摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ablation device capable of cauterizing only a desired site surely for a cardiac tissue with a thickness. <P>SOLUTION: The ablation device 1 to be inserted in a wall portion of the heart to cauterize a cardiac tissue includes: a long body 10; a needle-like electrode 20 mounted on the distal end side of the body 10 to expose the electroconductive electrode surface by a prescribed length D1; and a high-frequency power supply 30 connected with the electrode 20. The prescribed length is the size of only one part of tissue in the thickness direction that can be cauterized in the wall portion of the heart. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |