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Patent Inventor Names
Hugh R. Sharkey0
Joel Saal0
Jeffrey A. Saal0
John E. Ashley0
Date of Patent
December 18, 2007
0Patent Application Number
108986710
Date Filed
July 26, 2004
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Patent abstract
A catheter for delivering energy to a surgical site is disclosed. The catheter includes at a proximal end a handle and at a distal end a probe. The catheter includes at least one energy delivery device and an activation element. The at least one energy delivery device is located at the distal end of the catheter to deliver energy to portions of the surgical site. The activation element is located at the distal end of the catheter, to transition the probe from a linear to a multi-dimensional shape, within the surgical site. Methods for deploying the probe from the linear to multi-dimensional shape are disclosed.
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