Cardiac ablation systems and methods

US8628522B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Estech, Inc. (Endoscopic Technologies, Inc.) · US

Inventors

• Tamer Ibrahim · Danville, US
• Mike J. Banchieri · Discovery Bay, US
• Dwight P. Morejohn · Davis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 21, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2018/1407
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Cardiac ablation systems and methods of their use and manufacture involve an ablation mechanism, a stabilizer mechanism, and a cinching mechanism that urges the ablation mechanism toward a patient tissue. Embodiments encompass methods for administering epicardial and endocardial lesions, including box lesions and connecting lesions, to patient tissue.