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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Catherine R. Condie, Shoreview, MN (US);
Sarah E. Ahlberg, Crystal, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00029 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00363 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1407 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of ablating an epicardial tissue region, including positioning a medical device adjacent the epicardial tissue region, the medical device having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode located in between the first and second electrodes; delivering an irrigation fluid to the tissue region; and ablating at least a portion of the tissue region by sequentially activating the third electrode in a monopolar radiofrequency delivery mode and activating the first and second electrodes in a bipolar radiofrequency delivery mode.