Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1994-09-23
1996-08-06
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
606 16, A61B 1736, A61B 100
Patent
active
055429440
ABSTRACT:
A surgical instrument adapted for use in prostate, intra-uterine, kidney, liver, bladder and urinary tract surgery and the like comprising an elongate flexible casing having a delivery tube for delivering a working fluid to the target tissue, and an optical fiber for delivering a coherent beam of electromagnetic radiation to the working fluid whereby to heat the working fluid and in turn thermally treat the target tissue.
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Pellegrino Stephen C.
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