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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Sing Fatt Chin, Fremont, CA (US);
Dany Berube, Fremont, CA (US);
Dinesh I. Mody, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Nancy Norris, Fremont, CA (US);
Sing Fatt Chin, Fremont, CA (US);
Dany Berube, Fremont, CA (US);
Dinesh I. Mody, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Nancy Norris, Fremont, CA (US);
AFx, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for positioning a medical instrument at a desired biological target tissue site is provided. The system includes an elongated sheath having a deflectable distal end configured to deflect or otherwise position at least a portion of a medical instrument during a surgical procedure allowing for the placement of the deflected portion adjacent or proximate to a predetermined target tissue surface. The positioning system may be incorporated into the medical instrument. The medical instrument may be an ablation system.