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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Joseph Eder, Los Altos, CA (US);
Camran Nezhat, Woodside, CA (US);
Benjamin Theodore Nordell, Ii, San Mateo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Eder, Los Altos, CA (US);
Camran Nezhat, Woodside, CA (US);
Benjamin Theodore Nordell, II, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00505 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00827 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00678 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is concerned with cauterizing and resecting tissue. A pair of electrodes are placed on opposed tissue surfaces, and radio frequency power is applied through the electrodes to cauterizing a tissue mass therebetween. After cauterization has been effected, the tissue may be resected along a plane within the cauterized region with minimum or no bleeding. The tissue mass may then be removed.