Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Structure of body-contacting electrode or electrode inserted...
Patent
1998-07-10
2000-11-14
Dvorak, Linda C. M.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Structure of body-contacting electrode or electrode inserted...
600373, 604101, 604102, 607116, A61B 504
Patent
active
061482226
ABSTRACT:
A method and a catheter for passing a therapeutic electric current to, or sensing electric signals from, the body of a patient. The catheter is inserted into the esophagus of the patient, temporarily sealing a space surrounding a portion of the catheter containing one or more electrodes within the esophagus wall. The space is filled with an electrically conductive liquid (electrolyte). Then, an electric current is passed through electrodes to the conductive liquid between the esophagus wall and an electrode carried on the catheter in spaced relation from the esophagus wall or to other electrodes in the heart or body surface.
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CardioCommand, Inc.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Ruddy David
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