Patents Issued in August 3, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170215926
    Abstract: Expandable spinal fixation assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. An expandable spinal fixation system may include expandable barrel assembly including an upper barrel half and a lower barrel half and a fixed barrel assembly. The fixed barrel assembly is insertable between the upper barrel half and the lower barrel half such that the fixed barrel assembly is clamped between the upper barrel half and the lower barrel half. Each of the expandable barrel assembly and the fixed barrel assembly includes fixation plates adapted to secure spinous processes to the fixation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Varun Ponmudi, Jason Zappacosta, Jonathan Perloff
  • Publication number: 20170215927
    Abstract: Expandable spinal fixation assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. An expandable spinal fixation system may include expandable barrel assembly including an upper barrel half and a lower barrel half and a fixed barrel assembly. The fixed barrel assembly is insertable between the upper barrel half and the lower barrel half such that the fixed barrel assembly is clamped between the upper barrel half and the lower barrel half. Each of the expandable barrel assembly and the fixed barrel assembly includes fixation plates adapted to secure spinous processes to the fixation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Varun Ponmudi, Jason Zappacosta, Jonathan Perloff
  • Publication number: 20170215928
    Abstract: A vertebral surgery instrument includes: an engagement part for engaging with a pair of opposing parts provided on or attached to a vertebral implant in a state in which the vertebral implant is fixed to a vertebra, the pair of opposing parts forming a slit into which a fixation rod for fixing a plurality of vertebrae to each other is to be inserted; and a pair of guide parts that are provided integrally with or attached to the engagement part. The pair of guide parts are formed extending so as to separate from each other toward a side on which the fixation rod is to be inserted, in a state in which the engagement part is engaged with the pair of opposing parts, and the slit and a guide passage that is formed between the pair of guide parts are in communication with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Ken ISHII, Morio MATSUMOTO, Yoshiaki TOYAMA, Masaki ATARASHI, Junji ITO
  • Publication number: 20170215929
    Abstract: An internal intramedullary fixation device for the stabilization of bone in arthrodesis and fractures of the foot and hand is disclosed. During implantation in the medullary canal of each bone, the device grasps the edges of the canal, stabilizing the bone (internally) during the natural healing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Arrowhead Medical Device Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Richard ROMAN
  • Publication number: 20170215930
    Abstract: A spine plate implant utilizes cam lock setscrews to retain bone screws in the plate once implanted. A cam lock setscrew is received in a setscrew pocket adjacent a configured bone screw bore of the plate and is configured to allow a bone screw to be received in the plate when in an unlocked rotational position, and to retain the received bone screw when in a locked rotational position. The bone screw includes a tang that allows engagement with external teeth of the cam lock setscrew when the cam lock setscrew is rotated into the locked position. Once the cam lock setscrew is in the locked position, the bone screw is inhibited from backing out of the bone screw bore. When the cam lock setscrew is in the unlocked position, a flat of the cam lock setscrew is adjacent the bone screw tang so the bone screw may be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Life Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Garrett D. Lauf, Michael S. Butler
  • Publication number: 20170215931
    Abstract: A bone plate has a shaft portion having first and second side surfaces spaced from a centerline of the shaft. A plurality of holes extend from an upwardly facing surface of the shaft to a bone contacting surface. A first hole having a center located closer to the first side of the shaft than the centerline, and a second hole located closer to the second side of the shaft than the centerline. The upwardly facing surface of the shaft having a first tapered area extending from adjacent the first circular hole downwardly towards the second side of the shaft and the upwardly facing surface of the shaft having a second chamfered area extending downwardly from adjacent the second circular hole to the first side of the shaft. The tapered areas having wider and narrower portions with the center of each circular hole located adjacent the wider portion of the tapered area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Axel Bernhard Cremer, Jan Heinsohn
  • Publication number: 20170215932
    Abstract: Provided is an adjustable implant for fixing a femur, the adjustable implant allowing a wire wound around a fractured femur to be accurately placed at a desired location even when the desired location is changed depending on a patient. The adjustable implant includes: a body (100) provided with first locking holes (110) vertically penetrating therethrough at predetermined intervals; a head (200) extending from an upper end of the body (100), and being bent to be in a hook shape for being hooked over a greater trochanter of a femur; and a detachable wire locking part (300) detachably mounted to the body (100) or to the head (200), and supporting a wire (400), wherein the detachable wire locking part (300) includes: base parts (310); and a wire locking member (320) having a coupling member (321) so as to be detachably coupled to each of the base parts (310).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Jung-Won SHIN, Gyeong-Su KIM, Soo-Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20170215933
