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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2002
Applicants:
Ding Sheng He, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
David Macadam, Millbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ding Sheng He, Tyngsboro, MA (US);
David MacAdam, Millbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
C.R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method and apparatus for treating conductive irregularities in the heart, particularly atrial fibrillation and accessory path arrythmias. An ablative catheter is positioned relative to an inter-atrial electrical pathway, or a vicinity of accessory paths such as the coronary sinus or fossa ovalis, and actuated to form a lesion that partially or completely blocks electrical conduction in at least one direction along the pathway.