▪ Abstract Electrical shock trauma tends to produce a very complex pattern of injury, mainly
because of the multiple modes of frequency-dependent tissue-field interactions. Historically …

This issue of Current Problems in Surgery is devoted to" Injury by Electrical Forces," a topic
generally unfamiliar to surgeons since few of them have experience with this type of trauma …

An ultrasonic surgical instrument is presented including an ultrasonic transmission member
having a proximal end and a distal end, and a handle member located at the proximal end of …

Disclosed is a system and method for enabling user preview and control of the size and
shape of an electromagnetic energy field used in a surgical procedure. The disclosed …

Abstract Low-intensity, intermediate-frequency (100–300 kHz), alternating electric fields,
delivered by means of insulated electrodes, were found to have a profound inhibitory effect …

(57) ABSTRACT A microwave ablation system includes a generator including a first energy
source, a second energy source and a diplexer, the diplexer multiplexes a first energy from …

Disclosed is a system and method for enabling user preview and control of the size and
shape of an electromagnetic energy field used in a surgical procedure. The disclosed …

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An electromagnetic Surgical ablation probe having a conical hood reflector and method of
manufacture thereof is dis closed. The disclosed probe includes a shaft assembly that has a …