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Articulating Ionizable Gas Coagulator

  • US 20100016856A1
  • Filed: 08/05/2009
  • Published: 01/21/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for coagulating tissue, comprising the steps of:

  • providing an electrosurgical apparatus including;

    an elongated flexible tube having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a longitudinal axis; and

    at least one electrode mounted proximate to the tube for ionizing pressurized ionizable gas;

    moving the distal end of the tube from a first position wherein the distal end is disposed in a generally parallel fashion relative to the tissue to a second position wherein the distal end directs pressurized ionizable gas flowing through the tube at an angle α

    with respect to the longitudinal axis; and

    igniting the pressurized ionized gas through the at least one electrode.

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