw bodies includes a proximal end that is pivotally connected to the actuation assembly by a pivot member located within the handgrip. The pivot member is spaced from the distal clamping portions of the upper and lower jaw assemblies such that the distal clamping portions of the upper and lower jaw assemblies remain substantially parallel as the upper and lower jaw assemblies are pivoted between open and clamped positions. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133631 | GRASPER WITH MAGNETICALLY-CONTROLLED POSITIONING - Described here are devices, systems, and methods for providing remote traction to tissue. Generally, the systems may include a grasper and a delivery device configured to releasably couple to the grasper. The grasper may have a first jaw and a second jaw and a main body having a barrel portion. The barrel portion may have a lumen extending therethrough, and a portion of the delivery device may be advanced through the lumen to rotate one or both of the jaws. The delivery devices may include a handle, a shaft, and a distal engagement portion. The delivery devices may further include an actuation rod which may be advanced through a barrel portion of a grasper to actuate the grasper. In some instances, the delivery device may further include a locking sheath, wherein the locking sheath is configured to temporarily couple to a grasper. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133632 | INNER TUBULAR MEMBER FOR ANGLED ROTARY SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - An inner member rotatable in an angled outer tubular member of a rotary surgical cutting instrument includes first and second tubular members. The first tubular member includes a rigid proximal portion, a rigid distal portion, and a flexible intermediate portion. The proximal and distal portions are comprised of a first material and the intermediate portion is comprised of a second material. The second tubular member is coaxially disposed around the first tubular member along the intermediate portion. The second tubular member includes a proximal section, a distal section, and a central section. The central section is flexible and the proximal and distal sections are rigid. The second tubular member is comprised of a single material. The proximal section is fixedly coupled to the proximal portion and the distal section is fixedly coupled to the distal portion. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133633 | ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS - A surgical instrument comprising a transducer configured to produce vibrations along a longitudinal axis. The surgical instrument further comprises an ultrasonic blade extending along the longitudinal axis. The ultrasonic blade is coupled to the transducer and comprises a body and a treatment region. The body comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and a bottom surface. The distal end of the body is movable relative to the longitudinal axis by the vibrations produced by the transducer. The treatment region extends from the proximal end to the distal end. The surgical instrument further comprises a protective sheath disposed adjacent to the bottom surface of the ultrasonic blade. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133634 | Micro-Needling System - A micro-needling device includes a hand-held motorized unit generates repetitive motion. An outer shell defines a cylindrical cavity therein and having a top surface. The top surface defines a plurality of needle holes passing therethrough. The outer shell is coupled to the hand-held motorized unit. A cylindrical plug member is disposed within the cylindrical cavity. A plurality of needles extends upwardly the plug member through the needle holes. A translation unit translates the repetitive motion from the hand-held motorized unit into oscillating inward and outward motion applied to the plug member so as to cause the plurality of needles to oscillate between an outward position in which the needles extend beyond the outer shell and an inward position as the rotary cam rotates about an axis. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133635 | ARTICULATION FEATURES FOR ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A surgical apparatus comprises a body, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft, an acoustic waveguide, an articulation section, an end effector, and an articulation drive assembly. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to convert electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The shaft couples the end effector and the body together. The acoustic waveguide is coupled with the transducer. The articulation section includes a collar that is located distal to a nodal portion of the waveguide and is operable to deflect the end effector away from the longitudinal axis. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with the ultrasonic transducer. The articulation drive assembly is operable to drive articulation of the articulation section. The articulation drive assembly comprises at least one translating articulation driver coupled with the collar. The ultrasonic blade is operable to deliver ultrasonic vibrations to tissue even when the articulation section is in an articulated state. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133636 | GRASPING TREATMENT INSTRUMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF GRASPING TREATMENT INSTRUMENT - A grasping treatment instrument includes a holder openable and closable relative to a treatment section. A pad extends straight in a natural state, and is attached along an installation surface of the holder. A holder inclined surface is provided on the installation surface, and inclines in a state that the holder inclined surface extends toward a treatment section side as extending toward a distal side. A pad inclined surface is formed in the pad attached to the holder, and is formed in a state that the pad inclined surface is elastically deformed along an inclination of the holder inclined surface. The pad inclined surface inclines in a state that the pad inclined surface extends toward the treatment section side as extending toward the distal side. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133637 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FLUORO-LESS OR NEAR FLUORO-LESS PERCUTANEOUS SURGERY ACCESS - A needle access assembly and method for obtaining percutaneous needle access with little or no fluoroscopy. The method can include selecting a target for percutaneous access, directing a laser guide at a desired needle-insertion angle and in line with the selected target, aligning the needle access assembly with the laser, and inserting the needle into the target. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133638 | SENSOR INSERTION DEVICE AND BIOSENSOR - A sensor insertion device comprises a main body, needle slider, disposal slider, spring, puncture knob, and opening mechanism (window member and handle). The needle slider grips a needle and a sensor on a first end side, and is slidable inside the main body. The disposal slider is slidable inside the main body. The puncture knob has an insertion hole into which the rear end portion of the needle slider can be inserted. The opening mechanism puts the insertion hole into a closed state when the needle slider is being slid in the sensor insertion direction, and, puts the insertion hole in an open state in which the second end side of the needle slider has been inserted into the insertion hole by opening up the contact portion between the puncture knob and the second end side of the needle slider when the puncture operation is complete. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133639 | MEDICAL NEEDLE WITH PROTECTOR - A medical needle with a protector ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190133640 | Rotary Instruments And Methods For Intrauterine Tissue Resection - A compact multi-lumened hysteroscope, a single-use tissue resector, and a medical system employing the same for diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of uterine tissue, such as polyps and fibroids. