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Theodore C. Ormsby
Also filed as: ORMSBY THEODORE · ORMSBY THEODORE C
32 granted patents·6 pending applications·6,009 citations·filing 1998–2020
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38 records- 0197US7004938B2Radio-frequency-based catheter system with improved deflection and steering mechanismsMEDWAVES INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 28, 2006·158 cites·18 claims
- 0296US6589237B2Electrosurgical apparatus and methods for treating tissueARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 8, 2003·492 cites·61 claims
- 0395US7297145B2Bipolar electrosurgical clamp for removing and modifying tissueARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 20, 2007·199 cites·21 claims
- 0495US6746447B2Methods for ablating tissueARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 8, 2004·353 cites·29 claims
- 0594US7387627B2Vacuum-assisted securing apparatus for a microwave ablation instrumentMAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 17, 2008·105 cites·8 claims
- 0694US6991631B2Electrosurgical probe having circular electrode array for ablating joint tissue and systems related theretoARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 31, 2006·430 cites·57 claims
- 0794US6949096B2Electrosurgical ablation and aspiration apparatus having flow directing feature and methods related theretoARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 27, 2005·415 cites·93 claims
- 0894US6837887B2Articulated electrosurgical probe and methodsARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 4, 2005·478 cites·81 claims
- 0993US8308722B2Hollow conductive coaxial cable for radio frequency based tissue ablation systemORMSBY THEODORE C·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 13, 2012·125 cites·19 claims
- 1093US6364876B1Vacuum-assisted securing apparatus for a microwave ablation instrumentAFX INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 2, 2002·471 cites·24 claims
- 1192US8152799B2Radio frequency-based catheter system with improved deflection and steering mechanismsORMSBY THEODORE C·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 10, 2012·57 cites·37 claims
- 1291US7815637B2Radio-frequency-based catheter system with improved deflection and steering mechanismsORMSBY THEODORE C·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 19, 2010·74 cites·24 claims
- 1391US6974453B2Dual mode electrosurgical clamping probe and related methodsARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 13, 2005·307 cites·83 claims
- 1491US6241744B1Apparatus for deploying a guidewire across a complex lesionFOX HOLLOW TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 5, 2001·372 cites·9 claims
- 1590US7594913B2Radio-frequency based catheter system and method for ablating biological tissuesMEDWAVES INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 29, 2009·81 cites·43 claims
- 1690US7070596B1Electrosurgical apparatus having a curved distal sectionARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 4, 2006·276 cites·43 claims
- 1790US6383182B1Directional microwave ablation instrument with off-set energy delivery portionAFX INC·Filed 2000·Granted May 7, 2002·163 cites·33 claims
- 1889US7393351B2Apparatus and methods for treating cervical inter-vertebral discsARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 1, 2008·229 cites·43 claims
- 1987US6312427B1Directional reflector shield assembly for a microwave ablation instrumentAFX INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 6, 2001·119 cites·29 claims
- 2087US6190382B1Radio-frequency based catheter system for ablation of body tissuesMEDWAVES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 20, 2001·369 cites·14 claims
- 2186US6245062B1Directional reflector shield assembly for a microwave ablation instrumentAFX INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 12, 2001·224 cites·19 claims
- 2284US7115126B2Directional microwave ablation instrument with off-set energy delivery portionAFX INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 3, 2006·93 cites·5 claims
- 2382US8934989B2Radio frequency based ablation system and method with dielectric transformerORMSBY THEODORE C·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 13, 2015·32 cites·26 claims
- 2481US7717912B2Bipolar electrosurgical clamp for removing and modifying tissueARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2007·Granted May 18, 2010·20 cites·15 claims
- 2579US8133222B2Tissue ablation apparatus and method using ultrasonic imagingORMSBY THEODORE C·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 13, 2012·19 cites·27 claims
- 2678US7070595B2Radio-frequency based catheter system and method for ablating biological tissuesMEDWAVES INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 4, 2006·94 cites·28 claims
- 2777US7052491B2Vacuum-assisted securing apparatus for a microwave ablation instrumentAFX INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 30, 2006·52 cites·11 claims
- 2870US6663625B1Radio-frequency based catheter system and hollow co-axial cable for ablation of body tissuesFiled 1999·Granted Dec 16, 2003·145 cites·15 claims
- 2969US8679106B2Angioplasty and tissue ablation apparatus and methodORMSBY THEODORE C·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 25, 2014·8 cites·16 claims
- 3067US9039698B2Radio frequency ablation system with tracking sensorORMSBY THEODORE C·Filed 2010·Granted May 26, 2015·6 cites·3 claims
- 3167US6941953B2Preformed catheter set for use with a linear ablation system to produce ablation lines in the left and right atrium for treatment of atrial fibrillationMEDWAVES INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 13, 2005·43 cites·7 claims
- 3250US2007066972A1Ablation catheter apparatus with one or more electrodesMEDWAVES INC·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 3349US9326819B2Electrically tunable tissue ablation system and methodORMSBY THEODORE C·Filed 2009·Granted May 3, 2016·0 cites·9 claims
- 3448US2021128231A1Energy transmitting therapeutic medical deviceMEDWAVES INC·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 3548US2009082762A1Radio frequency energy transmission device for the ablation of biological tissuesORMSBY THEODORE C·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3645US2006095031A1Selectively controlled active electrodes for electrosurgical probeARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3744US2006036237A1Devices and methods for selective orientation of electrosurgical devicesARTHROCARE CORP·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3843US2002128642A1Directional microwave ablation instrument with marking deviceAFX INC·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
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