US 11,684,418 B2
Methods and devices for applying energy to bodily tissues
Chun Yiu Chu, Oakland, CA (US); Ketan Shroff, Pleasanton, CA (US); Dinesh I. Mody, San Jose, CA (US); Clarence Emmons, Capitola, CA (US); and Amrish J. Walke, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to MicroCube, LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by MicroCube, LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/129,415.
Application 17/129,415 is a continuation of application No. 16/057,506, filed on Aug. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,869,720, issued on Dec. 22, 2020.
Application 16/057,506 is a continuation of application No. 15/961,557, filed on Apr. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,299,859, issued on May 28, 2019.
Application 15/961,557 is a continuation of application No. 12/829,222, filed on Jul. 1, 2010, granted, now 9,980,774, issued on May 29, 2018.
Application 12/829,222 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/603,077, filed on Oct. 21, 2009, granted, now 8,968,287, issued on Mar. 3, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/222,409, filed on Jul. 1, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/180,133, filed on May 21, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/162,241, filed on Mar. 20, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/107,252, filed on Oct. 21, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2021/0205014 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/18 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00196 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1861 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1884 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1892 (2013.01); A61N 5/045 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microwave energy delivery device for delivering energy from an energy source through a transmission line having a shielding element, the microwave energy delivery device comprising:
a microwave antenna portion located at a distal portion of the transmission line and comprising a radiating element and a shaping element, the radiating element having a distal region;
an elongate dielectric material comprising an axis mechanically coupled at a first location to a region of the radiating element and at a second location to a region of the shaping element, wherein the first location and second location are spaced apart along the axis;
where the radiating element emits a microwave field when energized by the energy source; and
where when the shaping element is in electrical contact with the shielding element and is located adjacent to the radiating element such that at least a portion of the shaping element extends along a portion of the radiating element causing the shaping element to affect the microwave field by limiting the microwave field about the microwave antenna portion.