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Dag Roar Hjelme0
Hans Christian Boldstad0
Lars Othar Svaasand0
Reinold Ellingsen0
Date of Patent
July 25, 2006
0Patent Application Number
101467550
Date Filed
May 16, 2002
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An apparatus for controlling the temperature of a part of a human or animal body 2 during a cryosurgical procedure is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a radiative energy transmitter 26 for radiating energy to a zone of the body 2 to be protected from excessive cooling. There is also provided a means 12 for controlling the energy radiated by said radiative energy transmitter 26. Preferably the radiative energy transmitter comprises an infra-red laser diode coupled to a diffuser 34 by an optical fibre 40.
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