US 12,144,538 B2
Ablation probe
Jimmy Eaton-Evans, Galway (IE); Giuseppe Ruvio, Galway (IE); Jonathan Bouchier-Hayes, Galway (IE); Martin O'Halloran, Galway (IE); and Mark Bruzzi, Galway (IE)
Assigned to NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY, Galway (IE)
Appl. No. 17/043,417
Filed by National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway (IE)
PCT Filed Mar. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/058072
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/185905, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/EP2018/058252 (WO), filed on Mar. 29, 2018; and application No. 18197568 (EP), filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0113261 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1477 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00077 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00178 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1435 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ablation probe, comprising:
an applicator arranged to apply radiation to heat surrounding tissue;
a feeding cable arranged to supply electromagnetic energy to the applicator, wherein the feeding cable comprises a distal portion and a proximal portion, wherein the distal portion of the feeding cable has a distal cross sectional size and the proximal portion of the feeding cable has a proximal cross sectional size, wherein the distal cross sectional size is less that the proximal cross sectional size; and
a connector arranged to mechanically and electrically couple the distal portion of the feeding cable to the proximal portion of the feeding cable,
wherein the connector comprises a joining member comprising a proximal end shaped to receive an end of the proximal portion of the feeding cable and a distal end shaped to receive an end of the distal portion of the feeding cable;
at least part of the joining member is filled with a potting agent; and
the joining member further comprises a bleed hole, the bleed hole being configured to allow the flow of potting agent into or out of a cavity within the joining member.