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US08221405B2 Patent foramen ovale closure device and methods for determining RF dose for patent foramen ovale closure 有权
卵圆孔闭合装置的专利和用于确定卵圆孔闭合专利的RF剂量的方法

Patent foramen ovale closure device and methods for determining RF dose for patent foramen ovale closure
Abstract:
A medical system and device for use in delivering RF energy to a tissue opening and a method for determining an RF dose is disclosed. In one embodiment, the medical device includes an electrode or anchor and one or more devices, such as an impedance electrode, RF electrode and/or thermocouple. The electrode or anchor can be deployed from a delivery shaft inside the left atrium, for example, of a heart and substantially conform to the tissue proximate the tissue opening. Tissue characteristics, such as temperature and/or impedance, can be measured, before, during and after application of RF energy to the tissue, by one or more devices to determine an RF dose. After energy is applied to the tissue between the left and right electrodes, the left electrode can be removed from the left atrium by being received back into the delivery shaft and the delivery shaft thereafter removed from the opening.
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