WO1997043971A3 - Method and apparatus for ablating turbinates - Google Patents
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- WO1997043971A3 WO1997043971A3 PCT/US1997/007818 US9707818W WO9743971A3 WO 1997043971 A3 WO1997043971 A3 WO 1997043971A3 US 9707818 W US9707818 W US 9707818W WO 9743971 A3 WO9743971 A3 WO 9743971A3
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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- A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
- A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
- A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
- A61B18/14—Probes or electrodes therefor
- A61B18/1485—Probes or electrodes therefor having a short rigid shaft for accessing the inner body through natural openings
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- A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
- A61B2018/00053—Mechanical features of the instrument of device
- A61B2018/00214—Expandable means emitting energy, e.g. by elements carried thereon
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- A61B2018/00636—Sensing and controlling the application of energy
- A61B2018/00696—Controlled or regulated parameters
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
- A61B2018/00636—Sensing and controlling the application of energy
- A61B2018/00773—Sensed parameters
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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AU32040/97A AU3204097A (en) | 1996-05-22 | 1997-05-06 | Method and apparatus for ablating turbinates |
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US65179896A | 1996-05-22 | 1996-05-22 | |
US65179696A | 1996-05-22 | 1996-05-22 | |
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US66300496A | 1996-06-07 | 1996-06-07 | |
US08/663,004 | 1996-06-07 | ||
US75306396A | 1996-11-19 | 1996-11-19 | |
US08/754,588 | 1996-11-19 | ||
US08/753,063 | 1996-11-19 | ||
US08/752,076 US5800429A (en) | 1994-06-24 | 1996-11-19 | Noninvasive apparatus for ablating turbinates |
US08/752,076 | 1996-11-19 | ||
US08/754,588 US5746224A (en) | 1994-06-24 | 1996-11-19 | Method for ablating turbinates |
US08/790,172 | 1997-01-29 | ||
US08/790,081 US5827277A (en) | 1994-06-24 | 1997-01-29 | Minimally invasive apparatus for internal ablation of turbinates |
US08/790,173 US5843077A (en) | 1994-06-24 | 1997-01-29 | Minimally invasive apparatus for internal ablation of turbinates with surface cooling |
US08/790,081 | 1997-01-29 | ||
US08/790,172 US5823197A (en) | 1994-06-24 | 1997-01-29 | Method for internal ablation of turbinates |
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