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US 6,932,816 · App. 10/079,944 · Granted Aug 23, 2005

Apparatus for converting a clamp into an electrophysiology device

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Patent No.
US 6,932,816
App. No.
10/079,944
Granted
Aug 23, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for use with a clamp including a base member configured to be secured to the clamp and at least one energy transmission device carried by the base member. An apparatus for use with a clamp and a probe that carries at least one energy transmission device including a base member configured to be secured to the clamp and an engagement device associated with the base member and configured to engage the probe. A clamp including first and second clamp members, at least one of which is malleable, and a movement apparatus that moves at least one of the first and second clamp members relative to the other. A surgical system including a clamp with first and second clamp members and a device that removably mounts at least one electrode on at least one of the first and second clamp members.

Claims (16)

1. An apparatus for use with a clamp including first and second clamp members, the apparatus comprising:

a base member configured to be removably secured to at least one of the first and second clamp members;

at least one energy transmission device carried by the base member; and

a tissue cooling apparatus carried by the base member and covering at least a portion of the at least one energy transmission device.

2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one energy transmission device comprises an electrode.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one energy transmission device comprises a plurality of longitudinally spaced energy transmission devices.

4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base member comprises a substantially electrically insulating base member.

5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base member comprises a resilient base member.

6. An apparatus for use with a clamp including first and second clamp members, the apparatus comprising:

at least one energy transmission device;

support means for removably securing the at least one energy transmission device to at least one of the first and second clamp members; and

a tissue cooling apparatus carried by the support means and covering at least a portion of the at least one energy transmission device.

7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the at least one energy transmission device comprises an electrode.

8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the least one energy transmission device comprises a plurality of longitudinally spaced energy transmission devices.

9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the base member comprises a substantially electrically insulating base member.

10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the base member comprises a resilient base member.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2006
From: SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC.
To: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
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