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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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W. Sliwa, Jr., Los Altos, CA (US);
Matthias Vaska, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jonathan L. Podmore, Millbrae, CA (US);
Roxanne L. Richman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Scott C. Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Gerard Champsaur, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John E. Crowe, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Epicor Medical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
Abstract
An ablating device has a cover which holds an interface material such as a gel. The cover contains the interface material during initial placement of the device. The ablating device may also have a removable tip or a membrane filled with fluid. In still another aspect, the ablating device may be submerged in liquid during operation.