CA2699675C - Cooled ablation catheter devices and methods of use - Google Patents
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- A61B18/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
- A61B18/14—Probes or electrodes therefor
- A61B18/1492—Probes or electrodes therefor having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation
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| US97851107P | 2007-10-09 | 2007-10-09 | |
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| PCT/US2008/079193 WO2009048943A1 (en) | 2007-10-09 | 2008-10-08 | Cooled ablation catheter devices and methods of use |
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| CA2699675A1 CA2699675A1 (en) | 2009-04-16 |
| CA2699675C true CA2699675C (en) | 2018-05-29 |
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| CA (1) | CA2699675C (cg-RX-API-DMAC7.html) |
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