CATHETER FOR DELIVERING A TISSUE ABLATION PROBE

摘要

A delivery catheter having a shaft with a distal end and a proximal end for delivering an ablation probe to a body site. The delivery catheter comprises mounting members located at the distal end configured to receive an ablation probe; and attachment members configured to attach the distal end to a tissu e surface. The delivery catheter is preferably configured to allow an ablation probe mounted on the distal end to be manipulated so as to move along a tiss ue surface and perform linear ablation. The invention also provides a system comprising the delivery catheter of the invention and an ablation device having an ablation probe, wherein the delivery catheter and the ablation pro be are configured to allow the ablation probe to be mounted at the distal end o f the delivery catheter.