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Loren L. Roy0
Carine Hoarau0
F. Allen House0
Peter A. Tobisch0
Stanley Levy, Jr.0
Timothy G. Dietz0
Date of Patent
February 8, 2005
0Patent Application Number
102119730
Date Filed
August 1, 2002
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Patent abstract
Methods and devices for improving contact between tissue and a probe. In exemplary embodiments, methods of the present invention include a deploying a needle into a target tissue and retracting the needle so that tenting around the needle is reduced. The retracting of the needle can increase the amount of tissue contact between a surface of the tissue and a surface contacting portion of a probe body.
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