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ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE FOR RESTRICTING LOSS OF BLOOD DURING SURGERY

  • US 20100312237A1
  • Filed: 08/18/2010
  • Published: 12/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1998
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A device for controlling excessive bleeding from severed tissue during a surgical procedure comprising:

  • (i) an applicator; and

    (ii) a plurality of rows of tissue-piercing needles connected to and arranged on said applicator in a rectangular pattern wherein at least two of said plurality of rows define a central channel structured and arranged to be centered on a selected incision line such that one of said at least two rows of tissue-piercing needles is on the opposite side of said selected incision line from the second of said at least two rows of tissue-piercing needles, said plurality of rows of needles defining a three-dimensional space that corresponds to a volume of tissue to be treated;

    wherein said plurality of rows of needles are structured and arranged to be energizeable together, with needles in a plurality of said plurality of rows structured and arranged to be energized simultaneously to deliver ablating energy between, among and across said at least two of said plurality of rows of needles defining said central channel resulting in a cross-flow of energy into said volume of tissue to coagulate blood within the volume of tissue.

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