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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Kedar Ravindra Belhe, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Saurav Paul, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Hong Cao, Savage, MN (US);
John Avi Roop, Crystal, MN (US);
Kedar Ravindra Belhe, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Saurav Paul, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Hong Cao, Savage, MN (US);
John Avi Roop, Crystal, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A curved ablation catheter imparts ablative energy to target tissue, for example, along a trabecular slope, e.g., in the right atrium along the isthmus between the ostium of the inferior vena cava and the tricuspid valve. The catheter is formed with a preset curvature that, when deployed, both translates linearly and increases in radius to aid in the formation of spot or continuous linear lesions. A method of treating atrial flutter employs the curved ablation catheter.