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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2012
Joseph D. Brannan, Erie, CO (US);
Gene H. Arts, Berthoud, CO (US);
Arnold V. Decarlo, Frederick, CO (US);
Casey M. Ladtkow, Westminster, CO (US);
William O. Reid, Jr., Longmont, CO (US);
Joseph D. Brannan, Erie, CO (US);
Gene H. Arts, Berthoud, CO (US);
Arnold V. DeCarlo, Frederick, CO (US);
Casey M. Ladtkow, Westminster, CO (US);
William O. Reid, Jr., Longmont, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A flexible microwave catheter, including a flexible coaxial cable having an inner conductor, an inner dielectric coaxially disposed about the inner conductor, and an outer conductor coaxially disposed about the inner dielectric, at least one feedpoint defining a microwave radiating portion of the flexible coaxial cable, a mesh structure having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration and disposed about the microwave radiating portion of the flexible coaxial cable, wherein the mesh structure expands radially outward from the flexible microwave catheter thereby positioning the at least one feedpoint at the radial center of the mesh structure.