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US 2006/0189974 A1Published application
Tissue treatment system
AssigneeRhytec Limited
InventorsKeith Penny, Nigel Goble, Colin Goble
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AssigneeRhytec Limited
InventorsKeith Penny, Nigel Goble, Colin Goble
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A tissue treatment system has a radio frequency generator and a handheld treatment instrument that generates a gas plasma jet for delivering thermal energy to a tissue surface to be treated. Incorporated in the housing for the generator is a calibration device for adjusting the energy output of the generator, if necessary, at the beginning of a treatment session. The calibration device has a target element with a target surface, a transducer for sensing changes in temperature of the target element with respect to the temperature of a reference element, and an energy output adjuster for adjusting the radio frequency energy output of the generator in response to a calibration signal generated by the transducer. The generator housing has a receptacle for locating the nozzle of the handheld instrument in juxtaposition with the target element so that when a plasma burst is generated as part of a calibration sequence it is incident on the target surface. The generator output is automatically adjusted to compensate for any deviation of a calibration value, produced from the calibration signal, from a reference value. Also disclosed is a method of regenerating the reticular architecture of tissue, the method including calibrating the energy delivery of a tissue treatment system.
A tissue treatment system including a radio frequency (r.f.) generator, a treatment instrument connectible to the generator and to a source of ionisable gas and operable to produce a plasma jet at a nozzle of the instrument when supplied with the ionisable gas and energised by the generator, and a calibration device which comprises:
A method of calibrating a tissue treatment system which includes a radio frequency (r.f.) generator, a treatment instrument connected to the generator and to a source of ionisable gas, and a calibration device comprising a target element and a temperature sensing transducer, wherein the method comprises:
A calibration device for a gas plasma tissue treatment system, wherein the device comprises:
A method of regenerating the reticular architecture of tissue using a tissue treatment system having a handheld tissue treatment instrument which emits a thermal energy beam, wherein the method includes calibrating the energy delivery of the system by placing the treatment instrument in registry with a temperature-sensing target device, operating the system to direct a thermal energy beam at the target device, adjusting at least one energy setting of the stem in response to an output of the target device to calibrate the system for energy output, moving the treatment instrument to a treatment position over an area of tissue to be treated, and operating the system to cause thermal energy to be delivered to the tissue surface using the calibrated system.
A method of regenerating the reticular architecture of tissue using a source of thermal energy comprising the steps of:
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