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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:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ashvin H. Desai, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
2000 InjecTx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/750 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/750 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for treating a localized portion of body tissue including an endoscopic surgical instrument including a probe with a canal for guiding a hollow core needle assembly, the assembly having apparatus for extending and retracting a needle relative to the probe. According to the method, the needle is extended into body tissue to deliver a treatment fluid to a localized portion.