Patent ID: 6129724
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A61B,A61L,A61M,A61N,G01K

Abstract:
A device for receiving energy from a source and transmitting the energy into body tissue to create lesions in the body tissue, the device comprising:a support element,an elongate energy transmitting region on the support element having at least two adjacent separately actuatable portions, each of the portions defining predetermined dimensions and being operable to form a lesion in the body tissue when energized with energy from the source, anda control operable in a first mode to simultaneously couple energy from the source to two or more of the adjacent separately actuatable portions to form a lesion of a first length, and operable in a second mode to couple a lesser number of the adjacent separately actuatable portions to energy from the source to form a lesion of a second length shorter than the first length.