Tissue-retaining system for ultrasound medical treatment
CA 2449568 A1 · Owner: Pelllegrino, Richard C. · Inventors: Dunki-Jacobs, Robert J.; Makin, Inder Raj S.; Pelllegrino, Richard C.
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An ultrasound medical treatment system (10) includes an end effector (12) insertable into a patient (14). The end effector (12) includes a tissueretaining device (16). The tissue-retaining device (16) includes a first tissue-retaining member (18) having an ultrasound medical-treatment transducer (26) and includes a second tissue-retaining member (22). The first and second tissue-retaining members (18, 22) are operatively connected together to retain patient tissue (24) between the first and second tissue-retaining members (18 22) and to release patient tissue (24) so retained. In one example the second , tissue-retaining member (22) has an ultrasound reflector (28). In the same or a …
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- Filed May 28, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 28, 2022.
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