A surgical probe having the ability to thermally insulate adjacent healthy tissue from cooling or heating effects at adjacent tissue being subjected to thermal destruction by cryosurgery, electrosurgery and hyperthermia. The probe includes a spatula shaped thermally insulating member that is mounted...http://www.google.fr/patents/US5720743?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US5720743 - Thermally insulating surgical probe