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133641 | Recovery And Processing Of Human Embryos Formed In Vivo - A process for recovering one or more blastocysts from a uterus of a human is disclose which comprises placing a device transvaginally into a cervical canal of the patient; delivering fluid through the device to the uterus and applying a vacuum to the uterus to aspirate fluid and entrained one or more blastocysts from the uterus; and causing a disruption of to the uterus and/or to one or more embryos remaining in the uterus following removal of one or more blastocysts from the uterus to reduce the chance that any such retained embryos remaining in the uterus will form a viable pregnancy, wherein the causing a disruption comprises one or more of the following: inducing a mechanical disruption of the uterus, delivering a hormonal agent to the uterus, delivering a chemical agent to the uterus, inducing a thermal disruption of the uterus, or using ultrasound or radiofrequency energy to induce said disruption. Kits and uterine lavage systems are further provided for performing the processes described in the invention. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133642 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING THE SKIN - According to some embodiments, a method of treating a skin surface of a subject comprises heating a skin surface, abrading native skin tissue of a subject using a microdermabrasion device, wherein using the microdermabrasion device comprises moving the microdermabrasion device relative to the skin surface while simultaneously delivering at least one treatment fluid to the skin surface being treated and cooling the abraded skin surface. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133643 | INNER FIXATION DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF A LIMB, IN PARTICULAR THE FEMUR DISTAL PORTION OR TIBIA PROXIMAL PORTION - The invention concerns an inner fixation device for the correction of axial deformities of a limb, for example a long limb,of the type comprising at least one plate ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190133644 | SPINAL ROD IMPLANT EXTENSION - A method of mounting a spinal rod extension includes accessing at least a portion of an existing spinal rod. The method also includes removing a locking cap from an existing pedicle screw that secures the existing spinal rod. The method also includes placing a connector portion of the spinal rod extension through a screw head of the existing pedicle screw. The method further includes using a connector to secure the connector portion to the existing spinal rod. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133645 | EXPANDABLE ARTICULATING INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT WITH LIMITED ARTICULATION - An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with embodiments of facet replacement devices and instruments for insertion. Methods of insertion are also described. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133646 | PIVOTAL BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY WITH SNAP-IN-PLACE BIASING BUSHING FOR PRE-LOCK FRICTION FIT - A spinal screw assembly providing an adjustable securement of a fixation rod across at least two vertebrae. The assembly includes a pedicle screw having a spherical head portion, a threaded shaft portion and a tool engagement surface in the head portion for use in driving the screw into a vertebrae. The head portion of the screw is positioned in a body member adjacent a curvilinear surface disposed about an aperture in the end of the body member such that the shaft portion of the screw extends therethrough and the curvilinear inner surface abuts and mates with the head portion of the screw so as to define a ball joint therewith. The body member additionally defines a pair of opposed parallel slots therein adapted to receive a portion of the fixation rod and a locking cap bears against the fixation rod to releasably secure the rod within the assembly. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133647 | TRANSLATIONAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR SPONDYLOLISTHESIS AND SCOLIOSIS REDUCTION - An instrument for spinal procedures is a vertebral endplate spreader device having a vertebral endplate spreader and a driver handle. The vertebral endplate spreader includes a linkage with a drive sprocket operatively connected for rotation relative thereto and with a secondary sprocket. The secondary sprocket is operatively connected for rotation relative to the linkage. The vertebral endplate spreader includes a belt operatively connected to the drive sprocket and the secondary sprocket to be driven about a belt axis. The driver handle has a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end is operatively connected to the drive sprocket to actuate rotation of the belt. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133648 | Osteotomy Instrument - An osteotomy instrument for compression and/or distraction spinal procedures includes a first leg and a second leg pivotally attached to the first leg. The first leg and the second leg each include a proximal portion, a distal portion with a distal end and a pocket extending within the distal end towards the proximal portion. The distal portion of each leg is configured to rotatably engage a bearing attached to a spine of a patient. The pocket may be generally hemispherical with an inner surface configured to engage the bearing and form a ball-in-socket joint with the bearing. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133649 | INFLATABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - A device for delivering a material to an orthopedic target site is disclosed. The device can be used to deliver bone cement to an intra-vertebral site. The device can have a pusher rod within a tube. The tube can be loaded with the bone cement distal to the pusher rod. The pusher rod can have varying rigidity along the length of the pusher rod. The tube and pusher rod can navigate tortuous pathways from a percutaneous or transcutaneous insertion en route to the target site or to improve extracorporeal ergonomics. Methods for using the same are also disclosed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133650 | AN INTRA-CORPORAL TELESCOPIC OSTEODISTRACTION DEVICE, AN EXTRA-CORPORAL FORCE PRODUCING DEVICE, A METHOD FOR BONE LENGTHENING AND A BONE LENGTHENING ARRANGEMENT - The present invention is about an intra-corporal telescopic osteodistraction device | 2019-05-09 |
20190133651 | INTRAMEDULLARY ROD PLATE SYSTEM - A system to stabilize a fracture includes an intramedullary rod having first and second ends and configured for placement within a medullary bone canal of a bone. The intramedullary rod includes a first rod hole at the second end. An intramedullary rod plate has first and second plate holes. A first fastener includes a shaft portion and a threaded head portion. The shaft portion of the first fastener passes through the first plate hole, through an outer surface of the bone, and through the first rod hole at the second end of the intramedullary rod such that the first fastener secures the intramedullary rod plate to the intramedullary rod. The threaded head portion of the first fastener mates with threads in the first plate hole. A second fastener passes through the second plate hole and into the bone to secure the intramedullary rod plate to the bone. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133652 | ARTICULATED FRACTURE FIXATION PLATE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE - Disclosed is a fracture fixation plate assembly comprised of a body, a hinge, a pin, and one or more heads, in which the head or heads can pivot and displace laterally/medially and can tilt vertically with respect to the body of the plate, more efficiently and flexibly enabling the fastening of the body of the plate to a stable part of the bone prior to reduction of the fractured portion or portions of the bone. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133653 | Flexible Construct for Femoral Reconstruction - A bone repair device includes a plate having a pathway and a flexible structure. The plate includes opposing top and bottom surfaces and a first side extending between the top and the bottom surfaces. The flexible structure is directly attached to and extends from the first side of the plate. In operation, the bone repair device is placed around and over a plurality of bone parts. The plate is secured to the plurality of bone parts with a cable inserted through the pathway and wrapped around the bone parts. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133654 | SURGICAL SUTURE ASSEMBLY - Surgical suture assemblies, and methods of their use, are disclosed having configurations suitable for closure of biological tissue, including the bony tissue of the sternum. The surgical suture assemblies described or contemplated herein have physical characteristics that help to mitigate undesirable issues, such as bleeding. