Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Thermal applicators
Patent
1995-10-23
1999-02-16
Peffley, Michael
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Thermal applicators
607101, 607156, 606 41, 606 31, A61B 1736
Patent
active
058715258
ABSTRACT:
An antenna assembly has an energy propagating region that is encapsulated in a material having a high dielectric constant for minimizing the loss of energy while having a high thermal conductivity for dissipating conductive heat patterns about the energy propagating region.
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Edwards Stuart D.
Jackson Jerome
Morse Thomas M.
Owens Patrick M.
Stern Roger A.
EP Technologies, Inc.
Peffley Michael
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