Basket style cardiac mapping catheter having spline bends for detection of cardiac rhythm disorders
    51.
    发明授权
    Basket style cardiac mapping catheter having spline bends for detection of cardiac rhythm disorders 有权
    篮式心脏图像导管具有用于检测心律失常的花键弯曲

    公开(公告)号:US08364234B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-29

    申请号:US13409301

    申请日:2012-03-01

    IPC分类号: A61B5/042 A61B18/14

    摘要: A system a system for sensing multiple local electric voltages from endocardial surface of a heart, includes: a first elongate tubular member; a basket assembly including: a plurality of flexible splines for guiding a plurality of exposed electrodes, the splines having proximal portions, distal portions and medial portions therein between; a proximal anchor for securably affixing the proximal portions of the splines; the proximal anchor being secured at the distal end of the first elongate tubular member; a distal tip for securably affixing the distal portions of the splines wherein at least some of the splines in the radially expanded non-spherical shape contain a distal excurvate outward bend disposed at the distal portion of the spline at a location near to the distal tip of the basket assembly to bend the splines back towards the proximal anchor.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于感测来自心脏心内膜表面的多个局部电压的系统,包括:第一细长管状构件; 一种篮组件,包括:多个用于引导多个暴露电极的柔性花键,所述花键具有其间的近端部分,远侧部分和中间部分; 近端锚固件,用于牢固地固定花键的近端部分; 所述近端锚固件固定在所述第一细长管状构件的远端处; 用于牢固地固定花键的远端部分的远端,其中径向膨胀的非球形形状中的至少一些花键包含设置在花键的远端部分处的远侧偏侧向外弯曲处, 篮子组件将花键弯曲回近端锚。

    Composite Structures and Methods for Ablating Tissue to Form Complex Lesion Patterns in the Treatment of Cardiac Conditions and the Like
    53.
    发明申请
    Composite Structures and Methods for Ablating Tissue to Form Complex Lesion Patterns in the Treatment of Cardiac Conditions and the Like 失效
    复合结构和方法,用于消除组织形成复杂病变模式的心脏病症等

    公开(公告)号:US20080161802A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-07-03

    申请号:US11923373

    申请日:2007-10-24

    IPC分类号: A61B18/14

    摘要: A method of ablating tissue in the heart to treat atrial fibrillation introduces into a selected atrium an energy emitting element. The method exposes the element to a region of the atrial wall and applies ablating energy to the element to thermally destroy tissue. The method forms a convoluted lesion pattern comprising elongated straight lesions and elongated curvilinear lesions. The lesion pattern directs electrical impulses within the atrial myocardium along a path that activates the atrial myocardium while interrupting reentry circuits that, if not interrupted, would cause fibrillation. The method emulates the surgical maze procedure, but lends itself to catheter-based procedures that do not require open heart surgical techniques. A composite structure for performing the method is formed using a template that displays in planar view a desired lesion pattern for the tissue. An array of spaced apart element is laid on the template. Guided by the template, energy emitting and non-energy emitting zones are formed on the elements. By overlaying the elements, the composite structure is formed, which can be introduced into the body to ablate tissue using catheter-based, vascular access techniques.

    摘要翻译: 心脏中消融组织以治疗心房颤动的方法将所选择的心房引入能量发射元件。 该方法将该元件暴露于心房壁的一个区域,并向该元件施加消融能量以热破坏组织。 该方法形成包括细长的直线损伤和细长的曲线损伤的褶皱病变图案。 病变图案沿着激活心房心肌的路径引导心房心肌内的电脉冲,同时中断再入电路,如果不中断,将引起原纤维化。 该方法模拟外科迷宫手术,但适用于不需要开放心脏手术技术的基于导管的手术。 用于执行该方法的复合结构使用在平面图中显示用于组织的期望损伤图案的模板来形成。 间隔开的元件阵列放置在模板上。 在模板的指导下,在元件上形成能量发射和非能量发射区。 通过覆盖元件,形成复合结构,其可以引入体内以使用基于导管的血管通路技术来烧蚀组织。

    Asymmetric multiple electrode support structures
    56.
    发明授权
    Asymmetric multiple electrode support structures 失效
    不对称多电极支撑结构

    公开(公告)号:US06216043B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-04-10

    申请号:US08742569

    申请日:1996-10-28

    IPC分类号: A61N100

    摘要: Multiple electrode support structures have asymmetric geometries, either axially, or radially, or both. The asymmetric support structures are assembled from spline elements that extend between a distal hub and a proximal base. In one embodiment, the spline elements are circumferentially spaced about the distal hub in a radially asymmetric fashion, creating a greater density of spline elements in one region of the structure than in another region. In the same or another embodiment, the spline elements are preformed in an axially asymmetric fashion along their lengths, creating a different geometry in their distal regions than in their proximal regions.