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133655 | TISSUE FIXATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A tissue fixation system is provided for dynamic and rigid fixation of tissue. A fastener connected with an elongate fastening member, such as a cable, wire, suture, rod, or tube, is moved through a passage between opposite sides of tissue. The fastener is provided with a groove that accommodates at least a portion of the fastening member to reduce the profile during the movement through the passage. The fastener is then pivoted to change its orientation. A second fastener can then be connected with the fastening member. While tension is maintained in the fastening member, the fasteners are secured against relative movement. This may be done by deforming the fastening member, either the first or second fasteners, or a bushing placed against the second fastener. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133656 | Surgical Screw - A surgical screw configured to expand and prevent or minimize bone growth inside of the surgical screw is provided. Accordingly, the surgical screw is configured to increase the purchase of the surgical screw with respect to the bone, but also to be withdrawn from the bone without damaging the bone as a result of bone ingrowth. The surgical screw includes a center post with an inner bore and an outer sleeve concentric to the center post. An outer surface of the outer sleeve includes a thread to engage bone. The outer sleeve includes a cut pattern defining an expandable region configurable between a first state with a first radius measured from a longitudinal axis of the surgical screw to the outer surface and a second state having a second radius measured from the longitudinal axis to the outer surface. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133657 | HEADLESS COMPRESSION SCREW - A bone screw for osteosynthesis is provided with screw threads of different pitch or different lead and various diameters in leading, intermediate and trailing ends. The screw may be used to urge together and compress bones or fragments of bone. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133658 | POLYAXIAL BONE ANCHORING DEVICE - A polyaxial bone anchoring device includes a receiving part having a longitudinal axis, a channel for receiving a rod, and an accommodation space for pivotably holding a head of a bone anchoring element, and a pressure member configured to be positioned in the receiving part and to exert pressure onto the head to lock the head in the receiving part. The pressure member includes a pressure exerting surface and a deformable portion having a free end, wherein the deformable portion is configured to assume at least a first configuration and a second configuration. The polyaxial bone anchoring device further includes a locking member configured to be inserted into the channel and to exert a force onto the deformable portion. When the head and the pressure member and the locking member are in the receiving part, the free end of the deformable portion is supported in the receiving part, and the locking member is movable in the channel along the longitudinal direction in such a manner that the locking member first contacts the deformable portion and exerts a force onto the deformable portion to bring the deformable portion from the first configuration into the second configuration thereby locking the head. Thereafter the locking member comes into contact with the rod and locks the rod. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133659 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION - Embodiments are directed to fusion implants, insertion instruments, and methods of using the same for implanting one or more fusion implants across a sacroiliac joint and into an ilium and sacrum for fusing the sacroiliac joint. In some cases, fusion-promoting material may be inserted in the fusion implant for further promoting fusion across the sacroiliac joint. In some cases, neurophysiologic monitoring may be performed as the fusion implants are placed across the sacroiliac joint. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133660 | PEDICLE SCREW WITH LARGE-DIAMETER BONE THREAD - A pedicle screw system includes a receiving sleeve for a longitudinal support, a bone screw and a shank head element. The bone screw has a bone thread configured as an outer thread and a connection thread configured as an inner thread. The shank head element has at the proximal end a head on which the receiving sleeve is mounted and, at the distal end, a connection thread configured as an outer thread screwed into the connection thread of the bone screw. The connection threads are configured as multi-threads, each with a distal connection thread portion and a proximal connection thread portion. The distal connection thread portion and the proximal connection thread portion have an identical thread pitch. The distal connection thread portion has a smaller diameter than the proximal connection thread portion. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133661 | BONE SCREW SYSTEM - The invention relates to a bone screw system, an implant system and a method of locking a bone screw system into a bore. The bone screw system comprises a bone screw and a washer. The screw comprises a screw head and a screw shaft. The washer comprises a washer bore. A diameter of the washer bore is larger than an outer diameter of the screw shaft. This allows a displacement of the screw shaft within the washer bore. The diameter of the washer bore is smaller than an outer diameter of the screw head. This prevents the screw head from moving through the washer bore. The screw and the washer comprise each an engagement portion for an engagement with each other. At least one of these engagement portions comprises an inclined surface. The inclined surface is configured to force the screw shaft sideward upon screwing in of the screw so that a longitudinal axis of the screw is tilted relative to the axis of the washer bore. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION SYSTEM - An orthopedic fixation system includes a sterile packaged implant kit and a sterile packaged instrument kit. The sterile packaged implant kit includes at least one surgical implant, an insertion device, and an implant package adapted to receive the at least one surgical implant and the insertion device therein. The implant package maintains the at least one surgical implant and the insertion device sterile after sterilization of the sterile packaged implant kit. The sterile packaged instrument kit includes one or more instruments necessary to use the sterile packaged implant kit and an instrument package adapted to receive the one or more instruments therein. The instrument package maintains the one or more instruments sterile after sterilization of the sterile packaged instrument kit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133663 | METHOD FOR TREATING JOINT PAIN AND ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENTS - The embodiments provide provides devices, instruments, and associated methods for treating joint pain. A joint is evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging to detect any defects in the subchondral bone. For example, using T2-weighted MRI images, bone marrow lesions or edemas can be identified, and using T1-weighted MRI images, associated regions of sclerotic bone adjacent to the bone marrow lesion can be identified. The treatment method may involve introducing a bone void filler material at the site to address the bone marrow lesion or edema, and/or drilling and inserting an implant to address the sclerotic bone, bone marrow lesion or edema, and insufficiency or stress fractures. An access path is mapped to a location in the subchondral region where the insufficiency fracture resides. The access path attempts to preserve an articular surface of the joint. A reinforcing member that stabilizes the insufficiency fracture is then implanted via the access path. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133664 | ASSEMBLY FOR DISPENSING BIOMATERIAL, PLUNGER THEREFOR, AND RELATED METHODS - A plunger for use with a dispensing syringe to dispense a biomaterial is disclosed. The plunger includes a plunger body having a plunger head at its distal end and a plunger base at its proximal end. The plunger body defines a plunger passageway extending through the plunger body from the proximal end to the distal end. The plunger head is received within a syringe passageway of the dispensing syringe, and the plunger passageway receives a stylet. