Patent ID: 7585295

Claim:
A thermal airflow tool for performing a thermal surgical procedure on a surgical site having a structural configuration requiring maintenance thereof during said procedure, said thermal airflow tool comprising: a probe comprising: an elongated, hollow body adapted to provide electrical power to a burning ring formed at a distal end thereof, wherein said burning ring is adapted to contact the surface of a surgical site to form an orifice with a predetermined diameter, wherein two axial cuts extend along the majority of the length of said probe, dividing said probe into a negative half-section and a positive half-section insulated from one another by said axial cuts; an air channel for conducting pressurized airflow to said distal end of said probe; at least two apertures radially disposed at said distal end of said probe in a non-perpendicular plane in respect to the axis of said hollow body, said apertures being formed integral with the distal end of said axial cuts being shaped for release of said pressurized airflow wherein said airflow is adapted to be directed onto the surgical site to help in maintaining the structural configuration associated with a body part undergoing surgery, said air channel and said at least two apertures being in physical communication with one another within said hollow body of said probe; and an input connector mounted on a proximal end of said probe for connecting said probe with respective sources of said electrical power and said pressurized airflow, said input connector having at least one resistor for controlling and monitoring the electrical power provided to said burning ring.