Electrode structure for heating and ablating tissue and method for making and assembling the same
US6673290B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 12, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S264/44
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods of manufacturing cellulosic structures, e.g., for use in expandable-collapsible electrode assemblies for diagnostic and/or therepeutic electrophysiology devices, are disclosed. One such preferred method includes providing a mandrel having a head portion and a neck portion, the head portion having an outer circumference greater than the neck portion, dipping the mandrel into a cellulosic substance, curing the cellulosic substance, and separating the mandrel from the cured cellulosic substance.
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