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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip N Sawyer, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
Fusion Medical Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606213 ; 606-3 ; 606-7 ; 606-8 ; 606 10 ; 606 12 ; 606 17 ; 606213 ; 606214 ; 606 40 ; 606215 ; 128898 ;
Abstract
A method for joining or restructuring tissue consists essentially of providing a preformed film or sheet of a solid filler material which fuses to tissue upon the application of energy. The material comprises collagen, gelatin, mixtures thereof, optionally combined with a plasticizer, and the film may be cut prior to placing over the tissue. Radiofrequency energy is then applied at between about 20 and 120 Watts to the filler material and the tissue after the filler material has been placed over the tissue for about 1 to 60 seconds so that about 20 to 1800 joules are delivered to the filler material and tissue.