Technical advance in silico and in vitro development of a new bipolar radiofrequency ablation device for renal denervation

Table 1 Electrical and thermal properties at 500 kHz for components in the FEM model

Component	Relative permittivity (ε_r)	Electrical conductivity σ (S/m)	Density (kg/m³)	Heat capacity at constant pressure J/(kg °C)	Thermal conductivity W/(m °C)
Blood^a	4190	0.748	1050	3617	0.52
Artery wall^a	312	0.324	1102	3306	0.46
Connective tissue^a	201	0.391	1027	2372	0.39
Pebax® 7233^b	4	1.25E−12	1010	1700	0.26
Electrodes (PtIr 90/10)^c,d	1	1.00E+09	7950	502	14

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