CN1969773A

CN1969773A - Surgical device for performing face-lifting surgery

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Publication number: CN1969773A
Application number: CN 200610001183
Authority: CN
Inventors: P·J·韦伯; L·B·达席瓦尔; A·M·鲁边奇克
Original assignee: Pearl Technology Holdings LLC
Current assignee: Pearl Technology Holdings LLC
Priority date: 1999-12-30
Filing date: 2000-12-22
Publication date: 2007-05-30
Anticipated expiration: 2020-12-22
Also published as: CN100594848C

Abstract

A device is described that can be used by surgeons to provide quick and accurate face-lifting maneuvers that minimize the amount of tissue that has to be removed. The device is comprised of a shaft with a relatively planar but possibly lenticulate and even slightly curved tip that can divide and energize various tissue planes causing contraction especially via the fibrous tissues. Various forms of energy can be delivered down the shaft to heat and cause desirable tissue contraction. The device can also include a temperature sensor that can be used to control power output.

Description

Face-lifting device

Background of invention

Invention field

The present invention relates to face-lifting device, more particularly, relate to the surgical instruments of carrying out face-lifting in a kind of tissue plane on using the facial bottom surface of various forms energy change.

Description of related art

Definition, key constructs and term:

Cutting (cutting) (in surgery) be defined as with the damage of the adjacent tissue of minimum and thereby very little tissue stretch, tear or tear cleanerly and cut (breake) similar or different tissue.Dissolving (lysis) (in surgery) is defined as the similar or different tissue of incision and is with or without the adjacent tissue damage, and may comprise stretching, extension, tears or tear.According to dissolved tissue, the stretching, extension and the tear(ing) strength of dissolving organization edge may be inessential, even may cause the benefit of wishing, as the operation after-contraction.Tissue plane often is uneven, and with the curve form intersection of different tissue, and is formed by lax and spongiform or solid and tough and tensile fibrous tissue to small part.Plane between the soft inside organ normally lax with spongiform.In face and skeleton on tissue plane be firm and tough and tensile.Latent cut open (undermining) is defined as in limiting tissue plane or the separation between it.Diving, to cut open can be that sharp device or blunt are dived and cutd open, apparent want fibrous tissue between the isolating tissue plane in conjunction with or the amount that exists and deciding.Usually dive and cut open, as the great majority operation, purpose is to make the wound minimum.Usually carrying out sharp device dives and to cut open with transport disengaging height fibrosis or collagen tissue; Yet sharp device is dived to cut open and is had the accidental danger that penetrates adjacent tissue because can not carry out along desirable plane.Sharp device dive when cuing open unable follow or keep the plane usually owing to limited visibility, be difficult to " sensation " to the fiber plane, or by the cicatrix (collagenous fibrosis) of former wound or operation generation.Even experienced surgeon also may miss the correct plane that sharp device is dived and cutd open often, require very a twist of the wrist.Blunt dive cut open can use utensil circle, no sharp tip or even people's finger find the path of minimum drag between the tissue; In case the surgeon finds desirable plane, just be easy to keep the latent plane of cuing open of blunt, finish up to task.Unfortunately, the blunt between the high fiber tissue such as human face is dived to cut open and is caused usually and the break-through of thick fiber wall.Dissect and to mean the classification of tissue usually and distinguish, and mean that usually carrying out certain class dives and cut open the structure of wishing to isolate.In plastic operation, plastic surgeon uses term to dive so at large and cuts open and dissect exchange, thereby they have become synonym under this particular condition.Tracking is meant the maintenance travel direction, forces the separate tissue utensil not have the horizontal movement that can not estimate or leaves the tissue plane of hope.The plane tracking is meant and rests in the identical tissue plane.The linear tracking is meant and moves equably along straight line or evenly crooked path and do not have to estimate to move.Linear tracking group can form one and form a latent network that cuts open tissue plane.

The anatomy viewpoint:(dissolving of linearity=x) or dive is cutd open and is meaned and form a passage in one dimension.Any instantaneous dissolving or dive in bidimensional cut open mean form a plane (x; Y) .The facial face-lifting of tradition is dived to cut open just in time and carry out the fat (or subcutaneous (SQ) fat) below wherein corium engages under skin (corium) layer of skin.Even in the intrafat depths of SQ; also spread to the muscle that provides human face's motion and expression than trunk and very thin non-regeneration nervus motorius.Damage to these nerves can cause permanent facial deformity or neural paralysis.Resident muscle and the gland that face is arranged in depths below SQ fat. ( ：Micheli-Pellegrini V. ( Surgical Anatomyand Dynamics in Face Lifts ) ( Facial Plastic Surgery ) 1992：8：1-10.Gosain AKSMAS： ( Surgical Anatomy of the SMAS：a reinvestigation ) Plast Reconstr Surg.1993：92：1254-1263.Jost G,Lamouche G. SMAS in rhytidectomy.Aesthetic Plast Surg 6：69 1982。 ) SQ fat is different and different with body part.On face, SQ fat has a plurality of fibre bundles of carrying neural and blood vessel (in every) .If the surgeon moves, push away by force or promote forward one blunt, bald point, 1 inch the cutter or pencil shape apparatus, by wherein SQ is fatty in abutting connection with the face of corium, then the pure thickness of fibre bundle may cause the slip of apparatus, and cause by the tight fibers bundle or in forming every bag that surrounds or passage.The suitable execution of face-lifting comprise cut with suitable degree in every, to avoid damaging prior structure, as blood vessel and nerve and gland.

The shortcoming of current techniques has a plurality of.The weapon exercises of Miao Shuing is similar to the latent apparatus that cuts open that is configured with cutting edge in the prior art, and these cutting edges depend on the skill of surgeon's retentive control fully.Accidental transverse cuts or tissue injury may be difficult to control.In addition, separating rate is important for reducing the time that patient is exposed to narcotics; The time remaining of anesthesia may be directly relevant with the danger of complication of anesthesia.Dive for face-lifting and to cut open (dissection) two main positions are arranged.In more general lower face-lifting (buccal/cervical region face-lifting), carry out latent the cuing open in subcutaneous tissue usually; In more not general top face-lifting (this is similar to the forehead face-lifting), carry out latent the cuing open under galea aponeurotica or in the temporalis facial plane usually.During the cosmetic surgery in these planes prior art dive the use cut open apparatus (comprising shears, sharp macle cutting knife etc.) caused sometimes adjacent structure harmful cutting, damage or wear out.Shears and macle cutting knife are the plane cutting utensils; Thereby cutting edge only can be controlled by the surgeon with respect to the position of facial surface, and the surgeon must estimate the position of cutting edge, because there is not the spherical limit of the third dimension to exist.Unfortunately, have all paths that the shears of 3 dimension " spherical ", circular distal can not the closing of cutting destination organization.Have 2 all paths of tieing up the shears energy closing of cutting destination organization of circular distal, but because the thin third dimension (thickness) of scissor blade, possibility be moved about between tissue plane accidentally.

The novel concept that does not have to propose during the face-lifting of energizing is dissected " protection plane " by means of the current face-lifting instrument of other artificial energy cuts.Current lasers must be outside the patient body the position emission and energize to the tissue in facial, so that cut in a kind of very coarse mode.(see Cook, R.C. and Cook, K.K., Lippincott, " the Manual ofTumescent Liposculpture and Laser Cosmetic Surgery " of Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia ISBN:0-7817-1987-9,1999) control ground damaging tissue almost.From the complication of above-mentioned technology by Jacobs etc. at Dermatologic Surgery 26:625-632, sum up in 2000.

