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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
John H. Ford, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott H. West, Livermore, CA (US);
John W. Gaiser, Mountain View, CA (US);
Patrick J. Rimroth, San Jose, CA (US);
John H. Ford, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott H. West, Livermore, CA (US);
John W. Gaiser, Mountain View, CA (US);
Patrick J. Rimroth, San Jose, CA (US);
Mederi Therapeutics, Inc., Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods deploy an electrode from a catheter assembly. The systems and methods provide a catheter handle having a trigger lever adapted to carry an actuator rod. The actuator rod is adapted to cause movement of the electrode between a retracted position and an extended position. A pinion is carried by the trigger lever for engagement with a rack carried by the actuator rod. Compression of the trigger lever moves the rack along the actuator rod between a first position corresponding to the electrodes being in the retracted position and a second position corresponding to either the primed electrode firing position or the electrodes being in an extended position.