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US 6,041,787 AGranted
Use of cryoprotective agent compounds during cryosurgery
OwnerBoris Rubinskyinventor
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Abstract
The invention features an apparatus and method for protecting tissue from freeze damage during cryosurgery. According to the method, a cryoprotective agent is introduced to a tissue to be protected in an amount sufficient to protect the tissue from damage during cryosurgery, and cryosurgery is performed on tissue to be destroyed.
Claims10
A method of protecting tissue in-vivo from damage during cryosurgery comprising:
- introducing a cryoprotective agent to a tissue for protecting the tissue from damage during cryosurgery;
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- performing cryosurgery of a tissue to be destroyed.
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