The current electrosurgical equipment that is used in the general operation must be used in the face-lifting if see them by transmitting than big open-bag or by limited approaching and slow motion, tediously long scope.All different in shape or function aspects with the present invention.

The U.S. Patent No. 5,776,092 of Farin has been described the single tube apparatus that can transmit laser, ultrasound wave or the radio frequency apparatus of handling tissue.Yet the apparatus of Farin does not plan to be used for the chorista plane, and catches easily, tears or penetrate tissue when handling.Advantageously provide a safe port, get rid of the key structure such as neural and soft vascular simultaneously, and leave the very soft accurate distance in surface of skin for energy accurately being applied to the suitable face-lifting tissue that will separate and energize.Further advantageously, same device can evenly be followed the tracks of forward and feel apparatus work, and this provides instant knowledge to the surgeon.The bossing of appropriate size and placement and negative area address all of these issues in impossible mode before a kind of.

One of not exclusively dissection/dissolving/planar up-to-date competitive process of cutting face-lifting is traditional or ultrasound wave suction lipectomy method.Unfortunately, dissection is incomplete, because the sleeve pipe of circle only forms circular channel.Must in independent step, use scissors cut at the tissue between the passage, so that create a plane by the surgeon.During this independent process, when scissors cut constitutes the fibrous tissue of conduit wall and blood vessel, bleed and damage generation, and need condense at the speckle under visual continually.The suction lipectomy sleeve pipe carries out, and imperfect other major defect cutd open of diving is common lesions and generates a mouthful sagging paralysis, and is soft and dissect and can not estimate the edge mandibular bone of (population 20%) latter when neural even in famous surgeon's hands and also can occur in cutting.In addition, ultrasonic trocar becomes heat, and in tube ends is inserted into skin the time, can cause the thermal burn that is called " end hits ", and this is common during this process.

Diving to cut open or to dissect as sharp device has its shortcoming, and as mentioned above, blunt dissection also has its oneself difficulty.Force blunt to pass the sharp cutting of indistinction that tissue is avoided important structure (neural, vascular).Latent in-house firmer, the more firm collagen line thigh that cuts open handle even be included in as soft fat of blunt is compacted into thicker " band " (some are too thick for even cutting).Do not conform with the face-lifting needs, traditional blunt dive cut open may press off indistinction with the compacting fiber tissue in every, cause the incomplete dissolving or the release of tissue.For face-lifting also unfortunately, traditional pure blunt is dived, and cuing open will cause diving when travelling forward cuts open the random motion or the uncontrollable slip of device end, and thereby loses to dive and cut open the accurate tracking of device by destination organization.

Current surgeon spends 20 minutes to one hour and dissects in earnest/dives and cut open/dissolve/face-lifting face bottom, and the while is coagulate blood vessels carefully.According to patient usually for spending 10 to 30 minutes, speckle all blood vessels of cutting during the above-mentioned dissolving face-lifting part that condense/be sealed in.For the top face-lifting, the time less than describe for lower face-lifting half.Main most preferred embodiment of the present invention reduces the time that the surgeon does dissolving and condensing working, because apparatus carries out this two tasks, and helps to keep suitably location and tracking.Time decreased should be 50-75% at least.Reduce the operating time mean that wound is short to the open time of latent infection, the operation cost is low and the time short, and the therefore overall improvement of the dangerous little and process under the anesthesia.

There is a special population of general population, can acquires benefit from the present invention specially.The men and women of age between 45 and 55 just begun to hang down and produce wrinkle.Yet being unlike in than the chronic illness philtrum has more wave wrinkle like that.The long otch of current 10-20cm only forms around each of two ears, and purpose is to hide cicatrix; Cut and lose skin, and stretch residue skin.Along with stretching of skin can thickening; It is attenuation only.Unfortunately, more early stage esthetic surgery doctors advocate " prevention " or " trying to be the first " face-lifting to quadragenarian women in nineteen nineties, are known as " before resting on nature ".This philosophy gives a discount now, and most of reputable expert does not believe.

Point out the shortcoming and defect of current cosmetic surgery, a kind of apparatus quick and the alternative method of safety that provides is provided.The present invention combines uniqueness dissolving design with various forms of energy, so that dissolve efficiently and be created in contraction desirable in the face-lifting simultaneously.The invention provides a kind of process of the people's of being used for face-lifting, this process can be used in the hospital and in the operation based on office, and makes pain and damage minimum.

Summary of the invention

One object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method and a kind of apparatus, and this method and apparatus can be used to provide rapidly and face-lifting accurately or make the tension action of the tissue mass minimum that must remove by the surgeon.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of esthetic surgery apparatus, this apparatus during the tangential motion that causes skin tension, be sent to this tissue in the facial internal sizes basic stitch of dissolving with energy in, keep suitable anatomical planes easily.This by projection/and the end of recessed pattern illustrate.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of dive cut open apparatus, this apparatus can be during face-lifting the dissolving surface alignment suitable when the place, plane, be used for control and defibre tissue safely.

This apparatus comprises that one has the hollow of more flat end or solid rod-like thing, and this end can easily be positioned between the anatomical planes in the tissue, and handles then with chorista plane and dissolving fibrous tissue.Show, be applied in the face-lifting plane heat effect of the structural energy of facial collagen (skin, surperficial platysma musculature and other), can cause the contraction of the skin histology that beauty treatment is wished, facial tissue is strained valuably.Thereby, the invention provides an energy source and energy is sent to the transporter of shaft far-end.A temperature sensor monitors tissue temperature is also controlled electronic machine processing temperature information, is used for the power output of best tissue contracts with control.The secondary light source of a visible selection of surgeon can penetrate the position of window with helping visual laser.Can be used for giving the various forms of energy of apparatus each several part is polychromatic light, monochromatic light, laser, radio-frequency electrical energy, vibrational energy, ultrasonic energy, microwave energy, heat energy or its combination in any.

One embodiment of the invention has a plurality of protruding parts at the shaft far-end, and by at least one space lysing segment separately, wherein this lysing segment is recessed with respect to protruding part.

In another embodiment, spherical dissolving (projection-recessed) end does not exist.The shaft of planar shaped, circle or a geometric form can stop with the end of certain geometry, though this end is near planar.This terminal end shape when from above or below can be circular, foursquare, orthogonal, zigzag, segmental, flute profile or geometric form when seeing.Also can use bending and lens shape.This terminal end shape is when can being oval-shaped, orthogonal, zigzag, segmental, flute profile or geometric form when front view is seen.

Although an embodiment provides one to have shaft flat or the plane shape of cross section, the cross section of acceptable his pattern of shaft can be oval-shaped, circular, trapezoid or geometric form.Although an embodiment provides an end with alternately protruding and recessed shape, the terminal end shape of receivable other patterns can be semicircular, lens shaped or geometric form.As a kind of selection, can use terminal and other conventional appliances such as shears of non-projection of energizing-recessed shape, so that form a lifting (lift) plane; This is after sometime, and several seconds to a few minutes, follows passing through of (non-tangential) apparatus of energizing lacking best terminal end shape.

