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Tissue ablation system with a sliding ablating device and method

  • US 20030163128A1
  • Filed: 01/21/2003
  • Published: 08/28/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An ablation system having a non-permeable portion, comprising:

  • a handle portion having proximal and distal ends;

    a flexible elongated tubular member having at least one lumen therethrough operably attached to the distal end of the handle portion, the flexible elongated tubular member constructed from a porous material;

    an energy delivery device comprising at least one ablative element, the energy delivery device operably attached to the handle portion and adapted to translate within a first of the at least one lumen of the tubular member;

    an ablative energy source operably attached to the at least one ablative element; and

    a filler material disposed along at least one portion of the tubular member defining an initial adaptation point, wherein the flexible elongated tubular member is non-permeable to fluids at the adaptation point.

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