    Abstract: Stand alone fusion cage assemblies that can be secured to the adjacent vertebral bodies via an in-line approach that is substantially perpendicular to the anterior wall of the stand alone cage (or substantially parallel to the cage insertion direction).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Mazzuca
  • Publication number: 20170215934
    Abstract: A woven retention device for interfacing with a bone surface includes a sleeve body that can surround a fastener, a proximal end receiving the fastener, and a distal end. The sleeve body includes interwoven monofilaments forming a tubular lattice with protuberances distributed on interior and exterior surfaces of the lattice at a predetermined spatial relationship. In a first state of the sleeve body, the protuberances are arranged in a predetermined spatial relationship and each protuberance has a thickness measured in a radial direction of the sleeve body. In a second state when a fastener is inserted into the tubular lattice, pressure from the fastener is transmitted to the tubular lattice such that the spatial relationship of the protuberances changes according to a function of bone density and according to a function of an interfacing surface shape of the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: WOVEN ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher MCDONNELL
  • Publication number: 20170215935
    Abstract: An ablation device having an electrode control system configured to adjust an output of an active electrode and a variable aspiration control system configured to control aspiration in an aspiration system based upon the output of the active electrode is disclosed. In particular, the variable aspiration control system may adjust the aspiration within the aspiration system between at least a zero aspiration setting corresponding to a low ablation power setting and a high aspiration setting corresponding to a high ablation power setting, whereby a plasma field developed at the active electrode at the high ablation power setting is greater than a plasma field developed at the active electrode at the low ablation power setting. By reducing, if not, ceasing the aspiration provided by the aspiration system for the low ablation power setting, the variable aspiration control system is able to reduce the likelihood that the plasma field will be disturbed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard J. Taft
  • Publication number: 20170215936
    Abstract: A portable electrosurgical device (ESD) has a housing, a probe connected to the housing and a heating element connected to the probe for destroying human tissue. The heating element is detachable from the probe and/or the probe with heating element can be detachable from the housing. The user can set a drive signal's electrical characteristics, such as operating frequency, duty cycle, peak voltage and the like for a customized drive signal formed in the ESD based on the heating element used. Memory storage allows for storage of inputted data from a keyboard, downloaded reference documents and information off the Internet from an Ethernet connector that can be displayed for reference on a screen of the ESD. Another even more compact ESD is an integral one-piece portable device having a type of pistol hand-held grip, dis-connectable probe, and a rechargeable, removable battery in the handle provides approximately 30, one-minute treatments on a single battery charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: William Dean Wallace
  • Publication number: 20170215937
    Abstract: A therapeutic treatment device heats a living tissue for treatment. The therapeutic treatment device includes a heat conduction plate, an electric resistance pattern, an adhesive sheet and an insulating thin film. The heat conduction plate includes a first principal surface that is brought into contact with the living tissue and a second principal surface. The electric resistance pattern is formed on an insulation substrate and generates heat upon receipt of electric power. The adhesive sheet has a high heat resistance, a high thermal conductivity, and electric insulation properties. The sheet adheres the electric resistance pattern with the heat conduction plate, and transfers the heat generated from the electric resistance pattern to the heat conduction plate. The insulating thin film coveres at least an exposed portion of the electric resistance pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichi KUDO
  • Publication number: 20170215938
    Abstract: A therapeutic treatment device including: a heat conduction plate including a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to each other and configured to apply heat to a living tissue, with the first major surface kept in contact with the living tissue; an electric resistance pattern formed on an insulative substrate and configured to generate heat upon application of power; and an adhesive sheet which adheres the second major surface of the heat conduction plate and the electric resistance pattern to each other and is configured to transfer the heat generated by the electric resistance pattern to the heat conduction plate. A method of manufacturing including: forming the electric resistance pattern on the insulative substrate; stacking the heat conduction plate, the insulative substrate and the adhesive sheet; and joining the heat conduction plate, the adhesive sheet and the insulative substrate, by hot pressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji YASUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20170215939
