Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Patent
1995-06-07
1998-03-17
Shay, David M.
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
606 7, 606 17, A61N 506
Patent
active
057280916
ABSTRACT:
An optical fiber device for forming channels within a wall of a patient's heart, and particularly the epicardium, which has an elongated optical fiber, a probe tip secured to the distal end of the optical fiber and an outer support tube secured to the proximal portion of the probe tip and a distal portion of the optical fiber proximal to the probe tip. In another embodiment the optical fiber device has an elongated optical fiber, a probe tip secured to the distal end of the optical fiber and a radiating step or projection on the exterior of the probe tip to act as a stopping surface to control the depth of penetration of the probe tip into tissue.
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Kawula Paul
Kesten Randy J.
Payne Sam G.
CardioGenesis Corporation
Shay David M.
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