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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Theodore C. Johnson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel J. Balbierz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert M. Pearson, San Jose, CA (US);
Theodore C. Johnson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel J. Balbierz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Robert M. Pearson, San Jose, CA (US);
AngioDynamics, Inc., Latham, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed in the present application are devices for localized delivery of energy and methods of using such devices, particularly for therapeutic treatment of biological tissues. The disclosed methods may involve positioning and deploying the energy delivery members in a target site, and delivering energy through the energy delivery members. The disclosed devices may also be used to create a tissue tract within a biological tissue and to ablate the tissue tract.