TREATMENTS METHODS AND PORTABLE SURGICAL DEVICES FOR TREATING NEOPLASTIC AND HYPERPLASTIC CELLS IN THE CERVIX AND OTHER DERMATOLOGICALLY OR SURVACE RELATED DISORDERS
First Claim
1. An electrosurgical device comprising:
- a housing, anda probe connected to the housing, the probe having a distal end comprising a heating element for heating a tissue on a patient'"'"'s body, wherebythe heating element is detachable from the probe'"'"'s distal end and a different heating element is attachable to the probe'"'"'s distal end.
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Abstract
A portable electrosurgical device (ESD) has a housing, a probe connected to the housing and a heating element connected to the probe for destroying human tissue. The heating element is detachable from the probe and/or the probe with heating element can be detachable from the housing. The user can set a drive signal'"'"'s electrical characteristics, such as operating frequency, duty cycle, peak voltage and the like for a customized drive signal formed in the ESD based on the heating element used. Memory storage allows for storage of inputted data from a keyboard, downloaded reference documents and information off the Internet from an Ethernet connector that can be displayed for reference on a screen of the ESD. Another even more compact ESD is an integral one-piece portable device having a type of pistol hand-held grip, dis-connectable probe, and a rechargeable, removable battery in the handle provides approximately 30, one-minute treatments on a single battery charge.
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34 Claims
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1. An electrosurgical device comprising:
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a housing, and a probe connected to the housing, the probe having a distal end comprising a heating element for heating a tissue on a patient'"'"'s body, whereby the heating element is detachable from the probe'"'"'s distal end and a different heating element is attachable to the probe'"'"'s distal end. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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2. A portable electrosurgical device comprising:
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a housing, a probe with a first end connected by a detachable cable to the housing and having a distal end, a tip detachably connected to the probe'"'"'s distal end, with a heating element located in the tip. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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3. A portable electrosurgical device comprising:
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a handle, a probe with a first end directly and detachably connected to the handle and having a distal end, a tip detachably connected to the distal end with a heating element located in the tip.
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22. A method of destroying a tissue using an electrosurgical device having a drive signal and a probe tip, the method comprising steps of:
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setting a switch for either a bipolar or a monopolar mode of operation, setting a switch for a type of heating element attached to the probe tip, reviewing a drive signal information displayed on a display of the electrosurgical device, selecting whether to accept displayed default drive signal characteristics or to modify at least one of the default drive signal characteristics, and if selecting to modify the at least one of the default drive signal characteristics, then using at least one control on the electrosurgical device to modify at least one of the default drive signal characteristics to form a modified drive signal, and sending one from the group of the default drive signal and the modified drive signal to the heating element, applying the probe tip with the drive signal to the heating element to thereby destroy the tissue. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33)
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23. A method of destroying a tissue using a portable electrosurgical device having a drive signal and a probe tip, the method comprising steps of:
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examining a tissue to be destroyed, selecting a heating element to use for destroying the tissue, attaching the selected heating element to the probe tip, forming a drive signal to use to destroy the tissue by using the electrosurgical device to set at least one electrical characteristic for the drive signal and to generate the drive signal. and applying the probe tip with the heating element and the drive signal to the tissue to thereby destroy the tissue.
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24. An portable electrosurgical device powered by a rechargeable battery for heating a heating element to perform a treatment on human tissue comprises
a probe, at least one from the group of a timer for measuring and providing time data, and a battery sensor for detecting and display a state of the battery, and a a light at a distal end of the probe and a transmission path for providing the light at the distal end, for illuminating an area where the treatment is conducted, at least one light indicator mounted on the probe, visible to a user while holding the electrosurgical device during the treatment, and operably connected to at least one from the group of the timer, the battery sensor and the light at the probe'"'"'s distal end, a feedback circuit with a first end connected at the heating element and comprising a thermistor for controlling a temperature at the tip, at least one membrane switch mounted on the probe within a finger reach of a hand holding the electrosurgical device during the treatment that when depressed displays to the user on the at least one light indicator of the electrosurgical device of at least one from the group of a time data associated with the treatment, a state of the battery and a condition of the illuminating light at the probe'"'"'s distal end, and wherein the rechargeable battery can be removed and replaced by a fully charged battery.
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30. A portable electrosurgical device comprising:
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a housing, a probe with a first end connected by a detachable cable to the housing and having a distal end, a tip with an integral heating element detachably connected to the probe'"'"'s distal end, wherein the probe with the connected tip and integral heating element is configured to be manually disconnectable from, and connectable to, the cable by the user.
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31. A portable electrosurgical device comprising:
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a handle, a probe with a first end directly and detachably connected to the handle and having a distal end, a tip detachably connected to the distal end with a heating element located in the tip, wherein the probe with the connected tip and integral heating element is configured to be manually disconnectable from, and connectable to, the handle by the user. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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Specification