Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Joel M. Harris
  • Patent number: 6330478
    Abstract: A cell necrosis apparatus includes an introducer with a distal end sufficiently sharp to penetrate tissue. An energy delivery device has a first set of RF electrodes and a second set of RF electrodes. Each RF electrode of the first and second sets has a tissue piercing distal end and is positionable in the introducer as the introducer is advanced through tissue. The first and second sets of RF electrodes are deployable with curvature from the introducer. The second set of RF electrodes is deployable a greater distance from the introducer than the first set of RF electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Rita Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kee S. Lee, Daniel Balbierz, Edward J. Gough