Stephen W. Boyd;Hanson S. Gifford;James L. Cox;Matthias Vaska
发明人:
James L. Cox,Stephen W. Boyd,Hanson S. Gifford,Matthias Vaska
申请号：
US12403123
公开号：
US08177780B2
申请日:
2009.03.12
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
The invention provides surgical systems and methods for ablating heart tissue within the interior and/or exterior of the heart. A plurality of probes is provided with each probe configured for introduction into the chest for engaging the heart. Each probe includes an elongated shaft having an elongated ablating surface of a predetermined shape. The elongated shaft and the elongated ablating surface of each probe are configured to ablate a portion of the heart. A sealing device affixed to the heart tissue forms a hemostatic seal between the probe and the penetration in the heart to inhibit blood loss therethrough.
