A medical device, and related method, use epicardial ablators and detectors for intraoperative epicardial approaches to ablation therapy of cardiac conduction pathways. An epicardial gripper is sized to grasp the cardiac circumference or smaller structures on the epicardial surface of the heart. Ablators...http://www.google.de/patents/US20020052602?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020052602 - Device and method for forming a lesion