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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2020
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Shubhayu Basu, Anaheim, CA (US);
Dustin R. Tobey, San Dimas, CA (US);
Pieter E. Van Niekerk, Monrovia, CA (US);
Cesar Fuentes-Ortega, Pasadena, CA (US);
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a catheter body and an end effector. The catheter body has a distal end and is sized and configured to fit within regions of a cardiovascular system. The end effector is at the distal end of the catheter body and is sized and configured to fit within regions of a cardiovascular system. The end effector includes an end effector body, an electrode, and a sensor. The end effector body has an outer surface. The electrode has a tissue contact surface. The sensor has a tissue contact surface. The sensor is configured to sense at least one condition associated with tissue contacting the tissue contact surface of the sensor. The tissue contact surface of the sensor is configured to protrude relative to one or both of the outer surface of the end effector body member or the tissue contact surface of the electrode.