Medtronic Xomed, Inc.

Medtronic, Inc.

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.

Medtronic Advanced Energy LLC

Medtronix Xomed, Inc.

Wenjeng Li

Kevin Lee McFarlin

David C Hacker

David J Little

Dwayne S Yamasaki

John R Prisco

Maria Charles Vijay Stanislaus

Patrick Richart

Robert K Vaccaro

Carla A Pagotto

Eric P Detmers

Jose Valdez

William Charles Brunnett

James B Hissong

John Murdock Murphy

David John Little, Ii

Tino Schuler

Dana A Oliver

Matthew L Cantwell

Kevin M Mauch

Ali Mowlai-Ashtiani

Anirudhan Narasimhan

Dana Michael Inman

Timothy M Furst

Dwayne Sonny Yamasaki

Eliot F Bloom

Phillip J Berman

Sean Ward

Stephen Nash

Brian Kelly

Bryan L Courtney

Charles Stanislaus

Maria Charles Stanislaus

David J Hobbins

Gabriel Brennan

Phillip P Brown

Steven W Bennett

Marc Zimmermann

Jeremy Michael McKinney

David Gannon

Matthew Bonner

Kevin L Mcfarlin

James Britton Hissong

John M Murphy

Kevin Lee Mcfarlin

Jeremy Michael Mckinney

Kevin Mcfarlin

Sonny Yamasaki

John Murphy

Rob Vaccaro

Britt Hissong

Dave Little

Ii David John Little

A bipolar electrosurgical device is disclosed that operates in a mechanical cutting mode and a hemostasis mode. The device includes a housing and a blade assembly extending from the housing. The blade assembly forms a cutting tip and cutting window at a distal end region to provide mechanical cutting of tissue and first and second electrode assemblies to provide electrical energy to tissue. The first and second electrode assemblies can each include a rotary connection assembly to allow spatial orientation of the cutting window relative to the housing and/or cutting tip.

Rotating electrical connector for RF energy enabled tissue debridement device

A bipolar electrosurgical device is disclosed that operates in a mechanical cutting mode and a hemostasis mode. The device includes a housing and a blade assembly extending from the housing. The blade assembly forms a cutting tip and cutting window at a distal end region to provide mechanical cutting of tissue and first and second electrode assemblies to provide electrical energy to tissue. The first electrode assembly includes an outer shaft defining a first electrode surface and the second electrode assembly includes an electrode body extending along and electrically isolated from an outer shaft and defining a U-shape in cross section.

Electrode assembly for RF energy enabled tissue debridement device

A monitoring system may include a processor and display system for displaying results from the monitoring. A user may be in a sterile field away from the processor and display system and selected input devices. A controller may be physically connected to the monitoring system from the sterile field to allow the user to control the monitoring system.

Remote control module for instruments

A stimulation electrode assembly configured to be positioned relative to a patient for an operative procedure is disclosed. An evoked stimulation response may be sensed by a sensor near a portion of a subject. The evoked response may be sensed by an electrode and determined with a monitoring system. The evoked response may additionally and/or alternatively be sensed with a motion sensor. A position sensor may be provided to measure or determine whether the sensor has moved during a procedure.

System and method for motion detection and accounting

A bipolar electrosurgical device including an outer shaft, an inner shaft, first and second electrode surfaces, and an irrigation channel. The outer shaft defines a lumen, a proximal end and a distal end forming a cutting window. The inner shaft is rotatably disposed within the outer shaft, and defines a distal portion forming a cutting tip. The cutting tip and the cutting window combine to define a cutting implement. The first and second electrode surfaces are electrically isolated, and are formed at the cutting implement. The irrigation channel extends parallel to the outer shaft, and terminates in at least one outlet port. The outlet port is proximally spaced from the cutting window and is located radially outside of the outer shaft. Fluid (e.g., saline) is emitted at the exterior surface of the device near the cutting window and is readily present for interacting with the electrode surfaces.

RF energy enabled tissue debridement device

A method of limiting an inflation system pressure for dilating a region of a patient's nasal sinus passageways. The method includes grasping an inflation device. The inflation device includes a syringe including a plunger slidably disposed within a barrel, a connector for fluidly connecting an outlet of the syringe with a surgical instrument balloon, and a mechanical pressure indicator associated with the syringe, the mechanical pressure indicator including a housing and an indicator body disposed within the housing. The method also includes delivering the surgical instrument balloon to a patient's paranasal sinus target area, operating the plunger within the barrel of the syringe to deliver pressurized fluid to the surgical instrument balloon, and transitioning the indicator body to extend outside of the housing when a predetermined inflation pressure of the surgical instrument balloon is reached.

Pressure relief for a catheter balloon device

A stimulation probe includes a proximal end connector and a flexible wire coupled to the end connector. A handle is coupled to the wire and a needle extends from the handle and terminates at a conductive tip.

Stimulation probe for robotic and laparoscopic surgery

An apparatus for monitoring EMG signals of a patient's laryngeal muscles includes an endotracheal tube having an exterior surface, and a tube coating applied to the exterior surface via spraying of a homogeneous solution onto the endotracheal tube or immersion of the endotracheal tube in the homogeneous solution. A conductive electrode is formed on the tube coating. The conductive electrode is configured to receive the EMG signals from the laryngeal muscles.

Endotracheal tube with tube coating

An apparatus for monitoring EMG signals of a patient's laryngeal muscles includes an endotracheal tube having an exterior surface. Conductive electrodes are formed on the endotracheal tube. The conductive electrodes are configured to receive the EMG signals from the laryngeal muscles when the endotracheal tube is placed in a trachea of the patient. At least wireless sensor is formed on the endotracheal tube, and is configured to wirelessly transmit information to a processing apparatus.

Endotracheal tube apparatus

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Saint Johns, FL, United States of America

Wenjeng Li