DE60030314D1 - Ablationsschlaufe für den vorhofring mit expandierbarer schubvorrichtung - Google Patents

Ablationsschlaufe für den vorhofring mit expandierbarer schubvorrichtung

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DE60030314D1
DE60030314D1 DE60030314T DE60030314T DE60030314D1 DE 60030314 D1 DE60030314 D1 DE 60030314D1 DE 60030314 T DE60030314 T DE 60030314T DE 60030314 T DE60030314 T DE 60030314T DE 60030314 D1 DE60030314 D1 DE 60030314D1
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pushing device
ablation circuit
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R Jenkins
B Thompson
Robert Burnside
V Hegde
K Swanson
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Boston Scientific Ltd Barbados
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    • A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
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    • A61B2018/00345—Vascular system
    • A61B2018/00351—Heart
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    • A61B2018/00571—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body for achieving a particular surgical effect
    • A61B2018/00577—Ablation
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    • A61B2018/00636—Sensing and controlling the application of energy
    • A61B2018/00773—Sensed parameters
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    • A61B2018/00839—Bioelectrical parameters, e.g. ECG, EEG
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    • A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
    • A61B18/14—Probes or electrodes therefor
    • A61B2018/1405—Electrodes having a specific shape
    • A61B2018/1407—Loop

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US09/447,180 US6645199B1 (en) 1999-11-22 1999-11-22 Loop structures for supporting diagnostic and therapeutic elements contact with body tissue and expandable push devices for use with same
US447180 1999-11-22
PCT/EP2000/011638 WO2001037925A2 (en) 1999-11-22 2000-11-22 Atrial annulus ablation loop with expandable pusher

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AT (1) ATE336955T1 (de)
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