Apparatus and methods are provided for thermally and/or mechanically treating tissue, such as valvular structures, to reconfigure or shrink the tissue in a controlled manner. The apparatus comprises a catheter in communication with an end effector which induces a temperature rise in an annulus of tissue...http://www.google.es/patents/US20040133192?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US20040133192 - Apparatus and methods for treating tissue
Número de solicitud: 10/669,204 Número de publicación: US 2004/0133192 A1 Fecha de presentación: 23 Sep 2003 Patente emitida: US7217284 ( Fecha de emisión 15 May 2007)