Catheter with arcuate end section

US8608735B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. · IL

Inventors

• Assaf Govari · Haifa, IL
• Shahram Moaddeb · Irvine, US
• Michael Olen Zirkle · Carlsbad, US
• Christopher Thomas Beeckler · Brea, US
• Philippa Hill · Pasadena, US
• Andres Claudio Altmann · Haifa, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L2201/12
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical device includes an insertion shaft, having a longitudinal axis and having a distal end adapted for insertion into a body of a patient. A resilient end section is fixed to the distal end of the insertion shaft and is formed so as to define, when unconstrained, an arc oriented obliquely relative to the axis and having a center of curvature on the axis. One or more electrodes are disposed at respective locations along the end section.