CATHETER WITH STRETCHABLE IRRIGATION TUBE
    52.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3906876A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-10

    申请号:EP21171209.6

    申请日:2021-04-29

    IPC分类号: A61B18/14

    摘要: In one embodiment, a medical system includes a catheter configured to be inserted into a body part of a living subject, and including a deflectable element having a distal end, an expandable distal end assembly disposed at the distal end of the deflectable element, and comprising a plurality of electrodes, a distal portion, and a proximal portion, and configured to expand from a collapsed form to an expanded deployed form, and a stretchable irrigation tube disposed between the distal portion and the proximal portion, and comprising a plurality of irrigation holes, and configured to stretch longitudinally when the distal end assembly is collapsed from the expanded deployed form to the collapsed form.

    METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING IRRIGATED BALLOON CATHETER

    公开(公告)号:EP3892223A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-13

    申请号:EP21175044.3

    申请日:2017-04-27

    IPC分类号: A61B18/14

    摘要: A method of constructing an inflatable electrode assembly configured for irrigation, comprises: providing a flex circuit having a substrate with a pre-formed aperture, the substrate constructed of a material having a greater heat resistance or a first melting temperature; providing a balloon member with a membrane, the membrane constructed of a material having a lesser heat resistance or a second melting temperature lower than the first melting temperature of the substrate; affixing the substrate to the membrane wherein a surrounding portion of the substrate around the pre-formed aperture masks a surrounding portion of the membrane so as to expose a target portion of the membrane; and applying heat to the target portion of the membrane through the pre-formed aperture of the substrate, wherein the heat applied, without melting the substrate, melts the target portion of the membrane in forming an aperture in the membrane.

    BENDABLE GUIDEWIRE
    54.
    发明公开
    BENDABLE GUIDEWIRE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3799917A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-07

    申请号:EP20198362.4

    申请日:2020-09-25

    IPC分类号: A61M25/09 A61M25/00

    摘要: An apparatus includes a tube (29) configured for insertion into a body of a subject, the tube comprising a plurality of strips (28), which are angled obliquely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tube, by virtue of the tube being shaped to define a plurality of slits (32) having respective oblique proximal ends and respective oblique distal ends. The distal end of each of the slits is nested between the proximal end of a first other one of the slits and the proximal end of a second other one of the slits such that (i) one of the strips is disposed between the distal end of the slit and the proximal end of the first other one of the slits, and (ii) another one of the strips is disposed between the distal end of the slit and the proximal end of the second other one of the slits.

    WIRING FOR MULTI-ELECTRODE CATHETER
    55.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3797720A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-31

    申请号:EP20198413.5

    申请日:2020-09-25

    摘要: In one embodiment, a catheter includes a shaft assembly having a proximal and distal end, which comprises a deflectable segment including lumens running longitudinally therein, electrodes disposed at the distal end, a connector disposed at the proximal end for coupling to processing circuitry, cables disposed in first respective ones of the lumens, each cable electrically coupled to the connector and a respective group of the electrodes, wherein each cable includes a bundle of wires, each wire connected to a respective one of the electrodes in the respective group, an electrical shielding surrounding the bundle, and an electrically insulating jacket surrounding the shielding and sized to allow longitudinal movement of the respective cable within the respective lumen, respective elongated members disposed in second respective ones of the lumens, and connected to the distal end, and a manipulator connected to the elongated members to actuate the distal end via the elongated members.