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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Robert James Stanley, Ii, Cary, NC (US);
Inventor:
Robert James Stanley, II, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01); A61C 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1402 (2013.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.02); A61B 2018/0047 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00321 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00625 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00976 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1407 (2013.01); A61C 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for treating surface tissue of a patient includes: providing an electrode having a contact surface, wherein the contact surface has a curved profile; placing the contact surface in contact with surface tissue of the patient; and sliding the contact surface across and in contact with the surface tissue while applying electrosurgical currents to the surface tissue via the contact surface to thereby vaporize and ablate the surface tissue and form a treated band of the surface tissue.