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Devices for applying energy to tissue

  • US 20020128647A1
  • Filed: 02/21/2002
  • Published: 09/12/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical device for applying energy to tissue, the medical device comprising:

  • an elongate member having a proximal portion and a distal portion;

    a transducer assembly located towards said distal portion of said elongate member;

    an electrically conductive tip located at a distal end of said distal portion of said elongate member, said tip being adapted to conduct energy to tissue, said tip located adjacent to said transducer assembly and having a front and back surface, said back surface being in acoustical communication with said transducer assembly wherein said tip is adapted to communicate a source signal from said transducer assembly out through said front surface, said tip also being adapted to communicate a reflected signal from said front surface to said transducer assembly; and

    at least two conducting members extending through at least a portion of said elongate member, at least one of said conducting members capable of electrically coupling an RF energy supply to said tip.

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