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AssigneeMicroCube, LLC
InventorsKetan Shroff, Chun Yiu Chu, Dinesh I. Mody, Clarence Emmons, Amrish Jayprakash Walke
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Devices and methods for treating tissue with microwave energy used in applications such as destroying a soft tissue by microwave ablation and/or creating point, line, area or volumetric lesions. Various embodiments of flexible, low-profile devices are also disclosed where such device can be inserted non-invasively or minimally invasively near or into the target tissue such as cardiac tissue. The devices disclosed herein comprise antennas wherein the field profile generated by an antenna is tailored and optimized for a particular clinical application. The antennas use unique properties of microwaves such as interaction of a microwave field with one or more conductive or non-conductive shaping elements to shape or redistribute the microwave field.
A medical device adapted to be coupled to a microwave energy source for applying microwave energy to tissue, the medical device comprising:
A method of ablating tissue within a body region, the method comprising:
The method of 32, further comprising advancing the antenna within a body cavity at the body region, where the volumetric shaped microwave energy field to ablates at least a portion of the cavity.
The method of 32, further comprising ablating a surface of a wall defining a body cavity in a single application of microwave energy.
A method of ablating a bodily tissue comprising:
A method of delivering microwave energy by producing a shaped microwave field, the method comprising:
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