Patent ID: 9681911
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N

Claim:
1. A sub-xiphoid ablation clamp for ablating a first portion of tissue of a patient, comprising: a handle; an elongate neck operatively coupled to said handle and sized for insertion within said patient via a sub-xiphoid approach; first and second opposing jaws, comprising: first and second opposing relief segments coupled to said elongate neck and being generally co-planar and concave with respect to one another to form a void therebetween; and first and second opposing elongate ablation elements positioned along said first and second opposing jaws and distal of said first and second opposing relief segments relative to said handle, respectively, and configured to ablate said first portion of tissue positioned therebetween; wherein said first and second opposing jaws are sized and shaped for insertion within the patient via said sub-xiphoid approach and are configured to articulate between a closed position and an open position to admit, at least in part, a second portion of tissue of said patient within said void created by said first and second opposing relief segments in said open position and maintain said second portion of tissue in said void while said first portion of tissue is positioned between said first and second opposing elongate ablation elements in said closed position.