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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Hakan Oral, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Randell L. Werneth, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Thomas M. Castellano, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Christopher G. Kunis, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hakan Oral, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Randell L. Werneth, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Thomas M. Castellano, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Christopher G. Kunis, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ablation Frontiers, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An atrial ablation catheter with an electrode array particularly adapted to locate and ablate foci of arrhythmia which are required for sustained atrial fibrillation is provided. The array is easily deployed and retracted from the catheter, and presents a proximally oriented electrode array that can be pulled against the septal wall of the left atrium to engage the septal wall.