Patent ID: 6945942
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of performing cryosurgery of a lesion in the body of a patient, said method comprising: providing a cannula having a distal end adapted for insertion into the body of the patient, a proximal end, and a lumen extending through the cannula and defining a proximal opening and a distal opening in the cannula, said distal end of the cannula having substantially intact sidewalls; inserting the cannula into the body of the patient so that the distal edge of the cannula is proximate the lesion; selectively drawing the lesion toward the cannula in order to perform a surgical procedure on the lesion by applying suction to a lumen of the cannula; inserting an ablative medical device through the lumen of the cannula and into the lesion; and operating the ablative medical device to ablate the lesion.