METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ABLATING CARDIAC TISSUE WITH GUIDE FACILITY
    11.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ABLATING CARDIAC TISSUE WITH GUIDE FACILITY 审中-公开
    方法和装置心脏面料经导引装置烧蚀

    公开(公告)号:EP1615576A2

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-18

    申请号:EP04760147.1

    申请日:2004-04-23

    申请人: Atricure Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61B18/18

    摘要: A method and apparatus for ablation of cardiac tissue at a selected cardiac location is achieved by providing at least one flexible elongated guide facility having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion extending between the first and second ends and by providing an ablation instrument which includes at least a pair or relatively moveable clamping jaws being disposed to engage and ablate the selected cardiac location. Each guide facility is adapted for introduction into a patient’s chest through an opening and for advancement to the selected cardiac location such that the intermediate portion engages the selected cardiac location and the guide facility is withdrawn through the instrument receiving passage. At least one jaw of the ablation instrument engages with the guide facility and is guided to the selected cardiac location with the aid of the guide facility to ablate the selected cardiac location.

    PERICARDIAL ACCESS
    14.
    发明公开
    PERICARDIAL ACCESS 审中-实审

    公开(公告)号:EP4374804A2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-29

    申请号:EP24161828.9

    申请日:2019-07-09

    申请人: ATRICURE, INC.

    IPC分类号: A61B17/32

    摘要: A surgical device for accessing a pericardial space of a patient, comprising: an elongated, tubular body including a proximal end and a distal end, the tubular body including a longitudinal first channel configured to accept an endoscope therein and a longitudinal second channel configured to accept a pericardial needle therethrough; and an at least partially transparent, repositionable tip disposed at the distal end of the tubular body, the tip including a substantially blunt, distally oriented dissection point and a proximal repositionable connector, the proximal repositionable connector repositionably engaging the tubular body near the distal end of the tubular body so that the tip is repositionable between a closed configuration and an open configuration; wherein, in the closed configuration, the tip substantially covers the distal end of the tubular body and extends distally beyond the distal end of the tubular body; and wherein, in the open configuration, the tip is positioned at least partially beside the distal end of the tubular body so that a distal face of the tubular body is exposed.

    DEVICES FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE
    16.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4282371A2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-29

    申请号:EP23203697.0

    申请日:2016-03-24

    申请人: AtriCure, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61B90/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to a device for closing a left atrial appendage comprising: an elongate body comprising a first lumen, a second lumen, and a third lumen; a closure element comprising a loop defining a continuous aperture therethrough, a first end of the closure element slidably disposed in the first lumen and a second end of the closure element fixedly disposed in the second lumen; and a handle coupled to the elongate body, wherein the handle comprises an aperture in a proximal end thereof configured to releasably receive a tensioning mechanism, a release slot extending from the aperture, and a lock configured to hold the tensioning mechanism when the tensioning mechanism is received in the aperture.

    DEVICE FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE
    17.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4226881A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-16

    申请号:EP23174700.7

    申请日:2014-10-31

    申请人: AtriCure, Inc.

    摘要: The invention relates to a system for closing an atrial appendage comprising: a catheter configured to be advanced endovascularly into an interior of a heart, wherein the catheter comprises an expandable member at a distal end of the catheter, and wherein the expandable member is configured to ablate or abrade tissue; and a closure device configured to be advanced into a pericardial space, wherein the closure device comprises an elongate body comprising a lumen therethrough, a handle, and a snare loop assembly, wherein the snare loop assembly extends from a distal end of the elongate body and comprises a snare, a suture loop, and a retention member configured to releasably couple the snare and the suture loop.

    SURGICAL TOOL
    18.
    发明公开
    SURGICAL TOOL 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4005506A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-01

    申请号:EP22150753.6

    申请日:2016-07-04

    申请人: AtriCure Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61B17/122 A61B17/00

    摘要: A medical instrument comprising: (a) a first joint comprising a first member and a second member, the first member configured to be repositionable with respect to the second member in a first degree of freedom; (b) a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint comprising a third member and a fourth member, the third member configured to be repositionable with respect to the fourth member in a second degree of freedom; (c) a pair of repositionable jaws operatively coupled to the first joint and the second joint; (d) an occlusion clip detachably mounted to the pair of repositionable jaws; and, (e) a controller operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint, and the pair of repositionable jaws, the controller including a first control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the first member and the second member, and a second control configured to direct repositioning of at least one of the third member and the fourth member, and a third control configured to direct repositioning of the pair of repositionable jaws.