Patent ID: 8029502

Claim:
A cryosurgical probe assembly with multiple deployable cryoprobes, comprising: a) a housing assembly; b) a plurality of elongated structural support elements, each having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal ends of said plurality of elongated structural support elements is configured to be securely connected to said housing assembly, said plurality of elongated structural support elements comprising greater than two elongated structural support elements; c) a tip member configured to be securely connected to and supported by the distal ends of said plurality of elongated structural support elements, said tip member including a plurality of equally spaced, radially disposed cryoprobe openings and a sharp distal end; and, d) a plurality of cryoprobes each having a shaft thereon, each of said shafts being deployable through said respective cryoprobe opening during operation to a deployed position used for ablating tissue, said plurality of cryoprobes comprising greater than two cryoprobes, wherein each of said cryoprobe openings is elongated and extends through said tip member so as to provide guidance to each of said respective cryoprobes at a specific selected angle at a terminal end of said tip member; and wherein a proximal end of said tip member does not extend to a distal end of said housing assembly.