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US 2005/0033285 A1Published application
Surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body
AssigneeEP Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDavid Swanson, Sidney Fleischman, Josef Koblish, Russell Thompson, James Whayne, Thomas Jenkins, Edward Snyder
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Abstract
A surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the body. The apparatus may be catheter-based or a probe including a relatively short shaft.
Claims14
1-61. (Canceled)
A method of treating an atrium having an endocardial surface and an epicardial surface, comprising the steps of:
- forming an aperture in an atrial appendage;
- inserting a surgical probe through the aperture in the atrial appendage;
- and
- forming a lesion in the endocardial surface with the surgical probe.
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