An apparatus for forming a lesion in tissue along a desired ablation path includes a guide member having a tissue-opposing surface for placement against a heart surface. A guide carriage is sized to be received within the guide member and moveable therein along a longitudinal axis. A flexible tubular member extends from a proximal end of said carriage and through a length of the guide member with the tubular member adapted to move the carriage within the guide member upon application of a force to the tubular member. A system urges the carriage to move in a path along an axis of the guide member by amount substantially identical to a displacement of a force application location on the flexible tubular member.
申请公布号
EP2001387(A2)
申请公布日期
2008.12.17
申请号
EP20070753474
申请日期
2007.03.19
申请人
MEDICALCV, INC.
发明人
JOHNSON, KEVIN, CHARLES;MESTER, DANA, RAY;BRUCKER, GREGORY, G.;ASSELIN, PAUL, ANTHONY;CLAPP, ROBERT, W.;BERMAN, ADAM, L.