    摘要翻译: 多个电极支撑结构具有轴向或径向或两者的不对称几何形状。 不对称支撑结构由在远端轮毂和近侧基座之间延伸的花键元件组装。 在一个实施例中,花键元件以径向不对称的方式围绕远侧轮毂周向间隔开,在结构的一个区域中产生比在另一个区域更大的花键元件密度。 在相同或另一个实施例中,花键元件沿它们的长度以轴向不对称的方式预成型,在它们的远侧区域中产生与其近端区域不同的几何形状。

    Flexible high density multiple electrode circuit assemblies employing
ribbon cable
    58.
    发明授权
    Flexible high density multiple electrode circuit assemblies employing ribbon cable 失效
    柔性高密度多电极电路组件采用带状电缆

    公开(公告)号:US5928228A

    公开(公告)日:1999-07-27

    申请号:US801483

    申请日:1997-02-18

    IPC分类号: A61B5/042 A61B18/14 A61B17/39

    摘要: An electrode circuit has a distal region for carrying at least one electrode, a proximal region for connection to external apparatus, and an intermediate region electrically coupling the distal region with the proximal region. At least one, and preferably all, of the regions comprises flexible ribbon cable having two or more adjacent tracks of electrical conduction material and adjoining electrical insulating material. Use of ribbon cable make possible highly dense, extremely reliable electrical connections. Its reliability and density obviate the need for complicated multiplexing schemes at the distal region. Instead, less complicated, proximal multiplexing schemes can be used.

    摘要翻译: 电极电路具有用于承载至少一个电极的远端区域,用于连接到外部设备的近侧区域和将远端区域与近端区域电耦合的中间区域。 至少一个,优选地,所有这些区域包括柔性带状电缆,其具有两个或更多个导电材料的相邻轨道和邻接的电绝缘材料。 使用带状电缆可以实现高密度,极其可靠的电气连接。 其可靠性和密度避免了在远端区域的复杂复用方案的需要。 相反,可以使用较不复杂的近端复用方案。

    Ablation catheter with segmented tip
    59.
    发明授权
    Ablation catheter with segmented tip 失效
    消融导管与分段尖端

    公开(公告)号:US5911720A

    公开(公告)日:1999-06-15

    申请号:US756721

    申请日:1996-11-26

    IPC分类号: A61B18/14 A61B17/36

    CPC分类号: A61B18/1492

    摘要: An ablation catheter having self assembling large surface area distal component provided with one or more energy emitting surfaces for thermally destroying tissue. The distal component is oriented to present a compact, low profile for introduction into the heart, and after introduction is reconfigured to present a large surface area distal ablation tip assembly. The distal tip component is subsequently returned to the low profile configuration for removal from the heart. Once introduced, the energy emitting surfaces are thus carried by a distal component having significantly enlarged surface area. The enlargable distal component is produced using a plurality of pivoting sections capable of alignment into a compact profile for introduction into and removal from a living body. When reconfigured by pivoting of the sections into contact with each other, the distal component has an significantly enlarged dimension.

    摘要翻译: 具有自组装大表面区域远端部件的消融导管,其设置有用于热破坏组织的一个或多个能量发射表面。 远侧部件被定向成呈现紧凑的低轮廓以引入心脏,并且在引入之后重新配置以呈现大的表面区域远端消融尖端组件。 远端尖端部件随后返回到低轮廓构型以从心脏移除。 一旦引入,能量发射表面因此由具有显着增大的表面积的远端部件承载。 可扩展的远侧部件使用多个枢转部分产生,该枢转部分能够对准成用于引入生物体和从生物体移除的紧凑型材。 当通过将部分的枢转彼此接触来重新配置时,远侧部件具有显着增大的尺寸。