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Patent US8038670 - Fluid-assisted medical devices, systems and methods - Google PatenteSuche Bilder Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive Mehr » Erweiterte Patentsuche | Webprotokoll | Anmelden Erweiterte Patentsuche PatenteSurgical devices for treating tissue are provided. Also provided are systems for treating tissue and methods of treating tissue. An exemplary surgical device has a handle, a fluid passage connectable to a fluid source, a tip portion and a distal end. The tip portion can simultaneously provide RF power...http://www.google.de/patents/US8038670?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8038670 - Fluid-assisted medical devices, systems and methods Ver�ffentlichungsnummerUS8038670 B2PublikationstypErteilung Anmeldenummer11/318,207 Ver�ffentlichungsdatum18. Okt. 2011Eingetragen22. Dez. 2005 Priorit�tsdatum6. M�rz 2000Auch ver�ffentlicht unterUS8048070US20040019350US20060106379 ErfinderMichael E. McClurkenUrspr�nglich Bevollm�chtigterSalient Surgical Technologies, Inc.Salient, Inc.Tissuelink Medical, Inc.General Electric Capital CorporationRivervest Venture Partners I, Llc US-Klassifikation606/41606/49Internationale KlassifikationA61B18/00A61B18/12A61B18/14A61BA61B18/04 UnternehmensklassifikationA61B2018/0063A61B18/1482A61B2018/00601A61B2018/00791A61B2018/00875A61B2018/00809A61B18/1445A61B2018/1861A61B2018/1422A61B2018/00065A61B2018/1417A61B18/14A61B2018/00404A61B2218/002A61B2018/00029A61B2018/00702A61B18/1442 Europ�ische KlassifikationA61B 18/14F2A61B 18/14A61B 18/14FA61B 18/14RReferenzenPatentzitate (102)Nichtpatentzitate (92)Externe LinksUSPTO USPTO-Zuordnung EspacenetFluid-assisted medical devices, systems and methodsUS 8038670 B2 Zusammenfassung Surgical devices for treating tissue are provided. Also provided are systems for treating tissue and methods of treating tissue. An exemplary surgical device has a handle, a fluid passage connectable to a fluid source, a tip portion and a distal end. The tip portion can simultaneously provide RF power and conductive fluid to tissue. The tip portion includes an electrode having a domed portion having a domed surface and a cylindrical portion having a cylindrical surface. The domed portion is located distal to the cylindrical portion and occupies at least a portion of the distal end of the surgical device. The device includes a fluid outlet opening in fluid communication with the fluid passage, the fluid outlet opening configured to provide the conductive fluid to a surface of the electrode proximal to the distal end surface of the surgical device.
20. The device according to claim 17 wherein: the at least one fluid flow channel is longitudinally directed for the fluid from the fluid source to flow distally along the exterior surface of the electrode. Beschreibung
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