AU736239B2 - Method of plasma incision of matter with a specifically tuned radiofrequency electromagnetic field generator - Google Patents

Method of plasma incision of matter with a specifically tuned radiofrequency electromagnetic field generator Download PDF

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AU736239B2
AU736239B2 AU95026/98A AU9502698A AU736239B2 AU 736239 B2 AU736239 B2 AU 736239B2 AU 95026/98 A AU95026/98 A AU 95026/98A AU 9502698 A AU9502698 A AU 9502698A AU 736239 B2 AU736239 B2 AU 736239B2
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Damian Coccio
Richard J. Fugo
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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
    • A61B18/042—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating using additional gas becoming plasma
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    • 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
    • A61B18/1206—Generators 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
    • A61B2018/0066—Sensing and controlling the application of energy without feedback, i.e. open loop control

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US08/957,786 US5958266A (en) 1997-10-24 1997-10-24 Method of plasma incision of matter with a specifically tuned radiofrequency electromagnetic field generator
US08/957786 1997-10-24
US09/112471 1998-07-09
US09/112,471 US6479785B1 (en) 1998-07-09 1998-07-09 Device for plasma incision of mater with a specifically tuned radiofrequencty electromagnetic field generator
PCT/US1998/019843 WO1999021495A1 (en) 1997-10-24 1998-09-24 Method of plasma incision of matter with a specifically tuned radiofrequency electromagnetic field generator

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JP (1) JP2001520939A (ko)
KR (1) KR100543054B1 (ko)
CN (1) CN1176636C (ko)
AP (2) AP1248A (ko)
AU (1) AU736239B2 (ko)
BR (1) BR9813268A (ko)
CA (1) CA2307213A1 (ko)
EA (1) EA002935B1 (ko)
IL (1) IL135791A0 (ko)
NO (2) NO20002073L (ko)
NZ (2) NZ504364A (ko)
OA (1) OA11614A (ko)
WO (2) WO1999021495A1 (ko)

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US5669975A (en) * 1996-03-27 1997-09-23 Sony Corporation Plasma producing method and apparatus including an inductively-coupled plasma source

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AP2001002064A0 (en) 2001-03-31
EA002935B1 (ru) 2002-10-31
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NO20002073D0 (no) 2000-04-19
AP1357A (en) 2004-12-03
CN1176636C (zh) 2004-11-24
EP1028662A1 (en) 2000-08-23
KR20010024563A (ko) 2001-03-26
NZ509421A (en) 2003-05-30
AP2000001810A0 (en) 2000-06-30
CN1277546A (zh) 2000-12-20
WO1999021496A1 (en) 1999-05-06
WO1999021495A1 (en) 1999-05-06
IL135791A0 (en) 2001-05-20
NO20010130D0 (no) 2001-01-08
NZ504364A (en) 2002-11-26
EA200000458A1 (ru) 2001-04-23
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CA2307213A1 (en) 1999-05-06
OA11614A (en) 2004-09-10

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