US 12,232,800 B2
Electrically based medical treatment device and method
Jongju Na, Songpa-Gu (KR)
Assigned to Serendia, LLC, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Filed by Serendia, LLC, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Filed on May 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/679,893.
Application 18/679,893 is a continuation of application No. 17/686,405, filed on Mar. 3, 2022, abandoned.
Application 17/686,405 is a continuation of application No. 17/061,523, filed on Oct. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,406,444, issued on Aug. 9, 2022.
Application 17/061,523 is a continuation of application No. 16/111,616, filed on Aug. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,799,286, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Application 16/111,616 is a continuation of application No. 15/202,511, filed on Jul. 5, 2016, granted, now 10,058,379, issued on Aug. 28, 2018.
Application 15/202,511 is a continuation of application No. 14/006,930, granted, now 9,480,836, previously published as PCT/KR2012/004695, filed on Jun. 14, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2011-0057691 (KR), filed on Jun. 14, 2011; and application No. 10-2011-0057692 (KR), filed on Jun. 14, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2024/0315762 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61H 39/00 (2006.01); A61H 39/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/06 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1477 (2013.01) [A61H 39/002 (2013.01); A61H 39/086 (2013.01); A61N 1/0502 (2013.01); A61N 1/06 (2013.01); A61N 1/328 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00452 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0047 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00625 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0072 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00726 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00732 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00738 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00767 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/143 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1475 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A patient body treatment apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of needles, wherein the needles are bipolar and are configured to be insertable into skin to be treated;
a radio frequency (RF) generator configured to provide an Alternating Current (AC) RF signal to the plurality of needles,
wherein application of the RF signal to the plurality of needles is configured to raise temperature, and
wherein the plurality of needles is configured to treat the skin of the patient by raising temperature, and wherein the temperature rise is concentrated in an area around each needle and not between needles; and
wherein in at least one mode of operation, the body treatment apparatus is configured to achieve coagulation of body tissue and not vaporization or carbonization of body tissue, and
wherein the AC RF signal has a frequency, wherein the plurality of needles are arranged in a plurality of rows, and adjacent needles in each row have opposite polarities, wherein the polarities of the needles change at the frequency of the AC RF signal.