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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2003
Thomas R. Jenkins, Oakland, CA (US);
Russell B. Thompson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Burnside, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anant V. Hegde, Newark, CA (US);
David K. Swanson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas R. Jenkins, Oakland, CA (US);
Russell B. Thompson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Burnside, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anant V. Hegde, Newark, CA (US);
David K. Swanson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus that facilitates the creation of circumferential lesions in body tissue. The apparatus includes a first probe having a loop structure that supports electrodes or other operative elements against the body tissue and a second probe with an expandable push structure that may be used to urge the loop structure against body tissue.