Continuous heart tissue mapping and lasing catheter

Details Continuous heart tissue mapping and lasing catheter Continuous heart tissue mapping and lasing catheter

1993-05-05

1995-10-31

Cohen, Lee S.

Surgery

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128642, A61B 1736, A61B 504

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054625440

ABSTRACT:
A heart tissue mapping and lasing catheter well suited for control of tachyarrhythmias is disclosed. A distal end region of the catheter has an electrode envelope constituted by plural surface electrode pairs spaced from one another and is provided with at least one fiber optic within the electrode envelope. The emissive face of the fiber optic is situated between adjacent electrode pairs in the electrode envelope.

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