Electrosurgical device with discontinuous flow density
AssigneeBaylis Medical Company Inc.
InventorsNeil Godara, Wesley Dawkins, Taylor Hillier, Mark Leung
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Abstract
An electrosurgical device comprising a means for impeding flow for delivering energy to a region of tissue is described. In addition, a method of treating the sacroiliac region of a patient's body by delivering energy is also described. The method includes the steps of inserting a probe into a target site within the sacroiliac region of a patient's body and delivering energy to the probe to treat tissue within the target site.
Claims20
A method of treating the sacroiliac region of a patient's body by delivering energy, comprising the steps of:
- providing a substantially rigid probe having at least two regions of electrical discontinuity which result in a region of increased current density about the probe when energy is delivered to the probe;
- inserting the probe into a target site within the sacroiliac region of a patient's body;
- and
- delivering energy to the probe to treat tissue within the target site;
- wherein the probe is able to create a strip lesion during a single energy delivery step.
A method of treating the sacroiliac region of a patient's body by delivering energy, comprising the steps of:
- positioning a probe at a target site in proximity to an anatomical structure within the sacroiliac region;
- and
- delivering energy to the probe to treat the target site;
- wherein the anatomical structure impedes the flow of electrical current such that a substantially homogeneous lesion is created by the delivery of energy to the target site.
A method of treating the sacroiliac region of a patient's body comprising the step of delivering energy to a sacral neural crescent to create a substantially homogeneous lesion to treat at least two branches of a sacral nerve passing through the sacral neural crescent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.