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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
May. 25, 2007
J. Stuart Wolf, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian M. Yoder, Plymouth, MI (US);
Matthew J. Huddleston, Galena, OH (US);
Adam Landis, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
J. Stuart Wolf, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian M. Yoder, Plymouth, MI (US);
Matthew J. Huddleston, Galena, OH (US);
Adam Landis, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
The Regents of The Universtiy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An electrical surgical cautery device for delivering thermal energy to cauterize and provide hemostasis to a bleeding tissue comprises an electrically powered flexible thermal delivery element having a substantially planar resistive coil embedded in a thermally conductive material. The thermally conductive material comprises a tissue contact surface and a non-tissue contact surface. A power source is connected to the resistive coil of the thermal delivery element and provides an electrical current to heat the thermal delivery element being pressed against the tissue. A method for providing hemostasis to a bleeding tissue surface comprises providing and pressing an electrical cautery device having a thermal delivery element, against the hemorrhaging tissue at a predetermined temperature for an interval sufficient to cauterize the tissue and provide hemostasis.