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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Dfine, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steve Kramer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kirti P. Kamdar, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Andrew Kohm, Foster City, CA (US);
Robert Poser, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Aaron Germain, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dfine, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to medical methods, instruments and systems for creating a controlled lesion using temperature to control the growth of the lesion. The treatment can be used in any tissue area and is particularly useful in or around a vertebral body. The features relating to the methods and devices described herein can be applied in any region of soft or hard tissue including bone or hard tissue.