Owner Biosense Webster, Inc.

Inventors Schwartz, Yitzhack; Keidar, Yaron; Govari, Assaf

Agent Callinan

Pub. Number AU-B-2005200102

Priority 10/757,288 14.01.04 US

Filing date 11 January 2005

Wipo publication date 28 July 2005

Acceptance publication date 17 February 2011

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 5/06 (2006.01) Measuring for diagnostic purposes - Devices, other than using radiation, for detecting or locating foreign bodies

A61B 8/12 (2006.01) Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves - in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters

A61B 17/32 (2006.01) Surgery - Surgical cutting instruments

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

A61N 1/06 (2006.01) Electrotherapy - for high-frequency therapy

A61B 8/06 (2006.01) Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves - Measuring blood flow

A61B 19/00 (2006.01) Instruments, implements or accessories for surgery or diagnosis not covered by any of the groups , e.g. for stereotaxis, sterile operation, luxation treatment, wound edge protectors