Patent ID: 6106522
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A61B,A61L,A61M,A61N,G01K

Abstract:
A device for ablating body tissue in a body defining an exterior, comprisinga support element to contact a tissue area,an indifferent electrode in spaced relation to the support element and adapted to be located on the exterior of the body,at least three non-contiguous longitudinally spaced electrodes on the support element mutually spaced apart along the support element, the mutual spacing between the electrodes being such that, when the electrodes simultaneously transmit energy through a contacted area to the indifferent electrode, a continuous lesion pattern is formed in the contacted tissue area that spans between the at least three electrodes, andan energy source, operably connected to the at least three electrodes, adapted to simultaneously transmit energy to each of the at least three electrodes such that each of the electrodes transmit energy through the contacted area to the indifferent electrode.