Surgery – Instruments – Heat application
Patent
1994-05-02
1996-03-05
Hindenburg, Max
Surgery
Instruments
Heat application
A61M 2902
Patent
active
054963117
ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods for dilation of a body lumen, using an expandable dilatation catheter to simultaneously heat and apply pressure to tissue of the lumen and to expand and dilate the lumen including means constructed to produce and/or detect physiological response of the heated tissue to applied pressure.
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Abele John E.
Lennox Charles D.
Boston Scientific Corporation
Hindenburg Max
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