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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2017
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
James Skarda, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Steven Bolling, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel Cheek, Plymouth, MN (US);
Brian Ross, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mitchell Strain, St. Paul, MN (US);
Steve Ramberg, North Oaks, MN (US);
Thomas J Conway, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Randy Thill, St. Paul, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
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.