Patent ID: 7686803

Claim:
An ablation assembly comprising: a. an elongated ablation device having a distal shaft section and at least one ablation electrode on the distal shaft section and; b. a stabilizing member which is removably secured to at least the distal shaft section of the ablation device, which has an inner chamber which is configured to receive at least a portion of the ablation device having the at least one electrode, which has at least one opening in a wall thereof in communication with the inner chamber and configured to expose the at least one electrode of the ablation device to facilitate tissue ablation, and which has a plurality of wall segments configured to provide flexibility to at least a portion of the stabilizing member; and c. at least one clip formed of material harder than material of the stabilizing member which is secured to the stabilizing member between wall segments and which receives the distal shaft section of the ablation device and facilitates securing the distal shaft section to the stabilizing member.