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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2007
Applicants:
N. Sandor Racz, Farmers Branch, TX (US);
Ricardo Ruiz-lopez, Sant Jordi Desvalls, ES;
Inventors:
N. Sandor Racz, Farmers Branch, TX (US);
Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, Sant Jordi Desvalls, ES;
Assignee:
Custom Medical Applications, Inc., Johnstown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1477 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/144 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1407 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1425 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ablation instrument including a body and an ablating member is provided. The body includes a distal end and a surface with the ablating member coupled toward the distal end of the body. The ablating member includes a lesion wire extending through and along a portion of the surface of the body for creating lesions in a target tissue while the body serves to isolate surrounding tissue from the target tissue. A method of ablating a target area is also provided.