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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:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David K Swanson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dorin Panescu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James G Whayne, Saratoga, CA (US);
Patrick M Owens, Cupertino, CA (US);
Russell B Thompson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
EP Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 34 ; 606 41 ; 607 99 ; 607105 ; 607113 ; 607122 ;
Abstract
Porous electrode assemblies for tissue heating and ablation systems and methods enable ionic transport of electrical energy to occur substantially free of liquid perfusion.