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(11) EP 2 152 182 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
17.02.2010 Bulletin 2010/07

(21) Application number: 08756695.6

(22) Date of filing: 04.06.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 18/00(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2008/065781
(87) International publication number:
WO 2008/151237 (11.12.2008 Gazette 2008/50)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 04.06.2007 US 757840
04.06.2007 US 757875

(71) Applicants:
  • Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)
  • Taimisto, Miriam H.
    San Jose, CA 95121 (US)
  • Kumar, Uday N.
    San Francisco, CA 94109 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • TAIMISTO, Miriam, H.
    San Jose, CA 95121 (US)
  • KUMAR, Uday, N.
    San Francisco, CA 94109 (US)
  • VEGESNA, Venkata
    Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (US)
  • FILLOUX, Dominique, J.
    Redwood City, CA 94061 (US)
  • HORNE, Kenneth, N.
    San Francisco, CA 94107 (US)
  • MARONEY, John, F.
    Menlo Park, CA 94025 (US)
  • SUBRAMANIAM, Raj
    Fremont, CA 94555 (US)

(74) Representative: Dossmann, Gérard 
Bureau D.A. Casalonga & Josse Bayerstrasse 71/73
80335 München
80335 München (DE)

   


(54) MULTI-ELECTRODE APPARATUS FOR TISSUE WELDING AND ABLATION