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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Andrew T. Marecki, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Michael C. Kozlowski, Wakefield, MA (US);
Daniel J. Foster, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Mary M. Byron, Roseville, MN (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/042 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0422 (2013.01); A61B 5/6858 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00357 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00839 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2562/12 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49004 (2015.01);
Abstract
A catheter including expandable electrode assembly having a distal cap that mechanically engages a locking feature provided on the distal ends of each of two or more flexible splines forming a portion of the expandable electrode assembly is described. The distal cap defines an atraumatic distal tip of the catheter. The catheter may be used in a cardiac mapping and/or ablation procedure.