Process for the treatment of atrial arrhythima using a catheter guided by shaped giding introducers
US5690611A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 14, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/056
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process for the treatment of atrial arrhythmia by use of ablation and/or mapping procedures comprising ablating discrete ablation tracks within the left and right atrium of the heart by use of precurved left and right atrium guiding introducers, including preferably a guiding introducer system for use in the left atrium comprising an inner and an outer guiding introducer. Also disclosed are shapes for the guiding introducers and the guiding introducer system to be used for the ablation and/or mapping of the discrete tracks within the left and right atrium.
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