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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Randell L. Werneth, San Diego, CA (US);
Marshall L. Sherman, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA (US);
Thomas M. Castellano, Temecula, CA (US);
J. Christopher Flaherty, Topsfield, MA (US);
Gary Edward Currie, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/16 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/16 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00482 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00214 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00291 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00351 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for the ablation of tissue. Embodiments include an ablation catheter which has an array of ablation elements attached to a deployable carrier assembly. The carrier assembly can be constrained within the lumen of a catheter, and deployed to take on an expanded condition.