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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Steven P. Buysse, Niwot, CO (US);
Casey M. Ladtkow, Erie, CO (US);
Joshua K. Buysse, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61B 18/1477 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/143 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1405 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1425 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1495 (2013.01);
Abstract
A guide block introduces electrodes into target tissue and includes an elongated, generally rectilinear bar having a plurality of slots defined therethrough. Each of the slots is configured to selectively receive and retain a corresponding electrode therein. The rectilinear bar is malleable and selectively bendable from a substantially linear configuration to a substantially curved configuration to facilitate positioning the guide block relative to target tissue.