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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2002
Loren L. Roy, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Timothy G. Dietz, Califon, NJ (US);
Stanley Levy, Jr., Saratoga, CA (US);
F. Allen House, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Carine Hoarau, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Peter A. Tobisch, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Loren L. Roy, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Timothy G. Dietz, Califon, NJ (US);
Stanley Levy, Jr., Saratoga, CA (US);
F. Allen House, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Carine Hoarau, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Peter A. Tobisch, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Solarant Medical, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for improving contact between tissue and a probe. In exemplary embodiments, methods of the present invention include a deploying a needle into a target tissue and retracting the needle so that tenting around the needle is reduced. The retracting of the needle can increase the amount of tissue contact between a surface of the tissue and a surface contacting portion of a probe body.