Applied Medical Resources Corporation

Vance Products Inc.

Cook Urological, Inc.

Med Institute Incorporated

Vance Products Incorporated D/b/a Cook Urological Incorporated

Edward D Pingleton

John R Brustad

Charles C Hart

Nabil Hilal

Gary M Johnson

Said S Hilal

Payam Adlparvar

Olivia J Tran

Kennii Pravongviengkham

Matthew Aaron Wixey

Richard Christian Ewers

Robert R Bowes

Gary R Dulak

Ghassan Sakakine

Boun Pravong

Zoran Falkenstein

Haruyasu (Harry) Yawata

Adam J Cohen

Benjamin A Gianneschi

Chris R Wikoff

Christopher J Cappello

Matthew Michael Becerra

Serene Wachli

Eric Nguyen

Paul G Thomson

Matthew N Petrime

Scott V Taylor

Michael J Dunn

Norman L Morales

Henry Kahle

Donald L Gadberry

Ralph V Clayman

Carl B Hadley

Kenneth K Vu

Jeremy J Albrecht

Matthew A Wixey

Oliva J Tran

Haruyasu Yawata

Neal E Fearnot

Harrith M Hasson

Thomas L Foster

Raffi S Pinedjian

Frans Vandenbroek

Michael Palermo

Gary L Butler

Hank Kahle

Timothy G Vendrely

Nathalie Raad

John S Lyttle

Donald R Hollinger

Matthew A Becerra

Kenni Pravongviengkham

Serene Hilal

Scott Taylor

Robert R Ii Bowes

Nabil Halal

An electrosurgical system can include an electrosurgical generator, a feedback circuit or controller, and an electrosurgical tool. The feedback circuit can provide an electrosurgery endpoint by determining the phase end point of a tissue to be treated. The electrosurgical system can include more than one electrosurgical tool for different electrosurgical operations and can include a variety of user interface features and audio/visual performance indicators. The electrosurgical system can also power conventional bipolar electrosurgical tools and direct current surgical appliances.

Electrosurgical system

Devices, methods, and systems provide a surgical access device comprising an internal retractor device integrated with or coupled to a body wall or wound retractor. The wound retractor retracts an opening in a body wall into a body cavity, while the internal retractor permits a user to control the positions of internal structures within the body cavity, thereby permitting a user to define a surgical field. Embodiments of the internal retractor are adjustable.

Surgical access device comprising internal retractor

The invention primarily is directed to a medical tubing adapted for insertion into a body tissue or cavity and method of manufacturing different variations of the tubing along a length of the tubing. The tubing comprises a plurality of individual, discrete, generally ring-shaped elements arranged in series and fused or bonded together forming a continuous tubular structure. The ring-shaped elements may include a combination of flexible and rigid ring-shaped elements assembled along different portions or sections of the tubular structure. In another aspect of the invention, the medical tubing may further comprise a secondary lumen and a pull wire to control the tubular structure. In another aspect of the invention, the ring-shaped elements may vary in diameter and/or composition in different portions or sections of the tubular structure.

Medical tubing having variable characteristics and method of making same

Medical tubing having variable characteristcs and method of making same

The invention is directed to a surgical access system that provides access to a surgical area while maintaining pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopic surgery. The access system comprises a sheath retractor adapted to dilate a wound stretchable to a desired diameter and a detachable seal adapted to be removable from the sheath retractor. In another aspect, the detachable seal comprising a valve including a plurality of overlapping sheets defining an access channel that extends into communication with the incision in the patient. Each of the overlapping sheets includes a portion of the perimeter that is not fixed to the inner diameter of the ring, which provide open edges defining the access channel.

Surgical access system

A surgical obturator adapted to penetrate a body wall includes an elongate shaft having an axis which extends between a proximal end and a distal end. A bladeless tip, disposed at the distal end of the shaft has an outer surface which extends to a blunt point. The outer surface has a pair of side sections separated by an intermediate section. The side sections extend from the blunt point radially outwardly with progressive positions proximally along the axis. These side sections include a distal portion in proximity to the blunt point, and a proximal portion in proximity to the shaft. The distal portion of the side section is twisted radially with respect to the proximal portion of the side section. The outer surface in radial cross section has the general configuration of a geometric shape which rotates in a first direction about the axis with progressive proximal radial cross sections along the axis.

Bladeless obturator

A method for manufacturing a kink-resistant tube having drainage holes is provided. A wire is coated with plastic material and wound around a mandrel forming a plurality of windings. The wound coated wire is heated until the plastic coating material melts and bonds the wire windings to form a wire-reinforced sheath having wire-containing sections and non-wire containing sections. Alternatively, a coated or non-coated wire is wound around a mandrel together with separate polymer filament material and then heated. A filament having an elongated cross-section may be employed with the major axis of the elongated cross-section substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sheath. At least one non-wire containing section is identified by passing light through at least one wall of the wire-reinforced sheath. Image capture and analysis via an optical system and microprocessor automatically identify regions to target a drill for forming holes in the non-wire containing sections.

Method of making tubing have drainage holes

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San Juan Capistrano, CA, United States of America

Edward D Pingleton