Patent ID: 8585693

Claim:
An electrode device for treating a target region beneath a surface of tissue, the device comprising: a device body having a handle portion, and a tissue engaging surface, where the tissue engaging surface allows orientation of the device body on the surface of tissue; a first plurality of electrodes being configured to enter the surface of tissue at an oblique angle relative to the tissue engaging surface for positioning in the target region of tissue when the tissue engaging surface is placed on the surface of tissue; where each electrode includes an active region located at a distal portion thereof; a connector adapted to couple an energy supply to the plurality of electrodes; and a cooling surface separated from the plurality of electrodes along the surface of tissue such that the cooling surface is adapted to engage an area of the tissue surface directly above the active region of the electrodes when the electrodes are advanced from the device body, and where the cooling surface is adapted to cool the surface of tissue upon the application of energy to the electrode.