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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Iogyn, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Germain, Campbell, CA (US);
Kyle Klein, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael D. Walker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Csaba Truckai, Saratoga, CA (US);
John H. Shadduck, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
IOGYN, INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 17/42 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1485 (2013.01); A61B 50/13 (2016.02); A61B 50/20 (2016.02); A61B 2017/320028 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4216 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00196 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00202 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00559 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00726 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00863 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1412 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
Tissue may be cut and extracted from an interior location in a patient's body using a probe or tool which both effects cutting and causes vaporization of a liquid or other fluid to propel the cut tissue through an extraction lumen of the cutting device. The cutting may be achieved using an electrosurgical electrode assembly, including a first electrode on a cutting member and a second electrode within a cutting probe or tool.