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Surgery: kinesitherapy November recently filed with US Patent Office 11/11

20110288451 - Medical apparatus and surgical treatment instrument: A medical apparatus has a first device, a second device, a cable, a connection signal output portion and a main body apparatus. The first device includes a grasping portion, a probe connected to the grasping portion and capable of transmitting at least one of an ultrasound vibration and a high-frequency... Agent: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.

20110288449 - Method of lysing a thrombus: A thrombolytic method of dissipating a thrombus by an application of ultrasound of a frequency in a diagnostic range in combination with a microbubble contrast agent.... Agent:

20110288452 - Surgical instruments: A surgical device. The surgical device may comprise a transducer configured to provide vibrations along a longitudinal axis and an end effector coupled to the transducer and extending from the transducer along the longitudinal axis. The surgical device also may comprise a lower jaw extending parallel to the end effector.... Agent: Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

20110288450 - Time-reversed mirroring electro-magnetic acoustic treatment system: A time-reversal mirroring electromagnetic acoustic treatment system is disclosed where electro-magnetic signals are directed to a region of interest in or on a patient. The EM signals induce an internally sourced acoustic signal due to variations in conductivity of the target tissue. Acoustic data representative of the induced acoustic signal... Agent:

20110288455 - Dynamic lower limb rehabilitation robotic apparatus and method of rehabilitating human gait: A robotic rehabilitation apparatus and method provide subjects with lower limb gait impairment, gait therapy before subjects are able to walk independently, or are able to control their legs or stand unaided. The apparatus is constructed and arranged to take advantage of natural gravitational force and musculo-skeletal dynamics of therapy... Agent:

20110288454 - Walking assistance device: A walking assistance device includes a seating member configured to provide seating for a user; and leg links connected to the seating member. The seating member includes: a seating frame having at least two frames movably connected to each other; a bag member secured to the seating frame; filler contained... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20110288453 - Walking motion assisting device: A device capable of assisting an agent in taking a step even in the case where the leg motion of the agent is stagnant. It is determined whether the agent is in a first state in which the leg of the agent is moving or in a second state in... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20110288456 - Topical analgesia using electrical and vibration stimuli: Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to a device having a base and a stimulation module that can be attached to a patient's skin and actuated to mask the pain caused when sharp objects penetrate the skin. The stimulation module is designed to generate vibration energy, or alternatively, is designed to... Agent: Innova Medical Design LLC

20110288457 - Sonic resonator system for use in biomedical applications: Disclosed herein is a sonic resonator system and a method of using the system which is useful in therapeutic, cosmetic or aesthetic, diagnostic, exploratory and other medical procedures, particularly where a relatively non-invasive procedure is needed. The sonic resonator system and its method of use provide a controllable high intensity... Agent: Focus-in-time, LLC

20110288458 - Ambulatory negative pressure therapeutical compression device: Embodiments of the present invention relate to medical devices and treatments for chronic venous insufficiency, open ulceration and related medical conditions, and more particularly to a device and treatment incorporating negative pressure compression to the foot and lower leg or other appendage of a patient.... Agent: Medefficiency, Inc.

20110282248 - Portable high frequency air pulse delivery device: A portable air pulse delivery device includes a housing and an air compressor having a motor disposed in the housing. The motor is operable at speeds between 1200 and 4800 rpm. The air compressor includes an air inlet and an air outlet. An untethered power source is disposed in the... Agent:

20110282250 - Methods and devices for treating atrial fibrillation: Described here are systems and methods for affecting tissue within a body to form a lesion. Some systems comprise tissue-affecting devices, devices that guide the advancement of the tissue-affecting elements to a target tissue region, devices that locate and secure tissue, and devices that help position the tissue-affecting devices along... Agent:

20110282251 - Methods and systems for delivery of acoustic energy to tissue surfaces, cavities and obstructed passages such as intranasal ostia: Methods and systems for delivering fluids, aerosols, and/or acoustic energy to target sites on tissue surfaces and within body cavities or lumens, obstructions or undesired materials associated with body cavities and tissue surfaces and, particularly, target sites on tissue surfaces or at obstructions within natural orifices, such as ear, nose... Agent: Aardvark Medical, Inc.

20110282249 - Reflectance-facilitated ultrasound treatment: Apparatus is provided that includes an ultrasound ablation system, which includes a reflection-facilitation element, configured to be placed at an extramyocardial site of a subject, and to provide an extramyocardial reflective region. The system further includes an ultrasound tool, which comprises at least one ultrasound transducer configured to be positioned... Agent:

20110282252 - Adjustable flicker rate vision training and testing: A vision training system comprises a display device configured to display dynamic visual content having a flicker rate, a flicker generator configured to adjust the flicker rate according to a duty cycle, a visual signal source configured to provide a visual signal in the form of dynamic content to the... Agent: Nike, Inc.

