摘要 |
Surgical ablation instruments are disclosed for creating circumferential lesions in tissue, including cardiac tissue for treatment of arrhythmias and other diseases. These photoablative instruments include an elongate housing and an ablation element disposed within a lumen of the housing. A connecting element associated with the elongate housing brings together the proximal and distal ends of the elongate housing to form a loop, thereby creating an encircling lesion to be formed with the ablation energy.
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