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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:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hosheng Tu, Tustin, CA (US);
Weng-Kwen Raymond Chia, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Irvine Biomedical, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
Abstract
An ablation catheter comprising a delivery catheter and an inner insert having a retractable tip section, wherein a deployable two-piece electrode means is mounted on the retractable tip section and wherein the second piece of the two-piece electrode means is in a circular shape which plane is essentially perpendicular to the delivery catheter, adapted for delivering RF ablative energy to the electrode means.