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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Inventors:
Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Brea, CA (US);
Joseph Thomas Keyes, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
Rowan Olund Hettel, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 17/1204 (2013.01); A61B 17/12122 (2013.01); A61B 17/12136 (2013.01); A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/104 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00172 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00285 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00357 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61M 2025/1068 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1077 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1081 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1093 (2013.01);
Abstract
Cardiac catheterization is conducted using a probe having a balloon assembly, in which a spring has a resting axially elongated configuration and a torsed, axially shortened configuration. A balloon is twisted about the spring and mechanically linked to the spring. A flexible sheath is disposed about the spring within the balloon, the sheath and the wall of the balloon defining a chamber to contain a fluid flowing therein and thereout of the balloon.