Patent ID: 7347858
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of ablation to provide a desired set of lesions, comprising: (a) providing an ablation apparatus having a pair of jaw components, each jaw component having an elongated shapeable section, each elongated shapeable section having one or more ablation elements extending along its length for applying ablation energy along the shapeable section, at least one jaw component having a sharpened distal tip; (b) shaping the shapeable section of each jaw component to display a desired configuration corresponding to one of the desired lesions; (c) piercing an atrial wall with the sharpened distal tip; (d) employing the ablation apparatus to create the desired lesion; (e) thereafter reshaping the shapeable section of each jaw component to display a desired configuration corresponding to another of the desired lesions; (f) repeating steps b, c, d and e as necessary provide the desired set of lesions.