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US 5,961,535 AGranted
Instrument and method for surgical stimulation of connective tissue
OwnerThomas D. Rosenberg, Richard M. Greenwaldinventors
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Abstract
An instrument and method for surgical stimulation of connective tissue are disclosed. The instrument has a plurality of protuberances located on a head connected to a shaft and a handle for manipulation by a surgeon to selectively perforate diseased connective tissue to stimulate a variety of desirable biological responses resulting from bleeding from the intrinsic vasculature of the connective tissue, investing tissue, and adjoining bone.
Claims16
An instrument for stimulation of connective tissue comprising:
- a handle for gripping by a user;
- an elongate shaft fixedly connected to and extending outwardly
- from the handle;
- and
- a plurality of protuberance means fixedly connected to and extending outwardly from the shaft for substantially simultaneous perforation of abnormal connective tissue when so manipulated by a user gripping and manipulating the handle;
- wherein the plurality of protuberances are disposed in a substlmtially orthgonal direction with regard to the shaft.
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A method for stimulation of connective tissue comprising the steps of:
- providing an instrument with a plurality of protuberances and a handle;
- manipulation of the protuberances by means of the handle in a surgical procedure to perforate abnormal connective tissue to stimulate bleeding and a resultant biological response in the connective tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.