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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;

Inventor:

Jeffrey W. Schultz, Chino, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00314 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00029 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00065 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0097 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00166 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00178 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00357 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00839 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

A catheter has a composite and segmented construction in a distal section that includes deflectable members and support member arranged in alternating sequence, with each support member carrying a ring electrode and the deflectable members being flexible to allow deflection of the distal section as a whole. Carried on an outer surface of the support member is a coil location sensor. The distal section is configured with a distal irrigation fluid path extending axially through the deflectable members and the support members to deliver irrigation fluid to the ring electrode and the tip electrode. A method of constructing a catheter includes building a section of the catheter from the inside out by mounting the support members on a tubing at predetermined locations and filling gaps in between with a more flexible material to form the deflectable members by extrusion segments or injection molding over assembled components internal to the catheter.


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