Owner Adiana, Inc.

Inventors Bowman, Brett S.; Kitlas, Kenneth; Harrington, Douglas C.; Dhaka, Vijay

Agent Spruson & Ferguson

Pub. Number AU-B-2003237816

PCT Number PCT/US03/14781

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/099149

Priority 10/155,462 23.05.02 US

Filing date 9 May 2003

Wipo publication date 12 December 2003

Acceptance publication date 10 July 2008

A61B 17/42 (2006.01) Surgery - Gynaecological or obstetrical instruments or methods

A61B 17/12 (2006.01) Surgery - for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels or umbilical cord

A61B 18/04 (2006.01) Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body - by heating

A61B 18/12 (2006.01) 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

A61B 18/14 (2006.01) Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body - Probes or electrodes therefor

A61M 25/095 (2006.01) Catheters - Arrangements for enabling the detection of the internal position of the catheter, e.g. radiographically