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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2002
Applicants:
John F. Swartz, Afton, OK (US);
Michael C. Bednarek, Buffalo, MN (US);
Richard E. Stehr, Stillwater, MN (US);
Michael J. Coyle, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
John F. Swartz, Afton, OK (US);
Michael C. Bednarek, Buffalo, MN (US);
Richard E. Stehr, Stillwater, MN (US);
Michael J. Coyle, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for the treatment of atrial arrhythmia by use of ablation procedures comprising circumferential ablation of vessels, particularly pulmonary veins associated with the left atrium of the heart. Also disclosed are medical devices used for formation of the circumferential ablation lesions in vessels associated with the heart.