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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
May. 04, 1999
Stuart Edwards, Portola Valley, CA (US);
John Gaiser, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Utley, San Carlos, CA (US);
Scott West, Livermore, CA (US);
Jay Chin, Fremont, CA (US);
Curon Medical, Inc., Synnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Expandable assemblies for treating a tissue region at or near a sphincter comprises a support basket formed from an array of spines. A mechanism flexes the spines to expand and collapse the basket. Electrodes carried by the spines for advancement in a path to penetrate the tissue region upon expansion of the basket. The basket can be formed from a mechanical array of molded, jointed spines, or from an extruded tube having axial slits forming the spines.
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