RF electrode assembly for handpiece

Details for Australian Patent Application No. 2004226484 (hide)

Owner Thermage, Inc.

Inventors Stern, Roger A.; Levinson, Mitch; Weber, Bryan

Agent Griffith Hack

Pub. Number AU-B-2004226484

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/087253

Priority 10/397,976 25.03.03 US

Filing date 25 March 2004

Wipo publication date 14 October 2004

Acceptance publication date 26 March 2009

International Classifications

A41D 13/005 (2006.01) Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. garments affording protection against blows or punches, surgeons' gowns - with controlled temperature

A45D 44/22 (2006.01) Other toilet or cosmetic equipment, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms

A61B 18/12 (2006.01) Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body - by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current

A61B 18/14 (2006.01) Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body - Probes or electrodes therefor

A61B 18/18 (2006.01) Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body - by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves

A61B 19/00 (2006.01) Instruments, implements or accessories for surgery or diagnosis not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for stereotaxis, sterile operation, luxation treatment, wound edge protectors

A61N 1/04 (2006.01) Electrotherapy - Electrodes

A61N 1/06 (2006.01) Electrotherapy - for high-frequency therapy

A61N 1/28 (2006.01) Electrotherapy

A61N 1/30 (2006.01) Electrotherapy - Apparatus for iontophoresis or cataphoresis

A61N 1/40 (2006.01) Electrotherapy - Applying electric fields by inductive or capacitive coupling

A61N 5/04 (2006.01) Radiation therapy

A61N 5/06 (2006.01) Radiation therapy - using light

A61B 18/00 (2006.01) Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body

A61F 7/02 (2006.01) Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body - Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling

A61H 7/00 (2006.01) Devices for suction-kneading massage

A61H 9/00 (2006.01) Pneumatic or hydraulic massage

A61N 1/32 (2006.01) Electrotherapy - alternating or intermittent currents

Event Publications

13 October 2005 PCT application entered the National Phase

  PCT publication WO2004/087253 Priority application(s): WO2004/087253

20 October 2005 Amendment Made

  The nature of the amendment is as shown in the statement(s) filed 23 Sep 2005

26 March 2009 Application Accepted

  Published as AU-B-2004226484

23 July 2009 Standard Patent Sealed

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