Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pressure sensing of irrigant backpressure for aligning directional medical devices with target tissue
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Application No.: US15816863Application Date: 2017-11-17
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Publication No.: US10349965B2Publication Date: 2019-07-16
- Inventor: John W. Sliwa , Zhenyi Ma , Stephen A. Morse
- Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
- Current Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Wiley Rein LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/32
- IPC: A61B17/32 ; A61B18/18 ; A61B18/14 ; A61N7/00 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B18/00
Abstract:
Systems and methods for aligning directionally operable medical devices with and upon target tissue. Systems and methods for aligning medical devices such as directional ablation catheters to and upon target tissue by monitoring irrigant backpressure. The current disclosure provides solutions to the problem of rotationally or angularly aligning a directional medical device toward tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180132886A1 Pressure Sensing of Irrigant Backpressure for Aligning Directional Medical Devices with Target Tissue Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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