    Abstract: Tumors can be treated with an alternating electric field. The size of cells in the tumor is determined prior to the start of treatment by, for example, biopsy or by inverse electric impedance tomography. A treatment frequency is chosen based on the determined cell size. The cell size can be determined during the course of treatment and the treatment frequency is adjusted to reflect changes in the cell size. A suitable apparatus for this purpose includes a device for measuring the tumor impedance, an AC signal generator with a controllable output frequency, a processor for estimating the size of tumor cells and setting the frequency of the AC signal generator based thereon, and at least one pair of electrodes operatively connected to the AC signal generator such that an alternating electric field is applied to the tumor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Novocure Limited
    Inventors: Yoram PALTI, Matan DISHON
  • Publication number: 20170215940
    Abstract: A method of controlling electric fields created by a plurality of electrodes. The method includes repetitively applying multiple sets of voltages to at least some of a plurality of electrodes over a treatment period to achieve and maintain a target temperature, the at least some of the electrodes being treatment electrodes. The sets of voltages may be in patterns such that a unique current pattern between electrodes is created for each set of voltages, resulting in temperature averaging. The voltage at each electrode may be determined based on a temperature of an adjacent electrode. The voltage at each electrode may also or alternatively be determined based on an estimated voltage at the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Charles E. Hill, Joshua S. Hockett
  • Publication number: 20170215941
    Abstract: A medical treatment device includes a pair of holding members for opening and closing about an axis in accordance with an operation of an operating unit, and a shaft having one end connected to the operating unit and having the other end to axially support the holding members through the axis so as to allow the holding members to open and close. One of the holding members includes an energy application portion for contacting a body tissue to apply energy to the body tissue with the body tissue grasped by the holding members. The energy application portion is connected to a flexible substrate to be electrically connected to a lead wire provided inside the shaft extending from the other end of the shaft toward the one end of the shaft. The flexible substrate is connected to the lead wire closer to the one end of the shaft than the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki KAZUNO
  • Publication number: 20170215942
    Abstract: A surgical device integrating a suction mechanism with a coagulation mechanism is provided for improving lesion creation capabilities. The device comprises an elongate member having an insulative covering attached about means for coagulating soft tissue. Openings through the covering expose regions of the coagulation-causing elements and are coupled to lumens in the elongate member which are routed to a vacuum source. A fluid source to passively transport fluid along the contacted soft tissue surface may be provided in order to push the maximum temperature deeper into tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Atricure, Inc.
    Inventors: James G. WHAYNE, Sidney D. FLEISCHMAN, Earl W. ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20170215943
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a housing, a shaft extending distally from the housing, an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft, an actuator operably coupled to the housing, an actuation assembly, and a sensor module. The actuation assembly extends through the housing and the shaft and includes a distal end operably coupled to the end effector or a component associated therewith, a proximal end operably coupled to the actuator, and a spring. Actuation of the actuator manipulates the end effector or deploys the component relative thereto. The sensor module is disposed within the housing and configured to sense a property of the spring indicative of an amount the spring has been compressed. The sensor module is further configured, based upon the sensed property, to determine a condition of the end effector or the relative position of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: JAMES D. ALLEN, IV
  • Publication number: 20170215944
    Abstract: A surgical instrument including a housing, a shaft, and end effector, and a sensor. The shaft extends distally from the housing. The end effector is disposed at a distal end of the shaft and includes first and second jaw members that are moveable relative between first and second configurations. The first and second jaw members are spaced relative to one another in the first configuration and are closer to one another for approximating tissue in the second configuration. A gap distance is defined between the first and second jaw members. The sensor is positioned within the housing and operable to determine the size of the gap distance. The first and second jaw members configured to be electrical activated to treat tissue between the first and second jaw members when the size of the gap distance is within an acceptable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: DAVID MICHAEL KEFFELER
  • Publication number: 20170215945
    Abstract: A medical device includes a handpiece, a lever with a grip surface attached to the handpiece, and a pressure sensor associated with the grip surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Lane B. Teigan
