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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
Csaba Truckai, Saratoga, CA (US);
Aaron Germain, Campbell, CA (US);
John H. Shadduck, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Csaba Truckai, Saratoga, CA (US);
Aaron Germain, Campbell, CA (US);
John H. Shadduck, Menlo Park, CA (US);
ARQOS Surgical, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical for removing tissue from a patient includes an elongated probe with a working end. A pair of jaws is provided at the working end. The jaws may be closed for cutting and treatment of the tissue. Cutting may be effective through a sharpened cutting blade, and RF cutting blade, and similar cutting edges. The tissue may be remodeled using heat generated from passive heating elements on the jaws, active heating elements on the jaws, a PTCR heating element carried by the jaws, or resistive heaters on the jaws.