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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2008
Richard L. Nuccitelli, Burlingame, CA (US);
Uwe F. Pliquett, Heilbad Heiligenstadt, DE;
Pamela Nuccitelli, Burlingame, CA (US);
Changyi LI, Norfolk, VA (US);
Saleh H. Sheikh, Norfolk, VA (US);
Richard L. Nuccitelli, Burlingame, CA (US);
Uwe F. Pliquett, Heilbad Heiligenstadt, DE;
Pamela Nuccitelli, Burlingame, CA (US);
Changyi Li, Norfolk, VA (US);
Saleh H. Sheikh, Norfolk, VA (US);
Old Dominion Research Foundation, Norfolk, VA (US);
Abstract
A medical instrument for delivering electrotherapy is provided. The instrument includes an outer support member having an open distal end and a base wall portion within the support member arranged to form a cup-like volume at the distal end. The instrument also includes at least one aperture formed in the cup-like volume for applying a suction to the cup-like region. The instrument further includes a first and a second electrode having at least a portion within the cup region or proximate to the cup region for providing an electric field in the cup region when a bias signal is applied between the first and second electrodes.