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US 11,051,872 B2Granted
Electrosurgical electrodes and systems and methods including same
AssigneeRobert James Stanley, II
InventorRobert James Stanley, II
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Abstract
A method for treating surface tissue of a patient includes: providing an electrode having a contact surface, wherein the contact surface has a curved profile; placing the contact surface in contact with surface tissue of the patient; and sliding the contact surface across and in contact with the surface tissue while applying electrosurgical currents to the surface tissue via the contact surface to thereby vaporize and ablate the surface tissue and form a treated band of the surface tissue.
Claims16
A method for treating gum tissue of a patient, the method comprising:
- providing an electrode having a contact surface, wherein the contact surface has a curved profile;
- placing the contact surface in contact with an outer surface of the gum tissue of the patient;
- and
- sliding the contact surface across and in contact with the outer surface of the gum tissue while applying electrosurgical currents to the gum tissue via the contact surface to thereby vaporize and ablate at least a portion of the gum tissue and form a treated band of the gum tissue;
- wherein:
- the curved profile of the contact surface extends along a first axis;
- the contact surface has a linear profile along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis;
- and
- the step of sliding the contact surface across and in contact with the outer surface of the gum tissue includes sliding the contact surface across and in contact with the outer surface of the gum tissue in a direction substantially parallel to the first axis while applying the electrosurgical currents to the gum tissue via the contact surface to thereby vaporize and ablate at least a portion of the gum tissue.
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