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Flexible microwave catheters for natural or artificial lumens

  • US 10,321,956 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2016
  • Issued: 06/18/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A flexible microwave catheter, comprising:

  • a flexible coaxial cable having an inner conductor, an inner dielectric coaxially disposed about the inner conductor, and an outer conductor coaxially disposed about the inner dielectric, a distal portion of the flexible coaxial cable defining a radiating portion; and

    a mesh structure having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, the mesh structure disposed about the radiating portion of the flexible coaxial cable,wherein during use the mesh structure expands radially outward from the flexible microwave catheter thereby positioning a portion of the radiating portion at a radial center of the mesh structure.

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