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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Boaz Avitall, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Inventor:
Boaz Avitall, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00357 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00815 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00839 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1407 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter system for creating lesions for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias is disclosed that includes a catheter having a distal ablation segment that has an electrode array comprising a plurality of spaced ablation and recording electrode devices arranged in a tight loop configuration that is used to create a series of overlapping loop-shaped ablation footprints to produce a continuous lesion resembling a chain-link configuration.