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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, CA (US);
Ricardo D. Roman, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher G. Kunis, San Diego, CA (US);
Alexander J. Asconeguy, Murrieta, CA (US);
Sadaf Soleymani, La Jolla, CA (US);
Martin Chambers, Stillwater, MN (US);
Hakan Oral, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Fred Morady, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jerald L. Cox, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Guillermo W. Moratorio, San Diego, CA (US);
Samuel Fu, Carlsbad, CA (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, MA (US);
Nenita Trinidad, San Diego, CA (US);
Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, CA (US);
Ricardo D. Roman, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher G. Kunis, San Diego, CA (US);
Alexander J. Asconeguy, Murrieta, CA (US);
Sadaf Soleymani, La Jolla, CA (US);
Jeffrey Trinidad, San Diego, CA (US);
Martin Chambers, Stillwater, MN (US);
Hakan Oral, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Fred Morady, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jerald L. Cox, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Guillermo W. Moratorio, San Diego, CA (US);
Samuel Fu, Carlsbad, CA (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, MA (US);
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for the ablation of tissue. A steerable ablation catheter can include one or more ablation elements at its distal end and one or more ablation elements fixedly attached to its shaft. The distal end of the ablation catheter can be deflected to assume a number of different deflection geometries in at least one direction along the shaft. One feature of the ablation catheter is that its shaft can comprise materials of differing durometers or stiffnesses attached together at a joint. Methods associated with use of the ablation catheter are also covered.