Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1997-10-02
2000-12-12
Coggins, Wynn Wood
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
604 28, A61M 3100
Patent
active
061591947
ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods are provided for performing electrosurgical interventions, such as selectively contracting soft collagen tissue and other body structures, while limiting thermal damage or molecular dissociation of such tissue and limiting the thermal damage to tissue adjacent to and underlying the treatment site. The systems and methods of the present invention are particularly useful for surgical procedures in electrically conducting environments, such as arthroscopic procedures in the joints, e.g., shoulder, knee, hip, hand, foot, elbow or the like. The present invention is also useful in relatively dry environments, such as treating and shaping the cornea, and dermatological procedures involving surface tissue contraction of tissue underlying the surface of the skin for tissue rejuvenation, wrinkle removal and the like.
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Eggers Philip E.
Thapliyal Hira V.
ArthroCare Corporation
Coggins Wynn Wood
Raffle John T.
Sadula Jennifer R.
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