Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrosurgical instrument for radiating microwave energy and dispensing liquid at a treatment site
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Application No.: US15781675Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US11241283B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Christopher Paul Hancock , Shaun Preston , Zacharias P. Tsiamoulos , Brian Saunders
- Applicant: CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Chepstow
- Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
- Current Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Chepstow
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: GB1521522 20151207
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/080138 WO 20161207
- International Announcement: WO2017/097856 WO 20170615
- Main IPC: A61B18/18
- IPC: A61B18/18 ; A61M25/00 ; A61B18/00 ; A61M5/00

Abstract:
An electrosurgical device capable of both: (i) generating a radiative microwave field to perform either blood coagulation or sterilization, and (ii) dispensing a liquid to a target area, e.g. adrenaline for the treatment of peptic ulcers. Using microwave energy allows controlled coagulation which is unaffected by changes in tissue impedance during coagulation, and which can achieve a high level of coagulation within a given time. The electrosurgical device comprises a probe tip having a coaxial transmission line that includes a hollow inner conductor having a dielectric material formed on an inner surface thereof. A liquid-conveying channel is located inside the dielectric material. The probe tip includes a conductive element coupled to receive microwave energy from the coaxial transmission line, the conductive element forming a radiating antenna structure for emitting a microwave EM field outwardly from the probe tip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180296267A1 ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR RADIATING MICROWAVE ENERGY AND DISPENSING LIQUID AT A TREATMENT SITE Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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