Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1996-12-12
1999-02-09
Bahr, Jennifer
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
607101, A61B 1736
Patent
active
058687432
ABSTRACT:
A method of targeting and ablating cardiac tissue wherein an ablation catheter is directed and positioned at a potential ablation site, and is energized to a catheter tip temperature of approximately 50 degrees centigrade while observing whether AP block occurs. If block occurs, the site is confirmed and treatment is then initiated at a higher ablation level, either immediately or at a later time. On the other hand, if block does not occur within a first time interval T.sub.1, illustratively five or ten seconds, at the lower targeting energy, the catheter is repositioned and another site evaluated.
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Cote Jean-Marc
Saul Jerome Philip
Bahr Jennifer
Children's Medical Center Corporation
Engellenner Thomas J.
Gibson Roy D.
Lane, Jr. David A.
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