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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, CA (US);
Meleze Hocini, Pessac, FR;
Mark T. Stewart, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Dan Wittenberger, L'ile Bizard, CA;
Timothy J. Corvi, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Michael Lau, Fremont, CA (US);
Vinod Sharma, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, CA (US);
Meleze Hocini, Pessac, FR;
Mark T. Stewart, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Dan Wittenberger, L'ile Bizard, CA;
Timothy J. Corvi, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Michael Lau, Fremont, CA (US);
Vinod Sharma, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC, NE Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device including a catheter having a shaft with a distal portion; a first plurality of substantially hemispherical electrodes coupled to the distal portion; a second plurality of substantially hemispherical electrodes coupled to the shaft proximal of the first plurality, where the second plurality of electrodes are oriented substantially orthogonal to the first plurality of electrodes; and an additional electrode coupled to the shaft. A console may have a processor in electrical communication with the first and second plurality of electrodes and the reference electrode, the processor programmed to obtaining a monophasic action potential recording from at least one of the first and second plurality of electrodes.