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133665 | MEDICAL DEFORMATION DEVICE, DEFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFORMING AN ARTICLE - The invention relates to a medical deformation device for a medical article, said deformation device comprising a receptacle for fixing the article, a deformation tool used to act on the article for deformation purposes, the deformation tool being movable in a defined manner relative to the receptacle, and a medical marking device that is detectable by a navigation system is held in each case on the receptacle and on the deformation tool for the purposes of determining a relative position of the deformation tool and the receptacle, wherein a further marking device is fixed to the deformation tool for the purposes of determining, by means of the navigation system, an extent of a deformation of the article. Moreover, the invention relates to a deformation system and a method for deforming a medical article. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133666 | SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS FOR BENDING SURGICAL RODS, AND RELATED METHODS AND DEVICES - A robotic system may include a robot base and a rod feeding subassembly coupled to the robot base that includes a feeding actuator configured to selectively move a surgical rod. The robotic system may include a brake subassembly coupled to the robot base that includes a brake actuator configured to receive the surgical rod from the rod feeding subassembly, and selectively fix a first portion of the surgical rod with respect to the brake subassembly. The robotic system may include a bending subassembly coupled to the robot base that includes a bending actuator configured to selectively rotate to engage a second portion of the surgical rod and bend the second portion of the surgical rod with respect to the first portion of the surgical rod so that the first portion and the second portion of the surgical rod define a first bend angle. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133667 | Action/Counteraction Superimposed Double Chamber Board Area Tissue Ablation Device - A non-linear ablation device includes two opposing surfaces, which are associated with two overlying and separate compartments. A first compartment of the two overlying and separate compartments is configured to emit or resorb energy. A second compartment of the two overlying and separate compartments is configured to either resorb or emit energy to oppose a direction of energy transfer of the first compartment. Other embodiments of the non-linear ablation device are further disclosed. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133668 | METHOD FOR TREATING EMPHYSEMA WITH CONDENSABLE THERMAL VAPOR - A method for treating emphysema with a condensable vapor includes creating a plurality of collateral channels through the airway walls, and delivering the condensable vapor to the airways. The condensable vapor flows to the diseased parenchymal tissue through the airways and the collateral channels. Condensable vapor to contact the tissue heats the tissue, reducing it in volume. Apparatuses are described to create the openings and ablate the lung tissue. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133669 | Plasma Directed Electron Beam Wound Care System Apparatus and Method - A plasma generating device utilizes a cold plasma to contain and direct a stream of electrons with a hand held nozzle to enhance healing of wounds and skin surface abnormalities, and to kill pathogens on skin surfaces in humans and animals wounds, abnormalities and pathogens. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133670 | ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM WITH ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND ACCESSORY CHARGE CIRCUIT - An electrosurgical system having an electrosurgical device, an accessory charging circuit, and an electrosurgical unit is disclosed. The electrosurgical device is operable in at least one of a monopolar mode and a bipolar mode. The electrosurgical unit electrically is coupled to the electrosurgical device and the accessory charging circuit. The electrosurgical unit provides one of a monopolar RF energy signal and a bipolar RF energy signal to the electrosurgical device corresponds with an activated mode and a bipolar signal to the accessory charging circuit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133671 | IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS USING IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION - Methods for treating tissue with irreversible electroporation and immunotherapy are described. The methods include placing a probe in tissue within a human body, wherein the probe has at least a first electrode, applying a plurality of electrical pulses through the first electrode and a second electrode, causing irreversible electroporation (IRE) of the tissue within a target ablation zone, and administering one or more exogenous agents into the tissue within the target ablation zone or to the human, thereby stimulating or otherwise modulating an immune system response within the body. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133672 | ELECTROSURGICAL MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for controlling an electrosurgical electrode of a medical device includes operating an RF generator to generate an RF signal at a first RF power level to initiate tissue cutting, the first RF power level being associated with a start mode of the RF generator; operating the RF generator to generate the RF signal at a second RF power level for tissue cutting, the second RF power level being lower than first RF power level, the second RF power level being associated with a cutting mode of the RF generator; monitoring an electrical characteristic associated with an electrosurgical electrode with a sensor; and adjusting a DC input voltage applied to an output stage of an RF amplifier based on the monitored electrical characteristic associated with the electrosurgical electrode to maintain a desired RF power output and a desired RF duty cycle at the second RF power level. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133673 | Non-Invasive, Uniform and Non-Uniform RF Methods and Systems Related Applications - Systems and methods utilizing RF energy to treat a patient's skin (e.g., dermis and hypodermis) or other target tissue including at a depth below a tissue surface (e.g., skin surface, mucosal surfaces of the vagina or esophagus) are provided herein. In various aspects, the methods and systems described herein can provide a RF-based treatment in which the deposition of RF energy can be selectively controlled to help ensure heating uniformity during one or more of body sculpting treatment (lipolysis), skin tightening treatment (laxity improvement), cellulite treatment, vaginal laxity or rejuvenation treatment, urinary incontinence treatment, fecal incontinence treatment, all by way of non-limiting examples. In various aspects, the systems can comprise one or more sources of RF energy (e.g., a RF generator), a treatment applicator comprising one or more electrode arrays configured to be disposed in contact with a tissue surface, and a return electrode (e.g., a neutral pad) to the tissue surface. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133674 | ENERGY-ENHANCED, HAND-HELD VASCULAR SEALER - A hand tool has a pivot connection pivotally attaching a first arm to a second arm, with the pivot connection fixed relative to the first arm and movable to first and second positions relative to the second arm. A spring urges the pivot connection into the first position. When jaws on the front ends of the arms clamp tissue with force greater than a pre-set threshold, the spring force is overcome and the jaws may move linearly apart, allowing for more uniform clamping of the tissue. The first arm may have an arm spring extending between a front segment pivotally attached to a rear segment of the first arm. