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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2012
Applicants:

Theodore C. Johnson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Daniel J. Balbierz, Redwood City, CA (US);

Robert M. Pearson, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Theodore C. Johnson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Daniel J. Balbierz, Redwood City, CA (US);

Robert M. Pearson, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

AngioDynamics, Inc., Latham, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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