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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert M Abrams, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Heart Rhythm Technologies, Inc., Temecula, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128642 ; 607128 ;
Abstract
Electrophysiology catheter apparatus including at least one retractable control wire with a preformed curved resilient foot formed at the distal extremity, slidably advanced and retracted within a longitudinal lumen of a catheter tube for controllably anchoring to a selected endocardial heart tissue. The proximal end of the control wire is formed with a handle to be grasped to slidably advance the preformed resilient foot beyond the distal tip of a catheter to project laterally to contact the adjacent tissue.