Cardiac treatment devices and methods
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    发明申请
    Cardiac treatment devices and methods 有权
    心脏治疗装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20040102771A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-05-27

    申请号:US10410618

    申请日:2003-04-08

    IPC分类号: A61B018/14

    摘要: Devices and methods provide for ablation of cardiac tissue for treating cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. Although the devices and methods are often be used to ablate epicardial tissue in the vicinity of at least one pulmonary vein, various embodiments may be used to ablate other cardiac tissues in other locations on a heart. Devices generally include at least one tissue contacting member for contacting epicardial tissue and securing the ablation device to the epicardial tissue, and at least one ablation member for ablating the tissue. Various embodiments include features, such as suction apertures, which enable the device to attach to the epicardial surface with sufficient strength to allow the tissue to be stabilized via the device. For example, some embodiments may be used to stabilize a beating heart to enable a beating heart ablation procedure. Many of the devices may be introduced into a patient via minimally invasive introducer devices and the like. Although devices and methods of the invention may be used to ablate epicardial tissue to treat atrial fibrillation, they may also be used in veterinary or research contexts, to treat various heart conditions other than atrial fibrillation and/or to ablate cardiac tissue other than the epicardium.

    摘要翻译: 装置和方法提供用于治疗心律失常的心脏组织的消融,例如心房颤动。 虽然通常使用装置和方法来消融至少一个肺静脉附近的心外膜组织,但是可以使用各种实施例来消融心脏上其他位置的其他心脏组织。 装置通常包括用于接触心外膜组织并将消融装置固定到心外膜组织的至少一个组织接触构件以及用于烧蚀组织的至少一个消融构件。 各种实施例包括诸如抽吸孔的特征,其使得装置能够以足够的强度附着到心外膜表面,以允许组织通过装置稳定。 例如,一些实施例可用于稳定跳动心脏以实现搏动心脏消融手术。 可以通过微创导引器装置等将许多装置引入患者体内。 尽管本发明的装置和方法可用于消融心外膜组织以治疗房颤,但它们也可用于兽医学或研究领域,以治疗心房颤动以外的各种心脏病和/或除心外膜外的心脏组织 。