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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Procept Biorobotics Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nikolai Aljuri, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Surag Mantri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Luis Baez, Mountain View, CA (US);
George Surjan, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael W. Sasnett, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jonathan Foote, San Francisco, CA (US);
PROCEPT BIOROBOTICS CORPORATION, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A fluid stream is directed toward tissue to generate a plurality of shedding clouds. The fluid stream can be scanned such that the plurality of shedding clouds arrive a different overlapping locations. Each of the plurality of shedding clouds can remove a portion of the tissue. In many embodiments, an apparatus to ablate tissue comprises a source of pressurized fluid, and a nozzle coupled to the source of pressurized fluid to release a fluid stream, in which the fluid stream generates a plurality of shedding clouds.