Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1996-01-03
1998-03-10
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
606 27, 128642, 607 99, 607105, 607113, 607122, 607127, A61B 1739, A61B 504, A61N 105
Patent
active
057255245
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for ablation of body tissue. A catheter provided with a hollow needle is employed both for mapping the location to be ablated by injection of an excitability reducing agent and for ablating tissue, employing RF energy in conjunction with an injected, conductive fluid.
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Hoey Michael F.
Mulier Peter M.J.
Cohen Lee S.
Duthler Reed A.
Medtronic Inc.
Patton Harold R.
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