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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:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
May. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David K Swanson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sidney D Fleischman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Josef V Koblish, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Russell B Thompson, Los Altos, CA (US);
James G Whayne, Saratoga, CA (US);
Thomas R Jenkins, Oakland, CA (US);
Edward J Snyder, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
EP Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 41 ; 606 49 ; 607 99 ;
Abstract
A surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body. The apparatus may be catheter-based or a probe including a relatively short shaft.
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