Lesion formation
US10932850B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 2, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2207/00
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Ablation systems and methods of the present disclosure control lesion depth and width such that, for example, wide and shallow lesions can be formed in target tissue in an anatomic structure of a patient during a medical procedure. Such wide and shallow lesions can be useful for treating, for example, thin tissue such as atrial tissue in atria of the heart of the patient.
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