摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide energy-delivery devices with flexible fluid-cooled shaft, inflow/outflow junctions suitable for use with the same, and systems including the same.SOLUTION: An energy-delivery device 10 suitable for delivery of energy to tissue includes an antenna assembly 12, a chamber defined about the antenna assembly 12, and a cable 15 having a proximal end suitable for connection to an electrosurgical energy source. The energy-delivery device 10 also includes a flexible, fluid-cooled shaft 110 coupled in fluid communication with the chamber. The flexible, fluid-cooled shaft 110 is configured to contain a length of the cable 15 therein and configured to remove heat along the length of the cable 15 during delivery of energy to the antenna assembly 12.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 |