  • Publication number: 20170215946
    Abstract: A radiofrequency ablation electrode needle includes at least one first segment and at least two second segments. The at least one first segment and the at least two second segments are exposed on a surface of the needle body. An impedance of the at least one first segment is smaller than an impedance of the at least two second segments and at least one of the at least one first segment is disposed between two immediately adjacent ones of the at least two second segments. Besides, the radiofrequency ablation electrode needle is a monopolar electrode needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Taiwan University Hospital
    Inventors: Hui-Hsin Lu, Meng-Han Tsai, Kai-Wen Huang, Jo-Ping Lee, Wen-Yang Chou
  • Publication number: 20170215947
    Abstract: The invention is a tissue ablation system including an ablation device having an electrode array configured for the ablation of tissue, wherein the electrode array includes a plurality of conductive wires electrically isolated and independent from one another and configured to receive electrical current from a source and emit radiofrequency (RF) energy in response. The ablation system further includes a controller configured to control an emission pattern from the electrode array, either by independently controlling activation of one or more conductive wires or by actively blocking emission of energy from a selected one or more conductive wires or by adjusting flow of a conductive fluid for carrying RF energy emitted in a virtual electrode arrangement. Accordingly, the system provides a user with custom ablation shaping including custom, user-defined ablation geometries or profiles for RF emission in a desired shape or pattern so as to deliver targeted treatment to marginal tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Robert F. Rioux, Alyssa Bailey, Ryan M. Bean, Tyler Wanke, Michelle Hasse
  • Publication number: 20170215948
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of excising tissue including injecting fluid into the submucosa to raise targeted tissue. A first electrode is positioned below the targeted tissue within the injected fluid and a second electrode is positioned adjacent a surface of the raised targeted tissue opposite the first electrode. Electrical current is applied between the first and second electrodes and the targeted tissue is excised with the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Weitzner
  • Publication number: 20170215949
    Abstract: Described here are methods and systems for the manipulation of ovarian tissues. The methods and systems may be used in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The systems and methods may be useful in the treatment of infertility associated with PCOS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Denise ZARINS, Neil BARMAN, Garrett SCHWAB, Roger OSBORNE, Douglas SUTTON
  • Publication number: 20170215950
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described, including a method for use with tissue of a renal nerve (770) passing longitudinally within a wall of a renal artery (8) of a subject. Using one or more stimulating electrodes (850a, 850b) disposed within the renal artery, the tissue is stimulated by passing a stimulating current through the wall of the renal artery. Using a sensor (26), a rate of change of blood pressure of the subject is sensed, following the start of the stimulation of the tissue. In response to the rate of change, it is decided whether to ablate the tissue, and in response to deciding to ablate the tissue, the tissue is ablated. Other applications are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: PYTHAGORAS MEDICAL LTD.
    Inventors: Yossi GROSS, Gideon MEIRY, Yehuda ZADOK
  • Publication number: 20170215951
    Abstract: The invention is a system for monitoring and controlling tissue ablation. The system includes a controller configured to selectively control energy emission from an electrode array of an ablation device based on ablation feedback received during an ablation procedure with the ablation device. The controller is configured to receive feedback data from one or more sensors during the ablation procedure, the feedback data comprising one or more measurements associated with at least one of operation of the electrode array of the ablation device and tissue adjacent to the electrode array. The controller is further configured to generate an ablation pattern for controlling energy emission from the electrode array of the ablation device in response to the received feedback data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Yearnchee C. Wang, Terence Chan
  • Publication number: 20170215952
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for ablating and characterizing tissue. The system comprises an ablation element configured to emit ablative energy toward a tissue of interest, an imaging apparatus configured to emit energy and collect imaging data including reflected signals from the tissue of interest, and a characterization application. The characterization application comprises a signal analyzer for analyzing the imaging data and determining one or more signal properties from the reflected signals, and a correlation processor configured to associate the one or more signal properties to pre-determined tissue signal properties of different tissue components through a pattern recognition technique. The pre-determined tissue signal properties are embodied in a database, and the correlation processor is configured to identify a tissue component and an ablation level of the tissue of interest based on the pattern recognition technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Anuja Nair
  • Publication number: 20170215953
