Apparatus for tissue cauterization
CA 2608152 C · Owner: Aesculap Ag · Inventors: Nordell, Benjamin Theodore, Ii; Eder, Joseph; Nezhat, Camran
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The invention is concerned with cauterizing and resecting tissue. A pair of electrodes are placed on opposed tissue surfaces and radio frequency power is , applied through the electrodes to cauterizing a tissue mass therebetween. After cauterization has been effected, the tissue may be resected along a plane within the cauterized region with minimum or no bleeding. The tissue mass may then be removed.
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- Filed May 12, 2006 and granted November 13, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 2026.
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