In one embodiment of the invention, the user uses touch pad or other user interface that the tissue temperature of hope externally is set on the control unit.The shaft of apparatus inserts by little (～1cm is a long) otch then, and is positioned at the tissue plane place of hope.For lower face-lifting, the surgeon only forms these less otch before ear and in the skin under the chin.Forward and power elevate a turnable ladder are applied on the shaft of apparatus with the chorista plane by surgical hands then, the shape of apparatus forecloses key structure (neural, vascular) simultaneously, thereby avoids involving or damage or indistinction cutting of these important structure.By means of its for recessed section relation of cutting with the excluded identical bossing of key structure (in most preferred embodiment), also be used for locating the degree of depth of the present invention with respect to bottom corium.The tracking of the spacing holder tool of bossing (sphere) and negative area (lysing segment).The beneficial feeling of " tracking " is can be immediately by surgeon's stereognosis for apparatus work, and does not need the monitor of knowing how apparatus is moving.The quantity of bossing and interval help to reduce swing or laterally (level) slip during promoting shaft forward in one embodiment.Also forbid vertical slip in one embodiment; The width of projection/sphere remains on the correct distance between the delicate downside of dissolving/recessed section and surface skin or corium.Useful is, the action of the terminal and apparatus of apparatus can perceived/cognition and need not directly visual (scope).The surgeon can stereognosis ground feel and follow the tracks of in the whether suitable position of apparatus; When apparatus with apparatus sensation palpable and when can easy fractionated resistance passing facial tissue's motion, can be immediately tell the user position and the latent amount of cuing open that taken place at this position.

Bossing and negative area embodiment

In this embodiment, end comprises alternative but strides across more symmetric bossing of center line and negative area.Bossing can be globular, geometry etc., as long as the end of bossing can be pressed to tissue in recessed section of the cutting.Recessed section should have than sharp edges, and this edge is dissolved in the tissue that contacts with it when promoting apparatus forward effectively.The sealing of groove (alternation by end-boss part and negative area causes) at interval offers a kind of sensation of user during forcing histokinesis, and remarkable limit slippage.Can the perception/end of cognition apparatus and the action of apparatus and need not directly visual (scope).

The laser embodiment that energizes

In this embodiment, laser is transferred to hand piece and along shaft from laser instrument, and penetrates an optical window near the shaft far-end, so that heating is near the tissue of window.Because apparatus is positioned to " window is upwards ", laser propagate away from face in case from the lining outside heated skin layer efficiently.By selecting suitable optical maser wavelength, can regulate the thickness of the laser penetration degree of depth with the control heat tissue.For skin tension, the CO of 10 mum wavelengths ₂Laser instrument can be carried the result who wishes.Other available laser instrument comprises erbium, holmium and neodymium laser.The purpose of laser energy is change/stimulation collagen, so that cause controllably that the latter shrinks and control over bleeding selectively.For the sightless lasing light emitter of human eye, apparatus can offer the user to the selection along shaft transmission visible light simultaneously, so that give the ability of the visual processing region of user.For example, easily the transmission HONGGUANG of passing several millimeters skins can be used for the guided surgery doctor safely.Laser irradiation can manually be controlled or control automatically by the user, so that prevent undue or unsuitable hot injury.

Light embodiment

In a selected embodiment who is energized by polychromatic light, light is along end or shaft transmission or formation, and an optical window of the close shaft far-end of ejaculation is to heat the tissue near window.The purpose of luminous energy is to change/irritate collagen, so that cause controllably that the latter shrinks and control over bleeding selectively.Light can comprise the visible or sightless wavelength of human eye.

Temperature survey embodiment

In this embodiment (can with any combination among other embodiment), the temperature of destination organization is measured with a non-contact temperature sensor, and numerical value by the demonstration of laser controlling unit and use so that the ACTIVE CONTROL laser power.Temperature sensor can be an infrared temperature sensor, but can use other conventional sensors, as optical fiber fluorescence temperature sensor and thermocouple sensor.

Low-intermediate frequency " rule " ultrasound energized embodiment

In order to improve dissolved efficiency in another embodiment, this apparatus is included in a ultrasonic transducer in the hand piece, and it is 3,000Hz to 30, and the ultrasonic wave energy of 000Hz scope is transferred to terminal along shaft.Endways with any predetermined surface irregular body around tissue in the vibrational energy of storage/transmission, will convert the change in organization's heat that impels facial tissue's contraction to.

The high-frequency ultrasonic embodiment that energizes

In another embodiment, high-frequency ultrasonic (10MHz to 100MHz) piezoelectric transducer can be arranged on planar upside of utensil and/or downside, preferably near terminal.In a ultrasound wave embodiment, the piezoelectric supersonic wave transducer is arranged in the handle or bottom shaft of utensil usually.

Reciprocal energy embodiment

In another energizes embodiment, in order to improve dissolved efficiency, electronic or air motor and gear are included in the hand piece apparatus one, so that with 100 and 2, scalable frequency shifts shaft between the 000Hz and end (as one man), amplitude (stroke) changes from 1/2mm to 2cm.The motion of surgical arm and these apparatuses is contemplated to be＜＜1Hz.

Electrosurgery/radio frequency embodiment that energizes

In another embodiment, the recessed cut length of apparatus is energized by electrosurgery radio frequency (RF) generator, to improve dissolving and to allow the RF of tissue to heat.Electrosurgery/radio band also can be arranged on planar upside of utensil or downside, preferably near terminal.

Ion fluid/electrosurgery " Arthrocare that energizes ^TM" embodiment

In yet another embodiment, ion fluid can allow the energy of change in organization preferably to pass through near end from flowing out more than a zone of contacting with following electrode.

Heat/heating-ion-embodiment energizes

Can select among the embodiment at one, heat or resistive element also can be arranged on planar upside of utensil and/or downside, preferably near terminal.

Microwave powered embodiment

In yet another embodiment, the microwave transmission element also can be arranged on planar upside of instrument and/or downside, preferably near terminal.

The present invention can be used for improving the effectiveness and the safety of face-lifting and facial tension, and thereby is useful in various face-lifting processes.Above and other purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage will become clearer by the description below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.

Although in one embodiment, the shape of cross section of shaft is flat or planar, and the cross section of receivable other patterns of shaft can be oval, circular, trapezoid or geometric form.Although in one embodiment, terminal end shape has alternative bossing and negative area, and receivable other patterns of terminal end shape can be semicircular, lens shaped or geometric form.As a kind of selection, can use terminal and other conventional appliances such as shears of non-projection of energizing-recessed shape, so that create a lifting (lift) plane; This is after sometime, and several seconds to a few minutes, follows passing through of (non-tangential) device of energizing lacking terminal end shape.

Brief description of the drawings

Fig. 1 is face-lifting device 10 an of the present invention part top view in use.

Fig. 2 is the side view of face-lifting device 10.

Fig. 3 is that the amplification of end 2 is overlooked or top view when being used in the face-lifting of top.

Fig. 4 is the off-center front view of the end of face-lifting device bossing and negative area.

Fig. 5 is the present invention 10 a side view, has to be mounted to the dismountable handle 78 that covers external lasing light emitter.

Fig. 6 is the present invention 10 a top view, has to be mounted to the dismountable handle 78 that covers external lasing light emitter.

Fig. 7 is the sectional view with the present invention 10 of dismountable handle 78, and wherein shaft 4 plays a waveguide 44 so that make laser 53 can move to window 50 and from its ejaculation.

Fig. 8 A-8F is that the amplification that is used in several shapes terminal in the top face-lifting process is overlooked or top view.

Fig. 9 A is that the energize amplification of face-lifting device 1200 of high-frequency ultrasonic is overlooked or top view.

