Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and methods for mapping and ablation in electrophysiology procedures

US6837886B2 · kind B2 · utility

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48References

40Claims

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Assignee

C.R. Bard, Inc. · US

Inventors

Russell F. Collins · Sandown, US
Gary S. Falwell · Moultonborough, US
Eric Bené · Lynn, US
Steven Burns · Haverhill, US
Denyse M. Collins · Derry, US
Charles A. Gibson · South Charleston, US
Ding Sheng He · Tyngsborough, US
Paul E. LeClair · Merrimack, US
Donald Patterson · Bloomington, US
Stephen Sagon · Amherst, US
Pierre Jais · Picot, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 2001
Grant date	Jan 4, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2018/1497
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrophysiology catheter and method of use for mapping and ablation procedures. The catheter includes a braided conductive member at its distal end that can be radially expanded. The catheter can be used in endocardial and epicardial mapping and ablation procedures.

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