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FLUID-ASSISTED MEDICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS

  • US 20080097429A1
  • Filed: 12/21/2007
  • Published: 04/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical device comprising:

  • a catheter tube having a distal end and a lumen, the tube configured to assist in applying tamponage to a bleeding source in a gastrointestinal tract when flexed;

    a catheter tip assembled with the tube adjacent the distal end of the tube, the catheter tip having a catheter tip outer surface and including;

    a probe body comprising an electrically insulative material;

    at least one electrode pair, the electrode pair comprising a first electrode spaced from a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode located on the probe body;

    a fluid distribution manifold to direct a fluid from inside the probe body towards the tip outer surface, the manifold comprises a central passage within the probe body and a plurality of lateral passages which extend from the central passage towards the tip outer surface;

    an injection needle housed within the central passage, the needle extendable from the central passage to provide treatment to tissue.

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