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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2005
David K. Swanson, Campbell, CA (US);
David L. Mcgee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David K. Swanson, Campbell, CA (US);
David L. McGee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and systems for occluding a tissue opening are provided. One embodiment includes a catheter having an elongate body and a first lumen to direct hypertonic saline through an opening in the lumen to tissue of a fossa ovalis. The embodiment includes a radiofrequency (RF) electrode coupled to the elongate body proximal a distal end of the elongate body. The RF electrode can emit RF energy to the tissues of the passage and the hypertonic saline can facilitate a distribution of the RF energy along the tissue to fuse the tissue of the passage.