AU2001294598A1 - Tissue treatment method and apparatus - Google Patents

Tissue treatment method and apparatus

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AU2001294598A1
AU2001294598A1 AU2001294598A AU9459801A AU2001294598A1 AU 2001294598 A1 AU2001294598 A1 AU 2001294598A1 AU 2001294598 A AU2001294598 A AU 2001294598A AU 9459801 A AU9459801 A AU 9459801A AU 2001294598 A1 AU2001294598 A1 AU 2001294598A1
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treatment method
tissue treatment
tissue
treatment
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AU2001294598A
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Mihir K. Biswas
Narendra T. Sanghvi
Arieh L. Shalhav
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Focus Surgery Inc
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Focus Surgery Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3417—Details of tips or shafts, e.g. grooves, expandable, bendable; Multiple coaxial sliding cannulas, e.g. for dilating
    • A61B17/3421—Cannulas
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/34—Trocars; Puncturing needles
    • A61B17/3474—Insufflating needles, e.g. Veress needles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B90/00—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
    • A61B90/36—Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for
    • A61B90/37—Surgical systems with images on a monitor during operation
    • A61B2090/378—Surgical systems with images on a monitor during operation using ultrasound
AU2001294598A 2000-09-19 2001-09-19 Tissue treatment method and apparatus Abandoned AU2001294598A1 (en)

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US23379500P 2000-09-19 2000-09-19
US60/233,795 2000-09-19
PCT/US2001/029359 WO2002024050A2 (en) 2000-09-19 2001-09-19 Tissue treatment method and apparatus

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WO (1) WO2002024050A2 (en)

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