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133675 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT - An electrosurgical instrument includes a handle including an actuating mechanism movable between a first position and a second position, and a pair of opposing first and second jaw members. A first sealing electrode is located on an inner surface of the first jaw member, and a second sealing electrode is located on an inner surface of the second jaw member. A plurality of stop members are longitudinally disposed on one or both of the inner surfaces of the jaw members, and at least two of the plurality of stop members are of different heights such that the first and second jaw members flex when moved to their closed position such that the distance between the first and second sealing electrodes is non-uniform. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133676 | SURGICAL DEVICES AND METHODS - A medical introducer includes an elongated tubular member having a proximal end, a distal portion, and a central lumen extending from the proximal end to a distal port in the distal portion. A frame structure is coupled to the distal portion of the elongated tubular member, where frame structure supports the distal portion of the elongated tubular member in a tapered shape and alternatively in a non-tapered shape. The elongated tubular member may include a rigid outer tube and a rigid inner tube carried in an interior lumen of the outer tube. The distal portion is typically a reinforced elastomeric tubular extension of the outer tube, and the reinforced elastomeric tubular extension may have a conical shape. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133677 | SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL DEVICE - A specimen retrieval device for extraction of tissue includes a port having a specimen bag attached thereto. The specimen bag includes two openings: one opening attached to the port, and the other opening spaced from the first opening, which may remain open in a patient's body to permit introduction of a tissue specimen therein. The second opening may be closed after introduction of a tissue specimen into the specimen bag, and the tissue within the specimen bag may be broken up as it is passes out of the specimen bag and through the port of the specimen retrieval device. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133678 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADHERING VESSELS - Described here are devices, systems, and methods for adhering tubular structures, such as blood vessels. Generally, the methods may comprise advancing a first catheter comprising a first adhesion element into a first blood vessel and a second catheter comprising a second adhesion element into a second blood vessel. The vessels may be adhered together by heating tissue using the first and second adhesion elements. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133679 | CATHETER WITH SOFT DISTAL TIP FOR MAPPING AND ABLATING TUBULAR REGION - A catheter includes an elongated body having a longitudinal axis, a distal assembly distal the elongated body, the distal assembly having a tapered helical form comprising a larger, electrode-carrying proximal loop and a smaller, softer distal loop, and a shape-memory support member extending through at least the proximal loop. For example, the helical loop subtends at least about 720 radial degrees, with the proximal loop subtending about 360 radial degrees, and the distal loop subtending about 360 radial degrees. The softer distal loop with a straight distal end atraumatically guides the distal assembly into a tubular region so that the larger proximal loop can sit on the ostium of the tubular region with improved electrode and tissue contact. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133680 | CATHETER WITH DISTAL SECTION HAVING SIDE-BY-SIDE LOOPS - The catheter allows mapping and/or ablation of the area around two or more PV ostia at the same time, with a single placement of a distal section of the catheter having a 2D configuration resembling an infinity or lazy 8 symbol. The catheter has an elongated catheter body, a distal section having at least a flexible elongated member with shape memory, the member being configured to assume a 2D configuration resembling an infinity symbol, and at least one electrode mounted on the member. The 2D configuration resembles a first loop and a second loop, wherein the first and second loops are side-by-side, generally extending in a common plane. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133681 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERIVASCULAR NERVE DENERVATION - Provided is a catheter including a shaft having a distal end and a loop disposed near the distal end and configured to curl around a tissue and receive, via the shaft, energy to denervate at least a portion of the tissue. The loop includes: a body capable of bending to curl around the tissue; an electrode disposed on the body; and a substrate embedded in the body and separated from the electrode. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133682 | ABLATION CATHETER TIPS AND CATHETERS - Disclosed herein are ablation catheter tips and catheters, and catheter ablation methods, wherein a same channel within the catheter may be simultaneously used both for applying suction and attaching a target tissue to the ablation electrode, and for expelling a coolant introduced into the catheter via a second channel, fluidly coupled thereto. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133683 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING TUMORS BY EVANESCENT WAVES - Current cancer treatments such as surgery, radiation and chemotherapy have significant side-effects for the patients. New treatments are being developed to reduce these side-effects while giving doctors alternative methods to treat patients. This invention introduces a new apparatus for treatment of malignant tumors including brain cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, and breast cancer. The apparatus couples RF power into the tumor using evanescent waves. The evanescent waves disrupt the division of cancer cells causing the cancer cells to die and shrink the size of the tumor. Due to the targeted approach of the evanescent waves, less RF energy is wasted in healthy cells. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AN EFFECT USING MICROWAVE ENERGY TO SPECIFIED TISSUE - Systems, methods and devices for creating an effect using microwave energy to specified tissue are disclosed herein. A system for the application of microwave energy to a tissue can include, in some embodiments, a signal generator adapted to generate a microwave signal having predetermined characteristics, an applicator connected to the generator and adapted to apply microwave energy to tissue, the applicator comprising one or more microwave antennas and a tissue interface, a vacuum source connected to the tissue interface, a cooling source connected to said tissue interface, and a controller adapted to control the signal generator, the vacuum source, and the coolant source. The tissue may include a first layer and a second layer, the second layer below the first layer, and the controller is configured such that the system delivers energy such that a peak power loss density profile is created in the second layer. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133685 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TISSUE ADHESIVES - Disclosed herein are methods of connecting disrupted tissue, tissue repair, treating colorectal disorder and tissue welding. The methods comprise using a bioadhesive composition comprising ELP and light absorbing chromophores and irradiating the bioadhesive tissue. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133686 | METHOD OF ADMINISTERING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY AND COMPOSITIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF SKIN CONDITIONS - The present invention provides a laser system and laser handpiece and process for skin treatment. The system includes components for producing a continuous or pulse laser beam, and components for delivering a substance to the damaged region of skin. The system is designed to control and utilize the laser beam for damaging small volume of skin tissue and using a disposable tip to deliver a substance which is applied simultaneously or with some delay producing a combination of laser action with the action of a named substance at the same time. