Heating method for tissue contraction
CA 2479667 A1 · Owner: Levy, Stanley Jr. · Inventors: Dietz, Timothy G.; Levy, Stanley Jr.
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Systems and methods (10) are disclosed for therapeutically heating a target zone of a collagenous support tissue within a patient body. In exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides electronically determining an acceptable or unacceptable contact condition between an energy source and a first tissue layer disposed proximally to the target zone. Upon determining an acceptable contact condition, the target zone is irradiated or otherwise heated for a finite time period with energy. A determination of an unacceptable contact condition causes cessation of irradiating.
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- Filed March 19, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 19, 2023.
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