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a shaft, the shaft including a plurality of stepped sections along the length of the shaft. The apparatus further includes a plurality of electrodes disposed along the length of the shaft, each electrode characterized by a geometric aspect ratio of the length of the electrode to the outer diameter of the electrode. Each electrode is located at a different stepped section of the plurality of stepped sections of the shaft and includes a set of leads. Each lead of the set of leads is configured to attain an electrical voltage potential of at least about 1 kV. The geometric aspect ratio of at least one electrode of the plurality of electrodes is in the range between about 3 and about 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Gary LONG, Raju VISWANATHAN
  • Publication number: 20170215954
    Abstract: A catheter and method for the treatment of a patient having atrial flutter or other arrhythmia comprises an elongated catheter body having an outer wall, proximal and distal ends, and at least one lumen extending therethrough. Further it has a distal tip section comprising a flexible tubing having a proximal end and a distal end and a plurality of lumens extending therethrough. The proximal end of the tip section is fixedly attached to the distal end of the catheter body. The tip section further comprises a nitinol tube having slots formed therein which causes the distal tip section to deflect using the same puller-wire action used to cause the deflectable catheter to deflect at a point proximal to the distal tip section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Keshava Datta, Mario A. Solis
  • Publication number: 20170215955
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an energy conveying structure for delivering RF and/or microwave energy to an electrosurgical instrument, where the energy conveying structure is incorporated into an insertion tube of a surgical scoping device (e.g. endoscope, laparoscope or the like). The insertion tube is a flexible conduit that is introduced into a patient's body during an invasive procedure, and can include an instrument channel and an optical channel. The energy conveying structure may be a layered coaxial structure that formed a liner that fits within the scoping device, e.g. within an instrument channel. Alternatively, the energy conveying structure may be a coaxial structure integrally formed as part of the flexible conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Paul HANCOCK, Malcolm WHITE, George Christian ULLRICH, David Edward WEBB, Shaun PRESTON, Steven MORRIS
  • Publication number: 20170215956
    Abstract: A catheter has at least two irrigated ablation electrodes and a coaxial irrigation tubing to transport fluid to the electrodes by separate and dedicated flow paths. A valve is used to control flow of fluid into the coaxial irrigation tubing by means of a plunger assembly that allows fluid to flow through one lumen of the coaxial irrigation tubing while regulating the flow into the other lumen of the coaxial irrigation tubing in response to the fluid flow rate and pressure applied to the plunger assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Schultz, Michael Olen Zirkle
  • Publication number: 20170215957
    Abstract: Methods of treating a subject for a cardiac arrhythmia are provided. Aspects of the methods include thoracoscopically producing a cardiac Cox maze III set of lesions in cardiac tissue of the subject in a manner sufficient to treat the subject for the cardiac arrhythmia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: James Longoria
  • Publication number: 20170215958
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a hair removal device having a light emission unit having a substrate and a plurality of first LED dies that are mounted on the substrate on an area of at least 0.2 cm2, in particular of at least 1 cm2, the first LED dies having a peak emission wavelength in the far red or infrared wavelength range of between 700 nm and 980 nm, wherein the hair removal device is arranged to emit a treatment light pulse having a pulse length in the range of between 60 ms and 120 ms and the first LED dies have a radiant flux such that a radiant fluence on the skin of a user in the range of between 3 J/cm2 and 7 J/cm2 is achieved by application of the treatment light pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Beerwerth, Christian Neyer, Dalibor Dadic, Felix Heinemann
  • Publication number: 20170215959
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a skin treatment device, in particular a hair removal device, having a light emission unit comprising a substrate and a plurality of first LED dies mounted on the substrate on an area of at least 0.2 cm2, in particular of at least 1 cm2, wherein the skin treatment device is arranged to activate the first LED dies to emit a treatment light pulse having a pulse length in particular in the range of between 10 ms and 300 ms and the first LED dies have a radiant flux such that a radiant fluence on the skin of a user of at least 1 J/cm2 is achieved by application of the treatment light pulse, wherein the light emission unit has at least two selectable active areas of first LED dies, where the selectable active areas have different sizes, and at least three second LED dies are mounted on the substrate at locations suitable for visibly indicating each of the selectable active areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Beerwerth, Christian Neyer, Dalibor Dadic, Felix Heinemann
  • Publication number: 20170215960