Fig. 9 B is the energize side view of face-lifting device 1200 of high-frequency ultrasonic, with different views represent with Fig. 9 A in those components identical.

Figure 10 A is the side view of electric reciprocating face-lifting device 900.

Figure 10 B is that the amplification of electric reciprocating face-lifting device 900 is overlooked or top view, with different views represent with Figure 10 A in those components identical.

Figure 10 C is the side view of pneumatically-driven-reciprocating face-lift apparatus 1000.

Figure 10 D is the side view of suction-driven-reciprocating face-lift apparatus 1100.

Figure 11 is the side view of face-lifting device 110.Terminal 102 can be a bit larger tham terminal shaft 104 mounted thereto.

Figure 12 is that the amplification that is used in the end 102 in the face-lifting of top is overlooked or top view.

Figure 13 is that another amplification of end 102 is overlooked or top view.

Figure 14 is the local amplification view of the end that obtains at the 14-14 place of Figure 12.

Figure 15 is the sketch map of face-lifting device.

Figure 16 is a face-lifting device, and wherein electrosurgery hand piece 118 and handle 106 are in conjunction with forming an integral unit 134.

Figure 17 is the energize top view or the vertical view of modification of the ion fluid electrosurgery of face-lifting device.

Figure 18 is the energize side view of modification of the ion fluid electrosurgery of face-lifting device shown in Figure 17.

Figure 19 A and 19B are the energize top views of modification of the ion fluid electrosurgery of face-lifting device.

Figure 20 is the side view of face-lifting device 210.

Figure 21 is that the amplification that is used in end 202 in the face-lifting of top is overlooked or top view.

Figure 22 is the terminal off-centered front view of face-lifting device bossing and negative area.

Figure 23 is the cutaway view of the embodiment of face-lifting device 210 of the present invention.

Figure 24 is selected embodiment who reduces the heat load of shaft of the present invention.

Figure 25 represents that one of the present invention can select embodiment, wherein realizes the tissue heating by directly contacting with hot surface.

Figure 26 is that the amplification of microwave powered face-lifting device 1400 is overlooked or top view.

Figure 27 is the side view of microwave powered face-lifting device.

Detailed description of the present invention

The invention provides a kind of apparatus, this apparatus can be used to provide rapidly and the operation of face-lifting accurately by the surgeon, makes the tissue mass minimum that must remove.Apparatus comprises that hollow dives cuts open shaft, and this shaft can easily be positioned between the anatomical planes in the tissue, and handles then with chorista plane and dissolving fibrous tissue.Lasing light emitter and transporter are sent to energy the far-end of shaft.Embodiments of the invention provide the plane of energy to apply.Temperature sensor monitors tissue temperature and control electronic circuit process temperature information are so that control is used for the laser power of optimum tissue contracts.The visible selectivity secondary light source of surgeon can penetrate position of window with helping visual laser.Alternatively, apparatus also can use the ultrasonic energy that transmits along shaft to improve histolysis.

The laser embodiment that energizes

Fig. 1 represents face-lifting device 10 of the present invention part top view in use.The handle 6 of device 10 is held in instrumentation person's the hands 12.The shaft 4 that face-lifting device 10 has a special-purpose dissolving terminal 2 passes an opening 8 and is inserted in appropriate position on patient's face.Dotted line is illustrated in the apparatus part of can't see under the skin.Crooked extension line represents to be applied to apparatus 10 and shaft 4 and the facial upward force that covers on the skin that goes up.Can promote apparatus forward then, force lifting to finish its function and to keep plane of undermining by the operator simultaneously.The laser that window 50 (in this expression for dotted line and can not know and see) allows the light delivery in being included in conduit 9 to be sent to device 10 penetrates.Conduit also comprises the necessary necessary electrical control lead of instrumentation.

Fig. 2 is the side view of face-lifting device 10.Terminal 2 can be a bit larger tham shaft 4.Terminal 2 can be one is fixed to separation member on the shaft 4 by the whole bag of tricks such as fastening mechanism, mating groove, plastics ultra-sonic welded etc.As a kind of selection, in this model, terminal 2 can be whole, or the continuity of the shaft of being made by metalloid or material 4.Terminal 2 also can be with non-conductive and low thermal conductivity material manufacturing; Such material can be porcelain, ceramic material or plastics.Can select conducting element 61 that the RF electrosurgical energy is taken to (see figure 3) on the metal that is installed in the negative area or the conducting element for one.Shaft 4 is tubular in shape, perhaps can be the flat a little pipe of rectangular cross section, and also may be geometry.Shaft 4 is made by the metal of boring, can comprise insulated conductor 61.As a kind of selection, shaft 4 can be own to making around the insulating plastics of lead or conducting element 61 by it.The conducting element selected 61 conduction in shaft 4 from a selectable external power/control unit (as Valleylab Surgistat, Boulder, electric pulse Colorado) or RF signal.Can't see by this direct view, what be arranged in the adjacent portion office of groove is conducting element 81 by power supply 18 power supplies, power supply 18 realizes dissolving forward and being arranged on the end of conducting element 61.Terminal selectable temperature sensor 35 (see figure 4)s of placing far away near shaft are used for monitoring local temperature.This information can be used for controlling the energy that is sent to end by the control electronic circuit.Also can activate a selectable medium and low frequency ultrasonic transducer 32 (seeing Fig. 2 and 3), so that power transfer is assisted heating and improved dissolving with providing to terminal 2.

Fig. 3 is that the amplification that is used in the end 2 in the face-lifting of top is overlooked or top view.These terminal 2 four bossings 26 of expression and three negative areas 28.The groove that is formed by the taper negative area can reach one centimetre.This terminal width changes between 12mm and 20mm, and thickness changes between 3mm and 4mm.Tissue directly over optical window 50 permission laser penetrate and are radiated at from shaft.One can be that the light delivery 52 of optical fiber or hollow waveguide (as by PolymicroTechnologies, Inc ofPhoenix, the metal coat plastics that Az makes) is included in the conduit 9.Conduit 9 also can be an articulated jib, as generally using in the surgical laser system.Additional control wires and power are sent to the hand piece in conduit 9.The user can be switched on or switched off laser by gauge tap 55.This embodiment also can comprise current source 18 shown in Fig. 2 and electrode 81.

Fig. 4 represents the terminal off-centered front view of face-lifting device bossing and negative area.Terminal 2 have four bossings 26 and three negative areas 28, and these parts selectively comprise the conducting element 81 of arrangement.Can make by germanium, allow laser to penetrate and the window 50 of the data collection by temperature sensor 35, also be arranged on the end, and can have the size of variation.This terminal width changes between 5mm and 10mm, and thickness can change between 2mm and 4mm.Yet end is not subjected to these size restrictions.

Fig. 5 is the present invention 10 a side view, have to be mounted to cover external lasing light emitter 77, as Sharplan Flashscanner or Coherent Ultrapulse, dismountable handle 78.The hollow parts 44 of shaft 4 can play a waveguide, perhaps can comprise metal coat plastic optical fiber or waveguide, to allow laser motion to close terminal 2 window 50 with from its ejaculation.The laser that window 50 allows to be sent to device 10 penetrates.Available in the present invention known laser source comprises pulse and continuous-wave laser, as CO ₂, erbium YAG, Nd:YAG and Yf:YAG.

