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Surgical probe for supporting inflatable therapeutic devices in contact with tissue in or around body orifices and within tumors

  • US 6,837,885 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2000
  • Issued: 01/04/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A surgical probe, comprising:

  • a relatively short, relatively stiff shaft defining a distal portion and a proximal portion;

    an electrical conductor defining a conductor diameter extending through the shaft;

    an inflatable, energy transmitting lesion formation element associated with the distal portion of the shaft that allows substantially no liquid perfusion therethrough, at least a portion of the inflatable, energy transmitting lesion formation element being microporous; and

    an electrode, which defines an electrode diameter that is substantially larger than the conductor diameter, located within the inflatable, energy transmitting lesion formation element and operably connected to the electrical conductor.

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