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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
May. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Andrew T. Marecki, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Paul Hultz, Brookline, MA (US);
Michael C. Kozlowski, Wakefield, MA (US);
Brian Stewart, North Reading, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/042 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0422 (2013.01); A61B 5/6856 (2013.01); A61B 5/6858 (2013.01); A61B 5/6859 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 5/6855 (2013.01); A61B 5/6857 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00044 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0209 (2013.01); A61B 2562/125 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01); A61B 2562/166 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49119 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49126 (2015.01);
Abstract
An expandable electrode assembly for use in a cardiac mapping procedure includes multiple bipolar electrode pairs including a first electrode located on an outer surface and a second electrode located on an inner surface of the individual splines forming the expandable electrode assembly. Such an electrode arrangement may produce improved electrical activation signals which may be used to produce a more accurate map of the electrical activity of a patient's heart.