Kimberly Wiley

US Patent:

20130296846, Nov 7, 2013

Filed:

Nov 2, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/882010

Inventors:

Jerome Canady - Lakeland FL, US
Edson Vieira - Ribeirao Preto, BR
Nicholas Vieira - Ribeirao Preto, BR
Kimberly Wiley - Rochester NY, US

International Classification:

A61B 18/04

US Classification:

606 37, 606 45, 606 42

Abstract:

An electrosurgical method and device for simultaneously cutting and coagulating tissue with an electrosurgical device having an electrode and a channel wherein said channel has a port near a proximal end of said electrode, wherein the method comprises the steps of causing an inert gas to flow through said channel and exit said port, applying high-frequency energy to said electrode while said inert gas flows through said channel, wherein said high-frequency energy applied to said electrode continuously plasmatizes inert gas exiting said port, initiating an electrical discharge from said electrode through said continuously plasmatized inert gas to said tissue, cutting tissue with said electrode, maintaining said electrical discharge from said electrode through said plasmatized inert gas while cutting tissue with said electrode to cause coagulation of said tissue simultaneously with said cutting.

US Patent:

20210007787, Jan 14, 2021

Filed:

Sep 8, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/014255

Inventors:

- Takoma Park MD, US
Edson Vieira - Ribeirao Preto, BR
Nicholas Vieira - Ribeirao Preto, BR
Kimberly Wiley - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

U.S. Patent Innovations, LLC - Takoma Park MD

International Classification:

A61B 18/04

Abstract:

An electrosurgical method and device for simultaneously cutting and coagulating tissue with an electrosurgical device having an electrode and a channel wherein said channel has a port near a proximal end of said electrode, wherein the method comprises the steps of causing an inert gas to flow through said channel and exit said port, applying high-frequency energy to said electrode while said inert gas flows through said channel, wherein said high-frequency energy applied to said electrode continuously plasmatizes inert gas exiting said port, initiating an electrical discharge from said electrode through said continuously plasmatized inert gas to said tissue, cutting tissue with said electrode, maintaining said electrical discharge from said electrode through said plasmatized inert gas while cutting tissue with said electrode to cause coagulation of said tissue simultaneously with said cutting.

US Patent:

20180344379, Dec 6, 2018

Filed:

Jul 31, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/050482

Inventors:

- Takoma Park MD, US
Edson Vieira - Ribeirao Preto, BR
Nicholas Vieira - Ribeirao Preto, BR
Kimberly Wiley - Rochester NY, US

Assignee:

U.S. Patent Innovations, LLC - Takoma Park MD

International Classification:

A61B 18/04
A61B 18/00
A61N 1/44

Abstract:

An electrosurgical method and device for simultaneously cutting and coagulating tissue with an electrosurgical device having an electrode and a channel wherein said channel has a port near a proximal end of said electrode, wherein the method comprises the steps of causing an inert gas to flow through said channel and exit said port, applying high-frequency energy to said electrode while said inert gas flows through said channel, wherein said high-frequency energy applied to said electrode continuously plasmatizes inert gas exiting said port, initiating an electrical discharge from said electrode through said continuously plasmatized inert gas to said tissue, cutting tissue with said electrode, maintaining said electrical discharge from said electrode through said plasmatized inert gas while cutting tissue with said electrode to cause coagulation of said tissue simultaneously with said cutting.