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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:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lily Chen Tu, Tustin, CA (US);
Hosheng Tu, Tustin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Quantum Therapeutics Corp., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 41 ; 606 42 ; 607102 ;
Abstract
A medical device for treating the hemorrhoid, or reducing the dilatation of cellular tissues, wherein an elongate tubular shaft comprises at least one coil loop electrode means disposed at its distal end portion of the shaft, a RF energy generating means, and a means for pressing the electrode means against the target tissue to effect the ablation and the pressure therapy for the hemorrhoid tissues.