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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2019
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Debby Esther Highsmith, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Erica Evelyenne Lovejoy, La Puente, CA (US);
Ariel Garcia, Glendora, CA (US);
Hamid Massoud, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A catheter configured to guide and support a balloon catheter for use in and around a pulmonary vein and its ostium, has an elongated shaft and a distal assembly, the elongated shaft including a proximal portion with a first flexibility and a distal portion including a second flexibility greater than the first flexibility, the distal assembly including an elbow portion and a generally circular portion generally transverse to the longitudinal axis, the generally circular portion including a third flexibility greater than the second flexibility. Single axis location sensors and sensing ring electrodes are carried on the generally circular portion.