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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic Cryocath Lp, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Medtronic CryoCath LP, Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/0537 (2013.01); A61B 5/0538 (2013.01); A61B 5/0809 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00026 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22051 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating tissue is provided, including positioning a portion of a catheter in proximity to cardiac tissue; measuring an impedance value with the catheter; determining a respiratory rate based at least in part on the measured impedance value; and thermally treating the cardiac tissue with the catheter.