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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2005
Brady D. Esch, San Jose, CA (US);
Bob Mcrae, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur W. Zikorus, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael S. Mirizzi, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Scott Jones, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Brady D. Esch, San Jose, CA (US);
Bob McRae, San Jose, CA (US);
Arthur W. Zikorus, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael S. Mirizzi, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Scott Jones, Menlo Park, CA (US);
VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An energy delivering probe is used for thermally coagulating and/or constricting hollow anatomical structures (HAS) including, but not limited to, blood vessels such as perforator veins. The probe includes a shaft and at least two electrodes where at least one of the electrodes has a perimeter that increases as it extends proximally.