Device for controlling and limiting thermal injury to tissue during thermal procedures where tissue is simultaneously mechanically deformed

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11357589
APP PUB NO 20190365496A1
SERIAL NO

16432318

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The illustrated embodiments include an apparatus to reduce or eliminate full thickness injury in tissue and to deform tissue which includes a probe or mechanism for deforming tissue, and a subsystem for selectively cooling and/or heating tissue while deformation is of the tissue is being performed. The illustrated embodiments of the invention also extend to a method to reduce or eliminate full thickness injury in tissue and to deform tissue including the steps of deforming tissue, and selectively cooling and/or heating tissue while deformation of the tissue is being performed.

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  • THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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Wong, Brian Jet-Fei Irvine, US 8 5

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