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US 6,673,290 B1Granted
Electrode structure for heating and ablating tissue and method for making and assembling the same
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorsJames G. Whayne, Yi Yang, Patrick M. Owens, David K. Swanson
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Abstract
Methods of manufacturing cellulosic structures, e.g., for use in expandable-collapsible electrode assemblies for diagnostic and/or therepeutic electrophysiology devices, are disclosed. One such preferred method includes providing a mandrel having a head portion and a neck portion, the head portion having an outer circumference greater than the neck portion, dipping the mandrel into a cellulosic substance, curing the cellulosic substance, and separating the mandrel from the cured cellulosic substance.
Claims13
A method of manufacturing a cellulosic structure, comprising:
- providing a mandrel having a head portion and a neck portion, the head portion having an outer circumference greater than the neck portion;
- dipping the mandrel into a cellulosic substance head portion first;
- dipping the mandrel into a cellulosic substance neck portion first;
- curing the cellulosic substance on the mandrel;
- and
- separating the mandrel from the cured cellulosic substance.
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