APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING, MAINTAINING, AND CONTROLLING AVIRTUAL ELECTRODE USED FOR THE ABLATION OF TISSUE

Details for Australian Patent Application No. 2002346061 (hide)

Owner MEDTRONIC, INC.

Inventors GOETZ, Steven, M.; HOEY, Michael, F.; CHRISTOPHERSON, Mark, A.

Pub. Number AU-A-2002346061

PCT Number PCT/US02/21203

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/005918

Priority 09/903,296 11.07.01 US

Filing date 3 July 2002

Wipo publication date 29 January 2003

International Classifications

A61B 018/12 Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body - by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current

Event Publications

6 March 2003 Complete Application Filed

  Priority application(s): 09/903,296 11.07.01 US

22 May 2003 Application Open to Public Inspection

  Published as AU-A-2002346061

8 April 2004 Application Lapsed, Refused Or Withdrawn, Patent Ceased or Expired

  This application lapsed under section 142(2)(f)/See Reg. 8.3(3). Examination has not yet been requested or directed for this application. Note that applications or patents shown as lapsed or ceased may be restored at a later date.

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