Patent ID: 8764745
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of using an ablating device comprising: providing an ablating device having first and second opposing blades moveable between a first spaced apart position and a second spaced apart position, wherein the first opposing blade includes an ablation tool disposed within a holding channel there within, and wherein the second opposing blade includes a window longitudinally disposed along a length of the second opposing blade; positioning the first and second opposing blades in the first spaced apart position; placing the first and second opposing blades about tissue; positioning the first and second opposing blades in the second spaced apart position such that the first and second opposing blades grasp the tissue; forming a lesion in the tissue solely by the ablation tool of the first opposing blade; and assessing transmurality of the lesion formed by the ablation tool without removing the first and second opposing blades from the target tissue by visualizing the lesion formed solely by the ablation tool through the window in the second opposing blade.