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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lily Chen Tu, Tustin, CA (US);
Hosheng Tu, Tustin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 7/12 ;
Abstract
A method using an ablation apparatus for treating tissues or atherosclerosis on a patient having a pre-implanted medical stent, the method including applying RF energy to the tissue lesion site underlying the stent for therapeutic purposes at different energy levels, different post-procedure times, and different modes of energy delivery.