Methods and tools for treating diseased tissue
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorJOSEPH D. BRANNAN
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A kit for delivering microwave ablative energy to tissue and methods for using the kit are included. The kit includes an access catheter, an implant deployment tool, and a microwave delivery device. The implant deployment tool is configured to be inserted into the access cathether and has an implant disposed therein in a contracted state and being slidable out of a distal opening and expandable into an expanded state. The microwave delivery device is configured to deliver the microwave ablative energy to the tissue and to be advanced through the access catheter and slidably disposable within the implant when the implant is in the expanded state.
Claims20
A kit for treating diseased tissue, the kit comprising:
- an access catheter;
- an implant deployment tool configured to be inserted into the access catheter, the implant deployment tool having an implant disposed therein in a contracted state and being slidable out of a distal opening and expandable into an expanded state;
- and
- a microwave delivery device configured to deliver microwave ablative energy to the tissue and to be advanced through the access catheter and slidably disposable within the implant when the implant is in the expanded state.
A method of treating diseased tissue, the method comprising:
- deploying an implant at a target area of tissue;
- positioning a radiating portion of a microwave ablation device adjacent the target area of the tissue;
- and
- generating microwave energy using a microwave generator to deliver microwave ablative energy to a radiating portion of a microwave ablation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.