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US 2004/0111087 A1Published application
Handpiece for treatment of tissue
AssigneeThermage, Inc.
InventorsRoger A. Stern, Mitchell Levinson, Bryan Weber
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Abstract
A handpiece that includes a handpiece assembly, a handpiece housing and a cooling fluidic medium valve member. An electrode assembly is coupled to the handpiece housing. The electrode assembly has a least one RF electrode that is capacitively coupled to a skin surface when at least a portion of the RF electrode is in contact with the skin surface.
Claims111
A handpiece, comprising:
- a handpiece assembly including a handpiece housing and a cooling fluidic medium valve member;
- and
- an electrode assembly coupled to the handpiece housing, the electrode assembly including a least one RF electrode that is capacitively coupled to a skin surface when at least a portion of the RF electrode is in contact with the skin surface.
A handpiece, comprising:
- a handpiece assembly including a handpiece housing and a cooling fluidic medium valve member with an inlet and an outlet;
- and
- an electrode assembly removably coupled to the handpiece housing, the electrode assembly including a least one RF electrode with a front surface and a back surface, wherein the RF electrode is capacitively coupled to a skin surface when at least a portion of the RF electrode is in contact with the skin surface.
A handpiece, comprising:
- a handpiece assembly including a handpiece housing;
- an insert at least partially positionable in the handpiece housing;
- an RF electrode coupled to the insert, the RF electrode including a back surface facing the handpiece housing and an opposing front surface;
- and
- a cooling fluidic medium dispensing assembly coupled to the handpiece housing and the insert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.