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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Relign Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Germain, San Jose, CA (US);
Jacob Tonkel, San Jose, CA (US);
Jan Echeverry, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Relign Corporation, Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 18/148 (2013.01); A61B 18/1482 (2013.01); A61B 17/320783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0088 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320028 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320032 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00208 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tissue treatment device has a shaft assembly including an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The inner sleeve is co-axially and rotatably received in an axial passageway in the outer sleeve. A dielectric housing has an outer cutting window forming a distal portion of the outer sleeve, and a distal portion of the inner sleeve forms an RF electrode and has an inner cutting window formed therein. The outer and inner cutting windows have outer and inner cutting edges disposed to close together as the inner sleeve is rotated relative to the outer sleeve.