US 12,114,908 B2
Methods and apparatus for pumping coolant to an energy delivery device
Craig Robert Bockenstedt, Bothell, WA (US); and Gregory T. Wing, Carnation, WA (US)
Assigned to Solta Medical Ireland Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Solta Medical Ireland Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/835,057.
Application 17/835,057 is a continuation of application No. 16/556,616, filed on Aug. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,395,692.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/725,562, filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0409256 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/02 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00452 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1253 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1266 (2013.01); A61B 2018/128 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for treating tissue with electromagnetic energy, the method comprising:
heating a fluid inside a container to a selected temperature that provides a pressurized fluid maintained in a liquid state inside the container; and
pumping the pressurized fluid from the container to an energy delivery device configured to emit the electromagnetic energy.