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133687 | FIBEROPTIC FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS - Medical treatment devices for treating a tissue are disclosed. The medical treatment devices may comprise an optical fiber with a treatment section as well as an illumination source configured to deliver electromagnetic radiation through the optical fiber to apply a specified treatment. The treatment section may comprise at least one element with a refractive index that may be different from a refractive index of the optical fiber and/or may be same as the refractive index of the optical fiber. A spatial configuration of the optical and the at least one element within the treatment section of the medical treatment device and/or optical properties of the optical fiber and/or the at least one element may determine an emission region through the treatment section. The emission region may be radial (or at least have a radial component) with respect to a cross-section of the optical fiber. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133688 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORONARY OCCLUSION TREATMENT - Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for treatment of occlusions, including coronary artery chronic total occlusions. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133689 | VIRTUAL REALITY LAPAROSCOPIC TOOLS - A virtual reality system providing a virtual robotic surgical environment, and methods for using the virtual reality system, are described herein. The virtual reality system may simulate a robotic surgical environment in which a user may operate both a robotically-controlled surgical instrument using a handheld controller and a manual laparoscopic surgical instrument while adjacent a patient table. For example, the virtual reality system f may include one or more processors configured to generate a virtual robotic surgical environment comprising at least one virtual robotic arm and at least one virtual manual laparoscopic tool, a first handheld device communicatively coupled to the virtual reality controller for manipulating the at least one virtual robotic arm in the virtual robotic surgical environment, and a second handheld device comprising a handheld portion and a tool feature representative of at least a portion of a manual laparoscopic tool, wherein the second handheld device is communicatively coupled to the virtual reality controller for manipulating the at least one virtual manual laparoscopic tool in the virtual robotic surgical environment. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133690 | DETERMINING AN OPTIMAL PLACEMENT OF A PEDICLE SCREW - The present invention relates to a device ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190133691 | Glenoid Component For Shoulder Arthroplasty - A glenoid component includes a laterally facing bearing surface configured to engage a bearing surface of an element associated with a humerus, and a stem portion extending medially away from the bearing surface. The stem portion is configured such that when implanted in a scapula the stem portion includes three cross-sections parallel to a medial lateral plane. The middle cross-section has a length in the medial-lateral direction which is shorter than the lengths of the other two cross-sections in the medial lateral direction. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133692 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING A STRUCTURED LIGHT RECONSTRUCTION OF A 3D SURFACE - Disclosed are systems and methods for obtaining a structured light reconstruction using a hybrid spatio-temporal pattern sequence projected on a surface. The method includes projecting a structured light pattern, such as a binary de Bruijn sequence, onto a 3D surface and acquiring an image set of at least a portion of this projected sequence with a camera system, and projecting a binary edge detection pattern onto the portion of the surface and acquiring an image set of the same portion of the projected binary pattern. The acquired image set of the binary pattern is processed to determine edge locations therein, and then employed to identify the locations of pattern edges within the acquired image set of the structured light pattern. The detected edges of the structured light pattern images are employed to decode the structured light pattern and calculate a disparity map, which is used to reconstruct the 3D surface. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133693 | SURGICAL NAVIGATION OF THE HIP USING FLUOROSCOPY AND TRACKING SENSORS - A method of tracking motion of a body part, the method comprising: (a) gathering motion data from a body part repositioned within a range of motion, the body part having mounted thereto a motion sensor; (b) gathering a plurality of radiographic images taken of the body part while the body part is in different positions within the range of motion, the plurality of radiographic images having the body part and the motion sensor within a field of view; and, (c) constructing a virtual three dimensional model of the body part from the plurality of radiographic images using a structure of the motion sensor identifiable within at least two of the plurality of radiographic images to calibrate the radiographic images. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133694 | SURGICAL TRACKING SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND VISUALIZING THE RELATIVE POSITIONING OF TWO OR MORE SURGICAL COMPONENTS - A surgical visualization and tracking system includes including first and second tracking magnets and a sensor base assembly including a base and at least three magnetic sensor assemblies. Each of the magnetic sensor assemblies is configured to independently track each of the tracking magnets in X, Y, and Z dimensions. A control console is configured to receive tracking data from each of the magnetic sensor assemblies and determine position and orientation information for each of the tracking magnets based upon the received tracking data. A visualization system is configured to receive the position and orientation information from the control console and represent the position and orientation information for each of the first and second tracking magnets on a displayed 3D model of tissue. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURIGCAL PLANNING - A system and method perform a registration such as for a surgical navigation system by fitting a plurality of anatomical points as received to a digital model and developing a map having a corresponding confidence level indicating a degree of certainty. As additional anatomical points are received, they are continually matched to the digital model and the confidence level continually updated. The confidence level is output in any form, such as a score, a color code, or other metric. The output may include a graphical representation e.g. overlaid on an image from the digital model. The output may be a heat map overlaid on the image. The heat map may indicate an overall confidence level, and/or may indicate a plurality of confidence levels at various locations on the digital model. The overlay may provide an indication as to one or more suggested probe points to increase the level. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133696 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ABLATION TREATMENT AND VISUALIZATION - A system for controlling ablation treatment and visualization is disclosed where the system comprises a tissue ablation instrument having one or more deployable stylets and a first electromagnetic sensor and an ultrasound imaging instrument which may be configured to generate an ultrasound imaging plane and further having a second electromagnetic sensor. An electromagnetic field generator may also be included which is configured for placement in proximity to a patient body and which is further configured to generate an output indicative of a position the first and second electromagnetic sensors relative to one another. Also included is a console in communication with the ablation instrument, ultrasound imaging instrument, and electromagnetic field generator, wherein the console is configured to generate a representative image of the tissue ablation instrument oriented relative to the ultrasound imaging plane and an ablation border or cage based upon a deployment position of the one or more stylets. