Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – With means for cutting – scarifying – or vibrating tissue
Patent
1996-05-06
1998-04-28
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
With means for cutting, scarifying, or vibrating tissue
A61B 1739
Patent
active
057438706
ABSTRACT:
An ablation apparatus suitable for the ablation of soft palate tissue, including but not limited to the uvula, includes a cannula with a distal end and a proximal end and a lumen. A vacuum assisted retainer device is coupled to the cannula distal end. The vacuum retainer member includes a uvula receiving member configured to retain at least a portion of the uvula with the application of vacuum. An electromagnetic electrode is coupled to an electromagnetic energy source. A vacuum source is coupled to the uvula receiving member.
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Buiz Michael
Mendez Manuel
Somnus Medical Technologies Inc.
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