Flexible microwave catheters for natural or artificial lumens

Patent Number: 9387038

Patent Date: 2016-07-12

Patent type: utility

A flexible microwave catheter, including a flexible coaxial cable having an inner conductor, an inner dielectric coaxially disposed about the inner conductor, and an outer conductor coaxially disposed about the inner dielectric, at least one feedpoint defining a microwave radiating portion of the flexible coaxial cable, a mesh structure having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration and disposed about the microwave radiating portion of the flexible coaxial cable, wherein the mesh structure expands radially outward from the flexible microwave catheter thereby positioning the at least one feedpoint at the radial center of the mesh structure.

Inventors

First Name Last Name City State Country
Gene H. Arts - - -
William O. Reid, Jr. - - -
Arnold V. DeCarlo - - -
Joseph D. Brannan - - -
Casey M. Ladtkow - - -

IPCs

Section Class Sub Class Group Sub Group
A 61 B 18 18
A 61 N 5 02
A 61 B 18 00
A 61 B 19 00

Assignee

Organization First Name Last Name City State Country
Covidien LP - - - - -