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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:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1995
Applicants:
Sidney D. Fleischman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David L. Mcgee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David K. Swanson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sidney D. Fleischman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David L. McGee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David K. Swanson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
EP Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods employ a guide element that carries a region of energy emitting material. The systems and methods electronically couple the region to a source of energy that, when emitted by the region, ablates tissue. The systems and methods are responsive to user commands for changing the physical characteristics of the lesions being created by electronically altering the energy emitting characteristics of the region itself.