AU2001294737A1 - Apparatus and method for ablating cardiac tissue - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for ablating cardiac tissue

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AU2001294737A1
AU2001294737A1 AU2001294737A AU9473701A AU2001294737A1 AU 2001294737 A1 AU2001294737 A1 AU 2001294737A1 AU 2001294737 A AU2001294737 A AU 2001294737A AU 9473701 A AU9473701 A AU 9473701A AU 2001294737 A1 AU2001294737 A1 AU 2001294737A1
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cardiac tissue
ablating cardiac
ablating
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Richard Bruce Bernardi
Charles B. Shakespeare
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Spectrasonics Imaging Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/22—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
    • A61B17/22004—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves
    • A61B17/22012—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves in direct contact with, or very close to, the obstruction or concrement
    • A61B17/2202—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on the inside of inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves in direct contact with, or very close to, the obstruction or concrement the ultrasound transducer being inside patient's body at the distal end of the catheter
AU2001294737A 2000-09-29 2001-09-25 Apparatus and method for ablating cardiac tissue Abandoned AU2001294737A1 (en)

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