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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Atricure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);
Inventor:
David K. Swanson, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
AtriCure, Inc., Mason, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/10 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/085 (2013.01); A61B 18/08 (2013.01); A61B 18/10 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/06 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00363 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00392 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00613 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00654 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01); A61B 2018/145 (2013.01); A61N 2007/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
High-voltage pulses ablation systems and methods are used to ablate tissue and form lesions. A variety of different electrophysiology devices, such as catheters, surgical probes, and clamps, may be used to position one or more electrodes at a target location. Electrodes can be connected to power supply lines and, in some instances, the power to the electrodes can be controlled on an electrode-by-electrode basis. High-voltage pulse sequences provide a total amount of heating that is typically less than that which is observed with thermally-based radiofrequency energy ablation protocols.