Radio frequency transmyocardial revascularization
US6030380A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2018/00392
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An RF activated catheter apparatus for performing transmyocardial revascularization. The catheter apparatus including an elongate catheter shaft having proximal and distal ends, the distal end including an RF emitter which is coupled to an RF generator for cutting channels into the myocardium of a patient's heart.
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