Method for welding tissue
US6221068A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2018/00452
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Radiation is delivered to a wound in a series of sufficiently short pulses, with adequate cooling between individual pulses, to produce cumulative thermal denaturation and welding of the skin edges at the immediate area of the wound site, while avoiding unnecessary thermal damage to surrounding healthy tissue.
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