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US 2004/0167509 A1Published application
Probes having helical and loop shaped inflatable therapeutic elements
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorMiriam H. Taimisto
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Abstract
A probe that facilitates the creation of circumferential lesions in body tissue. The probe includes a probe body and an inflatable helical or loop shaped therapeutic element.
Claims33
A probe, comprising:
- a probe body defining a distal region and a proximal region;
- and
- an inflatable therapeutic element carried by the distal region of the probe body and movable between a coiled state and an uncoiled state.
A probe, comprising:
- a probe body defining a distal region, a proximal region and a probe body axis;
- and
- an inflatable therapeutic element carried by the probe body and defining proximal and distal longitudinal ends, the inflatable therapeutic element being movable between a coiled state wherein the inflatable therapeutic element extends around a therapeutic element axis to define an open region and at least one of the longitudinal ends is spaced from the therapeutic element axis, and an uncoiled state wherein the longitudinal ends of the inflatable therapeutic element are substantially aligned with the therapeutic element axis.
A method of performing tissue therapy with a probe including an inflatable therapeutic element, the method comprising the steps of:
- advancing the probe to a target tissue region;
- coiling the inflatable therapeutic element;
- inflating the inflatable therapeutic element;
- performing a therapeutic operation with the inflatable therapeutic element coiled and inflated.
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A probe, comprising:
- a probe body;
- and
- an inflatable therapeutic element carried by the probe body and defining proximal and distal longitudinal ends, the inflatable therapeutic element being movable between a relaxed state wherein the inflatable therapeutic element extends around a therapeutic element axis and the longitudinal ends are substantially adjacent to one another, and an substantially straightened state wherein the longitudinal ends of the inflatable therapeutic element are substantially spaced apart and substantially aligned with the therapeutic element axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.