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The FLEX 10 Accessory is intended to be used with the AFx Microwave Ablation System for the surgical ablation of soft tissue, in addition to striated, cardiac and smooth muscles. The system is designed to ablate tissue by the induction of thermal necrosis in the targeted tissues.

The FLEX 10 Accessory is a surgical ablation probe that directs the microwave energy developed by the AFx Microwave Generator into the target tissue. The FLEX 10 Accessory is a sterile, hand-held, single-use, surgical ablation device. The ablative microwave energy emanates from an antenna contained in the ablation sheath at the distal end of the device. The FLEX 10 Accessory has a flexible 2 m long insulated coax cable that attaches the Probe to the Microwave Generator output cable. The flexible cable is attached to a 24 cm long hand grip, followed by a 15 cm section of stainless steel hypotube, followed by a highly flexible PTFE ablation sheath, which contains the movable microwave energy delivery antenna. The end of the ablation sheath is attached to a PEBAX positioning sheath and sutures to aid in the proper placement of the ablating sheath. Moving the sliding ring on the hand grip moves the antenna to discrete numbered locations in the ablating sheath. The position of the antenna within the ablating sheath is displayed to the user by the position indicator of the sliding ring on the hand grip.