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a hair removal device for removal of red hairs that has a light emission unit having a substrate and a plurality of first LED dies emitting at a peak emission wavelength in a wavelength range of between about 480 nm and about 510 nm, the first LED dies being mounted on the substrate on an area in the range of between about 0.2 cm2 and about 100 cm2, wherein the hair removal device is arranged to emit a treatment light pulse by the first LED dies having a pulse length in the range of between about 30 ms and about 200 ms, and the first LED dies have a radiant flux such that a radiant fluence on the skin of a user in the range of between about 3 J/cm2 and about 6 J/cm2 is achieved by application of the treatment light pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Beerwerth, Christian Neyer, Dalibor Dadic, Felix Heinemann
  • Publication number: 20170215961
    Abstract: Optical fibers for delivering laser energy inside the body are often tasked with traversing tortuous routes in accessing the target tissue or pathology, e.g. ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy. A common failure in such applications, known in the field as ‘fiber burn through’, has been known to injure patients and is a major cause of damage to ureteroscopes. Where irregular output that is produced at the start of a lasing interval passes through a fiber that is at or near the optical minimum bend limit, fail safe polymer claddings are damaged and can no longer contain even regular laser output in tight deflection. The invention disclosed provides a solution to premature fiber failure and collateral damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Cyclone Biosciences LLC
    Inventors: Stephen E. Griffin, Jason Guth
  • Publication number: 20170215962
    Abstract: An aesthetic treatment device uses multiple light sources, lasers or LEDs focused on the treatment area from different directions. The multiple light sources for treatment purposes could have the same wavelength or different wavelengths each optimized for a different application. Target selection is performed by a dual wavelength smart illumination system combined with an imaging system, a smart processor for target recognition and a scanning system that directs the focused light from laser sources to an automatically selected treatment area. A motorized optical system performs a dual role of: focusing the laser sources and also steering the focused light to specific locations as designated by the imaging and processing systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: S & Y Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Oren AHARON, Yehuda PORAN
  • Publication number: 20170215963
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a medical device. More particularly, aspects of the disclosure relate to a medical device including an energy source configured to emit energy into a first end of an optical fiber and a monitoring device configured to receive energy from a second end of the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Yushen Tang
  • Publication number: 20170215964
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for breaking a kidney stone(s) into smaller particles, fragments, and/or stone dust; and removing the same from a patient. The medical device may include a tube having a distal end, a proximal end, a port located proximal of the distal end, and a length of the tube extending between the proximal end and the distal end. A first portion of the tube may be proximal of the port and have a first cross-sectional area, while a second portion of the tube may be distal of the port and have a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area. A first lumen may extend from the proximal end to the distal end of the tube. A second lumen may in communication with the port to fluidly connect the proximal end of the tube with the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Harrah, Christopher L. OSKIN, Arpita BANERJEE, Sandesh GAVADE, Abhijit TAKALE, Pavan MISRA
  • Publication number: 20170215965
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a medical device. Systems and methods are provided for utilizing a laser to break a kidney stones into smaller fragments and/or dust, and removing particles, stone fragments and/or stone dust from a patient. The medical device may include a tube having a distal end and a proximal end, a first lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the tube and in fluid communication with the distal end and a plurality of side ports located at a distal portion of the tube, and a second lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. HARRAH, Christopher L. OSKIN, Derrick LENZ, Arpita BANERJEE, Sandesh GAVADE, Abhijit TAKALE, Pavan MISRA, Michael S.H. CHU
  • Publication number: 20170215966
    Abstract: Provided is a surgical assistance apparatus and so on that make it possible to more accurately check the state that an affected part is to be in after a surgical operation has started, in advance of the surgical operation. A surgical assistance apparatus includes an image processing unit. The image processing unit creates projection image data based on measurement data that has been obtained by measuring an affected part of a patient, and thus creates a projection image as an image that is specified by the projection image data. This projection image is an image that is to be projected onto the patient, and includes an image that shows a state that the affected part is to be in after a surgical operation has started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya TSUSAKA, Masahiko HASHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170215967
