TMR energy delivery system

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1997-02-03

2000-02-22

Dvorak, Linda C. M.

Surgery

Instruments

Light application

606 7, 606 28, 606 41, 606167, A61B 1736

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active

060274972

ABSTRACT:
A TMR energy delivery device is introduced through a first minimally invasive penetration of a patient's chest. Sufficient energy if delivered from the wave guide to the wall of the heart to form a channel through at least a portion of the wall. The device includes a visualization device or camera with a rigid portion and a distal end portion that is flexible, a cup member coupled to a distal end of the flexible distal portion, and a vacuum source coupled to the cup member for providing mechanical stability against the heart wall.

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