Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC

Covidien LP

Tyco Healthcare Group LP

Martin Chambers

J Christopher Flaherty

Randell Louis Werneth

Ricardo David Roman

Christopher Gerard Kunis

Alexander J Asconeguy

Hakan Oral

Fred Morady

Jeffrey Trinidad

Sadaf Soleymani

Jerald L Cox

Guillermo W Moratorio

Samuel Fu

Lixiao Wang

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for the ablation of tissue. A steerable ablation catheter can include one or more ablation elements at its distal end and one or more ablation elements fixedly attached to its shaft. The distal end of the ablation catheter can be deflected to assume a number of different deflection geometries in at least one direction along the shaft. One feature of the ablation catheter is that its shaft can comprise materials of differing durometers or stiffnesses attached together at a joint. Methods associated with use of the ablation catheter are also covered.

RF energy delivery system and method

An apparatus for removing emboli from a vessel during an interventional procedure comprising a catheter. The catheter includes: an elongate member having a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end; a dilation element disposed on a distal portion of the elongate member, the dilation element having a contracted state and an expanded state; an occlusion element disposed on a distal portion of the elongate member, the occlusion element being disposed proximal of the dilation element, and the occlusion element having a contracted state and an expanded state; and one or more aspiration ports disposed on a distal portion of the elongate member, the one or more aspiration ports being in fluid communication with the lumen, and one or more of the aspiration ports being disposed proximal of the dilation element and distal of the occlusion element.

Embolic protection systems for bifurcated conduits

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Stillwater, MN, United States of America

Martin Chambers