AU5911198A - A radio frequency device for the treatment of glaucoma - Google Patents

A radio frequency device for the treatment of glaucoma

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Publication number
AU5911198A
AU5911198A AU59111/98A AU5911198A AU5911198A AU 5911198 A AU5911198 A AU 5911198A AU 59111/98 A AU59111/98 A AU 59111/98A AU 5911198 A AU5911198 A AU 5911198A AU 5911198 A AU5911198 A AU 5911198A
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Australia
Prior art keywords
glaucoma
treatment
radio frequency
frequency device
radio
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Abandoned
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AU59111/98A
Inventor
Ricardo Guimaraes
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SCIERAN TECHNOLOGIES Inc
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SCIERAN TECHNOLOGIES Inc
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Publication date
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Publication of AU5911198A publication Critical patent/AU5911198A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • 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
    • 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
    • A61B18/1402—Probes for open surgery
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • 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
    • 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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • 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
    • A61B2018/00696—Controlled or regulated parameters
    • A61B2018/00761—Duration
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • 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
    • A61B2018/00886—Duration
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/007—Methods or devices for eye surgery
    • A61F9/0079—Methods or devices for eye surgery using non-laser electromagnetic radiation, e.g. non-coherent light or microwaves
AU59111/98A 1997-01-09 1998-01-09 A radio frequency device for the treatment of glaucoma Abandoned AU5911198A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US78187797A 1997-01-09 1997-01-09
US08781877 1997-01-09
PCT/US1998/000388 WO1998030157A1 (en) 1997-01-09 1998-01-09 A radio frequency device for the treatment of glaucoma

Publications (1)

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AU5911198A true AU5911198A (en) 1998-08-03

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AU59111/98A Abandoned AU5911198A (en) 1997-01-09 1998-01-09 A radio frequency device for the treatment of glaucoma

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WO (1) WO1998030157A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (2)

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US6212433B1 (en) * 1998-07-28 2001-04-03 Radiotherapeutics Corporation Method for treating tumors near the surface of an organ
AU2002243612A1 (en) 2001-01-18 2002-07-30 The Regents Of The University Of California Minimally invasive glaucoma surgical instrument and method

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US4301802A (en) * 1980-03-17 1981-11-24 Stanley Poler Cauterizing tool for ophthalmological surgery
US4674499A (en) * 1980-12-08 1987-06-23 Pao David S C Coaxial bipolar probe
DE4122219A1 (en) * 1991-07-04 1993-01-07 Delma Elektro Med App ELECTRO-SURGICAL TREATMENT INSTRUMENT
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