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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Vaclav O. Podany, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Jonathan Kwok, Somerset, NJ (US);
Rajesh Pendekanti, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Vaclav O. Podany, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Jonathan Kwok, Somerset, NJ (US);
Rajesh Pendekanti, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A combination therapy and imaging instrument is provided. The instrument includes: a therapy probe for producing energy to alter tissue; and an imaging probe proximate the therapy probe for imaging the tissue altered with the therapy probe.