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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Applicant:
Daniel Nahon, Ottawa, CA;
Inventor:
Daniel Nahon, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
CryoCath Technologies Inc., Kirkland, Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing the likelihood of post operative atrial fibrillation by cooling specific nerves in the heart. In an exemplary method, a semi-rigid probe having a distal portion capable of cooling tissue to temperatures below freezing, is placed on tissue proximate cardiac nerves to temporarily or permanently inhibit signal conduction in the nerves.