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Method for treating intervertebral disc

  • US 8,187,312 B2
  • Filed: 10/15/2007
  • Issued: 05/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • advancing a member into a nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc by blunt dissection, the nucleus pulposus having a volume, andapplying radiofrequency energy from the member to decrease the volume of the nucleus pulposus.

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