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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2009
N. Parker Willis, Atherton, CA (US);
Zachary J. Malchano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris A. Rothe, San Mateo, CA (US);
Vahid Saadat, Atherton, CA (US);
Ruey-feng Peh, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Miller, Cupertino, CA (US);
Edmund Tam, Mountain View, CA (US);
N. Parker Willis, Atherton, CA (US);
Zachary J. Malchano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris A. Rothe, San Mateo, CA (US);
Vahid Saadat, Atherton, CA (US);
Ruey-Feng Peh, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Miller, Cupertino, CA (US);
Edmund Tam, Mountain View, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Visual electrode ablation systems are described herein which include a deployment catheter and an attached imaging hood deployable into an expanded configuration. In use, the imaging hood is placed against or adjacent to a region of tissue to be imaged in a body lumen that is normally filled with an opaque bodily fluid such as blood. A translucent or transparent fluid, such as saline, can be pumped into the imaging hood until the fluid displaces any blood, thereby leaving a clear region of tissue to be imaged via an imaging element in the deployment catheter. An electric current may be passed through the fluid such that it passes directly to the tissue region being imaged and the electrical energy is conducted through the fluid without the need for a separate ablation probe or instrument to ablate the tissue being viewed.