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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
Benjamin Pless, Atherton, CA (US);
Scott C. Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan L. Podmore, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthias Vaska, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John E. Crowe, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Roxanne L. Richman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Timothy Ciciarelli, San Francisco, CA (US);
David A. Gallup, Alameda, CA (US);
Jack E. Ulstad, Jr., Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Benjamin Pless, Atherton, CA (US);
Scott C. Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan L. Podmore, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthias Vaska, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John E. Crowe, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Roxanne L. Richman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Timothy Ciciarelli, San Francisco, CA (US);
David A. Gallup, Alameda, CA (US);
Jack E. Ulstad, Jr., Boulder Creek, CA (US);
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A control system alters one or more characteristics of an ablating element to ablate tissue. In one aspect, the control system delivers energy nearer to the surface of the tissue by changing the frequency or power. In another aspect, the ablating element delivers focused ultrasound which is focused in at least one dimension. The ablating device may also have a number of ablating elements with different characteristics such as focal length.