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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
May. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Charles Anthony Pell, Durham, NC (US);
Hugh Charles Crenshaw, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Charles Anthony Pell, Durham, NC (US);
Hugh Charles Crenshaw, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Physcient, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices are disclosed to reduce the tissue trauma that occurs when a physician retracts or otherwise deforms a patient's tissues for surgery or other medical procedures. In one part, methods and devices are disclosed for cooling the tissue around the incision. In another part, methods and devices are disclosed that elute drugs into the tissues of the tissue margin. In another part, methods and devices are disclosed to engage tissues during retraction to cushion, to sense tissue state, and to modulate tissue state.