Patent ID: 9289597
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N

Claim Text:
1. A method of treating a region of a body comprising the steps of: advancing a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and at least three of spaced apart electrodes, into a first body structure such that the electrodes are proximate the region to be treated; advancing an elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end and at least one electrode near the distal end, through a second body structure that is near the region to be treated and positioning the elongate member electrode in the second body structure such that the catheter electrodes and the elongate member electrode can function together as a bipolar electrode system; selecting at least one pair of catheter electrodes to function with the elongate member electrode as the bipolar electrode system; and applying an electrical impulse through the bipolar electrode system to treat the first body structure.