Basket-shaped catheter with improved distal hub

US9974460B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. · IL

Inventors

• Steven Wu · Montvale, US
• Sungwoo Min · Fullerton, US
• Vishav Manak Singh Aujla · Valencia, US
• Neil Merchant · Pasadena, US
• Shubhayu Basu · Anaheim, US
• Stuart Williams · Schreiber, CA
• Ryan Hoitink · Pasadena, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2016
• Grant date: May 22, 2018
• Expiry date: May 6, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49222
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

This disclosure is directed to a catheter having a basket-shaped electrode assembly with a high electrode density. The basket-shaped electrode assembly may have a plurality of spines, such as up to twelve, each with a plurality of electrodes, such as up to sixteen. The distal ends of the plurality of spines are joined at a distal hub, all of which are fashioned from a single piece of superelastic material.