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Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2005
Applicants:

Camran Nezhat, Woodside, CA (US);

Joseph Eder, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Inventors:

Camran Nezhat, Woodside, CA (US);

Joseph Eder, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

Aragon Surgical, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An electrocautery device comprises first and second continuous loop electrode structures. The electrodes are typically coupled together at one end, permitting the electrodes to be introduced anteriorly and posteriorly over a uterine body. The electrodes may be clamped together, and radiofrequency energy may be delivered through the clamped electrodes to sever and cauterize blood vessels, tubular structures, and ligaments which connect the uterine body to surrounding tissue structures. The mobilized uterine body may then be removed by conventional hysterectomy.


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