Device for the ablation of tissue
First Claim
1. A device for the ablation of tissue for use with the fingers of a human hand and a radio frequency power supply and controller providing a source of radio frequency energy and means for controlling the application of radio frequency energy to the device comprising a handle sized so that is adapted to be grasped and supported by the human hand and having proximal and distal extremities, a single conductive needle formed of a conducting material and disposed in the distal extremity of the handle, an edge card mounted in the handle and having edge mounted contacts with circuitry connected thereto, an edge mount board connector mounted in the handle and removably secured to the edge mounted contacts of the edge card, a cable connected to said connector and extending from the proximal extremity of the handle and being adapted to be coupled to the radiofrequency power supply and controller, a second printed circuit board mounted in the handle in a spaced-apart position from the edge card and a flex cable having conductive leads carried thereby extending between the edge card and the printed circuit board and being physically connected to the edge card and the printed circuit board and making electrical connections therewith, said conductive needle having a proximal extremity and means securing the proximal extremity of the needle to the printed circuit board and making electrical connections therewith.
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Abstract
A device for the ablation of tissue for use with the fingers of a human hand and a radio frequency power supply and controller providing a source of radio frequency energy and controls for controlling the application of radio frequency energy to the device comprising a handle sized so that is adapted to be grasped and supported by the human hand and having proximal and distal extremities. A single conductive needle formed of a conducting material is disposed in the distal extremity of the handle. An edge card is mounted in the handle and has edge mounted contacts with circuitry connected thereto. An edge mount board connector is mounted in the handle and is removably secured to the edge mounted contacts of the edge card. A cable is connected to the edge mount connector and extends from the proximal extremity of the handle and is adapted to be coupled to the radiofrequency power supply and controller. A second printed circuit board is mounted in the handle in a spaced-apart position from the edge card. A flex cable having conductive leads carried thereby extends between the edge card and the printed circuit board and is physically and electrically connected to the edge card. The proximal extremity of the needle is secured to the printed circuit board and makes electrical connections therewith.
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- 1. A device for the ablation of tissue for use with the fingers of a human hand and a radio frequency power supply and controller providing a source of radio frequency energy and means for controlling the application of radio frequency energy to the device comprising a handle sized so that is adapted to be grasped and supported by the human hand and having proximal and distal extremities, a single conductive needle formed of a conducting material and disposed in the distal extremity of the handle, an edge card mounted in the handle and having edge mounted contacts with circuitry connected thereto, an edge mount board connector mounted in the handle and removably secured to the edge mounted contacts of the edge card, a cable connected to said connector and extending from the proximal extremity of the handle and being adapted to be coupled to the radiofrequency power supply and controller, a second printed circuit board mounted in the handle in a spaced-apart position from the edge card and a flex cable having conductive leads carried thereby extending between the edge card and the printed circuit board and being physically connected to the edge card and the printed circuit board and making electrical connections therewith, said conductive needle having a proximal extremity and means securing the proximal extremity of the needle to the printed circuit board and making electrical connections therewith.
- 8. A device for the ablation of tissue for use with the fingers of a human hand and a radiofrequency power supply in controlling and providing a source of radiofrequency energy and means for controlling the application of radiofrequency energy to the device comprising a two-piece housing in the form of a main housing and a connector housing, cooperative attachment means carried by the two-piece housing making possible the detachment and attachment of the connector housing from and to the main housing, an edge card mounted in the main housing, an edge-mount board connector mounted in the connector housing, a single needle carried by the main housing, a printed circuit board mounted in the main housing, means in the main housing connecting the single needle to the printed circuit board and circuitry within the main housing connecting the printed circuit board to the edge card.
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