Claims
- 1. An apparatus for applying to a surface of mammalian tissue, an initially fluent material activatable to a non-fluent condition by exposure to a selected energy source comprising:
an applicator having a proximal end and a distal end; the distal end of the applicator having an emission outlet constructed to emit the fluent material onto the tissue surface; and means at the distal end of the applicator for applying said activating energy to the fluent material in situ to initiate conversion of the applied material from fluent to non-fluent form.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/467,359, filed Dec. 20, 1999, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/944,035, filed Sep. 29, 1997, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/448,573, filed Jun. 7, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,698,189, issued Dec. 16, 1997, which was filed under 35 U.S.C. §371 from PCT International Application Serial No. PCT/US94/03115, filed Mar. 23, 1994, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/036,128, filed Mar. 23, 1993, now abandoned, all incorporated herein by reference.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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