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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2008
Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, CA (US);
Marshall L. Sherman, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA (US);
Thomas M. Castellano, Temecula, CA (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, MA (US);
Gary Edward Currie, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, CA (US);
Marshall L. Sherman, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA (US);
Thomas M. Castellano, Temecula, CA (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, MA (US);
Gary Edward Currie, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for the ablation of tissue. Embodiments include an ablation catheter which has an array of ablation elements attached to a deployable carrier assembly. The carrier assembly can be constrained within the lumen of a catheter, and deployed to take on an expanded condition.