Medical device for tissue ablation and related methods of use
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorBrian MacLean
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Abstract
A medical device for ablating tissue within a body cavity includes a sheath having a lumen extending therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end and a first channel extending within the lumen, an end-effector extending from a proximal end to a distal end and including an expandable member having a plurality of arms extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The arms are configured to transition between a collapsed state and an expanded state and a mechanism for transporting a fluid through one of the channels to the body cavity to ablate the tissue.
Claims11
A medical device for ablating tissue within a body cavity, comprising:
- a sheath having a lumen extending therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end and first and second channels extending within the lumen;
- an end-effector insertable into the first channel, the end-effector extending from a proximal end to a distal end and including an expandable member having a plurality of arms extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the arms being configured to transition between a collapsed state and an expanded state in which the arms hold a target body cavity in an expanded configuration;
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- a mechanism for transporting a fluid through the second channel to the body cavity to ablate the tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.