RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION CORER

摘要

This invention is an RF activated catheter apparatus (100) for performing transmyocardial revascularization. The catheter apparatus includes an elongate catheter shaft (118) having proximal and distal ends, the distal end including an RF emitter (148) which is coupled to an RF generator (26) for cutting channels into the myocardium of a patient's heart.