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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Atricure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);
Inventors:
Tamer Ibrahim, Danville, CA (US);
Dwight P. Morejohn, Davis, CA (US);
Michael J. Banchieri, Discovery Bay, CA (US);
Ara Stephanian, Davis, CA (US);
John D. Pavlidis, Los Altos, CA (US);
David K. Swanson, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00011 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00291 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00357 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00375 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00613 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/142 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
Surgical systems and methods for administering an ablation treatment and other therapeutic or diagnostic protocols to a patient tissue involve a flexible stabilizer mechanism having an inner recess and an ablation mechanism coupled with the stabilizer mechanism.