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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2007
Applicants:
J. Stuart Nelson, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Lars O. Svaasand, Trondheim, NO;
Inventors:
J. Stuart Nelson, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Lars O. Svaasand, Trondheim, NO;
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); C09K 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/203 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00029 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00452 (2013.01); C09K 5/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An improvement in a method for providing localized cooling of tissue when thermally mediated by electromagnetic radiation including directing at least one spurt of a heat transferring substance onto a selected location on the tissue, and preventing ignition of the heat transferring substance by heating from the electromagnetic radiation. Preferably liquid carbon dioxide under pressure is supplied as the heat transferring substance, and adiabatically expanded to provide a solid carbon dioxide spray onto the selected location.