Electrosurgical instrument and method of use

a surgical instrument and electro-optical technology, applied in the field of electro-optical instruments, to achieve the effect of preventing any substantial dehydration of tissue, reducing its conductance, and reducing the application of rf energy
US20080045942A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-02-21SURGRX
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
SURGRX
Publication Date
2008-02-21
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

An electrosurgical medical device and method for creating thermal welds in engaged tissue. In one embodiment, at least one jaw of the instrument defines a tissue engagement plane carrying a variable resistive body of a positive temperature coefficient material that has a selected decreased electrical conductance at each selected increased temperature thereof over a targeted treatment range. The variable resistive body can be engineered to bracket a targeted thermal treatment range, for example about 60° C. to 80° C., at which tissue welding can be accomplished. In one mode of operation, the engagement plane will automatically modulate and spatially localize ohmic heating within the engaged tissue from Rf energy application across micron-scale portions of the engagement surface. In another mode of operation, a variable resistive body will focus conductive heating in a selected portion of the engagement surface.
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[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 448,478 (Attorney Docket No. 021447-000510US), filed on May 30, 2003, which claimed benefit from Provisional U.S. Patent Application No. 60 / 384,496 (Docket No. SRX-018), filed Nov. 19, 2002, and was also a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 032,867 (Attorney Docket No.: 021447-000500US.SRX-011) filed Oct. 22, 2001, (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,929,644), the full disclosures all of which are incorporated herein by this reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] This invention relates to medical devices and techniques and more particularly relates to a working end of an electro surgical instrument that causes controlled ohmic heating of tissue across an engagement surface that modulates Rf power levels across localized micro-scale portions of the engagement surface, the system further adapted to focus conductive heating of tissue...

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