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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Lake Region Manufacturing, Inc., Chaska, MN (US);
Inventor:
John Michael Hayes, Cork, IE;
Assignee:
Lake Region Manufacturing, Inc., Chaska, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/24 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02);
Abstract
An ablation catheter for treating cardiac arrhythmias by ablating near pulmonary venous tissue is described. The ablation catheter includes a system of optical fibers containing respective fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) that are susceptible to changes in strain to thereby indicate to the physician the amount of force that the ablation head is exerting on the myocardial tissue during the ablation procedure. Optionally, the FBGs are used to indicate the exact orientation of the catheter and its ablation head inside the vasculature.