A system 10 for heating a site in a patient's body includes a transformer
14 having a primary winding 14.2 and a secondary winding 14.3, the
secondary winding 14.3 having at least one tap 16 to provide a patient
reference and at least two sources 22 of radio frequency (RF) energy, the
two sources 22 of RF energy being out of phase with each other. A group
of electrodes 24 is connected to the sources 22 of RF energy provided by
the secondary winding 14.3 to be simultaneously energised. The
arrangement is such that there are more active electrodes 24 connected to
one of the sources 22 of RF energy than the other of the sources 22 of RF
energy with the energy supplied to one active electrode 24 being out of
phase with the energy supplied to an adjacent active electrode 24.