Medtronic, Inc.

Randy Thill

Steven F Bolling

James R Skarda

Daniel Cheek

Brian Ross

Steve Ramberg

Mitchell Strain

Thomas J Conway

Tom Conway

Instrument and systems for applying ablative energy to epicardial tissue via a subxiphoid access surgical approach. The instrument has a head assembly sized and shaped for a subxiphoid surgical approach to a patient's heart and defines a contact face. The head assembly includes a paddle body, a first ablation electrode, and a second ablation electrode. The ablation electrodes are coupled to the paddle body in a spaced apart, spatially-fixed fashion. The ablation electrodes are exteriorly exposed at the contact face. A tubular member extends from the head assembly and maintains wiring connected to the ablation electrodes. The instrument is manipulable to locate the contact face on epicardial tissue of a patient's heart via a subxiphoid surgical approach, such as between the left and right pulmonary vein junctions of the posterior left atrium.

Subxiphoid connective lesion ablation system and method

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Randy Thill