APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERSTITIAL TISSUE REMOVAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide apparatuses and methods for removing solid tissue from beneath a tissue surface. SOLUTION: The methods rely on positioning an energy conductive element at a target site beneath the tissue surface and energizing the element so that it can vaporize tissue. The element...

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Hauptverfasser:	SAMPSON RUSSEL M, HSEI PAUL K, TRUCKAI CSABA
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide apparatuses and methods for removing solid tissue from beneath a tissue surface. SOLUTION: The methods rely on positioning an energy conductive element at a target site beneath the tissue surface and energizing the element so that it can vaporize tissue. The element 18 is then moved in a pattern which provides the desired tissue removal geometry, such as spherical, ovoid, or cylindrical. Usually, a shaft 12 is moved, typically rotated or reciprocated, and the energy conductive element 18 is moved relative to the shaft 12, typically by pivoting a rigid element or bowing a flexible element. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT