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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Kimbolt Young, Newtonville, MA (US);
Jeffrey W. Zerfas, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/148 (2013.01); A61B 18/1477 (2013.01); A61B 2018/143 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1425 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1432 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1475 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ablation device includes a cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal and the distal ends, and a first array of electrodes at least partially disposed within the lumen, the first array of electrodes slidable relative to the cannula, each of the electrodes having a first configuration when inside the lumen, and a second configuration when unconfined outside the lumen, wherein one of the electrodes has a flared deployed profile.