Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ablation catheter with flexible electrode
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Application No.: US16224172Application Date: 2018-12-18
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Publication No.: US11337750B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Carlo Pappone , Alan de la Rama , Peter C. Chen , Cary Hata , Jared A. Shimizu
- 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: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/12
- IPC: A61B18/12 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B18/00
Abstract:
A flexible tip electrode for an ablation catheter is disclosed. The catheter includes a catheter body and a hollow elongate tip electrode disposed at a distal end of the catheter body. The electrode includes a sidewall provided with one or more elongate gaps extending therethrough. The one or more elongate gaps providing flexibility in the sidewall for bending movement of the tip electrode relative to a longitudinal axis of the catheter body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190192221A1 Ablation catheter with flexible electrode Public/Granted day:2019-06-27
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