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Helically wound radio-frequency emitting electrodes for creating lesions in body tissue

  • US 5,871,523 A
  • Filed: 08/12/1996
  • Issued: 02/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for use in a tissue ablation system, comprisingan element having an axis;

  • andan energy emitting region, including wound lengths of energy emitting material juxtaposed with wound lengths of non-energy emitting material, helically wound about and along the axis of the element for emitting energy to create a lesion in body tissue.

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