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US 7,066,932 B1Granted
Biologically enhanced irrigants
AssigneeMAP Technologies, LLC
InventorsRoy E. Morgan, Wayne K. Auge, II
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Abstract
Compositions, systems and methods utilizing engineered surgical irrigants providing delivery of components with therapeutic or other secondary benefits. Engineered irrigants provide targeted delivery of desired agents, including agents for propulsion of nano-devices, agents including molecular probes, gene expression agents, magnetically orientable agents, agents for discrete tissue temperature detection and tissue regeneration agents.
Claims8
A method for determining the temperature of tissue structures under application of energy in an electrosurgery procedure, the method comprising
- providing a surgical irrigant solution comprising at least one thermally responsive component;
- applying the surgical irrigant solution to the surgical site;
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- visually detecting at the tissue structures a discrete, pre-selected thermal change, a range of thermal change, or both in the at least one thermally responsive component upon application of energy in an electrosurgery procedure conducted within the surgical irrigant solution.
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