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US 2004/0106920 A1Published application
Loop structure including inflatable therapeutic device
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsThomas R. Jenkins, Jeffrey S. Jones
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Abstract
A probe including an elongate body defining a distal region adapted to be bent into a loop and an inflatable tissue coagulation body supported on the elongate body distal region.
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A probe for use with an outer member having a wall defining an interior bore, the probe comprising:
- an elongate body, defining a distal region, a distal end and a proximal region, adapted to be carried within the outer member interior bore;
- an inflatable tissue coagulation body supported on the elongate body distal region;
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- a control element defining a distal portion associated with the distal end of the elongate body and a proximal portion extending along the exterior of the elongate body toward the proximal region of the elongate body.
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A probe, comprising:
- an outer member defining a distal end and including a wall defining an interior bore;
- an elongate body carried within the outer member interior bore and defining a distal region and a distal end operably connected to the distal end of the outer member;
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- an inflatable tissue coagulation body supported on the elongate body distal region.
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A probe for use with an outer member including a wall defining an interior bore, the probe comprising:
- a tissue coagulation body;
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- an elongate body, defining a distal region that supports the tissue coagulation body, adapted to be carried within the outer member interior bore and extend outwardly from the interior bore such that the distal region forms a loop, the elongate body including a hinge portion defining the apex of the loop formed by distal region, the hinge portion having a flexibility that allows the apex of the loop to be inserted into a pulmonary vein to such an extent that the tissue coagulation body will be substantially aligned with the pulmonary vein ostium.
A method of forming a lesion in tissue associated with a body orifice, comprising the steps of:
- deploying a probe, including an elongate body having a distal portion and a tissue coagulation body supported on the distal portion, to a region adjacent to the body orifice;
- forming a loop defining an apex with the distal portion of the elongate body;
- inserting the apex of the loop into the orifice;
- contacting a portion of the tissue associated with the orifice with the tissue coagulation body while the loop is located at least partially within the orifice;
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- forming a lesion in the portion of the tissue associated with the orifice with the tissue coagulation body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.