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US 2026/0013938 A1Published application
Tissue penetrating device tips
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsStephen J. Blumenkranz, Hans Valencia
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Abstract
An ablation instrument comprises a cable, a conductive antenna body coupled to the cable and configured to deliver ablative energy to tissue, and a tip having a cross-sectional diameter of less than 5 mm. The tip comprises a blade configured to cut a slit in the tissue. The blade comprises a plurality of cutting edges, and each cutting edge of the plurality of cutting edges has a width between 30% and 50% of the cross-sectional diameter of the tip.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An ablation instrument comprising:
- a cable;
- a conductive antenna body coupled to the cable and configured to deliver ablative energy to tissue;
- and
- a tip having a cross-sectional diameter of less than 5 mm,
- wherein the tip comprises a blade configured to cut a slit in the tissue, wherein the blade comprises a plurality of cutting edges, and wherein each cutting edge of the plurality of cutting edges has a width between 30% and 50% of the cross-sectional diameter of the tip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.