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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Robert A. Van Wyk, Largo, FL (US);
Yuval Carmel, Rockville, MD (US);
Anatoly Shkvarunets, Rockville, MD (US);
Robert A. Van Wyk, Largo, FL (US);
Yuval Carmel, Rockville, MD (US);
Anatoly Shkvarunets, Rockville, MD (US);
Electromedical Associates, LLC, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an electrosurgical device that include one or more floating electrodes and are specifically adapted to remove, cut, resect, ablate, vaporize, denaturize, drill, coagulate and form lesions in soft tissues, with or without externally supplied liquids, preferably in combination with a resectoscope, particularly in the context of urological, gynecological, laparoscopic, arthroscopic, and ENT procedures. Specific adaptations for urological and gynecological applications, for example kidney stone removal and BPH treatment, are also described.