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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2009
Applicant:
Andreas Hadjicostis, Carmel, IN (US);
Inventor:
Andreas Hadjicostis, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Meridian Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Carmel, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An intracardiac catheter for ultrasound guided ablation and EP mapping. Ablation and mapping electrodesare carried on the surface of an outer catheterand an ultrasound array is mounted inside an inner catheter. Backloading the inner catheter into the outer catheter provides the ultrasound array in position to image tissue near the surface electrodes. An acoustic coupling fluid is provided between the catheters and a number of the electrodesare positioned directly within the image field of the array.