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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2017
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
John W. Sliwa, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen A. Morse, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00029 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00101 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1405 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61M 25/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to electrophysiology catheters for cardiac medical procedures. More specifically, the instant disclosure relates to an ablation catheter for treating cardiac arrhythmias by ablating tissue, and having one or more subelectrodes internally fixed within the ablation catheter tip to capture electrophysiology characteristics of myocardial tissue in proximity to the one or more subelectrodes.