DE60020577D1 - System zur elektrodenkontaktüberprüfung und ablation - Google Patents

System zur elektrodenkontaktüberprüfung und ablation

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DE60020577D1
DE60020577D1 DE60020577T DE60020577T DE60020577D1 DE 60020577 D1 DE60020577 D1 DE 60020577D1 DE 60020577 T DE60020577 T DE 60020577T DE 60020577 T DE60020577 T DE 60020577T DE 60020577 D1 DE60020577 D1 DE 60020577D1
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ablation system
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/04Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/12Surgical 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
    • A61B18/14Probes or electrodes therefor
    • A61B18/1492Probes or electrodes therefor having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B18/04Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
    • A61B18/12Surgical 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
    • A61B18/1206Generators therefor
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00636Sensing and controlling the application of energy
    • A61B2018/00773Sensed parameters
    • A61B2018/00791Temperature
    • A61B2018/00815Temperature measured by a thermistor
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B18/00Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
    • A61B2018/00636Sensing and controlling the application of energy
    • A61B2018/00773Sensed parameters
    • A61B2018/00875Resistance or impedance

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DE60020577T 1999-09-24 2000-09-14 System zur elektrodenkontaktüberprüfung und ablation Expired - Lifetime DE60020577T2 (de)

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US405246 1999-09-24
US09/405,246 US6264653B1 (en) 1999-09-24 1999-09-24 System and method for gauging the amount of electrode-tissue contact using pulsed radio frequency energy
PCT/US2000/025440 WO2001022895A1 (en) 1999-09-24 2000-09-14 Electrode contact evaluation and ablation system, and method of use

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