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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Vytronus, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hira V. Thapliyal, Los Altos, CA (US);
David A. Gallup, Alameda, CA (US);
James W. Arenson, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
VytronUS, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01); A61B 17/2202 (2013.01); A61B 18/24 (2013.01); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22024 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00029 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0078 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cardiac ablation method including the following steps: inserting a treatment catheter into an atrium of a heart, the treatment catheter including an ultrasound emitter; positioning the ultrasound emitter to face heart tissue within the left atrium outside of a pulmonary vein; emitting ultrasound energy from the ultrasound emitter while rotating the ultrasound emitter about a rotation axis; and ablating heart tissue with the ultrasound energy to form a lesion outside of a pulmonary vein.