Surgery – Miscellaneous – Methods
Patent
1998-03-17
2000-03-28
Cohen, Lee
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Methods
606 20, 606 21, 606 23, A61B 1736
Patent
active
060417870
ABSTRACT:
The invention features an apparatus and method for protecting tissue from freeze damage during cryosurgery. According to the method, a cryoprotective agent is introduced to a tissue to be protected in an amount sufficient to protect the tissue from damage during cryosurgery, and cryosurgery is performed on tissue to be destroyed.
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