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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. 12, 2025

Filed:

May. 06, 2022
Applicant:

St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Carlo Pappone, Cernusco Lombardone, IT;

Alan De La Rama, Cerritos, CA (US);

Gabriele Giuseppe Vicedomini, Brisighella, IT;

Cary Hata, Irvine, CA (US);

Tho Hoang Nguyen, Huntington Beach, CA (US);

Peter Chen, Irvine, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/287 (2021.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 5/287 (2021.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00839 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

A catheter is disclosed comprising a catheter shaft including a proximal end and a distal end. A flexible framework can be connected to the distal end of the catheter shaft, wherein the flexible framework includes a plurality of heating electrodes and a temperature sensor. The plurality of heating electrodes can be configured to be heated to a first temperature, the first temperature being lower than which radio frequency ablation is performed. The plurality of heating electrodes can be configured to be heated to a second temperature, the second temperature being a temperature at which radio frequency ablation is performed.


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