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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:
Oct. 20, 1998
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 ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606214 ; 606213 ; 606-8 ; 606 40 ; 606154 ;
Abstract
A method for joining or reconstructing biological tissue comprises providing a solid filler material in the form of a preformed sheet, where the sheet comprises collagen, gelatin or a mixture thereof. The filler material is placed over tissue. Radiofrequency energy or optical energy is thereafter applied to the filler material in an amount sufficient to melt or denature the filler material.