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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Hermes Innovations Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Akos Toth, Cupertino, CA (US);
Csaba Truckai, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
HERMES INNOVATIONS LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/042 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/122 (2013.01);
Abstract
Tissue is treated using a radiofrequency power supply connected to an applicator having a chamber filled with an electrically non-conductive gas surrounded by a thin dielectric wall. A radiofrequency voltage is applied at a level sufficient to ionize the gas into a plasma and to capacitively couple the ionized plasma with the tissue to deliver radiofrequency current to ablate or otherwise treat the tissue.