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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Fred T. Lee, Jr., Madison, WI (US);
Thomas Charles Winter, Iii, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Dieter Georg Haemmerich, Vienna, AT;
Lisa Ann Sampson, Cambria, WI (US);
S. Nahum Goldberg, Brookline, MA (US);
Inventors:
Fred T. Lee, Jr., Madison, WI (US);
Thomas Charles Winter, III, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Dieter Georg Haemmerich, Vienna, AT;
Lisa Ann Sampson, Cambria, WI (US);
S. Nahum Goldberg, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A radiofrequency ablation system provides multiple ground pads and active control of current flow through the ground pads to provide improved power sharing at the tissue near the ground pads reducing risk of patient skin burns for higher power ablation generators.