Adjustable clamp systems and methods
AssigneeAtriCure, Inc.
InventorsDwight P. Morejohn, Tamer Ibrahim, Michael J. Banchieri, Ara Stephanian
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Abstract
Tissue treatment systems include an actuator handle assembly coupled with a clamp assembly having a first jaw mechanism and a second jaw mechanism. A first jaw mechanism includes a first flexible boot, a first flexible ablation member coupled with the first flexible boot, and a first rotatable jawbone disposed within the first flexible boot. A second jaw mechanism comprises a second flexible boot, a second flexible ablation member coupled with the second flexible boot, and a second rotatable jawbone disposed within the second flexible boot.
Claims11
A treatment system for forming a lesion on a tissue of a patient, comprising:
- an actuator handle assembly;
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- a slidable clamp assembly coupled with the actuator handle assembly, wherein the slidable clamp assembly is configured to be translatable along a first axis, the slidable clamp assembly having a first jaw mechanism and a second jaw mechanism,
- wherein the first jaw mechanism comprises a first rotatable guide, and a first flexible ablation member in operative association with the first rotatable guide,
- wherein the second jaw mechanism comprises a second rotatable guide, and a second flexible ablation member in operative association with the second rotatable guide,
- wherein the first jaw mechanism is configured to adjustably revolve within a first collar, wherein the second jaw mechanism is configured to adjustably revolve within a second collar, and
- wherein the first jaw mechanism and the second jaw mechanism are both rotatable about a second axis, wherein the second axis is substantially perpendicular to the first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.