Fig. 6 is the present invention 10 a top view, have to be mounted to cover external lasing light emitter 77, as Sharplan Flashscanner or Coherent Ultrapulse, dismountable handle 78.The hollow parts 44 of shaft 4 can play a waveguide, perhaps can comprise metal coat plastic optical fiber or waveguide, penetrates to window 50 and from it to allow laser motion, and the laser that window 50 allows to be sent to apparatus 10 penetrates.

Fig. 7 is the sectional view with the present invention 10 of dismountable handle 78, and wherein shaft 4 plays a waveguide 44 so that allow laser 53 to move to window 50 and from its ejaculation.An optical element 51 is used for laser-bounce is gone out window.Can select among the embodiment at one, replace by one or more optical fiber or hollow fibre waveguide by the surperficial waveguide 44 that forms in the inside of shaft 4.Best light delivery depends on the use Wavelength of Laser.Infrared light by the heat tissue emission also can be collected by window, and measures tissue temperature by Infrared Detectors.

No bossing and negative area embodiment

Fig. 8 A-8F is that the amplification that is used in several shapes of the end in the top face-lifting process is overlooked or top view.Fig. 8 A is illustrated in the oval-shaped end at this visual angle.Fig. 8 B is illustrated in the rectangle end at this visual angle.Fig. 8 C is illustrated in the zigzag end at this visual angle.Fig. 8 D is illustrated in the flute profile end at this visual angle.Fig. 8 E is illustrated in the geometric form end at this visual angle.Fig. 8 F is illustrated in the rhombus end at this visual angle.For any end of selecting, these terminal width customization size ranges change between 12mm and 20mm, and thickness changes between 3mm and 4mm.Adjacent or to be combined in the end be the tissue zone of energizing, this zone allows the energy of front description form to cause that the tissue directly over the device path changes.

The high-frequency ultrasonic embodiment that energizes

Fig. 9 A is that the energize amplification of face-lifting device 1200 of high-frequency ultrasonic is overlooked or top view.Terminal 1201 to be fixed to shape of cross section can be on the tubular or flat shaft 1202.Shaft can be made by metal or plastics or pottery, and be connected on plastics or polymer or the ceramic end portion, this part covers or is coated with piezoelectric " PZT " or " plumbous polymer " or the PVDF of " constraint ", and the vibrational energy in the higher ultrasonic wave range between 10 megahertzes and 100 megahertzes is transferred to destination organization.When the top is seen, the shape of the ultrasonic transducer 1209 of " constraint " is preferably orthogonal or geometric form, yet, can use any amount of conceivable shape (for example ellipse, circle, hourglass shape, rhombus, spade shape, red heart shape, quincunx, isolated island shape etc.) for indivedual or a plurality of elements that are strapped in the zone.The electric energy that supplies power to " constraint " ultrasonic transducer can be by electronic circuit 1203 modulation or the control that are arranged in the hand piece, and electronic circuit 1203 is powered through electric wire 1204 again, and further through external control unit 1205 and accessory switch 1206 controls.As a kind of selection, switch 1208 can exist in handle 1207 so that controlled by the surgeon easilier.

Fig. 9 B is the energize side view of face-lifting device 1200 of high-frequency ultrasonic, with different views represent with Fig. 9 A in those components identical.The structural configuration of " constraint " section wishes it is planar most when seeing from the side, and with shaft or terminal concordant but can be outstanding a little.

Reciprocal energy embodiment

Combine by the structure of energizing that following structure in this section and other places in this manuscript are described, can make a kind of electronic past complex form of the face-lifting device that great majority energize.

Figure 10 A is the side view of electric reciprocating face-lifting device 900.Terminal 901 to be fixed to shape of cross section can be on the tubular or flat shaft 902.Shaft can be made by metal or plastics, 1/2mm to the 2cm forward/backward that its conduction is produced by an insulated motor 903 that is arranged in the hand piece 909 (to/from) kinetic energy of the form of pulsing, hand piece 909 is again through electric wire 904 power supplies, and 905 controls of the control unit through having switch 906.

Figure 10 C is the side view of pneumatically-driven-reciprocating face-lift apparatus 1000.Terminal 1001 to be fixed to shape of cross section can be on the tubular or flat shaft 1002.Shaft can be made by metal or plastics, 1/2mm to the 2cm forward/backward that its conduction is produced by the pneumatic actuator that is arranged in the hand piece (to/from) kinetic energy of the form of pulsing, hand piece is again through being connected to gas conduit 1004 pneumatic the energizing on the external pressurized source of the gas 1007, and 1005 controls of the control unit through having switch 1006.

Figure 10 D is the side view of suction-driven-reciprocating face-lift apparatus 1100.Terminal 1101 to be fixed to shape of cross section can be on the tubular or flat shaft 1102.Shaft can be made by metal or plastics, its conduction by be arranged in have a flapper valve 1103 in the hand piece one suction activate 1/2mm to the 2cm forward/backward that the executor produces (to/from) kinetic energy of the form of pulsing, hand piece is energized through gas conduit 1104 suctions that are connected on the external vacuum source 1107 again, and 1105 controls of the control unit through having switch 1106.

Electrosurgery/radio frequency embodiment that energizes

Figure 11 is the side view of face-lifting device 110.Terminal 102 shafts 104 that can be a bit larger tham to its installation.Terminal 102 can be fixed on the shaft 104 by the whole bag of tricks such as fastening mechanism, mating groove, plastics ultra-sonic welded etc.Non-conductive and the low thermal conductivity material construction of terminal 102 usefulness; Such material can be porcelain, ceramic material or plastics.Shaft 104 is tubular in shape, perhaps can be the flat a little pipe of rectangular cross section.Shaft 104 is made by the metal of boring, can comprise insulated conductor 116.As a kind of selection, shaft 104 can be own to making around the insulating plastics of lead 116 by it.Lead 116 conduction in shaft 104 are from an electric pulse or a RF signal that is arranged on the electrosurgery hand piece 118 in the handle 106.These pulses are transferred to terminal 102 from electrosurgery hand piece 118.(as Valleylab Surgistat, Boulder Colorado) is transferred to electrosurgery hand piece 118 through standard wiring to electric energy from an external generator.Among the embodiment that in Figure 11, represents, shaft 104 and handle 106 interlockings.Handle 106 has a groove that electrosurgery hand piece 118 wherein can be installed.As previously pointed out, electrosurgery hand piece 118 allows to send to the control of terminal 102 electric or RF pulse.The electrosurgery hand piece has the power control switching 120 of its function of control.Protruding/recessed adapter 124 carries out being connected between electrosurgery hand piece 118 and lead 116.Electrosurgery hand piece 118 is fastened in handle 106 by a door 122.Electrosurgery hand piece 118 receives its power from an external source or Electrosurgical generator (not shown source).Temperature sensor 135 to monitor tissue temperature, so that surgeon or computer are formed a feedback or audible output, thereby controllably reduces to be applied to the radio frequency on the destination organization or the amount of ultrasonic energy near the terminal part settings of energizing.

Figure 12 is that the amplification that is used in the end 102 in the face-lifting of top is overlooked or top view.These terminal 102 five bossings 126 of expression and four negative areas 128.The groove that is formed by the taper negative area may be significant, is one centimetre.This terminal width W changes between 12mm and 20mm, and thickness changes between 3mm and 4mm.Yet end is not subjected to these size restrictions.In Figure 12, also show conductor 130, being sent to terminal 102 from electrosurgery hand piece 118 by lead 116 signal supplied.Be embedded between conductor 130 in terminal 102 and the lead in shaft 104 116 be connected engagement end and shaft the time carry out.

