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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. 12, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William S Yamanashi, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Arun Angelo Patil, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
Ortho Development Corporation, Draper, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 52 ; 606 50 ;
Abstract
A method for surgically treating tissue in a patient. The steps comprise touching a surgical tool to tissue that is to be surgically treated; heating the surgical tool by converging current to the tip of the surgical tool to create a high current density at the tip of the surgical tool so as to instantaneously vaporize the tissue being touched; and restricting the heat to the contact point on the tissue. The method eliminates the need for a solenoid coil and a grounding component.