    Abstract: Making a recommendation concerning a surgical procedure in a being is performed by a computer including a computer readable memory storing executable instructions and a processor in communication with the computer readable memory. The method includes a) acquiring information pertaining to the being and b) determining a recommendation pertaining to the being using the acquired information. In particular, the recommendation includes one of: a) one or more options for a new or replacement implant for inserting into the being; or b) a technique to be used for revision of an existing implant in the being. The method also includes transmitting, by the computer, the recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: William B. Spath
  • Publication number: 20170215968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compensating for brain shift in catheter trajectory planning. First brain shift information is determined from an initial brain image dataset, an initial planning dataset, a patient orientation dataset, and first burr hole dataset. The brain image dataset is updated based on the first brain shift information and a trajectory of a first catheter is updated based on the updated brain image dataset. For a subsequent catheter placement, subsequent brain shift information is determined based on the updated brain image dataset, the patient orientation dataset, and a subsequent burr hole dataset. The brain image dataset is updated again based on the subsequent brain shift information. The re-updated brain image dataset is utilized to update trajectories of the subsequent catheter as well as any preceding catheters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Maria Inmaculada Rodriguez-Ponce
  • Publication number: 20170215969
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a human organ movement monitoring method for monitoring human organ movement in a surgical process in real time and a surgical navigation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Weiming Zhai, Yixu Song
  • Publication number: 20170215970
    Abstract: A force exerted on a distal end of an elongate medical device can be determined. A graphical representation of the distal end of the elongate medical device and a graphical representation of the force exerted on the distal end of the elongate medical device can be computed. The graphical representation of the force can emanate from the graphical representation of the distal end of the elongate medical device. A first dimension of the graphical representation of the force can be increased in response to a longitudinal force being exerted on the distal end of the elongate medical device. A second dimension of the graphical representation of force can be increased in response to a lateral force being exerted on the distal end of the elongate medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Michael A. Quinn, Daniel R. Starks
  • Publication number: 20170215971
    Abstract: A system and method for tracking the three-dimensional position and orientation of a surgical instrument as the instrument is being utilized within the interior of a patient body. A stereoscopic camera system generates a stereoscopic image of the patient body which is subsequently rendered on a display device. A wireless signal transmitted by an electromagnetic field generator is received by a sensor on the surgical instrument. Utilizing this sensor data, a processor calculates the position and orientation of the surgical instrument and then superimposes upon the rendered stereoscopic image of the patient body a graphical representation indicative of the position and orientation of the surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Abhishek GATTANI, Salmaan HAMEED
  • Publication number: 20170215972
    Abstract: An endovascular device monitoring system is provided that determines, based on movement of the endovascular device past a selected reference location, at least one of a movement rate of a endovascular device and position of a distal end of a endovascular device in a body of a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas Hendrick, Blaine Andrew Schneider
  • Publication number: 20170215973
    Abstract: A triggering device includes an optical fiber (126) configured for optical shape sensing. A supporting element (104) is configured to support a portion of the optical fiber. An interface element (106) is configured to interact with the optical fiber associated with the supporting element to cause a change in a property of the fiber. A sensing module (115) is configured to interpret an optical signal to determine changes in the property of the fiber and accordingly generate a corresponding trigger signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: MOLLY LARA FLEXMAN, ARYEH LEIB REINSTEIN, XINGCHI HE, PAUL THIENPHRAPA, DIRK DIJKKAMP, DAVID PAUL NOONAN
  • Publication number: 20170215974
    Abstract: Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated surgical end effector in space. A processor can calculate a tool motion that includes pivoting of the tool about an aperture site. Linkages movable along a range of configurations for a given end effector position may be driven toward configurations which inhibit collisions. Refined robotic linkages and methods for their use are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: William C. Nowlin, Paul W. Mohr, Bruce M. Schena, David Q. Larkin, Gary S. Guthart
  • Publication number: 20170215975
    Abstract: Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated surgical end effector in space. A processor can calculate a tool motion that includes pivoting of the tool about an aperture site. Linkages movable along a range of configurations for a given end effector position may be driven toward configurations which inhibit collisions. Refined robotic linkages and methods for their use are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: William C. Nowlin, Paul W. Mohr, Bruce M. Schena, David Q. Larkin, Gary S. Guthart