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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
U. Hiram Chee, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Richard L. Mueller, Byron, CA (US);
James R. Kermode, Los Altos, CA (US);
Curtis P. Tom, San Mateo, CA (US);
Douglas Murphy-chutorian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
U. Hiram Chee, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Richard L. Mueller, Byron, CA (US);
James R. Kermode, Los Altos, CA (US);
Curtis P. Tom, San Mateo, CA (US);
Douglas Murphy-Chutorian, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus of embodiments of the invention are adapted to treat tissue inside a patient's body. Aspects of the invention can be used in a wide variety of applications, but certain embodiments provide minimally invasive alternatives for treating atrial fibrillation by delivering a tissue-damaging agent to selected areas of the heart. One exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a method of treating cardiac arrhythmia. This method includes positioning a distal tissue-contacting portion of a body in surface contact with a tissue surface of cardiac tissue; detecting the surface contact between the tissue-contacting portion and the tissue surface; and thereafter, injecting a tissue-ablating agent into the cardiac tissue through the tissue-contacting portion of the body.