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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2008
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 high efficiency surgical devices and methods of using same using radio frequency (RF) electrical power and/or electrically heated filaments to destroy tumors, form lesions, denaturize, desiccate, coagulate and ablate soft tissues, as well as to drill, cut, resect and vaporize soft tissues. According to the principles of this invention, the electrosurgical instruments can be used with externally supplied conductive or non-conductive liquids, as well as without externally supplied liquids, a mode of operation often referred to as 'dry field' environment.