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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2023
Applicant:

Atricure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);

Inventor:

David K. Swanson, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/10 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/085 (2013.01); A61B 18/08 (2013.01); A61B 18/10 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00363 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00392 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00613 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00654 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01); A61B 18/06 (2013.01); A61B 2018/145 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61N 2007/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tissue treatment system configured to ablate a tissue, the system comprising: (a) a clamp assembly comprising a first jaw mechanism and a second jaw mechanism configured to receive and compress a tissue therebetween; (b) a first electrode disposed on the first jaw mechanism and configured to contact the tissue; and (c) a second electrode disposed on the second jaw mechanism and configured to contact the tissue, where the first electrode and the second electrode are configured so that at least one of an ablation energy output of the first electrode and an ablation energy output of the second electrode is automatically adjusted to accommodate variable tissue thicknesses between the first electrode and the second electrode.


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