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US 2022/0022937 A1Published application
Ceramic applicator for transcutaneous delivery of energy
AssigneeBausch Health Ireland Limited
InventorsFrederick Jay Bennett, Craig Robert Bockenstedt
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Abstract
Energy delivery devices and methods of treating tissue with high-frequency energy. The energy delivery device may include an applicator having an electrode and a substrate. The substrate may be composed of a ceramic material and may have a surface characterized by a variable thickness, such as a concave surface.
Claims21
An energy delivery device comprising:
- an applicator including an electrode and a substrate comprised of a ceramic material, the substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and one or more outer edges between the first surface and the second surface, and the substrate having a thickness between the first surface and the second surface that varies as a function of position relative to the plurality of outer edges.
A method of delivering high-frequency energy, the method comprising:
- transferring the high-frequency energy from an electrode through a substrate to treat tissue proximate to the electrode with a current density that is smaller near outer edges of the electrode than inward from the outer edges,
- wherein the substrate has a thickness that varies as a function of position relative to a plurality of outer edges of the substrate, and the thickness of the substrate is largest near the outer edges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.