Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Irrigated flexible ablation catheter
- Patent Title (中): 灌注柔性消融导管
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Application No.: US14313837Application Date: 2014-06-24
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Publication No.: US09510903B2Publication Date: 2016-12-06
- 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 Maple Grove
- Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC.
- Current Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/12
- IPC: A61B18/12 ; A61B18/14 ; 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
- US20140330269A1 IRRIGATED FLEXIBLE ABLATION CATHETER Public/Granted day:2014-11-06
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