| Predicate |
Object |
| assignee |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentassignee/MD5_be41078385205036f284d26d8a1a2c87 |
| classificationCPCAdditional |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B2018-00702
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B2018-00875
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B18-1442
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B18-1445
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B18-1447
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B2018-00202
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B2018-00648
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B2018-2272
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B2018-00601
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B2018-00666
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B2018-0063
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B2018-202 |
| classificationCPCInventive |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B18-20
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B18-201
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61B18-22 |
| classificationIPCAdditional |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentipc/A61B18-00 |
| classificationIPCInventive |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentipc/A61B18-20
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentipc/A61B18-22
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentipc/A61B18-14 |
| filingDate |
2019-03-15-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
| grantDate |
2021-02-23-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
| inventor |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentinventor/MD5_b2951a7aab7eaaf3dd13013ed140e1bc |
| publicationDate |
2021-02-23-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
| publicationNumber |
US-10925670-B2 |
| titleOfInvention |
Medical devices and methods incorporating frustrated total internal reflection for energy-efficient sealing and cutting of tissue using light energy |
| abstract |
A medical instrument includes two jaw members, at least one of which creates conditions of frustrated total internal reflection at a tissue-contacting surface when tissue is grasped between the two jaw members. The first jaw member may include an optical element having a tissue-contacting surface. The medical instrument also includes a light source that provides a light beam for sealing tissue. The light source is positioned so that the light beam is totally internally reflected from an interface between the tissue-contacting surface and air when tissue is not grasped by the jaw members. When tissue is grasped by the jaw members, at least a portion of the light beam is transmitted through that portion of the tissue-contacting surface that is in contact with the tissue. The light source may be movably coupled to a jaw member to scan the light beam and/or to change the incident angle based on optical properties of the tissue. |
| priorityDate |
2012-09-06-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
| type |
http://data.epo.org/linked-data/def/patent/Publication |