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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
George D. Mallin, Beaconsfield, CA;
Timothy G. Laske, Shoreview, MN (US);
Joseph Allen Knight, Kokomo, IN (US);
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A catheter including a proximal end and a distal end. An expandable element coupled to the distal end is included, the expandable element including a proximal portion and a distal portion, the expandable element defining an exterior surface. A first plurality of electrodes coupled to the exterior surface of the distal portion of the expandable element are included, each of the first plurality of electrodes being selectively operable to transmit unipolar radiofrequency energy. A second plurality of electrodes coupled to the exterior surface of the proximal portion of the expandable element are included, each of the second plurality of electrodes being selectively operable to transmit bipolar radiofrequency energy.