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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Samuel J. Asirvatham, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul A. Friedman, Rochester, MN (US);
Charles J. Bruce, Rochester, MN (US);
David R. Holmes, Jr., Rochester, MN (US);
Samuel J. Asirvatham, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul A. Friedman, Rochester, MN (US);
Charles J. Bruce, Rochester, MN (US);
David R. Holmes, Jr., Rochester, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments of a mapping device may be capable of passing through cerebral veins and other cerebrovascular spaces to provide electrophysiological mapping of the brain. These embodiments of the device may also be capable of providing, simultaneously or separately, ablation energy or other treatments to targeted brain tissue. In such circumstances, a user may be enabled to analyze an electrophysiological map of a patient's brain and, at the same time or within a short time period before or after the mapping process, may be enabled to apply ablation energy for treatment of a central nervous system disorder. Such treatment may be accomplished without the use of invasive surgery in which the brain is accessed through an opening in the patient's cranium.