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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Vaclav O. Podany, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Inventor:
Vaclav O. Podany, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for ablating tissue with ultrasonic energy is provided. The method including: generating ultrasonic energy from one or more ultrasonic transducers; and focusing the ultrasonic energy in the radial direction by one of: shaping the one or more ultrasonic transducers to focus ultrasonic energy in the radial direction; and arranging one or more lenses proximate the one or more ultrasonic transducers for focusing the ultrasonic energy from the one or more ultrasonic transducers in a radial direction.
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