Figure 13 is that another amplification of end 102 is overlooked or top view.This end 102 has three bossings and two negative areas, and is the end structure that uses in lower face-lifting.This terminal width W changes between 5mm and 10mm, remains 2mm to 3mm and thickness is similar to Figure 12.Yet this end is not subjected to these size restrictions.Also show and be used for electric power is taken to terminal conductor 130.

Figure 14 is the amplifier section cutaway view of the end that obtains at the 14-14 place of Figure 12.Relation between bossing 126 and the negative area 128 is shown here.Also show conductor 130.

Figure 15 is the sketch map with those similar face-lifting devices of former description.The difference of this apparatus is that shaft 104 usefulness allow shaft 104 to have some flexible material structures.This can reduce during use the stress for some patient's delicate skin.Yet shaft 104 must have enough rigidity, so that the operator can keep the control to located terminal end 102.

Figure 16 is similar to above-mentioned those face-lifting device equally, but difference is that electrosurgery hand piece 118 and handle 106 are in conjunction with forming an integral unit 134.A selectable and additional feature in handle or hand piece can be the ultrasound piezoelectric transducer 132 that ultrasonic energy is sent to the end 102 of face-lifting device.Lead 116 need be replaced with the conduction ultrasonic energy by a little metal shaft.Shaft can insulate or apply (for example, scribbling politef (Teflon)) specially with the protection surrounding tissue.As a kind of selection, for cleared of debris and raising the efficiency, the motor that can produce low vibrational energy can be combined in the handle 34.In addition, uniform tissue heating element 117 can be included near a terminal side, and is connected on the insulation conducting element 119 that passes shaft 104.Conducting element 119 and thereby heating element heater 117 controllably power at handle 134 places.It should be noted that radio frequency uniform tissue heating element 117 (can be arranged on the side near end or shaft) is different, and separate with the radio-frequency (RF) component that is located in the terminal dissolving zone.It should be noted that also uniform tissue heating element 117 can be to be independent of the form control of radio-frequency (RF) component in the lysing segment.Temperature sensor 135 to monitor tissue temperature, so that surgeon or computer are formed a feedback or audible output, thereby controllably reduces to be applied to the radio frequency on the destination organization or the amount of ultrasonic energy near the terminal part settings of energizing.This loop thereby controllably limit hot histologic lesion, and optimize and shrink the result.Temperature sensor 135 can be infrared type, optical-fiber type, electron type or optical fluorescence type, and every kind is known in the prior art, and thereby thinks that its detailed description is unnecessary.

Ion fluid/electrosurgery " Arthrocare that energizes ^TM" embodiment

Figure 17 represents top view or the vertical view that the ion fluid electrosurgery of face-lifting device is energized and is out of shape.The electrosurgery form of face-lifting device can be revised, so that several groups of anodes 1303 and negative electrode 1304 are placed in the closer locations at place, shaft 1301 ends or are placed on terminal 1302.This modification can cause the ion fluid form 1300 of electrosurgical energy embodiment.One or more groups electrode 1303 and 1304 is near placing with minute perforate 1305 and 1306, and hole 1305 and 1306 allows can passing through the ion fluid of conduct electrical energy in the adjacent target tissue.Ion fluid is brought in the shaft through each conduit 1307 and 1308, conduit 1307 and 1308 from fluid source 1309 separately at point 1310, point 1310 can near or away from handle 1311.Figure 18 represents the side view that the ion fluid electrosurgery of face-lifting device shown in Figure 17 is energized and is out of shape.

Figure 19 A and B represent the top view that the ion fluid electrosurgery of face-lifting device is energized and is out of shape.Particularly, the shape of the pattern 1312 of a plurality of borings in shaft or end can be orthogonal or geometric form, yet any amount of conceivable shape (for example ellipse, circle, hourglass shape, rhombus, spade shape, red heart shape, quincunx, isolated island shape etc.) can be used for power transfer to destination organization.Shaft and the terminal insulated with material that can use such as politef.

Heat/heating-ion-embodiment energizes

Figure 20 is the side view of face-lifting device 210.Window 250 (in this expression for dotted line and can not be clear that) allows heat energy escape in the shaft 204.Terminal 202 can be a bit larger tham shaft 204.Terminal 202 can be one is fixed to separation member on the shaft 204 by the whole bag of tricks such as fastening mechanism, mating groove, plastics ultra-sonic welded etc.As a kind of selection, in this model, terminal 202 can be whole, or the continuity of the shaft of being made by metalloid or material 204.Terminal 202 also can be with non-conductive and low thermal conductivity material manufacturing; Such material can be porcelain, ceramic material or plastics.Part terminal and shaft can be coated with politef and be beneficial to apparatus easy motion under skin.Can select conducting element 261 may be provided in for one takes the RF electrosurgical energy on the metal or conducting element that is installed in the negative area (seeing Figure 21) to from the RF source.Shaft 204 is tubular in shape, perhaps can be the flat a little pipe of rectangular cross section.Shaft 204 is made by the metal of boring, can comprise insulated conductor 261.As a kind of selection, shaft 204 can be own to making around the insulating plastics of lead or conducting element 261 by it.The conducting element selected 261 conduction in shaft 204 from one can select external power/control unit (as Valleylab Surgistat, Boulder, electric pulse Colorado) or RF signal.Terminal of placing far away near shaft can select temperature sensor 235 to be used for monitoring local temperature.This information can be used for controlling the energy that is sent to end by the control electronic circuit.Also can activate a ultrasonic transducer 232, so as power transfer to terminal 202 and auxiliary heating is provided and improves dissolving.

Figure 21 overlooks or top view when the amplification that is used in the end 202 in top face-lifting or the forehead face-lifting.This end 202 illustrates four bossings 226 and three negative areas 228.The groove that is formed by the taper negative area can reach one centimetre.This terminal width changes between 12mm and 20mm, and thickness changes between 3mm and 4mm.Optical window 250 allows heat radiations to penetrate and be radiated at tissue directly over the window from shaft.The user can be switched on or switched off thermal source by manual or foot-operated switch (not shown).

Figure 22 illustrates the terminal off-centered front view of face-lifting device bossing and negative area.Terminal 202 have four bossings 226 and three negative areas 228, wherein settle electrode 281.The RF electrode 281 at the most close part place that is arranged on the cutting negative area can increase in the dissolving at cutting edge place and condense.RF electrode 281 is connected on the power by conductive leads 261 (Figure 22).The user by one manually or the foot-operated switch (not shown) can be switched on or switched off RF power.The window 250 and the temperature sensor 235 that allow heat radiation to penetrate also are arranged on the end, and can have the size of variation.This terminal width changes between 5mm and 10mm, and thickness can change between 2mm and 4mm.Yet end is not subjected to these size restrictions.

