| 20110288469 | SURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING COMBINATION REVASCULARIZATION AND THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCE DELIVERY TO TISSUE - A surgical device is provided for both ablating a channel in a patient's tissue and also delivering a therapeutic agent. The device includes an elongated multi-lumen tube, an elongated tissue ablating assembly, and a therapeutic agent delivery assembly. The therapeutic agent is capable of being delivered into the channel and/or to the surrounding tissue. The device may further include a second multi-lumen tube also capable of delivering therapeutic agents. A method is also provided for using such a surgical device to ablate a channel in a patient's tissue and also deliver a therapeutic agent to the tissue, for example, for transmyocardial revascularization or other procedures. | 11-24-2011 |
