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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2013
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Troy T. Tegg, Elk River, MN (US);
Saurav Paul, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Richard E. Stehr, Stillwater, MN (US);
Reed R. Heimbecher, Hamel, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Atria Fibrillation Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an optic-based sensing assembly and a system incorporating the assembly and related use of the assembly. In particular, the invention relates to an optic-based catheter assembly and related system used to determine contact between a catheter and surrounding proximate environment, such as tissue. An embodiment of such a system may, for example, be used for visualization, mapping, ablation, or other methods of diagnosis and treatment of tissue and/or surrounding areas.