Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical devices and methods of use thereof
- Patent Title (中): 手术装置及其使用方法
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Application No.: US13494574Application Date: 2012-06-12
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Publication No.: US08348946B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Michael E. McClurken , Roger D. Greeley , Brian M. Conley
- Applicant: Michael E. McClurken , Roger D. Greeley , Brian M. Conley
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic Advanced Energy LLC
- Current Assignee: Medtronic Advanced Energy LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: A61B18/14
- IPC: A61B18/14

Abstract:
The invention provides surgical devices and methods to treat tissue. In one device embodiment, the invention comprises a bipolar electrosurgical device to treat tissue in a presence of radio frequency power and a fluid provided simultaneously from a distal portion of the device, with the device comprising a disc shaped distal end. In one method embodiment, the invention comprises a method of treating tissue having a blood vessel during spine surgery, with the method comprising pressing a portion of the blood vessel against a supporting spine structure with a surgical device to provide a compressed portion of the blood vessel, and heating the compressed portion of the blood vessel with the surgical device sufficiently to inhibit a blood flow through the vessel after the surgical device is removed from the blood vessel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120253343A1 Surgical Devices And Methods of Use Thereof Public/Granted day:2012-10-04
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