Patents by Inventor Nitin A. Patil

Nitin A. Patil has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tissue ablation system with a sliding ablating device and method
    Publication number: 20030163128
    Abstract: A system and method for ablating a selected portion of a contact surface of biological tissue is provided. The system includes an elongated ablation sheath having a preformed shape adapted to substantially conform a predetermined surface thereof with the contact surface of the tissue. The elongated ablation sheath includes a non-permeable portion. The ablation sheath defines an ablation lumen sized to slideably receive an elongated ablative device longitudinally therethrough. The ablative device includes a flexible ablation element selectively generating an ablative field sufficiently strong to cause tissue ablation. Advancement of the ablation element slideably through the ablation lumen of the ablation sheath selectively places the ablation element along the ablation path for guide ablation on the contact surface when the predetermined surface is in strategic contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: AFX, INC.
    Inventors: Nitin A. Patil, Manoj Akkad, Sing Fatt Chin, Dany Berube, Dinesh I. Mody, Nancy Norris