20110282253 - Wrist exoskeleton: A wrist exoskeleton is disclosed. The wrist exoskeleton includes a first means for imparting motion on a wrist of a user in a first degree of freedom corresponding to a flexion/extension of the wrist, and a second means for imparting motion on the wrist of the user in a second... Agent:

20110275962 - Acoustical switch and catheter comprising acoustical switch: The invention relates to an acoustical switch wherein the idea to the ultrasound propagation direction may be changes without moving the switch. The switch device comprises two sheets of acoustically transparent material. The sheets constitute opposite walls of a housing. The switch device further comprises one or more orifices for... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

20110275963 - Systems and methods for stimulating tissue using focused energy: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for stimulating tissue using focused energy. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for stimulating tissue that includes a first energy source, a second energy source, and a focusing element that focuses at least the first or second energy source... Agent: Highland Instruments, Inc.

20110275964 - Negative pressure device: A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing negative pressure at a wound site. The apparatus includes a negative pressure reservoir and a reservoir valve for selectively connecting the reservoir to a wound chamber at a wound site.... Agent: Smith & Nephew PLC

20110275965 - Instrument for treating biological tissue, method for generating shock wave-like pressure waves in such an instrument: The invention relates to an instrument for treating biological tissue, including a housing, in which is disposed a ballistic device for generating extracorporeal shock wave-like pressure waves and a transfer element permanently placed on the biological tissue, said element coupling the pressure waves into the body of living creatures, wherein... Agent: Ferton Holding S.a.

20110275966 - Pillow with mechanism for simulated respiration: A pillow with simulated respiration includes a pair of impervious panels that are joined together to form a rectangular shaped enclosed body and a mechanism for inflating/deflating the body periodically to simulate an individual's breathing. The pillow may also include a cushion on top of the body with an electric... Agent:

20110275967 - Massaging device: A massaging device comprises a tapping apparatus and a mounting apparatus for mounting the tapping apparatus. The tapping apparatus includes an actuating element, a flat tapping pad, and an elastic connecting assembly. The actuating element is mounted in the mounting apparatus and has a shaft connected with the flat tapping... Agent:

20110275968 - Back kneading device mounted in chair-type massage apparatus and chair-type massage apparatus equipped with the back kneading device: There is provided a back kneading device capable of causing a massage mechanism to protrude forward and return to an original normal position wherein there occurs no increase in size and complexity in construction. The back kneading device 4 mounted in a chair-type massage apparatus 1 comprises the massage mechanism... Agent:

20110270136 - Efficient ultrasound focusing: Ultrasound focusing may be improved by combining knowledge of the target tissue and/or focusing arrangement with focus measurements.... Agent:

20110270137 - Method and system for treating skin tissue: A device for treating a skin tissue is disclosed. The device comprises a device body having an anterior compartment and being formed with at least one suction port, and an ultrasound unit configured for generating an ultrasound wave into the anterior compartment. When an under pressure is formed in the... Agent: Applisonix Ltd.

20110270138 - Ultrasound macro-pulse and micro-pulse shapes for neuromodulation: Disclosed are methods and systems for non-invasive ultrasound stimulation of neural structures, whether the central nervous systems (such as the brain), nerve roots, or peripheral nerves using macro- and micro-pulse shaping. Which macro-pulse and micro-pulse shapes are most effect depends on the target. This can be assessed either by functional... Agent:

20110270139 - Shock wave therapy apparatus for extracorporal shock-wave therapy: A shock wave therapy apparatus having a shock wave source and a control device for activating the shock wave source is provided for extracorporal shock wave therapy. The control device comprises a program module in which at least one predefined sequence of individual shock waves is stored or may be... Agent: Richard Wolf Gmbh

20110270140 - Method and device for lessening the effects of benign prostatic hyperplasia: Disclosed is a method for lessening the effect of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by inducing increased urine flow and bladder emptying by a device including a plurality of protrusions configured to produce at least one stimulating effect on a predefined area of a foot.... Agent:

20110270141 - Hair band type apparatus for preventing sleepiness: The hair-band type apparatus 100 for preventing sleepiness of the present invention comprises a wearing part 110 formed to be mounted on the head, in specific, the back of the head of a user, a stimulating part 130 installed on the both ends of the wearing part 110 for stimulating... Agent:

20110270142 - Whole body and spine chiropractic massager: The present invention relates to whole body and spine chiropractic massagers (including retractors), and more specifically, to a whole body and spine chiropractic massager which enables accurate treatment by automatically sensing a target treatment position even if an original treatment n position that was set during the spinal retraction phase... Agent: