A microwave ablation device including a cable assembly configured to connect a microwave ablation device to an energy source and a feedline in electrical communication with the cable assembly. The microwave ablation device further includes a balun on an outer conductor of the feedline, and a temperature sensor on the balun sensing the temperature of the balun.

A method of treating a soft palate in a patient may involve advancing a tissue treatment portion of a soft palate treatment device through the patient's mouth, contacting a treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion with mucosal tissue of the soft palate, and delivering energy from the tissue treatment portion through the mucosal tissue to a target tissue in the soft palate beneath to the mucosal tissue, to change at least one property of the target tissue. The method may further involve cooling the mucosal tissue with a cooling member on the treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion and removing the tissue treatment portion from the mouth.

An energy delivery probe is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the energy can be applied with a vapor media. The energy delivery probe can include a vapor delivery member configured to extend into a transition zone prostate tissue. A condensable vapor media can be delivered from the vapor delivery member into the transition zone tissue, wherein the condensable vapor media can propagate interstitially in the transition zone tissue and be confined in the transition zone tissue by boundary tissue adjacent to the transition zone tissue. Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered.

The present invention relates to a light emitting device for providing dermatological treatment. The present invention comprises a housing structure for housing a light emitting source, a fan and a duct. The light emitting source is arranged to emit light energy to external of the device and the fan is configured for directing air heated by operation of the light emitting source into the duct. The duct is arranged to direct heated air in an airstream pathway from an outlet port of a distal end of the duct and through an aperture in the housing structure where the housing structure and the duct are relatively arranged such that no part of the housing structure extends into the air stream pathway in order to minimise heat exchange from the heated air to the housing structure.

An applicator for applying cryogenic fluid to a treatment area is described, the applicator comprising: a reservoir (12) configured to contain a cryogenic fluid comprising a gas phase (G) and a liquid phase (L). A nozzle (20) extends from a proximal end arranged in fluid communication with the reservoir (12) to an open distal end (21) for application of fluid to a treatment area. An actuatable valve is provided to selectively allow a flow of cryogenic fluid from the reservoir (12) through the distal end of the nozzle (20). A spacer (14) extends distally beyond the distal end (21) of the nozzle (20), the spacer (14) comprising a skin contacting surface (14a) at its distal end. A porous material (16) is provided between the distal end (21) of the nozzle (20), at least between the open end of the nozzle and the skin contacting surface of the spacer.

An adapter module is configured to be coupled to a robotic arm of a robotic surgical system and a surgical instrument. The adapter module has a first interface configured to engage a second interface of the surgical instrument to removably secure the surgical instrument thereto. The adapter module further includes a sensor configured to detect whether the second interface is fully engaged with the first interface, and a control circuit coupled to the sensor. The control circuit is configured to monitor the sensor to determine an engagement status of the surgical instrument, and prevent activation of a component of the robotic surgical system in a disengaged status.

A method for determining a suitable set of parameters for operating a light source within a photo-thermal targeted treatment system for targeting a chromophore embedded in a medium is disclosed. The method includes, before administration of a treatment protocol: 1) administering at least one laser pulse from the light source at a preset power level to a location to be treated, the preset power level being below a known damage threshold; 2) measuring a skin surface temperature at the location to be treated, following administration of the at least one laser pulse; 3) estimating a relationship between the parameters for operating the light source and the skin surface temperature; and 4) defining a safe operating range for the parameters for operating the light source in order to avoid thermal damage to the medium at the location to be treated while still effectively targeting the chromophore in administering the treatment protocol.

A surgical method utilizes a surgical instrument having an elongate probe with a distal end having at least one egress or outlet port. The method comprises inserting a distal end portion of the elongate probe into a spinal disc space adjacent two spinal vertebrae, ejecting or streaming a plasma jet from the at least one egress or outlet port into spinal disc material in the spinal disc space, and subsequently removing the elongate probe from the spinal disc space.

The present disclosure relates to a surgical tool for cutting and hemostasis of biological tissues. The surgical tool includes a hollow blade comprising a cutting implement residing within a hollow cavity configured to provide high-pressure steam through an apical surface. The cutting implement can operate independently or in cooperation with the provided high-pressure steam. The surgical tool of the present disclosure applies a directionally-controlled, high-pressure steam flow to a tissue region of interest. A control unit provides temperature-controlled steam at a flow-rate determined in accordance with tissue type and intended procedure.

A device for enhancement of visual appearance including a first applicator to be coupled to a first area of a body region, with a first magnetic field generating device and a first radiofrequency electrode, a second applicator to be coupled to a second area of the body region, with a second magnetic field generating device. The device further includes a first energy storage device, a second energy storage device, and a first switching device to discharge energy from the first energy storage device to the first magnetic field generating to generate a first time-varying magnetic field to cause muscle contraction, and a second switching to discharge energy from the second energy storage device to the second magnetic field generating device to generate a second time-varying magnetic field. The first radiofrequency electrode may provide first radiofrequency waves causing heating of tissue within the first area of the body region.