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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher G. Kunis, San Diego, CA (US);
Hakan Oral, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Fred Morady, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, MA (US);
Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, CA (US);
Christopher G. Kunis, San Diego, CA (US);
Hakan Oral, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Fred Morady, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, MA (US);
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An ablation therapy system and systematic method is provided for treating continuous atrial fibrillation. The therapy system includes a Multi-Channel RF Ablation Generator, an ECG interface, an assembly of at least three ablation catheters, and an ECG interface operably coupling and interfacing the catheters to both an ECG unit and the RF Ablation Generator. The systematic method includes transseptally accessing the Left Atrium (LA) through the septum of the patient's heart, and performing an endocardial pulmonary vein ablation procedure on the pulmonary vein ostial tissue surrounding one or more pulmonary veins in a manner treating aberrant conductive pathways therethrough. After performing the pulmonary vein ablation, the method further includes performing an endocardial atrial septum ablation procedure on the septal tissue in a manner treating aberrant conductive pathways therethrough.