BASKET CATHETER HAVING ABLATION ELECTRODES AND ELECTRO-ANATOMICAL SENSING ELECTRODES

    公开(公告)号:EP4205681A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-05

    申请号:EP22217131.6

    申请日:2022-12-29

    IPC分类号: A61B18/14 A61B5/283

    摘要: A catheter includes, a shaft for insertion into an organ, an expandable distal-end assembly coupled to the shaft and includes splines, at least one of the splines includes a flexible substrate, configured to conform to tissue of the organ, and a sensing electrode, configured: (a) to be coupled to the flexible substrate, and (b) when in contact with the tissue, to produce a electrically signal indicative of an electrocardiogram signal sensed in the tissue, the sensing electrode including: (i) a gold substrate, formed over the flexible substrate and configured to conduct the electrically signal, (ii) a first polymer layer, formed over a first section of the gold substrate and configured to electrically isolate between the tissue and the gold substrate, and (iii) a second polymer layer, formed over a second, different, section of the gold substrate, and configured to conduct the electrocardiogram signal between the tissue and the gold substrate.

    DEVICES FOR AN EXPANDABLE ASSEMBLY CATHETER
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4169463A3

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-05

    申请号:EP22210328.5

    申请日:2022-11-29

    IPC分类号: A61B18/14 H05K1/00

    摘要: A catheter apparatus includes an elongated deflectable element including a distal end, a coupler connected to the distal end, a pusher including a distal portion, and configured to be advanced and retracted through the deflectable element, and an expandable assembly including flexible polymer circuit strips, each strip including electrodes disposed thereon. The strips can be configured to bow radially outward when the pusher is retracted expanding the expandable assembly from a collapsed form to an expanded form. A covering can at least partially enclose the flexible polymer circuit strip and the multiple electrodes. The covering can include a plurality of apertures at each electrode so that a portion of the conductive surface of each electrode is exposed through each aperture.

    IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION WITH SHORTED ELECTRODES

    公开(公告)号:EP4201352A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-28

    申请号:EP22215386.8

    申请日:2022-12-21

    IPC分类号: A61B18/12 A61B18/14 A61B18/00

    摘要: A system for use with multiple electrodes coupled to respective spines of a probe includes multiple switches connected to the electrodes and configured to short different respective first subsets of the electrodes to each other and different respective second subsets of the electrodes to each other per different respective settings of the switches. The system further includes a processor configured to control the switches so as to alternate through the settings and, for each of the settings, cause a power generator to apply a voltage between the shorted first subset and the shorted second subset while the probe is deployed within a body of a subject. Other examples are also described.

    ABLATION ELECTRODES MADE FROM ELECTRICAL TRACES OF FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD

    公开(公告)号:EP4119084A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-18

    申请号:EP22184306.3

    申请日:2022-07-12

    IPC分类号: A61B18/14

    摘要: A catheter includes a shaft for insertion into an organ of a patient, an expandable distal-end assembly, and at least an electrical interconnection. The expandable distal-end assembly is coupled to the shaft and includes multiple splines, at least one of the splines includes a flexible substrate, which is configured to conform to tissue of the organ. The electrical interconnection has: (i) a first section, which is formed within the flexible substrate and is configured to conduct ablation signals, and (ii) a second section thicker than the first section, which is formed over an outer surface of the flexible substrate and is configured to apply the ablation signals to the tissue.

    CATHETER FOR HIGH-POWER FOCAL ABLATION
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4104783A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-21

    申请号:EP22178859.9

    申请日:2022-06-14

    IPC分类号: A61B18/14

    摘要: Medical apparatus includes a flexible insertion tube, which has a first outer diameter and has a distal end configured for insertion into a cavity within a body of a patient. A rigid cylindrical electrode is fixed to the distal end of the flexible insertion tube and is configured to contact tissue within the cavity, and which has a second outer diameter that is at least 10% greater than the first outer diameter.