Ablating arrangement
First Claim
1. An ablation arrangement for the targeted production of local lesions in living tissue inside a body, comprising:
- at least one energy source;
a holding element;
a plurality of energy uncoupling elements mounted on the holding element;
a plurality of energy transmission lines, each energy transmission line connecting the at least one energy source to a respective one of the energy uncoupling elements;
switching elements associated with the energy transmission lines for one of making and interrupting a connection between the at least one energy source and each respective energy uncoupling element; and
program control means, including a program memory storing a control program, for providing a time dependent actuation of at least some of the switching elements according to the control program wherein the control program is influenced by at least one variable thereby changing the time dependent actuation of the remaining switching elements to obtain a timed sequence of ablation pulses via the energy uncoupling elements.
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Abstract
An ablation arrangement (1) for the targeted production of local lesions in living tissue inside the body, particularly inside the heart, comprising at least one energy source (15), a plurality of energy uncoupling elements (11b to 11g) that are attached to a holding element (11a), a plurality of energy transmission lines (19.1) that connect the energy source or the energy sources to the energy uncoupling elements and switching elements (9.3) that are assigned to the energy transmission lines for setting up or interrupting a connection between the energy source and respectively one energy uncoupling element, with program control means (9.1) for a time-sequential actuation of at least some of the switching elements according to an ablation program.
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18 Claims
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1. An ablation arrangement for the targeted production of local lesions in living tissue inside a body, comprising:
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at least one energy source;
a holding element;
a plurality of energy uncoupling elements mounted on the holding element;
a plurality of energy transmission lines, each energy transmission line connecting the at least one energy source to a respective one of the energy uncoupling elements;
switching elements associated with the energy transmission lines for one of making and interrupting a connection between the at least one energy source and each respective energy uncoupling element; and
program control means, including a program memory storing a control program, for providing a time dependent actuation of at least some of the switching elements according to the control program wherein the control program is influenced by at least one variable thereby changing the time dependent actuation of the remaining switching elements to obtain a timed sequence of ablation pulses via the energy uncoupling elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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