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Apparatus and method for treating venous reflux

  • US 6,712,815 B2
  • Filed: 01/16/2002
  • Issued: 03/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of sealing a blood vessel, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a catheter including an elongate body, a pair of inflatable balloon members on the elongate body, and an electrode array on the elongate body between the balloons;

    positioning the catheter within a blood vessel;

    inflating the balloon members into contact with an interior wall of the blood vessel;

    flushing blood from the portion of the blood vessel extending between the inflated balloon members;

    energizing the electrode array to cause ablation of the interior wall of the blood vessel;

    removing the catheter from the blood vessel; and

    compressing the blood vessel, causing opposed ablated regions of the interior wall to seal against one another.

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