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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 13, 2005
Laura Conquergood, Mississauga, CA;
Mark Leung, Toronto, CA;
Subashini Chandran, Toronto, CA;
Krishan Shah, Mississauga, CA;
Frank Baylis, Beaconsfield, CA;
Neil Godara, Mississauga, CA;
Elizabeth Pyshnov, Toronto, CA;
Amanda Martyn, Toronto, CA;
Laura Conquergood, Mississauga, CA;
Mark Leung, Toronto, CA;
Subashini Chandran, Toronto, CA;
Krishan Shah, Mississauga, CA;
Frank Baylis, Beaconsfield, CA;
Neil Godara, Mississauga, CA;
Elizabeth Pyshnov, Toronto, CA;
Amanda Martyn, Toronto, CA;
Kimberly-Clark Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A treatment method is disclosed for treating a bodily tissue utilizing one or more steps of removal of material as well as one or more steps of energy delivery in order to effectively treat the bodily tissue. These mechanisms of treatment may beneficially be used to induce separate treatment effects, for example to treat both the symptoms and the underlying cause of a specific pathological condition. In addition, a specific application of the inventive method is described for using the inventive method to treat an intervertebral disc.