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133697 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO COMPUTE A SUBLUXATION BETWEEN TWO BONES - Systems, methods and a sensor alignment mechanism are disclosed for medical navigational guidance systems. In one example, a system to make sterile a non-sterile optical sensor for use in navigational guidance during surgery includes a sterile drape having an optically transparent window to drape the optical sensor in a sterile barrier and a sensor alignment mechanism. The alignment mechanism secures the sensor through the drape in alignment with the window without breaching the sterile barrier and facilitates adjustment of the orientation of the optical sensor. The optical sensor may be aligned to view a surgical site when the alignment mechanism, assembled with the sterile drape and optical sensor, is attached to a bone. The alignment mechanism may be a lockable ball joint and facilitate orientation of the sensor in at least two degrees of freedom. A quick connect mechanism may couple the alignment mechanism to the bone. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133698 | MECHANICAL MANIPULATOR FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS - A novel mechanical system, based on a new cable driven mechanical transmission, able to provide sufficient dexterity, stiffness, speed, precision and payload capacity to actuate multi-DOF micro-manipulators. Besides the possibility of being used in several articulated surgical instruments and robotic systems for surgery or other applications involving remote manipulation, it enables the design of a novel fully mechanical surgical instrument, which offer the advantages of conventional laparoscopy (low cost, tactile feedback, high payload capacity) combined with the advantages of single port surgery (single incision, scarless surgery, navigation through several quadrants of the abdominal cavity) and robotic surgery (greater degrees of freedom, short learning curve, high stiffness, high precision, increased intuition). The unique design of the proposed system provides an intuitive user interface to achieve such enhanced manoeuvrability, allowing each joint of a teleoperated slave system to be driven by controlling the position of a mechanically connected master unit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133699 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR MANUAL AND ROBOTIC-ASSISTED USE - A surgical system comprises a robotic manipulator, a manually-operable instrument handle, and a surgical instrument that is removably mountable to the robotic manipulator for electromechanical movement of the instrument by the robotic manipulator, and that is removably mountable to the manually-operable instrument handle for manual movement of the instrument by a user. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133700 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATION AND CONTROL OF AN IMPLANT POSITIONING DEVICE - Systems and methods for navigation and control of an implant positioning device are discussed. For example, a method can include operations for accessing an implant plan, establishing a 3-D coordinate system, receiving tracking information, generating control signals, and sending the control signals to the implant positioning device. The implant plan can include location and orientation data describing an ideal implant location and orientation in reference to an implant host. The 3-D coordinate system can provide spatial orientation for the implant positioning device and the implant host. The tracking information can identify current location and orientation data within the 3-D coordinate system for the implant positioning device and implant host during a procedure. The control signals can control operation of the implant positioning device to assist a surgeon in positioning the implant according to the implant plan. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133701 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATION AND CONTROL OF AN IMPLANT POSITIONING DEVICE - Systems and methods for navigation and control of an implant positioning device are discussed. For example, a method can include operations for accessing an implant plan, establishing a 3-D coordinate system, receiving tracking information, generating control signals, and sending the control signals to the implant positioning device. The implant plan can include location and orientation data describing an ideal implant location and orientation in reference to an implant host. The 3-D coordinate system can provide spatial orientation for the implant positioning device and the implant host. The tracking information can identify current location and orientation data within the 3-D coordinate system for the implant positioning device and implant host during a procedure. The control signals can control operation of the implant positioning device to assist a surgeon in positioning the implant according to the implant plan. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133702 | GUIDE APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OF A FLEXIBLE INSTRUMENT AND METHODS OF USE - A guiding apparatus comprises a support assembly extending along a longitudinal axis. The support assembly includes a first plurality of linkages including a first channel formation, a second plurality of linkages including a second channel formation, and a strut having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion of the strut is coupled to the support assembly. The support assembly has a coupled configuration with a proximal end and a distal end in which the first plurality of linkages is coupled to the second plurality of linkages with the first and second channel formations arranged to form a continuous channel through the support assembly. The continuous channel has an elongated opening sized to receive an elongated flexible instrument in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133703 | ROBOTIC SURGICAL ASSEMBLIES AND INSTRUMENT DRIVE UNITS THEREOF - An instrument drive unit includes a housing configured to be coupled to a surgical robotic arm, a motor assembly, and a flex spool assembly. The motor assembly is rotatably disposed within the housing. The flex spool assembly includes a first printed circuit board mounted to the housing, a second printed circuit board configured to be non-rotatably coupled to and electrically connected to the motor assembly, and a first flex circuit. The first flex circuit has a first end portion connected to the first printed circuit board, a second end portion connected to the second printed circuit board, and an intermediate portion coiled about the second printed circuit board such that rotation of the motor assembly relative to the housing effects movement of the second end portion of the first flex circuit along an annular path. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133704 | SURGICAL SYSTEM - A surgical system capable of securing a large movable range of a tip end of a surgical instrument even when the surgical instrument is inserted into a narrow region. One example of the surgical system includes: a manipulator ; a surgical instrument including a shaft coupled to a tip end portion of the manipulator; a manipulation input portion to which an operator inputs a command regarding a position and posture of the surgical instrument; a control apparatus configured to control an operation of the manipulator based on the command input to the manipulation input portion; and a motion center position setting portion configured to set a desired position as a motion center position of the surgical instrument in the control apparatus, the desired position being located in an inner part under a body surface of the patient. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133705 | SURGICAL DEVICE TIP WITH DEFLECTABLE JOINT - A small diameter surgical tool implements an agonist-antagonist deflectable joint. The deflectable joint is an actuatable bendable structure that uses push-pull, agonist-antagonist action of a pair of nested tubes to actuate the joint. The tubes are designed to have non-central, offset neutral axes, and they are fixed together at locations distal to the deflectable joint, such as at their distal ends. Axial translations of the tubes relative to each other causes a push-pull, agonist-antagonist action between the tubes, which causes the deflectable joint to bend. In one implementation, a deflectable joint can be created in nested tubes by configuring radial portions of the tube sidewalls extending along the joint to have an axial region of reduced stiffness. As a result, axial agonist-antagonist motion between the tubes can cause bending of the deflectable joint. