A surgical instrument for thermally-mediated therapies in targeted tissue volumes and for causing thermal effects in polymer tissue-contacting members. In one embodiment, the instrument has a working end with an interior chamber that is supplied with a biocompatible liquid. An energy source causes a...http://www.google.se/patents/US7674259?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7674259 - Medical instruments and techniques for thermally-mediated therapies