DE69940599D1 - RADIO FREQUENCY GENERATOR FOR AN ABLATION REQUIREMENT - Google Patents

RADIO FREQUENCY GENERATOR FOR AN ABLATION REQUIREMENT

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DE69940599D1
DE69940599D1 DE69940599T DE69940599T DE69940599D1 DE 69940599 D1 DE69940599 D1 DE 69940599D1 DE 69940599 T DE69940599 T DE 69940599T DE 69940599 T DE69940599 T DE 69940599T DE 69940599 D1 DE69940599 D1 DE 69940599D1
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Prior art keywords
radio frequency
frequency generator
ablation requirement
ablation
requirement
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DE69940599T
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German (de)
Inventor
Bruno Strul
Csaba Truckai
Russel Mahlon Sampson
Mark Leo Kane
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Cytyc Surgical Products LLC
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Novacept Inc
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Priority claimed from US09/306,480 external-priority patent/US6508815B1/en
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DE69940599T 1998-05-08 1999-05-07 RADIO FREQUENCY GENERATOR FOR AN ABLATION REQUIREMENT Expired - Lifetime DE69940599D1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US8471298P 1998-05-08 1998-05-08
US09/306,480 US6508815B1 (en) 1998-05-08 1999-05-06 Radio-frequency generator for powering an ablation device
PCT/US1999/009904 WO1999058070A2 (en) 1998-05-08 1999-05-07 A radio-frequency generator for an ablation device

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DE69940599D1 true DE69940599D1 (en) 2009-04-30

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Owner name: CYTYC SURGICAL PRODUCTS, PALO ALTO, CALIF., US