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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
May. 15, 2004
Alan DE LA Rama, Cerritos, CA (US);
Tho Hoang Nguyen, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Vivian Tran, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Cary K. Hata, Tustin, CA (US);
Peter C Chen, Irvine, CA (US);
Alan de la Rama, Cerritos, CA (US);
Tho Hoang Nguyen, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Vivian Tran, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Cary K. Hata, Tustin, CA (US);
Peter C Chen, Irvine, CA (US);
Irvine Biomedical Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A catheter for ablating body tissue of the interior regions of the heart includes a handle assembly, a shaft, and a distal tip section coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The distal tip section has a non-compliant and non-porous cap that has a tubular wall that defines a bore, and an ablation element that is housed inside the bore and spaced apart from the wall of the cap.