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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Theodore C. Ormsby, Escondido, CA (US);
George L. Leung, San Diego, CA (US);
Gwo Jenn Shen, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Peter Chu, Poway, CA (US);
Ming Fan Law, San Diego, CA (US);
Theodore C. Ormsby, Escondido, CA (US);
George L. Leung, San Diego, CA (US);
Gwo Jenn Shen, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Peter Chu, Poway, CA (US);
Ming Fan Law, San Diego, CA (US);
Medwaves, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A radio-frequency based catheter system and method for ablating biological tissues within the body vessel of a patient comprises a radio-frequency ('RF') generator for selectively generating a high frequency RF energy signal in a deployable catheter having an RF transmission line, an RF antenna mounted on the distal portion of the catheter, and a temperature sensor also mounted on a distal portion of the catheter for detecting temperature adjacent an ablation site. A control system adjusts the RF energy signal so that the detected temperature is at or close to a selected temperature setting or within a selected temperature range.