Figure 23 represents the cutaway view of the embodiment of face-lifting device 310 of the present invention.Shaft 304 with special-purpose dissolving terminal 302 passes an opening and is inserted in appropriate position on patient's face.Can promote forward by handle assembly then, force lifting to finish its function and to keep plane of undermining by the operator simultaneously.A red-hot filament 313 in apparatus connects the current flow heats of lead 365 by flowing through.Filament 313 is kept putting in place by the strength rigid ground of lead 365 in parabolic cavity.Alternatively, filament 313 is fixedly connected on the shaft 304.Red-hot filament 313 sends optics and heat radiation 345, and this radiant energy directly penetrates window 350, perhaps is reflected to leave reflector 314 and also pass window 350 and penetrate.Reflector 314 can have parabolic shape, so that collect effectively from all optics and the heat radiation of window 350 emissions.Red-hot filament 313 can be the tungsten carbide filament, is similar to the filament that uses in high-power bulb.Wavelength can be regulated, and by regulating high power light bulbs.Window 350 can be selected from the various glass (for example quartz, fused silica and germanium) that optically see through near-infrared and infrared light.The tissue penetration degree of depth depends on light wavelength (for example, 1 μ m sees through 10mm, and 10 μ m see through 0.02mm).Broad emission spectra from red-hot filament 313 can be by window 350 filtering to reach the tissue effect of hope.When concrete filtering, the emission spectra that corium is heated to approximate 70 ℃ of temperature will cause the collagen contraction and the tension of hope.Skin thickness and structure are depended in optimal spectrum filtering.One is connected to the temperature that temperature sensor 335 on the control unit monitors the tissue that contacts with shaft 304 by electric wire 367.In order to eliminate the shaft 304 and the excessive heat of facial tissue on every side, heating element heater 313 and reflector 314 are heat insulation by low thermal conductivity material.Heating element heater is isolated by not running into shaft, and wherein it is attached to sealing coat on the shaft and reflector can have one.In addition, cold nitrogen can inject by pipe 370, and pumps to cool off end 302 and shaft 304 by hollow shaft.The nitrogen (or another kind of noble gas) that flows through hollow shaft also reduces the oxidation of filament is endangered.

Figure 24 represents that one of the present invention can select embodiment, and this embodiment reduces the heat load to shaft 404, and eliminates the needs to big electric current in the shaft.In this embodiment, red-hot filament 413 is arranged in the handle 420 of apparatus, and is connected on the power cell by lead 465 and cable 475.Optics and heat radiation 445 be by the transmission of the hollow waveguide in the shaft 404, and be reflected and pass window 450 and leave reflecting mirror 416.Cube being inversely proportional to of the height of the absorptance in waveguide and the hollow waveguide in shaft, and under greater than the temperature of 600 degree, can become less for red-hot filament 413 during operation.Be distributed on the whole shaft 404 to the energy even that absorbs, and mean temperature increases less.A specular reflector 414 is leaving the shaft radiation emitted again along the shaft orientation, to improve whole system efficient.One is connected to the temperature that temperature sensor 435 on the control unit monitors the tissue that contacts with shaft 404 by electric wire 467 and cable 475.The ability of continuous monitoring temperature reduces overheated and danger carbonized widely.In addition, cold nitrogen can inject to cool off end 402 and shaft 404 by managing 470.Nitrogen can leave or pass through a cooling system and circulate by handle 420.The nitrogen that flows through hollow shaft also reduces the oxidation of filament is endangered.Cable 480 is connected to this apparatus on control/power cell.

Figure 25 illustrates one of the present invention can select embodiment, wherein realizes the tissue heating by directly contacting with red-hot surface.In this embodiment, the flow through electric current of lead 565 is heated to the temperature that the user selects to resistive load 555.For most of purposes, temperature less than 80 ℃ to produce collagen contraction but prevent that heat from following harm.This embodiment eliminates because misuse can be heated to above any tissue regions the danger of desired temperature.This allows red-hot surperficial 555 big (for example several centimeter length, 1 centimetre wide), and this can quicken this process.In addition, red-hot surperficial 555 can be made up of a plurality of elements that can be arranged to different desired temperature.Resistive load can be a thin film resistor, and can estimate film temperature by the resistance of measuring.As a kind of selection, an isolating temperature sensor 535 can be placed near heating element heater.The temperature of measuring is used for controlling electric current by resistive load by control unit.In order to reduce the heating to shaft 504 and terminal 502, cold air or liquid can inject by pipe 570, and pump by hollow shaft.Can regulate the concrete shape and the tissue coagulation depth of surface temperature of heater 555 to obtain wishing.Replace resistive load, heating element heater can be the hot side of Peltier thermoelectric cooling module.An advantage of thermoelectric (al) cooler is, opposed surface is cooled to below the ambient temperature.The single-stage thermoelectric cooling module can be realized the temperature difference up to 40 ℃.By thermoelectric (al) cooler being thermally connected on the bottom of shaft, refrigerator can be used for reducing the heating away from the shaft on red-hot surface.

In all embodiment of apparatus, shaft can scribble the bio-compatible non-stick material such as politef, with at the tissue that reduces during the process to be adhered on the apparatus.

Microwave powered embodiment

Figure 26 is that the amplification of microwave powered face-lifting device 1400 is overlooked or top view.Terminal 1401 are fixed on the shaft 1402, and the shape of cross section of shaft 1402 can be tubular or flat; Shaft further is connected on the handle 1403.Shaft can be made by metal or plastics, perhaps pottery is connected on plastics or polymer or the ceramic end portion, this end portion has and adds up to even phased array antenna 1404, and phased array antenna 1404 is connected to and is exposed to the plane or near a side of plane or slight curvature.The phased array of antenna is made by metal (preferably rustless steel, aluminum, gold, steel or platinum).Phased array can work in 1 to 10GHz scope, produces the power up to 20 watts, has the penetration depth of 1-3mm.Contrary sign 1405,1406,1407,1408,1409, and 1410 placed adjacent are with the tissue penetration degree of depth of controlled microwave energy.The phase place of electromagnetic field is fixed in different elements.Electric field is offset a long way off, but for organizing role and influence nearby.When the top is seen, the phased array of antenna is preferably orthogonal or geometric form, even any amount of conceivable shape good (for example ellipse, circle, hourglass shape, rhombus, spade shape, red heart shape, quincunx, isolated island shape).The electric energy that supplies power to the phased array of antenna can be by electronic circuit 1411 modulation or the control that are arranged in the hand piece, and electronic circuit 1411 is powered through electric wire 1412 again, and further through external control unit 1413 and accessory switch 1414 controls.As a kind of selection, switch 1415 can exist in handle 1403 so that controlled by the surgeon easilier.

Figure 27 is the side view of microwave powered face-lifting device 1400, with different views illustrate with Figure 26 in those components identical.The structure of " phased array " 1404 or configuration wish it is planar most when seeing from the side, and preferably concordant with shaft or end, but can be outstanding a little.

The above description of most preferred embodiment of the present invention is in order to illustrate and describe purpose, and do not plan exhaustive the present invention or limit the invention to disclosed accurate form.According to above explanation, multiple modifications and changes are possible.Select and describe all embodiment,, make those skilled in the art thus,, use the present invention best with various embodiment and the various modifications that are applicable to the concrete purposes of expecting so that explain principle of the present invention and its practical application best.

Claims

1. face-lifting device comprises:

Shaft with a near-end and a far-end;

Be used for dissolving the device of tissue, the wherein said device that is used for dissolving tissue is included in a plurality of projection pieces that separated by at least one lysing segment on the described far-end of described shaft, wherein said at least one lysing segment comprises at least one electrode, wherein except that described electrode, at least a portion of the described far-end of described shaft is made of a kind of non-conducting material, and wherein said at least one lysing segment is configured to dissolving tissue when pushing away described device forward; And

Be connected on the described shaft, be used for energy is offered the device of destination organization.

2. face-lifting device according to claim 1, the wherein said device that is used to provide energy comprise the device that electric energy is provided from the described electrode of described near-end on described lysing segment of described shaft, make that electric energy can be by described electrode transmission.

