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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Tsunami Medtech, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
John H. Shadduck, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael Hoey, Shoreview, MN (US);
Assignee:
Tsunami MedTech, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 18/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 17/2804 (2013.01); A61B 18/06 (2013.01); A61B 18/082 (2013.01); A61B 18/1477 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00327 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00482 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00541 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00559 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1425 (2013.01);
Abstract
An instrument and method for tissue thermotherapy including an inductive heating means to generate a vapor phase media that is used for interstitial, intraluminal, intracavity or topical tissue treatment. In one method, the vapor phase media is propagated from a probe outlet to provide a controlled vapor-to-liquid phase change in an interface with tissue to thereby apply ablative thermal energy delivery.