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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marvin P. Loeb, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
L. Dean Crawford, Irvine, CA (US);
Samuel M. Shaolian, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cardiodyne, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ;
Abstract
A surgical device is provided for forming a channel through or into tissue utilizing radio-frequency electrical energy. The device includes a cannula having an open bore. Mounted within the bore is an insulated mono-polar electrical lead, the distal end of which is not insulated, for forming the channel by mechanically advancing through the tissue and emitting radio-frequency energy. Alternatively, the device can have bipolar electrical leads.