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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2007
Corbett W. Stone, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael F. Hoey, Shoreview, MN (US);
Arthur G. Blanck, Ramona, CA (US);
Len Briggs, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Mike Perry, Los Altos, CA (US);
Rolfe Tyson Gustus, San Diego, CA (US);
Corbett W. Stone, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael F. Hoey, Shoreview, MN (US);
Arthur G. Blanck, Ramona, CA (US);
Len Briggs, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Mike Perry, Los Altos, CA (US);
Rolfe Tyson Gustus, San Diego, CA (US);
VESSIX VASCULAR, INC., Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
A catheter and catheter system may be used to treat disease tissue by gentle heating in combination with gentle or standard dilation. An elongate flexible catheter body with a radially expandable balloon having a plurality of electrodes engage tissue including diseased tissue when the structure expands.