Patents Assigned to EPICOR, INC., a Delaware Corporation
  • Device and method for forming a lesion
    Publication number: 20020128639
    Abstract: A control system alters one or more characteristics of an ablating element to ablate tissue. In one aspect, the control system delivers energy nearer to the surface of the tissue by changing the frequency or power. In another aspect, the ablating element delivers focused ultrasound which is focused in at least one dimension. The ablating device may also have a number of ablating elements with different characteristics such as focal length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: EPICOR, INC., a Delaware Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Pless, Scott C. Anderson, Jonathan L. Podmore, Matthias Vaska, John E. Crowe, Roxanne L. Richman, Timothy Ciciarelli, David A. Gallup, Jack E. Ulstad