3. apparatus according to claim 1, the described device that wherein is used to provide energy comprises the device that is used to provide heat energy.

4. apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said shaft comprise an optical window, wherein are used to provide the described device of energy, comprise the device that laser emission is provided, and it will pass laser emission by described optical window and be transferred to destination organization.

5. apparatus according to claim 2, the described device that wherein is used to provide electric energy comprise radio-frequency radiation are offered the device of the described electrode described lysing segment from the described near-end of described shaft, thereby radio-frequency (RF) energy can be by described electrode transmission.

6. apparatus according to claim 3, wherein be used to provide thermal-radiating described device and comprise a section that can heat, wherein said bringing-up section is arranged on the described far-end near described shaft, and is connected on the described shaft, and wherein said bringing-up section can the direct heating tissue.

7. apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said bringing-up section comprise a thin film resistor, and wherein said apparatus also comprises and is used for making the electric current device of described thin film resistor of flowing through.

8. apparatus according to claim 3 wherein is used to provide thermal-radiating described device and comprises an optical window in described shaft, and wherein said optical window is optionally located so that heat radiation is transferred to described tissue.

9. apparatus according to claim 1 further comprises a fixing temperature sensor of even receiving on the described shaft, and wherein said temperature sensor operationally connects near the described far-end of described shaft, to monitor tissue temperature.

10. apparatus according to claim 9 further comprises and handles described tissue temperature is used for best tissue contracts with control described radiating control electronic circuit.

11. apparatus according to claim 10 further comprises a user interface that is operably connected on the described control electronic circuit.

12. apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said user interface comprise a touch pad.

13. apparatus according to claim 4 further comprises the device that visible radiation is provided, it is by described optical window transmission visible radiation, helps definite described position of window below tissue the time with the described window of box lunch.

14. apparatus according to claim 1 further comprises a ultrasonic transducer in described shaft, wherein said ultrasonic transducer operationally connects so that ultrasonic energy is offered described tissue near described far-end.

15. apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said at least one lysing segment comprises a sharp edges.

16. apparatus according to claim 3 wherein is used to provide thermal-radiating described device and comprises a filament.

17. apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said temperature sensor is selected from comprise infrared temperature sensor, optical fiber fluorescence temperature sensor, thermal resistance sensor and thermocouple sensor one group.

18. comprising, apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said lysing segment provide the device of radio-frequency (RF) energy to improve histolysis and to provide tissue to heat.

19. apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said far-end is fixed on the described shaft by a kind of mechanism of selecting from comprise fastening mechanism, mating groove and plastics ultra-sonic welded one group.

20. apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said shaft comprises non-conductive and low thermal conductivity material.

21. apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said shaft comprise the material of selecting from comprise porcelain, ceramic material and plastics one group.

22. apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said shaft to small part are coated with politef and are beneficial to the easy motion of described device under skin.

23. apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said filament comprise a tungsten carbide filament.

24. apparatus according to claim 23 further comprises one operationally near the localized reflector of described filament, so that reflect luminous energy and heat energy effectively by described optical window.

25. apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said optical window comprise the glass of selecting from comprise quartz, fused silica and germanium one group.

26. apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said optical window comprise an optical filter.

27. apparatus according to claim 1 further comprises the device of the heating that is used for controlling described shaft.

28. comprising, apparatus according to claim 27, the described device that wherein is used for controlling the heating of described shaft be used for described shaft and the hot isolated device of described device that energy is provided.

29. comprising, apparatus according to claim 27, the described device that wherein is used for controlling the heating of described shaft be used for making noble gas to flow through the device of described shaft.

30. apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said filament are arranged near described far-end.

31. apparatus according to claim 16, the described device that wherein is used to provide heat energy comprises one regularly and the reflecting mirror that operationally is provided with near described far-end, wherein said filament is positioned near described far-end, wherein said shaft comprises a hollow waveguide, wherein heat energy and the luminous energy from described filament transmits by described hollow waveguide, and reflection is left described reflecting mirror and passed through described optical window.

32. apparatus according to claim 31 further comprises a reflector that operationally is provided with near described filament, so that will guide described reflecting mirror into away from the energy of described far-end emission.

33. apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said projection piece forms a plane surface, and wherein said optical window locatees like this, makes an angle that departs from described plane surface at least 5 degree by the light of described optical window.

34. apparatus according to claim 4, the described device that wherein is used for transmitting laser comprises at least one optical fiber in described shaft.

35. apparatus according to claim 4, the described device that wherein is used for transmitting laser comprises a waveguide in shaft.

36. apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said shaft is hollow, and has an inner surface of selecting from comprise a reflective inner surface and a polishing metal inner surface one group.

37. apparatus according to claim 4 further comprises control device, is used for controlling the described far-end that laser is sent to described shaft.

38. apparatus according to claim 4 wherein provides the described device of laser emission to comprise a lasing light emitter, this lasing light emitter is selected from and comprises CO ₂Laser instrument, erbium-YAG laser instrument and holmium laser one group.

39. apparatus according to claim 1, wherein non-conducting material from comprise plastics, graphite, graphite-glass fibre synthetic, pottery, and a group of glass select.

40. apparatus according to claim 1 wherein is used for energy-delivering described device and comprises at least one insulated conductive member in described shaft.

41. apparatus according to claim 1 further comprises being used for ultrasonic energy is sent to the device of the far-end of shaft.

42. apparatus according to claim 1 further comprises being used for controlling the control device that described energy is sent to the far-end of shaft.

43. according to the described apparatus of claim 42, further comprise the temperature sensor of a detection in the temperature of shaft far-end, wherein this pick off sends to this control device with a signal, and cut wherein said control device control described energy to the transmission of far-end with attemperation.

44. apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said electrode is unipolar.

45. apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one lysing segment comprises at least two electrodes, and wherein being used for energy-delivering described device comprises at least two insulation conductor wires in shaft, every lead is connected on the electrode, and wherein electrode comprises a bipolar electrode.

46. apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of shaft far-end is less than about 1cm, and the width of far-end is less than about 2cm.

47. apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of projection piece has an opening at far-end.

48. apparatus according to claim 1 further comprises at least a portion that at least one extends through shaft and the chamber that stops at opening part.

49. according to the described apparatus of claim 48, wherein said at least one chamber is connected in a vacuum source.

50. apparatus according to claim 1 comprises a handle in addition, this handle can comprise a selectable piezoelectric supersonic wave transducer, and thereby can pass to ultrasonic energy shaft and pass to end thus.

51. apparatus according to claim 1 comprises a handle in addition, this handle is made of the hollow polyurethane that a standard electric surgical handle can be provided or deformable or ductility or elastic plastics or polymer.

52. apparatus according to claim 1 comprises a handle that can be connected in the Electrosurgical generator of an one pole or bipolar function in addition.

53. apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the described far-end of shaft has a kind of structure of selecting from comprise circle or taper one group.

54. apparatus according to claim 29 wherein is used for making the flow through described device of described shaft of noble gas to comprise the device of the cold nitrogen that is used for flowing.

55. apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said politef do not cover at least a portion of the described device that is used for dissolving tissue.

56. apparatus according to claim 1 wherein is connected in the described device that is used for energy is provided to destination organization on the described shaft and comprises the device that is used for providing energy in a plane.

57. apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one lysing segment is recessed with respect to described projection piece.