Catheter probe system with inflatable soft shafts

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1998-08-21

2000-01-18

Dvorak, Linda C. M.

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Structure of body-contacting electrode or electrode inserted...

606 41, 604 96, 607122, A61B 504

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ABSTRACT:
A cardiovascular catheter probe system suitable for electrophysiology mapping and radiofrequency ablation of cardiac tissue comprises a plurality of catheter shafts having a proximal end, a distal handle, and a lumen extending therebetween, wherein a distal portion of the shaft is deflectable and inflatable; the wavy soft distal section is inflatable to conform intimately to the irregular intracardiac tissue surface, wherein conducting electrodes are secured on the hills of said inflatable wavy soft shaft.

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