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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vahid Saadat, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ruey-Feng Peh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Edmund A. Tam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chris A. Rothe, San Mateo, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A manipulation assembly includes a delivery catheter having a lumen extending therethrough and a deployment catheter positioned within the delivery catheter. The deployment catheter is independently manipulatable with respect to the delivery catheter. The assembly further includes a visualization element extendable distally beyond the deployment catheter and an ablation probe comprising an energy transmitting surface positionable to ablate tissue adjacent to a distal end of the ablation probe. The ablation probe is extendable distally beyond the deployment catheter.