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133706 | DISPOSABLE APPARATUS AND DEVICE WITH UNSTERILE REUSABLE APPARATUS FOR STERILE APPLICATION OF A LIQUID - The invention relates to a disposable apparatus for sterile handling of an unsterile reusable apparatus is provided. The disposable apparatus comprises a film with a sterile upper side and an underside and at least one adaptor with a sterile upper side and an underside, wherein the sterile upper side of the adaptor is suitable for receiving a sterile application device. The inventive apparatus is characterised in that the underside of the adaptor forms an irreversible and air-tight connection with the upper side of the film. In addition, a device for sterile application and a method for sterile covering of unsterile reusable apparatus are presented. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133707 | PACKAGE FOR AN OBJECT AND AN ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SUCH A PACKAGE - A package for an object includes a support element with means for coupling the object to the support element. A first hollow protective element is provided as a stopper coupled to the support element of the object. The support element presents a grip portion which projects from the stopper, the support element, alone or in co-operation with the stopper, defining a first chamber containing the object. A second hollow protective element is provided as a cover. The cover is coupled to the stopper so as to cooperate with the stopper to define a second chamber inside which the grip portion of the support element extends. The cover is coupled to the stopper, with the grip portion of the stopper projecting from the cover. The means for coupling is configured to hold the object suspended through the means for coupling, so that the object extends into the space left free between the means for coupling and a bottom portion of the support element. The bottom portion is coupled to the stopper so that the length of the object remain visible. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133708 | CANNULA LOCK WITH A BRAKE THAT ROTATES AND ANCHORS THAT DEPLOY INTO THE BONE AGAINST WHICH THE CANNULA LOCK IS SET - A cannula lock for holding a medical device static in a select orientation relative to tissue. The cannula lock includes a shell with anchors. The anchors are deployed to the hold the shell static to the tissue. A pivoting brake ( | 2019-05-09 |
20190133709 | SKULL CLAMP OPENING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A head fixation device in the form of a skull clamp comprises an opening device having an actuator positioned along an upright portion of the skull clamp near where a pin assembly contacts a patient's head for stabilization. The opening device can be actuated such that the relative distance between arms of the skull clamp can be opened, closed, or adjusted. The opening device is substantially positioned within one of the arms of the skull clamp. In some versions the skull clamp further comprises an attachment feature having an offset configuration. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133710 | AN ELECTROSURGICAL ILLUMINATING INSTRUMENT - An electrosurgical instrument includes a light source, a first conductor, a second conductor, an insulation material positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and a light pipe that carries light from the light source to the insulation material. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133711 | METHOD FOR ENHANCED DATA ANALYSIS WITH SPECIALIZED VIDEO ENABLED SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR MEDICAL ENVIRONMENTS - Medical software tools platforms utilize a surgical display to provide access to specific medical software tools, such as medically-oriented applications or widgets, that can assist surgeons or surgical team in performing various procedures. In particular, an endoscopic camera may register the momentary rise in the optical signature reflected from a tissue surface and in turn transmit it to a medical image processing system which can also receive patient heart rate data and display relevant anomalies. Changes in various spectral components and the speed at which they change in relation to a source of stimulus (heartbeat, breathing, light source modulation, etc.) may indicate the arrival of blood, contrast agents or oxygen absorption. Combinations of these may indicate various states of differing disease or margins of tumors, and so forth. Also, changes in temperatures, physical dimensions, pressures, photoacoustic pressures and the rate of change may indicate tissue anomalies in comparison to historic values. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133712 | Vapor Based Ablation System for Treating Various Indications - Ablation catheters and systems include multiple inline chambers for containing and heating an ablative agent. The heating chamber includes one or more channels to increase the contact surface area of the ablative agent with the walls of the heating chamber to provide more efficient heating. Induction heating is used to heat a chamber and vaporize a fluid within by wrapping a coil about a ferromagnetic chamber and providing an alternating current to the coil. A magnetic field is created in the area surrounding the chamber which induces electric current flow in the chamber, heating the chamber and vaporizing the fluid inside. Positioning elements help maintain the device in the proper position with respect to the target tissue and also prevent the passage of ablative agent to normal tissues. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133713 | MEDICAL DEVICE HOLDING APPARATUS - A medical device holding apparatus having a first arm with a holding portion to hold a medical device; a second arm connected to the rotatable first arm; a base connected to the rotatable second arm and having a support shaft standing in a vertical direction; and a first counterweight portion connected to the second arm, wherein the second arm has a fulcrum around which the second arm is rotatable, and the first counterweight has a slit being connected to the proximal end portion of the second arm for guiding the proximal end portion of the second arm when the second arm is rotated around the fulcrum; and a guide for moving the first counterweight in the vertical direction after the guide receives a force generated when the proximal end portion of the second arm is guided and moved in the slit. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133714 | Dental Implant Screwdriver Harness System - A dental implant screwdriver harness system enables a dentist to restrain and stabilize an implant screwdriver, while simultaneously turning the driver head using only one hand. A tether attached to the dentist's hand/finger connects to a stepped socket assembly, comprising multiple driver sockets, which seat driver heads of several standard diameters. A flexible slotted driver shaft strap wraps over the driver shaft and holds the driver head down against a central socket base. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133715 | Dental Implant Screwdriver Harness System - A dental implant screwdriver harness system enables a dentist to restrain and stabilize an implant screwdriver, while simultaneously turning the driver head using only one hand. A tether attached to the dentist's hand/finger connects to a stepped socket assembly, comprising multiple driver sockets, which seat driver heads of several standard diameters. A flexible perforated driver shaft strap wraps over the driver shaft and holds the driver head down against a central socket base. | 2019-05-09 |
20190133716 | ORTHODONTIC DIGITAL BRACKET FOR USING DIGITAL LIBRARY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an orthodontic digital bracket using a digital library, including: loading an oral scan image and extracting one virtual orthodontic template corresponding to each of tooth images that are virtually adjusted according to a preset consecutive tooth arrangement structure from a digital library; aligning and disposing each of virtual brackets and a virtual wire of the extracted virtual orthodontic template corresponding to the consecutive tooth arrangement structure of each of the tooth images that are virtually adjusted; and designing each of digital brackets configured to include a jig portion assembled with a top of each of the virtual brackets to surround a top of each of the tooth images, and a grip protrusion portion configured to protrude from a top end of the jig portion while being integrated therewith, and three-dimensionally printing each of the digital brackets based on design data. | 2019-05-09 |