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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Gary L. Long, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
David N. Plescia, Mentor, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical system is disclosed including an energy source and a plurality of electrodes. Each of the plurality of electrodes is coupled to the energy source and each of the plurality of electrodes is positionable for electrical contact with a target tissue. The energy source is configured to deliver, via the plurality of electrodes, a plurality of pulses of a biphasic radio frequency (RF) waveform to the target tissue. The biphasic RF waveform operates at a fundamental frequency greater than that which electrically stimulates muscular cells. The plurality of pulses induce non-thermal cell death in the target tissue without a measurable stimulation in muscular tissue exposed to the biphasic RF waveform.