Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1997-02-06
1998-12-01
Cohen, Lee
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
606 38, 606 41, 600374, 607 99, A61B 1739, A61B 5402
Patent
active
058430750
ABSTRACT:
A probe for use with a catheter in an electrophysiological procedure to map and to ablate any of several tissue sites without repositioning the probe includes a metallic tip and a plurality of metallic rings, each tip and ring having a first work function and energized by a source of RF energy. The RF energy return path is through a further electrode of a metallic material having a second work function and disposed at a tissue location removed from the ablation site. After the sites have been mapped and one or more sites are selected for ablation, the selected site(s) is ablated prior to any repositioning of the probe. Regulation of the temperature at the ablation site(s) is achieved by sensing the temperature dependent current of a galvanic cell created by the tissue between the energized tip/ring and the further electrode due to their different work functions.
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Cohen Lee
Engineering & Research Associates, Inc.
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