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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter M Mulier, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael F Hoey, Shoreview, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ; A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128642 ; 606 27 ; 606 41 ; 607 99 ; 607105 ; 607113 ; 607122 ; 607127 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for ablation of body tissue. A catheter provided with a hollow needle is employed both for mapping the location to be ablated by injection of an excitability reducing agent and for ablating tissue, employing RF energy in conjunction with an injected, conductive fluid.
Published as:
CA2197470A1; WO9607360A1; AU3150695A; US5609151A; EP0779794A1; US5725524A; JPH10505268A; AU692289B2; US5906613A; EP1149564A1; EP0779794B1; DE69530493D1; DE69530493T2;