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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2008
Valerie L. Douglass, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert M. Pearson, San Jose, CA (US);
James G. Lovewell, San Leandro, CA (US);
David A. Blau, Cupertino, CA (US);
Valerie L. Douglass, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert M. Pearson, San Jose, CA (US);
James G. Lovewell, San Leandro, CA (US);
David A. Blau, Cupertino, CA (US);
AngioDynamics, Inc., Latham, NY (US);
Abstract
A device for delivering therapeutic energy to tissue is provided. The device includes a proximal segment and a distal segment having one or more electrodes for delivering the therapeutic energy to the tissue. An articulating segment connects the proximal segment and the distal segment such that the distal segment is articulatable with respect to a longitudinal axis of the proximal segment. In one aspect of the invention, the articulating segment includes a living hinge. In another aspect of the invention, at least one electrically conductive articulating cable runs along the articulating segment, wherein the articulating cable is used both to articulate the distal segment and to deliver the therapeutic energy to the one or more electrodes.