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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Robert J. Behnke, Ii, Erie, CO (US);
Jeffrey L. Jensen, Boulder, CO (US);
Scott E. M. Frushour, Boulder, CO (US);
Wayne L. Moul, Loveland, CO (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Behnke, II, Erie, CO (US);
Jeffrey L. Jensen, Boulder, CO (US);
Scott E. M. Frushour, Boulder, CO (US);
Wayne L. Moul, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00922 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1823 (2013.01); A61B 2019/4836 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of directing energy to tissue includes the steps of providing a handheld device including an energy applicator and a handle assembly configured to support the energy applicator at a distal end thereof, and transmitting energy from an output of a microwave amplifier unit disposed within the handle assembly through the energy applicator to tissue.