Patent ID: 7186249
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A thermal conductive surgical probe assembly for freezing or cauterizing an infected area, damaged tissue, or tissue growth in a body structure comprising: an elongated transparent sleeve having a first end and a second end, said transparent sleeve including a conical element disposed on said second end and having a plurality of flaps separated by slots and adapted to be deployed outwardly in response to insertion of said location probe or said thermal rod, said conical element operative to surround the infected area, damaged tissue, or tissue growth; a location probe removably insertable through said sleeve and having a distal end projecting beyond said second end of said sleeve; a fiber optical tube carried in said sleeve in the absence of said location probe; and a thermal conductive rod insertable into said optical tube having a conical tip projecting ahead of said sleeve second end and said optical tube for applying thermal energy to the infected area, damaged tissue, or tissue growth, said thermal rod being composed of a graphite carbon composition having a thermal conductivity rate of five times the conductivity rate of copper.