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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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald Patterson, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Assignee:
C.R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
Abstract
A medical device in one embodiment includes an electrode which is connected to a flexible, tubular, movable member, such as a catheter shaft or an outer sheath, which is slidably extended over a guide wire, flexible shaft, or other tubular member. A displacement mechanism is connected to the movable member, and may be actuated one or more times to displace the movable member in successive, predetermined increments, for creating a linear lesion or for performing diagnostic functions.