NEEDLE DEPLOYMENT FOR TEMPERATURE SENSING FROM AN ELECTRODE

Methods and devices for improving contact between tissue and a probe. In exemplary embodiments, methods of the present invention include a deploying a needle into a target tissue and retracting the needle so that tenting around the needle is reduced. The retracting of the needle can increase the amo...

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Main Authors TOBISCH, PETER, A, LEVY, STANLEY, JR, HOARAU, CARINE, ROY, LOREN, L, HOUSE, ALLEN, F, DIETZ, TIMOTHY, G
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 05.04.2006
Subjects
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
DIAGNOSIS
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PROSTHESES
SURGERY
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Summary:Methods and devices for improving contact between tissue and a probe. In exemplary embodiments, methods of the present invention include a deploying a needle into a target tissue and retracting the needle so that tenting around the needle is reduced. The retracting of the needle can increase the amount of tissue contact between a surface of the tissue and a surface contacting portion of a probe body.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20030751822