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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Richard Epstein, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Jonathan Achenbach, New York City, NY (US);
Inventors:
Richard Epstein, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Jonathan Achenbach, New York City, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ellman International Inc., Oceanside, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrode especially useful for RF skin tightening procedures is characterized by an active front that is conical in part with the conical surface having a cone angle that is shallower than the corresponding angle in known electrodes. Preferably, the electrode of the invention has a conical section whose surface forms an angle greater than 60 degrees with the longitudinal axis of the electrode, and the outside diameter of the conical section is greater than 50% of the overall outside diameter of the electrode.